S. 297 · 119th Congress

PSA Screening for HIM Act

Introduced on Jan 29, 2025 by John Boozman (R-AR). 6 cosponsors, 6 of them from another party. Latest action (Mar 19, 2026): Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jan 29, 2025
Cosponsors
6
6 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for prostate cancer screenings without the imposition of cost-sharing requirements, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Cancer
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health promotion and preventive care
  • Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

John BoozmanR-ARSponsor

Democrats · 6

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jan 29, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 29, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  3. Mar 19, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Inc.6 reports
    $12.7M reported (all issues)
  2. Astellas Pharma US, Inc.6 reports
    $4.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ASTELLAS PHARMA US, INC.AI match · 100%
  3. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute6 reports
    $379.7K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.$933K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  4. AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, INC.2 reports
  5. Dendreon Pharmaceuticals, LLC2 reports
  6. LANTHEUS HOLDINGS INC2 reports
    $662K reported (all issues)
  7. AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)1 report
    $4.8M reported (all issues)
  8. National Association of Nuclear Pharmacies1 report
  9. Vanderbilt University Medical Center1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$36M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.