[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3097 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3097

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research on the 
       effects that environmental factors have on women's health.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 1993

  Ms. Furse introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research on the 
       effects that environmental factors have on women's health.

    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 ``Women's Health Environmental Factors 
Research Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. RESEARCH ON EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH.

    Subpart 12 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 285), as amended by section 1301 of Public Law 103-43 (107 
Stat. 169), is amended by adding at the end the following section:

          ``effect of environmental factors on women's health

    ``Sec. 463B. (a) The Director of the Institute shall carry out 
research on the effects that environmental factors have on women's 
health conditions (as defined in section 486), including the effect of 
such factors on breast cancer, immune disfunction, and estrogen-like 
compounds (and related compounds).
    ``(b) For the purpose of carrying out subsection (a), there are 
authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and 
such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 and 
1996. Such authorization is in addition to any other authorization of 
appropriations that is established with respect to such purpose.''.

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