HEALTH

Addresses

Adolescent Pregnancy—Partnertship for Action: Eunice K. Shriver, 12943 [18MY]

Arthritis Research: Victoria Principal, 1706 [2FE]

Coal Research: Sec. of Energy Hodel, 14779 [31MY]

Consumer Product Safety—A Public Policy Issue: Nancy H. Steorts, 30850-30852 [9OC]

Dedication of the Mary Woodard Lasker Center for Medical Research and Health Education, National Institutes of Health: Mary W. Lasker, 32612 [14NO]

Future Role of AMA in Health Care: Joseph F. Boyle, 22871-22873 [8AU]

Health Care Decisionmaking in Field of Psychiatry: John A. Talbott, 20491-20492 [23JY]

Health Manpower: James F. Glenn, 4223 [1MR]

Health Policy: Donald L. Custis, 12974 [18MY]

———Representative Waxman, 2611 [9FE]

Hunger and National Policy: Representative Ackerman, 5551 [14MR]

Investiture as American Hospital Association Chairman, Tom Matherlee, 2168-2170 [7FE]

Mental Health Services: Representative Conte, 18471-18472 [22JN]

Neumann Eye Institute Dedication: Albert C. Neumann, 3182 [23FE]

———Senator Hawkins, 3181 [23FE]

Prevention Policy—Prevention Politics: William F. Bridgers, 30370 [5OC]

Role of Nutrition in Health Care: Richard Rivlin, 9030 [11AP]

Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children: George Stringfellow, 2174 [7FE]

Worker Safety in Federal Agencies: Edwin Meese III, 3060 [22FE]

Advertisements

List of some of the everyday products that contain PPA, 19467 [27JN]

Amendments

Adolescent family life demonstration program: reauthorize (S. 2616), 20103, 20146 [29JN]

Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Block Grant Act: amend (S. 2303), 19829 [28JN]

Antibodies in milk: extension of patent relative to production (H.R. 2882), 28450 [2OC]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: amend (S. 1003), 20147 [29JN], 21148, 21151, 21156, 21206-21208 [26JY]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act: amend (S. 1003), 20147 [29JN], 21148, 21151, 21156, 21206-21208 [26JY]

Clean Air Act: amend (S. 768), 1878 [6FE], 26701 [25SE]

———enact (H.R. 5290), committee amendments, 26074 [19SE]

Comprehensive Smoking Education Act: enact (H.R. 3979), 26954, 27099 [26SE], 27332 [26SE]

———enact (S. 772), 12940 [18MY]

Dependency and indemnity compensation rates: cost-of-living increase (H.R. 5688), 30812-30817 [9OC]

Developing countries: funding for health care (H.J. Res. 648), 26621 [24SE]

Developmental Disabilities Act: enact (S. 2573), 18691, 18721 [26JN]

District of Columbia: transfer of certain functions of St. Elizabeths Hospital (H.R. 6224), 30622 [5OC], 30995 [9OC]

Drugs: revise procedures for new applications (S. 2926), 23765, 23766, 23897 [10AU]

Federal Antitampering Act: enact (H.R. 2174), 14089, 14128 [24MY]

Food, drugs, or cosmetics: penalties for adulterating (H.R. 2174), 14089, 14128 [24MY]

Head Start programs: extend (S. 2565), 29740, 29741, 29750, 29901 [4OC]

Health professionals: education assistance (S. 2559), 19676, 19745 [28JN]

Health promotion and disease prevention: establish centers for research and demonstration (S. 771), 31836 [11OC]

Health Services, Preventive Health Services, and Home and Community-Based Services Act: enact (S. 2301), 27742, 27766 [28SE], 30808 [9OC], 30875 [9OC], 31019 [9OC]

Heroin: legalize distribution for certain terminally ill patients (H.R. 5290), 26074, 26085 [19SE]

Hunger Relief Act: enact (H.R. 5151), 17371 [20JN], 21063 [25JY], 21718 [31JY], 21934, 21941, 21943, 21949, 21950, 21951, 21954 [1AU]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2166), 25060, 25076-25078 [12SE]

———reauthorize and amend (H.R. 4567), 25460, 25462 [14SE]

National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: establish (S. 540), 14131-14134, 14195, 14198 [24MY], 14878-14897 [5JN]

National Medical Transcriptionist Week: designate (H.J. Res. 332), 28688 [2OC]

National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (S.J. Res. 198), 10549 [1MY]

———designate (S.J. Res. 198), title amendment, 10549 [1MY]

Nurse Education Act: amend (S. 2574), 27152, 27173, 27177 [26SE]

Nutrition programs: improve (S. 1913), 10378-10380 [30AP]

———reauthorize (S. 2722), 22520 [6AU]

Organ procurement organizations: assistance (H.R. 5580), 17068 [19JN], 17650, 17651, 17652, 17661, 17730 [21JN]

Public Health Service Act: extend programs of assistance for training of health professionals (H.R. 5602), 20734 [24JY], 22475 [6AU], 24321 [5SE], 24482, 24483-24491, 24494 [6SE]

———revise and extend assistance for alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services (H.R. 5603), 19677, 19753 [28JN]

Restaurant central kitchens: exemption from Federal inspection requirements (H.R. 5223), 29533 [3OC]

School lunch program: extend and improve (H.R. 7), 8815, 8818-8824 [11AP], 10530, 10531, 10532 [1MY]

Smoking: health consequences (H.R. 3979), 27332 [26SE]

Social security: payment rates for routine home care (H.R. 5386), 32049, 32050 [11OC]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: amend (S. 757), 7119-7122 [29MR]

VA: enhance management of medical treatment programs (S. 2514), 22860, 22928 [8AU]

VA Health Care Program Improvements Act: enact (S. 2269), 6727 [27MR]

———increase rates of disability compensation (S. 2736; H.R. 5688), 27950 [1OC], 28407 [2OC], 28241, 28243 [2OC]

Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act: enact (S. 1651; H.R. 1961), 13155, 13166, 13167, 13171, 13284, 13286 [22MY], 29941 [4OC]

Veterans Health Care and Facilities Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 5618), 28649-28657 [2OC], 28933-28936 [3OC]

Analyses

Asbestos Hazard Control in Schools, S. 2237, 1034 [31JA]

Child Nutrition Amendments (S. 2599), 10126 [26AP]

Compensation for Veterans Exposed to Dioxins and Radiation (H.R. 1961), 29946-29949 [4OC]

Comprehensive Smoking Education Act, (H.R. 3979), 26948-26952 [26SE], 27335-29631 [3OC]

Domestic Food Assistance Act (S. 3017), 26614-26616 [24SE]

Draft Legislative Proposal To Increase Authority To Refuse To Provide or Withdraw Inspection Service, 20886 [25JY]

Employee Health Care Cost Reduction Act (H.R. 5375), 8285 [5AP]

Environmental Crimes and Penalties Amendments (S. 2665), 11772 [10MY]

Fellowship Program for the Blind and Deaf (H.R. 540), 20337 [29JN]

Generalized System of Preferences Revision Act (H.R. 5136), 5546 [14MR]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments (H.R. 4567), 25448 [14SE]

———(H.R. 6039), 25448 [14SE]

Meat and Poultry Inspection Act (S. 2860), 20887 [25JY]

Nurse Education Act (S. 2574), 19732 [28JN]

Occupational Safety and Health Act Amendments, 29637 [3OC]

Pharmaceutical Export Amendments (S. 2878), 21202 [26JY]

Primary Health Care Act (S. 2308), 19726-19728 [28JN]

Smoking Prevention Health and Education Act (S. 772), 26942 [26SE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1904, Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act, 21163 [26JY]

———H.R. 5603, revise and extend assistance for alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services, 20306 [29JN]

———S. 540, National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, 14897 [5JN], 17014 [19JN], 26448 [21SE]

———S. 2048, Organ Procurement and Transplantation Act, 17671 [21JN], 20059 [29JN]

———S. 2166, Indian Health Care Improvement Act reauthorization, 26537 [24SE]

———S. 2303, revise and extend the alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services block grant, 19833 [28JN]

———S. 2574, Nurse Education Act amendments, 27177 [26SE], 29475 [3OC]

———S. 2616, adolescent family life demonstration program reauthorization, 24061 [10AU], 26970 [26SE]

Articles and editorials

Administration's Attack on Drugs Criticized by DEA Director, 12880 [17MY]

After Cancer, Trouble on the Job?, 32575 [12OC]

Agency Trying To Get Pay Data From Hospitals, 26657 [25SE]

Agent Orange—View of an Exposed Veteran, 14555 [30MY]

Aging Mind Proves Capable of Lifelong Growth, 3695-3696 [28FE], 12871 [17MY]

Alcoholism—What Is It? What Are Its Causes? What Can Be Done To Arrest It?, 24076 [10AU]

Alphabet Soup, 12333 [15MY]

America's Volunteers—``The Joy Is Doing It Without Recognition'', 15489 [7JN]

Are Doctors Overpaid?, 17616 [20JN]

Asbestos Still a Danger in Schools, 7123-7126 [29MR]

Ask Bias Law on Cancer, 21350 [26JY]

At 94, Doctor Keeps a Finger on World Pulse, 16621 [14JN]

Atomic Waste Key Lies in Disposal, 28980 [3OC]

Avoiding the Funeral, 24564 [6SE]

Baby Doe and Local Option, 20149 [29JN]

Ben Wicks—Youth To Represent State at Festival, 21579 [31JY]

Benefits Given Illegal Aliens Prompt Debate, 8635 [10AP]

Best Estimate, 2938 [22FE]

Bill to Hurt Consumers, 22864 [8AU]

Blacks Found To Benefit From Preschooling, 28433 [2OC]

Black-White Health Gap—Disparity Widening, Congressional Caucus Is Told, 31734, 31746 [10OC]

Blood Bank Values Its Student Donors, 10000 [25AP]

Blow Some Smoke My Way, 3974 [29FE]

Bogged Down in the Senate, 26226 [20SE]

Boiling the Ocean, 17082 [19JN]

Bonker Medical Bill Worthy of Support, 31719 [10OC]

Building Blocks for Health Care Reform, 7113-7115 [29MR]

Building Choices Into Care System, 20172 [29JN]

Bureaucratic Compassion Denied Even in Death, 7425 [2AP]

Bypass Surgery Isn't Keeping Developer Down, 10021 [25AP]

Californian Joseph Boyle To Head ``New-Look'' AMA, 16593 [14JN]

Can We Help a Friend Who Is Helping Others?, 5415 [14MR]

Cancer Epidemic in Fish, 24093 [10AU]

Cancer Fish, 24094 [10AU]

Cancer Patients Facing Dilemma of Pain, 3476 [27FE]

Cancer Progress—Are the Statistics Telling the Truth?, 26632 [24SE]

Case Closed, 5868 [19MR]

Children and the Courts, 11788 [10MY]

City Beat, 15239 [6JN]

Cleaning Up the Clouds, 25065 [12SE]

Cleanup of Abandoned Toxic Dump Sites (excerpt), 24036 [10AU]

Clearing the Air, 24568 [6SE]

Come On, America—Stick Your Neck Out for Kids, 5387 [13MR]

Competition Phase 1—HMO Vouchers, 16981-16982 [18JN]

Controlled Trial of the Effect of a Prepaid Group Practice on Use of Services, 15564-15567 [8JN]

Court Backs Hospitals on Anesthesiologist Use, 9597 [12AP]

Crisis in Health Care for Black Americans, 3530 [27FE], 3909 [29FE]

Dallas RTL Dedicated Burial Site of 900 Aborted Babies, 20350 [29JN]

Darien Safe Rides Spawns Nationwide Groups, 20925 [25JY]

David Chose the World (excerpt), 4365 [5MR]

Dealing With Occupational and Environmental Dangers, 24110 [10AU]

Developing a Safe Pesticide, 11036 [3MY]

Dialect Is Diagnostic, 20027-20028 [29JN]

Director of Federal Drug Agency Calls Reagan Program ``Liability'', 12879 [17MY]

Disability Disaster, 24338 [5SE], 24699 [10SE], 24960 [12SE]

Do Only the Unborn Matter?, 2446 [9FE]

Doctor Couldn't Bear To Watch, 16627 [14JN]

Doctors Differ on Need for Health Care Change, 16594 [14JN]

Doctors Hear Javits in a Salute to Life, 24783 [11SE]

Doctors in California Selling Prescriptions Have Reason To Fear, 25168 [12SE]

Doctors' Lobby Facing Unsolicited 2d Opinions, 22061 [1AU]

Doctors Swim Against Rising Tide of Skin Cancer, 28811 [2OC]

Don't Divert the Superfund, 23728 [10AU]

Double Jeopardy, 21350 [26JY]

Dr. Benjamin Franklin Byrd, Jr.—This Hawkeye Faces ``War'' He Can Never Stop Fighting, 8582 [10AP]

Dr. Walter G. Bishop, Sr., 24236 [5SE]

Drug Flood Altering Patterns of Use, 14156-14165 [24MY], 20022-20024 [29JN], 21098-21101 [26JY]

Drug Pipeline—From Europe to New York (series), 23237-23242 [9AU]

E.P.A. Adds Coke Oven Emissions To List of Cancer Hazards, 25399 [13SE]

Effects of Exposure to Radiation, 2939 [22FE]

Effects of Smoking on Health, 27333 [9OC]

Embarrassment of Riches for the States, 12683 [17MY]

End of the Trail, 26052 [19SE]

EPA Abandons War on Environmental Cancer, 5559 [14MR]

Epilepsy Defense, 14014-14016 [23MY]

Essence of Life—Jacob Javits, 12382 [16MY]

Exporting Doctors to a World in Need, 12474 [16MY]

Facts for the President's Fable, 25941 [18SE]

Famine Relief, 20394 [29JN]

Federal Officials Attempt To Undercut State and Local ``Right-To-Know'' Laws, 2156 [7FE]

Felons Find Devious Ways To Get Ohio Medical Licenses by Fraud, 15546 [8JN]

Fighter's Lifelong Battle With the Crippling Disease NF, 11025 [3MY]

Fishing for Trouble—Cancer Epidemic in Fish Is Warning Us—``You May Be Next'', 24093 [10AU]

5 Firms With the Right Stuff, 29051 [3OC]

Food Program Data Withheld From Congress, 10061 [26AP]

Foreign Aid With a Human Face and a Real Security Payoff, 4717-4719 [6MR]

Fortune Cookies and Cigarettes, 15217 [6JN]

Frustrated Survivors of Service People Band Together, 28785 [2OC]

Future, in a Yard of Skin, 30906 [9OC]

Give the Disabled More Than Raw Deal, 24338 [5SE]

Greenwood Doctor Walter G. Bishop, Sr. Dies, 24237 [5SE]

Grief, 10794 [2MY]

Hams Fill In as Hospital Phones Conk Out, 24693 [10SE]

Handicapped Entrepreneurs of the Possible, 1707-1710 [2FE]

Hardships and Heartbreaks, 10787 [2MY]

Harsh Medicine—Medicare's New Limits on Hospital Payments Force Wide Cost Cuts, 13299 [22MY]

Hazen Award—Enhancing Medical Research, 2658 [9FE]

Health Care Cost Inflation Problem, 5367 [13MR]

Health Care of the Indigent—It's Everyone's Responsibility, 21541-21546 [30JY]

Health Costs Skyrocketing as Veterans Grow Old, 30258 [4OC]

Health Disparities Study Is a Smokescreen, 6297 [21MR]

Health Threats Disrupt Village's Schools, 15012 [6JN]

Help at Last, 4834 [7MR]

Heroin Is Not the Solution, 26068 [19SE]

Hidden Epidemic—Sexual Abuse of Children Is Much More Common Than Most Americans Suspect, 11786 [10MY]

High Cost of Health Care—We Are All To Blame, 9048 [11AP]

High Price of Saving Pennies, 10781 [2MY]

Hospital Occupancy Rate Declined to New Low, 14152 [24MY]

How To Settle Asbestos Claims, 30648 [5OC]

Humanitarian Bargain, 28364 [2OC]

Hunger in America, 14372-14375 [24MY]

Ill Sailor's Story Well Told, 7888 [4AP]

Illusions in Health Insurance, 14155 [24MY]

Infant Deaths Up 13.5 Percent in St. Louis, 19435 [27JN]

Insensitive to Blacks' Health, 3530 [27FE], 3910 [29FE]

Inside an Alzheimer's Family, 639 [26JA]

Insider's View of Nicaragua, 2632 [9FE]

Iowa Plan To Lower Health Care Fees, 16987 [18JN]

Issue That Refuses To Die, 32558 [12OC]

It's Nice To Know, 12195 [15MY]

It's Pure ``Telefusion''—Save Your Brain—Shut Off the Set, 5567 [14MR]

John and Marian Know Well What the Medicare Cuts Mean, 26291 [20SE]

Joseph diGenova—The Piper, 27420 [27SE]

Last Campaign—Child Support and Poverty, 6768-6770 [27MR]

Leaving It All Behind—Village's MD Tries Indiana After Losing License in Ohio, 15547 [8JN]

Let's Keep in Touch, 11192 [7MY]

Letter From a Pedophile, 11789 [10MY]

Liability for Exposure to Hazardous Waste (excerpt), 23512 [9AU]

Life—To Defend It Means To Feed the Hungry, 25689 [17SE]

Linking Diet, Heart and Health, 2054 [7FE]

Little Weapons With a Big Bang, 32425 [12OC]

Living Next Door to a Hazardous Waste Site (excerpt), 23525 [9AU]

Living Proof—There Is Life After Butter, Eggs and Beef, 2055 [7FE]

Long-Term Biological Consequences of Nuclear War, 14504 [30MY]

Looking for Agent Orange Facts, 9889 [25AP]

Lower Heart Disease Risk—Eat Oily Fish, 2681 [21FE]

Maple Heights Senior Program, 3697 [28FE]

Massachusetts Study—Vietnam Vets Need Help With Jobs, Health, Housing, 14525 [30MY]

Maybe Acid Rain Isn't the Villain, 12878 [17MY], 12897 [18MY]

Meat, 20697 [24JY]

Medical Science Under Dictatorship, 31191-31196 [10OC]

Medicare Needs Doctor-Cost Control, 2476 [9FE], 12461 [16MY]

Medicare—New 60-Day Proposal's Inequity, 2364 [8FE]

Mildred Bowen, Family Doctor, 28150 [1OC]

Military Widow Pursuing Case of Medical Neglect, 28151 [1OC]

Mondale, Hart, and Asbestos, 15290 [7JN]

Network Is Aiding Catastrophically Ill Patients in Wyoming, 30888 [9OC]

New Directions in Product Safety Regulation, 30852-30854 [9OC]

New Findings on Agent Orange, 9889 [25AP]

New York, New Jersey, Connecticut—11 Needy Areas of City Losing Aid for Doctors, 10398 [30AP]

NIOSH Investigating Two Problem Pregnacy Clusters, 11676 [9MY]

Not Too Much Pepper, Thank You, 11466 [8MY]

Nuclear Refuse Has 2 Faces, 28980 [3OC]

Nuclear War and Climatic Catastrophe—Some Policy Implications, 7754-7762 [4AP]

Nutrition, 24919 [11SE]

Nutritional Status of U.S. Population, 23685 [10AU]

Panel Confirms Scarcity of Toxicity Data for Most Chemicals, 6773 [27MR]

Panel's Acid-Rain Report Should Be Made Public, 24555 [6SE]

PCP Use Growing Problem, 25712 [18SE]

Physicians Urge End to Arms Race, 25564 [17SE]

Plant Is Awarded $1.5 Million for Toxic Damage, 9566 [12AP]

Prep Schools in a Struggle To Curb Spread of Cocaine, 19207-19209 [27JN]

Prestigious Award for Bronx Native, 2658 [9FE]

Profound Contempt, 13245 [22MY]

Project Salt Vault, 2938 [22FE]

PROMESA—Ray of Hope in the South Bronx, 10391 [30AP]

Public Service Ad on Atom Wars Stirs Conflict, 15270 [7JN]

Quiet Revolution Comes to Iowa, 2724-2726 [21FE]

Railroad Derailment (excerpt), 26357 [20SE]

Rand Experiment and Economical Health Care, 15568 [8JN]

Reagan's Air, Water Policy—Foul, 20554 [23JY]

Reagan's Fantasy Script Glosses Over Soup Lines, 141 [23JA]

Renewed Interest in Food Irradiation, 11116 [7MY]

Research Plan on Brown Lung Drew Criticism, 14547 [30MY]

Researchers Blame Water for Birth Defects, Leukemia, 3301 [23FE]

Respect for the Law?, 17636 [20JN]

Right to Life, 2028 [7FE]

Rudi Unterthiner, a Human Being, Doctor and a Plastic Surgeon, 21361 [26JY]

Ruminations Inspired by a Medicare Card, 15759 [11JN]

Safe Rides—Kids Helping Kids Make It Home, 20924 [25JY]

Science Dimming Threat of Blindness, 1752-1754 [2FE]

Science Doesn't Have the Answer on Acid Rain, 15992 [12JN]

Search for a High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository Site—Will Louisiana Get Buried?, 2933, 2936 [22FE]

Seeking Justice for the Military, 9043 [11AP]

Senior Citizens Seek To Plug Medigap, 13302 [22MY]

Seven Myths About Aging, 28171 [1OC]

She Shall Overcome, 6438 [22MR]

Sink or Swim, 10782 [2MY]

Six Hospitals, Public and Private, Will Share Services in Brooklyn, 15878 [12JN]

Six Tallahasseeans Receive Awards for Acts of Caring, 15487 [7JN]

Social Security Is in Good Shape, 5539 [14MR]

South Bronx Seniors More Secure, Thanks to Housing Authority, 26909 [25SE]

Special Report—Medical Mission Report on El Salvador, 5796 [15MR]

SRP's Burial Ground, 28980 [3OC]

Starving the Helpless—Utilitarian Approach to Care Challenges Traditional Medical Ethics, 24336 [5SE]

State of Good Health—Dr. Joseph Cannon Closed Noted Era of Public Service, 19634 [28JN]

State of Mind, 12605 [16MY]

State-of-the-Art Disposal Alternatives, 30238 [4OC]

Status of Blacks in Medicine—Philosophical and Ethical Delemmas for the 1980's, 2370 [8FE]

Story of Winners—Children Who Conquer, 29848 [4OC]

Study Asks Long-Term Care Alternative, 20172 [29JN]

Success With Nuclear Power, 15352 [7JN]

Suit Filed Against VA in Agent Orange Case, 14033 [23MY]

Superfund for Lawyers, 22336 [3AU], 23729 [10AU]

``Superfund'' List Restokes Controversy, 26506 [21SE]

Superfund Supermess, 23729 [10AU]

Superfund—4 Years of Toxic Cleanup Only a Drop in the Barrel, 26503 [21SE]

Superslow, 21549 [30JY]

Support Urged for Syrian Doctors, 9767 [24AP]

Surgeon General Says Second-Hand Smoke Endangers Children, 27333 [9OC]

Teens Finding Road to Safety, 20925 [25JY]

They Talk of Cows—And Cocaine, 11551 [9MY], 30485 [5OC]

Three Hospitals Offering Patients Package Deals, 14166 [24MY]

Three Soviet Drives Reported in Afghanistan, 21753 [1AU]

Thud of Poverty, 10781 [2MY]

To Quote Sources, 2938 [22FE]

Too Much Gloom and Doom on Future, 21770 [1AU]

Toxic Waste Dumps Suspected of Affecting Health of Neighbors, 15237 [6JN]

Toxic Waste—Let's Get Busy, 26504 [21SE]

Treating Food With Irradiation—FDA Cautious About Approval of Process, 1789 [3FE], 11114 [7MY]

Troubled Water—Ground-Water Crisis (series), 16187-16190 [13JN]

Troubling Family Affair, 11789 [10MY]

Tufts Nutrition Researchers Study Diet and Aging Process, 3033 [22FE]

20 Years After the First Warning, Killer Habit Is Still Dying Hard, 26945 [26SE]

Two Views on a Larger Superfund, 26505 [21SE]

U.S. Flouts Courts in Determination of Benefit Claims, 13242 [22MY]

U.S. Losing Key Drug-War Battles, 26977 [26SE]

U.S. Must Discipline Health-Care Market, 11916, 11953 [10MY]

Unfortunate Case of Dr. Z—How To Succeed in Medical Practice in 1984, 11032 [3MY]

Union Says EPA Is Stalling on Asbestos Cleanup, 26183 [19SE]

Veteran Wins Fight To Keep His Pet, 19715 [28JN]

Veterans' Health Care Programs (excerpt), 9916 [25AP]

Veterans—Congressmen Told of VA Health Care Crisis, 28158 [1OC]

Victim of Cancer—Then, of Employers, 21350 [26JY]

Vietnam Vet Helps Others in Recovering From a War, 5570 [14MR]

Virginia Backs Firm's Research, Lets It Exceed Dust Standard, 12571 [16MY]

Virginia Criticized for Permitting Dust Exposure at Dan River, 17206 [19JN]

Visiting Nurse Service of Toledo—83 Years of Caring, 10492 [1MY]

Walter. G. Bishop, Sr. Dies at Age 85, 24236 [5SE]

We Already Know Why Black Babies Die, 3960 [29FE]

What We Can Do To Avert Nuclear War, 7635 [3AP]

When a Booming Population of Old Vets Checks in for VA Health Care, Look Out, 15504 [7JN]

When a Woman Is Pregnant, She Never Drinks Alone, 5721 [15MR]

When Abortion Becomes Birth—Dilemma of Medical Ethics Shaken by New Advances, 3329 [23FE]

When Should Doctors Let a Patient Die?—A Terminally Ill Former Senator Says the Decision Should Be Based on Brain Function, 23732 [10AU], 24782 [11SE]

Who'll Mind America's Children?, 7096 [29MR]

WIC Is Cost Effective, 8802 [11AP]

William S. Katz—Meritorious Award, 19712 [28JN]

Woburn Study Links Cancer and Deaths to Tainted Water, 3300 [23FE]

Yellow Rain—Hmong, Afghans, Now Iranians, 5564 [14MR]

Yesterday and Today—Montefiore Medical Center, 32609 [14NO]

Yooks, Zooks and Nuclear Terror, 7516 [3AP]

Bills and resolutions

Acid rain: control of sources of sulfur dioxides and nitrogen oxides (see H.R. 5370, 5590)

Aeronautics: liability status for use of equipment and supplies necessary to render in-flight emergency assistance (see H.R. 6365)

———restricted smoking area on board passenger aircraft (see H.R. 6217)

Aged: Alzheimer's disease patients (see S. 2221)

Agriculture: indemnity programs for control and eradication of brucellosis (see S. 3010)

———responsible and effective use of antibiotics in animal husbandry (see H.R. 6370)

Alcohol and drug abuse: corrections in enrollment of S. 2303, block grants (see S. Con. Res. 150)

———revise and extend assistance authorities (see H.R. 5494, 5603)

Alcohol and drug abuse: assistance to State and local educational programs (see H.R. 4851)

Alcohol and drug abuse, and mental health services block grant: extension (see S. 2303)

Alzheimer's disease: demonstration projects for alternative medicare benefits for victims (see H.R. 5888)

———designate 10% of VA's intermediate-care hospital beds for treatment (see H.R. 5920)

———designate 20 regional centers for treatment (see H.R. 5863)

———promote establishment of family support groups (see H.R. 5887)

American Children's Hospital, Krakow, Poland: funding for Clement J. Zablocki Memorial Outpatient Facility (see H.R. 4835)

Armed Forces: improve and expand benefits (see H.R. 6410)

Asbestos: detection of school hazards (see S. 2237; H.R. 4720)

———exclusive and equitable compensation for workers injured through occupational exposure (see S. 2708)

———prompt and exclusive compensation as substitute for inadequate tort remedies (see H.R. 5966)

Atomic warfare: Federal responsibility for damages to certain individuals resulting from 1951-62 nuclear tests in Nevada (see H.R. 5855)

Baby Jane Doe: payment of attorneys' fees to family (see S. Con. Res. 123)

Biomedical information: promote dissemination and prevent duplication of experiments on live animals (see H.R. 5098)

Breast cancer: requiring physicians and surgeons to provide certain information to patients (see H.R. 5967)

Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX: replacement facilities (see H.R. 5463)

Bureau of Nursing: establish (see S. 2574)

Buses: seating areas for nonsmoking passengers (see H.R. 4955)

Cancer: model programs to develop an economical method for early detection (see S. 2843)

———study of present status of lower animal research at State and Federal levels (see H.R. 6118)

Cancer Patients Employment Rights Act: enact (see H.R. 5849)

Care delivery: cost containment through competitive medical plans and preferred provider arrangements (see S. 2501)

Center for Nursing Studies and Research: establish (see S. 2574)

Child care services: States' standard requirements for Federal funds (see H.R. 6288)

Children: care information and referral services (see H.R. 5145)

———establishment or continuation of regional welfare resource centers (see H.R. 5758)

———improve nutrition programs (see S. 2607)

———permanent extension of State authority to claim Federal matching funds for foster care program (see H.R. 5758)

———reauthorizing certain nutrition programs (see S. 2722)

———simplify administration of nutrition programs (see S. 2599; H.R. 5567)

———supplemental food programs (see S. 2617)

Clement J. Zablocki Memorial Outpatient Facility, Krakow, Poland: budget waiver for consideration of H.R. 4835, funds (see S. Res. 356)

Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI (see S. 2253)

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (see H.R. 5640)

Consumer information: Sec. of HHS study on affected marketplaces (see S. 2503)

Controlled Substances Act: strengthen authority (see H.R. 4698)

Courts: medical malpractice liability system (see H.R. 5400)

———penalty for those who willfully sell or offer for sale drugs, devices, or medical treatment unsafe or ineffective (see H.R. 6050)

———strengthen penalty provisions of environmental protection laws (see S. 2665)

CPR Awareness Week (see H.J. Res. 645)

Darwin Lee Judge VA Medical Center, Iowa City, IA: designate (see H.R. 5080)

Dept. of Defense: establish a board of medical examination (see H.R. 6136)

———revise special pay provisions for dentists (see H.R. 6381)

Deputy Sec. of HHS: redesignate position (see H.R. 5438)

Developing countries: increase funding for basic research services (see H.R. 6117)

Diacetylmorphine: availability through qualified pharmacies for relief of cancer patients (see H.R. 4762)

Diet drugs containing phenylpropanolamine (see H.R. 4675)

District of Columbia: assumption of selected functions, programs, and resources of St. Elizabeths Hospital (see H.R. 6208, 6224)

———mental health care system (see H.R. 6186)

———responsibilities for mental health services (see H.R. 5699)

———transfer operation and financial responsibility for St. Elizabeths Hospital (see H.R. 5708, 6186)

Domestic Food Assistance Act: enact (see S. 3017)

Drug abuse: entertainment industry's commitment to public education (see S. Res. 467, 472)

———grants to States for prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation programs (see S. 2866; H.R. 5990)

———use of forfeiture funds for prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation programs (see H.R. 6211)

Drug industry: facilitate export of new products not yet approved for domestic market (see S. 2878)

Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act: enact (see S. 2748)

Drugs: expand medical freedom of choice of consumers by regulating them solely to assure their safety (see H.R. 5824)

———strengthen authority to prevent diversion to illegal channels (see H.R. 5656)

Education: fixed grants to States for graduate medical education and other clinical training activities (see S. 3073)

———funds for training of professionals (see S. 2559)

Emergency Medicine Week (see S.J. Res. 288; H.J. Res. 545)

Emergency response systems: clinical trial to determine efficiency and economic feasibility of providing medical coverage (see H.R. 6124)

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of cancer history (see H.R. 5849)

Federal employees: coverage of disabled under Federal group life insurance program (see H.R. 4796)

———improve protection for former spouses (see S. 2821)

———strengthen financial control of insurance plans and enhance competition (see S. 2252)

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (see H.R. 5903)

Fish and fisheries: EPA study on extent of PCB contamination (see S. 2633)

Food: emergency action relative to pesticide residues which present an imminent hazard to public health (see S. 3076)

———labeling (see S. 2368)

Food irradiation: promote as postharvest treatment (see S. 2254, 2652; H.R. 5605)

Foreign Service: health care benefits to former spouses (see H.R. 5598)

Fraudulent remedies: Strike Force on Health Quackery to curb sale and promotion (see H.R. 6051)

Gasoline: sale of leaded (see H.R. 6041)

General Black Jack Pershing Regional VA Medical Center, Poplar Bluff, MO: designate (see S. 3036; H.R. 5252)

Geriatrics: authorizing 5-year appropriations for training (see S. 3009, 3035)

Good Grooming Week (see H.J. Res. 561)

Government: recovery of certain costs of hospital and medical treatment (see H.R. 4666)

Group Hospitalization, Inc.: incorporate certain persons (see H.R. 5853, 6209, 6223)

Handicapped: medicare coverage of ambulette service (see H.R. 6274)

Hazardous substances: cleanup of disposal sites (see H.R. 4813, 4915, 5321)

———Criminal Liability Clarification Act (see S. 2741)

———liability and compensation requirements for Federal facilities (see H.R. 4760)

———notice to purchaser of waste site (see H.R. 5249)

———penalty for business entities for nondisclosure of concealed dangers in certain products and practices (see H.R. 6350)

———prevent diversion (see H.R. 4698)

———report on proposed routes for transportation through less populated areas (see H.R. 5109)

———requirements for Federal disposal sites (see S. 2407)

———strengthen penalty provisions of environmental protection laws (see S. 2665)

———tax on disposal and long-term storage (see S. 3014)

———underground storage tanks (see S. 2421; H.R. 4985)

———workers' right to know (see H.J. Res. 514)

Head Start program: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2565; H.R. 5145)

Health Care Cost Containment Act: enact (see H.R. 5852)

Health maintenance organizations: assistance programs (see H.R. 5602)

———reauthorizing limited range of support functions (see S. 2311)

Home and community-based services: extension (see S. 2301)

Home care (see S. 2938, 2941)

Hospice care: payment rates (see H.R. 5386)

Housing: corrective measures with respect to urea formaldehyde foam insulation (see S. 2548)

Human organs: limit liability of certain volunteer workers in transporting (see H.R. 6106)

Humanitarian assistance: availability of a U.S. surplus vessel (see H.R. 6361)

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2166; H.R. 6039)

Institute for Health Care Technology Assessment: establish (see S. 2504)

Insulation: assistance for corrective measures by homeowners for urea formaldehyde foam (see H.R. 5629)

Insurance: availability of private group benefits to all individuals (see H.R. 5239)

———national program (see H.R. 6383)

Insurance premiums: business deduction for self-employed (see H.R. 5209)

Iowa City, IA: Darwin Lee Judge VA Medical Center (see H.R. 5080)

Joint Operating Commission for Food Irradiation Treatment: establish (see S. 2652)

Krakow, Poland: funding for American Children's Hospital's Clement J. Zablocki Memorial Outpatient Facility (see H.R. 4835)

Laboratory research: standards for animal care and treatment (see H.R. 5725)

Lottery: financing social security retirement and medicare programs (see H.R. 6278)

Lupus Awareness Week (see S.J. Res. 239)

Lupus erythematosus: classification as chronic disease for veterans' benefits (see H.R. 5441)

Mandatory Fish Inspection Act: enact (see H.R. 6094)

Maternal and child services block grant (see H.R. 4661)

Meat and poultry: authority of Sec. of Agriculture to refuse to provide or withdraw inspection service at processing plants (see S. 2860)

Medicaid: coverage of dental services (see H.R. 5981)

———coverage of out-of-hospital prescription drugs (see H.R. 5977)

Medical devices: FDA authority to require records from manufacturers, importers, and distributors (see H.R. 5508)

Medical records: penalty for unauthorized access to, or alteration of, through a telecommunications device (see H.R. 4954, 5831)

Medicare: additional transitional year in implementation of prospective payments for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 4969)

———alternative liability system for medical malpractice (see S. 2690)

———application of swing-bed provision to smaller hospitals (see H.R. 5718)

———assignment requirement for reimbursement of physicians (see H.R. 5169)

———community and State long-term care centers (see H.R. 5726)

———cost containment through preferred provider arrangements (see S. 2502)

———coverage of community nursing center services (see H.R. 4865)

———coverage of dental and eye care, dentures; eyeglasses, and hearing aids (see H.R. 5892)

———coverage of routine cancer screening (see H.R. 6042)

———definition of term ``physician'' (see H.R. 5641)

———delete the provision which excludes persons entitled to hospital insurance benefits from eligibility to health benefits (see H.R. 5889)

———demonstration projects for alternative benefits for individuals with Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 5888)

———denying additional capital-related costs associated with the recirculation of hospital assets (see H.R. 5856)

———designate 20 regional centers for treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (see H.R. 5863)

———development of methodology for payment for hospital outpatient care based on diagnosis-related group in which patients' treatment is classified (see H.R. 5859)

———eliminate increase in part A deductible and coinsurance effected by Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (see H.R. 6075)

———exempting older workers and their employers from taxes under hospital insurance program (see H.R. 5723)

———flexible billing and payment arrangements for substitute physicians on occasional basis (see H.R. 6357)

———home health services (see S. 2338)

———hospital prospective payment system for inpatient services (see H.R. 4903, 5006)

———hospitals in high wage areas (see S. 2352; H.R. 4961, 5657)

———intra-HMO competition demonstration project (see H.R. 5862)

———limit increase in hospital costs to increase of marketbasket of hospital costs (see H.R. 5857)

———payment for physicians who accept assignment for all patients (see H.R. 5860)

———payment levels for hospice care (see H.R. 5141, 5386)

———permanent waiver for 24-hour nursing requirement for certain rural hospitals (see H.R. 5273, 5274)

———permit group health care payors to provide for alternative rates with providers of medical care (see H.R. 5861)

———permit negotiated rates with preferred provider organizations (see H.R. 5861)

———physician payment request provided to patient (see H.R. 4856)

———prohibit reevaluation of facilities and equipment for depreciation and interest purposes (see H.R. 5195, 5408)

———rationalize payment amount under DRG-payment system (see H.R. 5858)

———reciprocal agreements on health care services outside U.S. (see H.R. 4767)

———restore solvency of program and enhance coverage and benefits (see S. 2752)

———reverse present upward trend in poverty rate (see H.R. 4920)

———services by nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 4683)

———single prospective payment rate for hospitals in urban and rural areas (see H.R. 4693, 5255)

———solvency of program (see S. 2424; H.R. 4870)

Medicare/medicaid: hospital requirements for swing-bed services (see H.R. 6367)

———mental health counseling (see S. 2339)

———protection against malpractice and fraud (see H.R. 5989)

———protection of patients from treatment by incompetent or dangerous practitioners (see S. 2744)

Mental health: adequate psychiatric care (see H.R. 6433)

———revise and extend assistance programs (see H.R. 5494, 5603)

Mental Health Corp.: establish (see H.R. 5667)

Mental health services: corrections in enrollment of S. 2303, block grants (see S. Con. Res. 150)

Mental Illness Awareness Week (see S.J. Res. 322; H.J. Res. 631)

Mentally handicapped: adequate care (see H.R. 4839)

Migrant and community health centers: assistance programs (see H.R. 5559, 5602)

Milwaukee, WI: Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center (see H.R. 4734)

Motor vehicles: sale of leaded gasoline (see H.R. 6041)

Murfreesboro, TN: Sergeant Alvin C. York VA Medical Center (see S. 2717; H.R. 5682)

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week (see S.J. Res. 295; H.J. Res. 578)

National Adult Day Care Center Week (see S.J. Res. 269)

National Alzheimer's Disease Month (see S.J. Res. 290; H.J. Res. 451)

National Animal Health Week (see S.J. Res. 292; H.J. Res. 526)

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week (see H.J. Res. 244, 463)

National Blood Pressure Awareness Week (see S.J. Res. 260; H.J. Res. 550)

National Capital Mental Health Services Corp.: establish (see H.R. 5700)

National Center for Health Services Research: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5496)

National Center for Health Services Research and Medical Technology Assessment: rename (see H.R. 5496)

National Center for Health Statistics: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5496)

National Cerebral Palsy Month (see S.J. Res. 309; H.J. Res. 507)

National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week (see S.J. Res. 289)

National Christmas Seal Month (see S.J. Res. 324; H.J. Res. 626)

National Commission on Environmental Monitoring: establish (see H.R. 5958)

National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Week (see S.J. Res. 318)

National Diabetes Month (see S.J. Res. 299; H.J. Res. 591)

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week (see S.J. Res. 228; H.J. Res. 533)

National Down's Syndrome Month (see S.J. Res. 254; H.J. Res. 512)

National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week (see S.J. Res. 267; H.J. Res. 529)

National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week (see H.J. Res. 565)

National Eye Donor Month (see S.J. Res. 225)

National Eye Health Care Month (see H.J. Res. 473)

National Head Injury Awareness Month (see S.J. Res. 352; H.J. Res. 638)

National Health Service Corps: assistance for training of professionals (see H.R. 5559)

———revise and extend programs (see S. 2281; H.R. 5557)

National Hearing Impaired Awareness Week (see S.J. Res. 266)

National Hemophilia Awareness Month (see S.J. Res. 264; H.J. Res. 486)

National Home Care Week (see S.J. Res. 237; H.J. Res. 525)

National Hospital and Health Care Day (see S.J. Res. 242)

National Independent Laboratory Week (see S.J. Res. 311; H.J. Res. 625)

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: contraceptive research (see S. 3086)

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: establish position of Associate Director for Minority Concerns (see H.R. 4728)

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and National Institute on Drug Abuse: revision and extension of programs (see S. 2615)

National Institute on Drug Abuse: establish position of Associate Director for Minority Concerns (see H.R. 4729)

National Institute on Population and Human Reproduction: establish (see H.R. 5335)

National Library of Medicine: clearinghouse for consumer education and information (see H.R. 6049)

National Medical Transcriptionist Week (see S.J. Res. 357)

National Mental Retardation Awareness Month (see S.J. Res. 339, 349; H.J. Res. 579)

National Nurse Recognition Day (see S.J. Res. 274; H.J. Res. 558)

National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 457)

National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act: enact (see S. 3022)

National Organ Transplant Trust Fund: contributions through checkoff system on income tax forms (see S. 2791)

National Osteopathic Medicine Week (see S.J. Res. 310; H.J. Res. 589, 610)

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month (see H.J. Res. 509)

National Recognition Day for Nurses (see H.J. Res. 516)

National Recreational Sports Week (see S.J. Res. 244)

National Reye's Syndrome Week (see S.J. Res. 259; H.J. Res. 460)

National Safety in the Workplace Week (see S.J. Res. 258; H.J. Res. 528)

National Spina Bifida Month (see S.J. Res. 275; H.J. Res. 595)

National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems, Baltimore, MD: designate (see S.J. Res. 315; H.J. Res. 602)

National Taste and Smell Disease Awareness Day (see H.J. Res. 584)

National Tumor Registrar Recognition Day (see H.J. Res. 609)

New drug applications: revise procedures (see S. 2926)

NIH Medical Research Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 5864)

Nonsmoking passengers: seating areas (see H.R. 4955)

Nurse anesthetists: medicare reimbursement (see H.R. 4683)

Nurses: education and training (see S. 2574)

Nutrition: assessment and maintenance of dietary status (see H.R. 4684)

———strengthening domestic programs (see H.R. 5151)

———WIC supplemental food program (see H.R. 4661)

Nutrition programs: containment of escalating costs and greater flexibility (see S. 2599; H.R. 5567)

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 6378)

Older Americans Act: appropriations for supportive services and senior centers (see H.R. 5265)

Organ procurement organizations: assistance (see H.R. 5580)

Ostomy Awareness Month (see S.J. Res. 329; H.J. Res. 587)

Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week (see S.J. Res. 263)

Pediatrics: mandatory coverage by group insurance plan in order for employer to deduct contributions (see S. 2814)

Pesticides: emergency action in case of imminent hazard (see H.R. 4939)

———emergency action relative to chemical residues on food which present an imminent hazard to public health (see S. 3076)

———revise procedures for changes in tolerances and exemptions (see H.R. 5495)

Physicians: 1-year freeze on fees (see H. Con. Res. 267)

———reduction in fees for unemployed, elderly, and uninsured (see H. Con. Res. 267)

Poisons: Sec. of HHS grants for planning, development, and establishment of control centers (see S. 2798)

Poland: reduced postal rates for certain parcels (see H.R. 6092)

Polychlorinated biphenyls: EPA study on extent of fish contamination (see S. 2633)

Poplar Bluff, MO: General Black Jack Pershing Regional VA Medical Center (see H.R. 5252)

Pregnancy: access to medical records and current information on obstetrical procedures (see H.R. 6129)

———dissemination of information on effects and risks of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 6129)

———services to adolescents (see H.R. 5534)

Preventive health care services block grant: extension (see S. 2301)

Preventive medicine: compensation for vaccine-related injury (see H.R. 5810)

Preventive programs: revise and extend assistance (see H.R. 5538, 5560, 5601)

Primary health care services block grant: extension (see S. 2308)

Professionals: educational assistance (see S. 2647)

———training assistance (see H.R. 5559, 5602)

Psychiatric care (see H.R. 4839)

Psychology: loans for students in certain doctoral programs (see S. 2443, 2444)

Public Health Service Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2628)

———revise and extend authorities for assistance (see H.R. 5413, 5493, 5600)

———State planning mechanisms (see S. 2482)

Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands: VA authority to waive certain restrictions on provision of health care (see H.R. 5551)

Quackery, a $10 Billion Scandal: authorize printing as House document (see H. Res. 564)

Rabbits: mandatory meat inspection (see H.R. 5069)

Radiation: transfer to Sec. of HHS the authority to conduct epidemiological studies of effects (see H.R. 5971)

Radioactive waste: transportation restrictions (see H.R. 4850)

Rental housing: link tax depreciation allowance to health and safety standards (see H.R. 6176)

Restaurant central kitchens: Federal inspection requirements (see S. 2256; H.R. 5223)

Rural areas: swing-bed program in hospitals (see H.R. 5111)

Saccharin: 3-year extension of prohibition or restriction in sale or distribution of certain products (see S. 2832; H.R. 5701)

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (see H.R. 5959)

———authorizing appropriations (see S. 2649)

San Antonio, TX: replacement of Brooke Army Medical Center facilities (see H.R. 5463)

School Health Care Awareness Week (see H.J. Res. 530)

School lunch program: improvements (see S. 2607)

Senior Center Week (see H.R. 4916)

Sergeant Alvin C. York VA Medical Center, Murfreesboro, TN: designate (see S. 2717; H.R. 5682)

Service academies: physical disability benefits for cadets and midshipmen (see S. 2515)

Services and research programs: reauthorizing (see S. 2452)

Smoking: restricted area on board passenger aircraft (see H.R. 6217)

Social security: delegation of authority to independent agency to administer old-age, survivors, and disability insurance (see S. 2922)

———national lottery to finance retirement and medicare programs (see H.R. 6278)

Social services: funding under block grant program (see S. 2492)

Solid waste: clarify liability for disposal of hazardous substances (see S. 2741)

Soviet Union: reduced postal rates for certain parcels (see H.R. 6092)

Spa industry: regulations (see H.R. 6148)

SSI: continued payment of benefits to individuals who work despite severe medical impairment (see H.R. 6263)

———notification of eligibility to certain disabled (see H.R. 6263)

Strike Force on Health Quackery: coordinate efforts to curb sale and promotion of fraudulent remedies (see H.R. 6051)

Sulfur dioxides and nitrogen oxides: control sources (see H.R. 4906, 5590)

Taxation: Alzheimer's disease patients (see S. 2222)

———certain emergency transportation of individuals by air (see H.R. 4866)

———dependent care expenses (see H.R. 6150)

———link rental housing depreciation allowance to health and safety standards (see H.R. 6176)

———medical expenses (see H.R. 4902)

———physicians' and surgeons' mutual protection and indemnity associations (see H.R. 4859)

———self-employer's health insurance premium (see S. 2353)

Teenage Alcohol Abuse Awareness Week (see S.J. Res. 305; H.J. Res. 611)

Telephones: lifeline service (see H.R. 4844)

Texas: establish VA hospital in southern region (see H.R. 6058)

Tobacco industry: prohibit advertising on medium of electronic communication (see H.R. 5043)

———prohibit import of products which have been treated with domestically prohibited pesticides (see H.R. 6418)

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend (see S. 3075)

Under Sec. for Health: establish position (see H.R. 5438)

Underground storage tanks: EPA study on leak hazards (see S. 2513)

University of Maryland Hospital at Baltimore: National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems (see S.J. Res. 315; H.J. Res. 602)

Urea formaldehyde foam insulation: assistance for corrective measures by homeowners (see H.R. 5629)

VA: construction of State home facilities (see S. 2715; H.R. 5412)

———designate 10% of intermediate-care hospital beds for treatment of Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 5920)

———enhance management of medical treatment programs (see S. 2269, 2514)

———extension of authority for medical care programs (see H.R. 5775)

———pay reduction waiver for employees of Dept. of Medicine and Surgery (see H.R. 4694)

———reject recommendations of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control (see S. Res. 364)

———revise and improve programs (see H.R. 5618)

Vessels: matching grants for retrofitting and operation of certain surplus, used for humanitarian purposes (see H.R. 5039)

Veterans: Alzheimer's disease patients (see S. 2220)

———bereavement counseling (see H.R. 4896)

———chemical-dependency program in non-VA community facilities (see S. 2278)

———classification of lupus erythematosus as chronic disease for service-connected benefits (see H.R. 5441)

———death allowances, disability compensation, or medical care for exposure to ionizing radiation (see H.R. 5840)

———disability compensation for exposure to ionizing radiation and herbicides containing dioxin (see S. Res. 372)

———Federal employment preference for certain officers of the Public Health Service (see S. 2697)

———lupus erythematosis added to list of chronic diseases (see H.R. 4889)

———outpatient dental services (see H.R. 4626)

———prescription drug benefits (see H.R. 6173)

———presumption of service-connection for post-traumatic stress disorders (see H.R. 4711)

———revise requirements for reports on adequacy of per diem rates for payments made to States providing domiciliary, nursing home, and hospital care (see H.R. 5225)

———VA authority to waive certain restrictions on provision of health care in Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands (see H.R. 5551)

Victims of crimes: Federal assistance to States for compensation or assistance programs (see H.R. 6059)

Vietnam-era veterans: treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 4833)

Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority: change effective date of liability in workers' compensation cases (see H.R. 6392)

Water: biological integrity (see H.R. 5512)

WIC: supplemental food program (see H.R. 4661)

World Health Day (see H.J. Res. 506)

Biographies

Kwang-Ming Chen, 7168 [29MR]

Joseph F. Boyle, 22871 [8AU]

Cables

Humanitarian assistance to Africa: CARE, 22630 [7AU]

Chronologies

Previous efforts to make St. Elizabeths Hospital an integral part of the District of Columbia's mental health system, 30705-30706 [5OC]

Circulars

Social security disability benefits: Dept. of HHS, 24700 [10SE]

Colloquies

Controlled Substances Registrant Protection Act, between Senators Jepsen and Levin, 19497 [28JN]

Comments

Final report of the Massachusetts Special Commission on the Concerns of Vietnam Veterans: Paul R. Camacho, 7881 [4AP]

Court decisions

Bruce Merli v. Sec. of HHS Heckler (social security disability benefits), 24698 [10SE]

Resolution of disputed disability claims: Supreme Court, 13214 [22MY]

Social security disability benefits eligibility, 6591 [27MR]

Decisions

Tribal administration of health services: Dept. of HHS, 28933 [3OC]

Definitions

Withholding of medical treatment for certain infants with life-threatening conditions, 21158 [26JY]

Descriptions

Medicare provisions modifications, 12651 [17MY]

Documents

EPA's EDB Controversy, 2338-2347 [8FE]

Essays

Education of the Urban Poor: Senator Moynihan (excerpt), 28433 [2OC]

Examples

Proposed new warnings on cigarette packages, 24624, 24626 [10SE]

Explanation

Medical treatment for disabled infants, 21152 [26JY]

Pharmaceutical export amendments (S. 2878), 21198-21202 [26JY]

Senate amendment on S. 2514 and compromise agreement on H.R. 5618, the Veterans Health Care and Facilities Improvement Act, 28659-28667 [2OC], 28938-28943 [3OC], 30818-30822 [9OC]

Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (H.R. 1961), 29551 [3OC]

Factsheets

Animal Health Achievements: Dept. of Agriculture, 11540 [9MY]

Case for Automatic Crash Protection, 14165 [24MY]

Cigarette Smoking, 26944 [26SE]

Cost-Effective Acid Rain Legislation, 7870 [4AP]

Montefiore—Facts and Figures 1983, 32609 [14NO]

Women, Alcohol, and Other Drug Abuse: North American Women's Commission, 2517 [9FE]

History

Bottle Baby Campaign—Decade of Action—Chronology—Infant Formula Controversy, 939 [30JA]

Interviews

Acid rain developments: Ann Bartuska with Charleston (WV) Gazette-Mail, 6514 [26MR]

———Stephen Young with Charleston (WV) Gazette-Mail, 6515 [26MR]

Monitored retrievable storage: with Senator Johnston (excerpt), 2938 [22FE]

Letters

Acid rain: National Wildlife Federation, 17976 [21JN]

———sundry Canadian church leaders to President Reagan, 17625 [20JN]

Alcohol abuse education program: Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S., Inc., 2865 [22FE]

Alzheimer's disease: Donald L. Curtis, 22942 [8AU]

Asbestos: David P. Rall, National Toxicology Program, 17837 [21JN]

———J. P. Koplan, Centers for Disease Control, 17838 [21JN]

———Richard A. Lemen, Centers for Disease Control, 17839 [21JN]

Avian influenza epidemic: 25 Members of the House, 2271 [8FE]

Cancer research funding: Rubin M. Hanan, Alabama League of Aging Citizens, Inc., 2061 [7FE]

Child nutrition amendments: Dept. of Agriculture, 10125 [26AP]

Compassionate Pain Relief Act: Dept. of Justice (excerpt), 26066 [19SE]

Comprehensive Smoking Education Act (H.R. 3979): Senators Trible and Ford (excerpt), 25004 [12SE]

Controlled substances robbery penalties: National Association of Retail Druggists, 18558 [25JN]

Cost estimate over food stamp authorization in H.R. 5151, Hunger Relief Act (sundry), 21449 [27JY]

Costly impact of regulations: Robbie Smith (excerpt), 22364 [3AU]

Dept. of HHS Office for Civil Rights funding: several Senators, 26478 [21SE]

Drug abuse and alcoholism in major U.S. cities: National Association for City Drug and Alcohol Coordination, 10605 [1MY]

Educational programs to discourage use of alcohol: General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, 24075 [10AU]

Encouragement to organ donors: Cindy Cook, 15367 [7JN]

EPA hazardous waste landfill site selection: Representative Kaptur, 8631 [10AP]

———Senator Glenn, 8632 [10AP]

Estate limitation regulations for mentally incompetent veterans: VA, 27951 [1OC]

Expert witness testimony: American Psychiatric Association, 1005 [31JA]

———Dept. of Justice, 1005 [31JA]

Exposure of veterans to dioxins and radiation: Senator Cranston, 29956 [4OC]

———(sundry), 29956, 29960 [4OC]

Federal food inspection requirements: Dept. of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, 1792 [3FE]

———Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 1792 [3FE]

Financial compensation for legal fees in Baby Jane Doe case: Dept. of Justice, 15556 [8JN]

———Senators Durenberger and Hatfield, 15556, 15557 [8JN]

Foreign assistance: Secretary of State Shultz, 28380 [2OC]

Funding of abortions for victims of rape or incest: Senator Heckler, 29062 [3OC]

Funding research for acquired immune deficiency syndrome: Representative Weiss, 21869 [1AU]

Head Start Act reauthorization (H.R. 5277): Sec. of HHS Heckler, 6931 [28MR]

Health Care Financing Administration medicare reimbursement formula: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 26655 [25SE]

———Senator Exon, 26656 [25SE]

Health professions and services amendments (H.R. 5602): William Canis of Caterpiller Tractor Co., 22538 [6AU]

Home health services: David A. Stockman, 27768 [28SE]

Hospice care: Kathleen Hart, 31942 [11OC]

———Senator Roth, 31941 [11OC]

Humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan: Senator Byrd, 21753 [1AU]

Humanitarian assistance to Africa: U.S. Catholic Conference, 22629 [7AU]

Inspection of restaurant central kitchens: C. W. McMillan, 6466 [22MR]

———Representatives de la Garza and Madigan, 6466 [22MR]

Interagency coordination of veterans' health care programs: Senator Cranston, 28945 [3OC]

It would be uniform, all right—uniformly unfair: Consumers Union, 22864 [8AU]

Medicaid provisions: George C. Wallace, Governor of Alabama, 12689 [17MY]

———Harry R. Hughes, Governor of Maryland (sundry), 12681, 12685 [17MY]

———National Conference of State Legislatures, 12678 [17MY]

———National Governors' Association, 12679 [17MY]

———62 organizations, 12678 [17MY]

———U.S. Conference of Mayors, 12679 [17MY]

Medical treatment of infants with life-threatening conditions: Association of American Medical Colleges, 1439 [2FE]

———Christian Action Council, 21145 [26JY]

———National Child Abuse Coalition, 21145 [26JY]

———National Right to Life Committee, Inc., 21145 [26JY]

———Sec. of HHS Heckler, 21145 [26JY]

Medicare premium deductibles: AFL-CIO, 11522 [9MY]

———Health Security Action Council, 11522 [9MY]

———National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 11520 [9MY]

———National Council of Senior Citizens, 11522 [9MY]

National Health Service Corps assignments: Paul J. Brayer, 11747 [10MY]

———Susan C. Gorondy, 11746 [10MY]

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health appropriations: James O. Mason, 21838 [1AU]

National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program: Dept. of Agriculture, 28501 [2OC]

———Dept. of HHS, 28502 [2OC]

———Dept. of Justice, 28503 [2OC]

———NSF, 28502 [2OC]

———Representative Dingell, 28493, 28503 [2OC]

———Representative Fuqua, 28493 [2OC]

———Representative de la Garza, 28494 [2OC]

———(sundry), 28493 [2OC]

National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act appropriations authorization floor consideration (S. 2722): Committeee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 23918 [10AU]

Nuclear waste in Louisiana: Edwin W. Edwards, 2938 [22FE]

Organ donor registry: American Society of Transplant Physicians (excerpt), 17656 [21JN]

Overcharging by hospitals: L. E. Workman (excerpt), 22364 [3AU]

Over-the-counter weight control drugs: Dept. of HHS, 31795 [11OC]

Pay rates for VA psychologists: Senator Cranston, 22940, 22941 [8AU]

———VA, 22940 [8AU]

PCB contamination in Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge, IL: Senator Percy, 29709 [4OC]

Product Liability Act (S. 44): ABA, 22865, 22866 [8AU]

———Consumer Federation of America, 22864 [8AU]

———Consumers Union, 22863 [8AU]

Project approvals: House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 12596 [16MY]

Rationing new ideas in health care: Frank E., Samuel, Jr., 30906 [9OC]

Reauthorization for NIH programs: James B. Wyngaarden, 31011 [9OC]

Regulation of radioactive hazardous waste: NRC, 22487 [6AU]

Senate enactment of H.J. Res. 545, Emergency Medicine Week, 26521 [24SE]

Social security disability benefits: Dept. of Justice, 25977 [19SE]

———Richard A. Solottee, 11738 [10MY]

———Rudolph W. Giuliani, 24700 [10SE], 25807 [18SE]

———Senator Cranston, 25991 [19SE]

———several Members of Congress, 25804 [18SE]

———sundry, 6596, 6598 [27MR], 6612 [28MR], 13218 [22MY]

Solicitation letter to constituents from alleged fraudulent group, the National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare: James Roosevelt (excerpt), 8464 [9AP]

Superfund Expansion and Protection Act: Representative Howard, 24027 [10AU]

Upgrading Indian Health Service to agency status: Dept. of HHS, 25079 [12SE]

———Senator Hatch, 25079 [12SE]

VA health care program: sundry, 2128 [7FE]

VA pay rates for psychologists, 22946 [8AU]

VA treatment of post-traumatic stress disorders: Senator Cranston, 6730, 6731 [27MR]

———VA, 6731 [27MR], 22934 [8AU]

Veterans' disability compensation for exposure to ionizing radiation and herbicides containing dioxins: AMVETS, 9888 [25AP]

———Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 9887 [25AP]

———Defense Nuclear Agency, 9887 [25AP]

———Paralyzed Veterans of America, 9888 [25AP]

———Senator Cranston, 13153, 13164 [22MY], 13162, 13163 [22MY]

———VA, 9887 [25AP], 13154 [22MY], 13162 [22MY]

Withholding medical treatment from disabled infants: several Senators, 27783 [28SE]

Worker health standards: Dept. of Labor, 13123 [21MY]

———(sundry), 13124 [21MY]

Worker safety inspections of Adolph Coors Co.: OSHA, 24323 [5SE]

Lists

Cosponsors of S. 540, to establish National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, 14200 [24MY], 14952 [5JN]

———S. 2719, Uniform Minimum Drinking Age Act, 18641 [26JN]

———social security disability benefits reform amendment, 9141 [12AP]

Organizations supporting legislation to protect handicapped infants, 20148 [29JN]

———H.R. 1904, family violence amendment, 27324 [26SE]

———H.R. 3979 and S. 772 (cigarette smoking), 26944 [26SE]

———H.R. 5151, Hunger Relief Act, 21073 [25JY]

———S. 2492, social service block grant program funding increases, 7096 [29MR]

———S. 2697, Anti-Hunger Act, 10367 [30AP]

———S. 3022, National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act, 28496 [2OC]

———S.J. Res. 289, National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week, 11283 [8MY]

———substitute amendment to S. 1913, 10380 [30AP]

Long-Term Care Gerontology Centers, 188 [24JA]

Long-Term Care Gerontology Centers objectives, 187 [24JA]

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation Congressional WalkAmerica 1984 Acceptances as of March 27, 6776 [27MR]

Proposed hearings on hunger and nutrition, 2974 [22FE]

Recommendations to assist teenage drinkers: National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 15047 [6JN]

Mailgrams

Medicare premium deductibles: American Association of Retired Persons, 11522 [9MY]

Memorandums

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research: Dept. of HHS, 21896 [1AU], 26677-26680 [25SE], 29051 [3OC]

Compassionate Pain Relief Act: Dept. of HHS, 26075, 26076 [19SE]

Cost-Benefit Analysis of WIC Program: Library of Congress, 23686-23689 [10AU]

Health Professionals Training in Micronesia: University of Hawaii, 19747 [28JN]

Inspection of Restaurant Central Kitchens: Dept. of Agriculture, 6466 [22MR]

Social Security Disability Benefits Eligibility Cost Estimates: CBO, 13222-13224 [22MY]

Statutory Preclusion of Veterans' Claims From Judicial Review Under 38 U.S.C. 211(a): Library of Congress, 29952 [4OC]

Memorials of legislature

Arizona, 13048 [21MY], 14955 [5JN]

California, 6998 [29MR], 7373 [2AP], 8422 [9AP], 20702 [24JY], 23319 [9AU], 24534 [6SE], 25007 [12SE], 28144 [1OC], 29853, 29855 [4OC]

Hawaii, 15611 [11JN]

Illinois, 24534 [6SE], 25008 [12SE]

Indiana, 8609 [10AP]

Massachusetts, 4346 [5MR], 8006 [5AP], 8425 [9AP], 20550 [23JY]

Michigan, 9757 [24AP], 10878 [3MY]

Minnesota, 13048 [21MY], 13082 [21MY]

Nebraska, 9983 [25AP], 10343 [30AP]

New Mexico, 4530 [5MR], 5736 [15MR]

North Carolina, 20550 [23JY]

Pennsylvania, 2450 [9FE], 3428 [27FE], 6998 [29MR], 7375 [2AP]

Rhode Island, 10243 [26AP], 10343 [30AP]

Tennessee, 14118 [24MY]

Vermont, 9565 [12AP]

Messages

No-Fault Mechanism for Compensation of Railroad Employees: William H. Taft (1912), 9356 [12AP]

Motion

Dairy products: extend patent numbered 3,376,198 relating to the production of antibodies in milk (S. 1711), House amendments, 29287 [3OC]

Notices

Airbags—proposed regulations: Dept. of Transportation, 19664 [28JN]

Opinions

Liability for medical expenses of handicapped child: New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Schreiber, 23385 [9AU]

Pamphlets

Heart Attack Signals and Action: American Heart Association, 1768 [2FE]

``Nutrition and Your Health'': Depts. of Agriculture and HHS (excerpt), 3945 [29FE]

Papers

Effects on Health Following Occupational Exposure to Video Display Terminals: Arthur L. Frank, 3040 [22FE]

Preceptorship Program in Health: University of Virginia Medical Center, 30235 [4OC]

Petitions

Asbestos School Hazard Detection and Control Act: Cambridge, MA, City Council, 12089 [14MY]

Brookhaven National Laboratory Research Hospital: Suffolk County, NY, Council, 9985 [25AP]

Cost-of-living adjustments in social security benefits (H.R. 6019): National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 26639 [24SE]

Dept. of HHS budget: Southern Health Association, 23319 [9AU]

Disabled Americans: Goodwill Industries of America, 25008 [12SE]

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: New York, NY, City Council, 16771 [15JN]

Health care cost containment legislation: International Woodworkers of America, 15612 [11JN]

Medicaid: Southern Governors' Association, 5861 [19MR]

Medical care for former members of Armed Forces exposed to atomic radiation: Duluth, MN, City Council, 15613 [11JN]

Medicare funds: Michigan Council of Senior Citizens, Inc., 21385 [27JY]

———New York, NY, City Council, 6651 [27MR]

National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: New York, NY, City Council, 2052 [7FE]

Nuclear waste and other hazardous materials: New York, NY, City Council, 11014 [3MY]

Nutrition: Southern Health Association, 23319 [9AU]

R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. advertising: Southern Health Association, 23320 [9AU]

Veterans: Duluth, MN, City Council, 14930 [5JN]

Poems

``In Service to Humanity'': Virginia L. Doris, 4924 [8MR]

Polls of opinion

Health care costs: Louis Harris & Associates, 20167 [29JN]

Press releases

Launching fight against drug abuse, National Association of Retail Druggists, 30855 [9OC]

Proclamations

American Heart Month: President Reagan, 3982 [29FE]

Child Health Day: President Reagan, 30642 [5OC]

National Federation of the Blind Month: William J. Janklow, Governor of South Dakota, 12611 [16MY]

National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans: Representative Morrison, 2364 [8FE]

U.S. Jaycee Women Week: Wheeling, WV, Jaycee women, 2656 [9FE]

Questions and answers

Product Liability Act (S. 44): ABA response to Senator Hollings, 22867 [8AU]

Remarks in House

Acid rain: causes and proposals for controlling, 7870 [4AP], 10617 [1MY], 24555 [6SE]

———health effects, 7629 [3AP], 22288 [2AU]

Acid Rain Deposition and Control Act: enact (H.R. 3400), 7148 [29MR], 7870 [4AP], 13315 [22MY], 15514 [7JN], 19437 [27JN]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: research funding, 21869, 21895 [1AU]

Adolescent family life demonstration program: reauthorize (S. 2616), 24061 [10AU]

———reauthorize (S. 2616), appointment of conferees, 24061 [10AU]

———reauthorize (S. 2616), conference report, 31010 [9OC]

———reauthorize (S. 2616), permission to file conference report, 30338 [5OC]

AFDC: impact of budget cuts, 7287 [2AP]

———improve, 9413 [12AP]

Africa: emergency supplemental appropriation for food assistance, 4638 [7MR], 5826 [15MR]

———Food-for-Peace program, 17202 [19JN]

———funds for famine relief (H.R. 6203), 24570 [6SE]

Aged: implement personal emergency response systems to reduce institutionalization, 23599 [9AU]

———protection against fraudulent services, 21714 [31JY]

———tax credit for home care expenses (H.R. 3797), 14406 [30MY]

———optional pharmaceutical assistance program under medicaid program (H.R. 5977), 20413 [29JN]

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: funding, 23552 [9AU]

Agent orange: chemical manufacturers' settlement with Vietnam veterans, 11918 [10MY]

———compensation for illness from exposure (H.R. 1961), 736 [30JA], 746-752 [30JA], 1124-1130 [31JA], 1150, 1160, 1175 [31JA], 1185 [1FE], 1775 [2FE], 2376 [8FE], 12605 [16MY], 14033 [23MY], 29557 [4OC]

Airline transportation: excise tax on emergency, 350 [24JA]

Alcohol abuse, 24075 [10AU]

Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Block Grant Act: amend (S. 2303), 19828-19833 [28JN]

———amend (S. 2303), appointment of conferees, 19833 [28JN]

———enact (S. 2303), conference report, 30092 [4OC]

———enact (S. 2303), technical corrections, 30093 [4OC]

