US Congress Senate Resolution 251 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on September 23 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-09-23 - Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6684-6685)
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Calls for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to: (1) reevaluate its recommendation against prostate-specific antigen-based screening for prostate cancer for men in all age groups, (2) seriously engage and consult with specialists as it reevaluates its recommendation, and (3) identify areas for additional research and evaluation of methods of treatment of, and screening procedures for, prostate cancer. Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) prostate cancer screening decisions should be made by each individual patient and his physician, taking into account the patient's risk factors and desire for treatment; and (2) steps should be taken to raise awareness of, and increase public knowledge about, prostate cancer, the benefits of early detection, and the appropriateness of screening tests.

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Preventive Services Task Force should reevaluate its recommendations against prostate-specific antigen-based screening for prostate cancer for men in all age groups in consultation with appropriate specialists.

Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA]	Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-09-23	Senate	Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6684-6685)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-resolution/251/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/sres251/BILLS-113sres251is.pdf