# 119-hr-7854: Medicines for the People Act

119-hr-7854, Medicines for the People Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-30).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7854
- Congress: 119
- Title: Medicines for the People Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-03-05
- Sponsor: Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-30

## Summary

**Creates a federally owned biomedical R&D institute** that would develop drugs, devices, and biological products and prioritize public health needs and affordable access. It would push transparency, federal ownership of inventions, and options for public manufacturing or public-interest licensing.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35] (D-TX), 2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2026-04-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Create a public biomedical institute: benefit, high. This bill would create the National Institute for Biomedical Research and Development. The Institute would run and fund full-cycle R&D to move drugs, devices, and biologics toward FDA approval. The Director would be able to use NIH labs, run clinical trials, contract for work, acquire scientific da…
- Big federal funding for drug R&D: benefit, high. This bill would authorize $90 billion for the new Institute for fiscal year 2027. The funds would remain available until expended. This authorization would not itself spend money; later appropriations would determine outlays.
- Open data, HTA rules, and public reports: benefit, medium. This bill would require wide public sharing of preclinical and clinical data and cost information for Institute-funded work, with deidentification for privacy. Funded researchers would share data by the earlier of first publication or award end and must deposit final peer-reviewed manuscripts to Pu…
- Government ownership and public manufacturing: mixed, high. This bill would make the Federal Government own patents and key manufacturing data for products developed or funded by the Institute. When the government holds a patent, the Director would provide public manufacturing if practicable, and publicly made products would be sold at cost. If public manuf…
- Board rules and ethics for the Institute: mixed, low. This bill would require the Secretary to set up a 15-member governing Board within 180 days. The Board would have limits on for-profit representation and include patient and civil-society members. The bill would bar recent for-profit pharmaceutical lobbyists and some recent company executives from…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
- 119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act
- 119-hr-2045: Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-7854 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7854)

## 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-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [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)
- [119-hr-2045: Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2045)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7854 (as of 2026-09-30).