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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''National Center for Excellence in
Research and Development Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds the following:
(1) Due to the end of the Cold War, the United States has
not recently conducted underground nuclear testing at the
Department of Energy facility known as the Nevada Test Site,
Nevada, and the United States does not plan to conduct such
testing in the foreseeable future.
(2) Because the world political situation is ever-changing
and dangerous, it is imperative that the United States remain
strong militarily and continue to be a nuclear superpower.
(3) It is imperative that portions of the Nevada Test Site
be maintained in a full state of readiness to ensure the
capability of the nuclear arsenal of the United States.
(4) The Nevada Test Site is in a beneficial location for
activities suitable for research and development of emerging
technologies that will be important to the United States in the
21st century.
(5) Technology development carried out at the Nevada Test
Site should include both private-sector and military projects.
(6) The Nevada Test Site can support the stewardship of the
Nation's nuclear weapons stockpile, the nonproliferation of
nuclear weapons, and the technological competitiveness of the
United States by providing the environment for nuclear and non-
nuclear test and demonstration experiments and projects for
government, industry, and academia.
(7) The Nevada Test Site can provide the infrastructure to
support industrial and civilian tests of environmentally
demanding projects and programs in addition to maintaining its
readiness capability in support of the nuclear arsenal.
(8) The Nevada Test Site can support the testing and
demonstration of environmental clean-up technologies by
government and industry.
(9) The Nevada Test Site can support the testing of
alternative and renewable energy sources for environmentally
clean and economically competitive replacements for traditional
fossil energy sources and uses in many parts of Nevada and in
the United States as a whole.
(10) The Nevada Test Site can provide support for
disarmament activities such as the demonstration of rocket
motor destruction technology and conventional munitions
destruction technology.
(11) The Nevada Test Site can support non-proliferation
experiments in disablement, nuclear forensics, sensors, and
verification and monitoring.
(12) The Nevada Test Site can support treaty-compliant
experiments for stockpile stewardship purposes.
(13) The size and remoteness of the Nevada Test Site make
the Nevada Test Site well-suited for a multitude of activities
associated with the restructuring of the United States
military.
(14) The Nevada Test Site can also support non-
proliferation, counter-proliferation, and counter-terrorism
activities.

SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

It is the purpose of this Act--
(1) to ensure full operational readiness of the underground
nuclear testing facilities and infrastructure of the Nevada
Test Site;
(2) to ensure an appropriate level of funds for such
readiness to be maintained;
(3) to create a National Test and Demonstration Center of
Excellence at the Nevada Test Site for the promotion of
disarmament, demilitarization, alternative and renewable energy
sources, the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, counter-
proliferation of nuclear weapons, sensor development, and
environmentally sensitive technologies; and
(4) to ensure the availability of the Nevada Test Site,
within appropriate restrictions, for use by private-sector
industries seeking to make use of the inherent qualities that
make the Nevada Test Site the greatest outdoor laboratory in
the world.

SEC. 4. MAINTENANCE OF READINESS CAPABILITY OF NEVADA TEST SITE.

(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--
(1) In general.--The amount referred to in paragraph (2) is
hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy
for fiscal year 1995 and each fiscal year thereafter to
maintain the operational readiness of the underground nuclear
testing facilities and infrastructure of the Nevada Test Site.
(2) Authorized amount.--The amount referred to in paragraph
(1) is not less than the amount appropriated to the Secretary
of Energy for fiscal year 1992 to maintain the operational
readiness of the underground nuclear testing facilities and
infrastructure of the Nevada Test Site.
(b) Staffing Levels.--The Secretary of Energy shall maintain a
staffing level at the Nevada Test Site that the Secretary considers
sufficient to carry out activities under this Act in addition to any
other activities conducted by the Department of Energy at the Nevada
Test Site.
(c) Infrastructure Assessments and Activities.--The Secretary of
Energy, through the Nevada Test Site Operations Office, shall carry out
any infrastructure assessments and activities necessary to accommodate
new projects and initiatives at the Nevada Test Site.

SEC. 5. NATIONAL TEST AND DEMONSTRATION CENTER OF EXCELLENCE.

