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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5808 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the National Institute 

of Environmental Health Sciences to develop multidisciplinary research 

centers regarding women’s health and disease prevention, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 15, 2008 

Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CONYERS, 

Mr. ELLISON, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, 

Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. 

GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. VAN

HOLLEN, Mr. WAXMAN, and Mr. HONDA) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the 

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to 

develop multidisciplinary research centers regarding 

women’s health and disease prevention, 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 ‘‘Women’s Environ5 mental Health and Disease Prevention Act of 2008’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL 

2 HEALTH SCIENCES; AWARDS FOR DEVELOP3 MENT AND OPERATION OF MULTIDISCI4 PLINARY RESEARCH CENTERS REGARDING 

5 WOMEN’S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND 

6 DISEASE PREVENTION. 

7 Subpart 12 of part C of title IV of the Public Health 

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

9 at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 463C. MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CENTERS RE11 GARDING WOMEN’S ENVIRONMENTAL 

12 HEALTH AND DISEASE PREVENTION. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Institute 

14 shall make grants to public or nonprofit private entities 

15 for the development and operation of at least 1 and not 

16 more than 6 centers whose purpose is conducting multi17 disciplinary research on environmental factors that may 

18 be related to the development of women’s health conditions 

19 (as defined in section 486). The Director of the Institute 

20 shall carry out this section in consultation with the Direc21 tor of the Office of Research on Women’s Health and with 

22 the advisory council for the Institute. 

23 ‘‘(b) RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND INFORMATION AND

24 EDUCATION.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each center under sub2 section (a) shall, with respect to the purpose de3 scribed in such subsection— 

4 ‘‘(A) conduct basic or clinical research; 

5 ‘‘(B) develop protocols for training physi6 cians, scientists, nurses, and other health and 

7 allied health professionals; 

8 ‘‘(C) conduct training programs in accord9 ance with such protocols; and 

10 ‘‘(D) disseminate information to such pro11 fessionals and the public. 

12 ‘‘(2) EMPHASIS ON PREVENTION ACTIVITIES.— 

13 In carrying out the activities described in paragraph 

14 (1), each center under subsection (a) shall empha15 size activities that are directed toward preventing 

16 the development in women of the diseases and condi17 tions involved. 

18 ‘‘(3) STIPENDS FOR TRAINING OF HEALTH PRO19 FESSIONALS.—A center under subsection (a) may 

20 use funds under such subsection to provide stipends 

21 for health and allied health professionals enrolled in 

22 programs described in paragraph (1)(C). 

23 ‘‘(c) COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY.—Each 

24 center under subsection (a) shall establish and maintain 

25 ongoing collaborations with community organizations in 


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1 the geographic area served by the center, including those 

2 that represent women or children with disorders that ap3 pear to stem from environmental factors. 

4 ‘‘(d) COORDINATION OF CENTERS; REPORTS.—The 

5 Director of the Institute shall, as appropriate, provide for 

6 the coordination of information among centers under sub7 section (a) and ensure regular communication between 

8 such centers. 

9 ‘‘(e) STRUCTURE OF CENTER.—Each center assisted 

10 under subsection (a) may use the facilities of a single insti11 tution, or be formed from a consortium of cooperating in12 stitutions, meeting such requirements as may be pre13 scribed by the Director of the Institute. 

14 ‘‘(f) DURATION OF SUPPORT.—Support of a center 

15 under subsection (a) may be for a period not exceeding 

16 5 years. Such period may be extended for 1 or more addi17 tional periods not exceeding 5 years if the operations of 

18 such center have been reviewed by an appropriate tech19 nical and scientific peer review group established by the 

20 Director of the Institute and if such group has rec21 ommended to the Director that such period should be ex22 tended. 

23 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 

24 purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 


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1 to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fis2 cal years 2009 through 2013.’’. 

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