HEALTH

Addresses

AIDS and the Communities: June E. Osborn, 32975-32977 [19NO]

American Blood Commission: John D. Milam, 13836 [27MY]

American Dental Association: James A. Saddoris, 35908 [16DE]

Black Health Choices and Advertising—The Critical Connection: Therman E. Evans, 26403 [5OC]

Black Indigent Health Care and Children: Kay Johnson, 30243 [29OC]

Commencement Ceremony for the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: President Reagan, 18519 [1JY]

Cost and Quality of Health Care's Impact on Medical Technology: Robert A. Schoellhorn, 31067-31069 [5NO]

How We Slowly Acquired—In 50 Years—Immune Deficiency and Its Fatal Syndrome, 14193 [1JN]

Louis Gorin Award to Russell F. Lewis: Earl R. Thayer, Annual National Conference on Rural Health, 14629 [4JN]

Preserving Our Medical Archives: Lois DeBakey, 8995 [10AP]

Prevention of Mental and Emotional Dysfunction in Poor Black Children: Frederick C. Green, 30244 [29OC]

Safe Motherhood Conference, Barber B. Conable, World Bank, 4691 [3MR]

State of the Union: President Reagan, 17682 [26JN]

Workplace Health and Safety: Representative Dingell, 11283 [5MY]

Advertisements

Senior Citizens—Call Senator Exon Today or Get Stuck With the Bill Tomorrow: Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, 26129 [1OC]

Amendments

Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 224) (sundry), 23913 [15SE]

Budget: setting forth congressional for U.S. Government for fiscal 1988-91 (S. Con. Res. 49), 11460 [6MY]

Children: infant mortality (S. 1441), 22898, 22960 [6AU]

Courts: extend and improve procedures for liability and indemnification for nuclear incidents (H.R. 1414), 21590, 21600, 21607, 21611 [30JY]

Drug abuse: extend emergency treatment and rehabilitation programs (S. 409), 16862-16864 [19JN]

Employment: high risk occupational disease notification and prevention (H.R. 162), 24353 [17SE], 27881, 27906, 27907, 27908, 27912, 27913, 27914 [14OC], 27965, 27968, 27975, 27976, 27977 [15OC]

Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 122), 33675 [2DE]

Groundwater: national research program (S. 1105), 26918 [7OC]

———protection through State standards (S. 20), 10152 [28AP]

Indian Health Service: staff recruitment and retention (S. 1475), 23327 [7AU]

Infant mortality: additional funds to community and migrant health centers (H.R. 1326), 31373, 31375 [9NO]

Labor: health and science programs (S. 1158), 20946, 21018 [23JY], 29343, 29464 [27OC]

Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act: enact (S. 1127), 26919 [7OC], 27359 [13OC], 29133, 29180 [23OC], 29314, 29316, 29321, 29350, 29355, 29358, 29362, 29368, 29370, 29373, 29380, 29384, 29385, 29386, 29387, 29388, 29389, 29390, 29392, 29393, 29394, 29396, 29457, 29458, 29471, 29474, 29475, 29476, 29477, 29478, 29479, 29480 [27OC]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2941), 20732, 20737-20744 [22JY]

National Health Service Corps: revise and extend program (H.R. 1327), 23612, 23615, 23616, 23617 [9SE]

Older Americans Act: skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities (H.R. 395), 33776 [2DE]

Physicians: comparability allowance (S. 1666), 24224, 24237 [16SE]

Poverty: health services, mental health services, and job training for homeless (S. 811), 6678-6680 [24MR]

Psychologists: pay for Public Health Service members (S. 1666), 24224, 24237 [16SE]

Public Health Service Act: minority medical education (H.R. 954), 22237 [4AU]

———program of education, prevention, care, and research relative to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (S. 1220), 23328 [7AU]

Retired Benefits Security Act: enact (S. 548), 21095, 21096, 21143, 21144 [24JY]

