House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Federal Firefighter Cancer Detection and Prevention Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 25, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 25, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2852.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SLOTKIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 69, April 25, 2023, Page H1949):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: To require the Secretary of Defense to provide to firefighters of the Department of Defense medical testing and related services to detect and prevent certain cancers.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 25, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 476 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2852, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2852
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 June 6, 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
10 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 6 Democrats
4 of 10 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Mike Levin (D-CA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elissa Slotkin.
- H.Res. 554 (118th) Affirming the nature and importance of the support of the United States for the religious and ethnic minority survivors of genocide in Iraq.
- H.R. 3790 (118th) Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2023
- H.R. 1370 (118th) Communications Security Act
- H.R. 2390 (118th) Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2023
- H.R. 1815 (118th) Expanding Veterans’ Options for Long Term Care Act
- H.R. 4838 (118th) Specialty Crop Security Act of 2023
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.