S. 1643 · 119th Congress

Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2025

Introduced on May 7, 2025 by Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV). 18 cosponsors, 9 of them from another party. Latest action (May 7, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
May 7, 2025
Cosponsors
18
9 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

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect patient access to ground ambulance services under the Medicare program.

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Catherine Cortez MastoD-NVSponsor

Democrats · 8

Independents · 1

Republicans · 9

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. May 7, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. May 7, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION13 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)
  2. Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service, Inc.9 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SUPERIOR AIR-GROUND AMBULANCE SERVICE OF MICHIGAN INCAI match · 99%
  3. Falck USA5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  4. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS5 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS, INC.$187.9K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)5 reports
    $155K reported (all issues)
  6. Sarnova, LLC5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  7. GLOBAL MEDICAL RESPONSE, INC.4 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)
  8. National Volunteer Fire Council4 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COUNCIL, INC.$60K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

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.