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Eliminate Colorectal Cancer Act of 2001

Introduced: April 4, 2001 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jun 27, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Apr 25, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 5, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E570)
Apr 4, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Apr 4, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Eliminate Colorectal Cancer Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require coverage of colorectal cancer screening according to certain guidelines by a group health plan, a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage, and a health insurance issuer in the individual market.

Directs the Secretaries of Labor and of Health and Human Services to ensure coordination in the implementation and enforcement of this Act.

What's happening now June 27, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 25
All 25 Democratic 20 Republican 5
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Oct 9, 2002
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 2, 2002
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Sep 26, 2002
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Sep 26, 2002
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Sep 19, 2002
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Sep 5, 2002
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Sep 5, 2002
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Sep 5, 2002
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Jun 17, 2002
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · May 16, 2002
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 2, 2002
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 12, 2002
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 12, 2002
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 12, 2002
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Feb 12, 2002
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Feb 12, 2002
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 12, 2002
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 5, 2002
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 10, 2001
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 10, 2001
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 10, 2001
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jun 14, 2001
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 1, 2001
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Apr 4, 2001
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Apr 4, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1520: Eliminate Colorectal Cancer Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1520/
MLA
"H.R. 1520: Eliminate Colorectal Cancer Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1520/.
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H.R. 1520, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1520/.
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