Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2001
Latest action · May 17, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedMay 17, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cosponsors 56
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 17, 2001 to Oct 9, 2002; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | May 17, 2001 |
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Original | May 17, 2001 |
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Original | May 17, 2001 |
| D-NJ | Jon S. Corzine | May 23, 2001 | |
| R-OH | Mike DeWine | May 23, 2001 | |
| R-AR | Tim Hutchinson | Jun 5, 2001 | |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Jun 25, 2001 | |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Jun 25, 2001 | |
| D-NJ | Robert G. Torricelli | Jun 25, 2001 | |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Jun 26, 2001 | |
| D-SD | Thomas A. Daschle | Jun 26, 2001 | |
| D-MD | Paul S. Sarbanes | Jun 28, 2001 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Jun 28, 2001 | |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Jun 28, 2001 | |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Jul 9, 2001 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Jul 9, 2001 | |
| R-RI | Lincoln Chafee | Jul 11, 2001 | |
| D-SC | Ernest F. Hollings | Jul 16, 2001 | |
| R-UT | Robert F. Bennett | Jul 16, 2001 | |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Jul 18, 2001 | |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Jul 23, 2001 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Jul 23, 2001 | |
| D-GA | Zell Miller | Jul 26, 2001 | |
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | Sep 5, 2001 | |
| R-KS | Sam Brownback | Sep 5, 2001 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Sep 12, 2001 | |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Sep 12, 2001 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Sep 12, 2001 | |
| R-WY | Craig Thomas | Sep 25, 2001 | |
| R-IL | Peter Fitzgerald | Oct 4, 2001 | |
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | Feb 15, 2002 | |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Mar 4, 2002 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Mar 7, 2002 | |
| D-GA | Max Cleland | Apr 8, 2002 | |
| R-VT | James M. Jeffords | Apr 30, 2002 | |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Apr 30, 2002 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | May 2, 2002 | |
| R-VA | George Allen | May 2, 2002 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | May 2, 2002 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | May 7, 2002 | |
| R-VA | John Warner | May 7, 2002 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | May 7, 2002 | |
| R-CO | Ben Nighthorse Campbell | May 17, 2002 | |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Jun 5, 2002 | |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Jun 10, 2002 | |
| R-MT | Conrad R. Burns | Jun 11, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Jun 13, 2002 | |
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | Jun 19, 2002 | |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Jun 25, 2002 | |
| R-AK | Ted Stevens | Jun 25, 2002 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Jul 15, 2002 | |
| R-ID | Larry E. Craig | Jul 15, 2002 | |
| R-AK | Frank H. Murkowski | Jul 24, 2002 | |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Sep 3, 2002 | |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Sep 12, 2002 | |
| D-NE | Ben Nelson | Oct 9, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred May 17, 2001 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 17, 2001Introduced in Senate
- May 17, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5125-5126)
- May 17, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 S5125, S5126 | Dianne Feinstein D-CA, Gordon H. Smith R-OR, Olympia J. Snowe R-ME | May 17, 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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 107-84 | MEDICARE PAYMENTS FOR CURRENTLY COVERED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS93 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Oct 3, 2002 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1624 | Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2001 | Identical bill | May 8, 2001 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the medicare program of all oral anticancer drugs.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2001
- Popular Titles
- Oral Anti-Cancer Drug Coverage bill
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 17, 2001Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
