Congress creates an office to study and improve men's health.
S. 5113 — State of Men’s Health Act · Filed by Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 23, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the Government Accountability Office to study men's health problems. The study must finish within one year. It requires the Department of Health and Human Services to set up an Office of Men's Health. This must happen within 18 months. The office will coordinate existing federal programs about men's health. It covers four health issues: prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, diabetes, and mental health. The bill uses money already set aside, not new money.
Who it affects
The bill affects men and their families. It affects the Department of Health and Human Services. This agency must set up and run the office.
One thing to notice
The office will work with programs that already exist. It will not create new programs or get new money.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jul 23, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 23, 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.
Words to know
- Government Accountability Office — A federal agency that studies how the government spends money.
- Department of Health and Human Services — The federal agency that runs health and human services programs.
- Office of Men's Health — A new office that will coordinate federal programs about men's health.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (8,912 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 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.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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