Social Security: skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities (H.R. 395), 33776 [2DE]

Veterans: improve benefits (S. 9), 33849-33851, 33869, 33895, 33896, 33909, 33912, 33913, 33914, 33916, 33919, 33957, 33958, 33959 [3DE], 34153, 34154, 34229 [4DE]

Veterans' Beneficiary Travel Reimbursement Restoration Act: enact (S. 1464), 28219, 28248, 28264, 28292, 28293 [16OC]

Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Counseling Program Preservation Act: enact (S. 1501), 20260 [17JY]

Waste Reduction Clearinghouse Act: enact (S. 1331), 14704 [4JN]

Analyses

Catastrophic Illness Aid for Children: Senator Weicker, 29382 [27OC]

Confronting the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Epidemic, 26047 [1OC]

Federal Building Asbestos Hazard Abatement Act (S. 981), 8780 [9AP]

Ground Water Protection Act (H.R. 963), 3188 [5FE]

Health Care for the Uninsured Act (S. 177), 616 [6JA]

Health Care Savings Account Act (H.R. 955), 2720 [4FE]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (S. 79), 3146 [5FE]

Limit Types of Proposed Actions in Which VA Disciplinary Boards Function (S. 1136), 11107 [5MY]

Long-Term Care Amendments, 30262 [29OC]

Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act (S. 1673), 23763 [10SE]

Medicaid Infant Mortality Act (H.R. 1018), 3168 [5FE]

Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act (H.R. 1444), 4964 [5MR]

Medicare Part A Catastrophic Protection Act (H.R. 1280), 4148 [26FE]

Medicare Part B Catastrophic Protection Act (H.R. 1281), 4149 [26FE]

National Ground Water Contamination Research Act (S. 513), 3115 [5FE]

Nuclear Protections and Safety Act (S. 1085), 9435 [23AP]

On-Call Pay to Certain VA Medical Personnel (S. 1065), 9145 [21AP]

Partnership Act (S. 862), 7056-7061 [26MR]

Rural Health Care Viability Act (S. 1390), 16648 [18JN]

Safe Food Standards Act (S. 1813), 29158-29160 [23OC]

Social Security Periodic Competency Certification of Physicians (H.R. 3231), 23062 [7AU]

Social Security Support for Hospitals in Meeting Indigent Care Costs (H.R. 3128), 22571 [5AU]

VA Chief Medical Director's Authority Over Disciplinary Action Against Certain Probationary Employees (S. 1062), 9141 [21AP]

VA Tort Claims and Hospital Cost Collection (S. 1063), 9142 [21AP]

Appointments

Bio-Medical Ethics Board, 3898 [23FE]

Conferees: H.R. 2470, Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act, 34573 [9DE]

National Commission To Prevent Infant Mortality: Representative J. Roy Rowland, 96 [6JA]

———Senator Durenberger, 18170 [30JN]

Articles and editorials

Abandoned Infants, 22354 [5AU]

Accident One More Reason To Bar MRS, 15409 [11JN]

Acid Rain Is Killing More Than Lakes and Trees, 14063 [28MY]

Acid Rain Seen as Posing Risks for U.S. Health—Doctors Tell Panel That Nation Must Act Now, 3228 [9FE]

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 4529 [3MR]

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Education in St. Cloud, MI, 24472 [17SE]

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Testing, 33920 [3DE]

Agent of Destruction—Viet Vet Is Convinced of Herbicide's Health Risks, Frederick Case, Seattle (WA) Times, 32973 [19NO]

Agent Orange and the Anguish of an American Family, 7662-7665 [1AP]

Age-Old Problem of Insurance for Infirmed Elderly, 28350 [19OC]

AIDS Alert in Maternity Wards, 21188 [27JY]

AIDS and Insurance—The Rationale for AIDS-Related Testing, 25799-25804 [30SE]

AIDS Awareness Week—The Tale of Two Massachusetts Cities, 33790 [2DE]

