H.R. 893: To provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal by the United States Postal Service for the fight against colorectal cancer.
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H.R. 893: To provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal by the United States Postal Service for the fight against colorectal cancer.
112th Congress · introduced 2011-03-03 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-03-03 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
To provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal by the United States Postal Service for the fight against colorectal cancer.
Plain summary
Directs the United States Postal Service to issue and sell a semipostal (a postage stamp sold at a premium to help providing funding for a cause) the proceeds of which shall be allocated to the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program and the National Institutes of Health for colorectal cancer research and to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for colorectal cancer control programs.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
To provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal by the United States Postal Service for the fight against colorectal cancer.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15] · 19 cosponsors
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Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James P. McGovern (D-MA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr893.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr893 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112