# H.R. 4541 (119th): This bill reauthorizes and revises programs of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that support services and education addressing breast and cervical cancer

This bill reauthorizes and revises programs of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that support services and education addressing breast and cervical cancer. The bill reauthorizes through FY2030 and makes changes to the CDC’s National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. This program provides grants to states for breast and cervical cancer screening, diagnostic, and treatment services for individuals who have low incomes, are uninsured, or otherwise lack access to such services. The bill increases flexibility in how states may spend grant funds under the program. The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on the work of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, including the number of individuals served and barriers to accessing screenings. Also, the bill reauthorizes through FY2031 CDC programs relating to young women’s awareness of breast health and breast cancer. These programs include campaigns to educate young women and health care professionals, research on preventing breast cancer in younger women, and grants for resources and services to young women diagnosed with breast cancer and precancerous conditions.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: cancer_screening. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: education. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: federal_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: health_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: public_health. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: reauthorization. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 250: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure is an ordinary public health reauthorization aimed at expanding cancer screening and treatment access for vulnerable women. It carries real prudential goods, but the text names no direct moral evil it restrains or advances. Its effects depend on funding levels and program administration, which the metadata does not specify, so it is best classed as a prudential mixed measure rather than a clear good or evil.
Theological note: This bill bears on the Christian concern for the sick, the poor, and the uninsured, and on the good stewardship of public resources for medical care and prevention. It does not directly restrain a named moral evil or advance one, so its relevance is mainly prudential: whether the program serves vulnerable people effectively and responsibly. This is an issue-relevance note, not a final moral judgment.

## Recorded votes

Roll 250: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Yea 394 · Nay 6 · Other 31.

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