Alcohol and Drug Awareness Week: observance, 26198 [19SE]

Alternative Medical Liability Act: enact, 9031 [11AP]

Alzheimer's disease: establish regional research centers, 24564 [6SE]

———research, 17644 [21JN]

———student grant priority to those who specialize in care of victims (H.R. 4272), 2671 [9FE]

———veterans' care (H.R. 5920), 18473 [22JN]

American Association of Homes for the Aging: Spring conference, 6314 [21MR]

American Association of Retired Persons: release of ``Consumer Statement of Principles for the Nursing Home Regulatory System—State Licensure and Federal Certification Programs'', 1959 [6FE]

American Children in Poverty: Children's Defense Fund report on Federal priorities, 3970 [29FE]

American Dental Association: anniversary, 22541 [6AU]

American Heart Month: observance, 1396 [1FE], 2368 [8FE], 3702, 3704 [28FE], 3945, 3982 [29FE]

American Red Cross: observance of Super CPR Saturday, 31714 [10OC]

Antibodies in milk: extension of patent relative to production (H.R. 2882), 28450 [2OC]

———extension of patent relative to production (H.R. 2882), S. 1711 passed in lieu, 28451 [2OC]

Arctic Research and Policy Act: enact (S. 373), Senate amendments, 18739 [26JN]

Armed Forces: allow medical malpractice law suits (H.R. 1942), 7887 [4AP], 22371 [6AU]

———physicians retirement pay waiver (H.R. 4694), 18499 [25JN]

———repeal legal restraints against malpractice suits, 5868 [19MR]

Asbestos: committee hearings on compensation legislation, 11197 [7MY]

———EPA policy and health dangers in schools, 9061 [11AP]

———school hazard, 26183 [19SE]

Asbestos Workers' Recovery Act: enact, 19999-20000 [28JN], 20351 [29JN]

Berle, Milton: awarded March of Dimes Jack Benny Memorial Award, 6773 [27MR]

BKK landfill: request for closing, 21430 [27JY]

Bone marrow donors: establish a registry, 17650 [21JN]

Boxing Commission: enforcement of uniform health standards, 28181 [1OC]

Breast cancer: advise patients as to alternative methods of treatment and obtain advised consent before surgery, 20344 [29JN]

———prevention and early detection, 21506 [30JY]

Bureau of Animal Industry: commemoration, 14038 [23MY]

Cancer: heroin for relief of pain, 26075 [19SE]

———medicare coverage for routine cancer screening (H.R. 6042), 21506 [30JY]

———prohibit employment-based discrimination (H.R. 5849), 32575 [12OC]

Cancer Patients Employment Rights Act: enact (H.R. 5849), 16628 [14JN], 21349 [26JY]

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR): training, 2666 [9FE]

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists: reform the medicare reimbursement system, 948-949 [30JA]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: amend (H.R. 1904), conference report, 27319-27330 [26SE]

———amend (H.R. 1904), technical corrections (H. Con. Res. 364), 27331 [26SE]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act: amend (H.R. 1904), conference report, 27319-27330 [26SE]

Child health care assurance program: funding, 9393, 9409 [12AP]

Child restraint systems: funds for implementing (H.R. 4616), 949 [30JA]

Child survival fund: establish, 11476 [8MY]

Child welfare services: funding, 18621 [25JN]

Childhood immunization programs: funding, 28061 [1OC]

Children: President's budget, 3970 [29FE]

Cigarette tax: earmark to medicare (H.R. 3513), 3321 [23FE]

Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI: designate (H.R. 4734), 12994 [21MY], 12996 [23MY], 13316 [22MY]

Cleveland, OH: Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital ABC's of Rainbow radio program, 15522 [7JN]

———tribute to drug forum, 19996 [28JN]

Colombia: cocaine law enforcement efforts, 12849 [17MY]

Columbus, OH, fire division team: winner of annual award, 30761 [5OC]

Combined Federal Campaign: proposed rules for Federal employee contributions, 14565 [30MY]

Commission on Neurofibromatosis: establish (H.R. 1676), 1977 [7FE], 11025 [3MY]

Committee on Hunger (House, Select): establish (H. Res. 15), 2985 [23FE]

Community Nursing Centers Act: enact (H.R. 4865), 2812 [21FE], 4830 [7MR]

Compassionate Pain Relief Act: enact (H.R. 4762), 1952 [6FE]

———enact (H.R. 5290), 15760 [11JN], 25822, 25909-25913 [18SE], 26058, 26063 [19SE], 26073 [10OC]-26096 [19SE], 27816 [28SE]

Comprehensive Smoking Education Act: enact (H.R. 3979), 13991 [23MY], 24621 [10SE], 27332 [26SE], 27334, 27335, 28810 [2OC]

Comprehensive Smoking Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 1824), 3691 [28FE]

Congressional Advisory Commission on Amateur Boxing: establish (H.R. 6359), 28713 [2OC]

Consumer protection: administration policy, 5804-5805 [15MR]

Controlled Substances Registrants Protection Act: enact (H.R. 5105), 5180 [12MR]

Costa Mesa, CA: Fairview State Hospital anniversary, 10617 [1MY]

Cotton dust: health and safety standards, 12570 [16MY]

Cushing Hospital, Framingham, MA: tribute, 2150 [7FE]

Dan River Inc.: cotton dust health and safety standards, 12570 [16MY]

Dangerous Drug Diversion Control Act: enact (H.R. 5656), 25852 [19SE]

Danville, VA: proposed brown lung research experiment, 14547 [30MY]

David (bubble boy): tribute, 3316 [23FE]

Dept. of Defense: medical testing on dogs and cats, 30283 [4OC]

Dept. of HHS: reorganize (H.R. 5438), 9570 [12AP]

Developmental Disability Assistance and Bill of Rights Act: extend (S. 1340), conference report, 2408-2415 [9FE]

Diet drugs: make phenylpropanolamine available by prescription only (H.R. 4675), 1761 [2FE], 19466 [27JN]

Disability: reforms in determination process (H.R. 3755), 5567 [14MR]

Disabled and older persons: health care, 5244 [13MR]

District of Columbia: tribute to the Shaw Community Center Food Committee, 28179 [1OC]

Doctor's fees: call for voluntary 1-year freeze, 3983 [29FE]

``Doctor's Story'': tribute to television show, 10031 [25AP]

Drinking age: uniform national (H.R. 5383), 8287 [5AP]

———establish uniform national (H. Con. Res. 23), 19435 [27JN]

Drinking water: establish EPA standards for underground gasoline storage tanks (H.R. 4761), 2182 [7FE]

Drug, alcohol, and tobacco education programs: funding (H.R. 4851), 2398 [9FE]

Drug abuse and alcoholism: concerns in major U.S. cities, 10605 [1MY]

Drug Price Competition Act: enact, 26925 [25SE]

Drug trafficking, 26085 [19SE]

Economic policies: impact on health care, 6296 [21MR]

EDB: guidelines for tolerance limits, 1891 [6FE], 2337 [8FE]

Emergency Medicine Week: designate (H.J. Res. 545), 9047 [11AP], 25167 [12SE]

Employee health care: cost reduction, 14759 [31MY]

Employee Health Care Cost Reduction Act: enact (H.R. 5375), 8283 [5AP]

Environment-related diseases: compensation, 14741 [31MY]

Fairfax, VA: opening of Family Respite Center, 22298 [2AU]

Family support services program: funding, 27606 [27SE]

Far Rockaway, NY: tribute to St. John's Episcopal Hospital, 11470 [8MY]

FDA: regulatory responsibilities for nonprescription drugs, 26636 [24SE]

Federal employees: prohibit use of health insurance for abortion, 19102-19114 [27JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: require label to show the amount of sodium and potassium (H.R. 17), 15475 [7JN]

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: administration with respect to coal mining, 2814-2829 [21FE]

Fellowship Program for the Blind and Deaf: establish (H.R. 540), 20337 [29JN]

Florida's Silver-Haired Legislature: tribute, 32566 [12OC]

Food Aid and Export Promotion Act: enact (H.R. 4973), 3978 [29FE]

Food and nutrition programs: funding, 6041 [20MR]

Food irradiation: promote as postharvest treatment (H.R. 5605), 11088, 11113 [7MY]

Food-for-Peace program: funding, 17008 [19JN]

Foreign Service officers: compensation for former spouses (H.R. 5598), 11037, 11064 [3MY]

Foster child care: extend program provisions (H.R. 6130), 24116 [10AU]

Garcia, Hector P.: awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 6487 [22MR], 6566 [26MR]

Gastroenterology-digestive diseases: program for biomedical research scholars, 30270 [4OC]

Generic drugs: reform marketing procedures, 24577 [6SE]

Handicapped: administration record, 24723 [10SE]

———continue SSI benefits to working (H.R. 6263), 25951 [18SE]

———care of infants, 1419-1442 [2FE]

Hayward, CA: anniversary of the Community Resources for Independent Living, Inc., 16999 [18JN]

Hazardous substances: compensation for victims exposed to waste sites, 23512 [9AU], 24024 [10AU]

———determination of degree of danger of waste sites, 23555 [9AU]

———health effects of toxic wastes, 23520 [9AU], 23552 [9AU]

———right of employees to be aware in the workplace, 5582 [14MR], 14034 [23MY]

Head Start Act: reauthorize (H.R. 5277), 6930 [28MR]

———extend (S. 2565), 30929, 30974, 30983-30995 [9OC]

Health care: alternative liability system for malpractice claims (H.R. 5400), 8517 [10AP]

———impact of technology, 9599 [12AP]

———rising costs, 9048 [11AP], 9414 [12AP], 23607 [9AU]

———tax deduction limit (H.R. 4902), 2956 [22FE]

Health insurance: age rating, 31711 [10OC]

Health planning: funding, 31573 [10OC], 31747 [10OC]

Health Professions Minority Training Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 5503), 10610 [1MY]

Health promotion and disease prevention: establish centers for research and demonstration (S. 771), 31022 [9OC]

Health Services, Preventive Health Services, and Home and Community-Based Services Act: enact (S. 2301), 28098 [1OC], 31019 [9OC]

Hernando-Pasco Hospice, FL: tribute, 9049 [11AP]

Heroin: legalize distribution for certain terminally ill patients (H.R. 5290), 25822, 25909-25913 [18SE], 26058, 26063 [19SE], 26073 [10OC]-26096 [19SE], 27816 [28SE]

———permit therapeutic use (H.R. 4762), 1952 [6FE]

Home Care Week: designate (H.J. Res. 525), 8470 [9AP]

Homeless: second-stage housing for deinstitutionalized (H.R. 5752), 14570 [30MY], 30260 [4OC]

Hospice care: medicare reimbursement (H.R. 5386), 13971 [23MY]

———medicare reimbursement (H.R. 5386), 28031 [1OC]

———medicare reimbursement (H.R. 5386), Senate amendments, 32303 [11OC]

———social security payment levels (H.R. 5141), 5565 [14MR]

Hospice movement: tribute, 1374 [1FE]

Hospital insurance program: exempt older employees from taxes (H.R. 5723), 14351 [24MY]

Hospitalized veterans: national salute, 1961 [6FE]

Hospitals: recovery by U.S. of certain care costs (H.R. 4666), 10503 [1MY]

———resolve inequities in medicare reimbursements, 1060 [31JA]

Human Needs and World Security Act: enact (H.R. 4440), 4717 [6MR]

Human Services Reauthorization Act: enact (S. 2565), 30929, 30974, 30983-30995 [9OC], 32526 [12OC]

Hunger in America: issues, 6567 [26MR]

Hunger Relief Act: enact (H.R. 5151), 5626-5638, 5641 [15MR], 9603 [12AP], 20006 [28JN], 21338 [26JY], 21432-21452 [27JY], 21929 [1AU], 21956 [2AU], 21957 [8AU]-21958 [1AU]

———enact (H.R. 5151), placed on calendar, 24232 [5SE]

Illegal aliens: require report to Congress on impact of legalization program, 17232 [20JN]

Immunosuppressive drugs: allocation to organ transplant centers, 17651, 17660 [21JN]

Improved Standards for Laboratory Animals Act: enact (H.R. 5725), 14398 [24MY]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2166), conference report, 30100 [4OC]

———reauthorize and amend (H.R. 4567), 25454 [18SE], 25446-25464 [14SE]

———reauthorize and amend (H.R. 6039), 25446-25464 [14SE]

———reauthorize (S. 2166), 26523, 26537 [24SE]

Indian Juvenile Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 6196), 24874 [11SE], 26386 [20SE]

In-Flight Medical Emergencies Act: enact (H.R. 6365), 28798 [2OC]

Insurance: coverage of the unemployed, 24503 [6SE]

———tax deduction for the cost of a taxpayer's (H.R. 3487), 24186 [10AU]

International Games for the Disabled, 1780 [2FE], 17222 [19JN]

International population and family planning: reaffirming U.S. commitment to assistance (H. Con. Res. 345), 22318 [2AU]

Jersey City, NJ: anniversary of the Christ Hospital Volunteer Service Dept., 11479-11481 [8MY]

———St. Francis Community Health Center anniversary, 5800 [15MR]

Juvenile Diabetes Foundation: tribute to International Conference, 14737 [31MY]

Keith, Jeff: cross country run to heighten awareness of ability of the handicapped and life after cancer, 21646 [31JY], 23450 [9AU]

Kien, C. Lawrence: awarded Chair of Nutrition at West Virginia University, 9030 [11AP]

Knutson, Chad: honoring decision to donate organs (H.J. Res. 420), 23028 [8AU]

Lamm, Richard D.: response to statement relative to terminally ill older persons, 6972 [29MR], 7288 [2AP]

Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act: enact (H.R. 5845), 24114 [10AU]

Leaded gasoline: automobile pollution, 24564 [6SE]

———reduce use (H.R. 6041), 21564 [30JY]

Leesburg, VA: observance of Nursing Week, 28805 [2OC]

Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY: anniversary, 2798 [21FE]

Livestock feed: ban addition of antibiotics (H.R. 6370), 30285 [4OC]

Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: amend (S. 38), 8641 [10AP]

Los Angeles County, CA: Association for Retarded Citizens-Southwest, 24122 [10AU]

Lupus Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 488), 3069 [22FE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 239), 12810 [17MY]

Maimonides Hospital, New York, NY: tribute, 5550 [14MR]

Marihuana: therapeutic use (H.R. 2282), withdrawal of cosponsorship, 6577 [27MR]

Mary Woodard Lasker Center for Health Research and Education: designate (H.R. 5576), 10964 [3MY]

Maternal and child health services block grant program: authorize appropriations (H.R. 4661), 659 [26JA]

Medicaid: program changes, 9405 [12AP]

Medical Computer Crimes Act: enact (H.R. 4954), 3528 [27FE]

Medical records: penalize unauthorized access or alteration of computerized (H.R. 5831), 25554 [17SE]

Medical services: protect against fraudulent, 21714 [31JY]

Medicare: ambulette services (H.R. 6274), 26193 [19SE]

———amend definition of term ``physician'' (H.R. 5641), 11956 [10MY]

———anniversary, 24089 [10AU]

———beneficiary law, 20396 [29JN]

———coverage for routine cancer screening (H.R. 6042), 21506 [30JY]

———coverage of occupational therapy, 9801 [24AP]

———coverage for living and traveling abroad (H.R. 4767), 2175 [7FE]

———financial stability, 31340 [10OC]

———health maintenance organizations (H.R. 4040), 16440 [14JN]

———improve (H.R. 4040), 16440 [14JN], 22364 [3AU]

———improve and extend prospective payment system (H.R. 4903), 3065, 3067 [22FE]

———payment rates for hospice care (H.R. 5386), 8000 [5AP]

———payment guidelines treatment of certain hospitals (H.R. 5006), 4037 [1MR]

———physician fees for inpatient services, 9386-9393, 9414, 9441-9451 [12AP]

———program changes, 9405 [12AP]

———prohibit reevalutation of hospital facilities and equipment for depreciation and interest purposes (H.R. 5195), 6327 [21MR]

———reimbursements, 19463 [27JN]

———require physician to provide copy of request for reimbursement to patient (H.R. 4856), 2401 [9FE]

———single prospective reimbursement rate for hospitals (H.R. 5255), 6902 [28MR]

———rural hospital status under prospective payment system, 6578 [27MR]

———solvency, 23607 [9AU]

———waiver of 24-hour nursing requirement for certain hospitals (H.R. 5273), 7651 [3AP]

———waiver of 24-hour nursing requirement for certain hospitals (H.R. 5274), 7651 [3AP]

Medicare Benefit Improvement and Cost Containment Act: enact (H.R. 4040), 16440 [14JN]

Medicare Long-Term Care Act: enact (H.R. 5726), 14354 [24MY]

Medicare Physicians Fair Payment Act: enact, 5797 [15MR]

Medicare/Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act: enact, 15975 [12JN], 20184 [29JN], 20446 [29JN]

Medicine: patent protection, 24426 [6SE]

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: commemorative stamp, 12112 [14MY]

Memphis, TN: Liver Organ Transplant Fund, 4732 [6MR]

Mental Health Act: enact (H.R. 4839), 2655 [9FE]

Mental Health Insurance for All Americans Act: enact (H.R. 6433), 31428 [10OC]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 631), 21565 [30JY]

Mental Retardation Awareness Month: observance, 6325 [21MR]

Mid-Peninsula Dental Foundation, CA: tribute, 19995 [28JN]

Miles Laboratories, Inc.: anniversary, 11967 [10MY]

Military Family Justice Act: enact (H.R. 6432), 31428 [10OC]

Mississippi State Medical Association: volunteer, 1-year freeze on fees, 6803 [27MR]

Mondale, Walter F.: social security policy, 31431 [10OC]

Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY: anniversary, 32608 [14NO]

Multiple Sector Health Care Strategy Act: enact (H.R. 6383), 30247 [4OC]

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 578), 14386 [24MY]

———designate (S.J. Res. 295), 28693 [2OC]

Nashville, TN: commemoration of Southern Hills Medical Center, 16777 [15JN]

National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program: tribute, 18478 [22JN]

National Adolescent Conference on Behavorial Disorders: issues and proposals, 32562 [12OC]

National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 644), 24580 [6SE]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (H.J. Res. 451), 435 [25JA], 10548 [1MY]

National Animal Health Week: designate (H.J. Res. 526), 12811 [17MY]

National Association of Pro America: position on various current issues, 9973 [25AP]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 463), 1186 [1FE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 244), 10973 [3MY]

———observance, 11692 [9MY]

National Blood Pressure Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 550), 9587, 9616 [12AP]

———designate (S.J. Res. 260), 28694 [2OC]

National Cardiovascular Technologists Week: observance, 2667 [9FE]

National Center for Health Services Research: funding (H.R. 5495), 9618 [12AP], 9780 [24AP]

———rename as National Center for Health Services Research and Medical Technology Assessment (H.R. 5496), 15683-15687 [11JN]

National Center for Health Statistics: reauthorize (H.R. 5495), 9618 [12AP]

National Cerebral Palsy Month: designate (H.J. Res. 507), 4714 [6MR]

———designate (S.J. Res. 309), 28693 [2OC]

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: observance, 9597 [12AP]

National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 289), 15170 [6JN]

National Christmas Seal Month: designate (H.J. Res. 626), 20382 [29JN]

National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare: mail solicitation methods, 8464 [9AP], 13982 [23MY]

———monitor activities, 21068 [25JY]

———response to membership drive letter, 6350 [22MR]

National CPR Awareness Week: designate, 24732 [10SE]

National Diabetes Month: designate (H.J. Res. 591), 15992 [12JN]

———designate (S.J. Res. 299), 28696 [2OC]

———observance, 20361 [29JN]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 228), 12809 [17MY]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (H.J. Res. 512), 5108 [8MR]

———designate (S.J. Res. 254), 25163 [12SE]

National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week: designate (H.J. Res. 529), 23025 [10AU]

National Drug Education Act: enact (H.R. 4851), 2398 [9FE], 2638 [9FE]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 303), 18893 [26JN]

National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 565), 11940 [10MY]

———designate (S.J. Res. 201), 28695 [2OC]

National Eye Donor Month: designate (S.J. Res. 225), 5028 [8MR]

National Eye Health Care Month: withdrawal of cosponsorship (H.J. Res. 473), 6493 [26MR]

National Federation of Parents for Drug-Free Youth: tribute, 5386 [13MR]

National Head Injury Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 638), 28689 [2OC], 28690 [12OC]

National Health Screening Council: minorities health fair program, 5869 [19MR]

National Health Service Corps: reauthorizing, 10920 [3MY]

National Hearing and Speech Month: observance, 11961 [10MY]

National Hemophilia Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 486), 2803 [21FE]

National Home Care Week: designate (H.J. Res. 525), 6289 [21MR]

———designate (S.J. Res. 237), 28694 [2OC]

National Hospice Month: designate (H.J. Res. 621), 20385 [29JN]

———designate (S.J. Res. 234), 25161 [12SE]

National Hospital Week/Nurse Recognition Week: observance, 11470 [8MY]

National Independent Laboratory Week: designate (H.J. Res. 725), 20447 [29JN]

National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: establish (S. 540), 14875 [5JN]

———establish (S. 540), appointment of conferees, 14897 [5JN], 17014 [19JN]

———establish (S. 540), conference report, 31011 [9OC]

———establish (S. 540), permission to file conference report, 29476 [3OC], 30338 [5OC]

National Medical Transcriptionist Week: designate (H.J. Res. 332), 28688 [2OC]

National Mental Health Association: anniversary, 29646 [3OC], 30244 [4OC]

National Mental Health Counselors Week: designate (S.J. Res. 203), 7544 [3AP]

National Nurse Recognition Day: tribute, 10015 [25AP]

National Nursing Home Employees Week: observance, 24160 [10AU]

National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (H.J. Res. 457), 652 [26JA], 10230 [26AP], 10611 [1MY]

———designate (S.J. Res. 198), 10549 [1MY]

National Nursing Home Week: observance, 12976 [18MY]

National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act: enact (H.R. 4684), 1176 [31JA], 24919 [11SE], 25207 [12SE], 27814 [28SE], 28490-28504 [2OC], 28797 [2OC]

National Opticians Month: observance, 29653 [3OC]

National Osteoporosis Week: designate (H.J. Res. 610), 19428 [27JN]

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (H.J. Res. 509), 4973 [8MR]

———designate (S.J. Res. 232), 10549 [1MY]

National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (H.J. Res. 460), 935 [30JA]

———designate (S.J. Res. 259), 30311 [5OC]

National Salute to Hospitalizaed Veterans: observance, 2364 [8FE]

National Spina Bifida Month: designate (S.J. Res. 275), 25161 [4OC]

———designate (H.J. Res. 595), 19461 [27JN], 25219 [13SE], 25410 [13SE]

National Tuberous Sclerosis Week: designate (S.J. Res. 148), 7543 [3AP]

———observance, 11065 [3MY]

National Vaccine-Injury Compensation Act: enact (H.R. 5810), 15513 [7JN]

National Volunteer Week: observance, 11479-11481 [8MY]

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: observance, 11025 [3MY]

New York, NY: anniversary of Montefiore Medical Center, 32592 [12OC]

