H.R. 1563: Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-16 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-16 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2017

Plain summary

Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to develop a patient registry to collect data on mesothelioma. The agency must use the registry to: enhance and expand infrastructure and activities for tracking the epidemiology of mesothelioma patients; collect, consolidate, and report on health information on mesothelioma patients; describe the incidence and prevalence of mesothelioma in the United States; facilitate research on mesothelioma; examine factors that may be associated with mesothelioma; outline key demographic factors associated with mesothelioma; and make information available to the public to facilitate and enhance research on, and the prevention and treatment of, mesothelioma.

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Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] · 69 cosponsors

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John Garamendi (D-CA), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Darren Soto (D-FL), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Adam Smith (D-WA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA) and 9 more.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr1563.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1563 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115