Congress extends breast health education program for young women
S. 2339 — EARLY Act Reauthorization of 2025 · Filed by Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 17, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill extends federal funding for the Young Women's Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act, a public health program that educates young women about breast health. The bill shifts the authorization period from 2022–2026 to 2027–2031, allowing the program to continue receiving appropriated funds for five more years.
Why we flagged it
This is a straightforward extension of an existing federal health education initiative. The bill contains no policy changes, no new restrictions, and no private carve-outs — it simply renews authorization for an established program.
Who it affects
The bill extends a public health education program aimed at young women without imposing new costs or restrictions on citizens. Continuity of breast health awareness and education serves a clear public health interest.
Named in the bill
Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Young Women's Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jul 17, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 17, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions”
- Jun 17, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature…”
- Sep 28, 2026 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5120; text: CR S5120)”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
4 lobbying clients named this bill on 5 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $2,980,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 34 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 72% of bills with at least one filing.
Amy Klobuchar, the sponsor, reported $116,500 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Inc — $2,380,000 on 1 filing
- GE Healthcare Technologies Inc. — $350,000 on 1 filing
- The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. Dba Susan G. Komen — $130,000 on 1 filing
- Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc. — $120,000 on 2 filings
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 21, 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 (363 characters) on Aug 18, 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 21, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
- S. 2339 on Congress.gov
- Actions and status history
- Cosponsors (1)
- Bill text the analysis read
- American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Inc — LDA filing, 2025 Q4
- GE Healthcare Technologies Inc. — LDA filing, 2026 Q2
- The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. Dba Susan G. Komen — LDA filing, 2026 Q2
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