[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1245 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

                  In the Senate of the United States,

                                                      December 8, 2006.
    Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
1245) entitled ``An Act to provide for programs to increase the 
awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect 
to gynecologic cancers.'', do pass with the following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Gynecologic Cancer Education and 
Awareness Act of 2005'' or ``Johanna's Law''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.

    Section 317P of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-17) 
is amended--
            (1) in the section heading by adding ``(johanna's law)'' at 
        the end; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Johanna's Law.--
            ``(1) National public awareness campaign.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out a 
                national campaign to increase the awareness and 
                knowledge of health care providers and women with 
                respect to gynecologic cancers.
                    ``(B) Written materials.--Activities under the 
                national campaign under subparagraph (A) shall 
                include--
                            ``(i) maintaining a supply of written 
                        materials that provide information to the 
                        public on gynecologic cancers; and
                            ``(ii) distributing the materials to 
                        members of the public upon request.
                    ``(C) Public service announcements.--Activities 
                under the national campaign under subparagraph (A) 
                shall, in accordance with applicable law and 
                regulations, include developing and placing, in 
                telecommunications media, public service announcements 
                intended to encourage women to discuss with their 
                physicians their risks of gynecologic cancers. Such 
                announcements shall inform the public on the manner in 
                which the written materials referred to in subparagraph 
                (B) can be obtained upon request, and shall call 
                attention to early warning signs and risk factors based 
                on the best available medical information.
            ``(2) Report and strategy.--
                    ``(A) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the 
                date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary 
                shall submit to the Congress a report including the 
                following:
                            ``(i) A description of the past and present 
                        activities of the Department of Health and 
                        Human Services to increase awareness and 
                        knowledge of the public with respect to 
                        different types of cancer, including 
                        gynecologic cancers.
                            ``(ii) A description of the past and 
                        present activities of the Department of Health 
                        and Human Services to increase awareness and 
                        knowledge of health care providers with respect 
                        to different types of cancer, including 
                        gynecologic cancers.
                            ``(iii) For each activity described 
                        pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii), a description 
                        of the following:
                                    ``(I) The funding for such activity 
                                for fiscal year 2006 and the cumulative 
                                funding for such activity for previous 
                                fiscal years.
                                    ``(II) The background and history 
                                of such activity, including--
                                            ``(aa) the goals of such 
                                        activity;
                                            ``(bb) the communications 
                                        objectives of such activity;
                                            ``(cc) the identity of each 
                                        agency within the Department of 
                                        Health and Human Services 
                                        responsible for any aspect of 
                                        the activity; and
                                            ``(dd) how such activity is 
                                        or was expected to result in 
                                        change.
                                    ``(III) How long the activity 
                                lasted or is expected to last.
                                    ``(IV) The outcomes observed and 
                                the evaluation methods, if any, that 
                                have been, are being, or will be used 
                                with respect to such activity.
                                    ``(V) For each such outcome or 
                                evaluation method, a description of the 
                                associated results, analyses, and 
                                conclusions.
                    ``(B) Strategy.--
                            ``(i) Development; submission to 
                        congress.--Not later than 3 months after 
                        submitting the report required by subparagraph 
                        (A), the Secretary shall develop and submit to 
                        the Congress a strategy for improving efforts 
                        to increase awareness and knowledge of the 
                        public and health care providers with respect 
                        to different types of cancer, including 
                        gynecological cancers.
                            ``(ii) Consultation.--In developing the 
                        strategy under clause (i), the Secretary should 
                        consult with qualified private sector groups, 
                        including nonprofit organizations.
            ``(3) Full compliance.--
                    ``(A) in general.--Not later than March 1, 2008, 
                the Secretary shall ensure that all provisions of this 
                section, including activities directed to be carried 
                out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
                and the Food and Drug Administration, are fully 
                implemented and being complied with. Not later than 
                April 30, 2008, the Secretary shall submit to Congress 
                a report that certifies compliance with the preceding 
                sentence and that contains a description of all 
                activities undertaken to achieve such compliance.
                    ``(B) If the Secretary fails to submit the 
                certification as provided for under subparagraph (A), 
                the Secretary shall, not later than 3 months after the 
                date on which the report is to be submitted under 
                subparagraph (A), and every 3 months thereafter, submit 
                to Congress an explanation as to why the Secretary has 
                not yet complied with the first sentence of 
                subparagraph (A), a detailed description of all actions 
                undertaken within the month for which the report is 
                being submitted to bring the Secretary into compliance 
                with such sentence, and the anticipated date the 
                Secretary expects to be in full compliance with such 
                sentence.
            ``(4) Authorization of appropriations.--For the purpose of 
        carrying out this subsection, there is authorized to be 
        appropriated $16,500,000 for the period of fiscal years 2007 
        through 2009.''.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
109th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1245

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                               AMENDMENT