H.R. 5602 · 117th Congress

BIO Preparedness Workforce Act of 2021

Introduced on Oct 15, 2021 by Lori Trahan (D-MA-3). 16 cosponsors, 1 of them from another party. Latest action (Oct 18, 2021): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Oct 15, 2021
Cosponsors
16
1 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Bio-Preparedness and Infectious Diseases Workforce Loan Repayment Program.

Subjects

  • Congressional oversight
  • Education programs funding
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health personnel
  • Health programs administration and funding
  • Health promotion and preventive care
  • Higher education
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Medical education
  • Medical tests and diagnostic methods
  • Student aid and college costs

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Oct 15, 2021). Public domain.

Bolstering Infectious Outbreaks Preparedness Workforce Act of 2021 or the BIO Preparedness Workforce Act of 2021

This bill establishes a student loan repayment program for health care and related professionals who are engaged in either bio-preparedness and response activities or infectious disease care in underserved communities. For each year that a professional meets the work requirements of the program, the Health Resources and Services Administration may pay up to $50,000 of the professional's student loan principal and interest, up to a maximum amount of $150,000.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Lori TrahanD-MA-3Sponsor

Democrats · 15

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Oct 15, 2021Introduced in House
  2. Oct 15, 2021Introduced in House
  3. Oct 15, 2021 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  4. Oct 18, 2021 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. Infectious Diseases Society of America7 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INFECTIOUS DISEASES SOCIETY OF AMERICAAI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.