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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2102

To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand cancer screening and

cancer treatment research, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 11 (legislative day, MAY 2), 1994

Mr. STEVENS (for himself, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. DOLE, Mr. MACK, and Mr. DORGAN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to

the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand cancer

screening and cancer treatment research, and for other

purposes.

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 ‘‘Family Cancer Screen5 ing and Research Partnership Act of 1994’’.

6 SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

7 The purpose of this Act is to create Federal partner8 ships with nonprofit organizations to facilitate breast, cer9 vical, and prostate cancer screening activities, and to expe-
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1 dite the development of effective treatments for breast,

2 cervical, and prostate cancer by combining resources to

3 finance research efforts.

4 SEC. 3. MATCHING RESEARCH AWARDS FOR BREAST, CER5 VICAL, AND PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT

6 RESEARCH.

7 Subpart 1 of part C of title IV of the Public Health

8 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285 et seq.) is amended by adding

9 at the end the following section:

10 ‘‘MATCHING RESEARCH AWARDS FOR BREAST, CERVICAL,

11 AND PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT RESEARCH

12 ‘‘SEC. 417C. (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) The Director of

13 the Institute may enter into cooperative agreements of up

14 to $250,000 each with organizations qualified for tax ex15 empt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Reve16 nue Code to make grant awards to researchers for the pur17 pose of conducting research for breast, cervical, and pros18 tate cancer treatments. Each agreement shall require par19 ticipating organizations to match the amount of Federal

20 funds provided in that agreement.

21 ‘‘(2) The Director of the Institute shall award agree22 ments under this section to those organizations which

23 demonstrate the ability to most effectively utilize the Fed24 eral funds in the search for effective treatments.
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1 ‘‘(3) There are authorized to be appropriated such

2 sums as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this

3 section.

4 ‘‘(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—(1) Agreements en5 tered into under this section shall include such terms and

6 conditions as the Director of the Institute determines are

7 necessary to ensure that—

8 ‘‘(A) Federal funds are used only for direct re9 search activities;

10 ‘‘(B) participating organizations adopt appro11 priate procedures for selecting grant recipients;

12 ‘‘(C) grant recipients agree to be subject to

13 Federal audits on the use of Federal funds;

14 ‘‘(D) grant recipients agree to make available to

15 the Director of the Institute the results of research

16 funded under this section for dissemination; and

17 ‘‘(E) any other appropriate requirements are

18 met.

19 ‘‘(2) The terms and conditions established pursuant

20 to this subsection shall, to the maximum extent possible,

21 facilitate the timely use of Federal and non-Federal funds.

22 ‘‘(c) PERIOD OF SUPPORT; ADDITIONAL PERIODS.—

23 Each agreement entered into under this section shall be

24 for a period not to exceed one year, but may be extended

25 by the Director of the Institute for additional periods.’’.
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1 SEC. 4. BREAST, CERVICAL, AND PROSTATE CANCER

2 SCREENING.

3 The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et

4 seq.) is amended by designating sections 1501 through

5 1509 of title XV as ‘‘PART A—BREAST AND CERVICAL

6 CANCERS’’, and by adding the following new part:

7 ‘‘PART B—BREAST, CERVICAL, AND PROSTATE CANCER

8 SCREENING

9 ‘‘SEC. 1510. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM OF SUPPORT.

10 ‘‘(a) ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT.—The Secretary,

11 acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease

12 Control and Prevention, may make grants to qualified

13 nonprofit organizations to acquire mobile vehicles and

14 properly equip them for the purpose of conducting breast,

15 cervical, and prostate cancer screening procedures for low16 income or geographically isolated women and men. An eli17 gible use of funds may include equipping airplanes or

18 boats for such purpose in remote or frontier areas where

19 that is the most effective way to provide access to screen20 ing services for low-income or geographically isolated

21 women and men.

22 ‘‘(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Grants awarded

23 under this section shall include such terms and conditions

24 as the Secretary determines are necessary to ensure

25 that—
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1 ‘‘(1) equipment purchased using grant funds

2 shall be made available for the purpose of conduct3 ing breast, cervical, and prostate cancer screening

4 activities without charge to the person tested;

5 ‘‘(2) appropriate insurance is provided for the

6 mobile vehicle and equipment and for any operators

7 of such equipment;

8 ‘‘(3) medically approved screening procedures

9 are used;

10 ‘‘(4) equipment purchased using grant funds

11 meets appropriate radiologic and other standards;

12 ‘‘(5) the mobile vehicles are maintained in

13 working condition; and

14 ‘‘(6) any other appropriate requirements are

15 met.

16 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the

17 purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized

18 to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary.’’.

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