[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3186 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3186

  To provide for an awareness program, and a study, on a rare form of 
                             breast cancer.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 30, 2001

Mr. King (for himself, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Upton, Mr. 
Wynn, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Dingell, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Brady 
  of Pennsylvania, Mr. Baker, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. 
   Owens, Mr. Mascara, and Mrs. McCarthy of New York) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for an awareness program, and a study, on a rare form of 
                             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 ``Paget's Cancer Awareness Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Paget's disease of the breast is a rare cancer of the 
        nipple, accounting for a small fraction of all breast cancers. 
        The cancer is a different disease than any other, not to be 
        confused with Paget's disease, a devastating bone disease.
            (2) In Paget's disease of the breast, the abnormal cells 
        begin growing in the milk ducts of the nipple and can develop 
        into a tumor.
            (3) The cancer usually appears in women, but can also 
        affect males.
            (4) It is a slow growing cancer, and with proper treatment 
        can be cured.
            (5) The symptoms of the cancer appear to be harmless. The 
        symptoms in the nipple closely resemble a skin inflammation 
        (dermatitis) or infection. This can lead to unfortunate delays 
        in detection and care.
            (6) By the time the cancer is diagnosed, many patients have 
        a palpable mass. The underlying cancer may be invasive or in 
        situ.
            (7) Standard treatment is identical to that for other forms 
        of breast cancer, and the prognosis depends on the invasiveness 
        and size of the tumor and the presence or absence of lymph node 
        involvement.

SEC. 3. PROGRAMS REGARDING PAGET'S CANCER.

    (a) Awareness Program.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
(in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall carry out a 
program to provide information and education to health professionals 
and the general public on the symptoms of and treatment for Paget's 
disease of the breast.
    (b) Study.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct a study for 
        the purpose of carrying out the following with respect to 
        Paget's disease of the breast:
                    (A) Collecting data to identify the full range of 
                symptoms associated with the disease, and to identify 
                the average time elapsing between the onset of symptoms 
                and the diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
                    (B) Collecting demographic data regarding the 
                disease, including data specific to the prevalence of 
                the disease in demographic populations according to 
                race, ethnicity, gender, age, and geographic region of 
                residence.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 24 months after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete the study 
        under paragraph (1) and submit to the Congress a report 
        describing the findings made in the study.
     (c) 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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