The bill was signed into law as a provision in the FY2021 budget and COVID-19 response legislation, in section 122. Fight Colorectal Cancer provides a nice summary of the bill's history.

The bill has passed both the House and Senate as a part of the H.R. 133 Fiscal Year 2021 and COVID-19 response package. The bill now awaits the President's signature.

AACI encourages its members to reach out to their senators by writing them to advocate passage of this bill in the 116th Congress.

Bill is now pending in the Senate and has been referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

The United States House of Representatives passed the stand alone bill by voice vote. The bill will now move to the Senate.

A provision similar to the Removing Barriers to Colorectal Screening Act passed the larger House bill, H.R.2339 - Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020. It is unclear what the future holds for this legislation in the Senate.

Introduced in the House and the Senate.