Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to lung cancer as a public health priority and the recommendations of the Lung Cancer Progress Review Group of the National Cancer Institute.

Bill: 110-hres-335
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2007-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Case management
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Chemotherapy
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug abuse
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to research
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Graduate education
Health surveys
Higher education
Imaging systems in medicine
Lung cancer
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical statistics
Medical technology
Medical tests
Medicare
Military medicine
Mortality
Pharmaceutical research
Quality of care
Research centers
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Smoking
Social Welfare
Surgery
Tobacco
Veterans' medical care
Vital statistics

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: 
Urges the President to: (1) declare lung cancer a public health priority and immediately lead a coordinated effort to reduce the mortality rate of lung cancer by 50% by 2015; (2) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase funding for lung cancer research; (3) direct the Secretary of Defense to develop a lung cancer screening and disease management program among members of the Armed Forces and veterans and diagnostic programs for the early detection of lung cancer; (4) appoint the Lung Cancer Scientific and Medical Advisory Committee; and (5) convene a National Lung Cancer Public Health Policy Board to oversee and coordinate all efforts to reduce the lung cancer mortality rate.

action_date: 2007-11-13
text: 
Recognizes: (1) lung cancer as a public health priority; (2) the importance of reducing the lung cancer mortality rate by at least half by 2015; (3) the benefit of graduate medical education programs in thoracic medicine and cardiothoracic surgery; and (4) the importance of the recommendations of the Lung Cancer Progress Review Group of the National Cancer Institute.

Encourages increased investment for lung cancer research and other lung cancer-related programs.

Expresses support for efforts to develop a broad-based lung cancer screening and disease management program among members of the Armed Forces and veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H13545)
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H13545)
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 335.
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H13545-13546)
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Mrs. Capps moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House