Cancer-related Legislation

Below you'll find a list of all current legislation in the 115th Congress that deal with cancer care or cancer research.

Federal - S 1771

An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes.
Federal - HR 3358

Fiscal 2018 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations
Federal - S 292

A bill to maximize discovery, and accelerate development and availability, of promising childhood cancer treatments, and for other purposes.
Federal - HR 820

A bill to maximize discovery, and accelerate development and availability, of promising childhood cancer treatments, and for other purposes.
Federal - H Res 482

A resolution expressing support for the designation of September 2017 as National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
Federal - H Res 310

A resolution expressing support for the designation of May as "National Bladder Cancer Awareness Month".
Federal - H Res 163

A resolution supporting the designation of March 2017, as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
Federal - S 463

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a national Oncology Medical Home Demonstration Project under the Medicare program for the purpose of changing the Medicare payment for cancer care in order to enhance the quality of care and to improve cost efficiency, and for other purposes.
Federal - S 456

A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a program to increase the development of new drugs to treat pediatric cancers, and for other purposes.
Federal - S 382

A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a voluntary registry to collect data on cancer incidence among firefighters.
Federal - HR 931

A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a voluntary registry to collect data on cancer incidence among firefighters.
Federal - S Res 89

A resolution supporting the designation of March 2017 as "National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month" (official title to be confirmed).
Federal - S 689

A bill to provide women with increased access to preventive and life-saving cancer screening.
Federal - S 479

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive coinsurance under Medicare for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening.
Federal - HR 1578

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage under the Medicare program for FDA-approved qualifying colorectal cancer screening blood-based tests, and for other purposes.
Federal - HR 244

A bill to encourage effective, voluntary private sector investments to recruit, employ, and retain men and women who have served in the United States military with annual presidential awards to private sector employers recognizing such efforts, and for other purposes.
Federal - S Con Res 3

Fiscal 2017 Senate Budget Resolution
Federal - HR 1409

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide for cost sharing for oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the cost sharing provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider.
Federal - HR 1298

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to cover screening computed tomography colonography as a colorectal cancer screening test under the Medicare program.
Federal - HR 1231

A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a program to increase the development of new drugs to treat pediatric cancers, and for other purposes.
Federal - HR 1017

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive coinsurance under Medicare for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening.
Federal - H Res 84

A resolution expressing support for designation of February 4, 2017, as National Cancer Prevention Day.
Federal - H Res 69

A resolution expressing support for designation of the 17th day in May as "DIPG Awareness Day" to raise awareness and encourage the research into cures for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) and pediatric cancers in general.
Federal - HR 1984

A bill to provide for research and education with respect to triple-negative breast cancer, and for other purposes.
Federal - HR 1834

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a national Oncology Medical Home Demonstration Project under the Medicare program for the purpose of changing the Medicare payment for cancer care in order to enhance the quality of care and to improve cost efficiency, and for other purposes.

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