# 119-s-1380: SPARC Act

119-s-1380, SPARC Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-03).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1380
- As of: 2026-09-03
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1380
- Congress: 119
- Title: SPARC Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-04-09
- Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-03

## Summary

**Creates a targeted loan repayment program to recruit and retain specialty physicians and non-physician specialty providers in rural areas with shortages.** It would pay clinicians over a six-year service commitment and set a per-borrower cap of $250,000.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] (R-MS), 2025-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2026-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2026-06-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Loan relief for rural specialty clinicians: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would create a loan repayment program to recruit specialty physicians and non‑physician specialists to rural shortage areas. For each year you serve, the Secretary would pay one‑sixth of eligible loan principal and interest and after six years would pay the remainder, with tota…

## Related bills

- 119-s-2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-4784: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-3940: Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act
- 119-s-1552: Living Donor Protection Act of 2025
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-1380 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1380)

## Related
- [119-s-2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2296)
- [119-s-4784: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4784)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-3940: Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3940)
- [119-s-1552: Living Donor Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1552)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1380 (as of 2026-09-03).