[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2102 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2102

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand cancer screening and 
           cancer treatment research, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 11 (legislative day, May 2), 1994

   Mr. Stevens (for himself, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Dole, Mr. Mack, and Mr. 
    Dorgan) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand cancer screening and 
           cancer treatment research, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Family Cancer Screening and Research 
Partnership Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to create Federal partnerships with 
nonprofit organizations to facilitate breast, cervical, and prostate 
cancer screening activities, and to expedite the development of 
effective treatments for breast, cervical, and prostate cancer by 
combining resources to finance research efforts.

SEC. 3. MATCHING RESEARCH AWARDS FOR BREAST, CERVICAL, AND PROSTATE 
              CANCER TREATMENT RESEARCH.

    Subpart 1 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 285 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
section:

 ``matching research awards for breast, cervical, and prostate cancer 
                           treatment research

    ``Sec. 417C. (a) In General.--(1) The Director of the Institute may 
enter into cooperative agreements of up to $250,000 each with 
organizations qualified for tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3) 
of the Internal Revenue Code to make grant awards to researchers for 
the purpose of conducting research for breast, cervical, and prostate 
cancer treatments. Each agreement shall require participating 
organizations to match the amount of Federal funds provided in that 
agreement.
    ``(2) The Director of the Institute shall award agreements under 
this section to those organizations which demonstrate the ability to 
most effectively utilize the Federal funds in the search for effective 
treatments.
    ``(3) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the purpose of this section.
    ``(b) Terms and Conditions.--(1) Agreements entered into under this 
section shall include such terms and conditions as the Director of the 
Institute determines are necessary to ensure that--
            ``(A) Federal funds are used only for direct research 
        activities;
            ``(B) participating organizations adopt appropriate 
        procedures for selecting grant recipients;
            ``(C) grant recipients agree to be subject to Federal 
        audits on the use of Federal funds;
            ``(D) grant recipients agree to make available to the 
        Director of the Institute the results of research funded under 
        this section for dissemination; and
            ``(E) any other appropriate requirements are met.
    ``(2) The terms and conditions established pursuant to this 
subsection shall, to the maximum extent possible, facilitate the timely 
use of Federal and non-Federal funds.
    ``(c) Period of Support; Additional Periods.--Each agreement 
entered into under this section shall be for a period not to exceed one 
year, but may be extended by the Director of the Institute for 
additional periods.''.

SEC. 4. BREAST, CERVICAL, AND PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING.

    The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by 
designating sections 1501 through 1509 of title XV as ``Part A--Breast 
and Cervical Cancers'', and by adding the following new part:

       ``Part B--Breast, Cervical, and Prostate Cancer Screening

``SEC. 1510. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM OF SUPPORT.

    ``(a) Acquisition of Equipment.--The Secretary, acting through the 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may make 
grants to qualified nonprofit organizations to acquire mobile vehicles 
and properly equip them for the purpose of conducting breast, cervical, 
and prostate cancer screening procedures for low-income or 
geographically isolated women and men. An eligible use of funds may 
include equipping airplanes or boats for such purpose in remote or 
frontier areas where that is the most effective way to provide access 
to screening services for low-income or geographically isolated women 
and men.
    ``(b) Terms and Conditions.--Grants awarded under this section 
shall include such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines are 
necessary to ensure that--
            ``(1) equipment purchased using grant funds shall be made 
        available for the purpose of conducting breast, cervical, and 
        prostate cancer screening activities without charge to the 
        person tested;
            ``(2) appropriate insurance is provided for the mobile 
        vehicle and equipment and for any operators of such equipment;
            ``(3) medically approved screening procedures are used;
            ``(4) equipment purchased using grant funds meets 
        appropriate radiologic and other standards;
            ``(5) the mobile vehicles are maintained in working 
        condition; and
            ``(6) any other appropriate requirements are met.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary.''.

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