———anniversary of the Coney Island Hospital, 27600 [27SE]

———tribute to ``Ask Congress'' cable television program, 22079 [1AU]

Newark, NJ, Emergency Services for Families: tribute, 28170 [1OC]

NIH: funding, 21834, 21862 [1AU]

———tribute to the Mary Woodard Lasker Center for Medical Research and Health Education, 32612 [14NO]

No-fault recovery system: recovery by U.S. of certain hospital and medical care costs (H.R. 4666), 10503 [1MY]

Nonsmoker Relief Act: enact (H.R. 4955), 3539 [27FE]

NSF: funding certain research projects, 10189 [26AP]

Nuclear facilities: research health effects of radiation exposure of workers, 20317 [29JN], 20692 [24JY]

Nuclear testing: damages from the Nevada test site (H.R. 5855), 16617 [14JN]

Nuclear war: investigate climatic implications, 14669 [31MY]

Nurse Education Act: amend (S. 2574), 31039 [9OC]

———amend (S. 2574), appointment of conferees, 29475 [3OC]

———amend (S. 2574), authorizing technical corrections, 24501 [6SE]

———amend (S. 2574), conference report, 31016 [9OC]

———amend (S. 2574), permission to file conference report, 29476 [3OC], 30094 [4OC]

———amend (S. 2574), request for consideration of conference report, 30338 [5OC]

Nursing homes: family responsibility for cost sharing (H. Con. Res. 134), 18619 [25JN]

Nutrition: insure proper for U.S. children (H.R. 7), 8640 [10AP]

o-Benzyl-p-Chlorphenol: suspend duty (H.R. 5662), 12355 [15MY]

Obstetric Care Information Act: enact (H.R. 6129), 24109 [10AU]

Older Americans Act: reauthorization (H.R. 4785), 2664 [9FE], 6789 [27MR]

Oral rehydration therapy: medical treatment, 27184 [26SE]

Organ Donation Awareness Week: observance, 32566 [12OC]

Organ donors: encouragement, 15367 [7JN]

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Act: enact (S. 2048), 17668 [21JN]

———enact (S. 2048), appointment of conferees, 17671 [21JN]

———enact (S. 2048), conference report, 29473 [3OC]

———enact (S. 2048), consideration of conference report, 28688 [2OC]

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Registry: establish (H.R. 4180), 4618 [6MR]

Organ procurement organizations: funding (H.R. 5580), 17332-17343 [20JN], 17648-17668 [21JN], 18465 [22JN], 19458 [27JN]

———funding (H.R. 5580), S. 2048 passed in lieu, 17671 [21JN]

———coordination with tissue procurement organizations, 17661 [21JN]

———improve communication system, 17663 [21JN]

Organ procurement programs: State participation, 17660 [21JN]

Organ Transportation Good Samaritan Act: enact, 23209 [8AU]

OSHA: Hazard Communication Standard, 5177 [12MR]

———worker safety inspections of Adolph Coors Co., 24322 [5SE]

Ostomy Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 587), 15261 [6JN], 23027 [8AU]

Pacemakers: FDA responsibility in proving safety and effectiveness, 5578 [14MR]

Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week: desigante (H.J. Res. 432), 6352 [22MR]

Pesticide Tolerance Emergency Authority Act: enact, 3294 [23FE]

Physicians: solo practice billing and payment agreements (H.R. 6357), 28805 [2OC]

Plague: increase in cases, 22373 [6AU]

Poland: funds for Clement J. Zablocki Memorial Outpatient Facility's American Children's Hospital in Krakow(H.R. 4835), 2660 [9FE], 4619 [6MR]

Poland and the Soviet Union: reduced postage on certain packages, 23203 [8AU]

Portland, OR, Adventist Hospital: tribute to the Health and Medical Education Center, 12969 [18MY]

Precipitation and dry deposition: reports on acid content, 471 [26JA]

Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital: tribute, 342 [24JA]

President's Task Force on Food Assistance: report on hunger in America, 2651 [9FE]

Preventive health services: block grant authorizations, 15669-15675 [11JN]

———implement, 30370 [5OC]

Preventive Health Act: revise and extend programs of assistance (H.R. 5538), 28060 [1OC], 28064 [2OC], 28097 [1OC]

———revise and extend programs of assistance (H.R. 5538), request for consideration, 27319 [26SE]

Private psychiatric hospitals: methods of prospective payment, 20395 [29JN]

Public Health Service Act: amend (H.R. 5600), 15669-15675 [11JN]

———extend programs of assistance for training of health professionals (H.R. 5602), 22538 [6AU], 24305 [5SE], 24470 [6SE], 24575 [6SE], 24933 [11SE], 25412 [13SE]

———revise and extend assistance for alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services (H.R. 5603), 15675, 15678-15683 [11JN]

———revise and extend assistance for alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services (H.R. 5603), appointment of conferees, 20306 [29JN]

———revise and extend assistance for alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services (H.R. 5603), conference report, 29475 [3OC]

Puerto Rico: increase Federal share of Medicaid programs, 9405 [12AP]

Quaaludes: decrease in abuse, 29314 [3OC]

Railroads: engineers stress, 30758 [5OC]

Reagan, President: policy, 30923 [9OC]

———social security policy, 7572-7579 [3AP], 31340 [10OC]

Rehabilitation Act: revise and extend (S. 1340), conference report, 2408-2415 [9FE]

Relief of Pain in the Human Fetus During Abortion Act: enact (H.R. 4857), 3313 [23FE]

Research Accountability Act: enact (H.R. 5098), 5072 [8MR]

Restaurant central kitchens: exemption from Federal inspection requirements (H.R. 5223), 6465 [22MR], 20651 [24JY]

———exemption from Federal inspection requirements (H.R. 5223), Senate amendments, 29533 [3OC]

Richmond, VA: new PruCare headquarters, 31752 [10OC]

Robert F. Kennedy Challenge Walk: tribute, 6798 [27MR]

Rural health care systems: prospective payment regulations, 22537 [6AU]

Sacramento, CA: tribute to Asian Community Nursing Home, 2160 [7FE]

San Fernando Valley, CA: tribute to Independent Living Center for mentally disabled adults, 3069 [22FE]

San Mateo County, CA: dental health project, 7890 [4AP]

———program to prevent alcohol and drug abuse, 2836 [21FE]

School lunch program: extend and improve (H.R. 7), 8490 [10AP], 8793, 8798 [11AP], 8812, 8816 [12AP]-8825 [11AP], 10530-10537 [1MY], 10776 [2MY]

———extend and improve (H.R. 7), technical corrections, 10537 [1MY]

Senior Companion program: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 333), 19423 [27JN], 20345 [29JN]

Sertoma Foundation: tribute to work in hearing conservation, 11961 [10MY]

Sharkey, Judy: need for liver donor, 23452 [9AU]

Small hospitals: increase size of hospitals which may participate in swing-bed programs, 5405 [13MR]

Smoking: effect on health, 27333 [9OC]

———effects on health (H.R. 3979), 27332 [26SE]

———regulations on aircraft, 6067 [20MR]

Social security: disability insurance terminations due to budget cuts, 3285 [27FE]

———independent status, 16298 [13JN]

———provisions discriminatory to women, 2804 [21FE]

———reforms of disability insurance, 2444 [22FE], 7635 [3AP]

Social Security Administration: repayment policies of SSA in cases of alleged overpayment (H.R. 5072), 5074 [8MR]

Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3755), 6335, 6346 [22MR], 6576-6581, 6583 [27MR], 6610, 6611, 6612 [28MR], 6613 [2AP]-6622 [27MR], 7425 [2AP], 7890, 7891 [4AP], 10787 [2MY], 15692 [11JN], 17636 [20JN], 24337 [5SE], 26920, 26924 [25SE]

———enact (H.R. 3755), appointment of conferees, 15692 [11JN]

———enact (H.R. 3755), conference deliberations, 25523 [17SE]

———enact (H.R. 3755), conference report, 25871 [18SE], 26140-26146 [19SE]

———enact (H.R. 3755), delay in conference, 20180 [29JN]

SSI: improve, 9413 [12AP]

———improve (H.R. 5341), 7618 [3AP], 12097 [14MY]

St. Elizabeths Hospital and District of Columbia Mental Health Services Act: enact (H.R. 6224), 28611-28619 [2OC]

———enact (H.R. 6224), Senate amendments, 30995 [9OC]

St. Paul, MN: observance of Freedom Friday, 27814 [28SE]

Stratford, NJ: tribute to physician volunteers, 3065 [22FE]

Striped bass: FDA requirements for acceptable PCB levels, 14768 [31MY]

Superfund Expansion and Protection Act: enact, 14037 [23MY]

Superfund program: extend and expand (H.R. 4813), 3300 [23FE]

Swing bed program: maintain quality level (H.R. 6367), 28797 [2OC]

Task Force on Organ Procurement and Transplantation: establish (H.R. 4180), 4618 [6MR]

———establish (S. 2048), 17668 [21JN]

———establish (S. 2048), appointment of conferees, 17671 [21JN]

Teenage Alcohol Abuse Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 611), 19460 [27JN]

Terminally ill patients: relief of pain with heroin, 26085 [19SE]

Tissue procurement organizations: coodrination with organ procurement organizations, 17661 [21JN]

Tobacco: prohibit that grown or processed with pesticides or chemicals from import into the U.S. (H.R. 6418), 30728 [5OC]

Tomsey, Michael D.: designated VA's Outstanding Handicapped Employee, 30762 [5OC]

Toxic chemicals: require profiles of frequently found or of greatest risk (H.R. 4813), 6772 [27MR]

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend (H.R. 4303), 6772 [27MR]

Tropicana Products: sponsors of Special Olympics programs, 24131 [10AU]

Turberculosis: control, 28061 [1OC]

U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps: extend social security wage credits (H.R. 5171), 5599 [15MR]

Unemployed: health coverage, 24503 [6SE]

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: foreign military medical students, 14483 [30MY]

United Way Organization: tribute, 25689 [17SE]

Universal Health Insurance Act: enact (H.R. 5231), 6486 [22MR]

University of Maryland: Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services System, 18470 [22JN]

University of Nebraska hospital: tribute to neonatal unit, 17212 [19JN]

University of Texas: progress report on Science Park, 4224 [1MR]

Urea formaldehyde foam insulation: assist homeowners to remove (H.R. 5629), 11695 [9MY]

VA: authorize State acquisition and renovation of existing nursing homes (H.R. 5412), 8516 [10AP]

———medical treatment, 19013 [27JN]

———physicians' military retirement pay waiver (H.R. 4694), 18500 [25JN]

Venereal disease: control, 28061 [1OC]

Vermont Medical Society: anniversary, 9565 [12AP]

Veterans: CBO study of health care benefits, 12855 [17MY]

———compensation for exposure to herbicide agent orange (H.R. 1961), 736 [30JA], 746-99752 [30JA], 1124-1130 [31JA], 1150, 1160, 1175 [31JA], 1185 [1FE], 1775 [2FE], 2376 [8FE], 12605 [16MY], 14033 [23MY], 29557 [4OC]

———compensation for exposure to herbicide agent orange (H.R. 1961), Senate amendment, 29544-29557 [3OC]

———housing benefits, 12999 [22MY]

———spouse dependency and indemnity disability compensation rates for E-3 and below pay rates (H.R. 6035), 21375 [26JY]

Veterans Health Care and Facilities Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 5618), 12989-12994 [21MY]

———enact (H.R. 5618), Senate amendments, 28649-28667 [2OC]

Veterans' health care programs: adequate coverage and attention, 24165 [10AU]

———funding reduction, 9915 [25AP], 24165 [10AU]

Vetter, David P.: Presidential Medal of Freedom to severe combined immune deficiency victim (H. Res. 451), 4365 [5MR], 4615 [6MR]

Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Relief Act: enact (H.R. 1961), 736 [30JA], 746-752 [30JA], 1124-1130 [31JA], 1150, 1160, 1175 [31JA], 1185 [1FE], 1775 [2FE], 2376 [8FE], 12605 [16MY], 14033 [23MY], 29557 [4OC]

———enact (H.R. 1961), additional views, 1126 [31JA]

———enact (H.R. 1961), Senate amendment, 29544-29557 [3OC]

Vietnam Veterans Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Compensation Act: enact (H.R. 4711), 1397-1398 [1FE], 14552 [30MY]

Waste sites: notification of contents to buyers, 7889 [4AP]

Water Quality Renewal Act: revitalize, 14777 [31MY]

West Virginia University: dedication of Charles E. Compton Chair of Nutrition at the School of Medicine, 9030 [11AP]

Worker health and safety: budget proposals, 4832 [7MR], 13123 [21MY]

———issues, 4832 [7MR], 13123 [21MY]

World Food Day: designate (H.J. Res. 556), 10586 [1MY]

———observance, 26382 [20SE], 30282 [4OC]

World hunger: Representative Conte's work to alleviate, 3066 [22FE]

Wyoming Valley Crippled Children's Association, PA: tribute, 7260 [30MR]

Youth alcohol and drug abuse: Action for Drug Abuse Prevention Training program, 6784 [27MR]

Remarks in Senate

Acid Deposition Control and Cost Sharing Act: introduction (S. 2215), 580 [26JA]

Acid rain: control emissions, 1783 [3FE], 1883 [6FE], 2198-2200 [8FE], 6514 [26MR], 14135 [24MY], 25065 [12SE], 32079 [11OC]

———control emissions (S. 2215), 580 [26JA]

———environmental consequences, 12897 [18MY]

———Indiana, 8608 [10AP]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: research funding, 26476 [21SE], 26675, 26680, 26681 [25SE]

ACTION Agency: commend senior companion program (S. Con. Res. 124), 16672 [15JN]

Afghanistan: humanitarian assistance, 17081-17083 [19JN], 21753 [1AU]

Africa: humanitarian assistance, 22629 [7AU]

Agent orange: disability compensation for exposure to herbicides containing dioxins, 13147 [22MY], 14144 [24MY]

Aide Medicale Internationale: tribute, 2604 [9FE]

Airbag restraint systems: requirement for certain automobiles (S. 2828), 19663 [28JN]

Alaska: EPA guidelines for pulp mills, 25278 [13SE]

Alcohol abuse: distilled spirits industry education program, 2865 [22FE]

———prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation, 14090 [24MY]

Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Block Grant Act: enact (S. 2303), 10088-10091 [26AP]

———enact (S. 2303), conference report, 29272-29275 [3OC]

———enact (S. 2303), technical correction (S. Con. Res. 150), 29275 [3OC]

———introduction (S. 2303), 2516 [9FE]

Alcoholic beverages: minimum drinking age restriction on Federal-aid highway funds to States (S. 2719), 14119 [24MY]

Alvin C. York VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI: designate (S. 2253), 22942 [8AU]

Alzheimer's disease: assistance to certain victims (S. 2221), 593 [26JA]

———tax deductions for dependent care (S. 2222), 593 [26JA]

———treatment by VA (S. 2220), 593 [26JA]

———supportive services, 14213 [24MY]

Alzheimer's Disease Research Coordination Act: introduction (S. 2946), 23338 [9AU]

American College of Hospital Administrators: report, 30900 [9OC]

American Heart Month: observance, 1344 [1FE]

American Hunger Crisis: report findings, 2112 [7FE]

Americans for Substance Abuse Prevention: tribute, 28265 [2OC]

Animals: indemnity programs for control and eradication of brucellosis (S. 3010), 26209-26211 [20SE]

Anti-Hunger Act: introduction (S. 2607), 10362 [30AP]

Appropriations: making urgent supplemental (H.J. Res. 492), conference report, 18567-18570 [25JN]

———making urgent supplemental (H.J. Res. 492), conference report—amendments in disagreement, 18570, 18591 [25JN]

Arctic Research and Policy Act: enact (S. 373), House amendments, 17945-17949 [21JN], 23911 [10AU]

Armed Forces: medical and commissary benefits for certain former spouses, 31236 [10OC]

Asbestos: school abatement program, 7122-7128 [29MR], 15008-15015 [6JN], 15352 [7JN], 22811 [8AU]

———school abatement program (S. 2237), 1033, 1036 [31JA]

Asbestos Workers' Recovery Act: enact (S. 2708), 15290 [7JN]

———introduction (S. 2708), 13526-13528 [23MY]

Asbestos-related diseases: compensation system, 9356-9357 [12AP]

Association for the Advancement of the Blind and Retarded: tribute, 23909 [10AU]

Automobiles: automatic crash protection, 14165 [24MY]

Baby Jane Doe: financial compensation for legal fees, 15555 [8JN]

———payment of attorneys' fees to family (H. Con. Res. 122), unanimous-consent request, 28840 [3OC]

———payment of attorneys' fees to family (S. Con Res. 123), 16583 [14JN]

Biomedical research: funding, 12405-12407, 12409-12411 [16MY]

Biomedical Research, Training, and Medical Library Assistance Act: enact (S. 773), 1705 [2FE], 7229 [30MR]

Budget: President Reagan's deficit reduction policy, 31134 [10OC]

Cancer: model programs to develop an economical method for early detection (S. 2843), 20127 [29JN]

———research funding, 2060 [7FE]

Care delivery: cost containment through competitive medical plans and preferred provider arrangements (S. 2501), 7107 [29MR]

Care for Chemically Dependent Veterans Act: introduction (S. 2278), 2266 [8FE]

Central America: humanitarian assistance, 17176 [19JN]

CHAMPUS: study issue of allowing utilization of medicare payment methods, 16683 [15JN]

Chevron, U.S.A., Inc.: health fair program tribute, 6101 [21MR]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: amend (H.R. 1904), appointment of conferees, 21163 [26JY]

———amend (H.R. 1904), conference report, 27773-27783 [28SE]

———amend (H.R. 1904), technical corrections (H. Con. Res. 364), 27786 [28SE]

———amend (S. 1003), 20148-20152 [29JN], 21141 [26JY]

———amend (S. 1003), debate procedure, 21140 [26JY]

———amend (S. 1003), indefinitely postponed, 21163 [26JY]

———amend (S. 1003), pass H.R. 1904 in lieu, 21162 [26JY]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act: amend (H.R. 1904), appointment of conferees, 21163 [26JY]

———amend (H.R. 1904), conference report, 27773-27783 [28SE]

———amend (H.R. 1904), technical corrections (H. Con. Res. 364), 27786 [28SE]

———amend (S. 1003), 20148-20152 [29JN], 21141 [26JY]

———amend (S. 1003), debate procedure, 21140 [26JY]

———amend (S. 1003), indefinitely postponed, 21163 [26JY]

———amend (S. 1003), pass H.R. 1904 in lieu, 21162 [26JY]

Child Health Day: observance, 30641 [5OC]

Child nutrition programs: extend and reform (S. 2599), 10123 [26AP]

Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act: introduction (S. 2617), 10466 [1MY]

Children: disease immunization, 16676 [15JN]

———sexual abuse, 11786 [10MY]

Chippewa Indian Tribe: establish contract health service delivery area, 25076 [12SE]

Cigarette Safety Act: enact (S. 1935), 26433-26436 [21SE]

———enact (S. 1935), H.R. 1880 passed in lieu, 26436 [21SE]

———enact (S. 1935), indefinitely postponed, 26436 [21SE]

Cigarettes: increase excise tax to offset health care costs of smoking-related illness, 16012 [13JN]

Clark, Barney B.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (S. Res. 130), 5158 [12MR]

Clean Air Act: amend (S. 768), 1879 [6FE]

Clement J. Zablocki Memorial Outpatient Facility, American Children's Hospital, Krakow, Poland: authorizing funding (H.R. 4835), 8081 [5AP]

Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI: designate (S. 2253), 1688 [2FE], 22942 [8AU]

Columbus-Cuneo-Cabrini Medical Center: tribute, 27172 [26SE]

Common carriers: make operation while under influence of alcohol or drugs Federal offense (S. 3020), 26696 [25SE]

Community block grant program: extend, 29750-29778 [4OC]

Comprehensive Care Corp.: tribute to alcoholism and drug dependency treatment facility, 28264 [2OC]

Comprehensive Smoking Education Act: enact (H.R. 3979), 25003-25005 [12SE], 26050 [19SE], 26657 [25SE], 26942-26956 [26SE]

———enact (H.R. 3979), placed on calendar, 25566 [17SE]

Contraceptives: research by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (S. 3086), 31249 [10OC]

Controlled substances: National Association of Retail Druggists support for penalties for robbery, 18558 [25JN]

Controlled Substances Registrant Protection Act: enact (H.R. 5222), placed on calendar, 10682 [2MY]

———enact (S. 422), 18558 [25JN], 12745 [17MY], 12944 [18MY], 19496, 19711 [28JN]

Council on Health Care Technology: establish, 19746-19748 [28JN]

Courts: expert witness testimony on ultimate issues, 1001 [31JA]

———strengthen penalty provisions of environmental protection laws (S. 2665), 11771 [10MY]

Dairy products: extend patent numbered 3,376,198 relating to the production of antibodies in milk (S. 1711), House amendments, 29286 [3OC]

Darien, CT: drunk driving prevention program, 20924 [25JY]

Dependency and indemnity compensation rates: cost-of-living increase (H.R. 5688), 30812 [9OC]

———cost-of-living increase (H.R. 5688), placed on the calendar-30826 [9OC]

Dept. of HHS: testing of home emergency response systems (S. 2941), 23334 [9AU]

Developing countries: funding for health care (H.J. Res. 648), 26621 [24SE]

———funding for health care (H.J. Res. 648), ordered printed with amendments, 27173 [26SE]

Developmental Disabilities Act: enact (S. 2573), 18712 [26JN]

———introduction (S. 2573), 9289, 9297 [12AP]

Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act: funding, 22790 [8AU]

diGenova, Joseph: drug control measures, 27420 [27SE]

Disability: cost-of-Living increase (H.R. 5688), placed on the calendar, 30812 [9OC]

Disability Act: amend (S. 476), 5753 [15MR]I05Disabled: achievements, 1706 [2FE]

Domestic Food Assistance Act: enact (S. 3017), 29847 [4OC]

———enact (S. 3017), placed on calendar, 30709 [5OC]

———introduction (S. 3017), 26614-26618, 26629 [24SE]

Domestic spending programs: funding, 12658-12662 [17MY]

Driver safety: Blue Cross and Blue Shield public service announcements program, 23910 [10AU]

Drug abuse: incidence with youth, 11550 [9MY]

———increased incidence, 14155 [24MY], 19207 [27JN], 20021 [29JN], 20767 [25JY], 21098 [26JY], 22489 [6AU], 22556 [7AU], 22705 [8AU], 23236 [9AU], 23734, 23742-23744 [10AU], 24739 [11SE], 24958 [12SE], 25566 [17SE], 25711 [18SE], 26215 [20SE], 26977 [26SE], 27420 [27SE], 28264 [2OC]

———use of PCP, 23734, 23742-23744 [10AU]

Drug industry: facilitate export of new products not yet approved for domestic market (S. 2878), 21196, 21227 [26JY]

Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act: introduction (S. 2748), 15846 [12JN]

Drugs: international trafficking, 5414 [14MR]

———revise procedures for new applications (S. 2926), 23764-23774 [10AU]

———revise procedures for new applications (S. 2926), placed on calendar, 22958 [8AU]

