Congress extends military-civilian trauma readiness grant program through 2029
H.R. 2414 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a military and civilian partnership for trauma readiness grant program. · Filed by Kathy Castor (D-FL) · 6 cosponsors · Introduced Mar 27, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill extends a federal grant program that funds partnerships between military and civilian organizations to improve trauma readiness and response. The program, which expired after 2023, is reauthorized to run through 2029, allowing continued funding for trauma training and preparedness initiatives.
Why we flagged it
The bill performs a single, straightforward function: extending the authorization period for an existing federal grant program. It is a routine reauthorization with no policy changes to the underlying program structure or eligibility.
Who it affects
Reauthorizing a trauma-readiness grant program extends federal support for civilian-military partnerships that improve emergency preparedness and trauma response capacity. Citizens benefit from sustained investment in trauma training and readiness infrastructure without new restrictions or costs.
Who stands to gain
- military medical training organizations
- civilian trauma centers and hospitals
- emergency preparedness nonprofits and research institutions
Named in the bill
Public Health Service Act, Section 1291(g), military organizations, civilian trauma centers, Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services
Where it stands
6 cosponsors: 4 Democrats, 2 Republicans.
- Mar 27, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Mar 27, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
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 6 disclosure filings across 3 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $975,780 in lobbying spend. A filing names 22 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.
Kathy Castor, the sponsor, reported $1,028,281 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- American College of Emergency Physicians — $468,727 on 1 filing
- The Society of Thoracic Surgeons — $366,153 on 2 filings
- Emergency Nurses Association — $140,900 on 3 filings
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 (237 characters) on Jun 3, 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.
- H.R. 2414 on Congress.gov
- Actions and status history
- Cosponsors (6)
- Bill text the analysis read
- American College of Emergency Physicians — LDA filing, 2026 Q1
- The Society of Thoracic Surgeons — LDA filing, 2025 Q4
- Emergency Nurses Association — LDA filing, 2026 Q2
- Kathy Castor — FEC candidate receipts, 2026 cycle
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