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Senator Angus S. King Jr. introduces S. 5698: Protect U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Integrity Act

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We have received text from S. 5698: Protect U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Integrity Act. This bill was received on 2026-11-10, and currently has 1 cosponsor.

Here is a short summary of the bill:

This bill would change how the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a panel that recommends preventive health services, is staffed and how its recommendations are handled.

What the bill would do

  • Keep the Task Force under the Health and Human Services Secretary’s oversight. The bill says the Secretary can review and block new or updated Task Force recommendations before they take effect.
  • Limit the Secretary’s ability to direct outcomes. It also says the Secretary cannot directly order the Task Force to issue, change, eliminate, revise, or downgrade a recommendation.
  • Prevent changes to certain recommendations based on department priorities. The Task Force would be barred from changing or lowering a recommendation simply because it no longer matches the Department’s priorities.
  • Restructure membership rules. The Task Force would have 16 members appointed by the Secretary, serving staggered four-year terms.
  • Set qualification standards. Members would be expected to have expertise in areas like preventive medicine, primary care, evidence review, or related research methods.
  • Restrict conflicts of interest. The bill tightens the process for granting waivers when a prospective member has financial interests that could create conflicts. Any waiver would need Office of Government Ethics approval, specific disclosure, recusal requirements, and public reporting to Congress and the public.
  • Require outside input on nominations. The Comptroller General (head of the GAO) would review applications and recommend candidates, and the Secretary would have to consider those recommendations.
  • Open the nomination process. When vacancies occur, the Secretary would have to publish a public solicitation for nominations within a set time.
  • Require regular meetings. The Task Force would have to meet at least three times per year to vote on recommendations and related developments.
  • Lock in procedures unless changed by formal rulemaking. The Task Force’s current procedure manual from April 2023 would govern unless updated through the federal rulemaking process.
  • Protect preventive service coverage timing. For health plans, the bill says the government generally could not delay when a preventive service coverage requirement takes effect unless the delay is evidence-based and follows the Task Force’s procedures.
  • Limit changes during transitions between old and new recommendations. If a recommendation is new or updated, the government could not change the earlier recommendation before the new coverage start date unless the change is evidence-based and follows the Task Force’s procedures.

Practical effect

In plain terms, the bill is designed to make the Task Force more independent, more transparent, and more tightly governed by formal rules. It also aims to ensure that preventive services recommended by the Task Force continue to be covered without cost-sharing under existing law, and that changes to those recommendations cannot be delayed or altered without a scientific basis and use of established procedures.

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Senator Angus S. King Jr. Bill Proposals

Here are some bills which have recently been proposed by Senator Angus S. King Jr.:

  • S.5698: Protect U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Integrity Act
  • S.5652: Build American Efficiency Act
  • S.5497: Providing Veterans Essential Medications Act
  • S.5466: FASTER Act
  • S.5406: VA Salary Cap Waiver Adjustment Act
  • S.5378: Outer Continental Shelf Lease Restoration Act of 2026

You can track bills proposed by Senator Angus S. King Jr. on Investivoq's politician page for King.

Senator Angus S. King Jr. Net Worth

Investivoq estimates that Senator Angus S. King Jr. is worth $22.3M, as of November 13th, 2026. This is the 57th highest net worth in Congress, per our live estimates.

King has approximately $4.5M invested in publicly traded assets which Investivoq is able to track live.

You can track Senator Angus S. King Jr.'s net worth on Investivoq's politician page for King.

Senator Angus S. King Jr. Stock Trading

We have data on up to $3.0M of trades from Senator Angus S. King Jr., which we parsed from STOCK Act filings. Some of the largest trades include:

  • A February 13th, 2026 sale of up to $15K of $MSFT. The stock has risen 30.32% since then.
  • A February 13th, 2026 sale of up to $15K of $META. The stock has fallen 2.53% since then.
  • A February 13th, 2026 sale of up to $15K of $ADSK. The stock has risen 12.22% since then.
  • A December 16th, 2015 sale of up to $15K of $KMI. The stock has risen 100.82% since then.
  • A July 20th, 2017 sale of up to $15K of $IBM. The stock has risen 73.32% since then.

You can track Senator Angus S. King Jr.'s stock trading on Investivoq's politician page for King.

2030 Maine US Senate Election

There has been approximately $231,503,539 of spending in Maine US Senate elections over the last two years, per our estimates.

Approximately $147,766,505 of this has been from outside spending by PACs and Super PACs. Some of the groups who are spending money in this race include:

  • SLF PAC ($39,401,371)
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  • PINE TREE RESULTS PAC ($31,025,785)
  • THE MAINE STANDARD ($9,914,099)
  • CFFE PAC ($5,077,060)

The rating for this race is currently "Toss Up".

You can track this election on our matchup page for the 2030 Maine US Senate election.

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