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HR 922 104th Congress House Health Cancer Colon cancer Medical screening Medical tests Medicare

Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention Act

Introduced: July 18, 1995 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Became law
Feb 21, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Feb 16, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 13, 1995
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E332-333)
Feb 13, 1995
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 13, 1995
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prescribe frequency and payment limits under Medicare part B for screening fecal-occult blood tests, flexible sigmoidoscopies, and colonoscopy.

What's happening now February 21, 1995

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 8 Republican 1
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Oct 25, 1995
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Aug 4, 1995
 D
Fields, Cleo
Louisiana · Jul 18, 1995
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 25, 1995
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 28, 1995
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 28, 1995
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Feb 24, 1995
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 24, 1995
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Feb 13, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 922: Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention Act. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-922/
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"H.R. 922: Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention Act." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-922/.
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H.R. 922, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-922/.
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