S 983 · 108th Congress · Health

Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2003

Introduced 2003-05-01· Sponsored by Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI]· Senate

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House
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Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5674-5675)(2003-05-01)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities for the development and operation of not more than eight consortium centers (each such center shall be known as a Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Center of Excellence). States that the centers shall conduct multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional research on environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.…

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Cosponsors (20)

13 Democrats7 Republicans
Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]NV
Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]UT
Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD]MD
Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]ME
Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]VT
Sen. Warner, John [R-VA]VA
Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]MA
Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]OH
Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE]DE
Sen. Allen, George [R-VA]VA
Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]NY
Sen. Fitzgerald, Peter [R-IL]IL
Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]WA
Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]ME
Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]SD
Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]WI
Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]CA
Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]RI
Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]NJ
Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]NY