3.0.0 946 2022-11-01T18:47:28Z 2022-11-01T18:47:28Z Senate S 2019-03-28 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-03-28T19:12:02Z Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act of 2019 116 1966 HR 2021-01-05 Became Public Law No: 116-291. Identical bill CRS Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2020 116 6637 HR 2020-07-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife. Related bill CRS 2019-03-28 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-03-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD N C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2019-03-28 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2020-09-17 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2020-09-17 False J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2020-09-17 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2020-09-23 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2020-09-23 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-10-22 False Health Cancer Congressional oversight Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Government studies and investigations Medical research Minority health Public participation and lobbying Health 00 2019-03-28 Introduced in Senate 2020-12-18T17:21:54Z Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act of 2019

This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to complete a study reviewing how federal agencies address barriers to participation in federally-funded cancer clinical trials by individuals from underrepresented populations and provide recommendations for addressing such barriers.

]]> Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act of 2019 Display Title Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to complete a study on barriers to participation in federally funded cancer clinical trials by populations that have been traditionally underrepresented in such trials. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s946is/xml/BILLS-116s946is.xml 2019-03-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.