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H.R. 893 112th Congress House

To provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal by the United States Postal Service for the fight against colorectal cancer.

Introduced: March 8, 2012 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics CancerHealth programs administration and fundingMedical researchPostal serviceResearch administration and funding
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Mar 15, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Mar 8, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 3, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services, 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 3, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 15, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the United States Postal Service to issue and sell a semipostal (a postage stamp sold at a premium to help providing funding for a cause) the proceeds of which shall be allocated to the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program and the National Institutes of Health for colorectal cancer research and to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for colorectal cancer control programs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 2 Republican 1
PASTOR, ED
· Mar 29, 2012
Herrera Beutler, Jaime
· Mar 8, 2012
Lance, Leonard
· Mar 8, 2012
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 8, 2012
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Nov 17, 2011
Miller, Brad
· Nov 4, 2011
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Mar 29, 2011
CRENSHAW, ANDER
· Mar 17, 2011
HOLDEN, TIM
· Mar 11, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 893: To provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal by the United States Postal Service for the fight against colorectal cancer.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-893/
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"H.R. 893: To provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal by the United States Postal Service for the fight against colorectal cancer.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-893/.
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H.R. 893, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-893/.
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