Federal plan required to help police and firefighters with trauma stress

What it does

The bill tells the Attorney General to create a plan for a federal program. The program would offer mental health treatment for police, fire workers, paramedics, 911 workers, and other first responders. The plan must cover PTSD and acute stress disorder. The Attorney General must write a report within 150 days. The report must explain how the program would work, how to keep information private, and the yearly cost.

Who it affects

Police, fire workers, paramedics, 911 workers, and other first responders would be helped. About 30 percent of these workers develop mental health problems including PTSD. Between 125 and 300 police workers die by suicide each year.

One thing to notice

The bill requires only a report and a plan. A real program would need Congress to approve money later.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

19 cosponsors: 12 Democrats, 7 Republicans.

• Mar 4, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
• Mar 4, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary”
• May 14, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably”
• Jun 10, 2026 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S2723, S2726-2727; text: CR S2726-2727)”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

5 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 7 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $220,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 42 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 78% of bills with any report.

Chuck Grassley, who sponsored the bill, received $46,167 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• International Association of Fire Chiefs — $70,000 in 2 reports
• Peace Officers Research Association of California — $50,000 in 1 report
• International Union of Police Associations AFL-CIO — $40,000 in 2 reports
• Sergeants Benevolent Association of New York City — $40,000 in 1 report
• National Alliance on Mental Illness — $20,000 in 1 report

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• acute stress disorder — A mental health condition like PTSD that happens right after a traumatic event.
• Attorney General — The top law officer in the federal government who leads the Department of Justice.
• 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.
• sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.