In the Senate of the United States,

December 8, 2006.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 1245) entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for programs

to increase the awareness and knowledge of women and

health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers.’’,

do pass with the following

AMENDMENT:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gynecologic Cancer

3 Education and Awareness Act of 2005’’ or ‘‘Johanna’s

4 Law’’.
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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.

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

3 U.S.C. 247b–17) is amended—

4 (1) in the section heading by adding

5 ‘‘(JOHANNA’S LAW)’’ at the end; and

6 (2) by adding at the end the following:

7 ‘‘(d) JOHANNA’S LAW.—

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

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

10 carry out a national campaign to increase the

11 awareness and knowledge of health care pro12 viders and women with respect to gynecologic

13 cancers.

14 ‘‘(B) WRITTEN MATERIALS.—Activities

15 under the national campaign under subpara16 graph (A) shall include—

17 ‘‘(i) maintaining a supply of written

18 materials that provide information to the

19 public on gynecologic cancers; and

20 ‘‘(ii) distributing the materials to

21 members of the public upon request.

22 ‘‘(C) PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.—

23 Activities under the national campaign under

24 subparagraph (A) shall, in accordance with ap25 plicable law and regulations, include developing

26 and placing, in telecommunications media, pub-
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1 lic service announcements intended to encourage

2 women to discuss with their physicians their

3 risks of gynecologic cancers. Such announcements

4 shall inform the public on the manner in which

5 the written materials referred to in subpara6 graph (B) can be obtained upon request, and

7 shall call attention to early warning signs and

8 risk factors based on the best available medical

9 information.

10 ‘‘(2) REPORT AND STRATEGY.—

11 ‘‘(A) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months

12 after the date of the enactment of this subsection,

13 the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a re14 port including the following:

15 ‘‘(i) A description of the past and

16 present activities of the Department of

17 Health and Human Services to increase

18 awareness and knowledge of the public with

19 respect to different types of cancer, includ20 ing gynecologic cancers.

21 ‘‘(ii) A description of the past and

22 present activities of the Department of

23 Health and Human Services to increase

24 awareness and knowledge of health care pro-
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1 viders with respect to different types of can2 cer, including gynecologic cancers.

3 ‘‘(iii) For each activity described pur4 suant to clauses (i) or (ii), a description of

5 the following:

6 ‘‘(I) The funding for such activity

7 for fiscal year 2006 and the cumulative

8 funding for such activity for previous

9 fiscal years.

10 ‘‘(II) The background and history

11 of such activity, including—

12 ‘‘(aa) the goals of such activ13 ity;

14 ‘‘(bb) the communications ob15 jectives of such activity;

16 ‘‘(cc) the identity of each

17 agency within the Department of

18 Health and Human Services re19 sponsible for any aspect of the ac20 tivity; and

21 ‘‘(dd) how such activity is or

22 was expected to result in change.

23 ‘‘(III) How long the activity

24 lasted or is expected to last.
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1 ‘‘(IV) The outcomes observed and

2 the evaluation methods, if any, that

3 have been, are being, or will be used

4 with respect to such activity.

5 ‘‘(V) For each such outcome or

6 evaluation method, a description of the

7 associated results, analyses, and con8 clusions.

9 ‘‘(B) STRATEGY.—

10 ‘‘(i) DEVELOPMENT; SUBMISSION TO

11 CONGRESS.—Not later than 3 months after

12 submitting the report required by subpara13 graph (A), the Secretary shall develop and

14 submit to the Congress a strategy for im15 proving efforts to increase awareness and

16 knowledge of the public and health care pro17 viders with respect to different types of can18 cer, including gynecological cancers.

19 ‘‘(ii) CONSULTATION.—In developing

20 the strategy under clause (i), the Secretary

21 should consult with qualified private sector

22 groups, including nonprofit organizations.

23 ‘‘(3) FULL COMPLIANCE.—

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1,

25 2008, the Secretary shall ensure that all provi-
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1 sions of this section, including activities directed

2 to be carried out by the Centers for Disease Con3 trol and Prevention and the Food and Drug Ad4 ministration, are fully implemented and being

5 complied with. Not later than April 30, 2008, the

6 Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that

7 certifies compliance with the preceding sentence

8 and that contains a description of all activities

9 undertaken to achieve such compliance.

10 ‘‘(B) If the Secretary fails to submit the cer11 tification as provided for under subparagraph

12 (A), the Secretary shall, not later than 3 months

13 after the date on which the report is to be sub14 mitted under subparagraph (A), and every 3

15 months thereafter, submit to Congress an expla16 nation as to why the Secretary has not yet com17 plied with the first sentence of subparagraph (A),

18 a detailed description of all actions undertaken

19 within the month for which the report is being

20 submitted to bring the Secretary into compliance

21 with such sentence, and the anticipated date the

22 Secretary expects to be in full compliance with

23 such sentence.

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

25 the purpose of carrying out this subsection, there is
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1 authorized to be appropriated $16,500,000 for the pe2 riod of fiscal years 2007 through 2009.’’.

Attest:

Secretary.
109TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 1245

AMENDMENT