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Authorizes updated grant flexibilities for mosquito control (including novel technologies and training), reauthorizes funding for 2026–2030, and directs the SNS to stockpile nonperishable vector-control products.
The bill strengthens state and local mosquito surveillance, stockpiling, workforce training, and uptake of new control technologies to improve outbreak response while imposing modest additional federal costs and creating procurement and allocation trade-offs.
State and local public health agencies (and affiliated hospitals/health systems) will receive dedicated grants, funding, and technical assistance to plan, operate, and strengthen vector surveillance and control programs, improving readiness against mosquito-borne disease outbreaks.
State and local authorities can stockpile nonperishable vector-control products for use in emergencies, enabling faster, more effective responses to localized mosquito-borne disease spikes.
State and local public health programs (including rural areas) will be able to use a portion of awards for continuing education and training, building workforce capacity in public health entomology and program delivery.
Taxpayers may face increased federal spending to extend program authorization through 2026–2030, requiring new appropriations or reallocations of budget authority.
Procurement and stockpiling priorities could favor certain manufacturers or suppliers, creating procurement complexity and potential market distortions that disadvantage some vendors and raise costs.
Allowing up to 5% of awards to be used for continuing education and training reduces the share of grant dollars available for direct vector-control activities, potentially limiting immediate operational spending.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Official title: To support programs for mosquito-borne and other vector-borne disease surveillance and control.
Introduced September 2, 2026 by Joseph Neguse · Last progress September 2, 2026
Updates federal mosquito prevention and control law to allow grants to support innovative technologies, to fund training and technical assistance, and to shift a multi-year funding authorization to 2026–2030. It also directs federal public health authorities to prepare the Strategic National Stockpile for emergency supplies used to control mosquito-borne diseases and to include stockpiling and manufacturer coordination in the national vector-borne disease strategy. The changes add flexibility for awardees to use a small portion of grants for continuing education, broaden the Secretary's grant considerations to include novel technologies, and reauthorize funding for a new fiscal period while creating explicit responsibilities for CDC and ASPR to plan for emergency stockpiles of nonperishable vector-control products.