[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 961 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 961

    To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for programs 
                       regarding ovarian cancer.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 1999

 Mrs. Mink of Hawaii 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 provide for programs 
                       regarding ovarian 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 ``Ovarian Cancer Research and 
Information Amendments of 1999''.

SEC. 2. RESEARCH ON OVARIAN CANCER.

    Section 417B(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act is amended--
            (1) by striking ``cancers.--For the purpose of'' and all 
        that follows through ``417,'' and inserting the following: 
        ``cancers.--
                    ``(A) For the purpose of carrying out section 
                417(d),''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following subparagraph:
                    ``(B)(i) For the purpose of carrying out research 
                under section 417(d) on ovarian cancer, there are 
                authorized to be appropriated $150,000,000 for fiscal 
                year 2000, and such sums as may be necessary for each 
                of the fiscal years 2001 and 2002. With respect to such 
                purpose, such authorizations of appropriations are in 
                addition to the authorizations of appropriations 
                established in subparagraph (A) and in subsection (a).
                    ``(ii) Of the amounts appropriated under clause (i) 
                for a fiscal year, the Director of the Institute shall 
                reserve 50 percent for research described in such 
                clause that does not involve treatment or clinical 
                trials, and 50 percent for research described in such 
                clause that does involve treatment and clinical trials.
                    ``(iii) In expending the amounts appropriated under 
                clause (i) for a fiscal year, the Director of the 
                Institute shall give priority to the following 
                activities regarding ovarian cancer:
                            ``(I) Developing a test for the early 
                        detection of the cancer.
                            ``(II) Research to identify precursor 
                        lesions and research to determine the manner in 
                        which benign conditions progress to malignant 
                        status.
                            ``(III) Research to determine the 
                        relationship between the cancer and 
                        endometriosis.
                            ``(IV) Ensuring that, in clinical research 
                        on the cancer that is conducted or supported by 
                        the Institute, appropriate counseling is 
                        provided to women before the women participate 
                        as subjects in the research, including (subject 
                        to changes in the applicable facts) informing 
                        women that there may be a genetic basis to such 
                        cancer.''.

SEC. 3. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ON OVARIAN CANCER.

    Section 417(d)(4) of the Public Health Service Act is amended by 
striking ``section 413; and'' and inserting the following: ``section 
413, which programs shall include programs on ovarian cancer that 
(subject to changes in the applicable facts) provide information and 
education regarding--
                    ``(A) screening procedures for such cancer, 
                including the fact that there is not a procedure that 
                reliably provides for the early detection of such 
                cancer;
                    ``(B) the fact that there may be a genetic basis to 
                such cancer;
                    ``(C) factors indicating a substantial risk of such 
                cancer; and
                    ``(D) the various treatments for such cancer and 
                the extent to which the treatments are effective; 
                and''.

SEC. 4. MEMBERSHIP OF NATIONAL CANCER ADVISORY BOARD.

    The membership of the National Cancer Advisory Board under section 
406(h)(2) of the Public Health Service Act shall include one or more 
individuals who are at high risk for developing ovarian cancer.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act takes effect October 1, 1999, or upon the date of the 
enactment of this Act, whichever occurs later.
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