1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Access to Lifesaving Screenings Act (PALS Act) of 2017 . 2. Protecting coverage for screening mammography (a) In General Effective during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending January 1, 2020, any provision of law that refers (including through cross-reference to another provision of law) to the current recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force with respect to breast cancer screening mammography shall be administered as if— (1) such reference to such current recommendations were a reference to the recommendations of such Task Force with respect to breast cancer screening mammography last issued before 2009