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Union Calendar No. 574 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1157 
[Report No. 110–889] 
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 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2008 
Additional sponsors: Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. CLEAVER, 
Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mrs. DAVIS of California, 
Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FRANK of 
Massachusetts, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. KENNEDY, 
Mr. KIND, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. 
MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. MEEHAN, 
Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. NEAL of Mas-
sachusetts, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. PLATTS, 
Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. REYES, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 
Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SHAYS, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. WAX-
MAN, Mr. WEINER, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. TERRY, Mr. GENE GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. PETRI, Mr. MATHESON, Ms. 
BORDALLO, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. OLVER, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. WU, 
Mr. FATTAH, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. RENZI, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. NAD-
LER, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. 
LATHAM, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. KING 
of New York, Mr. FERGUSON, Mrs. BOYDA of Kansas, Ms. EDDIE BER-
NICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. GONZALEZ, Ms. NORTON, Ms. HOOLEY, 
Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. DENT, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. 
LANGEVIN, Mr. PASTOR, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. MCINTYRE, 
Mr. DOYLE, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. CARNEY, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, 
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Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. HIGGINS, 
Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
FOSSELLA, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. NUNES, 
Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. KUHL of New York, Ms. LINDA T. 
SA´NCHEZ
of California, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. VAN 
HOLLEN, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. BISHOP of 
Georgia, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. 
CLAY, Mr. KIRK, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. HOLT, Mr. 
SHERMAN, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. GARRETT 
of New Jersey, Mr. WALZ of Minnesota, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. JINDAL, Ms. 
BALDWIN, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. FILNER, Mr. THOMPSON of Cali-
fornia, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. WATERS, Mr. 
WELLER of Illinois, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. STARK, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, 
Mr. SIRES, Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Mr. FARR, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 
LATOURETTE, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. 
PAYNE, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. 
CALVERT, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. PRICE of 
North Carolina, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mrs. 
BLACKBURN, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. 
WOLF, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. PORTER, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. 
HALL of New York, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. MEEK of Florida, 
Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. CARSON, Ms. DELAURO, 
Ms. LEE, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. GORDON of Ten-
nessee, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. HERSETH 
SANDLIN, Mr. WALSH of New York, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. SHULER, Mr. 
ALEXANDER, Mr. WYNN, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. GEORGE MILLER 
of California, Mr. BOUSTANY, Ms. CASTOR, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 
Ms. MATSUI, Mr. COSTA, Mr. WATT, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. LARSEN of Wash-
ington, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. MELANCON, Mr. BAKER, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. 
BACA, Mr. UDALL
of New Mexico, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. 
CARNAHAN, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. CUELLAR, Ms. CORRINE 
BROWN of Florida, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. ELLSWORTH, Mr. LIPIN-
SKI, Mr. HODES, Mr. SNYDER, Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico, Mr. 
PERLMUTTER, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. MAHONEY of Florida, Mr. CHANDLER, 
Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, 
Mr. WELCH of Vermont, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. MITCHELL, Mrs. JONES of 
Ohio, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. UPTON, Mr. 
HONDA, Ms. WATSON, Mr. SPACE, Ms. BEAN, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. DON-
NELLY, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. 
GUTIERREZ, Mr. MANZULLO, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Mr. BARROW, Mr. 
GILCHREST, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. GIFFORDS, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. HELL-
ER of Nevada, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, Mr. HILL, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. 
HARE, Mr. ROSS, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. ISSA, Mr. DUNCAN, 
Ms. CLARKE, Mr. RUSH, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. 
COSTELLO, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. 
CARSON, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. 
COHEN, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. WILSON of Ohio, Ms. SCALISE, Mr. 
WITTMAN of Virginia, Mr. BERRY, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. 
GRAVES, Mr. TURNER, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. CARDOZA, Ms. HIRONO, Mrs. 
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DRAKE, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. BOREN, Mr. DICKS, 
and Mr. FEENEY 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2008 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 16, 2007] 
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 En-
vironmental Research Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
EXPANDING 
COLLABORATIVE 
RESEARCH 
ON 
BREAST CANCER AND THE ENVIRONMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart 1 of part C of title IV of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 417F. INTERAGENCY BREAST CANCER AND ENVIRON-
MENTAL 
RESEARCH 
COORDINATING 
COM-
MITTEE. 
‘‘(a) INTERAGENCY BREAST CANCER AND ENVIRON-
MENTAL RESEARCH COORDINATING COMMITTEE.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary shall establish a committee, to be known as the 
Interagency Breast Cancer and Environmental Re-
search Coordinating Committee (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘Committee’). 
‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The Committee shall— 
‘‘(A) share and coordinate information on 
existing research activities, and make rec-
ommendations to the National Institutes of 
Health and other Federal agencies regarding how 
to improve existing research programs, that are 
related to breast cancer research; 
‘‘(B) develop a comprehensive strategy and 
advise the National Institutes of Health and 
other Federal agencies in the solicitation of pro-
posals for collaborative, multidisciplinary re-
search, including proposals to evaluate environ-
mental and genomic factors that may be related 
to the etiology of breast cancer that would— 
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‘‘(i) result in innovative approaches to 
study emerging scientific opportunities or 
eliminate knowledge gaps in research to im-
prove the research portfolio; 
‘‘(ii) outline key research questions, 
methodologies, and knowledge gaps; 
‘‘(iii) expand the number of research 
proposals that involve collaboration between 
2 or more national research institutes or 
national centers, including proposals for 
Common Fund research described in section 
402(b)(7) to improve the research portfolio; 
and 
‘‘(iv) expand the number of collabo-
rative, multidisciplinary, and multi-insti-
tutional research grants; 
‘‘(C) develop a summary of advances in 
breast cancer research supported or conducted by 
Federal agencies relevant to the diagnosis, pre-
vention, and treatment of cancer and other dis-
eases and disorders; and 
‘‘(D) not later than 2 years after the date 
of the establishment of the Committee, make rec-
ommendations to the Secretary— 
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‘‘(i) 
regarding 
any 
appropriate 
changes to research activities, including rec-
ommendations to improve the research port-
folio of the National Institutes of Health to 
ensure that scientifically based strategic 
planning is implemented in support of re-
search priorities that impact breast cancer 
research activities; 
‘‘(ii) to ensure that the activities of the 
National Institutes of Health and other 
Federal agencies, including the Department 
of Defense, are free of unnecessary duplica-
tion of effort; 
‘‘(iii) regarding public participation 
in decisions relating to breast cancer re-
search to increase the involvement of patient 
advocacy and community organizations 
representing a broad geographical area; 
‘‘(iv) on how best to disseminate infor-
mation on breast cancer research progress; 
and 
‘‘(v) on how to expand partnerships be-
tween public entities, including Federal 
agencies, and private entities to expand col-
laborative, cross-cutting research. 
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‘‘(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—For the purposes 
of the Committee, when focusing on research to evalu-
ate environmental and genomic factors that may be 
related to the etiology of breast cancer, nothing in this 
section shall be construed to restrict the Secretary 
from including other forms of cancer, as appropriate, 
when doing so may advance research in breast cancer 
or advance research in other forms of cancer. 
‘‘(4) MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall be 
composed of the following voting members: 
‘‘(i) Not more than 7 voting Federal 
representatives as follows: 
‘‘(I) The Director of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention. 
‘‘(II) The Director of the National 
Institutes of Health and the directors 
of such national research institutes and 
national centers (which may include 
the National Institute of Environ-
mental Health Sciences) as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate. 
‘‘(III) One representative from the 
National Cancer Institute Board of 
Scientific Advisors, appointed by the 
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Director of the National Cancer Insti-
tute. 
‘‘(IV) The heads of such other 
agencies of the Department of Health 
and Human Services as the Secretary 
determines appropriate. 
‘‘(V) Representatives of other Fed-
eral agencies that conduct or support 
cancer research, including the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
‘‘(ii) 12 additional voting members ap-
pointed under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS.—The Com-
mittee shall include additional voting members 
appointed by the Secretary as follows: 
‘‘(i) 6 members shall be appointed from 
among scientists, 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; 
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‘‘(IV) are from practice settings, 
academia, or other research settings; 
and 
‘‘(V) are experienced in scientific 
peer review process. 
‘‘(ii) 6 members shall be appointed 
from members of the general public, who 
represent individuals with breast cancer. 
‘‘(C) NONVOTING
MEMBERS.—The Com-
mittee shall include such nonvoting members as 
the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(5) CHAIRPERSON.—The voting members of the 
Committee shall select a chairperson from among such 
members. The selection of a chairperson shall be sub-
ject to the approval of the Director of NIH. 
‘‘(6) MEETINGS.—The Committee shall meet at 
the call of the chairperson of the Committee or upon 
the request of the Director of NIH, but in no case less 
often than once each year. 
‘‘(b) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall review the neces-
sity of the Committee in calendar year 2011 and, thereafter, 
at least once every 2 years.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out research activities under title IV 
of the Public Health Service Act, including section 417F 
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of such Act as added by subsection (a), there are authorized 
to be appropriated $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 
through 2012. Amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under the preceding sentence shall be in addition to 
amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated for such 
purpose under section 402A of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 282a). 
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