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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION 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 under-
served populations, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH26, 2025
Ms. S
MITH(for herself and Mrs. CAPITO) introduced the following bill; which
was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions
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 Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Women and Lung Can-4
cer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY REVIEW TO EVALUATE AND IDEN-1
TIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE ACCELERA-2
TION OF RESEARCH ON LUNG CANCER IN 3
WOMEN AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, 4
GREATER ACCESS TO PREVENTIVE SERV-5
ICES, AND STRATEGIC PUBLIC AWARENESS 6
AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS. 7
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 8
Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of De-9
fense and Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall conduct an 10
interagency review to evaluate the status of, and identify 11
opportunities for the acceleration of research related to— 12
(1) research on lung cancer in women; 13
(2) research on lung cancer in underserved pop-14
ulations that meet the eligibility criteria for lung 15
cancer screening as recommended by the United 16
States Preventive Services Task Force; 17
(3) access to lung cancer preventive services; 18
and 19
(4) strategic public awareness and education 20
campaigns on lung cancer. 21
(b) C
ONTENT.—The review and recommendations 22
under subsection (a) shall include— 23
(1) a review and comprehensive report on the 24
outcomes of previous research, the status of existing 25
research activities, and knowledge gaps related to 26
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lung cancer in women and underserved populations 1
in all agencies of the Federal Government; 2
(2) opportunities for collaborative, interagency, 3
multidisciplinary, and innovative research, that 4
would— 5
(A) encourage innovative approaches to 6
eliminate knowledge gaps in research on lung 7
cancer in women; 8
(B) evaluate environmental and genomic 9
factors that may be related to the etiology of 10
lung cancer in women; and 11
(C) foster advances in imaging technology 12
and techniques to improve risk assessment, di-13
agnosis, treatment, and the simultaneous utili-14
zation of other preventive services and activi-15
ties; 16
(3) opportunities regarding the development of 17
a national lung cancer screening strategy to expand 18
access to such screenings, particularly among women 19
and underserved populations; and 20
(4) opportunities regarding the development of 21
a national public education and awareness campaign 22
on— 23
(A) lung cancer in women and underserved 24
populations; and 25
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(B) the importance of early detection of 1
lung cancer. 2
(c) R
EPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 3
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 4
Human Services shall submit to Congress a report on the 5
review conducted under subsection (a). 6
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