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HR 6238In Committee

NIH IMPROVE Act

Introduced November 20, 2025

Summary

NIH Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone Act or the NIH IMPROVE ActThis bill provides statutory authority for the National Institutes of Health to provide grants and other support for research on improving health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women, especially in populations that are disproportionately affected.

Timeline

  1. Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

  2. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4651)

  4. Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4651)

  5. DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6238.

  6. Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4651-4652)

  7. Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  8. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 638.

  9. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-734.

  10. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-734.

  11. Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 46 - 0.

  12. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  13. Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

  14. Introduced in House

  15. Introduced in House

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