EARLY Act Reauthorization of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The EARLY Act Reauthorization of 2025 makes one targeted change to the Public Health Service Act: it extends the authorization for the Young Women's Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009 by replacing the 2026 end date with 2031.
Who Benefits and How
Young women who need breast-health education benefit because the federal education and awareness authority continues for five additional years. Women at elevated breast-cancer risk, including those who may need earlier education about symptoms, family history, or risk factors, benefit from continued public-health outreach. CDC and HHS breast-health education programs benefit from a longer authorization runway for campaigns, materials, and partnerships. Community health educators benefit because the program authority can continue supporting awareness work aimed at younger women.
Who Bears the Burden and How
HHS and CDC public-health program staff must continue administering the breast-health education and awareness work through the new authorization period. Federal taxpayers bear the cost of any continued appropriations made under the reauthorized program. Congress retains oversight responsibility for whether the extended program improves breast-health awareness for young women.
Key Provisions
- Amends section 399NN(h) of the Public Health Service Act to extend the EARLY Act authorization from 2026 to 2031.
- Gives HHS and CDC five additional years of statutory authority to continue young women's breast-health education, awareness materials, outreach partnerships, and related public-health activities.
- Preserves the existing Young Women's Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act program structure while changing the expiration date only.
- Keeps Congress's future appropriations and oversight decisions tied to an active authorization through 2031 instead of a 2026 sunset.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Extends the Young Women's Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act authorization from 2026 through 2031.
Key Policy Areas
Health, Cancer Prevention, Public Health
Primary Purpose
Extends the Young Women's Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act authorization from 2026 through 2031.
Policy Domains
EARLY Act breast-health education reauthorization
Identified Gains
- Young women receiving breast-health education
- Women at elevated breast-cancer risk
- CDC breast-health education program staff
- Community health educators serving young women
Identified Costs
- HHS public-health program administrators
- Federal taxpayers funding breast-health outreach
Sponsors
Amy Klobuchar
D-MN | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
ReportedPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. …
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator …
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be …
Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Crapo) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
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Young women receiving breast-health education
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "cdc"
- → Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- "hhs"
- → Department of Health and Human Services
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
The Young Women's Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act authority in section 399NN of the Public Health Service Act.
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