# 119-hr-1532: Scientific EXPERT Act of 2025

119-hr-1532, Scientific EXPERT Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-03).

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- As of: 2026-11-03
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1532
- Congress: 119
- Title: Scientific EXPERT Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-24
- Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-11-03

## Summary

**Creates an externally led, science-focused meeting program to help speed development of drugs for rare diseases.** The bill would set up Science-Focused Drug Development meetings convened by the Reagan‑Udall Foundation for the FDA to bring patients, medical experts, sponsors, and FDA staff together to align on trial design, endpoints, biomarkers, manufacturing, and uses of natural history as a control. - Patients and families: Gives patient groups a formal forum to raise unmet needs and influence trial design and acceptable endpoints so developers and regulators have clearer paths for rare-disease therapies. - Drug developers and researchers: Provides structured, multi-stakeholder feedback on clinical trial designs, biomarkers, patient populations, and manufacturing to reduce scientific uncertainty during drug development. - FDA and regulators: Requires appropriate FDA review-division participation, directs FDA to consider EL-SFDD input in risk-benefit assessments and publicly state how that input was used, and mandates an annual congressional report on meetings, participation, workload impact, and use of input. *Would authorize about $1.0 million in federal funding each year from 2026 through 2030, increasing federal spending during those years.*

## Cosponsors (10)

- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] (R-FL), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2025-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] (D-TX), 2026-08-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-08-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2026-08-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11] (R-PA), 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Expert FDA meetings on rare diseases: benefit, low. This bill would set up expert, externally led meetings on rare disease drugs. The Reagan-Udall Foundation would run at least four meetings each year with FDA review staff, guided by a standing steering committee of FDA, patients, doctors, and industry. Within 180 days, the Foundation would post a t…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-1661: SAFE Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-1532 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1532)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-1661: SAFE Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1661)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1532 (as of 2026-11-03).