Benay Taub Lung Cancer Research Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6319 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6319

  To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a 
            Lung Cancer Task Force, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 28, 2025

 Mr. Gottheimer (for himself and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a 
            Lung Cancer Task Force, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Benay Taub Lung Cancer Research 
Act''.

SEC. 2. LUNG CANCER TASK FORCE.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall establish a task force, to be known as the Lung Cancer Task 
Force, within the National Institutes of Health.
    (b) Membership.--The members of the task force shall be appointed 
by the Secretary, and shall include--
            (1) at least one representative of the National Cancer 
        Institute; and
            (2) at least one representative of the National 
        Comprehensive Cancer Control Program of the Centers for Disease 
        Control and Prevention.
    (c) Duties.--The task force shall examine--
            (1) disparities in lung cancer research, funding, and 
        patient access to treatments as compared to other diseases, 
        taking into account the number of people affected by lung 
        cancer;
            (2) the level of Federal funding for lung cancer research 
        in relation to the burden caused by the disease; and
            (3) lung cancer screenings in the United States.
    (d) Report to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a 
report containing the findings and recommendations of the task force, 
including recommendations for increasing the level of Federal funding 
for lung cancer research.
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