US Congress House Bill 1563 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 44-26)
Status: Introduced on March 16 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2017

Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]
Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]
Rep. John Faso [R-NY]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Tom Emmer [R-MN]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]
Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-03-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2017-03-16	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1563/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1563/BILLS-115hr1563ih.pdf