109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1245
AN ACT 
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. NATIONAL PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall carry out a national campaign to increase 
the awareness and knowledge of health care providers and 
women with respect to gynecologic cancers. 
(b) WRITTEN MATERIALS.—Activities under the na-
tional campaign under subsection (a) shall include—
(1) maintaining a supply of written materials 
that provide information to the public on gynecologic 
cancers; and 
(2) distributing the materials to members of the 
public upon request. 
(c) PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.—Activities 
under the national campaign under subsection (a) shall, 
in accordance with applicable law and regulations, include 
developing and placing, in telecommunications media, pub-
lic service announcements intended to encourage women 
to discuss with their physicians their risks of gynecologic 
cancers. Such announcements shall inform the public on 
the manner in which the written materials referred to in 
subsection (b) can be obtained upon request, and shall call
attention to early warning signs and risk factors based on 
the best available medical information. 
SEC. 3. REPORT AND STRATEGY. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Congress a report including the following: 
(1) A description of the past and present activi-
ties of the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices to increase awareness and knowledge of the 
public with respect to different types of cancer, in-
cluding gynecologic cancers. 
(2) A description of the past and present activi-
ties of the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices to increase awareness and knowledge of health 
care providers with respect to different types of can-
cer, including gynecologic cancers. 
(3) For each activity described pursuant to 
paragraph (1) or (2), a description of the following: 
(A) The funding for such activity for fiscal 
year 2006 and the cumulative funding for such 
activity for previous fiscal years. 
(B) The background and history of such 
activity, including—
(i) the goals of such activity;
(ii) the communications objectives of 
such activity; 
(iii) the identity of each agency within 
the Department of Health and Human 
Services responsible for any aspect of the 
activity; and 
(iv) how such activity is or was ex-
pected to result in change. 
(C) How long the activity lasted or is ex-
pected to last. 
(D) The outcomes observed and the eval-
uation methods, if any, that have been, are 
being, or will be used with respect to such activ-
ity. 
(E) For each such outcome or evaluation 
method, a description of the associated results, 
analyses, and conclusions. 
(b) STRATEGY.—
(1) DEVELOPMENT; 
SUBMISSION
TO
CON-
GRESS.—Not later than 3 months after submitting 
the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall develop and submit to the Congress a strategy 
for improving efforts to increase awareness and 
knowledge of the public and health care providers
with respect to different types of cancer, including 
gynecological cancers. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—In developing the strat-
egy under paragraph (1), the Secretary should con-
sult with qualified private sector groups, including 
nonprofit organizations. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
For the purpose of carrying out this Act, there is au-
thorized to be appropriated $16,500,000 for the period of 
fiscal years 2007 through 2009. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 14, 
2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1245
AN ACT 
To provide for programs to increase the awareness 
and knowledge of women and health care pro-
viders with respect to gynecologic cancers.