STOP TICKS Act

This bill renews the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, a federal advisory group, and expands its job to coordinate tick-related efforts across the whole federal government instead of only within the Department of Health and Human Services. It increases the number of federal members on the group from seven to thirteen, adding agencies such as the Forest Service, National Park Service, Environmental Protection Agency, and Defense Health Agency. It also increases the number of non-federal public members from seven to ten. The bill authorizes $12 million per year for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 for regional centers of excellence in vector-borne diseases, and $21 million per year for the same years to help health departments address vector-borne diseases.

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Sponsors

• Mark R. Warner Democrat sponsor
• 0 cosponsors