H.R. 615103rd CongressHouse Bill

National Breast Cancer Strategy Act of 1993

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Establishment of Office of Breast Cancer and National Breast Cancer Commission Title II: Duties of Director of the National Cancer Institute Relating to Breast Cancer National Breast Cancer Strategy Act of 1993 - Title I: Establishment of Office of Breast Cancer and National Breast Cancer Commission - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish: (1) the Office of Breast Cancer in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health; and (2) the National Breast Cancer Commission to study public and private breast cancer prevention, early detection, treatment, education, and research. Title II: Duties of Director of the National Cancer Institute Relating to Breast Cancer - Authorizes appropriations for conducting and supporting breast cancer research. Adds biomedical and behavioral research, training, and dissemination of information regarding breast cancer to the duties of the National Cancer Institute Director. Establishes the Rose Kushner Scholarship Program of scholarships in exchange for completing post-graduate clinical oncology training and serving as National Institutes of Health (NIH) employees carrying out breast cancer programs. Establishes a program of educational loan repayments in exchange for breast cancer activities as NIH employees. Authorizes appropriations for at least ten programs for research on breast, lung, and prostate cancer under designated Specialized Programs of Research Excellence.

Introduced Jan 26, 1993
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Marilyn Lloyd

Democrat

U.S. Representative · TN-3

28 cosponsors — mostly Democrats

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