Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2007

A bill 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.

4/3/2008--Reported to Senate amended. Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2007 - 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 to conduct collaborative multidisciplinary and multi-institutional research on environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer. Requires grantees to:
(1) include community organizations representing a broad geographical area;
(2) be a consortium of cooperating institutions and community groups; and
(3) 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 collaborative research;
(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, grantees. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to interfere with the technical and scientific peer review process at NIH. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV]
• and 70 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. John Barrasso [R, WY]
  • Sen. Max Baucus [D, MT]
  • Sen. B. Evan Bayh [D, IN]
  • Sen. Robert Bennett [R, UT]
  • Sen. Joseph Biden [D, DE]
  • Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM]
  • Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
  • Sen. Sherrod Brown [D, OH]
  • Sen. Jim Bunning [R, KY]
  • Sen. Maria Cantwell [D, WA]
  • Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D, MD]
  • Sen. Thomas Carper [D, DE]
  • Sen. Robert Casey [D, PA]
  • Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY]
  • Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS]
  • Sen. Norm Coleman [R, MN]
  • Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME]
  • Sen. Kent Conrad [D, ND]
  • Sen. John Cornyn [R, TX]
  • Sen. Christopher Dodd [D, CT]
  • Sen. Elizabeth Dole [R, NC]
  • Sen. Pete Domenici [R, NM]
  • Sen. Byron Dorgan [D, ND]
  • Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
  • Sen. Russell Feingold [D, WI]
  • Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]
  • Sen. Charles Grassley [R, IA]
  • Sen. Charles Hagel [R, NE]
  • Sen. Thomas Harkin [D, IA]
  • Sen. Orrin Hatch [R, UT]
  • Sen. Kay Hutchison [R, TX]
  • Sen. Tim Johnson [D, SD]
  • Sen. Edward Kennedy [D, MA]
  • Sen. John Kerry [D, MA]
  • Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D, MN]
  • Sen. Herbert Kohl [D, WI]
  • Sen. Jon Kyl [R, AZ]
  • Sen. Mary Landrieu [D, LA]
  • Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ]
  • Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]
  • Sen. Carl Levin [D, MI]
  • Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I, CT]
  • Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D, AR]
  • Sen. Richard Lugar [R, IN]
  • Sen. John McCain [R, AZ]
  • Sen. Claire McCaskill [D, MO]
  • Sen. Robert Menendez [D, NJ]
  • Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D, MD]
  • Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK]
  • Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]
  • Sen. Bill Nelson [D, FL]
  • Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE]
  • Sen. Barack Obama [D, IL]
  • Sen. Mark Pryor [D, AR]
  • Sen. John Reed [D, RI]
  • Sen. Ken Salazar [D, CO]
  • Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]
  • Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
  • Sen. Gordon Smith [R, OR]
  • Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]
  • Sen. Arlen Specter [R, PA]
  • Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow [D, MI]
  • Sen. John Sununu [R, NH]
  • Sen. Jon Tester [D, MT]
  • Sen. David Vitter [R, LA]
  • Sen. George Voinovich [R, OH]
  • Sen. John Warner [R, VA]
  • Sen. Jim Webb [D, VA]
  • Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
  • Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]
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Committees

• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.579

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
February 14, 2007

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• Added to calendar on Apr 03, 2008: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 628..
• Apr 03, 2008: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Kennedy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
• Mar 13, 2008: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
• Mar 05, 2008: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-430. 9:30 a.m.
• Feb 14, 2008: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-430. 10:00 a.m.
• Aug 01, 2007: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Date of scheduled consideration. S-211. 10:00 a.m.
• Jul 26, 2007: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Date of scheduled consideration. SR-325. 9:30 a.m.
• Jul 25, 2007: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-106. 10:00 a.m.
• Feb 14, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
• Feb 14, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1960)
• Introduced on Feb 14, 2007.
• Feb 14, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1960)

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• Medical care
• Medical research
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• Science policy
• Women
• Women's health services

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