14. Department of Health and Human Services · Major · Needs Congress
Have Congress clearly define and limit the CDC's legal authorities
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“Congress should ensure that CDC’s legal authorities are clearly defined and limited to prevent a recurrence of any such arbitrary and vacillating exercise of power.”
What has happened
- Not started
Congress has not narrowed CDC's authorities. The CDC bills of the 119th Congress are a tribal preparedness authorization, a facility authorization and an anniversary resolution; none defines or limits the agency's legal powers, and none has passed a chamber.
No action found yet. This entry is the starting point, not a finding.
Research log
What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence
Research notes
- Negative searches run 2026-08-27: bill titles among those we keep and search, from congress.gov, mentioning the Centers for Disease Control or CDC — 5 hits (H.R. 87 Protecting Our Children from the CDC Act, referred; H.R. 9820 / S. 5056 CDC Tribal Public Health Security and Preparedness Act, referred; S. 2109 Dyess CDC Addition Design Authorization Act; S.Res. 848). Public laws — the 104 of the window among those we keep and search, none amending CDC’s quarantine or emergency authorities.
- For an ask that needs Congress, a bill that has only been introduced still counts as not started; none of these has even that much bearing on the ask.
- Action
- restrict
- Object
- CDC legal authorities
- ID
- 1206