[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 756 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 756

     To provide for prostate cancer imaging research and education.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 31, 2009

  Mrs. Boxer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
     To provide for prostate cancer imaging research and education.

    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 Research, Imaging, and 
Men's Education Act'' or the ``PRIME Act''.

SEC. 2. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER IMAGING 
              TECHNOLOGIES.

    (a) Expansion of Research.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary''), acting through 
the Director of the National Institutes of Health and in consultation 
with the Secretary of Defense, shall carry out a program to expand and 
intensify research to develop innovative advanced imaging technologies 
for prostate cancer detection, diagnosis, and treatment comparable to 
state-of-the-art mammography technologies.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section, $100,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2010 through 2014.

SEC. 3. PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.

    (a) National Campaign.--The Secretary shall carry out a national 
campaign to increase the awareness and knowledge of Americans with 
respect to the need for prostate cancer screening and for improved 
detection technologies.
    (b) Requirements.--The national campaign conducted under subsection 
(a) shall include--
            (1) roles for the Health Resources Services Administration, 
        the Office on Minority Health of the Department of Health and 
        Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
        and the Office of Minority Health of the Centers for Disease 
        Control and Prevention; and
            (2) the development and distribution of written educational 
        materials, and the development and placing of public service 
        announcements, that are intended to encourage men to seek 
        prostate cancer screening and to create awareness of the need 
        for improved imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection 
        and minimally invasive treatment.
    (c) Racial Disparities.--In developing the national campaign under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall recognize and address the racial 
disparities in the incidences of prostate cancer and mortality rates 
with respect to such disease.
    (d) Grants.--The Secretary shall establish a program to award 
grants to nonprofit private entities to enable such entities to test 
alternative outreach and education strategies to increase the awareness 
and knowledge of Americans with respect to the need for prostate cancer 
screening and improved imaging technologies.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section, $10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2010 through 2014.

SEC. 4. IMPROVING PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING BLOOD TESTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary 
of Defense, shall carry out research to develop an improved prostate 
cancer screening blood test using in-vitro detection.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section, $20,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2010 through 2014.

SEC. 5. REPORTING AND COMPLIANCE.

    (a) Report and Strategy.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
that details the strategy of the Secretary for implementing the 
requirements of this Act and the status of such efforts.
    (b) Full Compliance.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall 
submit to Congress a report that--
            (1) contains assurances that the provisions of this Act are 
        fully implemented; and
            (2) certifies such compliance, or in the case of a Federal 
        agency that has not complied, an explanation as to such failure 
        to comply.
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