HR 290referred119th Congress

Rural Telehealth and Education Enhancement Act of 2025

Introduced Jan 9, 2025House billPolicy area: Agriculture and FoodLast action Feb 14, 2025Sponsor: Nicholas A. Langworthy(R-NY)

agricultureAgriculture and Food

Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development SubcommitteeAgriculture Committee

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Official summaryUpdated Feb 14, 2025

What the bill does

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.

Latest official action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.

Lobbying Filings

$54.0M

Total Lobbying Spend

Suspicious Trades

Members Involved

Timeline

Apr 19, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by VANTOR PARENT INC

Apr 22, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by PLANET LABS PBC

Jan 9, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Mar 27, 2025trade

George Whitesides sold PL

Mar 27, 2025trade

George Whitesides sold PL

Apr 8, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by ATA ACTION

Official Congressional Actions

Feb 14, 2025Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.

Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee

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Jan 9, 2025IntroReferral

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Agriculture Committee

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Jan 9, 2025IntroReferral

Introduced in House

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Jan 9, 2025IntroReferral

Introduced in House

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Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
PLANET LABS PBC	PLANET LABS PBC	$29.0M	Apr 22, 2024	2024Q1	BUDSCIAER
VANTOR PARENT INC	VANTOR PARENT INC	$15.0M	Apr 19, 2024	2024Q1	INTAERBUD
ATA ACTION	ATA ACTION

Suspicious Trading Activity

Congress members who traded stocks in companies connected to lobbying on this bill, within 90 days of its introduction date.

Member	Party	Ticker	Company	Trade	Date	Amount	Timing	Lobbying Client	Conflict
George Whitesides	D	PL	Planet Labs PBC	Sell	Mar 27, 2025	Pending	77d after	PLANET LABS PBC	45%
George Whitesides	D	PL

Conflict Summary

2 trades by 1 member of Congress in companies connected to lobbying on HR 290. The average conflict score is 41%.

George Whitesides (2 trades)

Methodology: Bill-Lobbying-Trade Connection

CapitolExposed identifies the "bill-lobbying-trade pipeline" by: (1) finding lobbying filings (LD-2) that specifically mention this bill, (2) matching lobbying clients to publicly traded companies, and (3) finding stock trades by members of Congress in those companies within 90 days of the bill's introduction date. Trades made before the bill was introduced are highlighted in red, as they may indicate advance knowledge. This analysis surfaces correlations worthy of scrutiny; it does not prove wrongdoing.