[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2092 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2092

To require that the membership of advisory bodies serving the National 
     Cancer Institute include individuals who are knowledgeable in 
                complementary and alternative medicine.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 1999

Mr. Burton of Indiana introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                      to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require that the membership of advisory bodies serving the National 
     Cancer Institute include individuals who are knowledgeable in 
                complementary and alternative medicine.

    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 ``Inclusion of Alternative Approaches 
in Cancer Research Act''.

SEC. 2. MEMBERSHIP OF ADVISORY BODIES OF NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE; 
              INCLUSION OF INDIVIDUALS KNOWLEDGEABLE IN COMPLEMENTARY 
              AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE.

    (a) In General.--The membership of each advisory body established 
by the President, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the 
Director of the National Institutes of Health, or the Director of the 
National Cancer Institute for the purpose of providing advice regarding 
the programs of the National Cancer Institute, including peer review 
groups that make recommendations regarding applications for financial 
support, shall include one or more individuals who are knowledgeable in 
complementary and alternative medicine.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) National cancer advisory board.--Section 
        406(h)(2)(A)(iii) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
        284a(h)(2)(A)(iii)) is amended by inserting before the 
        semicolon the following: ``, and one or more shall be 
        individuals who are knowledgeable in complementary and 
        alternative medicine''.
            (2) President's cancer panel.--Section 415(a)(1) of the 
        Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285a-4(a)(1)) is amended--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``composed 
                of three persons'' and inserting ``composed of four 
                persons''; and
                    (B) in the last sentence, by inserting before the 
                period the following: ``, and at least one member shall 
                be knowledgeable in complementary and alternative 
                medicine''.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--The appointment of an individual to an 
advisory body under subsection (a) or (b) is in addition to the 
individuals who otherwise serve as members of the advisory body. 
Subsections (a) and (b) may not be construed as requiring that the 
membership of any individual serving on such a body be terminated.
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