Federal grants to protect pregnant people from climate heat, pollution, and extreme weather.

What it does

This bill establishes three federal grant programs to protect pregnant people and infants from climate-related health risks. It creates a $100M competitive grant program (2027–2030) for local health consortiums to provide climate-risk counseling, air conditioning units, weatherization, and emergency services to pregnant and postpartum people in high-risk areas; a $5M program to integrate climate-health training into medical and nursing schools; and a National Institutes of Health research consortium to study climate impacts on maternal and infant health, with emphasis on racial and ethnic disparities.

Why we flagged it

The bill's core mechanism is direct federal funding for maternal and infant health services in climate-vulnerable areas, with research coordination and workforce training. It is a straightforward public-health intervention, not a tax provision, deregulation, or industry carve-out.

What the text implies

• The bill's success depends on local capacity to absorb and deploy grants effectively; underperforming consortiums may leave vulnerable populations unserved despite federal funding.
• Defining 'risks associated with climate change' and 'high-risk areas' through CDC/NOAA mapping may inadvertently exclude some vulnerable populations if mapping tools are incomplete or lag behind real-world climate impacts.
• The requirement to prevent 'displacement of residents and businesses' and 'rent and housing price increases' as unintended consequences may be difficult to enforce and monitor, especially in gentrifying neighborhoods receiving climate-resilience investment.

Who it affects

Pregnant people and infants in climate-vulnerable areas gain direct access to health services, emergency support, and housing assistance addressing a documented public-health gap. The bill prioritizes racial and ethnic disparities and requires transparency through public reporting, strengthening accountability. No apparent private-sector carve-outs or hidden costs to the general public.

Who stands to gain

• Community-based health organizations
• Minority-serving institutions
• Health profession schools
• Local public health departments

Named in the bill

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Minority-serving institutions, Community-based organizations, Perinatal health workers

Where it stands

2 cosponsors: 2 Democrats.

• Apr 21, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
• Apr 21, 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

3 lobbying clients named this bill on 4 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $1,035,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 10 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.

Ed Markey, the sponsor, reported $658,450 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.

• Franklin Resources, Inc. (franklin Templeton) and Affiliates — $540,000 on 2 filings
• Payward Inc. (formerly Known As Payward Interactive, Inc. D/b/a Kraken) — $480,000 on 1 filing
• The Bennett Consulting Group on Behalf of Energy Substantiation Partners LLC — $15,000 on 1 filing

Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 22, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.