# 119-s-2951: Competitive Bidding Relief Act

119-s-2951, Competitive Bidding Relief Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] (R-OK); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2951
- Congress: 119
- Title: Competitive Bidding Relief Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-30
- Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] (R-OK)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Preserves the Medicare payment transition for durable medical equipment (DME)**. The bill would extend an existing DMEPOS transition rule in non-rural and noncontiguous areas through December 31, 2025, delay a planned regulatory step until January 1, 2026, and give the Secretary authority to implement these changes by program instruction or other administrative means. - Suppliers: DME suppliers in non-rural and noncontiguous areas would keep the transition payment treatment for applicable items through Dec. 31, 2025, preventing immediate payment changes tied to the competitive bidding rounds. - Medicare beneficiaries: People who receive DME in those areas would have payment rates governed by the transition rule through 2025, rather than by the newer rule the bill delays. - Administration: The Secretary of Health and Human Services would be allowed to carry out these adjustments via program instruction or other nonregulatory methods, rather than only through formal regulation.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] (R-AL), 2025-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] (R-AL), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Extend Medicare DME payment protections: benefit, low. If enacted, this bill would extend a Medicare durable medical equipment (DME) transition rule through December 31, 2025. It would stop HHS from putting a related new DME rule into effect before January 1, 2026. HHS could use program instructions to apply these changes. Medicare beneficiaries who ge…

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- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-1639: American Innovation and Jobs Act
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-s-3267: ASAP Act
- 119-s-315: AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025
- 119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas.

## Sources
- [119-s-2951 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2951)

## Related
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-1639: American Innovation and Jobs Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1639)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-3267: ASAP Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3267)
- [119-s-315: AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-315)
- [119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former Uni…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-913)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2951 (as of 2026-04-21).