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S5430119th CongressWALLET

South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Senator Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]

Introduced

Summary

Creates a targeted federal grant program to promote heart health in communities disproportionately affected by heart disease, explicitly prioritizing South Asian Americans. This program funds culturally tailored outreach, education, and research coordinated by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Grants for South Asian Heart Health

If enacted, the bill would let HHS, through the CDC, award extra grants to States that get federal heart health funding. It would authorize $2,000,000 per year for each fiscal year 2027 through 2031 to run the program. States would use the money to make culturally appropriate heart health materials, support community groups, hold workshops to improve research inclusion, and fund research on cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Grants would target communities disproportionately affected by heart disease, including South Asian communities in the United States. Within two years of enactment, CDC would report to Congress on the activities funded and related data.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]

NJ • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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