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119-hr-4348119th CongressWALLET

To reauthorize the Kay Hagan Tick Act, and for other purposes.

Sponsored By: Representative Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]

Passed House

Summary

Reauthorizes and extends federal programs to strengthen prevention, detection, and response to tick and other vector-borne diseases. This bill would renew the Kay Hagan Tick Act authorities through 2026 through 2030, broaden participant language, and add explicit authority to increase capacity to identify, report, prevent, and respond to vector-borne diseases.

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  • Health departments — Sustains enhanced support for state and local public health departments, helping them maintain detection and response activities for vector-borne threats.
  • Research and regional centers — Continues the National Strategy and Regional Centers of Excellence in Vector-Borne Disease and replaces narrow participant language with "appropriate individuals," which broadens who can join planning and response efforts.
  • Surveillance and response capacity — Adds explicit authority to boost capacity for identifying, reporting, preventing, and responding to vector-borne diseases earlier in the authorization period.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

More support to fight vector-borne diseases

If enacted, this would extend federal efforts on tick and other vector-borne diseases through 2026–2030. State and local health departments would keep enhanced support during 2026–2030. The program would be able to increase capacity to identify, report, prevent, and respond to these diseases during the authorization window, before 2030. It would also broaden who can take part by using “appropriate individuals” instead of a named working group. Changes would take effect upon enactment. This would not provide direct payments to households but could improve public health response.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]

NJ • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 7/10/2025

  • Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7]

    NJ • R

    Sponsored 7/10/2025

  • Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 7/10/2025

  • Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 7/15/2025

  • Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large]

    GU • R

    Sponsored 7/21/2025

  • Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 7/23/2025

  • Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1]

    NC • D

    Sponsored 7/23/2025

  • Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]

    WI • D

    Sponsored 7/29/2025

  • Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 7/29/2025

  • Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 8/5/2025

  • Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large]

    DE • D

    Sponsored 8/12/2025

  • Rep. Riley, Josh [D-NY-19]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 8/15/2025

  • Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 8/19/2025

  • Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 8/22/2025

  • Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 9/3/2025

  • Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 9/8/2025

  • Rep. Mannion, John W. [D-NY-22]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 9/9/2025

  • Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 10/6/2025

  • Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 10/8/2025

  • Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 10/8/2025

  • Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]

    NC • D

    Sponsored 10/8/2025

  • Rep. Bresnahan, Robert P. [R-PA-8]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 10/14/2025

  • Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 11/12/2025

  • Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 12/3/2025

  • Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]

    NJ • R

    Sponsored 12/5/2025

  • Rep. Pou, Nellie [D-NJ-9]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 12/30/2025

  • Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 2/11/2026

  • Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 2/23/2026

  • Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 3/3/2026

  • Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]

    KS • D

    Sponsored 3/24/2026

  • Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]

    ME • D

    Sponsored 4/2/2026

  • Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2]

    RI • D

    Sponsored 4/13/2026

  • Rep. Bentz, Cliff [R-OR-2]

    OR • R

    Sponsored 5/19/2026

  • Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 5/19/2026

  • Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/2/2026

  • Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 6/29/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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