HR 1262 · Give Kids a Chance Act of 2025

Legislation· Dec 2025

HR 1262 Passed House — in Senate

Give Kids a Chance Act of 2025

Expands FDA authority to require pediatric cancer drug research and enforces study completion deadlines.

Tradeoff

Encourages drug makers to test new cancer treatments in children by allowing combination studies with approved drugs. Also establishes an FDA office in Abraham Accords countries and extends rare pediatric disease research funding through 2028.

What's in it

See official bill text

Passed the House by on December 1, 2025 — sitting in the Senate.

House
Introduced
(Feb 12, 2025)
House
Committee on Energy and Commerce(Feb 12, 2025)
House
The Committee on Energy and Commerce voted to send it to the floor
Reported 47 - 0(Sep 17, 2025)
Committee report H. Rept. 119-352.
House
Passage of the bill
Passed by (Dec 1, 2025)
No individual votes were recorded.
Senate
Received from the House
Received(Dec 2, 2025)

Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL)
Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
Kim Schrier (D-WA)
Diana Harshbarger (R-TN)
Doris O. Matsui (D-CA)
Dan Crenshaw (R-TX)
Kathy Castor (D-FL)
Mike Kelly (R-PA)
Lori Trahan (D-MA)
Randy K. Sr. Weber (R-TX)
Robert J. Wittman (R-VA)
Rick W. Allen (R-GA)
Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT)
Gabe Evans (R-CO)
Clay Higgins (R-LA)
Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL)
Carol D. Miller (R-WV)
Ben Cline (R-VA)
Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Michael A. Rulli (R-OH)
Kevin Mullin (D-CA)
Darren Soto (D-FL)
William R. Keating (D-MA)
LaMonica McIver (D-NJ)
Ed Case (D-HI)
Joaquin Castro (D-TX)
Terri A. Sewell (D-AL)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
Morgan McGarvey (D-KY)
Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Joe Wilson (R-SC)
Darin LaHood (R-IL)
Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ)
Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)
John B. Larson (D-CT)
Sanford D. Bishop (D-GA)
Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA)
Josh Harder (D-CA)
Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ)
Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL)
Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA)
Brad Finstad (R-MN)
Bill Huizenga (R-MI)
Mary E. Miller (R-IL)
Rudy Yakym (R-IN)
Jim Costa (D-CA)
Betty McCollum (D-MN)
Jahana Hayes (D-CT)
Robert Garcia (D-CA)
Donald G. Davis (D-NC)
Sam Graves (R-MO)
Doug LaMalfa (R-CA)
Mike Carey (R-OH)
Young Kim (R-CA)
Michael Lawler (R-NY)
Glenn Grothman (R-WI)
Dina Titus (D-NV)
Andrea Salinas (D-OR)
Julia Brownley (D-CA)
Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ)
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
Burgess Owens (R-UT)
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL)
John Joyce (R-PA)
Troy E. Nehls (R-TX)
Don Bacon (R-NE)
Julia Letlow (R-LA)
Troy Balderson (R-OH)
Mark Takano (D-CA)
Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
Steve Cohen (D-TN)
Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
John McGuire (R-VA)
Tracey Mann (R-KS)
Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA)
Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM)
Mike Quigley (D-IL)
Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
Claudia Tenney (R-NY)
Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL)
Kevin Kiley (R-CA)
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA)
Michael R. Turner (R-OH)
Seth Moulton (D-MA)
Austin Scott (R-GA)
Mark Pocan (D-WI)
Erin Houchin (R-IN)
Sarah McBride (D-DE)
Greg Landsman (D-OH)
Mark Alford (R-MO)
Ken Calvert (R-CA)
George Latimer (D-NY)
James C. Moylan (R-GU)
Deborah K. Ross (D-NC)
Tom Cole (R-OK)
Sharice Davids (D-KS)
Adrian Smith (R-NE)
Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
W. Gregory Steube (R-FL)
Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY)
Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA)
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)
Donald Norcross (D-NJ)
Scott H. Peters (D-CA)
Seth Magaziner (D-RI)
David G. Valadao (R-CA)
Scott Franklin (R-FL)
Daniel Meuser (R-PA)
Max L. Miller (R-OH)
David Rouzer (R-NC)
Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
Jefferson Shreve (R-IN)
Chuck Edwards (R-NC)
John R. Moolenaar (R-MI)
Laura Gillen (D-NY)
Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM)
Roger Williams (R-TX)
Pat Fallon (R-TX)
Bruce Westerman (R-AR)
Dan Newhouse (R-WA)
Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ)
Michael Baumgartner (R-WA)
Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)
Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY)
Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ)
Grace Meng (D-NY)
Jason Crow (D-CO)
Ted Lieu (D-CA)
Eugene Vindman (D-VA)
Janelle Bynum (D-OR)
Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY)
David Taylor (R-OH)
Lloyd Smucker (R-PA)
Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN)
Angie Craig (D-MN)
Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN)
Dwight Evans (D-PA)
Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL)
Derrick Van Orden (R-WI)
Shontel M. Brown (D-OH)
