Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
This bill extends the authorization period for the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond (SOAR) to Health and Wellness Training Program from fiscal years 2020–2024 to fiscal years 2025–2029, and rescinds $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from HHS’s Nonrecurring Expenses Fund (009–90–0125). The text does not change program structure or specify new appropriation amounts.
Progressives emphasize harm from the $20M rescission
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly tailored statutory reauthorization consisting chiefly of a single, precise amendment to an existing Public Health Service Act subsection and a specified fiscal rescission.
This bill extends the authorization period for the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond (SOAR) to Health and Wellness Training Program from fiscal years 2020–2024 to fiscal years 2025–2029, and rescinds $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from HHS’s Nonrecurring Expenses Fund (009–90–0125).
The text does not change program structure or specify new appropriation amounts.
Small, noncontroversial reauthorization with a rescission offset historically fares well; passage depends mostly on timing and legislative packaging.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly tailored statutory reauthorization consisting chiefly of a single, precise amendment to an existing Public Health Service Act subsection and a specified fiscal rescission.
Progressives emphasize harm from the $20M rescission
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Progressives emphasize harm from the $20M rescission
Likely supportive of reauthorizing a health/wellness training program that helps frontline responders.
Concerned the $20 million rescission could reduce resources for public health training or services unless other funding is preserved.
Views reauthorization as a modest, pragmatic update to keep a training program available.
Approves fiscal housekeeping via rescinding unobligated balances but wants clarity on whether the rescission affects program implementation.
Generally favorable: extends a limited federal training program without expanding scope.
Approves the $20 million rescission as reasonable fiscal restraint, provided program effectiveness is maintained.
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Small, noncontroversial reauthorization with a rescission offset historically fares well; passage depends mostly on timing and legislative packaging.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives emphasize harm from the $20M rescission
Small, noncontroversial reauthorization with a rescission offset historically fares well; passage depends mostly on timing and legislative…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly tailored statutory reauthorization consisting chiefly of a single, precise amendment to an existing Public Health Service Act subsection and a specified…
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