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House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law

To provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal by the United States Postal Service for the fight against colorectal cancer.

H.R. 893Introduced Mar 3, 2011Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Rep. Charles Dent R-PA
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Where it went

Latest action: Mar 15, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 893.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 893, last updated June 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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

19 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 11 Democrats

11 of 19 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.

Howard Coble (R-NC), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Tim Holden (D-PA), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Brad Miller (D-NC), Ed Pastor (D-AZ), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Jon Runyan (R-NJ), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Robert Turner (R-NY), Robert Wittman (R-VA).

More from the sponsor

Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Dent.

Sponsor’s state and district

Pennsylvania in Congress · PA-15 district

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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.