,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hddb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bi1      
#bjbj,ms4 ,velzquez 7for herself and    
,mr4 ,san ,nicolas7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,public ,health
 ,service ,act to provide for activities
 to increase the awareness and knowledge
 of health care providers and women with
 respect to ovarian and cervical cancer1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,ovarian and ,cervical ,cancer          
,awareness ,act of #bjbj4  #b4 ,findings
 ,the ,congress finds as follows3 7#a7  
,ovarian and cervical cancers are among 
the most destructive gynecological forms
 of cancer4  7#b7 ,ovarian cancer causes
 more deaths than any other cancer of   
the female reproductive system4  7#c7   
,the main methods used to screen for    
ovarian cancer are pelvic exams1        
ultrasounds1 ,pap smears1 and blood     

tests such as cancer antigen-#abe       
7,,ca-#abe74  7#d7 ,most women who      
develop invasive cervical cancer have   
not had regular cervical cancer         
screening4  #c4 ,purposes ,the purposes 
of this ,act are the following3 7#a7    
,raising awareness about ovarian and    
cervical cancers4  7#b7 ,raising        
awareness about the importance          
7especially for those women who have a  
family history of cancer or are         
otherwise at higher risk7 of frequent   
consultation with a physician and the   
possibility of screening 7through tests 
such as pelvic exams1 ultrasounds1 ,pap 
smears1 and blood tests such as cancer  
antigen-#abe7 for ovarian1 cervical1 and
 other gynecologic cancer4  7#c7        
,promotion of early detection methods   
for ovarian and cervical cancer4  7#d7  
,ensuring that special emphasis is given
 to ovarian and cervical cancer under   
the public awareness campaign carried   
out by the ,secretary of ,health and    
,human ,services under section #cag,p7d7

 of the ,public ,health ,service ,act   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;b-#ag7;d72 commonly 
referred to as ,johanna's ,law74  #d4   
,increasing public awareness of ovarian 
and cervical cancer ,section #cag,p7d7  
of the ,public ,health ,service ,act    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;b-#ag7;d72 commonly 
referred to as ,johanna's ,law7 is      
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#a77;,a71  
by striking with respect to gynecologic 
cancers and inserting with respect to   
ovarian1 cervical1 and other gynecologic
 cancers2 and  7#b7 in paragraph 7#a71  
by adding at the end the following3     
7,d7 ,low-income women ,activities under
 the national campaign under            
subparagraph 7,a7 shall include public  
service announcements under subparagraph
 7,c7 targeted to low-income women4  4  
#e4 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense
 of the ,congress that funding by the   
,centers for ,disease ,control and      
,prevention of gynecologic cancer       
education and awareness efforts should  
reflect the fact that ovarian and       

cervical cancers are the most deadly of 
the gynecologic cancers4