S. 1330 119th Congress Senate

BRAIN Act

Official title: A bill to advance research to achieve medical breakthroughs in brain tumor treatment and improve awareness and adequacy of specialized cancer and brain tumor care.

Introduced: April 8, 2025 Introduced by: Richard Blumenthal Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov

Health

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Apr 8, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Apr 8, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Related & companion bills 1

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 18

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

PORTERFIELD, FETTIG & SEARS, LLC
for NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY · Massachusetts · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
BRACEWELL LLP
for NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY · Massachusetts · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
PORTERFIELD, FETTIG & SEARS, LLC
for NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY · Massachusetts · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18 filings
SENATE
18 filings
White House Office
9 filings
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
5 filings
Education, Dept of
5 filings
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
5 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
5 filings
Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
5 filings

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Cosponsors 14