,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #chgc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #aj1 #bjbe,mr4 
,fitzpatrick 7for himself and ,mrs4     
,dingell7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,appropriations1 and in addition to the
 ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1   
for a period to be subsequently         
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
increase funding for cancer research by 
the ,national ,cancer ,institute to be  
more in proportion to the mortality     
rates of cancer4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,knock ,out   
,cancer ,act or the ,,ko ,cancer ,act4  
#b4 ,findings ,congress finds the       
following3  7#a7 ,cancer is one of the  
leading causes of death in the world and
 has touched nearly every life1 either  
directly or indirectly4  7#b7 ,cancer is
 the cause of nearly #a out of every #d 

deaths in the ,united ,states1 since    
#bjjj totaling over #ae million         
,american lives4  7#c7 ,efforts to      
increase awareness of cancer symptoms   
among patients and clinicians would lead
 to earlier detection and improvements  
in survival rates4  7#d7 ,scientific    
understanding and research lead to      
innovations in effective treatments1    
controls1 and cures for cancer4  7#e7   
,the ,national ,cancer ,institute has   
been a leader in finding medical        
breakthroughs for treatment and         
therapies for cancer patients4  7#f7    
,through substantial investment in      
cancer research1 potentially even the   
tripling of necessary funding1 the      
,united ,states will be best able to    
address the mortality rates of cancer   
and the impacts on the patient          
population4  #c4 ,increasing ,,nci      
budget for cancer research ,to conduct  
or support cancer research1 there is    
hereby appropriated1 for each of fiscal 
years #bjbf through #bjcj1 to the       

,national ,cancer ,institute1 out of    
amounts in the ,treasury not otherwise  
appropriated1 an amount that is equal to
 #be percent of the total amount        
appropriated to the ,national ,cancer   
,institute for fiscal year #bjbb1 to    
remain available until expended4        
,amounts appropriated pursuant to the   
preceding sentence shall be in addition 
to amounts otherwise made available to  
the ,national ,cancer ,institute4  #d4  
,report to ,congress on cancer drug     
shortages  7a7 ,study ,the ,secretary of
 ,health and ,human ,services1 acting   
through the ,commissioner of ,food and  
,drugs1 in collaboration with such other
 agencies as the ,secretary deems       
necessary1 shall study the reasons for  
cancer drug shortages1 including--  7#a7
 economic reasons2  7#b7 supply chain   
failures2  7#c7 delays and other        
complications relating to-- 7,a7 the    
development of cancer drugs2 and  7,b7  
the approval of such drugs by the ,food 
and ,drug ,administration2 and  7#d7    

insufficient generic drugs and          
biosimilar biological products4  7b7    
,report  7#a7 ,in general ,not later    
than #a year after the date of enactment
 of this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,health
 and ,human ,services1 acting through   
the ,commissioner of ,food and ,drugs1  
shall complete the study under          
subsection 7a7 and submit a report to   
the appropriate committees of the       
,congress on the results of such study4 
7#b7 ,recommendations ,the report under 
paragraph 7#a7 shall include            
recommendations for addressing the      
reasons for cancer drug shortages4