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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4634
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for awards by the
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to develop and
operate multidisciplinary research centers regarding the impact of envi-
ronmental factors on women’s health and disease prevention.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 9, 2000
Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Mrs. KELLY, and Mr. PRICE of North Carolina)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for
awards by the National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences to develop and operate multidisciplinary
research centers regarding the impact of environmental
factors on women’s health and disease prevention.
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 ‘‘Women’s Health Envi-
ronmental Research Centers Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 
2. 
NATIONAL 
INSTITUTE 
OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH SCIENCES; AWARDS FOR DEVELOP-
MENT 
AND 
OPERATION 
OF 
MULTIDISCI-
PLINARY RESEARCH CENTERS REGARDING
WOMEN’S HEALTH AND DISEASE PREVEN-
TION.
Subpart 12 of part C of title IV of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285L et seq.) is amended by adding
at the end the following section:
‘‘MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CENTERS REGARDING
WOMEN’S HEALTH AND DISEASE PREVENTION
‘‘SEC. 463B. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the
Institute shall make grants to public or nonprofit private
entities for the development and operation of not more
than six centers whose purpose is conducting multidisci-
plinary research on environmental factors that may be re-
lated to the development of women’s health conditions (as
defined in section 486). The Director of the Institute shall
carry out this section in consultation with the Director of
the Office of Research on Women’s Health and with the
advisory council for the Institute.
‘‘(b) RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND INFORMATION AND
EDUCATION.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each center under sub-
section (a) shall, with respect to the purpose de-
scribed in such subsection—
‘‘(A) conduct basic and clinical research;
‘‘(B) develop protocols for training physi-
cians, scientists, nurses, and other health and
allied health professionals;
‘‘(C) conduct training programs for such
individuals;
‘‘(D) develop model continuing education
programs for such professionals; and
‘‘(E) disseminate information to such pro-
fessionals and the public.
‘‘(2) PRIORITY FOR PREVENTION ACTIVITIES.—
In carrying out the activities described in paragraph
(1), each center under subsection (a) shall give pri-
ority to activities that are directed toward pre-
venting the development in women of the diseases
and conditions involved.
‘‘(3) STIPENDS FOR TRAINING OF HEALTH PRO-
FESSIONALS.—A center under subsection (a) may
use funds under such subsection to provide stipends
for health and allied health professionals enrolled in
programs described in paragraph (1)(C).
‘‘(c) COLLABORATION
WITH
COMMUNITY.—Each
center under subsection (a) shall establish and maintain
ongoing collaborations with community organizations in
the geographic area served by the center, including those
that represent women with disorders that appear to stem
from environmental factors.
‘‘(d) COORDINATION OF CENTERS; REPORTS.—The
Director of the Institute shall, as appropriate, provide for
the coordination of information among centers under sub-
section (a) and ensure regular communication between
such centers.
‘‘(e) STRUCTURE OF CENTER.—Each center assisted
under subsection (a) shall use the facilities of a single in-
stitution, or be formed from a consortium of cooperating
institutions, meeting such requirements as may be pre-
scribed by the Director of the Institute.
‘‘(f) DURATION OF SUPPORT.—Support of a center
under subsection (a) may be for a period not exceeding
5 years. Such period may be extended for one or more
additional periods not exceeding 5 years if the operations
of such center have been reviewed by an appropriate tech-
nical and scientific peer review group established by the
Director of the Institute and if such group has rec-
ommended to the Director that such period should be ex-
tended.
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized
to be appropriated $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and
such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years
2002 through 2005.’’.
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