HR 1723
107th Congress
House
Health
Breast cancer
Cancer research
Community organization
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Environmental research
Environmental risk assessment
Environmentally induced diseases
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to medical research
Government Operations and Politics
Research centers
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Urban affairs
Women
Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2001
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 15, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 3, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 3, 2001
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Services, based on recommendations from the Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Advisory Panel (established by this Act), to make grants, after a process of peer review and programmatic review, to public or nonprofit private entities for the development and operation of not more than eight centers for the purpose of conducting multidisciplinary and multi-institutional research on environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
25
D
Markey, Edward J.
R
Thune, John
D
Waters, Maxine
D
Kaptur, Marcy
D
Larsen, Rick
D
McGovern, James P.
D
Schiff, Adam B.
D
Hoyer, Steny H.
D
Lynch, Stephen F.
D
Thompson, Mike
D
Sherman, Brad
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
D
Lofgren, Zoe
D
Larson, John B.
D
Pallone, Frank
I
Sanders, Bernard
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
D
McCollum, Betty
D
Pelosi, Nancy
D
Davis, Danny K.
D
Nadler, Jerrold
D
Baldwin, Tammy
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
D
Neal, Richard E.
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1723: Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1723/
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