Benign Brain Tumor Cancer Registries Amendment Act
PL 107-260 (S.2558), enacted 10/29/2002

PUBLIC LAW 107-260—OCT. 29, 2002 
116 STAT. 1743 
Public Law 107-260 
107th Congress 
An Act 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the collection of data 
on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the "Benign Brain Tumor Cancer 
Registries Amendment Act". 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL PROGRAM OF 
CANCER REGISTRIES; BENIGN 
BRAIN-RELATED TUMORS AS ADDITIONAL CATEGORY OF 
DATA COLLECTED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 399B of the PubUc Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 280e), as redesignated by section 502(2)(A) of PubUc 
Law 106-310 (114 Stat. 1115), is amended in subsection (a)— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as subpara-
graphs (A) through (E), respectively, and indenting appro-
priately; 
(2) by striking "(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary" and 
inserting the following: 
"(a) IN GENERAL.— 
"(1) STATEWIDE CANCER REGISTRIES.—^The Secretary"; 
(3) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking "population-based" and all that follows 
through "data" and inserting the following: "population-based, 
statewide registries to collect, for each condition specified in 
paragraph (2XA), data"; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
"(2) CANCER; BENIGN BRAIN-RELATED TUMORS.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—^For purposes of paragraph (1), the 
conditions referred to in this paragraph are the following: 
"(i) Each form of in-situ and invasive cancer (with 
the exception of basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma 
of the skin), including malignant brain-related tumors. 
"(ii) Benign brain-related tumors. 
"(B) BRAIN-RELATED TUMOR.—For purposes of subpara-
graph (A): 
"(i) The term 'brain-related tumor' means a listed 
primary tumor (whether malignant or benign) occur-
ring in any of the following sites: 
"(I) The brain, meninges, spinal cord, cauda 
equina, a cranial nerve or nerves, or any other 
part of the central nervous system. 
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"(II) The pituitary gland, pineal gland, or 
craniopharyngeal duct. 
"(ii) The term 'listed', with respect to a primary 
tumor, means a primary tumor that is listed in the 
International Classification of Diseases for Oncology 
(commonly referred to as the ICD-0). 
"(iii) The term International Classification of Dis-
eases for Oncology' means a classification system that 
includes topography (site) information and histology 
(cell type information) developed by the World Health 
Organization, in collaboration with international cen-
ters, to promote international comparability in the 
collection, classification, processing, and presentation 
of cancer statistics. The ICD-0 system is a supplement 
to the International Statistical Classification of Dis-
eases and Related Health Problems (commonly known 
as the ICD) and is the standard coding system used 
by cancer registries worldwide. Such term includes 
any modification made to such system for purposes 
of the United States. Such term further includes any 
published classification system that is internationally 
recognized as a successor to the classification system 
referred to in the first sentence of this clause. 
"(C) STATEWIDE CANCER REGISTRY.—References in this 
section to cancer registries shall be considered to be ref-
erences to registries described in this subsection.". 
Grants. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by subsection (a) 
42 use 280e 
apply to grants under section 399B of the Public Health Service 
^°^^- 
Act for fiscal year 2002 and subsequent fiscal years, except that, 
in the case of a State that received such a grant for fiscal year 
2000, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may delay 
the applicability of such amendments to the State for not more 
than 12 months if the Secretary determines that compliance with 
such amendments requires the enactment of a statute by the State 
or the issuance of State regulations. 
Approved October 29, 2002. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 2558: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 148 (2002): 
Aug. 1, considered and passed Senate. 
Oct. 10, considered and passed House.