STRONG Kids Act Sports Training, Recreation, and Opportunities...
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a grant program to, through subgrants to eligible entities, improve certain impacts of participation in programs related to physical activity or youth sports and increase access to youth sports, and for other purposes.
This bill proposes to create a grant program managed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The program aims to improve the impacts of participation in physical activity and youth sports programs while increasing access to these activities. Eligible entities would receive subgrants to implement programs that achieve these goals.
The bill would primarily affect children and youth who participate in sports and physical activities, along with the organizations that run these programs. By providing funding and support, the bill seeks to make sports and physical activities more accessible and beneficial for young people.
HB9839 was introduced on July 22, 2026, and has been referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce and the Committee on Energy and Commerce for further review. The bill is currently in the initial stages of the legislative process.
