S. 4717 119th Congress Senate

Asal Sayas National Strategy on Young Adult Cancers Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health to develop a national strategy to address young adult cancers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 9, 2026 Introduced by: Edward J. Markey Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov

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Jun 9, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Jun 9, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Requires NIH to develop a national strategy for young adult cancers.

This bill would require the Director of the National Institutes of Health to create a national strategy focused on addressing cancers that occur in young adults. The bill was introduced by Senator Edward Markey and has been referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions for review.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
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Lobbying activity 3

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

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK, INC.
for AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
I STREET ADVOCATES
for CHILDREN'S CAUSE FOR CANCER · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK, INC.
for AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
3 filings
SENATE
3 filings
Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
2 filings
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
2 filings
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
2 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
2 filings
Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)
2 filings

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Cosponsors 1

Klobuchar, Amy

Minnesota · Jun 9, 2026

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4717: Asal Sayas National Strategy on Young Adult Cancers Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4717/

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"S. 4717: Asal Sayas National Strategy on Young Adult Cancers Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4717/.

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S. 4717, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4717/.

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