I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1157 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the 
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants 
for the development and operation of research centers regarding environ-
mental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 16, 2007 
Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mrs. MYRICK, and Mrs. CAPPS) 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 
Director of the National Institute of Environmental 
Health Sciences to make grants for the development 
and operation of research centers regarding environ-
mental factors that may be related to the etiology of 
breast cancer. 
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 ‘‘Breast Cancer and 
Environmental Research Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH; AWARDS FOR 
DEVELOPMENT 
AND 
OPERATION 
OF 
RE-
SEARCH 
CENTERS 
REGARDING 
ENVIRON-
MENTAL FACTORS RELATED TO BREAST CAN-
CER. 
Part A of title IV of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 281 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 404H. RESEARCH CENTERS REGARDING ENVIRON-
MENTAL FACTORS RELATED TO BREAST CAN-
CER. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Director of NIH, based on recommendations from the 
Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Panel estab-
lished under subsection (b) (referred to in this section as 
the ‘Panel’), shall make grants to public or nonprofit pri-
vate entities for the development and operation of collabo-
rative, multi-institutional centers for the purpose of con-
ducting multidisciplinary and multi-institutional research 
on environmental factors that may be related to the eti-
ology of breast cancer. Each such center shall be known 
as a Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Center 
of Excellence. 
‘‘(b) BREAST CANCER AND ENVIRONMENTAL RE-
SEARCH PANEL.— 
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‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish within the National Institutes of Health a 
Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Panel. 
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The Panel shall be com-
posed of— 
‘‘(A) 9 members to be appointed by the 
Secretary, of which— 
‘‘(i) six members shall be appointed 
from among physicians and other health 
professionals, who— 
‘‘(I) are not officers or employees 
of the United States; 
‘‘(II) 
represent 
multiple 
dis-
ciplines, including clinical, basic, and 
public health sciences; 
‘‘(III) represent different geo-
graphical 
regions 
of 
the 
United 
States; 
‘‘(IV) are from practice settings, 
academia, or other research settings; 
and 
‘‘(V) are experienced in peer re-
view; and 
‘‘(ii) three members shall be appointed 
from the general public who are represent-
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atives of individuals who have had breast 
cancer and who represent a constituency; 
and 
‘‘(B) such nonvoting, ex officio members as 
the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(3) CHAIRPERSON.—The members of the 
Panel appointed under paragraph (2)(A) shall select 
a chairperson from among such members. 
‘‘(4) MEETINGS.—The Panel shall meet at the 
call of the chairperson or upon the request of the 
Director of NIH, but in no case less often than once 
each year. 
‘‘(5) DUTIES.—The Panel shall— 
‘‘(A) develop a comprehensive strategy con-
cerning collaborative centers that would— 
‘‘(i) result in innovative approaches to 
study unexplored or underexplored areas of 
the environment and breast cancer; 
‘‘(ii) outline key research questions, 
methodologies, and knowledge gaps con-
cerning environmental factors that may be 
related to the etiology of breast cancer; 
‘‘(iii) outline key issues concerning en-
vironmental factors that may be related to 
the etiology of breast cancer; and 
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‘‘(iv) result in an overall strategy to 
address environmental factors related to 
breast cancer; 
‘‘(B) make recommendations to the Sec-
retary with respect to the mechanisms, peer re-
view criteria, and allocations under this section; 
‘‘(C) assist in the overall program evalua-
tion; and 
‘‘(D) make recommendations for the dis-
semination of information on program process. 
‘‘(c) COLLABORATION
WITH
COMMUNITY.—Each 
center under subsection (a) shall include community orga-
nizations in the geographic area served by the center, in-
cluding those that represent women with breast cancer, 
as integral collaborators involved at all levels of the deci-
sion-making and research in such center. 
‘‘(d) COORDINATION OF CENTERS; REPORTS.—The 
Director of NIH shall, as appropriate, provide for the co-
ordination of information among centers under subsection 
(a) and ensure regular communication between such cen-
ters, and may require the periodic preparation of reports 
on the activities of the centers and the submission of the 
reports to the Director. 
‘‘(e) REQUIRED CONSORTIUM.—Each center under 
subsection (a) shall be formed from a consortium of co-
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operating institutions and community groups, meeting 
such requirements as may be prescribed by the Director 
of NIH. Each center shall require collaboration among 
highly accomplished scientists, other health professionals 
and advocates of diverse backgrounds from various areas 
of expertise. 
‘‘(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 NIH and if such group has recommended to 
the Director that such period be extended. 
‘‘(g) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
OF CENTERS.— 
The Director of NIH shall, to the extent practicable, pro-
vide for an equitable geographical distribution of centers 
under this section. 
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there is authorized 
to be appropriated $40,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2008 through 2012. Such authorization is in addition to 
any other authorization of appropriations that is available 
for such purpose.’’. 
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