7th District - Terri Sewell (D)

Text has not yet been received, but the state purpose of this bill is to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to continue the Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration under the Medicare program. This is a temporary federal program that is intended to reduce insurance premiums and lower monthly costs for prescription drug plans, however it is scheduled to end on December 31st, 2026.

This bill would require income tax withholding for payments to student athletes for the use of their name, image, or likeness.

This bill would provide a credit for American infrastructure bonds

This bill is the same as H.R.8024.

This bill would amend the Public Health Service Act; particularly the part of it that allows the Secretary to make grants to States and other public and nonprofit private entities for the purpose of, among other disease-control and vaccine-related things, planning implementation and evaluation of activities to address vaccine preventable diseases. There is then a subsection of similar activities like reducing barriers to accessing vaccines and evidence-based information about the health effects of vaccines. The edit that Ms. Sewell has proposed would add to this subsection of activities that grants may be provided to “increase vaccination rates of pregnant and postpartum individuals, including individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups, and their children”. My spidey senses are telling me this is related to a quote from RFK jr. that came to light in January of 2025, where he stated that Black people should not receive the same vaccine schedule as white people because they have stronger immune systems. This is, of course, patently false and based in racist pseudoscience that also claimed black people have a higher pain tolerance and are built for hard labor.

This bill would revise and reauthorize a program that provides financial assistance for rural water systems. This bill would modify the eligibility requirements for subgrants so that anyone who is a member of a household with a combined annual income that is less than or equal to 60% of the median household income for the area would be eligible for a subgrant to help them pay their water bill.

This bill would expand and expedite access to cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation programs under Medicare by amending title XVIII of the Social Security Act.

This bill would require for the provision of health profession opportunity grants to be geographically diverse, as well as requiring the services provided through those grants to include a transportation assistance plan.

This bill would provide an additional 2,000 residency positions that are eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare. Each hospital may receive up to 75 additional positions under this bill. It would also require the Government Accountability Office to report on strategies to increase diversity in the health professional workforce with respect to representation from rural, low-income, and minority communities.

This bill would have the Secretary of Defense to establish a program treating pregnancy as a qualifying event for enrollment in TRICARE (a healthcare plan available to active-duty family members and military retirees and families), provided the pregnant person is an eligible beneficiary.

This bill is basically the same thing as H.R.4381

This bill would ensure affordable health insurance for low-income individuals in states that do not have expanded Medicaid

This bill would designate Rosa Parks Day as a federal holiday

This bill would create criteria used to determine which states need to obtain preclearance before they can make changes to voting practices. A state would need to obtain preclearance from the DOJ before changing voting practices if during the previous 25 years that state had: 15+ voting rights violations occurring in the state, 10+ violations, one of which was committed by the state itself, or 3+ violations occurred while the state was administering the elections. This bill also outlines factors that must be considered by courts when hearing challenges to voting practices, including any history of official voting discrimination in the state.