Congress extends loan relief for public health workers through 2031
S. 4283 — Public Health and Bio-Preparedness Workforce Loan Repayment Reauthorization Act of 2026 · Filed by Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Apr 14, 2026 · 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 (2027–2031), replacing the current authorization that expires after 2025. The program helps recruit and retain workers in critical public health roles by paying down their student loans.
Why we flagged it
The bill is a routine extension of an existing federal loan-repayment program for public health workers. It contains no new policy, no structural changes, and no new beneficiaries — only a timeline extension to maintain program continuity.
Who it affects
The bill sustains a workforce-development program that helps public health professionals manage student debt, supporting recruitment and retention in essential roles. Continuity of the program benefits both workers and public health capacity without imposing new costs or restrictions on citizens.
Named in the bill
Public Health Service Act, Section 776(i), Public health workforce, Bio-preparedness workforce
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 2 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Apr 14, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Apr 14, 2026 — 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”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $50,000 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 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Tammy Baldwin, the sponsor, reported $195,336 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Infectious Diseases Society of America — $50,000 on 1 filing
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 Jun 2026 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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