(a) Establishment.--There is hereby established within the
Department of Energy a National Test and Demonstration Center of
Excellence (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ''Center''), to be
located at the Nevada Test Site, Nevada.
(b) Purpose.--It shall be the purpose of the Center to promote
disarmament, demilitarization, alternative and renewable energy
sources, the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, counter-proliferation
of nuclear weapons, sensor development, and environmentally sensitive
technologies.
(c) Activities Related to Alternative and Renewable Energy
Sources.--The Center shall carry out the following testing and
demonstration activities that are related to alternative and renewable
energy sources:
(1) The characterization of solar and geothermal resources
at the Nevada Test Site.
(2) The development of alternative and renewable energy
sources, including, as a goal of the Center, the development
and completion of two 100-megawatt solar power plants by the
year 2000.
(3) The conduct of a National Alternative-Fueled Vehicles
Program, the objective of which shall be to demonstrate the
regional use of natural gas, electricity, and hydrogen as
vehicle fuels.
(d) Activities Related to Disarmament and Demilitarization.--The
Center shall carry out testing and demonstration activities that are
related to changes occurring in United States military as a result of
the end of the Cold War, including activities--
(1) that involve the demilitarization of large rocket motor
and conventional ordnance;
(2) that assist in disarmament and demilitarization,
generally; and
(3) that test and demonstrate the nonmilitary application
of technologies and resources the military application of which
has decreased or otherwise changed due to disarmament and
demilitarization.
(e) Activities Related to Nuclear Stockpile Stewardship.--The
Center shall carry out testing and demonstration activities related to
the stewardship of the nuclear stockpile of the United States. Such
activities shall include--
(1) the conduct of experiments that assist in monitoring
compliance with international agreements on the
nonproliferation of nuclear weapons;
(2) the provision of support to the Department of Energy
nuclear weapons complex;
(3) the conduct of programs for the Department of Energy
and the Department of Defense to develop simulator technologies
for nuclear weapons design and effects, including advanced
hydrodynamic simulators, inertial confinement fusion test
facilities, and nuclear weapons effects simulators; and
(4) the conduct of the stockpile stewardship program
established pursuant to section 3138 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (107 Stat. 1946; Public
Law 103-160).
(f) Activities Related to Nonproliferation.--The Center shall carry
out experiments related to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons,
including experiments with respect to disablement, nuclear forensics,
sensors, and verification and monitoring.
(g) Activities Related to Counter-Proliferation.--The Center shall
carry out experiments related to the counter-proliferation of nuclear
weapons.
(h) Activities Related to Environmental Technologies.--The Center
shall carry out testing and demonstration activities related to the
development of environmental technologies, including--
(1) the demonstration of technologies concerning the
remediation of toxic and hazardous chemicals; and
(2) the conduct of training activities pertaining to
emergency response to hazardous and toxic accidents and
emergencies.
(i) Other Activities.--The Center may carry out the testing and
demonstration of any other technology which, in the determination of
the Secretary of Energy, is appropriate for testing and demonstration
at the Nevada Test Site.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

Except as provided in section 4, there is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary of Energy for fiscal year 1997 such sums
as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
[A]: National Center for Excellence in Research and Development Act of 1996 - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Energy for FY 1995 and beyond to maintain the operational readiness of the underground nuclear testing facilities and infrastructure of the Nevada Test Site.
Establishes within the Department of Energy a national Test and Demonstration Center of Excellence at the Nevada Test Site, Nevada, to implement testing and demonstration activities related to: (1) certain alternative and renewable energy sources, including solar and geothermal energy, as well as natural gas, electricity, and hydrogen as components of a National Alternative-Fueled Vehicles Program; (2) certain changes in the U.S. military as a result of the end of the Cold War, including demilitarization and disarmament activities and the nonmilitary application of military technologies and resources; (3) stewardship of the Federal nuclear stockpile; (4) non-proliferation and counter-proliferation of nuclear weapons; and (5) development of certain environmental technologies, including technologies for remediation of toxic and hazardous chemicals, and activities pertaining to emergency response to hazardous and toxic accidents.

