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[S. 579 Reported in Senate (RS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 628
110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 579

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the 
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for 
      the development and operation of research centers regarding 
  environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast 
                                cancer.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 14, 2007

  Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Clinton, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
Sanders, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Warner, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Biden, Mr. Menendez, 
    Mr. Reed, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. 
 Whitehouse, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Voinovich, Mrs. 
Murray, Mr. Kohl, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
Lugar, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Kerry, Mrs. Dole, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Hutchison, 
   Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Specter, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Bennett, Ms. 
   Stabenow, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Cardin, Mrs. 
 McCaskill, Mr. McCain, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Brown, 
 Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Casey, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Pryor, Mr. 
 Vitter, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Carper, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Levin, 
 Mr. Smith, Mr. Obama, Mr. Tester, Mr. Webb, Mr. Conrad, Mrs. Lincoln, 
 Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Wyden, and Ms. Landrieu) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

                             April 3, 2008

               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 authorize the Director of the 
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for 
      the development and operation of research centers regarding 
  environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast 
                                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 ``Breast Cancer and 
Environmental Research Act of 2007''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH; AWARDS FOR DEVELOPMENT 
              AND OPERATION OF RESEARCH CENTERS REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL 
              FACTORS RELATED TO BREAST CANCER.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Part A of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 281 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 404H. RESEARCH CENTERS REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS 
              RELATED TO BREAST CANCER.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the 
Director of NIH, based on recommendations from the Breast Cancer and 
Environmental Research Panel established under subsection (b) (referred 
to in this section as the `Panel'), shall make grants to public or 
nonprofit private entities for the development and operation of 
collaborative, multi-institutional centers for the purpose of 
conducting multidisciplinary and multi-institutional research on 
environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast 
cancer. Each such center shall be known as a Breast Cancer and 
Environmental Research Center of Excellence.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Panel.--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall 
        establish within the National Institutes of Health a Breast 
        Cancer and Environmental Research Panel.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Composition.--The Panel shall be composed 
        of--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) 9 members to be appointed by the 
                Secretary, of which--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) six members shall be 
                        appointed from among physicians and other 
                        health professionals, who--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(I) are not officers or 
                                employees of the United 
                                States;</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(II) represent multiple 
                                disciplines, including clinical, basic, 
                                and public health sciences;</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(III) represent 
                                different geographical regions of the 
                                United States;</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(IV) are from practice 
                                settings, academia, or other research 
                                settings; and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(V) are experienced in 
                                peer review; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) three members shall be 
                        appointed from the general public who are 
                        representatives of individuals who have had 
                        breast cancer and who represent a constituency; 
                        and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) such nonvoting, ex officio members 
                as the Secretary determines to be 
                appropriate.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Chairperson.--The members of the Panel 
        appointed under paragraph (2)(A) shall select a chairperson 
        from among such members.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Meetings.--The Panel shall meet at the call 
        of the chairperson or upon the request of the Director of NIH, 
        but in no case less often than once each year.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) Duties.--The Panel shall--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) develop a comprehensive strategy 
                concerning collaborative centers that would--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) result in innovative 
                        approaches to study unexplored or underexplored 
                        areas of the environment and breast 
                        cancer;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) outline key research 
                        questions, methodologies, and knowledge gaps 
                        concerning environmental factors that may be 
                        related to the etiology of breast 
                        cancer;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) outline key issues 
                        concerning environmental factors that may be 
                        related to the etiology of breast cancer; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iv) result in an overall 
                        strategy to address environmental factors 
                        related to breast cancer;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) make recommendations to the 
                Secretary with respect to the mechanisms, peer review 
                criteria, and allocations under this section;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) assist in the overall program 
                evaluation; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) make recommendations for the 
                dissemination of information on program 
                process.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Collaboration With Community.--Each center under 
subsection (a) shall include community organizations in the geographic 
area served by the center, including those that represent women with 
breast cancer, as integral collaborators involved at all levels of the 
decision-making and research in such center.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Coordination of Centers; Reports.--The Director of 
NIH shall, as appropriate, provide for the coordination of information 
among centers under subsection (a) and ensure regular communication 
between such centers, and may require the periodic preparation of 
reports on the activities of the centers and the submission of the 
reports to the Director.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) Required Consortium.--Each center under subsection 
(a) shall be formed from a consortium of cooperating institutions and 
community groups, meeting such requirements as may be prescribed by the 
Director of NIH. Each center shall require collaboration among highly 
accomplished scientists, other health professionals and advocates of 
diverse backgrounds from various areas of expertise.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(f) Duration of Support.--Support of a center under 
subsection (a) may be for a period not exceeding 5 years. Such period 
may be extended for one or more additional periods not exceeding 5 
years if the operations of such center have been reviewed by an 
appropriate technical and scientific peer review group established by 
the Director of NIH and if such group has recommended to the Director 
that such period be extended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(g) Geographic Distribution of Centers.--The Director of 
NIH shall, to the extent practicable, provide for an equitable 
geographical distribution of centers under this section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of 
carrying out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 
$40,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012. Such 
authorization is in addition to any other authorization of 
appropriations that is available for such purpose.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Breast Cancer and Environmental 
Research Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH; AWARDS FOR COLLABORATIVE 
              RESEARCH REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS RELATED TO 
              BREAST CANCER.

