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Union Calendar No. 132 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1550 

[Report No. 117–182] 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a public awareness 

campaign with respect to human papillomavirus, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 3, 2021 

Ms. CASTOR of Florida (for herself and Ms. SCHRIER) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

NOVEMBER 30, 2021 

Additional sponsors: Ms. STRICKLAND, Ms. DEAN, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, 

Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. SOTO, Mr. TONKO, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mrs. 

MURPHY of Florida, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. SEWELL, and Mr. 

DESAULNIER

NOVEMBER 30, 2021 

Reported with an amendment; committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 3, 2021] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 

a public awareness campaign with respect to human 

papillomavirus, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Promoting Resources 

5 to Expand Vaccination, Education, and New Treatments 

6 for HPV Cancers Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘PREVENT HPV 

7 Cancers Act of 2021’’. 

8 SEC. 2. PREVENTING HPV AND HPV-ASSOCIATED CANCERS; 

9 REAUTHORIZING JOHANNA’S LAW. 

10 Section 317P of the Public Health Service Act (42 

11 U.S.C. 247b–17) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (c)(1)— 

13 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘cer14 vical’’; 

15 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

16 at the end; 

17 (C) in subparagraph (D) by striking 

18 ‘‘other’’ and all that follows through ‘‘cancer.’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘recommended diagnostics for 

20 early intervention for, and prevention of, HPV21 associated cancers; and’’; and 

22 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(E) the importance of recommended vac24 cines for prevention of HPV and HPV-associated 

25 cancers, including for males;’’; and 


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1 (2) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol2 lows: 

3 ‘‘(d) JOHANNA’S LAW.— 

4 ‘‘(1) NATIONAL PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

6 carry out a national campaign to increase the 

7 awareness and knowledge of health care pro8 viders and individuals with respect to 

9 gynecologic cancers, HPV, and HPV-associated 

10 cancers, and the importance of HPV vaccines in 

11 preventing HPV and HPV-associated cancers. 

12 ‘‘(B) WRITTEN MATERIALS.—Activities 

13 under the national campaign under subpara14 graph (A) shall include— 

15 ‘‘(i) maintaining a supply of written 

16 materials that provide information to the 

17 public on gynecologic cancers, HPV, and 

18 HPV-associated cancers; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) distributing the materials to 

20 members of the public upon request. 

21 ‘‘(C) PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.— 

22 Activities under the national campaign under 

23 subparagraph (A) shall, in accordance with ap24 plicable law and regulations, include publishing 

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1 gagement, and developing and placing public 

2 service announcements intended to encourage in3 dividuals to discuss with their physicians— 

4 ‘‘(i) their risk of gynecologic cancers 

5 and HPV-associated cancers; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) the importance of HPV vaccines 

7 in preventing HPV and HPV-associated 

8 cancers. 

9 ‘‘(D) TARGETED POPULATIONS.—Activities 

10 under the national campaign under subpara11 graph (A) shall include culturally and linguis12 tically competent public service announcements 

13 and other forms of communication and public 

14 engagement under subparagraph (C) targeted 

15 to— 

16 ‘‘(i) specific higher-risk populations of 

17 individuals based on race, ethnicity, level of 

18 acculturation, and family history, including 

19 African-American and Ashkenazi Jewish in20 dividuals; 

21 ‘‘(ii) communities with high rates of 

22 unvaccinated individuals, including males; 

23 ‘‘(iii) rural communities; 

24 ‘‘(iv) populations affected by increas25 ing rates of oropharynx cancers; 


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1 ‘‘(v) health care providers specializing 

2 in assisting survivors of sexual assault; and 

3 ‘‘(vi) such other communities as the 

4 Secretary determines appropriate. 

5 ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the na6 tional campaign under this section, the Secretary 

7 shall consult with— 

8 ‘‘(A) health care providers; 

9 ‘‘(B) nonprofit organizations (including 

10 gynecologic cancer organizations and organiza11 tions that represent communities and individ12 uals most affected by HPV-associated cancers 

13 and low vaccination rates); 

14 ‘‘(C) State and local public health depart15 ments; and 

16 ‘‘(D) elementary and secondary education 

17 organizations and institutions of higher edu18 cation. 

19 ‘‘(3) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS REGARDING

20 OUTREACH AND EDUCATION STRATEGIES.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.— 

22 ‘‘(i) PROGRAM.—The Secretary may 

23 carry out a program to award grants or 

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1 onstration projects to test, compare, and 

2 evaluate different evidence-based outreach 

3 and education strategies to increase the 

4 awareness and knowledge of women, their 

5 families, physicians, nurses, and other key 

6 health professionals with respect to 

7 gynecologic cancers, including with respect 

8 to early warning signs, risk factors, preven9 tion, screening, and treatment options. 

10 ‘‘(ii) SCIENCE-BASED RESOURCES.—In 

11 making awards under clause (i), the Sec12 retary shall encourage awardees to use 

13 science-based resources such as the Inside 

14 Knowledge About Gynecologic Cancer edu15 cation campaign of the Centers for Disease 

16 Control and Prevention. 

17 ‘‘(B) PREFERENCES IN AWARDING GRANTS

18 OR CONTRACTS.—In making awards under sub19 paragraph (A), the Secretary shall give pref20 erence to— 

21 ‘‘(i) applicants with demonstrated ex22 pertise in gynecologic cancer education or 

23 treatment or in working with groups of 

24 women who are at increased risk of 

25 gynecologic cancers; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) applicants that, in the dem2 onstration project funded by the grant or 

3 contract, will establish linkages between 

4 physicians, nurses, other key health profes5 sionals, health profession students, hospitals, 

6 payers, and State health departments. 

7 ‘‘(C) APPLICATION.—To seek a grant or 

8 contract under subparagraph (A), an entity shall 

9 submit an application to the Secretary in such 

10 form, in such manner, and containing such 

11 agreements, assurances, and information as the 

12 Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out 

13 this paragraph. 

14 ‘‘(D) CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.—In making 

15 awards under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 

16 shall— 

17 ‘‘(i) make awards, as practicable, to 

18 not fewer than five applicants; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) ensure that information provided 

20 through demonstration projects under this 

21 paragraph is consistent with the best avail22 able medical information. 

23 ‘‘(E) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

24 than 24 months after the date of the enactment 

25 of the PREVENT HPV Cancers Act of 2021, and 


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1 annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to 

2 the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 

3 House of Representatives and the Committee on 

4 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 

5 Senate a report that— 

6 ‘‘(i) summarizes the activities of dem7 onstration projects under subparagraph (A); 

8 ‘‘(ii) evaluates the extent to which the 

9 projects were effective in increasing aware10 ness and knowledge of risk factors and early 

11 warning signs in the populations to which 

12 the projects were directed; and 

13 ‘‘(iii) identifies barriers to early detec14 tion and appropriate treatment of such can15 cers. 

16 ‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For 

17 the purpose of carrying out this subsection, there is 

18 authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for the pe19 riod of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 132 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1550 

[Report No. 117–182] 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide 

human papillomavirus, and for other purposes. for a public awareness campaign with respect to 

NOVEMBER 30, 2021 

Reported with an amendment; committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 


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