House Votes to Address Gynecological Cancer Awareness in Labor/HHS Appropriations Bill
House Votes to Address Gynecological Cancer Awareness in Labor/HHS Appropriations Bill
December 15, 2005 -
Washington, DC - The House of Representatives voted 215-213 to approve H.R. 3010, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2006 that includes language that will facilitate and encourage the creation of a national gynecological cancer awareness campaign.
The provision, supported and requested by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) includes Congress' request for a $100,000 national education campaign for gynecologic cancer. The legislation further urges the Centers for Disease Control to coordinate this effort both with the Office of Women's Health and qualified non-profit private sector organizations. A separate provision, requested by Rep. Issa encourages the Secretary to coordinate existing gynecological cancer awareness programs and to consider the development of a national awareness campaign.
"By increasing efforts to coordinate educational awareness initiatives about gynecological cancers we can save lives and the long term costs to our healthcare system of treating cancers that can be prevented or easily treated with early detection," said Rep. Issa.
In March, Reps. Issa, Sander Levin (D-MI), Kay Granger(R-TX), and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) joined survivors and family members whose lives have been impacted by cancer to announce the reintroduction of "Johanna's Law: The Gynecologic Cancer Education and Awareness Act of 2005."
"This provision will go a long way toward meeting the goals of Johanna's Law' that I introduced earlier this year but there's still work to be done," said Issa. "I plan to continue working to ensure that an effective and coordinated federal awareness program for gynecological cancers is fully implemented to end preventable deaths."
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