[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3443 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3443

    To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend the program of 
                       research on breast cancer.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 10, 1996

 Mrs. Lowey (for herself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Engel, Mr. Fazio 
of California, Mr. Filner, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Gutierrez, Mrs. Kennelly, 
 Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. McDermott, Mrs. Mink of 
Hawaii, Mrs. Morella, Ms. Norton, Ms. Pelosi, Mrs. Schroeder, Mr. Watt 
of North Carolina, and Mr. Waxman) introduced the following bill; which 
               was referred to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend the program of 
                       research on breast cancer.

    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 ``Breast Cancer Research Extension Act 
of 1996''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROGRAM OF RESEARCH ON BREAST CANCER.

    Section 417B(b)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
286a-8(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) Breast cancer.--For the purpose of carrying out 
        section 417(c), there are authorized to be appropriated 
        $575,000,000 for fiscal year 1997, and such sums as may be 
        necessary for each of the fiscal years 1998 through 2001. Such 
        authorizations of appropriations are in addition to the 
        authorizations of appropriations established in subsection (a) 
        with respect to such purpose.''.
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