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Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2017

Introduced: September 5, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Mar 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 16, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 16, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2017

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to develop a patient registry to collect data on mesothelioma.

The agency must use the registry to:

  • enhance and expand infrastructure and activities for tracking the epidemiology of mesothelioma patients;
  • collect, consolidate, and report on health information on mesothelioma patients;
  • describe the incidence and prevalence of mesothelioma in the United States;
  • facilitate research on mesothelioma;
  • examine factors that may be associated with mesothelioma;
  • outline key demographic factors associated with mesothelioma; and
  • make information available to the public to facilitate and enhance research on, and the prevention and treatment of, mesothelioma.
What's happening now March 17, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 43
All 43 Democratic 21 Republican 5
D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jul 25, 2018
Noem, Kristi
· Jun 28, 2018
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Apr 24, 2018
 D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Mar 15, 2018
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Mar 7, 2018
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Feb 23, 2018
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Feb 5, 2018
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
· Feb 5, 2018
Hultgren, Randy
· Feb 5, 2018
Rokita, Todd
· Jan 19, 2018
 D
Norcross, Donald
New Jersey · Dec 21, 2017
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Dec 1, 2017
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Nov 1, 2017
 D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Oct 24, 2017
Roskam, Peter
· Oct 24, 2017
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Oct 11, 2017
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Sep 5, 2017
Curbelo, Carlos
· Sep 5, 2017
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Sep 5, 2017
 R
Emmer, Tom
Minnesota · Jul 11, 2017
Faso, John
· Jun 23, 2017
LOBIONDO, FRANK
· Jun 6, 2017
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · May 22, 2017
ROS-LEHTINEN, ILEANA
· May 22, 2017
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · May 22, 2017
VISCLOSKY, PETER
· May 22, 2017
 R
DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Apr 3, 2017
Lance, Leonard
· Apr 3, 2017
Collins, Chris
· Mar 16, 2017
Comstock, Barbara
· Mar 16, 2017
Dent, Charles
· Mar 16, 2017
Donovan, Daniel
· Mar 16, 2017
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Mar 16, 2017
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Mar 16, 2017
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 16, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 16, 2017
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Mar 16, 2017
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 16, 2017
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Mar 16, 2017
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Mar 16, 2017
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 16, 2017
Walz, Timothy
· Mar 16, 2017
Zeldin, Lee
· Mar 16, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1563: Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1563/
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"H.R. 1563: Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1563/.
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H.R. 1563, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1563/.
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