Drunken driving: mandatory sentencing, 19406 [27JN]

Economically disadvantaged: providing care, 13300 [22MY]

Elderly: health care, 26291 [20SE]

Emergency Medicine Week: designate (H.J. Res. 545), 26296 [20SE]

———designate (H.J. Res. 545), held at desk, 25666 [17SE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 288), 11282 [8MY], 13250 [22MY]

Evanston Hospital Corp.: cost containment program, 24676 [10SE]

Family planning services and population research: revise and extend programs (S. 2622), 10698-10700 [2MY]

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: introduction (S. 2403), 5738-5739 [15MR]

FDA: funding for acquired immune deficiency syndrome activities, 29050 [3OC]

Federal agencies: improve worker wellness programs, 20595 [24JY], 29227 [3OC]

Federal Antitampering Act: enact (H.R. 2174), 14089 [24MY]

Federal employees: improve pension protection of former spouses (S. 2821), 19657, 19660 [28JN]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Reform Act: introduction (S. 2252), 1682 [2FE]

Food: emergency action relative to pesticide residues which present an imminent hazard to public health (S. 3076), 30589 [5OC]

———labeling requirement (S. 2368), 3804 [29FE]

———result of hearings on safety legislation, 30551 [5OC]

Food, drugs, or cosmetics: penalties for adulterating (H.R. 2174), 14089 [24MY]

Food for Peace program: anniversary, 22873 [8AU]

Food irradiation: postharvest treatment of agricultural commodities (S. 2254), 1789 [3FE]

———promote as postharvest treatment (S. 2652), 11537 [9MY]

Food Safety Modernization Act: enact (S. 1938), 5770 [15MR]

Food services: exempt certain central kitchen facilities from Federal inspection requirements (H.R. 5223), S. 2256 indefinitely postponed, 28264 [2OC]

———exempt certain central kitchen facilities from Federal inspection requirements (S. 2256), 1792 [3FE]

———exempt certain central kitchen facilities from Federal inspection requirements (S. 2256), H.R. 5223 passed in lieu, 28263 [2OC]

———exempt certain central kitchen facilities from Federal inspection requirements (S. 2256; H.R. 5223), 28263-28264 [2OC]

Foreign assistance: funding, 28378-28383 [2OC], 28869, 28871-28873 [3OC], 31793 [11OC]

Gasoline: EPA regulations on lead content, 22324 [3AU]

General Black Jack Pershing Regional VA Medical Center, Poplar Bluff, MO: designate (H.R. 5252), 31167 [10OC]

———designate (H.R. 5252), placed on calendar, 30709 [5OC]

Geriatric Manpower Act: introduction (S. 3009), 26036 [19SE]

Geriatrics: advancements made by VA, 26292 [20SE]

———funding for training, 26036 [19SE]

———funding for training (S. 3035), 27683 [28SE]

Golden Fleece Award: Health Care Financing Administration's measures to trim waste, 3083 [23FE]

Graduate medical education and other clinical training programs: fixed grants to States (S. 3073), 30577 [5OC]

Handicapped: court decision on child medical expenses, 23385 [9AU]

———positive impact of Special Olympics, 29848 [4OC]

Hazardous and Solid Waste Control Act: enact (H.R. 2867), conference report, 31997 [11OC]

Hazardous Substance Act: introduction (S. 3014), 26491 [21SE]

Hazardous waste disposal sites: require Federal Government to comply with monitoring standards (S. 2407), 5126 [12MR]

———cleanup, 2495 [9FE]

———ground-water contamination, 16186 [13JN]

———health effects, 20849-20853 [25JY]

Hazardous waste sites: South Carolina, 28980 [3OC]

———regulation of radioactive, 22487-22488 [6AU]

———strengthen penalty provisions of environmental protection laws (S. 2665), 11771 [10MY]

———victim compensation, 22336 [3AU]

Head Start programs: extend (S. 2565), 9253 [12AP], 10721 [2MY], 25658 [17SE], 26226 [20SE], 26702 [25SE], 28433 [2OC], 29740-29778 [4OC]

Health Care Consumer Information Act: introduction (S. 2503), 7109 [29MR]

Health Care Coordination Act: enact (S. 1614), 11311 [8MY]

Health care costs, 16593 [14JN]

———national survey, 20167 [29JN]

———success of Iowa coalition to control, 2723 [21FE]

Health Care Financing Administration: Golden Fleece Award recipient, 24194 [5SE]

Health insurance: coverage for unemployed, 9119-9121 [12AP]

———tax status of employer-provided programs, 14155 [24MY]

Health Maintenance Organization Act: enact (S. 2311), 19716, 19717 [28JN]

———introduction (S. 2311), 2524 [9FE]

Health maintenance organizations: extend assistance programs, 27177 [26SE]

———improve operations, 2524 [9FE]

———medicare coverage of clinical psychologist services, 9127 [12AP]

Health professionals: education assistance (S. 2559), 8759 [11AP], 19739, 19745-19748 [28JN]

———grants for educational institutions with graduate programs in psychology (S. 2444), 5846 [19MR]

———humanistic approach, 12474 [16MY]

———student loans for graduate studies in psychology (S. 2443), 5846 [19MR]

———training assistance, 5329-5331 [13MR], 27177 [26SE]

———training assistance (S. 2574), 30625 [5OC]

———training assistance (S. 2647), 11265 [8MY]

Health promotion and disease prevention: establish centers for research and demonstration (S. 771), House amendments, 31836-31841 [11OC]

Health Services, Preventive Health Services, and Home and Community-Based Services Act: enact (S. 2301), 27766-27770 [28SE]

———enact (S. 2301), House amendments, 30808-30811 [9OC]

———introduction (S. 2301), 2507 [9FE], 15670 [11JN]

Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 261), 5936 [20MR]

Home Care Protection Act: introduction (S. 2338), 3152-3154 [23FE]

Hospice care: maintain current payment methodology, 28363 [2OC]

———payment rates (H.R. 5386), 31937-31944 [11OC]

———payment rates (H.R. 5386), unanimous-consent request, 28840 [3OC]

———public pension offset provisions, 31938 [11OC]

Hunger: national and international impact, 1710 [2FE]

Hunger Relief Act: enact (H.R. 5151), 22528 [6AU]

Improved Standards for Laboratory Animals Act: enact (S. 657), 4923 [8MR]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2166), 25069-25082 [12SE], 25385 [13SE]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 2166), appointment of conferees, 26716 [25SE]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 2166), conference report, 28933 [3OC]

Indian Health Service: clarify terms of leases for facilities, 25076 [12SE]

———eliminate provisions to upgrade to agency status, 25078 [12SE]

Indians: demonstration program for direct billing of medicare and medicaid payments, 25077 [12SE]

———eliminate grants of unobligated funds for health care facilities, 25076 [12SE]

Infant Formula Action Coalition: efforts to gain manufacturer compliance to infant formula code, 699 [27JA]

Infant formulas: FDA regulations (S. 3096), 32035 [11OC]

Infants: medical treatment for certain with life-threatening conditions, 21151-21156-21161 [26JY]

———protection for handicapped, 20148 [29JN]

Institute for Health Care Technology Assessment: establish (S. 2504), 7109 [29MR]

Institutional care: status of system in Minnesota, 20170 [29JN]

Iowa: insurance rates, 16987 [18JN]

Javits, Jacob K.: comments on terminal illness and quality of life, 24782 [11SE]

Joint Operating Commission for Food Irradiation Treatment: establish (S. 2652), 11537 [9MY]

Keith, Jeff: tribute, 21557 [30JY], 21632, 21634 [31JY]

Levy, Samuel K.: tribute, 5375 [13MR]

Long-Term Care Gerontology Centers: tribute, 187 [24JA]

Lupus Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 239), 2715 [21FE], 3481 [27FE], 5161 [12MR]

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation: tribute to reading champions program, 26288 [20SE]

Mary Woodard Lasker Center for Health Research and Education: designate (H.R. 5576), 11533 [9MY], 14829 [4JN]

Maryland: Health Fair '84, 4293 [2MR]

Maternal and child health block grants: funding, 9101-9108 [12AP]

Meat and Poultry Inspection Act: introduction (S. 2860), 20885 [25JY]

Meatpacking industry: enforcement of sanitation rules, 27657 [28SE], 31783 [11OC]

Medicaid: modify provisions, 12677, 12680-12694 [17MY]

Medicare: alternative liability system for medical malpractice (S. 2690), 12732 [17MY]

———benefits eligibility, 11527-11529 [9MY]

———coverage of posthospital home health services, 9216 [12AP]

———coverage for services of mental health professionals (S. 2339), 3155 [23FE]

———financial reform, 2476 [9FE], 12005 [11MY], 12461 [16MY], 14152 [24MY], 15564 [8JN]

———Health Care Financing Administration reimbursement formula, 26655 [25SE]

———health maintenance organizations, 13302 [22MY]

———modify provisions, 11232 [8MY], 12419-12422 [16MY], 12650-12657, 12662 [17MY]

———payment rates for hospice care (S. 2725), 14948 [5JN]

———premium deductibles, 11248 [8MY], 11511-11527 [9MY], 12652-12657 [17MY]

———prospective payment system, 13299 [22MY]

———recertification of need for certain services by nurse practitioners (S. 2938), 23331 [9AU]

———State reimbursement formula, 5157 [12MR]

Medicare Incentives Reform Act: introduction (S. 2752), 16012 [13JN]

Medicare Preferred Provider Arrangement Act: introduction (S. 2502), 7109 [29MR]

Medicare Solvency and Health Care Financing Reform Act: enact (S. 2424), 21540 [30JY]

———enact (S. 2424), referred to committee, 5381 [13MR]

———introduction (S. 2424), 5356-5367 [13MR]

Medicare/medicaid: protection of patients from treatment by incompetent or dangerous practitioners (S. 2744), 15535-15537, 15546 [8JN]

Mental health services: funding, 28364 [2OC]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 322), 18687 [26JN], 23776 [10AU]

Mentally handicapped: civil rights, 15621 [11JN]

———federally funded institutions status, 21638 [31JY]

Methaqualone: ban, 22489 [6AU]

———rescheduling into schedule I of Controlled Substances Act, 16640 [15JN]

Midwest interstate compact on low-level radioactive waste management: consent of Congress (S. 3051), 29157 [3OC]

Miles Laboratories, Inc.: anniversary, 11546 [9MY], 11780 [10MY]

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 295), 12176 [15MY], 15357 [7JN], 23774 [10AU]

Nastasi, Thomas, Jr.: Cooley's Anemia Foundation award recipient, 14149 [24MY]

National Acid Deposition Reduction Act: enact (S. 2001), 1883 [6FE]

National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (S.J. Res. 269), 7742 [4AP]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (H.J. Res. 451), 13250 [22MY]

———designate (S.J. Res. 290), 11283-11284 [8MY]

National Animal Health Week: designate (H.J. Res. 526), 13250 [22MY]

———designate (S.J. Res. 292), 11540 [9MY]

———designate (S.J. Res. 292); indefinitely postponed, 13250 [22MY]

National Association of Retail Druggists: national campaign against drug abuse, 30855 [9OC]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 244), 3173 [23FE], 9860 [25AP]

National Blood Pressure Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 260), 5750 [15MR], 11251 [8MY]

National Center for Health Services Research: rename as National Center for Health Services Research and Medical Technology Assessment (H.R. 5496), 30811 [9OC]

National Cerebral Palsy Month: designate (S.J. Res. 309), 15345 [7JN], 15627 [11JN], 23775 [10AU]

National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 289), 11283 [8MY], 13250 [22MY]

National Childhood Vaccine-Injury Compensation Act: enact (S. 2117), 19716 [28JN]

National Christmas Seal Month: designate (S.J. Res. 324), 19395 [27JN], 22348 [3AU]

National Commission on Neurofibromatosis: establish (S. 1623), 6438 [22MR]

National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare: activities, 15620 [11JN]

National Council on the Handicapped: tribute, 12649 [17MY]

National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Week (S.J. Res. 318), 23775 [10AU]

National Diabetes Month: designate (S.J. Res. 299), 13085 [21MY], 13300 [22MY], 23774 [10AU]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 228), 2267, 2268 [8FE], 3484 [27FE]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (S.J. Res. 254), 4357 [5MR], 13250 [22MY]

National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week: designate (H.J. Res. 529), 23782 [10AU]

———observance, 29239 [3OC]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 303), 15580 [8JN]

National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 201), 25664 [17SE]

National eye care project: tribute to American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1787 [3FE]

National Eye Donor Month: designate (S.J. Res. 225), 1689 [2FE], 3481, 3484 [27FE]

National Fisheries Marketing Council: establish (S. 2160), 2054 [7FE]

National Head Injury Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 638), 30660 [5OC]

———designate (S.J. Res. 352), 24778 [11SE], 28927 [3OC]

National Health Fair Week: observance, 16897 [18JN]

National Health Service Corps: authorization (S. 2281), 11744-11748 [10MY], 27177 [26SE]

———community health center reimbursement, 26471 [21SE]

National Health Service Corps Act: introduction (S. 2281), 2479 [9FE]

National Hearing Impaired Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 407), 8730 [11AP]

———designate (H.J. Res. 407), placed on calendar, 8082 [5AP]

———designate (S.J. Res. 266), indefinitely postponed, 8743 [11AP]

National Hemophilia Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 264), 6430 [22MR]

National Home Care Week: designate (S.J. Res. 237), 2538 [9FE], 5161 [12MR]

National Hospice Month: designate (S.J. Res. 334), 20598 [24JY], 23777 [10AU]

National Hospital and Health Care Day: designate (S.J. Res. 242), 3173 [23FE]

National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: establish (S. 540), 1705 [2FE], 7229 [30MR], 14195-14205 [24MY], 14952 [5JN]

———establish (S. 540), appointment of conferees, 26448 [21SE]

———establish (S. 540), conference report, 30801-30804 [9OC]

———establish (S. 540), House amendments, 26448 [21SE]

———establish (S. 540), placed on calendar, 13251 [22MY]

———establish (S. 773), 1705 [2FE]

National Institute of Dental Research: Golden Fleece Award recipient, 8356 [9AP]

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: reauthorize (S. 2615), 10462 [1MY], 11779 [10MY], 19720-19724 [28JN]

National Institute on Drug Abuse: reauthorize (S. 2615), 10462 [1MY], 11779 [10MY], 19720-19724 [28JN]

National Library of Medicine: funding, 31793 [11OC]

———funding for integrated academic information management system, 28358 [2OC]

National Make-a-Wish Month: designate (S.J. Res. 344), 23850 [10AU]

National Medical Transcriptionist Week: designate (H.J. Res. 332), 31169 [10OC]

———designate (H.J. Res. 332), placed on calendar, 30830 [9OC]

———designate (S.J. Res. 357), 28403 [2OC]

National Mental Health Counselors Week: designate (S.J. Res. 203), 5159 [12MR]

National Mental Retardation Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 339), 22329 [3AU]

National Nurse Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 274), 9306 [12AP], 10482 [1MY], 11251 [8MY]

National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (S.J. Res. 198), 3850 [29FE], 9859 [25AP]

———designate (S.J. Res. 198), House amendments, 11755 [10MY]

National Organ Donation Awareness Week: designate, 31280 [10OC]

National Organ Transplant Act: enact (S. 2018), referral, 5162 [12MR]

National Organ Transplant Trust Fund: contributions through checkoff system on income tax form (S. 2791), 18629-18631 [26JN]

National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (S.J. Res. 310), 16580 [14JN], 26487 [21SE]

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (S.J. Res. 232), 2526 [9FE], 3485 [27FE]

National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (S.J. Res. 259), 5749 [15MR], 6537 [26MR]

National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (S.J. Res. 258), 5368 [13MR]

National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2722), 23918 [10AU]

National Spina Bifida Month: designate (S.J. Res. 275), 9307 [12AP], 23774 [10AU]

National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems, Baltimore, MD: designate (S.J. Res. 315), 17183-17184 [19JN]

National Tuberous Sclerosis Week: designate (S.J. Res. 148), 3483 [27FE]

Nuclear power: safety record, 15352 [7JN]

Nuclear war: attitude of children, 8660 [11AP], 21770 [1AU]

———consequences, 396 [25JA], 507 [26JA], 665 [27JA], 3082 [23FE], 3355 [27FE], 3597 [28FE], 4878 [8MR], 6081 [21MR], 6653 [27MR], 7516 [3AP], 8355 [9AP], 8580 [10AP], 14981 [6JN], 15878 [12JN]

———deployment of atomic demolition munitions, 32425 [12OC]

———Dept. of Defense study on consequences of nuclear winter (S. 2693), 13141 [22MY]

Nuclear waste: disposal, 2933 [22FE], 6736 [27MR]

Nurse Education Act: amend (S. 2574), 9297 [12AP], 19728, 19731, 19733 [28JN], 27173 [26SE]

———amend (S. 2574), appointment of conferees, 27177 [26SE]

———amend (S. 2574), conference report, 29989 [4OC]

Nursing homes: interest-free loan provisions of Deficit Reduction Tax Act, 32099, 32100 [11OC]

Nutrition: establish comprehensive national program (S. 3022), 26696 [25SE]

———program funding, 29729 [4OC]

———substitute amendment to S. 1913, 10380 [30AP]

Nutrition Programs Reform Act: introduction (S. 2545), 8427-8430 [9AP]

Oceans: restrictions on dumping of harmful sewage sludges, 32001, 32002 [11OC]

Omnibus Health Services and Health Services Research Act: introduction (S. 2452), 5933-5935 [20MR]

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Act: enact (S. 2048), 8740-8743 [11AP]

———enact (S. 2048), appointment of conferees, 20059 [29JN]

———enact (S. 2048), conference report, 29980-29982 [4OC]

———enact (S. 2048), House amendments, 20057 [29JN]

Ostomy Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 330), 19669, 19670 [28JN], 23763 [10AU]

OTA: extend authority to conduct bioethical studies, 14199 [24MY]

Parkinson's disease: efforts of New Jersey organizations to eliminate, 18559 [25JN]

Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 432), 6695 [27MR]

———designate (S.J. Res. 263), placed on calendar, 6457 [22MR]

PCP: increased use incidence in District of Columbia, 25712 [18SE]

Pediatric Preventive Health Care Incentive Tax Act: introduction (S. 2814), 19655 [28JN]

Pesticides: emergency action relative to chemical residues which present an imminent hazard to public health (S. 3076), 30589 [5OC]

Pharmacists Against Drug Abuse: tribute, 24364 [6SE]

Phenylpropanolamine: FDA review of over-the-counter weight control drugs, 32094 [11OC]

Poisons: Sec. of HHS grants for planning, development, and establishment of control centers (S. 2798), 19379 [27JN]

Poultry industry: avian influenza epidemic, 2271 [8FE]

Pregnancy: impact of alcohol on fetus, 5721 [15MR]

Primary health care: block grant programs, 2521 [9FE]

Primary Health Care Act: enact (S. 2308), 19724, 19726, 19728 [28JN]

———introduction (S. 2308), 2521 [9FE]

Principal, Victoria: campaign for independent institute for arthritis, 1705 [2FE]

Product liability: State workers' compensation systems, 31819 [11OC]

Product Liability Act: enact (S. 44), 22863 [8AU]

Public Health Service: recognition of nuclear war consequences, 15269 [7JN]

———veterans' preference for officers (S. 2697), 13260 [22MY]

Public Health Service Act: revise and extend assistance for alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services (H.R. 5603), 19753 [28JN]

———revise and extend assistance for alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services (H.R. 5603), conference report, 29982-29984 [4OC]

———State planning mechanisms (S. 2482), 6715 [27MR]

Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela: community response to medical emergency of U.S. citizen, 12195 [15MY]

Quayle, Senator: honored by retail druggists, 32435 [12OC]

Radiation: disability compensation for exposure to ionizing radiation, 13147 [22MY], 14144 [24MY]

Randall, Malcom: Presidential Rank Award recipient, 4924 [8MR]

Reagan, President: impact of budget on social programs, 7883 [4AP]

Rehabilitation Act: revise and extend (S. 1340), conference report, 2143 [7FE]

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act: House action on Superfund, 23728 [10AU]

———reauthorizing (H.R. 2867), conference report, 31929 [11OC]

Restaurant central kitchens: exemption from Federal inspection requirements (H.R. 5223), placed on calendar, 27785 [28SE]

Rural hospitals: revision of prospective payment classification, 9108, 9225 [12AP]

Saccharin Study and Labeling Act: amend (S. 2832), 19667 [28JN]

Safe Drinking Water Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2649), 11277 [8MY], 12134 [15MY], 31981 [11OC]

Sandy Hook, NJ: ending sludge dumping, 32001 [11OC]

Scleroderma Awareness Week: observance, 14149 [24MY]

Senior Companion program: tribute, 17195 [19JN]

Senior Health Action Day: observance, 25280 [13SE]

Sergeant Alvin C. York VA Medical Center, Murfreesboro, TN: designate (S. 2717), 14118 [24MY]

Service academies: physical disability benefits for cadets and midshipmen (S. 2515), 7221 [30MR]

Shriver, Eunice K.: efforts concerning problem of adolescent pregnancy, 12942 [18MY]

Smoking: health hazards, 1344 [1FE], 26052 [19SE]

Smoking Prevention Health and Education Act: enact (S. 772), 25655 [17SE], 26657 [25SE], 27955 [1OC]

Social security: delegation of authority to independent agency to administer old-age, survivors, and disability insurance (S. 2922), 22840 [8AU]

———disability benefits eligibility reform, 7170 [30MR], 9141 [12AP], 11737 [10MY], 25804 [18SE]

———disability benefits eligibility reform (S. 476; H.R. 3755), 6866 [28MR], 7170 [30MR], 9642 [24AP], 13205-13247 [22MY], 14109 [24MY], 23761 [10AU], 24697 [10SE], 24959 [12SE], 25662 [17SE], 26287, 26292 [20SE]

———disability benefits eligibility reform (S. 476; H.R. 3755), debate procedure, 9642 [24AP]

———disability benefits eligibility reform (S. 476; H.R. 3755), pass H.R. 3755 in lieu, 13247 [22MY]

———disability benefits eligibility reform (S. 476; H.R. 3755), S. 476 indefinitely postponed, 13247 [22MY]

———disability benefits eligibility reform (H.R. 3755), appointment of conferees, 13247 [22MY]

———disability benefits eligibility reform (H.R. 3755), conference report, 25567 [17SE], 25975-25993, 26000 [19SE], 30889 [9OC]

———disability benefits eligibility reform (S. 2002), 8438 [9AP], 25807 [18SE]

———issuance of certificate of guaranteed tax-exempt benefits (S. 2970), 24394 [6SE]

———President Reagan's budget deficit reduction, 31134 [10OC]

———prohibiting reduction of benefits during review of disability cases (H.R. 3755), 31235 [10OC]

Social Security Administrative Reorganization Act: introduction (S. 2922), 22840 [8AU]

Social Security Disability Determination Reform Act: introduction (S. 2369), 3804 [29FE]

Social services: funding under block grant program (S. 2492), 7095 [29MR]

