Congress funds mosquito disease control—quietly expanding federal stockpile authority
S. 5213 — SMASH 2.0 Act · Filed by Angus King (I-ME) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Aug 3, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill reauthorizes and expands a federal mosquito-borne disease surveillance and control program under the Public Health Service Act, allocating $100 million annually through 2031. It allows the CDC and health agencies to fund state and local mosquito abatement efforts, provide technical training, and stockpile vector-control products in preparation for disease outbreaks.
Why we flagged it
The bill extends and funds an existing federal disease surveillance and control program. It is a straightforward reauthorization with modest expansion of authority (innovation consideration, stockpiling coordination) and appropriations.
What the text implies
- The 5% education/training allowance may create incentive for grantees to prioritize training spending over direct control activities, potentially reducing on-the-ground mosquito abatement in some jurisdictions.
- Strategic National Stockpile coordination for vector-control products is new; implementation details (product selection, storage, rotation, cost-sharing with manufacturers) are not specified and may require additional rulemaking.
- The bill permits 'public and private entities' to receive grants for technical assistance, creating potential for private contractor capture of federal training dollars without explicit oversight or performance metrics.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill funds public health infrastructure for disease prevention at no apparent cost to citizens' rights or protections. Mosquito-borne diseases (dengue, Zika, West Nile virus) pose genuine public health risks; federal coordination and funding for surveillance and control benefit ordinary people by reducing disease transmission and enabling faster outbreak response.
Who stands to gain
- state and local health departments
- mosquito control districts
- vector-control product manufacturers
- public health training contractors
Named in the bill
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Strategic National Stockpile, Public Health Service Act Section 317S, Section 319F-2 (Strategic National Stockpile definition)
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 2 Republicans, 1 Democrats.
- Aug 3, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Aug 3, 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 $489,143 in lobbying spend. A filing names 69 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.
Angus King, the sponsor, reported $32,500 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters — $489,143 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 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 (2,386 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 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 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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