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.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-05 | President | Became Public Law No: 116-291. | Library of Congress |
| 2021-01-05 | President | Signed by President. | Library of Congress |
| 2020-12-24 | Floor | Presented to President. | House floor actions |
| 2020-12-20 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
| 2020-12-18 | Floor | Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. | Senate |
| 2020-12-18 | Discharge | Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7829) | Senate |
| 2020-12-10 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate |
| 2020-12-09 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2020-12-09 | Floor | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7086) | House floor actions |
| 2020-12-09 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1966. | House floor actions |
| 2020-12-09 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7086-7088) | House floor actions |
| 2020-12-09 | Floor | Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | House floor actions |
| 2020-10-02 | Floor | ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Mfume asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1966, a bill originally introduced by Representative Cummings, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2019-03-29 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House committee actions |
| 2019-03-29 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. | House committee actions |
| 2019-03-28 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2019-03-28 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2019-03-28 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2019-03-28 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |