Codify the executive order accelerating development of and access to psychedelic-assisted treatments, including ibogaine therapy, to protect veterans' access to those treatments.

J. Luis Correa · California · Democratic

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Occurrences

Congressman Lou Correa (D-CA), alongside Reps. Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Jack Bergman (R-MI), and Michael McCaul (R-TX), introduced the Initiating Biomedical Outcomes to Garner Advancements into Innovative Neuroplastogen Efficacy (IBOGAINE) Act. This legislation would codify President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order No. 14401, which accelerates the development of, and access to, psychedelic drugs that could save lives and reverse the crisis of serious mental illness in the United States.

Correa introduced legislation to codify an executive order accelerating development and access to psychedelic drugs, with the stated aim of protecting veterans' access to psychedelic-assisted treatments.

Correa, Colleagues Move to Enshrine Psychedelic Therapy Executive Order in Law, Protect Veterans' Access | U.S. Congressman Lou Correa of California
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Evidence

Review of official 119th Congress legislation records found no enacted statute, and no clear Correa-sponsored codification bill, for EO 14401 or an ibogaine/psychedelic veterans access codification as of 2026-07-10.

The central promise is to codify the executive order. The available official legislative record does not show delivery by enacted law during the current term.

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Congress.gov legislation search, 119th Congress
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EO 14401 directs FDA and DEA to establish access pathways for psychedelic drugs, including ibogaine compounds, under Right to Try; directs HHS/ARPA-H to allocate at least $50 million for state partnerships; and directs HHS, FDA, and VA collaboration. It also says implementation is subject to appropriations and creates no enforceable right or benefit.

The underlying executive order exists and covers veterans, ibogaine, access pathways, funding, and VA collaboration, but it is not statutory codification and does not itself create protected enforceable access.

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Executive Order 14401: Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness
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The White House described the order as accelerating research and improving access to psychedelic drugs for serious mental illness, particularly veterans. The release quoted Rep. Lou Correa saying the action is good for veterans and that psychedelics show promise for PTSD, mental health, alcoholism, drug addiction, Alzheimer’s and other ailments.

Correa publicly supported the EO shortly after issuance, which is concrete advocacy aligned with the claim, but the release does not show a codifying bill enacted or introduced by him.

partial same_term A for effort

President Trump’s Landmark Order Advances Breakthrough Mental Health Treatments — Delivering New Hope to Veterans
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The report says Rep. Lou Correa co-founded the Congressional Psychedelics Advancing Therapies Caucus, lawmakers from both parties were working on legislation to boost the field, and Correa welcomed the Trump executive order. It also reports FDA priority vouchers for several psychedelic drugs but notes those actions do not guarantee approval.

This supports serious effort and partial policy movement after the EO, while confirming the issue remained in legislative and regulatory development rather than completed statutory codification.

partial same_term A for effort

How Republicans came to embrace psychedelic drugs
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Politico reported that Correa stood with PATH Caucus co-founder Jack Bergman and other lawmakers pressing FDA on MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD, and that Bergman and Correa had led congressional efforts to include psychedelics provisions in VA and Defense funding bills.

This predates the 2026 EO but shows Correa had already taken concrete federal action on psychedelic treatment access and research for veterans, supporting an effort badge despite no final codification.

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How a 3-star general came to believe in psychedelic medicine
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Assessments

never unknown A for effort

The promised outcome was statutory codification of EO 14401 to protect veterans' access to psychedelic-assisted treatments including ibogaine. The executive order itself exists and aligns with the policy goal, and Correa publicly supported it and has materially advanced related psychedelic-treatment work through the PATH Caucus and veterans-related funding efforts. But the record provided does not show an enacted federal statute, or even a clear Correa-sponsored codification bill, that codified the EO. Because the core codification promise was not delivered, but Correa made serious aligned legislative and advocacy efforts, this is a failed delivery with effort credit.

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