HR 842 119th Congress House Health Cancer Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health promotion and preventive care Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare

Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act

Introduced: January 9, 2026 Introduced by: Arrington, Jodey C. Republican · Texas See on congress.gov

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Oct 3, 2025

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-333, Part I.

Sep 17, 2025

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0.

Sep 17, 2025

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Jan 31, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Energy and 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.

Jan 31, 2025

Introduced in House

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Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act

This bill allows, beginning in 2028, for Medicare coverage and payment for multi-cancer early detection screening tests that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration and that are used to screen for cancer across many cancer types, if the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services determines such coverage is appropriate. Coverage is limited to those under a certain age (age 68 in 2028, increased by one year every year thereafter) and to one test every 11 months.

What's happening now October 3, 2025

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-333, Part I.

Hearings & markups 2

Examining Policies to Enhance Seniors’ Access to Breakthrough Medical Technologies
Hearing Rescheduled Sep 18, 2025 · 9:45 AM EDT · Health Subcommittee
Markup of H.R. 842, H.R. 4313, H.R. 5347, H.R. 5343, H.R. 5349, H.R. 5346, H.R. 5284, H.R. 5345, H.R. 5348, and Views a…
Markup Sep 17, 2025 · 10:00 AM EDT · Ways and Means Committee

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Ways and Means Committee
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Lobbying activity 129

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

MGD STRATEGIES LLC
for CURING STOMACH CANCER: DEBBIE'S DREAM FOUNDATION · Florida · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
MGD STRATEGIES LLC
for GO2 FOUNDATION FOR LUNG CANCER-FKA LCA- ON BEHALF OF DEADLIEST CANCERS COALITION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
GRAIL, INC. (FORMERLY GRAIL, LLC)
for GRAIL, INC. (FORMERLY GRAIL, LLC) · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
MILLER STRATEGIES, LLC
for GRAIL LLC · California · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
for AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
AVENUE SOLUTIONS
for ILLUMINA, INC. · California · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026

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Cosponsors 338

California · Jan 9, 2026

Castor, Kathy

Florida · Dec 9, 2025

New Hampshire · Nov 17, 2025

Randall, Emily

Washington · Nov 17, 2025

Mast, Brian J.

Florida · Nov 12, 2025

Wied, Tony

Wisconsin · Nov 12, 2025

Goodlander, Maggie

New Hampshire · Nov 7, 2025

Himes, James A.

Connecticut · Nov 7, 2025

Diaz-Balart, Mario

Florida · Oct 24, 2025

Huffman, Jared

California · Oct 14, 2025

Gill, Brandon

Texas · Oct 8, 2025

Kelly, Trent

Mississippi · Oct 8, 2025

Min, Dave

California · Oct 8, 2025

Newhouse, Dan

Washington · Oct 8, 2025

Khanna, Ro

California · Oct 6, 2025

Mackenzie, Ryan

Pennsylvania · Oct 6, 2025

McCollum, Betty

Minnesota · Oct 6, 2025

Vargas, Juan

California · Oct 6, 2025

DeSaulnier, Mark

California · Sep 30, 2025

Raskin, Jamie

Maryland · Sep 30, 2025

Rulli, Michael A.

Ohio · Sep 30, 2025

Walkinshaw, James R.

Virginia · Sep 30, 2025

Lee, Susie

Nevada · Sep 23, 2025

Neguse, Joe

Colorado · Sep 23, 2025

Gray, Adam

California · Sep 18, 2025

Simon, Lateefah

California · Sep 18, 2025

Westerman, Bruce

Arkansas · Sep 18, 2025

Whitesides, George

California · Sep 18, 2025

New Jersey · Sep 16, 2025

Levin, Mike

California · Sep 16, 2025

Indiana · Sep 16, 2025

Turner, Michael R.

Ohio · Sep 16, 2025

Luna, Anna Paulina

Florida · Sep 15, 2025

Wilson, Frederica S.

Florida · Sep 15, 2025

Bynum, Janelle S.

Oregon · Sep 8, 2025

Courtney, Joe

Connecticut · Sep 8, 2025

Flood, Mike

Nebraska · Sep 8, 2025

Goldman, Daniel S.

New York · Sep 8, 2025

Scott, David

Georgia · Sep 3, 2025

Elfreth, Sarah

Maryland · Sep 2, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-842/

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"H.R. 842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-842/.

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