S 710 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Eliminate Colorectal Cancer Act of 2002

Introduced Apr 5, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor Edward M. Kennedy D-MA

Latest action · Aug 28, 2002 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 555.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedApr 5, 2001
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Eliminate Colorectal Cancer Act of 2002- Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require coverage of colorectal cancer screening according to certain guidelines by a group health plan, a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage, and a health insurance issuer in the individual market.

Directs the Secretaries of Labor and of Health and Human Services to ensure coordination in the implementation and enforcement of this Act.

Cosponsors 25

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 5, 2001 to Oct 17, 2002; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-NC	Jesse Helms	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-WA	Patty Murray		Jun 11, 2001
R-MS	Thad Cochran		Jun 13, 2001
D-SD	Tim Johnson		Jun 22, 2001
D-GA	Zell Miller		Aug 2, 2001
R-ME	Olympia J. Snowe		Sep 10, 2001
D-SD	Thomas A. Daschle		Feb 14, 2002
D-NV	Harry Reid		Apr 15, 2002
D-MA	John F. Kerry		Apr 15, 2002
D-WA	Maria Cantwell		Apr 15, 2002
R-KS	Pat Roberts		Apr 29, 2002
R-KS	Sam Brownback		Apr 29, 2002
D-LA	Mary L. Landrieu		May 6, 2002
R-VT	James M. Jeffords		May 15, 2002
D-DE	Thomas R. Carper		Sep 18, 2002
R-TX	Kay Bailey Hutchison		Sep 20, 2002
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin		Sep 20, 2002
R-OR	Gordon H. Smith		Sep 25, 2002
D-MT	Max Baucus		Sep 30, 2002
D-NY	Hillary Rodham Clinton		Oct 1, 2002
D-DE	Joseph R. Biden Jr.		Oct 1, 2002
D-PA	Arlen Specter		Oct 2, 2002
D-GA	Max Cleland		Oct 8, 2002
D-AR	Blanche L. Lincoln		Oct 17, 2002
R-IL	Peter Fitzgerald		Oct 17, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee	Referred Apr 5, 2001Markup Jul 10, 2002Reported Aug 28, 2002

Actions 7

Everything that happened, newest first.

Aug 28, 2002Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Kennedy under authority of the order of the Senate of 07/29/2002 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 107-245. Minority views filed.
Aug 28, 2002Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 555.
Jul 10, 2002Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 26, 2002Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.
Apr 5, 2001Introduced in Senate

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In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S3537Text printed S3538Summaries S3539	Edward M. Kennedy D-MA (text)	Apr 5, 2001

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

S. Rept. 107-245

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

Aug 1, 2002S. 710, Eliminate Colorectal Cancer Act of 2002<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on July 10, 2002</p>
Aug 1, 2002S. 710, Eliminate Colorectal Cancer Act of 2002Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on July 10, 2002

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to require coverage for colorectal cancer screenings.
Short Titles as Introduced: Eliminate Colorectal Cancer Act of 2001
Short Titles as Reported to Senate: Eliminate Colorectal Cancer Act of 2002

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Aug 28, 2002Reported to Senate
Apr 5, 2001Introduced in Senate

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