{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-4709","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":4709,"title":"Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2025","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-07-23","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"M001234","fullName":"Rep. Morrison, Kelly [D-MN-3]","party":"D","state":"MN","district":3}],"cosponsorsCount":6,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-09-10","text":"Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote."},"policyArea":"Health","subjects":["Advisory bodies","Child health","Data collection, sharing, protection","Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation","Genetics","Government information and archives","Hereditary and development disorders","Medical research","Medical tests and diagnostic methods","Performance measurement","Research administration and funding"],"actions":[{"date":"2025-09-10","text":"Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-09-10","text":"Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-09-10","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-07-23","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-07-23","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-07-23","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 and revises several programs and activities relating to newborn screening for certain conditions and  diseases.</p><p>Among its changes, the bill reauthorizes and makes mandatory</p><ul><li>the Hunter Kelly Research Program at the National Institutes of Health, and</li><li>national surveillance activities conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</li></ul><p>The bill also provides statutory authority for current regulations that exempt federally funded research on non-identified newborn blood spots (i.e., residual blood samples used to screen for serious conditions) from regulations that govern research on human subjects. </p>","updateDate":"2026-07-18T00:03:06Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":5247,"ts":"2026-08-28T08:41:29.130Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=Newborn%20Screening%20Saves%20Lives%20Reauthorization%20Act%20of%202025"}]}}