SEC. 
3. 
NATIONAL 
INSTITUTE 
OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL 
HEALTH SCIENCES; AWARDS FOR DEVELOP-
MENT AND OPERATION OF RESEARCH CEN-
TERS 
REGARDING 
ENVIRONMENTAL 
FAC-
TORS RELATED TO BREAST CANCER. 
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: 
‘‘SEC. 463C. RESEARCH CENTERS REGARDING ENVIRON-
MENTAL FACTORS RELATED TO BREAST CAN-
CER. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Institute, 
based on recommendations from the Breast Cancer and 
Environmental Research Panel established under sub-
section (b) (referred to in this section as the ‘Panel’), shall 
make grants, after a process of peer review and pro-
grammatic review, to public or nonprofit private entities 
for the development and operation of not more than 8 cen-
ters for the purpose of conducting multidisciplinary and 
multi-institutional research on environmental factors that 
may be related to the etiology of breast cancer. Each such 
center shall be known as a Breast Cancer and Environ-
mental Research Center of Excellence. 
‘‘(b) BREAST CANCER AND ENVIRONMENTAL RE-
SEARCH PANEL.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish in the Institute of Environmental Health 
Sciences a Breast Cancer and Environmental Re-
search 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 
or academia or other research set-
tings; and 
‘‘(V) are experienced in bio-
medical review; and
‘‘(ii) three members shall be appointed 
from the general public who are represent-
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, but in no case less often than once each 
year. 
‘‘(5) DUTIES.—The Panel shall— 
‘‘(A) oversee the peer review process for 
the awarding of grants under subsection (a) 
and conduct the programmatic review under 
such subsection; 
‘‘(B) make recommendations with respect 
to the funding criteria and mechanisms under 
which amounts will be allocated under this sec-
tion; and
‘‘(C) 
make 
final 
programmatic 
rec-
ommendations with respect to grants under this 
section. 
‘‘(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 breast cancer. 
‘‘(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, 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-
operating institutions, meeting such requirements as may 
be prescribed by the Director of the Institute. Each center 
shall require collaboration among highly accomplished sci-
entists, 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