Skip to main content
H.R. 6157 119th Congress House

FORCE Act of 2025

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide benefits under the Medicare program for first responders at the age of 57.

Introduced: November 19, 2025 Introduced by: Jimmy Panetta Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Health
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 19, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 19, 2025
Introduced in House
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

What's happening now November 19, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

First Responders' Care Expansion Act of 2025 or the FORCE Act of 2025

This bill provides for Medicare coverage of first responders between the ages of 57 and 64 who do not otherwise already qualify for Medicare.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Lobbying activity 3

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • STEPTOE LLP
    for PEACE OFFICERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA · California · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • STEPTOE LLP
    for PEACE OFFICERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA · California · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • STEPTOE LLP
    for PEACE OFFICERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA · California · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

A filing lists the bills it worked on and the parts of government it contacted in separate sections, so these are the bodies those filers named anywhere in the filing, not a per-bill breakdown.

 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
D
Whitesides, George
California · May 29, 2026
 D
Morrison, Kelly
Minnesota · May 12, 2026
 D
Correa, J. Luis
California · Feb 5, 2026
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Nov 19, 2025
 D
Levin, Mike
California · Nov 19, 2025
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6157: FORCE Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6157/
MLA
"H.R. 6157: FORCE Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6157/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 6157, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6157/.
Markdown link
[H.R. 6157: FORCE Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6157/)
Report a problem