Bill · S
S. 5116 (119th)
MERIT Act
Original
Introduced
23 July 2026
Last action
23 July 2026 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsors
Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN], Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA], Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC], Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA], Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA], Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3]
Subjects
Education
Source updated
7 August 2026
Timeline
23 July 2026
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Source: IntroReferral
23 July 2026
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Documents
1 official file
Introduced in Senate
Introduced in Senate · EN · 23 July 2026
Sponsors
- Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3] · D · Sponsor
- · sshr00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5116
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/5116
- us · 119-s-5116 · source updated 7 August 2026