119-s1157

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1157 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1157

 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a 
 review to evaluate the status of research on lung cancer in women and 
 underserved populations, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 March 26, 2025

Ms. Smith (for herself and Mrs. Capito) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
 Education, Labor, and Pensions

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 A BILL

 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a 
 review to evaluate the status of research on lung cancer in women and 
 underserved populations, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Women and Lung Cancer Research and 
Preventive Services Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY REVIEW TO EVALUATE AND IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR 
 THE ACCELERATION OF RESEARCH ON LUNG CANCER IN WOMEN AND 
 UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, GREATER ACCESS TO PREVENTIVE 
 SERVICES, AND STRATEGIC PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION 
 CAMPAIGNS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, shall conduct an interagency review to evaluate the status of, 
and identify opportunities for the acceleration of research related 
to--

    (1) research on lung cancer in women;

    (2) research on lung cancer in underserved populations that 
 meet the eligibility criteria for lung cancer screening as 
 recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task 
 Force;

    (3) access to lung cancer preventive services; and

    (4) strategic public awareness and education campaigns on 
 lung cancer.

    (b) Content.--The review and recommendations under subsection

    (a) shall include--

    (1) a review and comprehensive report on the outcomes of 
 previous research, the status of existing research activities, 
 and knowledge gaps related to lung cancer in women and 
 underserved populations in all agencies of the Federal 
 Government;

    (2) opportunities for collaborative, interagency, 
 multidisciplinary, and innovative research, that would--
        (A) encourage innovative approaches to eliminate 
 knowledge gaps in research on lung cancer in women;
        (B) evaluate environmental and genomic factors that 
 may be related to the etiology of lung cancer in women; 
 and
            (C) foster advances in imaging technology and 
 techniques to improve risk assessment, diagnosis, 
 treatment, and the simultaneous utilization of other 
 preventive services and activities;

    (3) opportunities regarding the development of a national 
 lung cancer screening strategy to expand access to such 
 screenings, particularly among women and underserved 
 populations; and

    (4) opportunities regarding the development of a national 
 public education and awareness campaign on--
        (A) lung cancer in women and underserved 
 populations; and
        (B) the importance of early detection of lung 
 cancer.
            (c) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to 
Congress a report on the review conducted under subsection

    (a) .
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