# 119-hr-1127: Rural America Health Corps Act

119-hr-1127, Rural America Health Corps Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8] (R-TN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-08).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1127
- Congress: 119
- Title: Rural America Health Corps Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8] (R-TN)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-08

## Summary

**Expands loan repayment to recruit health professionals to rural areas.** The Rural America Health Corps Act would create a National Health Service Corps Rural Provider Loan Repayment Demonstration that pays principal and interest on eligible loans for clinicians who agree to five years of full-time work in a rural health professional shortage area. - Rural clinicians: Clinicians eligible for but not enrolled in the existing Loan Repayment Program could receive loan payments. Payments come as one-fifth of the outstanding principal and interest each year and the remainder after the fifth year, up to $200,000 per person. - Rural communities: The program aims to increase access to care by placing clinicians in rural shortage areas under five-year service commitments. - Program rules and oversight: The Secretary of Health and Human Services would apply existing loan repayment program rules to the demo, exclude participants from affecting shortage-area designations through fiscal years 2026–2030, and must submit a report evaluating effects on rural access five years after enactment. *Would authorize $50.0 million per year for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 to carry out the demonstration.*

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1] (R-TN), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2025-04-09T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Loan relief for rural health workers: benefit, high. This bill would start a loan repayment program for health workers in rural shortage areas. You would need to qualify for the usual NHSC loan program, not be in it now, and agree to five years of full-time work in a rural area. The program would pay 20% of your eligible loan balance each year, based…

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- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1822: ACRE Act of 2025
- 119-hr-8730: Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-hr-1127 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1127)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-1822: ACRE Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1822)
- [119-hr-8730: Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8730)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1127 (as of 2026-10-08).