Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-757
Sponsor: Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI]
Introduced: 2005-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Breast cancer
Community organization
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Environmental research
Environmentally induced diseases
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research centers
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Urban affairs
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-11
text: 
Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities for the development and operation of not more than eight centers to conduct multidisciplinary and multi-institutional research on environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer. Requires each such center to: (1) be known as a Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Center of Excellence; (2) establish ongoing collaborations with community organizations; (3) be formed from a consortium of cooperating institutions; (4) be supported under this Act for a period of not more than five years with additional periods allowed after review and recommendation; and (5) use innovative approaches to study unexplored areas of the environment and breast cancer. 
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Panel to make recommendations for and to review grants awarded under this Act

action_date: 2006-07-24
text: 
Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2006 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities for the development and operation of centers to conduct multidisciplinary and multi-institutional research on environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer. Requires each such center to: (1) be known as a Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Center of Excellence; (2) include community organizations in the geographic area served by the center; (3) be formed from a consortium of cooperating institutions and community groups; and (4) be supported under this Act for a period of not more than five years, with additional periods allowed after review and recommendation. 
 
Requires the Secretary to establish a Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Panel to: (1) develop a comprehensive research strategy for centers; (2) make recommendations with respect to the mechanisms, peer review criteria, and allocations under this Act; (3) assist in the overall program evaluations; and (4) make recommendations for the dissemination of information on program process.
 
Requires the Director of NIH to provide for coordination of information among, and an equitable geographical distribution of, centers.
 
Authorizes appropriations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10575)
action_date: 2006-07-24
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 530.
action_date: 2006-07-24
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Enzi with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-290.
action_date: 2006-07-24
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Enzi with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-290.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2005-10-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11765)
action_date: 2005-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2005-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate