I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1440 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of Men’s 
Health. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2007 
Mr. FOSSELLA (for himself and Mr. HILL) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an 
Office of Men’s Health. 
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 ‘‘Men’s Health Act of 
2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) Risks to the health and well-being of Amer-
ica’s men are on the rise due to a lack of education, 
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awareness, and pursuit of preventive screening and 
care. 
(2) While this health crisis is of particular con-
cern to men, it is also a concern for women regard-
ing their fathers, husbands, sons, and brothers. 
(3) Men’s health is important to employers who 
pay the costs of medical care and lose productive 
employees. 
(4) Men’s health is a concern to Federal and 
State governments which absorb the enormous costs 
of premature death and disability, including the 
costs of caring for dependents left behind. 
(5) The life expectancy gap between men and 
women has increased from one year in 1920 to al-
most six years in 2002. 
(6) Prostate cancer is the most frequently diag-
nosed cancer in the United States among men, ac-
counting for 33 percent of all cancer cases. 
(7) An estimated 230,000 men will be newly di-
agnosed with prostate cancer this year alone, and 
approximately 30,000 will die. 
(8) Prostate cancer rates increase sharply with 
age, and more than 75 percent of such cases are di-
agnosed in men age 65 and older. 
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(9) The incidence of prostate cancer and the re-
sulting mortality rate in African American men is 
twice that in white men. 
(10) It is estimated that in 2007, 115,000 men 
will be diagnosed with lung cancer, and another 
90,000 of America’s men will die from it. 
(11) Over 8,000 men, ages 15 to 40, will be di-
agnosed this year with testicular cancer, and 390 of 
these men will die of this disease in 2007. A com-
mon reason for delay in treatment of this disease is 
a delay in seeking medical attention after discov-
ering a testicular mass. 
(12) According to the Census Bureau, by the 
time men and women reach age 65, the ratio of men 
to women reduces to 85 to 100. The growing dis-
parity in this statistic suggests that, among other 
factors, the declining health of men increases the 
risk of women entering retirement age as widows. 
(13) Studies show that women are 100 percent 
more likely than men to visit a doctor, have regular 
physician check-ups, and obtain preventive screening 
tests for serious diseases. 
(14) Appropriate use of tests such as prostate 
specific antigen (PSA) exams and blood pressure, 
blood sugar, and cholesterol screens, in conjunction 
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with clinical exams and self-testing, can result in the 
early detection of many problems and in increased 
survival rates. 
(15) Educating men, their families, and health 
care providers about the importance of early detec-
tion of male health problems can reduce mortality 
rates for male-specific disease and improve the over-
all health and well-being of America’s men. 
(16) Recent scientific studies show that regular 
medical exams, preventive screenings, regular exer-
cise, and healthy eating habits can help save lives. 
(17) Establishing an Office of Men’s Health is 
needed to investigate these findings and take such 
further actions as may be needed to promote men’s 
health. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF MEN’S HEALTH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XVII of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following section: 
‘‘OFFICE OF MEN’S HEALTH 
‘‘SEC. 1711. (a) The Secretary shall establish within 
the Department of Health and Human Services an office 
to be known as the Office of Men’s Health (in this section 
referred to as the ‘Office’), which shall be headed by a 
director appointed by the Secretary. 
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‘‘(b) The Secretary, acting through the Director of 
the Office, shall— 
‘‘(1) conduct or support programs and activities 
to improve the state of men’s health in the United 
States; and 
‘‘(2) provide for consultation among the offices 
and agencies of the Department of Health and 
Human Services for the purpose of coordinating pro-
grams and activities relating to men’s health.’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, acting through the Director of the Office 
of Men’s Health, shall submit to the Congress a report 
describing the activities of such Office, including findings 
that the Director has made regarding men’s health. 
Æ 
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