House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Prostate Cancer Misdiagnosis Elimination Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Larry Bucshon R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 2017
- Committee actionOct 4, 2017
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 6, 2017 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 331.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2557.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2557, Prostate Cancer Misdiagnosis Elimination Act of 2017” on October 24, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 4, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 24, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53241
- CBO publication date
- October 24, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2557, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2557
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-449 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on December 6, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 6, 2017 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/449
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2557, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2557
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCSHON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 87, May 19, 2017, Page H4389):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2017 ↗
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- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2557, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2557
- 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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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
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Susan Brooks (R-IN), André Carson (D-IN), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Jackie Walorski (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Larry Bucshon.
- H.R. 2872 (115th) Promoting Hydropower Development at Existing Nonpowered Dams Act
- H.R. 6793 (115th) Restore the Harmony Way Bridge Act
- H.R. 5798 (115th) Opioid Screening and Chronic Pain Management Alternatives for Seniors Act
- H.R. 4206 (115th) Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act of 2017
- H.R. 2906 (115th) Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017
- H.R. 5270 (115th) Electricity Reliability and Fuel Security Act
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.