[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4161 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4161

   To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the National 
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to develop multidisciplinary 
 research centers regarding women's health and disease prevention, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 1, 2009

 Ms. Slaughter (for herself, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. 
McCollum, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
 George Miller of California, Mr. Israel, Mr. Doggett, and Mr. Stark) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the National 
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to develop multidisciplinary 
 research centers regarding women's health and disease prevention, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Women's Environmental Health and 
Disease Prevention Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES; AWARDS FOR 
              DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH 
              CENTERS REGARDING WOMEN'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND 
              DISEASE PREVENTION.

    Subpart 12 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 285l et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 463C. MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CENTERS REGARDING WOMEN'S 
              ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND DISEASE PREVENTION.

    ``(a) In General.--The Director of the Institute shall make grants 
to public or nonprofit private entities for the development and 
operation of at least 1 and not more than 6 centers whose purpose is 
conducting multidisciplinary research on environmental factors that may 
be related to the development of women's health conditions (as defined 
in section 486). The Director of the Institute shall carry out this 
section in consultation with the Director of the Office of Research on 
Women's Health and with the advisory council for the Institute.
    ``(b) Research, Training, and Information and Education.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each center under subsection (a) shall, 
        with respect to the purpose described in such subsection--
                    ``(A) conduct basic or clinical research;
                    ``(B) develop protocols for training physicians, 
                scientists, nurses, and other health and allied health 
                professionals;
                    ``(C) conduct training programs in accordance with 
                such protocols; and
                    ``(D) disseminate information to such professionals 
                and the public.
            ``(2) Emphasis on prevention activities.--In carrying out 
        the activities described in paragraph (1), each center under 
        subsection (a) shall emphasize activities that are directed 
        toward preventing the development in women of the diseases and 
        conditions involved.
            ``(3) Stipends for training of health professionals.--A 
        center under subsection (a) may use funds under such subsection 
        to provide stipends for health and allied health professionals 
        enrolled in programs described in paragraph (1)(C).
    ``(c) Collaboration With Community.--Each center under subsection 
(a) shall establish and maintain ongoing collaborations with community 
organizations in the geographic area served by the center, including 
those that represent women or children with disorders that appear to 
stem from environmental factors.
    ``(d) Coordination of Centers; Reports.--The Director of the 
Institute shall, as appropriate, provide for the coordination of 
information among centers under subsection (a) and ensure regular 
communication between such centers.
    ``(e) Structure of Center.--Each center assisted under subsection 
(a) may use the facilities of a single institution, or be formed from a 
consortium of cooperating institutions, meeting such requirements as 
may be prescribed by the Director of the Institute.
    ``(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 1 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 the Institute and if such group has recommended to the Director that 
such period should be extended.
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary for fiscal years 2010 through 2014.''.

SEC. 3. COMMITTEE HEARING ON IMPLEMENTATION.

    (a) In General.--The Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
of Representatives shall hold a hearing on the implementation by the 
Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of 
section 463C of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 2 of 
this Act.
    (b) Exercise of Rulemaking Authority.--Subsection (a)--
            (1) is enacted as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
        the House of Representatives and, as such--
                    (A) shall be considered as part of the rules of the 
                House; and
                    (B) shall supersede any other rule of the House 
                only to the extent that rule is inconsistent therewith; 
                and
            (2) is enacted with full recognition of the constitutional 
        right of the House to change such rules (so far as relating to 
        the procedure in the House) at any time, in the same manner, 
        and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of the 
        House.
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