[Q]: SECTION 1. YELLOWSTONE BUFFALO PRESERVATION.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ''Yellowstone
Buffalo Preservation Act''.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) More than any other animal, the American buffalo (Bison
bison) is a wildlife icon of the United States. The American
buffalo is the symbol that represents the Department of the
Interior. The American buffalo is profoundly significant to
Native American cultures and, perhaps more than any other
wildlife species, has influenced our history.
(2) The American buffalo is still under assault, as it was
in the late 19th Century when it was nearly exterminated. At
the end of the great slaughter, in which tens of millions of
buffalo were killed, only a few hundred wild buffalo remained
in the Nation and all were located in Yellowstone National
Park. Due to poaching, their numbers were reduced to 25 by the
year 1900.
(3) The offspring of the 25 survivors comprise the
Yellowstone buffalo herd and are the only wild, free-roaming
American buffalo to continuously occupy their native habitat in
the United States.
(4) The Yellowstone buffalo herd is genetically unique.
Unlike captive ranched buffalo, which are now relatively
common, the Yellowstone buffalo herd has never interbred with
cattle and has retained its wild character.
(5) Because the Park lacks extensive low-elevation winter
habitat that provides bison and elk with access to winter
forage, wildlife migrate from the high elevation plateau of
Yellowstone National Park to lower elevation habitat adjacent
to the Park in winter and spring.
(6) The Yellowstone buffalo herd was exposed to the
bacterium Brucella abortus, which can cause the disease
brucellosis, in 1917. Brucellosis is only transmitted through
animal ingestion of contaminated reproductive products.
Brucellosis can cause abortions in infected animals, but only
infectious females who have the bacteria in their reproductive
system represent any potential threat of transmission. The risk
of transmission between wild buffalo and cattle was deemed low
in a 1992 General Accounting Office report, and again in a 1998
National Research Council study. In fact, there has never been
a confirmed incidence of brucellosis transmission in the wild
from buffalo to cattle. Buffalo with brucellosis and cattle
have grazed together for over 50 years in the Jackson Hole area
south of Yellowstone without any incident of disease
transmission. Despite these facts, the National Park Service,
the United States Forest Service, and the State of Montana
Department of Livestock haze, capture, and kill members of the
Yellowstone buffalo herd in an attempt to keep them unnaturally
confined within Yellowstone National Park. At the same time,
approximately 13,000 Yellowstone elk, some of which also harbor
brucellosis, are allowed unfettered access to Federal land
outside the Park. Since 1984, nearly 3,700 American buffalo
have been killed in Montana as a result of this policy. In the
winter of 2002-2003, 244 buffalo were killed by the Federal and
State agencies, including 231 buffalo which were captured and
slaughtered by the National Park Service.
(7) The key lower elevation habitat needed by American
buffalo is primarily on Gallatin National Forest lands adjacent
to the north and west sides of the Park. On the north side,
taxpayers spent $13,000,000 in 1999 for a private-Federal land
exchange intended to make low elevation habitat adjacent to the
Yellowstone River accessible to the Yellowstone buffalo herd
and other wildlife. The land exchange has not yet been
finalized by Federal agencies and therefore key habitat is not
available to the Yellowstone buffalo herd.
(8) On the west side of the Park, the Horse Butte peninsula
provides prime wildlife habitat for grizzly bears, trumpeter
swans, bald eagles, wolves, and buffalo. The peninsula
comprises approximately 10,000 acres of primarily Gallatin
National Forest Federal lands extending into Hebgen Lake.
(9) National Park Service lands have been set aside for the
conservation of resources and values and for the enjoyment and
use of all citizens. The Federal lands adjacent to the Park
represent some of the most valuable and important wildlife
habitat in the lower forty-eight states. They are integrally
connected to the health of wildlife residing seasonally in our
Nation's oldest national park. Together, the Park and the
adjacent Federal lands provide some of our Nation's richest
opportunities for recreation, wildlife viewing, family camping,
