US Congress Senate Bill 362 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 39-18-2)
Status: Introduced on February 16 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Pancreatic Cancer Research and Education Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative to assist in coordinating activities to address the high mortality rate associated with pancreatic cancer. Requires the Secretary to establish the Interdisciplinary Pancreatic Cancer Coordinating Committee to: (1) provide advice on overall research objectives and benchmarks for pancreatic cancer research; (2) develop within six months of establishment of the committee and every five years thereafter a strategic plan for pancreatic cancer research awareness; and (3) conduct evaluations and make recommendations as needed to the Secretary, the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) regarding the prioritization and award of NIH research grants relating to pancreatic cancer. Requires the Secretary to develop a primary care provider education program on pancreatic cancer. Requires the Director of NCI and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a communication tool kit for patients and their families that focuses on specific pancreatic cancer issues relating to patient choices and patient care. Allows the Secretary to award grants to research institutions for use in developing innovative compounds or technologies for the prevention, early detection, or treatment of those cancers with five-year survival rates of less than 50%. Requires the Secretary to focus on pancreatic cancer during the initial five fiscal years of awarding such grants.Allows the Secretary to designate two additional Specialized Programs of Research Excellence focusing solely on pancreatic cancer research.

Pancreatic Cancer Research and Education Act

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Daniel Akaka [D-HI]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]
Sen. Scott Brown [R-MA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA]	Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Kay Hagan [D-NC]
Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Sen. Kay Hutchison [R-TX]	Sen. Daniel Inouye [D-HI]	Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]
Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]	Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. Herb Kohl [D-WI]	Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]
Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]	Sen. Richard Lugar [R-IN]	Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]
Sen. Benjamin Nelson [D-NE]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Harry Reid [D-NV]
Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]
Sen. Jim Webb [D-VA]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-16	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB733 (Related) 2012-09-20 - Received in the Senate.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/362/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s362/BILLS-112s362is.pdf