[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5257 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5257

  To authorize a study regarding the incidence of breast and prostate 
                    cancer, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 7, 1994

Mr. Brown of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize a study regarding the incidence of breast and prostate 
                    cancer, 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. STUDY REGARDING INCIDENCE OF BREAST AND PROSTATE CANCER.

    (a) Requirement of Study.--The Director of the National Cancer 
Institute (in this section referred to as the ``Director''), in 
collaboration with the Director of the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences and the Director of the National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, shall conduct a study to 
determine the potential risk factors contributing to the incidence of 
breast and prostate cancer in northeastern Ohio, including 
determinations of whether and to what the extent the following factors 
contribute to such incidence:
            (1) Contaminated drinking water.
            (2) Sources of indoor and ambient air pollution, including 
        emissions from aircraft.
            (3) Electromagnetic fields.
            (4) Pesticides and other toxic chemicals (including those 
        in the vicinity of the Great Lakes).
            (5) Hazardous and municipal waste.
            (6) Such other factors as the Director determines to be 
        appropriate.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 30 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director shall complete the study required 
in subsection (a) and submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Labor and Human 
Resources of the Senate, a report describing the findings made as a 
result of the study.

SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY TO PUBLIC OF INFORMATION ON SERVICES.

    Section 412 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285a-1) is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' after the section designation; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following subsection:
    ``(b) In carrying out subsection (a), the Director of the Institute 
shall carry out activities to inform individuals of the availability, 
in the geographic areas in which the individuals reside, of programs 
that--
            ``(1) provide screenings for breast and prostate cancers, 
        or other services for the prevention or early diagnosis of such 
        cancers; and
            ``(2) provide the services without charge or according to a 
        schedule of discounts based on the ability to pay for the 
        services.''.
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