House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Charles Dent R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 1, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 5, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4120.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DENT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1134):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4120, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4120
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
48 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 36 Democrats
36 of 48 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Jason Altmire (D-PA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Howard Coble (R-NC), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Barney Frank (D-MA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Gene Green (D-TX), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Tom Latham (R-IA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Edward Markey (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA) and 18 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Dent.
- H.R. 6223 (112th) To amend section 1059(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to clarify that a period of employment abroad by…
- H.R. 1254 (112th) Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011
- H.R. 4099 (112th) National Heritage Area Act of 2012
- H.R. 893 (112th) To provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal by the United States Postal Service for the fight against colorectal cancer.
- H.R. 3166 (112th) Enemy Expatriation Act
- H.R. 4175 (112th) Insurance Fairness for Amputees Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.