This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to create a Lung Cancer Task Force within the National Institutes of Health to examine how lung cancer research and treatment compare to other diseases. The task force will include representatives from the National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and will study funding disparities, the adequacy of federal research investment relative to the disease's impact, and lung cancer screening practices in the United States. Within 180 days of the bill's enactment, the task force must submit a report to Congress with its findings and recommendations for increasing federal funding for lung cancer research. The bill does not specify funding amounts, but would establish a new coordinating body to address gaps in lung cancer research and patient care compared to other major diseases.
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