Prostate Cancer Prevention Act

Bill: 117-hr-5558
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]
Introduced: 2021-10-12
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2021-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-10-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Prostate Cancer Prevention Act</strong></p> <p>This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 a program within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that provides funding to states and local health departments for prostate cancer screening and related activities.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5558 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 12, 2021 Mr. Dunn (for himself and Mr. Rush ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize preventive health measures with respect to prostate cancer, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prostate Cancer Prevention Act . 2. Reauthorization of preventive health measures with respect to prostate cancer Section 317D(l)(1) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247b–5(l)(1) ) is amended by striking $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1993, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 2004 and inserting $14,205,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 .