US Congress · 119th Congress (2025-2026)

HR 1262Passed Origin Chamber

Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act

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Overview

This bill, the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act, aims to expand the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authority regarding pediatric cancer research and drug approvals. It allows for combining approved drugs with active ingredients in pediatric studies, strengthens enforcement actions against drug sponsors who fail to meet pediatric study requirements, reauthorizes funding for pediatric research, and clarifies the interpretation of orphan drug exclusivity periods. The bill also includes provisions to improve collaboration between the FDA and Abraham Accords countries.

Key provisions

Permits the FDA to take enforcement action against drug sponsors who don’t meet pediatric study requirements.
Allows for combining approved drugs with active ingredients in pediatric cancer investigations under certain conditions.
Renews the FDA’s authority to award priority review vouchers for rare pediatric disease treatments.
Clarifies the interpretation of orphan drug exclusivity periods.
Establishes an Abraham Accords Office within the FDA to facilitate regulatory collaboration with Abraham Accords countries.
Requires the FDA to provide technical assistance to regulatory partners in Abraham Accords countries.
Extends funding for the National Institutes of Health to support priority pediatric research.
Modifies requirements relating to molecularly targeted pediatric cancer investigations to permit research on new drugs in combination with active ingredients that have already been approved.

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Legislative history

15 recorded actions · showing the most recent 12

Sep 17, 2025House

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 47 - 0.

Sep 17, 2025House

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Oct 31, 2025House

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 304.

Oct 31, 2025House

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-352.

Oct 31, 2025

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-352.

Dec 1, 2025House

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Dec 1, 2025House

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4929-4932)

Dec 1, 2025

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4929-4932)

Dec 1, 2025House

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1262.

Dec 1, 2025House

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4929-4935)

Dec 1, 2025House

Mr. Carter (GA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Dec 2, 2025Senate

Received in the Senate.

Votes

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12/1/2025HouseVoice vote
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4929-4932)
No roll-call vote on record for this action.
12/1/2025Voice vote
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4929-4932)
No roll-call vote on record for this action.

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Passage without roll call

Dec 1, 2025HouseVoice vote
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4929-4932)
No roll-call vote on record for this action.
Dec 1, 2025Voice vote
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4929-4932)
No roll-call vote on record for this action.

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Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act

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