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HR 4206 102th Congress House

Cancer Registries Amendment Act

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment or support by States of registries regarding cancer, to provide for a study regarding t… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment or support by States of registries regarding cancer, to provide for a study regarding the elevated rate of mortality for breast cancer in certain States, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 7, 1992 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
Health Breast cancerCancerConnecticutDelaware
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District of ColumbiaEpidemiologyGovernment paperworkGrants-in-aidInformation servicesMarylandMassachusettsMedical statisticsNew HampshireNew JerseyNew York StateRhode IslandVermontVital statistics
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Feb 28, 1992
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Feb 7, 1992
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 7, 1992
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 28, 1992

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Cancer Registries Amendment Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants or contracts to operate population-based, statewide cancer registries in order to collect certain data for each form of in-situ and invasive cancer except basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. Authorizes grants for planning the registries.

Mandates a study on factors contributing to elevated rates of breast cancer mortality in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the District of Columbia.

Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, directly or through grants and contracts, or both, to provide technical assistance to the States in the establishment and operation of statewide registries.

Authorizes appropriations.

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 9 Republican 2
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 9, 1992
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 27, 1992
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Feb 25, 1992
FROST, MARTIN
· Feb 7, 1992
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 7, 1992
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Feb 7, 1992
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Feb 7, 1992
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Feb 7, 1992
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Feb 7, 1992
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Feb 7, 1992
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Feb 7, 1992
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Feb 7, 1992
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4206: Cancer Registries Amendment Act. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-4206/
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"H.R. 4206: Cancer Registries Amendment Act." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-4206/.
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H.R. 4206, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-4206/.
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