H.R. 5861

Summary

H.R. 5861, the Legacy Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Oct 28, 2025 by Rep. Thomas Suozzi (D) with 3 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Oct 28, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Record

Text

H.R. 5861 has 3 co-sponsors.

119 HR 5861 IH: Legacy Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-10-28
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5861  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   October 28, 2025   Mr. Suozzi  (for himself and  Mr. Murphy ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to seek an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study on establishing a system for storing last wish documents, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Legacy Act of 2025  .
2.
Study on establishing system for storing and retrieving last wish documents
(a)
In general
The Secretary shall seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies under which the National Academies conduct a study on establishing and maintaining a national, confidential, and secure system for storing and retrieving by an authorized agent a last wish document of an individual, at no cost to such individual.
(b)
Submission of status and results
The agreement entered into under subsection (a) shall require the National Academies to submit to the Secretary and Congress—
(1)
not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the status of the study conducted under such agreement; and
(2)
not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the results of the study conducted under such agreement.
(c)
Definitions
In this Act:
(1)
Last wish document
The term  last wish document  includes—
(A)
an advance directive;
(B)
an organ donor registration;
(C)
a healthcare or medical proxy;
(D)
a power of attorney; or
(E)
a living will.
(2)
National Academies
The term  National Academies  means the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
(3)
Secretary
The term  Secretary  means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

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To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to seek an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study on establishing a system for storing last wish documents, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Thomas Suozzi (D) sponsors H.R. 5861, and 3 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Thomas Suozzi

Rep. · D–NY-3 · Sponsor

Introduced Oct 28, 2025

Greg Murphy

Rep. · R–NC-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 28, 2025 · Original

Brian Fitzpatrick

Rep. · R–PA-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 12, 2025

Debbie Dingell

Rep. · D–MI-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 16, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 5861 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Oct 28, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5861 has taken 2 actions since Oct 28, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 5861 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5861 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Legacy Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Legacy Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to seek an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study on establishing a system for storing last wish documents, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 54 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5861 in 9 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Education, Veterans, Telecommunications, Immigration.

Clients

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Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 54.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5861 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5861’s is Health.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com