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HR-4348House2026-07-02Health

To reauthorize the Kay Hagan Tick Act, and for other purposes.

YourVoice.Now Summary

Transparency & Accountability

Tick and mosquito disease programs would be cleared for federal spending through 2030 — no change for you.

Transparency & Accountability

Congress must revisit these programs — funding approved only through 2030

The bill sets the spending approval to run out after 2030. Congress would have to act again to keep these tick and mosquito programs going.

Required advice from named tick-disease group — now "appropriate individuals"

The law now names the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group as a required voice in the federal plan for these diseases. The bill drops that name and lets health officials pick whoever they see as appropriate.

More about this bill

You would notice no change in daily life from this bill. It renews permission for federal spending on tick and mosquito disease programs. That permission ran out after 2025. The new window covers 2026 through 2030. Two programs get the renewal. One pays for a national plan plus regional centers focused on these diseases. Those centers' listed work would now include building the ability to find, report, and stop outbreaks. The other program helps state, local, and tribal health departments do that work. The bill also drops a rule to consult a named federal tick panel. Health officials would consult "appropriate individuals" instead. The House passed the bill on July 20, 2026. The Senate has not voted.

Congressional Summary

This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 activities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to address vector-borne diseases (e.g., diseases spread by bites from ticks or mosquitoes). These activities include (1) a national strategy, (2) grants for regional centers of excellence, and (3) cooperative agreements with state, local, and tribal health departments to increase capacity for preventing and responding to vector-borne diseases.

Legislative Subjects

Health programs administration and fundingInfectious and parasitic diseases

Details

Congress
119th
Chamber
House
Status
summarized
Action
Reported to House
Action Date
2026-07-02
Date Added
2026-07-17
Source
Congress.gov →

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