The New and Improved Pancreatic Cancer Research & Education Act (S 362/HR 733)

So I talked before about the Pancreatic Cancer Research and Education Act and how it was denied.  But people are fighting back, and this post is about the new and improved Pancreatic Cancer Research and Education Act.

The House of Representatives 733 is sponsored by Representative Anna G. Eshoo of California.  This act was introduced on 2/16/2011.  The committees involved include the House Energy and Commerce.  The latest major action happened on 2/28/2011 when the act was referred to the House subcommittee.  It's current status is that it is being referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Here is a list of cosponsors supporting this act:

Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] - 3/11/2011
Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] - 3/11/2011
Rep Capuano, Michael E. [MA-8] - 3/11/2011
Rep Cooper, Jim [TN-5] - 3/11/2011
Rep Costa, Jim [CA-20] - 3/11/2011
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 3/4/2011
Rep Davis, Susan A. [CA-53] - 3/17/2011
Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] - 3/16/2011
Rep Dicks, Norman D. [WA-6] - 3/14/2011
Rep Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [PA-8] - 3/15/2011
Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6] - 3/8/2011
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] - 3/11/2011
Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] - 2/28/2011
Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] - 3/11/2011
Rep Lance, Leonard [NJ-7] - 2/16/2011
Rep Latham, Tom [IA-4] - 3/9/2011
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 3/11/2011
Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 3/14/2011
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] - 3/11/2011
Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] - 3/15/2011
Rep Lynch, Stephen F. [MA-9] - 3/17/2011
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 3/14/2011
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 3/17/2011
Rep McKinley, David B. [WV-1] - 3/17/2011
Rep McNerney, Jerry [CA-11] - 3/15/2011
Rep Moore, Gwen [WI-4] - 3/15/2011
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 2/28/2011
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38] - 3/4/2011
Rep Neal, Richard E. [MA-2] - 3/11/2011
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 3/15/2011
Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6] - 3/14/2011
Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] - 3/14/2011
Rep Reichert, David G. [WA-8] - 2/16/2011
Rep Ross, Mike [AR-4] - 2/28/2011
Rep Sarbanes, John P. [MD-3] - 3/8/2011
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 3/14/2011
Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] - 3/14/2011
Rep Turner, Michael R. [OH-3] - 3/14/2011
Rep Yarmuth, John A. [KY-3] - 3/9/2011 

The Senate 362 is being sponsored by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island.  This act was also introduced on 2/16/2011.  The committees involved include Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.  The latest major action took place on 2/16/2011 when the act was referred to the Senate Committee.  The current status is that the act has been read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension.  The list of cosponsors include the following:

Sen Begich, Mark [AK] - 2/16/2011
Sen Brown, Sherrod [OH] - 2/16/2011
Sen Casey, Robert P., Jr. [PA] - 2/28/2011
Sen Collins, Susan M. [ME] - 2/16/2011
Sen Franken, Al [MN] - 3/15/2011
Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] - 2/16/2011
Sen Johnson, Tim [SD] - 3/7/2011
Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] - 2/16/2011
Sen Lugar, Richard G. [IN] - 2/16/2011
Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ] - 2/28/2011
Sen Merkley, Jeff [OR] - 3/1/2011
Sen Reed, Jack [RI] - 3/14/2011