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House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Lainie Jones Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act of 2026

H.R. 8839Introduced May 14, 2026Policy area: Health

Official title: To address the health of cancer survivors and unmet needs that survivors face through the entire continuum of care from diagnosis through active treatment and posttreatment, in order to improve survivorship, treatment, transition to recovery and beyond, quality of life and palliative care, and long-term health outcomes, including by developing a minimum standard of care for cancer survivorship, irrespective of the type of cancer, a survivor's background, or forthcoming survivorship needs, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
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Where it went

Latest action: May 14, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8839.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8839, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 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

24 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 21 Democrats

3 of 24 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.

Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), James Walkinshaw (D-VA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL), Joe Wilson (R-SC).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

Related bills

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Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-25 district

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Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.