Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Research Act of 2008
Latest action · Jan 29, 2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 29, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Research Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Cancer Institute to enter into cooperative agreements with, or make grants to, public or nonprofit entities to establish and operate centers to conduct research on biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and the early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer. Designates each center as an Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Center of Excellence.
Allows federal payments under such an agreement or grant to be used for research on: (1) the development and characterization of new biomarkers and the refinement of existing biomarkers; (2) the clinical and laboratory validation of such biomarkers; (3) the development and implementation of clinical and epidemiological research on the utilization of such biomarkers; and (4) the development and implementation of repositories for new tissue, urine, serum, and other biological specimens.
Requires the Director to: (1) make available for research banked serum and tissue specimens from clinical research regarding ovarian cancer that was funded by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); (2) establish an Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Clinical Trial Committee, which shall be established and operated in consultation with the Gynecologic Oncology Group, to assist the Director to design and implement national clinical trials to determine the utility of such biomarkers; and (3) establish a national data center to conduct statistical analyses of trial data.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 29, 2008 to Jun 23, 2008; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Barack Obama | Original | Jan 29, 2008 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Jan 29, 2008 |
| R-NC | Elizabeth Dole | Original | Jan 29, 2008 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | Jan 29, 2008 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Jan 29, 2008 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Jan 29, 2008 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Jan 29, 2008 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Jan 30, 2008 | |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Jan 31, 2008 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Feb 12, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Feb 25, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Feb 25, 2008 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Apr 17, 2008 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Apr 17, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Apr 29, 2008 | |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Jun 10, 2008 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Jun 16, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Jun 23, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Jan 30, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 29, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Jan 29, 2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S448)
- Jan 29, 2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S448 | Barbara Boxer D-CA | Jan 29, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009268 pages | Appropriations Committee | Dec 31, 2008 |
| S. Hrg. 110-806 | DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009455 pages | Appropriations Committee | May 7, 2008–Jul 16, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3689 | Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Research Act of 2007 | Related bill | Nov 8, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Cancer Institute to make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and the early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Research Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Blood banks
- Clinical trials
- Data banks
- Economics and Public Finance
- Epidemiology
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal aid to research
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Laboratories
- Medical research
- Medical screening
- Medical statistics
- Medical tests
- Nonprofit organizations
- Ovarian cancer
- Research centers
- Research grants
- Risk
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Tissue banks
- Urinalysis
- Women
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 29, 2008Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
