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HR 4541 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

EARLY Act Reauthorization of 2025

To reauthorize the Young Women’s Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009.

In plain language: This legislation continues federal support for nationwide breast and cervical cancer detection, authorizing $235.5 million each year from 2026 through 2030 for screening and diagnostic services. It expands the program to fund patient navigators who help people schedule and access care, with an added focus on reaching communities that face higher cancer rates. The bill also keeps federal breast health education initiatives for young women running through 2031 and orders an independent review to evaluate program access and barriers.

Provisional: our plain-language summary, pending review.

Provisionalunreviewed: impact, provisions, stakeholders, summary
People affected—Not determinable from the text provided; the text authorizes grant programs and explicitly directs the GAO to estimate the number of eligible individuals (Sec. 202(b)(1)).
Fiscal magnitude$1.2Bprovisional · pending reviewSec. 202(a)(4)(B) authorizes $235,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030 for the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, totaling $1,177,500,000 over five years. Sec. 102 reauthorizes breast health education programs through 2031 without specifying an amount in the operative text.
Reach30provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • Individuals at risk of breast and cervical cancerGain continued access to breast health education and outreach, as well as expanded screening, patient navigation, and diagnostic support under reauthorized and expanded federal programs (Sec. 102, Sec. 202(a)(1)).provisional
  • National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program grant recipientsReceive authorization for $235.5 million annually through fiscal year 2030 and expanded authority to use grant funds for cancer prevention, patient navigation, and barrier-reduction activities (Sec. 202(a)(1), Sec. 202(a)(4)).provisional

Who it burdens

  • Grant-funded cancer screening and diagnostic providersMust ensure that screening and diagnostic services funded by program grants align with current evidence-based medical recommendations (Sec. 202(a)(2)).provisional
  • Government Accountability OfficeMust conduct a study and report to congressional committees by September 30, 2027, on eligible populations, service trends, and barriers to screening (Sec. 202(b)).provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Extends federal funding authorization for breast health education, outreach, and awareness programs for young women through fiscal year 2031.

    Sec. 102provisional

  2. Expands allowable grant activities under the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program to include cancer prevention, patient navigation, efforts to reduce health disparities, and removing barriers to screening and diagnosis.

    Sec. 202(a)(1)provisional

  3. Requires grant-funded breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services to align with current evidence-based medical recommendations.

    Sec. 202(a)(2)provisional

  4. Authorizes $235.5 million per year for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 for the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.

    Sec. 202(a)(4)provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Jul 27, 2026Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  2. Jul 20, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Jul 20, 2026On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 394 - 6 (Roll no. 250). (text: CR H4648)
  4. Jul 20, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 394 - 6 (Roll no. 250). (text: CR H4648)
  5. Jul 13, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-746.
  6. Jul 13, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-746.
  7. May 21, 2026Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 48 - 0.
  8. Jul 17, 2025Introduced in House
  9. Jul 17, 2025Introduced in House

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