,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fcai  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #bh1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,gottheimer 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,lawler7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,health and ,human ,services to         
establish a ,lung ,cancer ,task ,force1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,benay ,taub ,lung ,cancer ,research    
,act4  #b4 ,lung ,cancer ,task ,force   
7a7 ,establishment ,the ,secretary of   
,health and ,human ,services shall      
establish a task force1 to be known as  
the ,lung ,cancer ,task ,force1 within  
the ,national ,institutes of ,health4   
7b7 ,membership ,the members of the task
 force shall be appointed by the        
,secretary1 and shall include-- 7#a7 at 
least one representative of the         
,national ,cancer ,institute2 and  7#b7 
at least one representative of the      

,national ,comprehensive ,cancer        
,control ,program of the ,centers for   
,disease ,control and ,prevention4  7c7 
,duties ,the task force shall examine-- 
7#a7 disparities in lung cancer         
research1 funding1 and patient access to
 treatments as compared to other        
diseases1 taking into account the number
 of people affected by lung cancer2     
7#b7 the level of ,federal funding for  
lung cancer research in relation to the 
burden caused by the disease2 and  7#c7 
lung cancer screenings in the ,united   
,states4  7d7 ,report to ,congress ,not 
later than #ahj days after the date of  
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall transmit to ,congress a report    
containing the findings and             
recommendations of the task force1      
including recommendations for increasing
 the level of ,federal funding for lung 
cancer research4