wildlife conservation, fishing, and other recreational and
sporting activities. These Federal lands should be
preferentially managed to sustain this rich and diverse
wildlife resource and to provide the public with enjoyment of
this National treasure.
(c) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to provide for the
protection of the Yellowstone buffalo herd by allowing the Yellowstone
buffalo herd to freely roam Federal lands outside of the Park. The
Federal lands that are affected by this Act are those within the Park
and adjacent to it on the north and west boundaries as indicated by
zones 2 and 3 on the Modified Preferred Alternative Map on page 181 of
the 2000 Bison Management Plan for the State of Montana and Yellowstone
National Park Final Environmental Impact Statement.
(d) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section, the following
definitions apply:
(1) Hazing.--The term ''hazing'' means any individual
effort to drive away, obstruct, chase, scare, or deter natural
movements of wildlife, including hazing efforts carried out on
foot or horseback or efforts aided by machinery, aircraft, or
any type of noise-making device.
(2) Individual.--The term ''individual'' means any person
representing a State or Federal Government.
(3) Park.--The term ''Park'' means Yellowstone National
Park.
(4) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(5) Yellowstone buffalo herd.--The term ''Yellowstone
buffalo herd'' means the wild, free roaming, unfenced buffalo
living primarily within Yellowstone National Park.
(e) Prohibited Acts; Criminal Penalties.--
(1) Prohibited acts.--No individual may kill, haze, or
capture any buffalo on Federal land or land held under Federal
conservation easements or use any form of bait to lure buffalo
from any Federal land onto private land until the duties under
subsection (f) are carried out.
(2) Penalties.--
(A) Initial violation.--Any individual found to be
in violation of paragraph (1) for the first time shall
be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more
than 1 year or both.
(B) Subsequent violations.--Any individual found to
be in violation of paragraph (1) after the first such
finding shall be fined not more than $10,000 or
imprisoned not more than 2 years or both.
(C) Reward.--One half of any fine collected under
this subsection or $2,500, whichever is less, shall be
paid to any person or persons giving information which
leads to conviction of a violation of this subsection.
(D) Exception.--This subsection shall not apply to
a person that is found to have been hazing a buffalo if
the person is physically endangered or private property
was damaged by a buffalo.
(f) Duties.--The Secretary and other appropriate Federal agencies
shall ensure that the following is accomplished not later than 3 years
after the date of the enactment of this Act:
(1) The Yellowstone buffalo herd is allowed to freely roam
the Park and the Federal lands adjacent to Yellowstone National
Park on the north and west boundaries as indicated by zones 2
and 3 on the Modified Preferred Alternative Map on page 181 of
the 2000 Bison Management Plan for the State of Montana and
Yellowstone National Park Final Environmental Impact Statement
without being hazed. These lands shall be made available
preferentially for buffalo and wildlife use.
(2) Management authority of the Yellowstone buffalo herd
within the Park is under the sole jurisdiction of the National
Park Service.
(3) The land exchange described in section 1(b)(7) with the
private property owner has been finalized, as set forth in the
agreement executed in 1999, so that the Yellowstone buffalo
herd may freely roam the lands described in paragraph (1).
(4) The National Park Service has disassembled the Stephens
Creek Buffalo Capture Facility.
(5) The Secretary has made every effort practicable to
allow the Yellowstone buffalo herd to freely roam Federal lands
through incentives and cooperative efforts with adjacent
private landowners, including through acquisition, easement,
cattle vaccination, and landowner agreement pertaining to
temporal and spatial separation of livestock from the
Yellowstone buffalo herd.
[A]: Yellowstone Buffalo Preservation Act - Prohibits an individual from killing, hazing, or capturing any buffalo on Federal lands or land held under Federal conservation easements or using any form of bait to lure buffalo from any Federal land onto private land until the Secretary of the Interior and other appropriate Federal agencies carry out specified duties.