    Part A of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 281 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 404I. RESEARCH REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS RELATED TO BREAST 
              CANCER.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of 
NIH, taking into account recommendations from the Breast Cancer and 
Environmental Research Panel established under subsection (b) (referred 
to in this section as the `Panel'), shall make grants to public or 
nonprofit private entities that meet the requirements of this section 
for the purpose of conducting collaborative multidisciplinary and 
multi-institutional research on environmental factors that may be 
related to the etiology of breast cancer.
    ``(b) Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Panel.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish within 
        the National Institutes of Health a Breast Cancer and 
        Environmental Research Panel.
            ``(2) Composition.--The Panel shall be composed of--
                    ``(A) 9 members to be appointed by the Secretary, 
                of which--
                            ``(i) six members shall be appointed from 
                        among physicians and other health 
                        professionals, who--
                                    ``(I) are not officers or employees 
                                of the United States;
                                    ``(II) represent multiple 
                                disciplines, including clinical, basic, 
                                and public health sciences;
                                    ``(III) represent different 
                                geographical regions of the United 
                                States;
                                    ``(IV) are from practice settings, 
                                academia, or other research settings; 
                                and
                                    ``(V) are experienced in peer 
                                review;
                            ``(ii) three members shall be appointed 
                        from the general public who are representatives 
                        of individuals who have had breast cancer and 
                        who represent a constituency; and
                            ``(iii) a designee of the National 
                        Institutes of Health; and
                    ``(B) such nonvoting, ex officio members as the 
                Secretary determines to be appropriate.
            ``(3) Chairperson.--The members of the Panel appointed 
        under paragraph (2)(A) shall select a chairperson from among 
        such members. The selection of such a member as chairperson 
        shall be subject to the approval of the Director of NIH.
            ``(4) Meetings.--The Panel shall meet at the call of the 
        chairperson or upon the request of the Director of NIH, but in 
        no case less often than once each year.
            ``(5) Duties.--The Panel shall--
                    ``(A) develop a comprehensive strategy to solicit 
                proposals for collaborative research that would--
                            ``(i) result in innovative approaches to 
                        study unexplored or underexplored areas of the 
                        environment and breast cancer;
                            ``(ii) outline key research questions, 
                        methodologies, and knowledge gaps concerning 
                        environmental factors that may be related to 
                        the etiology of breast cancer;
                            ``(iii) outline key issues concerning 
                        environmental factors that may be related to 
                        the etiology of breast cancer; and
                            ``(iv) result in an overall strategy to 
                        address environmental factors related to breast 
                        cancer;
                    ``(B) make recommendations to the Secretary with 
                respect to the mechanisms, peer review criteria, and 
                allocations under this section;
                    ``(C) assist in the overall program evaluation; and
                    ``(D) make recommendations for the dissemination of 
                information on program process.
    ``(c) Collaboration With Community.--Each grantee under subsection 
(a) shall include community organizations (including those that 
represent women with breast cancer), representing a broad geographical 
area, as integral collaborators involved at all levels of the decision-
making.
    ``(d) Coordination of Grantees; Reports.--The Director of NIH 
shall, as appropriate, provide for the coordination of information 
among grantees under subsection (a) and ensure regular communication 
between such grantees, and may require the periodic preparation of 
reports on the activities of the grantees and the submission of the 
reports to the Director.
    ``(e) Required Consortium.--Each grantee under subsection (a) shall 
be a consortium of cooperating institutions and community groups, 
meeting such requirements as may be recommended by the Panel. Each 
consortium shall require collaboration among highly accomplished 
scientists, other health professionals and advocates of diverse 
backgrounds from various areas of expertise.
    ``(f) Duration of Support.--Support of a grantee under subsection 
(a) may be for a period not exceeding 5 years. Such period may be 
extended for one or more additional periods not exceeding 5 years if 
the operations of such grantee have been reviewed by an appropriate 
technical and scientific peer review group established by the Director 
of NIH and if such group has recommended to the Director that such 
period be extended.
    ``(g) Geographic Distribution of Grantees.--The Director of NIH 
shall, to the extent practicable, provide for an equitable geographical 
distribution of grantees under this section.
    ``(h) Peer Review.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
interfere with the technical and scientific peer-review process at the 
National Institutes of Health.
    ``(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012. Such authorization is 
in addition to any other authorization of appropriations that is 
available for such purpose.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 628

110th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                 S. 579

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the 
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for 
      the development and operation of research centers regarding 
  environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast 
                                cancer.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 3, 2008

                       Reported with an amendment