H.R. 4820 · 117th Congress

Health Agency Check-Up Act

Introduced on Jul 29, 2021 by Bob Good (R-VA-5). 7 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Jul 30, 2021): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jul 29, 2021
Cosponsors
7
0 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To reduce the number of reports that are political or redundant and to alleviate regulatory burdens on the health care industry, and for other purposes.

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jul 29, 2021). Public domain.

Health Agency Check-Up Act

This bill establishes a bipartisan commission to review and recommend whether to modify or eliminate statutory reporting requirements that apply to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

To inform this effort, the CDC, the NIH, and the FDA must provide the commission with relevant recommendations and information about their respective staffing, budgets, programs, reports, and regulations.

The bill automatically makes any provision of law requiring a report that the commission recommends for elimination ineffective after 45 days, unless Congress enacts a joint resolution disapproving of the recommendation.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Bob GoodR-VA-5Sponsor

Republicans · 7

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jul 29, 2021Introduced in House
  2. Jul 29, 2021Introduced in House
  3. Jul 29, 2021 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  4. Jul 30, 2021 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Port of Everett2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  2. Commuter Rail Coalition1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)
  3. Cook County DOT1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)
  4. Humanetics Innovative Solutions1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: HUMANETICS INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, INC$1.7M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  5. LanzaJet Inc.1 report
    $60K reported (all issues)
  6. Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)
  7. National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)
  8. Railway Engineering Maintenance Suppliers Association1 report
  9. South Florida Regional Transportation Authority1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)
  10. Women's Transportation Seminar1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.