[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 108 (Thursday, August 1, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S8022]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           BENIGN BRAIN TUMOR CANCER REGISTRIES AMENDMENT ACT

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the HELP 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 2558, and that 
the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2558) to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for the collection of data on the benign brain-
     related tumors through the national program of cancer 
     registries.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read three times, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, all with no intervening action or debate, and that any 
statements relating to the bill be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 2558) was read the third time and passed, as follows:

                                S. 2558

       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 ``Benign Brain Tumor Cancer 
     Registries Amendment Act''.

     SEC. 2. NATIONAL PROGRAM OF CANCER REGISTRIES; BENIGN BRAIN-
                   RELATED TUMORS AS ADDITIONAL CATEGORY OF DATA 
                   COLLECTED.

       (a) In General.--Section 399B of the Public Health Service 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 280e), as redesignated by section 502(2)(A) of 
     Public Law 106-310 (114 Stat. 1115), is amended in subsection 
     (a)--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as 
     subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively and indenting 
     appropriately;
       (2) by striking ``(a) In General.--The Secretary'' and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(a) In General.--
       ``(1) Statewide cancer registries.--The Secretary'';
       (3) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so 
     redesignated), by striking ``population-based'' and all that 
     follows through ``data'' and inserting the following: 
     ``population-based, statewide registries to collect, for each 
     condition specified in paragraph (2)(A), data''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Cancer; benign brain-related tumors.--
       ``(A) In general.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the 
     conditions referred to in this paragraph are the following:
       ``(i) Each form of in-situ and invasive cancer (with the 
     exception of basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma of the 
     skin), including malignant brain-related tumors.
       ``(ii) Benign brain-related tumors.
       ``(B) Brain-related tumor.--For purposes of subparagraph 
     (A):
       ``(i) The term `brain-related tumor' means a listed primary 
     tumor (whether malignant or benign) occurring in any of the 
     following sites:

       ``(I) The brain, meninges, spinal cord, cauda equina, a 
     cranial nerve or nerves, or any other part of the central 
     nervous system.
       ``(II) The pituitary gland, pineal gland, or 
     craniopharyngeal duct.

       ``(ii) The term `listed', with respect to a primary tumor, 
     means a primary tumor that is listed in the International 
     Classification of Diseases for Oncology (commonly referred to 
     as the ICD-O).
       ``(iii) The term `International Classification of Diseases 
     for Oncology' means a classification system that includes 
     topography (site) information and histology (cell type 
     information) developed by the World Health Organization, in 
     collaboration with international centers, to promote 
     international comparability in the collection, 
     classification, processing, and presentation of cancer 
     statistics. The ICD-O system is a supplement to the 
     International Statistical Classification of Diseases and 
     Related Health Problems (commonly known as the ICD) and is 
     the standard coding system used by cancer registries 
     worldwide. Such term includes any modification made to such 
     system for purposes of the United States. Such term further 
     includes any published classification system that is 
     internationally recognized as a successor to the 
     classification system referred to in the first sentence of 
     this clause.
       ``(C) Statewide cancer registry.--References in this 
     section to cancer registries shall be considered to be 
     references to registries described in this subsection.''.
       (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     apply to grants under section 399B of the Public Health 
     Service Act for fiscal year 2002 and subsequent fiscal years, 
     except that, in the case of a State that received such a 
     grant for fiscal year 2000, the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services may delay the applicability of such amendments to 
     the State for not more than 12 months if the Secretary 
     determines that compliance with such amendments requires the 
     enactment of a statute by the State or the issuance of State 
     regulations.

                          ____________________