Legacy Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5861 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5861 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. _______________________________________________________________________ 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Legacy Act of 2025''. SEC. 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 su