In the Senate of the United States,
December 8, 2006.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 1245) entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for programs
to increase the awareness and knowledge of women and
health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers.’’,
do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gynecologic Cancer
Education and Awareness Act of 2005’’ or ‘‘Johanna’s
Law’’.
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.
Section 317P of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 247b–17) is amended—
(1) 
in 
the 
section 
heading 
by 
adding
‘‘(JOHANNA’S LAW)’’ at the end; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) JOHANNA’S LAW.—
‘‘(1) NATIONAL PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
carry out a national campaign to increase the
awareness and knowledge of health care pro-
viders and women with respect to gynecologic
cancers.
‘‘(B) 
WRITTEN
MATERIALS.—Activities
under the national campaign under subpara-
graph (A) shall include—
‘‘(i) maintaining a supply of written
materials that provide information to the
public on gynecologic cancers; and
‘‘(ii) distributing the materials to
members of the public upon request.
‘‘(C) PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.—
Activities under the national campaign under
subparagraph (A) shall, in accordance with ap-
plicable law and regulations, include developing
and placing, in telecommunications media, pub-
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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 subpara-
graph (B) can be obtained upon request, and
shall call attention to early warning signs and
risk factors based on the best available medical
information.
‘‘(2) REPORT AND STRATEGY.—
‘‘(A) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months
after the date of the enactment of this subsection,
the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a re-
port including the following:
‘‘(i) A description of the past and
present activities of the Department of
Health and Human Services to increase
awareness and knowledge of the public with
respect to different types of cancer, includ-
ing gynecologic cancers.
‘‘(ii) A description of the past and
present activities of the Department of
Health and Human Services to increase
awareness and knowledge of health care pro-
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viders with respect to different types of can-
cer, including gynecologic cancers.
‘‘(iii) For each activity described pur-
suant to clauses (i) or (ii), a description of
the following:
‘‘(I) The funding for such activity
for fiscal year 2006 and the cumulative
funding for such activity for previous
fiscal years.
‘‘(II) The background and history
of such activity, including—
‘‘(aa) the goals of such activ-
ity;
‘‘(bb) the communications ob-
jectives of such activity;
‘‘(cc) the identity of each
agency within the Department of
Health and Human Services re-
sponsible for any aspect of the ac-
tivity; and
‘‘(dd) how such activity is or
was expected to result in change.
‘‘(III) How long the activity
lasted or is expected to last.
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‘‘(IV) The outcomes observed and
the evaluation methods, if any, that
have been, are being, or will be used
with respect to such activity.
‘‘(V) For each such outcome or
evaluation method, a description of the
associated results, analyses, and con-
clusions.
‘‘(B) STRATEGY.—
‘‘(i) DEVELOPMENT; SUBMISSION
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later than 3 months after
submitting the report required by subpara-
graph (A), the Secretary shall develop and
submit to the Congress a strategy for im-
proving efforts to increase awareness and
knowledge of the public and health care pro-
viders with respect to different types of can-
cer, including gynecological cancers.
‘‘(ii) CONSULTATION.—In developing
the strategy under clause (i), the Secretary
should consult with qualified private sector
groups, including nonprofit organizations.
‘‘(3) FULL COMPLIANCE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1,
2008, the Secretary shall ensure that all provi-
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sions of this section, including activities directed
to be carried out by the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention and the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration, are fully implemented and being
complied with. Not later than April 30, 2008, the
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that
certifies compliance with the preceding sentence
and that contains a description of all activities
undertaken to achieve such compliance.
‘‘(B) If the Secretary fails to submit the cer-
tification as provided for under subparagraph
(A), the Secretary shall, not later than 3 months
after the date on which the report is to be sub-
mitted under subparagraph (A), and every 3
months thereafter, submit to Congress an expla-
nation as to why the Secretary has not yet com-
plied with the first sentence of subparagraph (A),
a detailed description of all actions undertaken
within the month for which the report is being
submitted to bring the Secretary into compliance
with such sentence, and the anticipated date the
Secretary expects to be in full compliance with
such sentence.
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For
the purpose of carrying out this subsection, there is
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authorized to be appropriated $16,500,000 for the pe-
riod of fiscal years 2007 through 2009.’’.
Attest:
Secretary.