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House resolution · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Expressing the sense of the House concerning the need for accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for women between the ages of 40 and 49.

H.Res. 40Introduced Feb 5, 1997Policy area: Health
Sponsor: Rep. Edolphus Towns D-NY
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Where it went

Latest action: Feb 14, 1997 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

33 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 31 Democrats, 1 independent

0 of 33 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Gary Ackerman (D-NY), James Barcia (D-MI), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Julia Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Eva Clayton (D-NC), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), John Dingell (D-MI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Thomas Foglietta (D-PA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Matthew Martinez (R-CA), Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), James Oberstar (D-MN), Major Owens (D-NY), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Lynn Rivers (D-MI), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and 3 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Edolphus Towns.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-10 district

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Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.