Congress quietly funds dental workforce training through 2030
H.R. 2001 — Action for Dental Health Act · Filed by Robin Kelly (D-IL) · 9 cosponsors · Introduced Mar 10, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill reauthorizes a federal grant program for dental workforce development under the Public Health Service Act. It increases annual funding from $13.9 million to $15 million per year and extends the program through fiscal year 2030, allowing states and institutions to continue training dentists and dental professionals to address workforce shortages.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative function is to extend and modestly increase funding for an existing federal grant program supporting dental professional training. It is a routine reauthorization with a straightforward funding adjustment.
Who it affects
Ordinary citizens benefit from expanded dental workforce training, which addresses documented shortages of dentists and dental professionals — particularly in rural and underserved areas. Increased funding supports public health infrastructure without imposing new costs on individuals.
Who stands to gain
- dental schools and training institutions
- state health workforce programs
Named in the bill
Public Health Service Act, Section 340G(f), dental workforce programs, U.S. House of Representatives, Kevin F. McCumber (House Clerk)
Where it stands
9 cosponsors: 7 Democrats, 2 Republicans.
- Mar 10, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Mar 10, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
- May 21, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- May 21, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0”
- Jul 20, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4645)”
- Jul 20, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
3 lobbying clients named this bill on 5 disclosure filings across 3 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $733,780 in lobbying spend. A filing names 4 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 61% of bills with at least one filing.
Robin Kelly, the sponsor, reported $539,150 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- American Dental Association — $593,780 on 2 filings
- American Dental Association — $100,000 on 2 filings
- Academy of General Dentistry — $40,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (410 characters) on Jun 8, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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