Congress extends loan repayment for public health workers through 2030
H.R. 4445 — Public Health and Bio-Preparedness Workforce Loan Repayment Reauthorization Act of 2025 · Filed by Jason Crow (D-CO) · 13 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 16, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill extends a federal loan repayment program for public health and bio-preparedness workers for five additional years (2026–2030), replacing the current authorization that expires after 2025. The program helps recruit and retain workers in public health agencies and pandemic-preparedness roles by paying down their student loans.
Why we flagged it
The bill is a straightforward reauthorization of an existing federal loan repayment program for public health workers. It extends the program's authorization window by five years with no structural changes to the underlying program.
Who it affects
The bill extends a workforce development program that directly benefits public health professionals by reducing their student debt burden, making public health careers more financially accessible and helping retain experienced workers in critical pandemic-preparedness roles. No restrictions on citizens' rights or protections are imposed.
Named in the bill
Public Health Service Act, Section 776(i), Public health agencies, Bio-preparedness workforce
Where it stands
13 cosponsors: 7 Democrats, 6 Republicans.
- Jul 16, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 16, 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
2 lobbying clients named this bill on 3 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $220,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 5 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 41% of bills with at least one filing.
Jason Crow, the sponsor, reported $227,840 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- The Cook Group Inc. — $120,000 on 1 filing
- Infectious Diseases Society of America — $100,000 on 2 filings
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 18, 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 (369 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 18, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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