# 119-hr-2855: Protecting Medical Research Funding Act

119-hr-2855, Protecting Medical Research Funding Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D-NY); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2855
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protecting Medical Research Funding Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**This bill would prevent the executive branch from impounding, transferring, or reprogramming National Institutes of Health (NIH) discretionary funds unless Congress enacts a new law that explicitly references this Act.** It also would create a recurring compliance check by requiring officials to certify they are following that restriction. - HHS and NIH officials would face a new paperwork and oversight duty. The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the NIH Director must certify compliance within 30 days after enactment and then on an annual basis. - Congress would get a formal enforcement channel. Those certifications must go to four committees: House Appropriations, House Energy and Commerce, Senate Appropriations, and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. - Changes to NIH discretionary funding would be tightly limited. Any impoundment, transfer, or reprogramming would be allowed only through a later statute that expressly references this Act.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Limits moving NIH research funds: benefit, medium. If enacted, agencies would not be able to impound, transfer, or reprogram NIH discretionary funds. They could only do so if a new law passed after this Act specifically allows it and names this Act. This rule would apply even if another law says otherwise, including the Impoundment Control Act of 1…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act
- 119-hr-2913: Ukraine Support Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-2855 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2855)

## Related
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- [119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6900)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3069)
- [119-hr-2913: Ukraine Support Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2913)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2855 (as of 2025-12-21).