[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1229 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1229

   To provide for the conduct of a clinical trial concerning digital 
                              mammography.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 26, 1997

 Mr. Campbell 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 provide for the conduct of a clinical trial concerning digital 
                              mammography.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. OFFICE OF RESEARCH ON WOMEN'S HEALTH CLINICAL TRIAL OF 
              DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY.

    (a) In General.--The Office of Research on Women's Health, acting 
through the Assistant Secretary for Health, shall award grants under 
this section for the conduct of a large-scale clinical trial of digital 
mammography.
    (b) Contract.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Office of 
Research on Women's Health shall enter into a contract with the Multi-
Agency Consortium on Imaging Technologies to Improve Women's Health for 
the solicitation, acceptance and processing of competitive grant 
applications.
    (c) Requirements.--In providing for the conduct of a clinical trial 
under this section the Office of Research on Women's Health shall 
ensure that--
            (1) at least 50,000 women are tested under this study;
            (2) at least 20 institutions are involved in the testing; 
        and
            (3) at least 2,500 conventional and 2,500 digital 
        mammographies will be conducted at each institution.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $20,000,000 to carry out this section.
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