3.0.0 2375 2023-01-13T04:48:51Z 2023-01-13T04:48:51Z Senate S S 2006-03-07 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-03-07T15:22:23Z Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2006 109 4927 HR 2006-03-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2006 109 2393 S 2006-03-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1966-1967) Identical bill CRS 2006-03-07 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2006-03-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN N S000064 Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] PAUL SARBANES D MD SPYROS 2006-11-16 False Health Cancer Child health Clinical trials Communication in medicine Data banks Economics and Public Finance Families Federal aid to research Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Health education Health information systems Medical research Preventive medicine Research grants Science, Technology, Communications Health 00 2006-03-07 Introduced in Senate 2006-05-08T19:09:45Z Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the National Cancer Institute, to establish special programs of research excellence in the area of pediatric cancers.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a grant mechanism for the establishment of Research Fellowships in Pediatric Cancer to support adequate numbers of pediatric focused clinical and translational investigators.

Requires the Director to award a grant for the operation of a population-based national childhood cancer database, the Childhood Cancer Research Network.

Requires the Secretary to award grants to recognized childhood cancer professional and advocacy organizations to raise public awareness of currently available information, treatment, and research with intent to ensure access to best available therapies for pediatric cancers.

]]> Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2006 Display Title Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to the current treatments and information regarding pediatric cancers, establish a population-based national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness of pediatric cancers. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-03-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2375is/xml/BILLS-109s2375is.xml 2006-03-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.