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Senate Bills - 110th Congress
Session I | Session II
S. 1734The Prostate Research, Imaging, and Men’s Education Act
On June 28, 2007, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) introduced S. 1734, the Prostate
Research, Imaging, and Men’s Education Act. The bill would require
the Secretary of HHS, acting through the Director of NIH and in consultation
with the Secretary of Defense, to carry out a program to expand and intensify
research to develop innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate
cancer detection, diagnosis, and treatment comparable to state-of-the-art
mammography technologies. The bill would also require the Secretary to
carry out a public awareness and education campaign and, in coordination
with the Secretary of Defense, to carry out research to develop an improved
prostate cancer screening blood test using in-vitro detection. S. 1734
was referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
(HELP). The House companion, H.R. 3689, was introduced by Representative Howard Berman (D-CA) on September 27, 2007.
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