[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. 1757 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1757

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 13, 1998

Ms. Snowe (for herself and Mr. D'Amato) 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 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 1998''.

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 is authorized to be appropriated 
        $650,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, and such sums as may be 
        necessary for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2003.''.
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