Solid waste: clarify liability for disposal of hazardous substances (S. 2741), 15343 [7JN]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: amend (S. 757), 7122-7128 [29MR]

———reauthorizing (H.R. 2867), conference report on enforcing amendments, 31929 [11OC]

St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, DC: require master plan for use of certain property, 30708 [5OC]

St. Elizabeths Hospital and District of Columbia Mental Health Services Act: enact (H.R. 6224), 30704-30708 [5OC]

———enact (H.R. 6224), held at desk, 29985 [4OC]

Superfund: reauthorize, 29707 [4OC]

Superfund Expansion and Protection Act: enact (H.R. 5640), 26503 [21SE]

Superfund Improvement Act: introduction (S. 2291), 2495 [9FE]

Surface Transportation Assistance Act: amend (S. 4616), 19406 [27JN]

Surgical center: dedication in Deland, FL, 3181 [23FE]

Technology: impact on health care costs, 30905 [9OC]

Teenage alcohol abuse: prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation, 20166 [29JN]

Teenage Alcohol Abuse Awareness Week (S.J. Res. 305), 15046 [6JN], 23775 [10AU]

Topeka, KS: tribute to Army Reserve 410th Evacuation Hospital, 10486 [1MY]

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend (S. 3075), 30581 [5OC]

Toy Safety Act: enact (S. 2650), 25089 [12SE]

Toys: CPSC authority to recall potential safety hazards to children (S. 2650), 11536 [9MY], 25089 [12SE]

Underground storage tanks: EPA study on leak hazards (S. 2513), 7215-7218 [30MR]

Unemployment: need to continue Federal benefits, 4608 [6MR], 8661-8673, 8728 [11AP]

University of Hawaii: health professionals training grant, 26474 [21SE]

University of Kansas: human development center funding, 17929 [21JN]

University of Maryland Hospital at Baltimore: National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems (S.J. Res. 315), 17183-17184 [19JN]

University of South Carolina: College of Nursing anniversary, 7666 [4AP]

University Research Capacity Restoration Act: enact (S. 1537), 30628, 30632 [5OC]

Urea Formaldehyde Foam Insulation Corrective Measures Act: introduction (S. 2548), 8585 [10AP]

VA: automobile adaptive equipment, 22937 [8AU]

———construction of State home facilities (S. 2715), 14117 [24MY]

———contract care authority in Puerto Rico, 22936 [8AU]

———cost analysis comparison to private sector hospitals, 19637 [28JN]

———enhance management of medical treatment programs (S. 2514), 7218 [30MR], 22924-22946 [8AU], 28937 [3OC]

———enhance management of medical treatment programs (S. 2514), H.R. 5618 passed in lieu, 22946 [8AU]

———enhance management of medical treatment programs (S. 2514), indefinitely postponed, 22951 [8AU]

———establish National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 22942 [8AU]

———establish Special Committee for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 22930, 22933, 22942 [8AU]

———funding for State care facilities, 22939, 22943 [8AU]

———Grace Commission recommendations, 22939, 22944 [8AU]

———guidelines for treatment of neurological diseases, 22941, 22943, 22945 [8AU]

———health care for civilians who served in Vietnam, 22936 [8AU]

———health care services, 2113 [7FE]

———improve recruitment and retention of security services personnel, 22933 [8AU]

———pay rates for psychologists, 22939 [8AU]

———readjustment counseling eligibility requirements, 22935 [8AU]

———reject proposed changes in health care system (S. Res. 364), 8436 [9AP]

———treatment of income derived by veterans from incentive or work therapy programs, 22937 [8AU]

———utilization of health care facilities in rural areas, 22936, 22943, 22945 [8AU]

VA Health Care Program Improvements Act: enact (S. 2269), 6727-6730 [27MR], 7446 [3AP]

Veterans: disability compensation for exposure to ionizing radiation and herbicides containing dioxins (S. Res. 372), 9884-9887 [25AP]

———funding for benefits, 29724 [4OC]

———increase rates of disability compensation (S. 2736; H.R. 5688), 27950-27952 [1OC], 28236-28262 [2OC]

———increase rates of disability compensation (S. 2736; H.R. 5688), H.R. 5688 passed in lieu, 28263 [2OC]

———increase rates of disability compensation (H.R. 5688), S. 2736 indefinitely postponed, 28263 [2OC]

———presumption of service connection for certain diseases, 13284 [22MY]

———reform estate limitation regulations for mentally incompetent, 27950 [1OC]

———introduction (S. 2269), 2127-2131 [7FE]

Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act: enact (S. 1651; H.R. 1961), 13147-13177 [22MY], 14144 [24MY], 29941-29965 [4OC], 30546 [5OC]

———enact (S. 1651; H.R. 1961), appointment of conferees, 13180 [22MY]

———enact (S. 1651; H.R. 1961), time-limitation agreement, 13115 [21MY]

———enact (S. 1651; H.R. 1961), pass H.R. 1961 in lieu, 13177 [22MY]

———enact (S. 1651; H.R. 1961), S. 1651 indefinitely postponed, 13180 [22MY]

Veterans Health Care and Facilities Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 5618), 28933-28947 [3OC]

Vietnam-era veterans: bush vets, 8362 [9AP]

Visiting Nurse Service of Toledo, OH: tribute, 10492 [1MY]

Weight control drugs: FDA review, 32094 [11OC]

West Virginia University: development of regional cancer center, 31300, 31301 [10OC]

WIC program: evaluation, 10061 [26AP]

————funding, 23310-23312 [9AU], 23677-23689 [10AU]

Wicks, Ben: tribute, 21579 [31JY]

World Health Day: designate (S.J. Res. 137), 3482 [27FE]

Wright, Charles H.: tribute, 27958 [1OC]

Wyoming Catastrophic Information Network, Inc.: tribute, 30887 [9OC]

Reports

Acid Rain: National Academy of Sciences (excerpt), 1879 [6FE]

———Office of Science and Technology (excerpt), 1880 [6FE]

———Reider von Paar (excerpts), 22288 [2AU]

Adolescent Family Life Demonstration Program Reauthorization: conference of conference (S. 2616), 30377 [5OC]

Aide Medicale Internationale's Humanitarian Mission in Afghanistan, 2605 [9FE]

Alcohol, Drugs, and Mental Health: committee of conference (H.R. 5603) (H. Rept. 98-1074), 26901 [25SE]

Alcohol and Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services Block Grants Extension: committee of conference (S. 2303) (H. Rept. 98-1123), 28103-28110, 28143 [1OC]

———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. Rept. 98-381), 8425 [9AP]

Alleviate Domestic Hunger by Strengthening Federal Nutrition Programs: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 5151) (H. Rept. 98-782), 12598 [16MY]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 5151; H. Res. 517) (S. Rept. 98-825), 15194 [6JN]

Alzheimer's Disease Research Coordination Act: committee of conference (S. 2946), 28734 [2OC]

Amend Programs for Persons With Developmental Disabilities: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 2573) (S. Rept. 98-493), 14832 [4JN]

Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (S. 2836) (S. Rept. 98-544), 20117 [29JN]

Appropriations To Implement Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Select) (S. 2166) (S. Rept. 98-471), 13257 [22MY]

Asbestos: EPA (excerpt), 17837 [21JN]

Assesssment of Acid Rain Pollution: Office of Science and Technology Policy (excerpt), 581 [26JA]

Assistance for Training of Health Professions Personnel and Community Health Centers Under National Health Service Corps Program: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5602) (H. Rept. 98-817), 14826 [4JN]

Cancer Research Funding: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (excerpt), 26482 [21SE]

Changes in Health Care Through the 1900's: American College of Hospital Administrators (excerpts), 30712-30713 [5OC]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act Amendments: committee of conference (H.R. 1904) (H. Rept. 98-1038), 26170 [19SE]

Child Support Enforcement Program Improvement: committee of conference (H.R. 4325) (H. Rept. 98-925), 21979 [1AU]

Clement J. Zablocki Memorial Outpatient Facility, Krakow, Poland (H.R. 4835), Funding: Committee on the Budget, 7375 [2AP]

———Committee on Foreign Relations (H.R. 4835), 5451 [14MR]

———Committee on Foreign Relations (S. Res. 356), 5737 [15MR]

Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 4734) (H. Rept. 98-777), 12321 [15MY]

Collection of Cost of Medical Care From Third Party Payers Provided Through Facilities of Uniformed Services: Committee on Armed Services (H.R. 5372) (H. Rept. 98-751), 12321 [15MY]

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Amendment: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5640) (H. Rept. 98-890), 20549 [23JY]

———Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 2892) (S. Rept. 98-631), 26491 [21SE]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 5640, H. Res. 570) (H. Rept. 98-975), 23102 [8AU]

Comprehensive Smoking Education Act (H.R. 3979): Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), 26946-26948 [26SE]

Congressional Budget Act Waiver Regarding Appalachian Region Assistance: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 65; S. Res. 460), 27943 [1OC]

Congressional Budget Act Waiver Regarding Disabled Veterans, Disability Rate and Spouse Dependency Compensation Rate Increase: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 2736; S. Res. 441), 25617 [17SE]

CPSC Performance Standards for Manufacturers of Cigarettes and Little Cigars: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1880) (H. Rept. 98-917), 21510 [30JY]

Disability Benefits: Committee on Finance (S. 476) (S. Rept. 98-466), 12923 [18MY]

Disabled Veterans, Disability Rate and Spouse Dependency Compensation Rate Increase: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 2736) (S. Rept. 98-604), 25617 [17SE]

District of Columbia Assume Selected Functions of St. Elizabeths Hospital and Establish Mental Health Care System: Committee on the District of Columbia (H.R. 6224) (H. Rept. 98-1024), 25272 [13SE], 25503 [14SE]

Emergency Medicine Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 288), 12716 [17MY]

ERISA Amendment Regarding Benefit Improvement: Committee on Finance (H.R. 4280) (S. Rept. 98-575), 22512 [6AU]

Expanded Federal Authority Needed To Protect Medicare and Medicaid Patients: GAO, 15536 [8JN]

Federal Hazardous Substances Act Amendment Regarding Defective Toys: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5818) (H. Rept. 98-895), 20702 [24JY]

Financial Assistance for Organ Procurement Organizations: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5580) (H. Rept. 98-769), 12321 [15MY]

Food Stamp Program Reform Solution (1977 excerpt), 21448 [27JY]

Group Hospitalization, Inc.: Committee on the District of Columbia (H.R. 6223) (H. Rept. 98-1022), 25272 [13SE], 25503 [14SE]

Head Start Act Programs Extension: Committee on Rules (S. 2565; H. Res. 607) (H. Rept. 98-1149), 30460 [5OC]

Health and Health Care in New York City—How Are We Doing?: Bruce C. Vladeck, 5070 [8MR]

Health Care Fraud: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 5989) (H. Rept. 98-1102), 27652 [28SE]

Health Care Improvement Act Appropriations: committee of conference (S. 2166) (H. Rept. 98-1126), 28780 [2OC]

Health Care in the 1990's, American College of Hospital Administrators, 30900-30903 [9OC]

Health Maintenance Organizations: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 2311) (S. Rept. 98-401), 9663 [24AP]

Health Services, Preventive Health Services, and Home and Community-Based Services Act (S. 2301): Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (excerpt), 27767 [28SE]

Home and Community-Based Health Program (S. 2301) (S. Rept. 98-933), 9252 [12AP]

Hunger and Nutrition, 2974 [22FE]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendment: committee of conference (S. 2166), 28714-28729 [2OC]

———Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 4567) (H. Rept. 98-763), 13047 [21MY]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 4567; H. Res. 560) (H. Rept. 98-920), 21716 [31JY]

Interagency Committee and Technical Study Group on Cigarette Safety: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 1935) (S. Rept. 98-597), 24682 [10SE]

Interagency Task Force on Cigarette Safety: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 1935), 14832 [4JN]

Justification for S. 773, Changes in Existing PHS Statute—National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (excerpt), 14198 [24MY]

Litigation Management Project Statement: Social Security Administration, 25805-25807 [18SE]

Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: committee of conference (S. 38) (H. Rept. 98-1027), 25503 [14SE]

Low-Income Programs Funding (excerpt), 21448 [27JY]

Lupus Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 239), 4901 [8MR]

Meeting the Crisis in Institutional Care—Toward Better Choices, Financing, and Results: Citizens League of Minnesota, 20170 [29JN]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 322), 23324 [9AU]

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 295), 23324 [9AU]

National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (excerpt), 12181 [15MY]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: Committee on the Judiciary (H.J. Res. 451), 12716 [17MY]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 244), 9252 [12AP]

National Blood Pressure Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 260), 10878 [3MY]

National Cerebral Palsy Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 309), 23324 [9AU]

National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 318), 23324 [9AU]

National Diabetes Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 299), 23324 [9AU]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week (S.J. Res. 228), 3149 [23FE]

National Down's Syndrome Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 254), 12716 [17MY]

National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 267), 23324 [9AU]

National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week (S.J. Res. 201), 3148 [23FE]

National Eye Donor Month (S.J. Res. 225), 3149 [23FE]

National Health Services Corps: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 2281) (S. Rept. 98-392), 9252 [12AP]

National Hearing Impaired Awareness Week (S.J. Res. 266): Committee on the Judiciary, 8084 [5AP]

National Home Care Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 237), 4901 [8MR]

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and National Institute on Drug Abuse Programs Extension: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 2615) (S. Rept. 98-477), 13525 [23MY]

National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: committee of conference (S. 540), 30378-30400 [5OC]

———committee of conference (S. 540) (H.R. 98-1155), 30460 [5OC]

National Mental Health Counselors Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 203), 4901 [8MR]

National Nurse Recognition Day: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 274), 10878 [3MY]

National Osteopathic Medicine Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 310), 26275 [20SE]

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month (S.J. Res. 232), 3149 [23FE]

National Policy for the Homeless Mentally Ill: American Psychiatric Association Task Force, 25516 [14SE]

National Program on Health Consequence of Smoking Information: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3979) (H. Rept. 98-805), 13961 [23MY]

National Reye's Syndrome Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 259), 6419 [22MR]

National Spina Bifida Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 275), 23324 [9AU]

National Tuberous Sclerosis Week (S.J. Res. 148), 3148 [23FE]

NIH Funding (sundry excerpts), 21864 [1AU]

Nurse Education Act: committee of conference (S. 2574), 30183-30202 [4OC]

———committee of conference (S. 2574) (H. Rept. 98-1143), 30204 [4OC]

Occupational Illness Data Collection Years Behind Communicable Disease Surveillance: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 98-1144), 30459 [5OC]

Occupational Therapy Services Under Medicare Program: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 2116) (H. Rept. 98-1101), 27652 [28SE]

Older Americans Act Amendment Appropriations: Committee on Rules (H.R. 4785; H. Res. 514) (H. Rept. 98-812), 14688 [31MY]

Older Americans Act Amendment: committee of conference (S. 2603) (H. Rept. 98-1037), 26170 [19SE]

Opposition to the Compassionate Pain Relief Act: AMA, 26077 [19SE]

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Act: committe of conference (S. 2048), 28729-28734 [2OC]

———committee of conference (S. 2048) (S. Rept. 98-1127), 28780 [2OC]

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Registry and Task Force: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. Rept. 98-382), 8425 [9AP]

Ostomy Awareness Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 330), 23324 [9AU]

Penalty for Unauthorized Direct Access to, or Alteration of Individual Medical Records Through a Telecommunications Device: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5831) (H. Rept. 98-918), 21510 [30JY]

Potential Human Health Effects of Acid Rain: NIH (excerpt), 7629

Preventive Health Care Programs: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5538) (H. Rept. 98-1063), 26589 [24SE]

Project OPEN—Organizations Providing for Elderly Needs, 3300 [23FE]

Public Health Service Act Amendment: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5496) (H. Rept. 98-818), 14826 [4JN]

———Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5603) (H. Rept. 98-826), 15194 [6JN]

Public Health Service Act Amendment Authorizing Financial Assistance for Organ Procurement Organizations: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 507) (H.R. 5580) (H. Rept. 98-797), 13446 [22MY]

Public Health Service Act Amendment Relating to Health Professions Educational Assistance: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 2559) (S. Rept. 98-491), 14832 [4JN]

Public Health Service Act Amendment Relating to Primary Health Care Services: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 2308) (S. Rept. 98-490), 14832 [4JN]

Public Health Service Act Extension: committee of conference (H.R. 5603), 26844-26855 [25SE]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 2934; H. Res. 561) (H. Rept. 98-921), 21716 [31JY]

Public Health Service Programs Act Amendments: Committee on Rules (H.R. 5602; H. Res. 536) (H. Rept. 98-864), 18977 [26JN]

Public Policy on Alcohol Problems: American Assembly, 14090-14094 [24MY]

``Quackery, a $10 Billion Scandal'', Authorize Printing: Committee on House Administration (H. Res. 564) (H. Rept. 98-1011), 25183 [12SE]

Recovery of Hospital and Medical Care Costs for Treatment Furnished by Government: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 4666) (H. Rept. 98-681), 9537 [12AP]

Report From Afghanistan: Medecins Sans Frontieres, 21976 [1AU]

Reproductive and Childhood Disorders and the Relation to Environmental Contamination, 28303-28305 [2OC]

Requirement for Emergency Equipment, Supplies, and Medicines Aboard Inflight Aircraft and Relieve Medical Personnel of Liability for Use: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 314) (S. Rept. 98-469), 13082 [21MY]

Safe Drinking Water Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5959) (H. Rept. 98-1034), 25923 [18SE]

Safe Drinking Water Act Extension: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 2701) (S. Rept. 98-472), 13257 [22MY]

Senior Center Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 217), 4901 [8MR]

Smoking Prevention Health and Education Act (S. 772): Committee on Labor and Human Resources, 26943, 26944 [26SE]

Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act: committee of conference (H.R. 3755), 26127-26140 [19SE]

———committee of conference (H.R. 3755) (H. Rept. 98-1039), 26170 [19SE]

———Senator Long (additional views), 13214-13217 [22MY]

Status of Federally Funded Institutions for the Mentally Handicapped, 21638-21641 [31JY]

Study To Determine Adequacy of Industry Practices and FAA Rules and Regulations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 197) (S. Rept. 98-468), 13082 [21MY]

Survey of Drug Abuse and Alcoholism Concerns in Major U.S. Cities—Preliminary Report: National Association for City Drug and Alcohol Coordination, 10606 [1MY]

Teenage Alcohol Abuse Awareness Week (S.J. Res. 305), 23324 [9AU]

Temporary Program for Parenteral Diacetylmorphine availability for Cancer Pain Relief: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5290) (H. Rept. 98-689), 9537 [12AP]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 5290, H. Res. 508) (H. Rept. 789), 13446 [22MY]

Toxic Substances Control Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 2704) (S. Rept. 98-475 ), 13257 [22MY]

VA Health Programs Improvements: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 5618) (H. Rept. 98-779), 12322 [15MY]

VA Medical Treatment Programs Enhancement: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 2514) (S. Rept. 98-487), 14832 [4JN]

VA Rehabilitation Program for Veterans With Service-Connected Disabilities, Educational Assistance, Civil Service Appointments: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 5398) (H. Rept. 98-775), 12321 [15MY]

Veterans' Disability Compensation for Exposure to Ionizing Radiation (S. 1388): Senator Cranston (additional views), 13150-13153 [22MY]

Waiving of Mandatory Reductions in Military Retirement Pay for Certain Employees of VA Dept. of Medicine and Surgery: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 4694) (H. Rept. 98-783), 12598 [16MY]

World Food Day Office Activities and Plans 1983-84, 10586-10588 [1MY]

World Health Day (S.J. Res. 137), 3148 [23FE]

World Population and Fertility Planning Technologies: International Society of Reproductive Medicine, 2630-2631 [9FE]

Resolutions by organizations

Chevron, U.S.A., Inc.'s minorities health fair program: National Health Council for Volunteer Organizations, 5870 [19MR], 6101 [21MR]

Medical construction project approvals: House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 12596 [16MY]

Rights of the mentally handicapped: Committee on Mental Retardation, 15621 [11JN]

Sermons

Love and Death: F. Forrester Church, 20 [23JA]

Nuclear War: Marc Steinberg, B'nai Amoona, St. Louis, MO, 8660 [11AP]

———Morrie Zimbalist, B'nai Amoona, St. Louis, MO, 8660 [11AP]

Statements

Abortion Issues, 28799 [2OC]

Acid Rain: EPA Administrator Ruckelshaus (excerpt), 10617 [1MY]

Administration of Federal Nutrition Programs: Representative Whitten, 29729 [4OC]

Agreement on Infant Formula Controversy: Douglas A. Johnson, 938 [30JA]

———INBC and Nestle Co., Inc. (joint), 938 [30JA]

———Regina Murphy, 938 [30JA]

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research: Sec. of HHS Heckler, 10463 [1MY]

Alcoholism and Indians: George Hawkins, National Indian Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, 24874 [11SE]

Appointment of Soviet Scientists to Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Richard H. Moy, 19 [23JA]

Asbestos: Centers for Disease Control, 17838, 17839 [21JN]

———International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France, 17837 [21JN]

Automobile Crash Statistics: Ben Kelley, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (excerpt), 19663 [28JN]

Biomedical Sciences Program Funding: John Brademas, 26691 [25SE]

———Senator Moynihan, 26690 [25SE]

Boycott of Nestle Co.: Douglas A. Johnson, 16612 [14JN]

———Rafael D. Pagan, Jr., 16612 [14JN]

Child Nutrition Programs: Senator Dole, 10467 [1MY]

Childhood Immunization: Dept. of HHS, 16677 [15JN]

Clean Air Act: Edmund S. Muskie, 6421 [22MR]

Compromise Amendment Regarding Services and Treatment for Disabled Infants (S. 1003): principal cosponsors, 20149 [29JN]

Controlled Substances Protection: Senator Heflin (1981), 19496 [28JN]

Expert Witness Testimony: sundry excerpts, 1003 [31JA]

Exposure of Veterans to Dioxins and Radiation: Hellen Gelband, 29960 [4OC]

———Michael Gough, 29960 [4OC]

Extension of OTA Authority To Conduct Bioethical Studies: Senators Hatch, Kennedy, and Denton, 14199 [24MY]

Feeling With the Heart: Helen Keller, 5936 [20MR]

Fixed Grants to States for Graduate Medical Education and Other Clinical Training Programs, 30578 [5OC]

Food for Peace—30 Years of Outreach to the World: Joseph V. Reed, 22873 [8AU]

Food Safety Hearings (sundry excerpts), 30552 [5OC]

Goals of the American Home Economics Association, 18557 [25JN]

Grace Commission Recommendations on the VA: OMB, 2113 [7FE]

Health and Long-Term Care: American Association of Retired Persons, 1667-1670 [2FE]

Health Care for Economically Disadvantaged: Harvey Sloane, 13300-13302 [22MY]

Health Care for the Elderly: John Fontaine, 26291 [20SE]

Health Planning Program Appropriations (excerpts), 31747 [10OC]

Heroin Use for Relief of Pain (sundry), 26066, 26067, 26070 [19SE]

Home Health Services: New Jersey home health administrator, 3153 [23FE]

Impact of Drug Export Restrictions, 21203 [26JY]

