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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1245 
To provide for programs to increase the awareness and knowledge of women 
and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2005 
Mr. ISSA (for himself, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. GRANGER, Ms. DELAURO, Mrs. BONO, 
Mr. CANTOR, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. HALL, 
Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. 
HARMAN, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HOLT, Mr. 
JEFFERSON, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. MCCARTHY, 
Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. 
MEEHAN, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. OLVER, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. 
PAYNE, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. WOLF, Ms. WOOL-
SEY, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. ABER-
CROMBIE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. 
VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. DAVIS of Illi-
nois, Mr. POMBO, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. LEWIS of California, 
Mr. BACHUS, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. 
STARK, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. FOXX, Ms. 
BORDALLO, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. 
JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. 
BOSWELL, Ms. CARSON, Mr. HONDA, Mr. SANDERS, Mrs. MILLER of 
Michigan, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. TOM 
DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. LEACH, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. 
PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Vir-
ginia, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Ms. EDDIE 
BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. KILPATRICK of 
Michigan, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, 
and Mr. STUPAK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide for programs to increase the awareness and
knowledge of women and health care providers with re-
spect to gynecologic cancers. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gynecologic Cancer 
Education and Awareness Act of 2005’’ or ‘‘Johanna’s 
Law’’. 
SEC. 2. CERTAIN PROGRAMS REGARDING GYNECOLOGIC 
CANCERS. 
(a) NATIONAL PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (referred to in this section as the 
‘‘Secretary’’) shall carry out a national campaign to 
increase the awareness and knowledge of women 
with respect to gynecologic cancers. 
(2) WRITTEN MATERIALS.—Activities under the 
national campaign under paragraph (1) shall in-
clude— 
(A) maintaining a supply of written mate-
rials that provide information to the public on 
gynecologic cancers; and 
(B) distributing the materials to members 
of the public upon request. 
(3) PUBLIC
SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENTS.—Ac-
tivities under the national campaign under para-
graph (1) shall, in accordance with applicable law 
and regulations, include developing and placing, in 
telecommunications media, public service announce-
ments intended to encourage women to discuss with 
their physicians their risks of gynecologic cancers. 
Such announcement shall inform the public on the 
manner in which the written materials referred to in 
paragraph (2) can be obtained upon request, and 
shall call attention to early warning signs and risk 
factors based on the best available medical informa-
tion. 
(b) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS REGARDING OUT-
REACH AND EDUCATION STRATEGIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 
out a program to make grants to nonprofit private 
entities for the purpose of testing different outreach 
and education strategies to increase the awareness 
and knowledge of women and health care providers 
with respect to gynecologic cancers, including early 
warning signs and treatment options. Such strate-
gies shall include strategies directed at physicians, 
nurses, and key health professionals and families. 
(2) PREFERENCES
IN
MAKING
GRANTS.—In 
making grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall give preference—
(A) to applicants with demonstrated exper-
tise in gynecologic cancer education or treat-
ment or in working with groups of women who 
are at especially high risk of gynecologic can-
cers; and 
(B) to applicants that, in the demonstra-
tion project under the grant, will establish link-
ages between physicians, nurses, and key health 
professionals, hospitals, payers, and State 
health departments. 
(3) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.—A grant may be 
made under paragraph (1) only if an application for 
the grant is submitted to the Secretary and the ap-
plication is in such form, is made in such manner, 
and contains such agreements, assurances, and in-
formation as the Secretary determines to be nec-
essary to carry out this subsection. 
(4) 
CERTAIN
REQUIREMENTS.—In 
making 
grants under paragraph (1)— 
(A) the Secretary shall make grants to not 
fewer than five applicants, subject to the extent 
of amounts made available in appropriations 
Acts; and 
(B) the Secretary shall ensure that infor-
mation provided through demonstration projects
under such grants is consistent with the best 
available medical information. 
(5) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later than 
February 1, 2009, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Congress a report that— 
(A) summarizes the activities of dem-
onstration projects under paragraph (1); 
(B) evaluates the extent to which the 
projects were effective in increasing early detec-
tion of gynecologic cancers and awareness of 
risk factors and early warning signs in the pop-
ulations to which the projects were directed; 
and 
(C) identifies barriers to early detection 
and appropriate treatment of such cancers. 
(c) FUNDING.— 
(1) 
NATIONAL
PUBLIC
AWARENESS
CAM-
PAIGN.—For the purpose of carrying out subsection 
(a), there is authorized to be appropriated in the ag-
gregate $15,000,000 for the fiscal years 2006 
through 2008. 
(2) DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS
REGARDING 
OUTREACH AND EDUCATION STRATEGIES.— 
(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—For the purpose of carrying out sub-
section (b), there is authorized to be appro-
priated in the aggregate $30,000,000 for the 
fiscal years 2006 through 2008. 
(B) ADMINISTRATION, TECHNICAL ASSIST-
ANCE, AND EVALUATION.—Of the amounts ap-
propriated under subparagraph (A), not more 
than 9 percent may be expended for the pur-
pose of administering subsection (b), providing 
technical assistance to grantees under such sub-
section, and preparing the report under para-
graph (5) of such subsection. 
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