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[H.R. 1245 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]


        H.R.1245

                       One Hundred Ninth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the third day of January, two thousand and six


                                 An Act


 
To provide for programs to increase the awareness and knowledge of women 
     and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers.

    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 ``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 clause 
            (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.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.