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Amends section 319E to revise task force composition and duties, add an Advisory Council with duties, meeting frequency, FACA applicability, sunset date (Dec 31, 2026), and require a 5-year action plan submitted by Oct 1, 2026 and every 5 years thereafter; conforming redesignations of subsections and cross-reference updates.
Amends section 319F–2 (Strategic National Stockpile) to add inventory tracking tools, require vendor contract notification within 30 days, require assessments for organizational management changes, adjust review language to reflect best practices, change certain timing requirements to 60 days, and update fiscal year funding periods and amounts.
Amends section 319L to broaden R&D language for medical countermeasures for priority virus families, require 30-day vendor contract notification for awards, increase funding to specified amounts for FY2025–2026, and extend a paragraph's sunset to December 31, 2026.
Amends section 2811–1 (Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise) to add Directors of BARDA and the Strategic National Stockpile to the Enterprise membership list, remove duplicate director listings, add duties to assist Secretary in allocation and distribution strategies, and require information sharing with stakeholders consistent with national security.
Amends section 317G to permit noncompetitive conversion of individuals who complete specified fellowship or training programs to career-conditional appointments without regard to certain parts of title 5, provided they meet qualification requirements.
Amends section 2811A (National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters) to set a new sunset of December 31, 2026 and require the Secretary to submit a recommendation by October 1, 2025 on extension.
Amends section 2811B (National Advisory Committee on Seniors and Disasters) to increase committee membership from 17 to 25, restructure membership into Federal and non-Federal members, specify minimum numbers and types of non-Federal appointees, and remove certain subparagraphs.
Modifies sequestration rules to set Medicare payment reduction at 2.0 percent generally and adds a provision requiring the President to order a sequestration tied to the FY2033 budget submission with phased reductions (2.0% for first 2 months, 0% for last 10 months)
Adds a new paragraph (23) to subsection (t) requiring unique provider identifiers and provider-based status attestations for off-campus outpatient departments and directs HHS rulemaking and compliance review procedures
Extends and revises allotment periods and appropriations language for the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education program, moving certain date references forward to September 30, 2025 and expanding fiscal year applicability to include 2026
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Creates new consumer-safety rules (including a near-term ban on products with high‑concentration sodium nitrite), expands recycling/composting data collection and funds pilot recycling infrastructure in underserved areas, and directs multiple health‑care and public‑health reforms and funding extensions. It also reorganizes parts of the Department of Commerce (NTIA), mandates clearer hotel/short‑term rental price disclosure, tightens Medicare Advantage provider‑directory rules, requires PBM transparency for group health plans, and extends a telehealth tax safe harbor.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, the Judiciary, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced March 3, 2025 by Frank Pallone · Last progress March 3, 2025
PREVENT DIABETES Act
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, the Judiciary, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House