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HR 1746 108th Congress House

Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2003

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: April 10, 2003 See on congress.gov
Health Breast cancerCommunity organizationDepartment of Health and Human ServicesEconomics and Public Finance
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 24, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 10, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 10, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 24, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2003 - 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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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 34
All 34 Democratic 28 Republican 2 Independent 1
D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Sep 22, 2004
DIAZ-BALART, LINCOLN
· Jun 9, 2004
TANNER, JOHN
· Apr 21, 2004
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Jan 21, 2004
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Dec 8, 2003
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Nov 17, 2003
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Nov 5, 2003
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Oct 30, 2003
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Sep 3, 2003
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 22, 2003
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 21, 2003
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · May 20, 2003
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · May 20, 2003
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 15, 2003
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · May 15, 2003
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · May 15, 2003
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 15, 2003
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · May 15, 2003
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 7, 2003
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · May 7, 2003
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · May 7, 2003
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 7, 2003
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Apr 29, 2003
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Apr 10, 2003
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Apr 10, 2003
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 10, 2003
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Apr 10, 2003
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 10, 2003
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 10, 2003
RODRIGUEZ, CIRO
· Apr 10, 2003
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 10, 2003
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Apr 10, 2003
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Apr 10, 2003
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Apr 10, 2003
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1746: Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1746/
MLA
"H.R. 1746: Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1746/.
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H.R. 1746, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1746/.
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