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[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