Congress recites a December 2022 screening recommendation
To require the Government Accountability Office to produce a report on esophageal cancer, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2.
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Congress recites a December 2022 screening recommendation
The document says “should”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“as of December 2022, the American Gastroenterological Association recommends screening with a standard upper endoscopy in individuals with 3 or more established risk factors”
The eleventh and last of the section's findings. Congress records what it says the American Gastroenterological Association recommended as of December 2022: screening by standard upper endoscopy for individuals carrying three or more established risk factors for Barrett's Esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma. The recommendation is the Association's, recited here; it is not a document indexed on this site. The finding then lists the risk factors, which are recorded separately.
What the document actually says
“as of December 2022, the American Gastroenterological Association recommends screening with a standard upper endoscopy in individuals with 3 or more established risk factors”
That sentence, in plain words
Congress says a doctors' group told people to get a check. The check uses a small camera down the throat. It is for people with three or more risk signs.
What this is about
The group is the AGA. It gave this advice in December 2022. The law lists five risk signs.
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Gerald E. Connolly Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act of 2025, Public Law 119-96, sec. 2, 140 Stat. 834 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ96/html/PLAW-119publ96.htm
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“Congress recites a December 2022 screening recommendation,” Gerald E. Connolly Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act of 2025, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/gerald-e-connolly-esophageal-cancer-awareness-act/proposal/sec02-screening-recommendation/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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