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S. 382: Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2018

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S. 382: Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2018

115th Congress · introduced 2017-02-15 · Health · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 386.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-02-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 386. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2018

Plain summary

Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2017 This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop and maintain a voluntary registry of firefighters to collect history and occupational information that can be linked to existing data in state cancer registries. The registry must be used to improve monitoring of cancer among firefighters and to collect and publish epidemiological information regarding cancer among firefighters. The CDC should seek to include specified information in the registry, including the number and type of fire incidents attended by an individual. To collect information for the registry, the CDC may incorporate questions into existing public health surveys, questionnaires, and other databases. The CDC must: (1) develop a strategy to maximize participation in the registry; (2) develop guidance for states and firefighting agencies regarding the registry; (3) encourage inclusion in the registry of data on minority, female, and volunteer firefighters; and (4) seek feedback on the registry from nonfederal experts. The CDC must develop a process for making registry data available for research without a fee if findings or publications from the research are made public or available to stakeholders.

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Official text

Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2018

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · 50 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 382, Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2018 (2018-06-13)

Cosponsors on this site

Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Steve Daines (R-MT), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Tina Smith (D-MN), Todd Young (R-IN), Patty Murray (D-WA)

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Record fed-us-cong115-s382 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115