# 119-hr-5861: Legacy Act of 2025

119-hr-5861, Legacy Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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- As of: 2026-04-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5861
- Congress: 119
- Title: Legacy Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-10-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**A study to design a national, confidential, secure system for storing and retrieving individuals' last-wish documents at no cost.** The bill would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to run the study and to report findings to the Secretary and to Congress. - Families and individuals: The study would examine whether a free national option could let people store advance directives, organ donor registrations, healthcare proxies, powers of attorney, and living wills in one secure place. - Caregivers and authorized agents: The study would focus on mechanisms for authorized agents to retrieve those documents securely, which could make critical medical or legal information easier to access if implemented. - Policymakers and researchers: The National Academies would deliver a progress update within 2 years and a final report within 4 years to inform any next steps or policy decisions.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] (R-NC), 2025-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Study for free, secure last-wish document system: benefit, low. If enacted, HHS would ask the National Academies to study a national, confidential, and secure system for last-wish documents. It would cover advance directives, organ donor registrations, health proxies, powers of attorney, and living wills. An authorized agent would be able to retrieve the docume…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-5861 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5861)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [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-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4393)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5861 (as of 2026-04-21).