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H.R. 3491 119th Congress House

DeOndra Dixon INCLUDE Project Act of 2025

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a program of research, training, and investigation … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a program of research, training, and investigation related to Down syndrome, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 19, 2025 Introduced by: Diana DeGette Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
Health Congressional oversightGeneticsHereditary and development disordersMedical researchResearch administration and funding
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 Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 21, 2026
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 20, 2026 · 4:04 PM EDT
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 20, 2026 · 4:04 PM EDT
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4649-4650)
Jul 20, 2026 · 4:04 PM EDT
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4649-4650)
Jul 20, 2026 · 3:57 PM EDT
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3491.
Jul 20, 2026 · 3:57 PM EDT
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4649-4651)
Jul 20, 2026 · 3:57 PM EDT
Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jul 2, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 627.
Jul 2, 2026
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-722.
May 21, 2026
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
May 21, 2026
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 46 - 0.
May 19, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 19, 2025
Introduced in House
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

DeOndra Dixon INCLUDE Project Act of 2025

This bill provides statutory authority for a program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that carries out research and training relating to Down syndrome, including with respect to co-occurring conditions and improving the quality of life of affected individuals. The NIH must implement the program in consultation with relevant stakeholders and avoid duplicating existing NIH Down syndrome research.

Biennially, the NIH must submit to Congress a report cataloging the research, including results that may be used in medical care or clinical research.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 1838 DeOndra Dixon INCLUDE Project Act of 2026
  • S 891 Bipartisan Health Care Act
  • HR 1768 Lower Costs for Everyday Americans Act
 Bill text 4 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Lobbying activity 15

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION
    for ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • BLUEBIRD STRATEGIES
    for GLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION · Colorado · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION
    for ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • BLUEBIRD STRATEGIES
    for GLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION · Colorado · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION
    for ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION
    for ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

A filing lists the bills it worked on and the parts of government it contacted in separate sections, so these are the bodies those filers named anywhere in the filing, not a per-bill breakdown.

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 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 12 Republican 6
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Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Mar 16, 2026
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 3, 2026
 D
Subramanyam, Suhas
Virginia · Mar 3, 2026
 D
Walkinshaw, James R.
Virginia · Mar 3, 2026
 R
Kustoff, David
Tennessee · Feb 20, 2026
 D
Ross, Deborah K.
North Carolina · Feb 13, 2026
 R
Wagner, Ann
Missouri · Feb 11, 2026
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Jan 7, 2026
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Nov 19, 2025
 D
Crow, Jason
Colorado · Nov 12, 2025
 D
Craig, Angie
Minnesota · Oct 10, 2025
 D
Pettersen, Brittany
Colorado · Oct 10, 2025
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Oct 10, 2025
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · May 19, 2025
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 19, 2025
 R
Hudson, Richard
North Carolina · May 19, 2025
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 19, 2025
 R
Stauber, Pete
Minnesota · May 19, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3491: DeOndra Dixon INCLUDE Project Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3491/
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