Status: in committee.
S 37: to extend the special postage stamp for breast cancer research for two years.
Status: in committee.
S 228: to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of Men's Health.
Status: in committee.
S 757: to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.
Status: in committee.
S 910: to require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations.
Status: in committee.
S 1010: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit under the Medicare Program.
Status: in committee.
S 1199: to amend title II of the Social Security Act to shorten the waiting period for social security disability benefits for individuals with mesothelioma.
Status: in committee.
S 1687: to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide waivers relating to grants for preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers.
Status: in committee.
HR 312: to extend the provision of title 39, United States Code, under which the US Postal Service is authorized to issue a special postage stamp to benefit breast cancer research.
Status: in committee.
HR 437: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group health plans to provide coverage for reconstructive surgery following mastectomy, consistent with the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998.
Status: in committee.
HR 457: to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an office of Men's Health.
Status: in committee.
HR 1245: to provide for programs to increase the awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers.
Status: in committee.
HR 1401: to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of grants for the detection and control of colorectal cancer.
Status: in committee.
HR 1632: to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit under the Medicare Program.
Status: in committee.
HR 1849: to require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations.
Status: in committee.
HR 1957: to establish formally the United States Military Cancer Institute, to require the Institute to promote the health of members of the Armed Forces and their dependents by enhancing cancer research and treatment, to provide for a study of the epidemiological causes of cancer among various ethnic groups for cancer prevention and early detection efforts, and for other purposes.
Status: in committee.
HR 2065: to establish formally the United States Military Cancer Institute, to require the Institute to promote the health of members of the Armed Forces and their dependents by enhancing cancer research and treatment, to provide for a study of the epidemiological causes of cancer among various ethnic groups for cancer prevention and early detection efforts, and for other purposes.
Status: in committee.
HR 2231: to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer .
Status: in committee.
HR 2761: to amend the Public Health Service Act and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for annual screening mammography for any class of covered individuals if the coverage or plans include coverage for diagnostic mammography for such class and to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of annual screening mammography under the Medicaid Program.
Status: in committee.
HR 2812: Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 2005
Status: in committee.
HR 2945: to amend the Public Health Service Act to extend preventive-health and research programs with respect to prostate cancer.
Status: in committee.
HR 3078: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to waive the employee portion of Social Security taxes imposed on individuals who have been diagnosed as having cancer or a terminal disease.
Status: in committee.
HR 3209: to amend title 38, United States Code, to add nasopharyngeal cancer to the statutorily prescribed presumptive diseases associated with exposure to Agent Orange during military service in Vietnam.
Status: in committee.
HR 3640: to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority or underserved populations, and for other purposes.
Status: in committee.
HR 4098: to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to community cancer care by Medicare beneficiaries.
Status: in committee.
HR 4137: to authorize additional appropriations to the National Institutes of Health for research on the early detection of and the reduction of mortality rates attributed to breast cancer.
Status: in committee.
HR 4540: to amend the Public Health Service Act and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for annual screening mammography for women 40 years of age or older if the coverage or plans include coverage for diagnostic mammography.
Status: in committee.
HR 4598
Title: To provide for an awareness program, and a study, on a rare form of breast cancer.
Status: in committee.
HR 4599
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish and provide a checkoff for a Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund, and for other purposes.
Status: in committee.
HR 4767
Title: to require the Food and Drug Administration to conduct consumer testing to determine the appropriateness of the current labeling requirements for indoor tanning devices and determine whether such requirements provide sufficient information to consumers regarding the risks that the use of such devices pose for the development of irreversible damage to the skin, including skin cancer, and for other purposes.
Status: in committee.
