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Calendar No. 221

107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1094

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research, information,

and education with respect to blood cancer.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 22, 2001

Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. INOUYE,

Mr. COCHRAN, and Mrs. CLINTON) introduced the following bill; which

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education,

Labor, and Pensions

NOVEMBER 8, 2001

Reported by Mr. KENNEDY, with an amendment

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for

research, information, and education with respect to

blood cancer.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hematological Cancer

5 Research Investment and Education Act of 2001’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

2 Congress finds that:

3 (1) An estimated 109,500 people in the United

4 States will be diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma,

5 and multiple myeloma in 2001.

6 (2) New cases of the blood cancers described in

7 paragraph (1) account for 8.6 percent of new cancer

8 cases.

9 (3) Those devastating blood cancers will cause

10 the deaths of an estimated 60,300 persons in the

11 United States in 2001. Every 9 minutes, a person

12 in the United States dies from leukemia, lymphoma,

13 or multiple myeloma.

14 (4) While less than 5 percent of Federal funds

15 for cancer research are spent on those blood cancers,

16 those blood cancers cause 11 percent of all cancer

17 deaths in the United States.

18 (5) Increased Federal support of research into

19 leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma has re20 sulted and will continue to result in significant ad21 vances in the early detection, the treatment, and ul22 timately the cure of those blood cancers.
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1 SEC. 3. RESEARCH, INFORMATION, AND EDUCATION WITH

2 RESPECT TO BLOOD CANCER.

3 (a) RESEARCH.—Part B of title IV of the Public

4 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284 et seq.) is amended

5 by adding at the end the following:

6 ‘‘SEC. 409I. RESEARCH, INFORMATION, AND EDUCATION

7 WITH RESPECT TO BLOOD CANCER.

8 ‘‘(a) RESEARCH.—

9 ‘‘(1) SUBJECT.—The Director of the National

10 Institutes of Health shall establish and carry out a

11 program for the conduct and support of research

12 with respect to blood cancer, and particularly with

13 respect to leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple

14 myeloma.

15 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Director of the

16 National Institutes of Health shall carry out this

17 subsection through the Director of the National

18 Cancer Institute and in collaboration with any other

19 agencies that the Director of the National Institutes

20 of Health determines to be appropriate.

21 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

22 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out

23 this subsection $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2002

24 and each subsequent fiscal year.

25 ‘‘(b) INFORMATION AND EDUCATION.—
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1 ‘‘(1) SUBJECT.—The Director of the Centers

2 for Disease Control and Prevention shall establish

3 and carry out a program to provide information and

4 education for the general public with respect to

5 blood cancer, and particularly with respect to leu6 kemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma.

7 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

8 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out

9 this subsection $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and

10 each subsequent fiscal year.’’.

11 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

12 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hematological Cancer

13 Research Investment and Education Act of 2001’’.

14 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

15 Congress finds that:

16 (1) An estimated 109,500 people in the United

17 States will be diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma,

18 and multiple myeloma in 2001.

19 (2) New cases of the blood cancers described in

20 paragraph (1) account for 8.6 percent of new cancer

21 cases.

22 (3) Those devastating blood cancers will cause

23 the deaths of an estimated 60,300 persons in the

24 United States in 2001. Every 9 minutes, a person in
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1 the United States dies from leukemia, lymphoma, or

2 multiple myeloma.

3 (4) While less than 5 percent of Federal funds for

4 cancer research are spent on those blood cancers, those

5 blood cancers cause 11 percent of all cancer deaths in

6 the United States.

7 (5) Increased Federal support of research into

8 leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma has re9 sulted and will continue to result in significant ad10 vances in the treatment, and ultimately the cure, of

11 those blood cancers as well as other cancers.

12 SEC. 3. RESEARCH, INFORMATION, AND EDUCATION WITH

13 RESPECT TO BLOOD CANCER.

14 Part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act

15 (42 U.S.C. 285 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section

16 419C the following:

17 ‘‘SEC. 417D. RESEARCH, INFORMATION, AND EDUCATION

18 WITH RESPECT TO BLOOD CANCER.

19 ‘‘(a) JOE MOAKLEY RESEARCH EXCELLENCE PRO20 GRAM.—

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of NIH shall

22 expand, intensify, and coordinate programs for the

23 conduct and support of research with respect to blood

24 cancer, and particularly with respect to leukemia,

25 lymphoma, and multiple myeloma.
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1 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Director of NIH

2 shall carry out this subsection through the Director of

3 the National Cancer Institute and in collaboration

4 with any other agencies that the Director determines

5 to be appropriate.

6 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For

7 the purpose of carrying out this subsection, there is

8 authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be

9 necessary for fiscal year 2002 and each subsequent

10 fiscal year. Such authorizations of appropriations are

11 in addition to other authorizations of appropriations

12 that are available for such purpose.

13 ‘‘(b) GERALDINE FERRARO CANCER EDUCATION PRO14 GRAM.—

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall direct

16 the appropriate agency within the Department of

17 Health and Human Services, in collaboration with

18 the Director of NIH, to establish and carry out a pro19 gram to provide information and education for pa20 tients and the general public with respect to blood

21 cancer, and particularly with respect to the treatment

22 of leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma.

23 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Agency determined

24 by the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall carry out

25 this subsection in collaboration with private health
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1 organizations that have national education and pa2 tient assistance programs on blood-related cancers.

3 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For

4 the purpose of carrying out this subsection, there is

5 authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be

6 necessary for fiscal year 2002 and each subsequent

7 fiscal year. Such authorizations of appropriations are

8 in addition to other authorizations of appropriations

9 that are available for such purpose.’’.
Calendar No. 221

107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1094

A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide

for research, information, and education with respect to blood cancer.

NOVEMBER 8, 2001

Reported with an amendment