# 119-hr-5377: Rural Health Training Opportunities Act

119-hr-5377, Rural Health Training Opportunities Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5377
- Congress: 119
- Title: Rural Health Training Opportunities Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-16
- Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Prioritizes rural health training and requires transportation support for trainees.** It would give preference to demonstration projects that serve rural communities and require grant projects to include a plan to help participants reach training and jobs. - Rural communities and employers: Projects that serve a rural area where trainees live, where the project is run, or where a hiring employer partner is located would get preference when applying for Health Profession Opportunity Grants. - Trainees: Grant-funded projects must include a transportation assistance plan such as referrals to subsidized transit, or direct payments to cover transit costs or gasoline when public transit is not reasonably available. - Program oversight: The Health and Human Services Secretary would report each Congress to the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee on applications, approvals, and how well demonstrations address rural health workforce shortages. Would take effect on October 1, 2025.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Rural health training and transport help: benefit, low. If enacted, federal health job training grants would favor projects that serve rural areas. Projects could be preferred if enrollees live in a rural area, the training runs there, or a hiring partner is there. Any funded project would need a plan to help participants get to training. It would help…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-5349: TAS Act
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-5377 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5377)

## Related
- [119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6900)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-5349: TAS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5349)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5377 (as of 2026-04-21).