# 119-hr-5791: BLOOD Centers Act

119-hr-5791, BLOOD Centers Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Wied, Tony [R-WI-8] (R-WI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-03).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5791
- Congress: 119
- Title: BLOOD Centers Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-10-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Wied, Tony [R-WI-8] (R-WI)
- Cosponsors: 20
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-11-03

## Summary

**Creates an expedited federal approval path for blood centers to add apheresis collection devices to existing biologics licenses (supplemental biologics license applications or BLAs).** It would require the Health and Human Services Secretary to set that process within 180 days and to approve qualifying supplemental BLAs within 30 days unless there are specific safety, purity, potency, or systemic compliance concerns, and it would limit eligibility to operators who hold at least one biologics license and who either have licenses at three or more FDA-registered locations or are accredited and in good standing by an accreditation organization whose standards meet or exceed applicable regulatory requirements.

## Cosponsors (20)

- Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS), 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gillen, Laura [D-NY-4] (D-NY), 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA), 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] (R-WI), 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2] (D-AL), 2026-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1] (R-IA), 2026-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] (R-SC), 2026-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ryan, Patrick [D-NY-18] (D-NY), 2026-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Taylor, David J. [R-OH-2] (R-OH), 2026-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO), 2026-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2026-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2] (D-NM), 2026-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA), 2026-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2026-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ), 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Faster FDA approvals for blood centers: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the HHS Secretary, through the FDA, to set up an expedited approval process within 180 days. Under that process, qualifying supplemental biologics license applications to add an apheresis device at a new location would have to be approved within 30 days after subm…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-5791 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5791)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5791 (as of 2026-11-03).