Bill S.4440 titled “A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and improve the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program for fiscal years 2023 through 2027, and for other purposes” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Tammy Baldwin with Shelley Capito, Susan Collins, Catherine Cortez Masto, Amy Klobuchar as cosponsors.
Bill S.4446 titled “A bill to modernize the process of accelerated approval of a drug for a serious or life-threatening disease or condition” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Susan Collins with Timothy Kaine as cosponsor.
Bill S.4448 titled “A bill to authorize a pilot program to expand and intensify surveillance of self-harm in partnership with State and local public health departments, to establish a grant program to provide self-harm and suicide prevention services in hospital emergency departments, and for other purposes” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Jack Reed with Jerry Moran as cosponsor.
The Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee moves forward in some way on one bill per day.
Most bills have a hearing where those involved explain why they are for or against the bill. Roughly 8,000 bills are addressed by committees each year but only about 800 make it to the floor of Congress, according to ushistory.org.
A 2019 report from the Brookings Institute argued committees aren’t capable of delving fully into the issues they address and are forced to rely on lobbyists.
| Bill Name | Sponsor | Action |
|---|---|---|
| A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and improve the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program for fiscal years 2023 through 2027, and for other purposes. | Sen. Baldwin, Tammy | Senate |
| A bill to modernize the process of accelerated approval of a drug for a serious or life-threatening disease or condition. | Sen. Collins, Susan M. | Senate |
| A bill to authorize a pilot program to expand and intensify surveillance of self-harm in partnership with State and local public health departments, to establish a grant program to provide self-harm and suicide prevention services in hospital emergency departments, and for other purposes. | Sen. Reed, Jack | Senate |
