[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2949 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2949

To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend preventive-health and 
           research programs with respect to prostate cancer.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2009

  Mr. LoBiondo (for himself and Mr. Holden) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend preventive-health and 
           research programs with respect to prostate cancer.

    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 ``Prostate Cancer Research and 
Prevention Act''.

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

    (a) Preventive Health Measures.--Section 317D of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-5) is amended by striking subsection (l)(1) 
and inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--For the purpose of carrying out this 
        section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
        may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2004 through 
        2015.''.
    (b) National Institutes of Health.--Section 417A of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285a-7) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--For purposes of carrying 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2015. Such 
authorization of appropriations shall be in addition to the 
authorization of appropriations established in section 402A(a).''.
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