# 119-hr-9559: IBOGAINE Act

119-hr-9559, IBOGAINE Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Luttrell, Morgan [R-TX-8] (R-TX); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9559
- Congress: 119
- Title: IBOGAINE Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-06-30
- Sponsor: Rep. Luttrell, Morgan [R-TX-8] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-17

## Summary

**Accelerate development and access to psychedelic therapies** to treat serious mental illness, with a special emphasis on ibogaine. This bill would create a federal pathway of priority-review vouchers, Right to Try expansions, a special Drug Enforcement Administration registration process, and VA readiness for clinical use. - Patients and clinicians: People with serious mental illness could get faster access to ibogaine and similar drugs through a voucher-based priority review targeting a 6-month timeline, Right to Try expansions, and an expedited rescheduling route after successful phase 3 trials. - Researchers and drug developers: Developers could get priority review vouchers, mid-year Drug Enforcement Administration quota adjustments, and federal funding, technical assistance, and data sharing to support trials. Voucher authority ends Sept. 30, 2029 and the Government Accountability Office must study voucher effectiveness. - Veterans and VA workforce: The Department of Veterans Affairs would need to name a senior official within 90 days, submit an initial report within 60 days and then report biannually, and build a national workforce readiness and credentialing plan for psychedelic-assisted therapies.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] (R-TX), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1] (R-MI), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10] (R-GA), 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Elfreth, Sarah [D-MD-3] (D-MD), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- VA plan to deliver new therapies: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the VA Under Secretary for Health to name a senior official within 90 days to oversee emerging therapies. VA must give Congress an initial report within 60 days and then report every six months. Reports must list research, trials, outcomes, enrollment counts, coor…
- Federal partnerships to boost trials: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would let HHS partner with states, territories, and tribes to support psychedelic drug research, including grants and technical help. HHS and the VA would run a program with private partners to boost clinical trial participation and real‑world evidence, prioritizing breakthroug…
- New federal pathway for ibogaine access: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would clarify that Right to Try applies even when an investigational drug is a controlled substance. It would require the Attorney General to register doctors who will give certain Schedule I investigational drugs, with the AG approving or issuing a show‑cause order within 45 d…
- Faster quota changes for drug makers: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Attorney General to update production quotas mid‑year after specific triggers. Schedule I basic classes would be revised within 90 days and Schedule II within 60 days after triggers like FDA approval or breakthrough designation. Registered manufacturers could…
- Priority review vouchers for new drugs: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would create a National Health Priority Voucher pilot that gives one priority review voucher to a sponsor when the FDA approves a qualifying product. A voucher would get one human drug application an FDA review and action within six months. Vouchers would generally be nontransf…

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- 119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-9559 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9559)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9559 (as of 2026-09-17).