Establishes fines and criminal penalties for violations of this Act.

[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ''Improving Cancer
Treatment Education Act of 2016''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
TITLE I--COMPREHENSIVE CANCER PATIENT TREATMENT EDUCATION UNDER THE
MEDICARE PROGRAM

Sec. 101. Medicare coverage of comprehensive cancer patient treatment
education services.
TITLE II--RESEARCH ON CANCER SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT

Sec. 201. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 202. NIH research on cancer symptom management improvement.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Many people with cancer experience side effects,
symptoms, and late complications associated with their disease
and their treatment, which can have a serious adverse impact on
their health, well-being, and quality of life.
(2) Many side effects and symptoms associated with cancer
and its treatment can be reduced or controlled by the provision
of timely symptom management and services and also by educating
people with cancer and their caregivers about the potential
effects before treatment begins.
(3) Studies have found that individualized educational
intervention for cancer pain management from a registered nurse
was effective for patients with cancer being treated in
outpatient and home-based settings. Similarly, the number of
caregivers who said they were well informed and confident about
caregiving after attending a family caregiver cancer education
program increased after program attendance.
(4) People with cancer benefit from having an educational
session with oncology nurses in advance of the initiation of
treatment to learn how to reduce the risk of and manage adverse
effects and maximize well-being. Helping patients to manage
their side effects reduces adverse events and the need for
urgent or inpatient care.
(5) The Oncology Nursing Society has received reports from
its members that, because the Medicare program and other payers
do not cover the provision of patient treatment education,
patients and their caregivers often do not receive adequate
education before the onset of such patients' treatment for
cancer regarding the course of such treatment and the possible
side effects and symptoms such patients may experience. The
Oncology Nursing Society recommends that all patients being
treated for cancer have a one-on-one educational session with a
nurse in advance of the onset of such treatment so that such
patients and their caregivers receive the information they need
to help minimize adverse events related to such treatment and
maximize the well-being of such patients.
(6) Insufficient or nonexistent Medicare payments coupled
with poor investment in symptom management research contribute
to the inadequate education of patients, poor management and
monitoring of cancer symptoms, and inadequate handling of late
effects of cancer and its treatment.
(7) People with cancer often do not have the symptoms
associated with their disease and the associated treatment
managed in a comprehensive or appropriate manner.
(8) People with cancer deserve to have access to
comprehensive care that includes appropriate treatment and
symptom management.
(9) Patients who receive infused chemotherapy likely obtain
some treatment education during the course of the
administration of their treatment; yet, many do not, and
individuals who may receive a different type of cancer care,
such as radiation or surgical interventions or oral
chemotherapy taken at home, likely do not receive treatment
education during their treatment.
(10) Comprehensive cancer care must include access to
services and management associated with nausea, vomiting,
fatigue, depression, pain, and other symptoms.
(11) The Institute of Medicine report, ''Ensuring Quality
Cancer Care'' asserts that ''much can be done to relieve the
symptoms, ease distress, provide comfort, and in other ways
improve the quality of life of someone with cancer. For a
person with cancer, maintenance of quality of life requires, at
a minimum, relief from pain and other distressing symptoms,
relief from anxiety and depressions, including the fear of
pain, and a sense of security that assistance will be readily
available if needed.''.
(12) The Institute of Medicine report, ''Cancer Care for
the Whole Patient: Meeting Psychosocial Health Needs''
recognizes that cancer patients' psychosocial needs include
information about their therapies and the potential side
effects.
(13) As more than half of all cancer diagnoses occur among
individuals age 65 and older, the challenges of managing cancer
symptoms are growing for patients enrolled in the Medicare
program.
(14) Provision of Medicare payment for comprehensive cancer
patient treatment education, coupled with expanded cancer
symptom management research, will help improve care and quality
of life for people with cancer from the time of diagnosis
through survivorship or end of life.

TITLE I--COMPREHENSIVE CANCER PATIENT TREATMENT EDUCATION UNDER THE
MEDICARE PROGRAM

SEC. 101. MEDICARE COVERAGE OF COMPREHENSIVE CANCER PATIENT TREATMENT
EDUCATION SERVICES.

