Better Screening Test for Women Act
Latest action · Oct 8, 2009 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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 22, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Better Screening Test for Women Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY2010-FY2014 for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct and support: (1) clinical research and related activities concerning early detection and screening for breast cancer; and (2) research and data collection regarding the link between early detection of breast cancer and reduction of mortality rates.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Apr 22, 2009 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 23, 2009Hearings Oct 8, 2009 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 8, 2009Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Apr 23, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 22, 2009Introduced in House
- Apr 22, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H11099 | Nita M. Lowey D-NY | Oct 7, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize additional appropriations to the National Institutes of Health for research on the early detection of and the reduction of mortality rates attributed to breast cancer.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Better Screening Test for Women Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Cancer
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Health
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Medical research
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Research administration and funding
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 22, 2009Introduced in House
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.
