,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbhe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ae1     
#bjbe,ms4 ,blunt ,rochester introduced  
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,health1 ,education1 ,labor1 and        
,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the    
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services to study and report on the    
relationship between hair straighteners 
and uterine cancer1 particularly among  
women of color4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,uterine       
,cancer ,study ,act of #bjbe4  #b4      
,study on relationship between hair     
straighteners and uterine cancer  7a7   
,study ,the ,secretary1 in coordination 
with the ,commissioner of ,food and     
,drugs and the ,director of the         
,national ,institutes of ,health1 shall 
conduct a study on the relationship     
between hair straighteners and uterine  
cancer1 with a focus on the increased   
incidence of such cancer among women of 

color4 ,such study shall-- 7#a7 review  
significant findings and recommendations
 from other studies regarding the       
relationship between hair straighteners 
and uterine cancer2  7#b7 consider      
impacts on women and other individuals  
at risk of uterine cancer from all      
racial and ethnic backgrounds2  7#c7    
disaggregate the results of the study   
under this section according to whether 
the hair straighteners contain dyes or  
coloring1 bleach1 highlights1 or perms2 
and  7#d7 determine whether the ,food   
and ,drug ,administration should impose 
additional testing requirements on the  
manufacturers of hair straightening     
products to ensure the safety of such   
products4  7b7 ,methodology ,not later  
than #de days after the date of         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall submit to the ,committee on       
,health1 ,education1 ,labor1 and        
,pensions of the ,senate and the        
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce of  
the ,house of ,representatives a        

description of the methodology that will
 be used to conduct the study under this
 section4  7c7 ,commencement ,not later 
than #ahj days after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall commence the study under this     
section4  7d7 ,report ,not later than #b
 years after the date of enactment of   
this ,act1 the ,secretary shall complete
 the study under this section and submit
 to the ,committee on ,health1          
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions of the
 ,senate and the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce of the ,house of          
,representatives a report on the results
 of such study4  7e7 ,definition ,in    
this section3 7#a7 ,hair straightener   
,the term hair straightener means a     
chemical hair straightener4  7#b7       
,secretary ,the term ,secretary means   
the ,secretary of ,health and ,human    
,services4