House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 27, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1220.
- 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 (Vol. 161, No. 36, March 3, 2015, Page H1567):Article 1 section 8 of the US ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1220, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1220
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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 December 5, 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
289 cosponsors — 130 Republicans, 158 Democrats, 1 independent
159 of 289 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brad Ashford (D-NE), Brian Babin (R-TX), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rod Blum (R-IA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Lois Capps (D-CA) and 259 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Dent.
- H.R. 2029 (114th) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016
- H.R. 3537 (114th) Dangerous Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2016
- H.R. 4974 (114th) Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017
- H.R. 836 (114th) Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2015
- H.R. 581 (114th) National Heritage Area Act of 2015
- H.R. 484 (114th) Duplication Elimination Act of 2015
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.