House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 28, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 11, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6980.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BLUM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 161, September 28, 2018, Page H9407):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 28, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6980, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6980
- 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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Judy Chu (D-CA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Steve King (R-IA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rod Blum.
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- H.R. 2195 (115th) OSC Access Act
- H.R. 4424 (115th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from gross income for interest on certain small business loans.
- H.R. 4509 (115th) No Congressional First Class Flights 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.