HR 3141
98th Congress
House
Health
Cancer
Child health
Children and youth
Drug safety and regulation
Drugs
Drugs and narcotics
Information services
Women's health
Women's rights
A bill to provide Federal financial assistance to States for programs to identify women who received diethylstilbestrol (DES) while pregnant and the children of such women, to establish a voluntary registry of such women and children, to provide screening of such women and children for cancer related to such drug, and to provide information respecting the health hazards of such drug.
Introduced: May 25, 1983
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 1, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
May 25, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 25, 1983
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program of grants to: (1) identify women who received diethylstilbestrol (DES) while pregnant and their children; (2) establish a voluntary registry of such women and children; (3) provide them with periodic cancer screening; and (4) provide health personnel with information respecting the health hazards of such drug.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1