Raul Ruiz (D-CA)
Ashley Hinson (R-IA)
John Garamendi (D-CA)
Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY)
Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL)
Cory Mills (R-FL)
Tim Moore (R-NC)
Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL)
Derek Tran (D-CA)
Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)
Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC)
Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA)
Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA)
Tony Wied (R-WI)
Ritchie Torres (D-NY)
Marc A. Veasey (D-TX)
Summer L. Lee (D-PA)
Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
Zachary Nunn (R-IA)
Shomari Figures (D-AL)
Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA)
Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY)
Al Green (D-TX)
Josh Riley (D-NY)
Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA)
Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK)
Juan Vargas (D-CA)
Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL)
Cleo Fields (D-LA)
Maxwell Frost (D-FL)
Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
Paul Tonko (D-NY)
Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI)
Ronny Jackson (R-TX)
Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ)
Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS)
Derek Schmidt (R-KS)
Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX)
Bryan Steil (R-WI)
Nathaniel Moran (R-TX)
James P. McGovern (D-MA)
J. Luis Correa (D-CA)
Daniel Webster (R-FL)
Robert P. Bresnahan (R-PA)
Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY)
Tim Burchett (R-TN)
Nikki Budzinski (D-IL)
Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ)
Julie Johnson (D-TX)
Herbert C. Conaway (D-NJ)
Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI)
Cliff Bentz (R-OR)
Gabe Vasquez (D-NM)
Mike Flood (R-NE)
August Pfluger (R-TX)
Brittany Pettersen (D-CO)
Greg Stanton (D-AZ)
Barry Loudermilk (R-GA)
Madeleine Dean (D-PA)
Tim Walberg (R-MI)
Mark B. Messmer (R-IN)
Troy A. Carter (D-LA)
Marilyn Strickland (D-WA)
Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH)
Sara Jacobs (D-CA)
Sean Casten (D-IL)
Alma S. Adams (D-NC)
Eric Sorensen (D-IL)
Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
April McClain Delaney (D-MD)
Maxine Waters (D-CA)
Robin L. Kelly (D-IL)
Ami Bera (D-CA)
Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL)
Bill Foster (D-IL)
Jared Moskowitz (D-FL)
Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY)
Nick LaLota (R-NY)
Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL)
John H. Rutherford (R-FL)
Mike Kennedy (R-UT)
Mike Bost (R-IL)
Mark E. Amodei (R-NV)
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (D-GA)
Nellie Pou (D-NJ)
Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL)
Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY)
Sarah Elfreth (D-MD)
Maggie Goodlander (D-NH)
Ro Khanna (D-CA)
Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP)
Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
Laurel M. Lee (R-FL)
Craig A. Goldman (R-TX)
Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)
Haley M. Stevens (D-MI)
André Carson (D-IN)
Mike Levin (D-CA)
Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
Mike Thompson (D-CA)
Jay Obernolte (R-CA)
Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA)
Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
Danny K. Davis (D-IL)
John W. Mannion (D-NY)
Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA)
David Kustoff (R-TN)
Michael Cloud (R-TX)
Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
Joe Neguse (D-CO)
Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY)
Mike Ezell (R-MS)
Pat Harrigan (R-NC)
Jeff Crank (R-CO)
Gilbert Ray Cisneros (D-CA)
Mike Haridopolos (R-FL)
Dave Min (D-CA)
Pablo Jose Rescom. Hernández (D-PR)
William R. Timmons (R-SC)
Lucy McBath (D-GA)
Thomas H. Kean (R-NJ)
Chris Pappas (D-NH)
James A. Himes (D-CT)
Veronica Escobar (D-TX)
Johnny Olszewski (D-MD)
Adam Smith (D-WA)
Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA)
Emily Randall (D-WA)
Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
Luz M. Rivas (D-CA)
Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI)
Laura Friedman (D-CA)
Lance Gooden (R-TX)
Randy Feenstra (R-IA)
Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA)
Jared Huffman (D-CA)
Gabe Amo (D-RI)
Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
Diana DeGette (D-CO)
Jeff Hurd (R-CO)
Blake D. Moore (R-UT)
Richard McCormick (R-GA)
Steve Womack (R-AR)
Jack Bergman (R-MI)
Wesley Bell (D-MO)
Judy Chu (D-CA)
Susie Lee (D-NV)
George Whitesides (D-CA)
David Scott (D-GA)
James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA)
Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX)
Shri Thanedar (D-MI)
Val T. Hoyle (D-OR)
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
Becca Balint (D-VT)
Adam Gray (D-CA)
Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR)
Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA)
Michael K. Simpson (R-ID)
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA)
James R. Baird (R-IN)
Kweisi Mfume (D-MD)
Warren Davidson (R-OH)
Aaron Bean (R-FL)
Brad Sherman (D-CA)