House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Charles Dent R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 15, 2018 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Lance asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1017, a bill originally introduced by Representative Dent of Pennsylvania, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings under clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1017.
- 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. 163, No. 25, February 13, 2017, Page H1126):Section 8, Article I of the Constitution, to provide for the general welfare, to regulate commerce, and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution federal powers.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 200 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1017, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1017
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1017, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 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
305 cosponsors — 142 Republicans, 161 Democrats, 2 independents
162 of 305 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Jim Banks (R-IN), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rod Blum (R-IA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Bradley Byrne (R-AL) and 275 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Dent.
- H.R. 2998 (115th) Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018
- H.R. 5786 (115th) Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
- H.R. 4007 (115th) To revise the quorum requirement for the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
- H.R. 548 (115th) Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017
- H.R. 1002 (115th) National Heritage Area Act of 2017
- H.Res. 60 (115th) Expressing continued support for the special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom and urging commencement of…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.