H. R. 7173
Introduced in House · February 9, 2026January 21, 2026
Ms. DeGette (for herself, Ms. Norton, Ms. McClellan, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Amo, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Carson, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Landsman, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms. Morrison, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Elfreth, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Cohen, Ms. McCollum, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Dexter, Mrs. Trahan, Ms. Schrier, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Casten, Ms. Pettersen, and Ms. Simon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure scientific integrity in the activities of the National Institutes of Health and prevent the diversion of funds to politically driven activities, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. Short title.
This Act may be cited as the “Follow the Science Act”.