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HR 1128 105th Congress House Health Cancer Colon cancer Medical screening Medical tests Medicare Social Welfare

Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 1997

Introduced: March 19, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 5, 1997
See H.R.2015.
May 20, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E988-989)
Apr 4, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Mar 31, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 19, 1997
Referred to House Ways and Means
Mar 19, 1997
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.
Mar 19, 1997
Referred to House Commerce
Mar 19, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E520-521)
Mar 19, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 1997 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prescribe frequency and payment limits under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) for screening fecal-occult blood tests, flexible sigmoidoscopies, barium enemas, and colonoscopy.

What's happening now August 5, 1997

See H.R.2015.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2015 Procedurally related Balanced Budget Act of 1997
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 19, 1997
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 19, 1997
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1128: Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1128/
MLA
"H.R. 1128: Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1128/.
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H.R. 1128, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1128/.
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