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H.R. 290

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 290, the Rural Telehealth and Education Enhancement Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Jan 9, 2025 by Rep. Nicholas Langworthy (R) with 7 co-sponsors. It was referred to Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development, and last saw action on Feb 14, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.

Record

Text

H.R. 290 has 7 co-sponsors.

hb290/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 290 IH: Rural Telehealth and Education Enhancement Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-09
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 290  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   January 9, 2025   Mr. Langworthy  (for himself and  Ms. Pingree ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Agriculture    A BILL
To reauthorize the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program of the Department of Agriculture.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Rural Telehealth and Education Enhancement Act of 2025  .
2.
Reauthorization of the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program
Section 2335A of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 950aaa–5 ) is amended by striking  2023  and inserting  2030 .

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-01-09
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Jan 9, 2025

hb290/introduced-in-house.md

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Introduced in House (01/09/2025)

Rural Telehealth and Education Enhancement Act of 2025

This bill reauthorizes the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program through FY2030. This Department of Agriculture program provides grants to help rural communities gain the technology and training necessary to engage in telemedicine and distance learning.

Sponsors

Rep. Nicholas Langworthy (R) sponsors H.R. 290, and 7 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 290 went before 2 committees: Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee and Agriculture.

Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee
Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee
Referred to · Feb 14, 2025 · 46 Bills
Agriculture
Agriculture
Referred To · Jan 9, 2025 · 226 Bills

Actions

H.R. 290 has taken 3 actions since Jan 9, 2025, the latest on Feb 14, 2025.

ChamberAction
Feb 14, 2025
House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee
Jan 9, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Jan 9, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.Agriculture Committee

Votes

H.R. 290 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 290 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Rural Telehealth and Education Enhancement Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • Rural Telehealth and Education Enhancement Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To reauthorize the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program of the Department of Agriculture. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

4 clients hired 4 firms and 7 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 290 in 15 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Budget/Appropriations, Education, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Veterans, Environment/Superfund, Government Issues.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
ATA ACTIONTrade organization advocating for telehealthVirginia212$120K
NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR NURSINGNational health care associationDistrict of Columbia11$28.2K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERSNational professional association for pediatric nurse practitionersNew Jersey11$24K
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING—District of Columbia11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
ADVANCED POLICY CONSULTING, LLC16$120K
ATA ACTION16—
MASON CONSULTING, LLC22$52.2K
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ALEXIS APPLE116
KYLE ZEBLEY116
MATTHEW MCGINLEY116
ANDREW MOLNAR113
GLEN MASON122
JOE NYE111
RACHEL MINAHAN111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSINGAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING2025 third_quarter$80K3rd Quarter - Report
ATA ACTIONATA ACTION2026 second_quarter$30K2nd Quarter - Report
ATA ACTIONATA ACTION2026 first_quarter$30K1st Quarter - Report
ATA ACTIONATA ACTION2025 fourth_quarter$30K4th Quarter - Report
ATA ACTIONATA ACTION2025 third_quarter$30K3rd Quarter - Report
ATA ACTIONATA ACTION2025 second_quarter$30K2nd Quarter - Report
ATA ACTIONATA ACTION2025 first_quarter$30K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR NURSINGMASON CONSULTING, LLC2025 third_quarter$28.2K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERSMASON CONSULTING, LLC2025 third_quarter$24K3rd Quarter - Report
ATA ACTIONADVANCED POLICY CONSULTING, LLC2026 second_quarter$20K2nd Quarter - Report
ATA ACTIONADVANCED POLICY CONSULTING, LLC2026 first_quarter$20K1st Quarter - Report
ATA ACTIONADVANCED POLICY CONSULTING, LLC2025 fourth_quarter$20K4th Quarter - Report
ATA ACTIONADVANCED POLICY CONSULTING, LLC2025 third_quarter$20K3rd Quarter - Report
ATA ACTIONADVANCED POLICY CONSULTING, LLC2025 second_quarter$20K2nd Quarter - Report
ATA ACTIONADVANCED POLICY CONSULTING, LLC2025 first_quarter$20K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 290 under Agriculture and Food, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 290’s is Agriculture and Food.

hr290/policy-areas.txt
Agriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 290, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 5 (Thursday, January 9, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LANGWORTHY:H.R. 290.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 3 of section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution[Page H93]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com