[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1094 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 221
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1094
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research,
information, and education with respect to blood cancer.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 22, 2001
Mrs. Hutchison (for herself, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Inouye,
Mr. Cochran, and Mrs. Clinton) introduced the following bill; which was
read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions
November 8, 2001
Reported by Mr. Kennedy, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research,
information, and education with respect to blood cancer.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Hematological Cancer
Research Investment and Education Act of 2001''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Congress finds that:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) An estimated 109,500 people in the United
States will be diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple
myeloma in 2001.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) New cases of the blood cancers described in
paragraph (1) account for 8.6 percent of new cancer
cases.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Those devastating blood cancers will cause the
deaths of an estimated 60,300 persons in the United States in
2001. Every 9 minutes, a person in the United States dies from
leukemia, lymphoma, or multiple myeloma.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) While less than 5 percent of Federal funds for
cancer research are spent on those blood cancers, those blood
cancers cause 11 percent of all cancer deaths in the United
States.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) Increased Federal support of research into
leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma has resulted and will
continue to result in significant advances in the early
detection, the treatment, and ultimately the cure of those
blood cancers.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. RESEARCH, INFORMATION, AND EDUCATION WITH RESPECT TO
BLOOD CANCER.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Research.--Part B of title IV of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``SEC. 409I. RESEARCH, INFORMATION, AND EDUCATION WITH RESPECT
TO BLOOD CANCER.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(a) Research.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(1) Subject.--The Director of the National
Institutes of Health shall establish and carry out a program
for the conduct and support of research with respect to blood
cancer, and particularly with respect to leukemia, lymphoma,
and multiple myeloma.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) Administration.--The Director of the
National Institutes of Health shall carry out this subsection
through the Director of the National Cancer Institute and in
collaboration with any other agencies that the Director of the
National Institutes of Health determines to be
appropriate.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(3) Authorization of appropriations.--There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection
$250,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and each subsequent fiscal
year.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(b) Information and Education.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(1) Subject.--The Director of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention shall establish and carry out a
program to provide information and education for the general
public with respect to blood cancer, and particularly with
respect to leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection
$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and each subsequent fiscal
year.''.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hematological Cancer Research
Investment and Education Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that:
(1) An estimated 109,500 people in the United States will
be diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma in
2001.
(2) New cases of the blood cancers described in paragraph
(1) account for 8.6 percent of new cancer cases.
(3) Those devastating blood cancers will cause the deaths
of an estimated 60,300 persons in the United States in 2001.
Every 9 minutes, a person in the United States dies from
leukemia, lymphoma, or multiple myeloma.
(4) While less than 5 percent of Federal funds for cancer
research are spent on those blood cancers, those blood cancers
cause 11 percent of all cancer deaths in the United States.
(5) Increased Federal support of research into leukemia,
lymphoma, and multiple myeloma has resulted and will continue
to result in significant advances in the treatment, and
ultimately the cure, of those blood cancers as well as other
cancers.
SEC. 3. RESEARCH, INFORMATION, AND EDUCATION WITH RESPECT TO BLOOD
CANCER.
Part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 419C the following:
``SEC. 417D. RESEARCH, INFORMATION, AND EDUCATION WITH RESPECT TO BLOOD
CANCER.
``(a) Joe Moakley Research Excellence Program.--
``(1) In general.--The Director of NIH shall expand,
intensify, and coordinate programs for the conduct and support
of research with respect to blood cancer, and particularly with
respect to leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma.
``(2) Administration.--The Director of NIH shall carry out
this subsection through the Director of the National Cancer
Institute and in collaboration with any other agencies that the
Director determines to be appropriate.
``(3) Authorization of appropriations.--For the purpose of
carrying out this subsection, there is authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2002
and each subsequent fiscal year. Such authorizations of
appropriations are in addition to other authorizations of
appropriations that are available for such purpose.
``(b) Geraldine Ferraro Cancer Education Program.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall direct the
appropriate agency within the Department of Health and Human
Services, in collaboration with the Director of NIH, to
establish and carry out a program to provide information and
education for patients and the general public with respect to
blood cancer, and particularly with respect to the treatment of
leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma.
``(2) Administration.--The Agency determined by the
Secretary under paragraph (1) shall carry out this subsection
in collaboration with private health organizations that have
national education and patient assistance programs on blood-
related cancers.
``(3) Authorization of appropriations.--For the purpose of
carrying out this subsection, there is authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2002
and each subsequent fiscal year. Such authorizations of
appropriations are in addition to other authorizations of
appropriations that are available for such purpose.''.
Calendar No. 221
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1094
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research,
information, and education with respect to blood cancer.
_______________________________________________________________________
November 8, 2001
Reported with an amendment