# 119-hr-767: FLASH Act of 2025

119-hr-767, FLASH Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-767
- Congress: 119
- Title: FLASH Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Expands BARDA’s authority to speed development and production of medical countermeasures.** This bill would let the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority design and secure test quantities and prototypes, award follow-on production to prototype participants, make noncompetitive purchases for experimental or test purposes, and run competitive general solicitations to acquire innovative commercial products and services. - Families and patients could get faster access to tests, protective equipment, and countermeasures because BARDA can obtain prototypes and sufficient evaluation quantities for testing. - Manufacturers and innovators could win follow-on production contracts after prototype work without a new competition if the initial selection was competitive. Deals over $100 million require a written HHS determination and a congressional notification within 45 days. - BARDA and HHS gain flexible buying tools. The agency may purchase experimental materials noncompetitively, use general solicitations with peer review as competitive procedures, and must use fixed-price contracts under this authority.

## Provisions PRIA read

- BARDA buys tests and prototypes: benefit, medium. If enacted, BARDA would be able to design and develop tests and prototypes and get enough units for evaluation. The bill would let BARDA develop models, including animal models, for testing prototypes. BARDA could purchase medical countermeasures, chemicals, manufacturing supplies, protective gear,…
- HHS fast-track buys for innovators: benefit, medium. If enacted, HHS would be able to buy "innovative" commercial products and services after a general solicitation and peer review. Contracts and agreements under this authority would have to be fixed-price, including fixed-price incentive contracts. HHS could not use this authority for awards over $1…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-4714: End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act
- 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
- 119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-767 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/767)

## Related
- [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-4714: End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4714)
- [119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5658)
- [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971)
- [119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3069)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-767 (as of 2025-12-21).