H.R. 7017: Right to Test Act
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H.R. 7017: Right to Test Act
116th Congress · introduced 2020-05-26 · Health · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2020-05-26 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Right to Test Act
Plain summary
Right to Test Act This bill authorizes a state's public health department, or another entity designated by the state's governor, to approve a diagnostic test or diagnostic device (e.g., a test for the virus that causes COVID-19, or coronavirus disease 2019) for use during a public health emergency. Unless requested by the governor of the state, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may not, during the emergency, engage in certain enforcement actions related to such a test or device. Not later than 180 days following the end of the public health emergency, the FDA must review and make a final determination concerning approval of the test or device.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10] · 9 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC), Chip Roy (R-TX), Scott Perry (R-PA), W. Gregory Steube (R-FL), Ralph Norman (R-SC), James Comer (R-KY), Tom Emmer (R-MN)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr7017.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>
Record fed-us-cong116-hr7017 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116