[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1295 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 1295

    To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make 
   matching grants available to the States in order to encourage the 
establishment of State license plate programs to provide funds for the 
   treatment of breast cancer, for research on such cancer, and for 
             educational activities regarding such cancer.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2001

Mr. Baca (for himself, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Carson of Indiana, 
 and Mr. Grucci) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make 
   matching grants available to the States in order to encourage the 
establishment of State license plate programs to provide funds for the 
   treatment of breast cancer, for research on such cancer, and for 
             educational activities regarding such 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 License Plate Matching 
Grant Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) During 2001, 182,800 new cases of female invasive 
        breast cancer will be diagnosed, and 40,800 women will die from 
        the disease. In addition, 1,400 male cases are projected to be 
        diagnosed, and 400 men will die from the disease.
            (2) Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer 
        death among all women and the leading cause of cancer death 
        among women between ages 40 and 55.
            (3) Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among 
        women, excluding skin cancers.
            (4) Each year thousands of women and men who cannot afford 
        treatment are diagnosed with breast cancer.
            (5) Early detection of breast cancer is the best 
        protection. However, there is no benefit of early detection if 
        adequate treatment cannot be obtained.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are as follows:
            (1) To promote the creation of specialized license plates 
        for breast cancer awareness and research or treatment programs 
        by providing matching grants to States that develop and fund 
        such license plate programs.
            (2) To provide an incentive for States to develop a program 
        similar to the Breast Cancer License Plate program in 
        California, which authorizes special breast cancer license 
        plates for an increased fee with a portion of that fee being 
        expended to assist low-income breast cancer victims in 
        affording treatment or to increase research funding.
            (3) To continue the partnerships among the Federal 
        Government, State governments, and individuals in raising 
        awareness about breast cancer among all Americans.

SEC. 3. MATCHING GRANTS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE LICENSE PLATE 
              PROGRAMS REGARDING BREAST CANCER.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services may 
make grants to States for the purpose of assisting the States with the 
costs of establishing programs under which--
            (1) the State involved develops a vehicle license plate 
        that displays a message devised by the State to indicate 
        support for programs that respond to the problem of breast 
        cancer;
            (2) from fees paid by residents of the State for such 
        license plates, the State reserves funds for the purpose 
        described in subsection (b); and
            (3) the State carries out activities to make residents of 
        the State aware of the license plate and the relationship 
        between the license plate and breast cancer programs.
    (b) Funding for Breast Cancer Programs.--The purpose referred to in 
subsection (a)(2) is providing funds to public or private entities for 
any or all of the following:
            (1) To assist individuals who have breast cancer in paying 
        the costs of receiving treatment for the cancer.
            (2) To carry out programs of research regarding the 
        prevention or treatment of breast cancer.
            (3) To carry out activities to educate the public on breast 
        cancer.
    (c) Matching Funds.--
            (1) In general.--With respect to the costs of the program 
        to be carried out by a State with a grant under subsection (a), 
        the Secretary may make such a grant only if the State agrees to 
        make available (directly or through donations from public or 
        private entities) non-Federal contributions toward such costs 
        in an amount that is not less than 50 percent of such costs ($1 
        for each $1 provided in the grant).
            (2) Determination of amount contributed.--Non-Federal 
        contributions required in paragraph (1) may be in cash or in 
        kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, or 
        services. Amounts provided by the Federal Government, or 
        services assisted or subsidized to any significant extent by 
        the Federal Government, may not be included in determining the 
        amount of such non-Federal contributions.
    (d) Application for Grant.--A grant may be made under subsection 
(a) only if an application for the grant is submitted to the Secretary 
and the application is in such form, is made in such manner, and 
contains such agreements, assurances, and information as the Secretary 
determines to be necessary to carry out this section.
    (e) Limitation.--A State may not receive more than one grant under 
subsection (a).
    (f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of Health and 
        Human Services.
            (2) The term ``State'' means each of the several States, 
        the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
        American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
        Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2004.
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