[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 67 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 67

    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

                            January 21, 1997

   Ms. Snowe 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 1997''.

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

    Section 417B(b)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
2861-8(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 
        $590,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, and such sum as may be 
        necessary for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2002. 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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