Congress funds bug control through 2031.
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 gives the CDC and health groups money to fight bugs that spread disease. It provides $100 million each year through 2031. The money helps states and local areas control bugs and train workers. It also lets them store products for disease control during emergencies.
Who it affects
State and local health groups, bug control districts, and public health workers get funding. People in areas with bug-spread disease gain better protection.
One thing to notice
The bill lets both state groups and private companies get grants for training. It does not say how these grants will be checked or measured.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
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 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $489,143 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 69 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
Angus King, who sponsored the bill, received $32,500 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters — $489,143 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- health groups — Organizations that work to keep people healthy and stop disease.
- training — Teaching workers how to do a job or task.
- grants — Money given by the state to help pay for a project or work.
- emergencies — Sudden, serious events that need fast action and help.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
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 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.
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 2026-09-23.
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