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S. 983 (108th)

Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2003

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Introduced

1 May 2003

Last action

1 May 2003 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5674-5675)

Sponsors

Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI], Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV], Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT], Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD], Susan Collins, Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Warner, John [R-VA], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH], Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE], Sen. Allen, George [R-VA], Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY], Sen. Fitzgerald, Peter [R-IL], Patty Murray, Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2], Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large], Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], John Reed, Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ], Charles Schumer, Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI], Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE], Rep. Harkin, Tom [D-IA-5], Chuck Grassley, Rep. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE-At Large], Sen. Miller, Zell [D-GA], Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA], Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA], Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD], Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR], Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE], Rep. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA-6], Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA], Lisa Murkowski, Maria Cantwell, Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large], Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC], Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT], Rep. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT-2], Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC], Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ], Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD]

Subjects

Healthcare, Environment

Source updated

18 August 2025

Healthcare · Environment

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Summary

Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities for the development and operation of not more than eight consortium centers (each such center shall be known as a Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Center of Excellence). States that the centers shall conduct multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional research on environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.

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Timeline

  1. 1 May 2003

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5674-5675)

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 1 May 2003

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5674)

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 1 May 2003

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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