# 119-hr-6867: NIH Clinical Trial Integrity Act

119-hr-6867, NIH Clinical Trial Integrity Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6867
- Congress: 119
- Title: NIH Clinical Trial Integrity Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 11
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Diversity in clinical trials** is the core goal of this bill, which makes NIH protocol applicants set measurable recruitment and retention goals and reduces cost and access barriers through studies, training, and outreach. - Families and participants: Applicants must propose recruitment and retention goals that reflect disease prevalence or the U.S. population by race, ethnicity, age, and sex. Sponsors must report annual aggregate demographic counts and disaggregated retention rates while protecting individual privacy. - Researchers and sponsors: Applications must include subgroup analysis plans, community partner review, training on health inequities, and alternatives to burdensome follow up like telemedicine or remote testing. NIH can require and publish corrective strategic plans if agreed enrollment targets are missed. - Communities and outreach groups: Establishes a national public awareness and education campaign with materials, provider curricula, best practices sharing, focus groups, and a grants program for community and nonprofit groups to test outreach strategies. The bill authorizes $10.0 million per year for FY2027–2030 for these activities. *Authorizes $10.0 million annually for FY2027–2030 for the campaign, which would modestly increase federal spending.*

## Cosponsors (11)

- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2026-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2026-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL), 2026-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4] (D-VA), 2026-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2026-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2026-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2026-01-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2026-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] (D-CO), 2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- National campaign and community grants: benefit, low. If enacted, NIH and the FDA would run a national public education campaign to boost awareness of diverse clinical trial participation. The campaign would make materials, public service announcements, training for health professionals, best-practice guides, and focus groups and would ensure access f…
- New NIH diversity rules for trials: mixed, medium. If enacted, sponsors seeking NIH approval would have to set clear recruitment and retention goals by race, ethnicity, age, and sex. Applications would need a written rationale showing how subgroup numbers were calculated and plans to analyze safety and effectiveness by subgroup. Sponsors would also…
- Reporting, posting, and fix-it rules: mixed, medium. If enacted, sponsors would have to share annual, aggregate participant data by race, ethnicity, age, and sex while recruitment is ongoing. Sponsors would report retention rates on request and final participant counts at trial end. The NIH would publish summaries of disease prevalence, trial represe…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act
- 119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025
- 119-hr-17: Paycheck Fairness Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-6867 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6867)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2086)
- [119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1589)
- [119-hr-17: Paycheck Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-17)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6867 (as of 2026-04-21).