Moral Responsibility of Nuclear Waste Storage: Robert Kemmerly, 2939 [22FE]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (S. 540) (sundry excerpts), 30803 [9OC]

Nuclear Waste—A New Approach: Victor Gilinsky, NRC, 6736-6738 [27MR]

Nutritional Status of U.S. Population: Bailus Walker, Jr., 23686 [10AU]

OSHA Worker Safety Inspections of Adolph Coors Co.: Dept. of Labor, 24323 [5SE]

Pharmacy Crime Legislation: National Association of Retail Druggists, 19497 [28JN]

Policy on Fetal Research: American Academy of Pediatrics, 31012 [9OC]

Product Liability System: Ernest Y. Sevier, for the ABA, 22866 [8AU]

———W. Page Keeton, 22863 [8AU]

Relief of Pain in the Human Fetus During Abortion Act (H.R. 4857): Americans United for Life, 3314 [23FE]

School Lunch Equipment Program: U.S. Catholic Conference, 8811 [11AP]

Social Security: President Reagan (sundry excerpts), 7573, 7575 [3AP]

Social Security Disability Benefits Eligibility: Stephen H. Sachs, 6600 [27MR]

SSI Equitable Improvements and Reform: Older Women's League, 12097 [14MY]

Transfer of Property at St. Elizabeths Hospital: Marion Barry, 30707 [5OC]

Use of Ultra-Sound To Diagnose and Treat Unborn Children: Bernard Nathanson (sundry excerpts), 19104 [27JN]

Vernice Doris Ferguson Elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing, 28786 [2OC]

Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation: Committee on Veterans' Affairs Additional Views, 740 [30JA]

———President Reagan, 13177 [22MY]

WIC Program: GAO, 23684 [10AU]

Story

Oh Son, My Tears Are Not for Myself: Representative Pepper, 6972 [29MR]

Studies

American Children in Poverty: children's defense fund (excerpt), 130 [23JA]

Emergency Evacuation Cost Comparison: Denver, CO, VA Medical Center, 19638 [28JN]

Equitable Health Care: Physicians' Attitudes Toward Cost Containment (summary), 17218 [19JN]

Estimated medical costs and loss-of-earnings for victims of hazardous waste sites, 24026 [10AU]

Exemption Provisions of the Meat and Poultry Inspection Laws: Dept. of Agriculture, Food Safety Inspection Service (excerpt), 20652 [24JY]

Product Liability System: Rand Corp., 22863 [8AU]

Tomorrow's Health Care: American College of Hospital (summary) Administrators, 28792 [2OC]

Summaries

Action for Drug Abuse Prevention Training Program—Overview, 6785 [27MR]

Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Block Grant Act (S. 2303), 2517 [9FE]

Alternative Liability System for Public Health Care Malpractice Claims (H.R. 5400), 8517 [10AP]

Anti-Hunger Act (S. 2607), 10367 [30AP]

Environmental Crimes and Penalties Amendments (S. 2665), 11772 [10MY]

Final Report of the Massachusetts Special Commission on the Concerns of Vietnam Veterans, 7880 [4AP]

Food Irradiation as Postharvest Treatment (H.R. 5605), 11114 [7MY]

Health Care Benefits for Unemployed Under H.R. 2163, 8729 [11AP]

Health Care Legislation (S. 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504), 7113 [29MR]

Health Professions Assistance Act, 5331 [13MR]

Health Professions Training Assistance Amendments (S. 2559), 8763 [11AP]

Health Services, Preventive Health Services, and Home and Community-Based Services Act as Amended (S. 2301), 27768 [28SE]

Humanitarian Assistance to Africa: Bread for the World, 22630 [7AU]

International Trade Tax Act (H.R. 4741), 1764 [2FE]

Juvenile Indian Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Act (H.R. 6196), 24874 [11SE]

Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act (S. 2744), 15541-15546 [8JN]

Medicare Incentives Reform Act (S. 2752), 16013 [13JN]

Medicare Long-Term Care Act (H.R. 5726), 14355 [24MY]

Medicare Reform Proposals, 16441 [14JN]

Multiple Sector Health Care Strategy Act, (H.R. 6383), 30247 [4OC]

NIH Health Research Programs Conference Report, 31015 [9OC]

Nurse Education Act Amendments, 5330 [13MR]

Nurse Education Act (S. 2574), 9301 [12AP]

Nutrition Programs Reform Act (S. 2545), 8432 [9AP]

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (H.R. 5394), 9420 [12AP]

Promotion of Food Irradiation as Postharvest Treatment (S. 2652), 11539 [9MY]

Report on the Ypsilanti Perry Preschool Project: High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, 25658 [17SE]

Social Security Disability Benefits Eligibility Reform (S. 476), 13224-13228 [22MY]

———(H.R. 3755), Conference Report, 25871 [18SE], 25977 [19SE]

SSI Equitable Improvement and Reform Amendments (H.R. 5341), 7620 [3AP]

Substitute Amendment to S. 1913, 10381 [30AP]

Testimonies Regarding Administration of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act With Respect to Coal Mining (sundry), 2814-2829 [21FE]

Training Assistance for Health Professions (S. 2647), 11265 [8MY]

Veterans' Disability Compensation for Exposure to Ionizing Radiation and Herbicides Containing Dioxins (S. Res. 372), 9888 [25AP]

Veterans Disability Compensation Rates: Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 28245-28258 [2OC]

WIC Program: Dept. of Agriculture (excerpt), 23677 [10AU]

Surveys

December 1983-January 1984 Unemployed Survey of Medical and Income Needs: Steel Valley Unemployment Center, 4608 [6MR]

Tables

Alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health block grant authorization levels, 29272 [3OC]

Central States, southeast and southwest areas health and welfare and pension funds, 30742 [5OC]

Child abuse prevention, proposed funding levels, 27320 [26SE]

Developmental disabilities program university affiliated facilities funding, 22790 [8AU]

Evanston Hospital Corp. cost containment program, 24676 [10SE]

Family planning authorization levels as defined in S. 2622, 10700 [2MY]

Funding levels for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 10463 [1MY]

Impact of the national reimbursement rate for medicare for certain States, 5154 [12MR]

Medicare reimbursements for hospice care, 14948 [5JN]

U.S. contributions to foreign assistance health programs, 28380 [2OC]

VA claims for radiation exposure, 13147 [22MY]

WIC program participation, 23683, 23684 [10AU]

Telegrams

Nuclear waste storage in Louisiana: President Reagan, 2938 [22FE]

Testimonies

Human Nutrition Research and Monitoring: Malden C. Nesheim, 28499 [2OC]

Nonsmoker Relief Act (H.R. 4955): Representative C. W. Bill Young, 3540 [27FE]

Presumptions for Asbestos-Related Diseases, 11197 [7MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 333, commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Senior Companion program, 19423 [27JN], 20346 [29JN]

H. Con. Res. 364, Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Adoption Reform Act amendments technical corrections, 27331 [26SE]

H.J. Res. 332, National Medical Transcriptionist Week, 28688 [2OC]

H.J. Res. 420, honoring Chad Knutson for decision to be an organ donor, 23029 [8AU]

H.J. Res. 432, Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week, 6352 [22MR]

H.J. Res. 451, National Alzheimer's Disease Month, 10549 [1MY]

H.J. Res. 457, National Nursing Home Residents Day, 652 [26JA], 10230 [26AP]

H.J. Res. 486, National Hemophilia Awareness Month, 2803 [21FE]

H.J. Res. 525, National Home Care Week, 6289 [21MR]

H.J. Res. 526, National Animal Health Week, 12812 [17MY]

H.J. Res. 545, designate Emergency Medicine Week, 25167 [12SE]

H.J. Res. 556, designate World Food Day, 10588 [1MY]

H.J. Res. 565, National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week, 11940 [10MY]

H.J. Res. 587, Ostomy Awareness Month, 23027 [8AU]

H.J. Res. 591, National Diabetes Month, 15992 [12JN]

H.J. Res. 610, National Osteoporosis Week, 19428 [27JN]

H.J. Res. 611, Teenage Alcohol Abuse Awareness Week, 19461 [27JN]

H.J. Res. 638, National Head Injury Awareness Week, 28690 [2OC]

H.R. 7, extend and improve National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act (excerpt), 8812-8815 [11AP]

H.R. 1961, Agent Orange and Atomic Veterans Relief Act, 736 [30JA], 13177-13180 [22MY]

H.R. 2882, extension of patent relative to production of antibodies in milk, 28450 [2OC]

H.R. 3755, Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act, 6613-6621 [27MR]

H.R. 3979, Comprehensive Smoking Education Act, 24622 [10SE]

H.R. 4666, recovery of hospital and medical care costs by U.S. in jurisdictions with a no-fault recovery system, 10503 [1MY]

H.R. 4675, make diet drugs containing phenylpropanolamine available by prescription only, 1762 [2FE]

H.R. 4684, National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act, 28490 [2OC]

H.R. 4694, physicians' military retirement pay waiver, 18499 [25JN]

H.R. 4734, Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, 12994 [21MY]

H.R. 4761, EPA standards for underground gasoline storage tanks to protect drinking water, 2183 [7FE]

H.R. 4762, Compassionate Pain Relief Act, 1952 [6FE]

H.R. 4767, medicare benefits to those living and traveling abroad, 2176 [7FE]

H.R. 4835, authorizing funding for the Clement J. Zablocki Memorial Outpatient Facility at the American Children's Hospital in Krakow, Poland, 4619 [6MR]

H.R. 4857, Relief of Pain in the Human Fetus During Abortion Act, 3315 [23FE]

H.R. 4865, Community Nursing Centers Act, 2812 [21FE]

H.R. 4954, Medical Computer Crimes Act, 3529 [27FE]

H.R. 4955, Nonsmoker Relief Act, 3540 [27FE]

H.R. 5072, Social Security Administration repayment policy in case of alleged overpayment of benefits, 5074 [8MR]

H.R. 5141, social security payment levels for hospice care, 5565 [14MR]

H.R. 5151, Hunger Relief Act, 5630-5638 [15MR]

H.R. 5223, exemption of restaurant central kitchens from Federal inspection requirements, 6466 [22MR]

H.R. 5255, single prospective medicare reimbursement rate for hospitals, 6903 [28MR]

H.R. 5277, Head Start Act reauthorization, 6931 [28MR]

H.R. 5386, social security hospice care payment rates, 8000 [5AP], 28031 [1OC]

H.R. 5438, reorganize the Dept. of HHS, 9570 [12AP]

H.R. 5496, Public Health Service Act amendment, 15683 [11JN]

H.R. 5538, revise and extend the programs of assistance for preventive health programs, 28060 [1OC]

H.R. 5576, Mary Woodard Lasker Center for Health Research and Education, 10964 [3MY]

H.R. 5600, Public Health Service Act amendment, 15669 [11JN]

H.R. 5603, Public Health Service Act amendment, 15675 [11JN]

H.R. 5618, Veterans Health Care and Facilities Improvement Act, 12989 [21MY], 22925-22951 [8AU]

H.R. 5725, Improved Standards for Laboratory Animals Act, 14399, 14400 [24MY]

H.R. 5831, penalize unauthorized access or alteration of computerized medical records, 25554 [17SE]

H.R. 5849, Cancer Patients Employment Rights Act, 16628 [14JN]

H.R. 5920, care of veterans with Alzheimer's disease, 18474 [22JN]

H.R. 5977, optional pharmaceutical assistance program to the aged under medicaid program, 20413 [29JN]

H.R. 6039, amendment substitute to Indian Health Care Improvement Act, 25454-25460 [14SE]

H.R. 6129, Obstetric Care Information Act, 24109 [10AU]

H.R. 6148, Health Spa Consumer Protection Act, 24151-24153 [10AU]

H.R. 6196, Indian Juvenile Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Act, 26386 [20SE]

H.R. 6203, supplemental appropriations for African famine relief, 24571 [6SE]

H.R. 6224, Saint Elizabeths Hospital and District of Columbia Mental Health Services Act, 28611 [2OC]

H.R. 6418, prohibit imports of tobacco grown or processed with pesticides or chemicals into U.S., 30728 [5OC]

Public Law 98-160, Title V—Status and Role of Administrator of VA, 20169 [29JN]

S. 373, Arctic Research and Policy Act, 17945-17949 [21JN]

S. 476, social security disability benefits eligibility reform, 13205-13211 [22MY]

S. 540, establish National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, 14202-14205 [24MY], 14875 [5JN]

S. 771, revise and extend provisions of the Public Health Service Act and establish centers for research and demonstrations concerning health promotion and disease prevention, 31022 [9OC]

S. 1003, Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act amendments, 21141 [26JY]

S. 1711, extension of patent relative to production of antibodies in milk, 28451 [2OC], 29287 [3OC]

S. 1935, Cigarette Safety Act, 26433 [21SE]

S. 2048, Organ Procurement and Transplantation Act, 8740 [11AP], 20057-20059 [29JN]

S. 2166, Indian Health Care Improvement Act reauthorization, 25069-25076 [12SE], 26523-26537 [24SE]

S. 2215, Acid Deposition Control and Cost Sharing Act, 582-588 [26JA]

S. 2237, asbestos hazard control in schools, 1035 [31JA]

S. 2252, Federal Employees Health Benefits Reform Act, 1683-1687 [2FE]

S. 2253, Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, 1688 [2FE]

S. 2256, exemption of certain central kitchen facilities from Federal inspection requirements, 1792 [3FE], 28263 [2OC]

S. 2269, VA Health-Care Program Improvements Act, 2131 [7FE]

S. 2281, National Health Service Corps authorization, 2480 [9FE], 11744 [10MY]

S. 2291, Superfund Improvement Act, 2496 [9FE]

S. 2301, Health Services, Preventive Health Services, and Home and Community-Based Services Act, 2508-2510 [9FE], 27771 [28SE], 28098 [1OC]

S. 2303, Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Block Grant Act amendments, 2518 [9FE], 10088 [26AP], 19828 [28JN], 21223-21225 [26JY]

S. 2308, Primary Health Care Act, 2521 [9FE], 19724-19726 [28JN]

S. 2311, Health Maintenance Organization Act, 2525 [9FE]

S. 2339, medicare coverage for services of mental health professionals, 3155 [23FE]

S. 2369, Social Security Disability Determination Reform Act, 3807-3809 [29FE]

S. 2407, require Federal compliance with monitoring hazardous waste disposal sites, 5126 [12MR]

S. 2424, Medicare Solvency and Health Care Financing Reform Act, 5357-5366 [13MR]

S. 2443, student loans for graduate studies in psychology, 5846 [19MR]

S. 2444, grants for educational institutions with graduate programs in psychology, 5846 [19MR]

S. 2482, revise Public Health Service Act State planning mechanisms, 6715-6721 [27MR]

S. 2492, increase in funding of social services block grant program, 7096 [29MR]

S. 2501, health care cost containment through competitive medical plans and preferred provider arrangements, 7110 [29MR]

S. 2502, Medicare Preferred Provider Arrangement Act, 7111 [29MR]

S. 2503, Health Care Consumer Information Act, 7112 [29MR]

S. 2504, establish Institute for Health Care Technology Assessment, 7112 [29MR]

S. 2513, study of leak hazards in underground storage tanks, 7216-7218 [30MR]

S. 2514, enhance management of VA medical treatment programs, 7220 [30MR], 22925-22928 [8AU]

S. 2545, Nutrition Programs Reform Act, 8430-8432 [9AP]

S. 2548, Urea Formaldehyde Foam Insulation Corrective Measures Act, 8586 [10AP]

S. 2559, health professionals education assistance, 8760-8763 [11AP], 19739-19745 [28JN]

S. 2565, Human Services Reauthorization Act, 9253 [12AP], 29770-29778 [4OC], 30975-30983 [9OC]

S. 2573, Developmental Disabilities Act, 9290-9297 [12AP], 18712-18721, 18723-18731 [26JN]

S. 2574, Nurse Education Act, 9298-9300 [12AP], 19728-19731 [28JN], 24495-24501 [6SE], 27173-27177 [26SE]

S. 2599, extend and reform child nutrition programs, 10123-10125 [26AP]

S. 2607, Anti-Hunger Act, 10364-10367 [30AP]

S. 2615, National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism reauthorization, 19720-19722 [28JN]

S. 2616, adolescent family life demonstration program reauthorization, 20103, 20105 [29JN], 24061 [10AU], 26969 [26SE]

S. 2617, Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act, 10467-10470 [1MY]

S. 2647, training assistance for health professions, 11267-11275 [8MY]

S. 2649, Safe Drinking Water Act appropriations authorization, 11278-11281 [8MY]

S. 2650, CPSC authority to recall potential safety hazards to children, 11536 [9MY], 25089 [12SE]

S. 2652, promotion of food irradiation as postharvest treatment, 11537 [9MY]

S. 2717, Sergeant Alvin C. York VA Medical Center, Murfreesboro, TN, 14118 [24MY]

S. 2725, medicare payment rate for hospice care, 14948 [5JN]

S. 2736, increase rates of disability compensation for veterans, 28236-28241 [2OC]

S. 2741, clarify liability for disposal of hazardous substances, 15344 [7JN]

S. 2744, Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act, 15537-15541 [8JN]

S. 2748, Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act, 15847-15853 [12JN]

S. 2752, Medicare Incentives Reform Act, 16015-16025 [13JN]

S. 2791, Organ Transplant Contributions Act, 18630 [26JN]

S. 2798, authorize grants by Sec. of HHS for planning, development, and establishment of poison control centers, 19379 [27JN]

S. 2821, improve pension protection of former spouses of Federal employees, 19658-19660 [28JN]

S. 2828, airbag restraint system requirements for certain automobiles, 19664 [28JN]

S. 2860, Meat and Poultry Inspection Act, 20886 [25JY]

S. 2878, facilitate export of new drug products not yet approved for domestic market, 21197 [26JY]

S. 2922, Social Security Administrative Reorganization Act, 22841-22845 [8AU]

S. 2926, Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act (S. 2926), 23767-23773 [10AU]

S. 2938, recertification of need for certain medicare services by nurse practitioners, 23331 [9AU]

S. 2941, Dept. of HHS testing of home emergency response systems, 23334 [9AU]

S. 2946, Alzheimer's Disease Research Coordination Act, 23338 [9AU]

S. 2970, issuance of certificate of guaranteed tax-exempt social security benefits, 24395 [6SE]

S. 3009, Geriatric Manpower Act, 26037 [19SE]

S. 3010, flexibility for State and local governments in conducting indemnity programs for control and eradication of brucellosis, 26211 [20SE]

S. 3014, Hazardous Substance Act, 26492-26494 [21SE]

S. 3017, Domestic Food Assistance Act: introduction, 26616-26618 [24SE]

S. 3073, fixed grants to States for graduate medical education and other clinical training programs, 30579 [5OC]

S. 3075, Toxic Substances Control Act amendment, 30582-30589 [5OC]

S. 3076, emergency action relative to chemical residues on food which present an imminent hazard to public health, 30590-30593 [5OC]

S. 3084, grants to States' teenage pregnancy assistance programs, 31247 [10OC]

S. 3086, contraceptive research by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 31250 [10OC]

S. Con. Res. 123, payment of attorneys' fees to Baby Jane Doe's family, 16582 [14JN]

S. Con. Res. 124, commend ACTION Agency's senior companion program, 16672 [15JN]

S. Con. Res. 150, technical corrections in S. 2303, Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Block Grant Act, 29275 [3OC], 30093 [4OC]

S. Res. 130, award Presidential Medal of Freedom to Barney B. Clark, 5158 [12MR]

S. Res. 364, reject proposed changes in VA health care system, 8435 [9AP]

S. Res. 372, veterans' disability compensation for exposure to ionizing radiation and herbicides containing dioxins, 9884 [25AP]

S.J. Res. 137, World Health Day, 3482 [27FE]

S.J. Res. 148, National Tuberous Sclerosis Week, 3483 [27FE], 7543 [3AP]

S.J. Res. 198, National Nursing Home Residents Day, 9859 [25AP], 10549 [1MY]

S.J. Res. 201, National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week, 25664 [17SE], 28695 [2OC]

S.J. Res. 203, National Mental Health Counselors Week, 5159 [12MR], 7544 [3AP]

S.J. Res. 225, National Eye Donor Month, 1689 [2FE], 3484 [27FE]

S.J. Res. 228, National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week, 3484 [27FE], 12810 [17MY]

S.J. Res. 232, National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, 2527 [9FE], 3485 [27FE], 10550 [1MY]

S.J. Res. 237, National Home Care Week, 2538 [9FE], 5161 [12MR], 28694 [2OC]

S.J. Res. 239, Lupus Awareness Week, 2716 [21FE], 5161 [12MR], 12811 [17MY]

S.J. Res. 244, National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week, 9861 [25AP], 10973 [3MY]

S.J. Res. 252, National Head Injury Awareness Month, 28927 [3OC]

S.J. Res. 254, National Down's Syndrome Month, 4358 [5MR], 25163 [12SE], 13250 [22MY]

S.J. Res. 258, National Safety in the Workplace Week, 5368 [13MR]

S.J. Res. 259, National Reye's Syndrome Week, 5749 [15MR], 6537 [26MR], 30311 [5OC]

S.J. Res. 260, National Blood Pressure Awareness Week, 5750 [15MR], 11251 [8MY], 28695 [2OC]

S.J. Res. 261, Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week, 5936 [20MR]

S.J. Res. 264, National Hemophilia Awareness Month, 6430 [22MR]

S.J. Res. 274, National Nurse Recognition Day, 9307 [12AP], 11251 [8MY]

S.J. Res. 275, National Spina Bifida Month, 9307 [12AP], 23774 [10AU], 25161 [12SE]

S.J. Res. 288, Emergency Medicine Week, 13250 [22MY]

S.J. Res. 289, National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week, 13250 [22MY], 15171 [6JN]

S.J. Res. 290, National Alzheimer's Disease Month, 11283 [8MY]

S.J. Res. 295, Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week, 12176 [15MY], 23774 [10AU], 28694 [2OC]

S.J. Res. 299, National Diabetes Month, 23775 [10AU], 28696 [2OC]

S.J. Res. 303, National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week, 15580 [8JN], 18893 [26JN]

S.J. Res. 305, Teenage Alcohol Abuse Awareness Week, 23775 [10AU]

S.J. Res. 309, National Cerebral Palsy Month, 23775 [10AU], 28693 [2OC]

S.J. Res. 310, National Osteopathic Medicine Week, 26487 [21SE]

S.J. Res. 315, University of Maryland Hospital at Baltimore National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems, 17183 [19JN]

S.J. Res. 318, National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Week, 23775 [10AU]

S.J. Res. 322, Mental Illness Awareness Week, 18688 [26JN], 23776 [10AU]

S.J. Res. 324, National Christmas Seal Month, 19396 [27JN], 22348 [3AU]

S.J. Res. 330, Ostomy Awareness Month, 19669 [28JN]

S.J. Res. 334, National Hospice Month, 20599 [24JY], 23777 [10AU]

S.J. Res. 339, National Mental Retardation Awareness Month, 22331 [6AU]

S.J. Res. 352, National Head Injury Awareness Month, 24778 [11SE]

S.J. Res. 357, National Medical Transcriptionist Week, 28403 [2OC]