Uterine Cancer Study Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9782 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9782 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report on the relationship between hair straighteners and uterine cancer, particularly among women of color. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 24, 2024 Ms. Clarke of New York (for herself, Ms. Brown, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Adams, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Norton, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. McBath, Ms. McClellan, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Plaskett, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, and Mr. Tonko) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report on the relationship between hair straighteners and uterine cancer, particularly among women of color. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Uterine Cancer Study Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. STUDY ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HAIR STRAIGHTENERS AND UTERINE CANCER. (a) Study.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Commissioner of Food and Drugs and the Director of the National Institutes of Health, shall conduct a study on the relationship between hair straighteners and uterine cancer, with a focus on the increased incidence of such cancer among women of color. Such study shall-- (1) review significant findings and recommendations from other stud