The U.S. House of Representatives Reintroduces
The Give Kids a Chance Act!

Thursday, February 13, 2025, Kids v Cancer is thrilled to announce that yesterday, Congressman Michael McCaul reintroduced the Give Kids a Chance Act of 2025 in the House of Representatives.

The Give Kids a Chance Act of 2025 includes four pediatric cancer bill that were cut from Congress' December funding bill:

• The Give Kids a Chance Act
  to reauthorize the rare pediatric priority review voucher program that expired in December 2024 after yielding 65 new drugs for kids.

• The Creating Hope Reauthorization Act
  to maximize chances scientists find cures for kids with cancer by providing for pediatric studies of combinations of new cancer drugs

• The Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act
  to establish an enforcement mechanism to ensure pediatric study plans are completed

• The RARE Act
  to ensure the Orphan Drug Act benefits extend to the indication for which a drug is approved rather than to the designation

The Give Kids a Chance Act is a bipartisan bill that this Congress can pass now.

Last year, the Act was passed unanimously by the House of Representatives and by the Energy and Commerce Committee. The Give Kids a Chance Act was also in Congress' end-of-year funding bill in December 2024 until it was suddenly dropped.

We thank our original cosponsors of the Give Kids a Chance Act, Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.), Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), Kim Schrier (D-Wash.), Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.), Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), Lori Trahan (D-Mass.) and Randy Weber (R-Texas). 

We also thank Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie, and Ranking Member Frank Pallone for their support and leadership.