(a) In General.--Section 1861 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395x) is amended--
(1) in subsection (s)(2)--
(A) by striking ''and'' at the end of subparagraph
(EE);
(B) by adding ''and'' at the end of subparagraph
(FF); and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
''(GG) comprehensive cancer patient treatment education
services (as defined in subsection (iii)(1));''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:

''Comprehensive Cancer Patient Treatment Education Services

''(iii)(1) The term 'comprehensive cancer patient treatment
education services' means--
''(A) in the case of an individual who is diagnosed with
cancer, the provision of a one-hour patient treatment education
session delivered by a registered nurse that--
''(i) is furnished to the individual and the
caregiver (or caregivers) of the individual in advance
of the onset of treatment and to the extent
practicable, is not furnished on the day of diagnosis
or on the first day of treatment;
''(ii) educates the individual and such caregiver
(or caregivers) to the greatest extent practicable,
about all aspects of the care to be furnished to the
individual, informs the individual regarding any
potential symptoms, side-effects, or adverse events,
and explains ways in which side effects and adverse
events can be minimized and health and well-being
maximized, and provides guidance regarding those side
effects to be reported and to which health care
provider the side effects should be reported;
''(iii) includes the provision, in written form, of
information about the course of treatment, any
responsibilities of the individual with respect to
self-dosing, and ways in which to address symptoms and
side-effects; and
''(iv) is furnished, to the greatest extent
practicable, in an oral, written, or electronic form
that appropriately takes into account cultural and
linguistic needs of the individual in order to make the
information comprehensible to the individual and such
caregiver (or caregivers); and
''(B) with respect to an individual for whom a course of
cancer treatment or therapy is materially modified, a one-hour
patient treatment education session described in subparagraph
(A), including updated information on the matters described in
such subparagraph should the individual's oncologic health care
professional deem it appropriate and necessary.
''(2) In establishing standards to carry out paragraph (1), the
Secretary shall consult with appropriate organizations representing
providers of oncology patient treatment education services and
organizations representing people with cancer.''.
(b) Payment.--Section 1833(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1395l(a)(1)) is amended--
(1) by striking ''and'' before ''(AA)''; and
(2) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the
following: '', and (BB) with respect to comprehensive cancer
patient treatment education services (as defined in section
1861(iii)(1)), 150 percent of the payment rate established
under section 1848 for diabetes outpatient self-management
training services (as defined in section 1861(qq)), determined
and applied without regard to any coinsurance''.
(c) Coverage.--Section 1862(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1395y(a)(1)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (O), by striking ''and'' at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (P), by striking the semicolon at the
end and inserting '', and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
''(Q) in the case of comprehensive cancer patient treatment
education services (as defined in subsection (iii)(1)) which
are performed more frequently than is covered under such
section;''.
(d) No Impact on Payment for Other Services.--Nothing in this
section shall be construed to affect or otherwise authorize any
reduction or modification, in the Medicare payment amounts otherwise
established for chemotherapy infusion or injection codes with respect
to the calculation and payment of minutes for chemotherapy teaching or
related services.
(e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to services furnished on or after the first day of the first
calendar year that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.

TITLE II--RESEARCH ON CANCER SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT

SEC. 201. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) many people with cancer experience side effects,
symptoms, and late side effects associated with their disease
and their treatment, and such effects can have a serious
adverse impact on the effectiveness of their treatment, their
health, well-being, and quality of life;
(2) with the number of cancer survivors continuing to grow,
addressing the effects of their symptoms and side effects is
becoming increasingly critical in reducing the burden of cancer
and its treatments;
(3) although research is producing new insights into the
causes of and cures for cancer, efforts to manage the symptoms
and side effects of the disease and its treatments have not
kept pace; and
(4) the National Institutes of Health should continue to
support research in the area of symptom management and the role
that nurses play in providing those interventions.

SEC. 202. NIH RESEARCH ON CANCER SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT.

(a) In General.--The Director of the National Institutes of Health
shall expand, intensify, and coordinate programs for the conduct and
support of research with respect to--
(1) improving the treatment and management of symptoms and
side effects associated with cancer and cancer treatment; and
(2) evaluating the role of nursing interventions in the
amelioration of such symptoms and side effects.
(b) Administration.--The Director of the National Institutes of
Health is encouraged to carry out this section through the Director of
the National Cancer Institute, in collaboration with at least the
directors of the National Institute of Nursing Research, the National
Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, the National Institute
of Mental Health, the National Center on Minority Health and Health
Disparities, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative
Medicine, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
[A]:
Improving Cancer Treatment Education Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish Medicare coveragewith respect tocomprehensive treatment education services for cancer patients. In addition, the bill requires the National Institutes of Health to expand, intensify, and coordinate research on cancer symptom management improvement.