A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor and status
110th Congress (2007–2009)
Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.
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History
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Feb 14, 2007
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Introduced
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Mar 13, 2008
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Ordered Reported
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Sep 25, 2008
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Companion Bill —
Passed House (Senate next)
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1157 (110th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 579 (110th). |
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Sep 27, 2008
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Companion Bill —
Passed Senate
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1157 (110th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 579 (110th). |
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Oct 8, 2008
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Companion Bill —
Enacted — Signed by the President
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1157 (110th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 579 (110th). |
S. 579 (110th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 579. This is the one from the 110th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 110th Congress, which met from Jan 4, 2007 to Jan 3, 2009. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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