Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2007
Latest action · Dec 12, 2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 535.
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.
- IntroducedMar 19, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to enhance, expand, and intensify pediatric cancer research, including therapeutically applicable research to generate effective treatments, pediatric preclinical testing, and pediatric clinical trials through National Cancer Institute-supported pediatric cancer clinical trials groups and their member institutions.
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of NIH, to award grants to enhance and expand cancer research fellowships to train and develop clinical investigators focused on pediatric cancer research.
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to childhood cancer professional and direct service organizations for the expansion and widespread implementation of: (1) activities that provide information on treatment protocols to ensure early access to the best available therapies and clinical trials for pediatric cancers; (2) activities that provide available information on the late effects of pediatric cancer treatment to ensure access to necessary long-term medical and psychological care; and (3) direct resource services such as educational outreach for parents, information on school reentry and postsecondary education, and resource directories or referral services for financial assistance, psychological counseling, and other support services. Requires the Secretary to develop and implement metrics-based performance measures to assess the effectiveness of activities funded under such grants.
Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 to carry out activities related to the National Childhood Cancer Registry. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award a grant to enhance and expand infrastructure to track the epidemiology of pediatric cancer into a comprehensive nationwide registry of actual occurrences of pediatric cancer. Requires such registry to be updated to include an actual occurrence within weeks of the date of such occurrence. Subjects such registry to federal laws regarding records maintained on individuals, health information privacy regulations, informed consent regulations, and any other federal laws relating to the privacy of patient information.
Cosponsors 65
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 19, 2007 to Jul 17, 2008; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Original | Mar 19, 2007 |
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | Mar 23, 2007 | |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Mar 23, 2007 | |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Mar 23, 2007 | |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Apr 11, 2007 | |
| R-KY | Jim Bunning | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Jun 4, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Jun 4, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Jun 4, 2007 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Jun 4, 2007 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Jun 4, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Jun 4, 2007 | |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Jun 4, 2007 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Jun 4, 2007 |
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 Mar 19, 2007Markup Nov 14, 2007Reported Dec 12, 2007 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2007Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Kennedy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Dec 12, 2007Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 535.
- Nov 14, 2007Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Mar 19, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Mar 19, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3274-3275)
- Mar 19, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3275)
In the Congressional Record 3
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.
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Dec 19, 2007S. 911, Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2007<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on December 12, 2007</p>
- Dec 19, 2007S. 911, Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2007Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on December 12, 2007
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1553 | Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2008 | Related bill | Jul 29, 2008 |
Titles 3
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 advance medical research and treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to the current treatments and information regarding pediatric cancers, establish a population-based national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness of pediatric cancers.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Cancer
- Child health
- Clinical trials
- Communication in medicine
- Data banks
- Economics and Public Finance
- Families
- Federal aid to research
- Government Operations and Politics
- Grants-in-aid
- Health
- Health education
- Health information systems
- Medical research
- Preventive medicine
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2007Reported to Senate
- Mar 19, 2007Introduced 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.
