Cancer Prevention

Fall 2005
Issue 6


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Federal Legislation


S 36: to amend title 10, United States Code, to recognize the United States Military Cancer Institute as an establishment within the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, to require the Institute to promote the health of members of the Armed Forces and their dependents by enhancing cancer research and treatment, to provide for a study of the epidemiological causes of cancer among various ethnic groups for cancer prevention and early detection efforts, and for other purposes.
Status: in committee.
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S 37: to extend the special postage stamp for breast cancer research for two years.
Status: in committee.
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S 757: 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 environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.
Status: in committee.
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S 1010: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit under the Medicare Program.
Status: in committee.
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HR 312: to extend the provision of title 39, United States Code, under which the US Postal Service is authorized to issue a special postage stamp to benefit breast cancer research.
Status: in committee.
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HR 437: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group health plans to provide coverage for reconstructive surgery following mastectomy, consistent with the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998.
Status: in committee.
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HR 457: to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an office of Men's Health.
Status: in committee.
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HR 1245: to provide for programs to increase the awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers.
Status: in committee.
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HR 1401: to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of grants for the detection and control of colorectal cancer.
Status: in committee.
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HR 1632: to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit under the Medicare Program.
Status: in committee.
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HR 2065: to establish formally the United States Military Cancer Institute, to require the Institute to promote the health of members of the Armed Forces and their dependents by enhancing cancer research and treatment, to provide for a study of the epidemiological causes of cancer among various ethnic groups for cancer prevention and early detection efforts, and for other purposes.
Status: in committee.
http://thomas.loc.gov

HR 2231: 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 environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer .
Status: in committee.
http://thomas.loc.gov

HR 2812: Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 2005
Status: in committee.
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HR 2945: to amend the Public Health Service Act to extend preventive-health and research programs with respect to prostate cancer.
Status: in committee.
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HR 3640: to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority or underserved populations, and for other purposes.
Status: in committee.
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