Know Your Risk Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10763 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10763 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit to Congress a report on breast cancer risk assessment tools, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 6, 2026 Ms. Letlow introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit to Congress a report on breast cancer risk assessment tools, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Know Your Risk Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) In 2026, approximately 382,640 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer. (2) Early detection of breast cancer is associated with improved survival rates, including a 5-year relative survival rate of approximately 99 percent for cancers detected at a localized stage. (3) In the United States alone, women have a 1-in-8 lifetime risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer. (4) Approximately 85 percent of individuals diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history of the disease. (5) The risk that an individual will develop breast cancer is influenced by factors including age, race, ethnicity, genetic mutations, reproductive history, breast density, family history, and exposures to certain drugs. (6) Most risk factors for breast cancer do not directly cause cancer but do increase the chance of DNA damage in cells that may lead to breast cancer. (7) Breast cancer risk assessment tools support health care providers in estimating the risk that a woman will develop b