3.0.0 2727 2022-02-03T05:28:42Z 2022-02-03T05:28:42Z House H HR 2005-05-26 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2005-06-17T15:40:43Z Referred to 2005-05-26T14:09:00Z 2005-06-17 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2005-05-26 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2005-05-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000250 Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32] PETE SESSIONS R TX 32 N D000598 Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] SUSAN DAVIS D CA A. 53 2005-05-26 True C000380 Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] DONNA CHRISTENSEN D VI M. 0 2005-05-26 True S000033 Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] Bernard Sanders I VT 0 2005-05-26 True S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2005-05-26 True D000327 Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6] NORMAN DICKS D WA 6 2005-06-30 False M000309 Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] CAROLYN MCCARTHY D NY 4 2005-07-20 False S001004 Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6] TED STRICKLAND D OH 6 2005-07-20 False K000210 Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3] PETER KING R NY T. 3 2005-07-20 False I000026 Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1] JAY INSLEE D WA 1 2005-07-20 False B001227 Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] ROBERT BRADY D PA A. 1 2005-10-20 False M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 3 2005-11-07 False J000126 Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] EDDIE JOHNSON D TX BERNICE 30 2006-02-01 False T000057 Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10] ELLEN TAUSCHER D CA O. 10 2006-02-01 False P000585 Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] TODD PLATTS R PA RUSSELL 19 2006-02-01 False B000013 Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6] SPENCER BACHUS R AL 6 2006-02-01 False W000784 Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4] ALBERT WYNN D MD R. 4 2006-02-15 False S000480 Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] LOUISE SLAUGHTER D NY M. 28 2006-02-28 False V000128 Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] Chris Van Hollen D MD 8 2006-03-02 False P000523 Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] DAVID PRICE D NC E. 4 2006-04-27 False C001037 Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8] MICHAEL CAPUANO D MA E. 8 2006-07-26 False S001152 Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2] ROB SIMMONS R CT 2 2006-09-14 False L000169 Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-2] JIM LEACH R IA 2 2006-09-25 False Health Aging Childbirth Clinical trials Commemorations Communication in medicine Congress Congressional tributes Data banks Department of Health and Human Services Directories Economics and Public Finance Education Electronic government information Families Federal aid to research Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Grants-in-aid Gynecology Health education Health information systems Higher education Internet Medical education Medical research Medical technology National Institutes of Health (NIH) Peer review organizations (Medicine) Research grants Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Surgery Technological innovations Tissue banks Urology Web sites Women Women's health Health 00 2005-05-26 Introduced in House 2005-08-17T20:01:57Z Quality of Life for Women Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to educate health professionals and the public on bladder and bowel dysfunction (including incontinence), pelvic organ prolapse, and other pelvic floor disorders.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Director should establish a national registry for surgical treatment of such disorders.

Requires the Directors of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to: (1) expand and intensify the activities of such Institutes with respect to women's pelvic floor disorders, including developing proposals for research on such disorders; and (2) provide for the continuing operation of the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network and the Clinical Trials Network for Female Pelvic Disorders. Commends such Institutes for their support of such Networks and such Networks for their research toward improving women's pelvic health.

Expresses the sense of Congress as to efforts that such Institutes should undertake, including increasing their research, recruiting established scientists, and developing a national data registry and tissue bank of people suffering from incontinence.

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