US Congress Senate Bill 3560 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-8-1)
Status: Introduced on September 19 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-09-19 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to develop a scientific framework for research on recalcitrant cancers (cancer with a 5-year relative survival rate below 50%), which includes: (1) a review of the status of research, such as a summary of findings, identification of promising scientific advances, a description of the availability of qualified scientific researchers, and the identification of resources available to facilitate research; (2) identification of research questions that have not been adequately addressed; and (3) recommendations for actions to advance research and for appropriate benchmarks to measure progress on achieving such actions. Requires the Director to develop the framework within 18 months and review and update it every 5 years. Requires the Director to identify within 6 months 2 or more recalcitrant cancers that have a 5-year relative survival rate of less than 20%, and are estimated to cause the death of at least 30,000 individuals in the United States per year. Authorizes the Director to identify additional such cancers and to consider additional metrics of progress (such as incidence and mortality rates) against such cancer. Requires the Director to convene a working group for each identified cancer to provide expertise on, and assist in developing, a scientific framework under this Act. Requires the Director to consider each relevant scientific framework developed under this Act when making recommendations for exception funding for grant applications.

Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act of 2012

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Daniel Akaka [D-HI]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]
Sen. Scott Brown [R-MA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]
Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]	Sen. Richard Lugar [R-IN]	Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Benjamin Nelson [D-NE]
Sen. Mark Pryor [D-AR]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-09-19	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB733 (Related) 2012-09-20 - Received in the Senate.
SB3566 (Same As) 2012-09-19 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 521.
HB4310 (Related) 2013-01-02 - Became Public Law No: 112-239.
SB3254 (Related) 2012-12-12 - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 829, papers are returned to the Senate.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/3560/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s3560/BILLS-112s3560is.pdf