# 119-hr-5239: Endometrial Cancer Research and Education Act of 2025

119-hr-5239, Endometrial Cancer Research and Education Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5239
- Congress: 119
- Title: Endometrial Cancer Research and Education Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**expand endometrial cancer research and targeted public education**. This bill would push federal health agencies to increase research on endometrial cancer and to run public education focused on racial disparities and treatments. - African-American women: Requires NIH to ensure African-American women are represented in endometrial cancer clinical trials in proportion to their incidence and to communicate disparity findings to medical professionals. - Researchers and federal health agencies: Directs NIH to expand, intensify, and coordinate endometrial cancer research and to coordinate with the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, and the Office of Research on Women’s Health. - Patients and the public: Directs the CDC to develop and distribute materials on incidence, risk factors, and available treatments with content targeted to African-American women and allows dissemination through nonprofits, institutions of higher education, federal, state, and local agencies, and media. - Funding: Authorizes $1.0 million per year for NIH for fiscal years 2026–2028 and authorizes such sums as may be necessary for the CDC public education program for 2026–2028. *Authorizes at least $3.0 million for NIH across 2026–2028 plus additional unspecified CDC funding.*

## Cosponsors (9)

- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2025-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2025-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4] (R-LA), 2025-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2025-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2025-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2025-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2025-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2025-10-31T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More NIH research and inclusive trials: benefit, low. If enacted, NIH would expand and coordinate endometrial cancer research. It would share new findings and the diagnosis gap between African-American and non-Hispanic White women with doctors and researchers. NIH would work to include African-American women in trials in proportion to incidence. It wo…
- New CDC education on endometrial cancer: benefit, low. If enacted, CDC would create and share endometrial cancer information. It would cover rates, risk factors, higher risk for some minority women, and treatment options. Materials would include content for African-American women and could be shared with nonprofits, schools, agencies, or media. CDC wou…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-5361: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2025
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-5239 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5239)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-5361: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5361)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5239 (as of 2026-04-21).