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HR 1723 107th Congress House

Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2001

Official title: 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 … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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.

Introduced: June 5, 2001 See on congress.gov
Health Breast cancerCancer researchCommunity organizationDepartment of Health and Human Services
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 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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 Latest action May 15, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 38
All 38 Democratic 23 Republican 1 Independent 1
D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jul 17, 2002
 R
Thune, John
South Dakota · Jun 27, 2002
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Jun 25, 2002
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jun 18, 2002
HOEFFEL, JOSEPH
· Jun 4, 2002
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · May 8, 2002
DOOLEY, CAL
· May 2, 2002
FROST, MARTIN
· May 2, 2002
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 2, 2002
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · May 2, 2002
SCHROCK, EDWARD
· May 2, 2002
Vitter, David
· May 2, 2002
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Apr 11, 2002
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Mar 7, 2002
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Feb 14, 2002
LUCAS, KEN
· Jan 29, 2002
BEREUTER, DOUGLAS
· Aug 1, 2001
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Aug 1, 2001
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 24, 2001
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jun 21, 2001
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Jun 14, 2001
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jun 5, 2001
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jun 5, 2001
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 5, 2001
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 5, 2001
BALLENGER, CASS
· May 25, 2001
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · May 25, 2001
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · May 25, 2001
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 22, 2001
KLECZKA, GERALD
· May 22, 2001
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 22, 2001
DEUTSCH, PETER
· May 17, 2001
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 16, 2001
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 16, 2001
LAMPSON, NICK
· May 16, 2001
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · May 16, 2001
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 16, 2001
QUINN, JACK
· May 16, 2001
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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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"H.R. 1723: Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1723/.
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H.R. 1723, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1723/.
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