Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)

EARLY Act Reauthorization of 2025

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

H.R. 4541 · House bill Health

A Democratic bill with 5 Republican cosponsors · See all 20 cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

In the other chamber's committee

Passed one chamber and has been handed to a committee in the other.

The committee decides whether it goes any further, and most bills that reach a committee never leave it. A committee that simply does nothing kills a bill without anyone ever voting against it, so no news from here is usually the news.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House 394–6
  3. In Senate committee

What this bill would do

This bill consists of two main titles. Title I reauthorizes the Young Women's Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009 through the year 2031. Title II introduces the "SCREENS for Cancer Act of 2025." This second title amends the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program to include prevention and enhanced support activities. It also directs a GAO study to assess program trends and eligibility. Additionally, it provides specific funding for fiscal years 2026 through 2030.

Yes· 3 of 8

  • Scored +8

    Would women be better off under this?

    The bill specifically funds and enhances programs for breast and cervical cancer prevention, detection, and support.

  • Scored +7

    Does this make health care easier to get in general?

    The bill explicitly directs the program to improve access to breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services while reducing related barriers.

  • Scored +6

    Would households on low incomes be better off under this?

    The bill enhances support activities and access to cancer screening services which are critical for low-income populations.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.

What Congress actually voted on

One recorded vote has been taken on this bill.

  • The House: a fast-track vote, needing two-thirds to pass The House sets aside its normal procedure to move quickly: no amendments, little debate, and a two-thirds bar instead of a simple majority. It is used for measures expected to be uncontroversial, so a bill that fails here failed despite broad expectations that it would not. Passed 394 yes · 6 no

    See who voted how →

    07/20/2026 · Roll call 250 · recorded as “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended”