,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hggd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #f1       
#bjbb,mr4 ,mc,kinley 7for himself and   
,mrs4 ,axne7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require the ,director of the
 ,national ,institutes of ,health to    
conduct an evaluation of                
menopause-related research 7including   
gaps in research and knowledge regarding
 the causes1 symptoms1 and treatments   
for menopause71 to develop a strategic  
plan to resolve gaps in knowledge and   
research1 and identify topics in need of
 further research relating to potential 
treatments for menopause-related        
symptoms1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,menopause ,research ,act of #bjbb4 
#b4 ,evaluation of menopause-related    
research  7a7 ,in general ,the ,director
 of the ,national ,institutes of ,health
 shall--  7#a7 conduct an evaluation    

of-- 7,a7 the results of completed      
menopause-related research1 and research
 on mid-life women's health2  7,b7 the  
status of ongoing menopause-related     
research1 and research on mid-life      
women's health2 and  7,c7 any gaps in   
knowledge and research on--  7i7        
treatments for menopause-related        
symptoms2 and  7ii7 the safety and      
effectiveness of treatments for         
menopause-related symptoms2 and  7#b7 as
 part of such evaluation1 identify the  
total amount of funding allocated by the
 ,national ,institutes of ,health for   
the conduct or support of               
menopause-related research1 and research
 on mid-life women's health over the    
preceding #e fiscal years4  7b7 ,report2
 strategic plan ,not later than #ahj    
days after the date of enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,director of the ,national   
,institutes of ,health shall submit to  
the ,congress--  7#a7 a report on the   
findings of such evaluation2 and  7#b7 a
 strategic plan--  7,a7 to resolve the  

gaps in knowledge and research          
identified in the report2 and  7,b7 to  
identify topics in need of further      
research relating to potential          
treatments for menopause-related        
symptoms4  #c4 ,menopause-related       
research1 and research on mid-life      
women's health  7a7 ,in general ,the    
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 acting through the ,director 
of the ,national ,institutes of ,health1
 shall conduct or support               
menopause-related research1 and research
 on mid-life women's health4  7b7       
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated to     
carry out this section #ajj1jjj1jjj for 
each of fiscal years #bjbc and #bjbd4