S 5489 119th Congress Senate

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a scholarship and loan repayment program to incentivize physicians to enter into the field of sickle cell disease research, treatment, and…

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Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a scholarship and loan repayment program to incentivize physicians to enter into the field of sickle cell disease research, treatment, and patient care, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 23, 2026 Introduced by: Van Hollen, Chris Democratic · Maryland See on congress.gov

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Sep 23, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Sep 23, 2026

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

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What's happening now September 23, 2026

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

Committees of jurisdiction 1

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 2

Booker, Cory A.

New Jersey · Sep 23, 2026

Klobuchar, Amy

Minnesota · Sep 23, 2026

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5489: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a scholarship and loan repayment program to incentivize physicians to enter into the field of sickle cell disease research, treatment, and patient care, and for other purposes.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5489/

MLA

"S. 5489: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a scholarship and loan repayment program to incentivize physicians to enter into the field of sickle cell disease research, treatment, and patient care, and for other purposes.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5489/.

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S. 5489, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5489/.

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[S. 5489: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a scholarship and loan repayment program to incentivize physicians to enter into the field of sickle cell disease research, treatment, and patient care, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5489/)