# 119-s-5312: PROTECT Act

119-s-5312, PROTECT Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-30).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-5312
- Congress: 119
- Title: PROTECT Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-08-06
- Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-30

## Summary

**This bill would create a CDC-led Reducing Youth Use of E-Cigarettes Initiative to study and cut e-cigarette use among youth and young adults.** It would fund research, prevention campaigns, provider guidance, and grants to health departments and Freely Associated State and Tribal organizations. - Youth and families: Prioritizes research into who uses e-cigarettes, why, flavors and marketing, nicotine delivery, and cessation behavior. It also calls for a coordinated public campaign with the FDA and the Surgeon General to explain harms and reduce initiation. - Health providers and schools: Directs development and distribution of guidance for clinicians and schools on screening, treating, and referring youth to age-appropriate cessation services. It encourages technology-delivered supports and provider education on cessation services available through Medicaid and CHIP. - State, local, territorial, Freely Associated State, and Tribal health departments: Continues CDC cooperative agreement funding and evaluation of community and school-based prevention and cessation strategies. *Authorizes $100.0 million per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031 to carry out the initiative.*

## Cosponsors (5)

- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA), 2026-08-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2026-08-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2026-08-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI), 2026-08-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI), 2026-08-06T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- CDC youth vaping prevention funding: benefit, medium. This bill would authorize $100 million per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031 for the Reducing Youth Use of E-Cigarettes Initiative at CDC. The money would fund CDC activities and cooperative grants to State, local, territorial, Freely Associated State health departments, and Tribal organizati…
- New CDC youth e-cigarette program: benefit, medium. This bill would create the Reducing Youth Use of E-Cigarettes Initiative at CDC. The initiative would fund research on product types, nicotine delivery, biomarkers, use patterns, flavors, advertising exposure, reasons for use, and quit behaviors among youth and young adults. It would develop and sh…

## Related bills

- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-2763: Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act
- 119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act
- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-s-5312 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5312)

## Related
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-2763: Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2763)
- [119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3869)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5312 (as of 2026-09-30).