AIDS Curriculum, 38258 [22DE]

AIDS Heaps Hardship on Washington Slum Called the Graveyard, 31719 [10NO]

AIDS Must Be Treated as Health Issue, 29779 [28OC]

AIDS—A Prisoner's Fears, 23434 [7AU]

AIDS—The Government Is Fighting With Itself, 3231 [9FE]

AIDS—The New Phase of Denial—After the Hype, a Backlash Obscures the National Debate, 21380 [28JY]

AIDS—The Plague That Knows No Boundaries, 13460-13463 [21MY]

AIDS—Time for Drastic Measures?, 26727 [6OC]

American Death Squads, 23581 [9SE]

Antibiotics in Animal Feed Linked to Human Ills, 5048 [6MR]

Arms Are Costa Rica's Last Need, 5739 [16MR]

As Food Imports Rise, Consumers Face Peril From Use of Pesticides, 23424 [7AU]

Asbestos May Still Be a Threat for N.J. Students, 4037-4039 [24FE]

Assuring the Continued Competence of Health Professionals, 19558 [13JY]

At the Yale Women's Center, Some Women Aren't Welcome, 33171 [20NO]

Awesome Spread of AIDS, 13674 [21MY]

Bad Riddance—Ripping Out Asbestos Endangers More Lives as Laws Are Ignored, 8780 [9AP]

Biggest Problem Is the Fear—Women Urged To Weigh Alternatives to Mastectomy, 30935 [4NO]

Braving Epilepsy's Storm, 1903-1905 [22JA]

Bring Back TV's Antismoking Ads, 14108 [28MY]

Business Myopia About Children, 34634 [9DE]

Camden Lends Hand to Salvadoran Child, 33286 [30NO]

Catastrophic Illness Health Insurance, 29399 [27OC]

Caught in the MediGap, 17623 [25JN]

Changing Role for Private Sector Nursing Leaders, 33855 [3DE]

Children and Wine Coolers, 31840 [13NO]

Cigarette Prices, 2908 [4FE]

Cities Attacking the Wrong Target, 7061 [26MR]

Clue to Acid Rain's Path Seen in Haze, 31517 [10NO]

Coming of Age, 13668-13670 [21MY]

Coming Home, With AIDS, to a Small Town, 34223 [4DE]

Condom Failures and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 18379 [30JN]

Confronting AIDS, 13469-13471 [21MY]

Congress Aims at Minimum Benefit, 3820 [19FE]

Continuing Disinterest Among Physicians, 10354 [29AP]

Crack Abuse—Its Implications and Outcomes, 24009-24011 [15SE]

Crime of Spreading AIDS, 35592 [14DE]

Crisis Is Predicted in Care of Elderly—U.S. Panel Warns of Expense of Long-Term Treatment, 24556 [18SE]

Cure May Be Worse Than the Ill, 13298 [20MY]

Damages Awarded, 4787 [4MR]

Day Care's Cosmic Crapshoot, 18396 [30JN]

Deadly Silence—The Truth About AIDS, 27155-27157 [8OC]

Death by the Glass—Alcohol Is Still a Leading Killer of Black Americans, 13306 [20MY]

Dental Report That Gives Something To Smile About, 9661 [23AP]

Dentist Keeps Pain Out of Pocket, 15126 [10JN]

Do You Smoke, Daddy?, 14108 [28MY]

Doctors Submit to Drug Tests as Alternative to Penalties, 33873 [3DE]

``Double Joy'' Still Exists in Medical Practice, 13272 [20MY]

Dr. Laurence A. Grossman—A Man of Vision, Loyalty, Convictions, 28520 [20OC]

Dreams Come True, 15568 [11JN]

Drug Abuse Found in Medical Training, 33872 [3DE]

Eight Steps for Life, 14170 [1JN]

Elderly Care—A Case of Catastrophic Confusion?, 24047 [15SE], 29376-29378 [27OC]

Emerson Students Listen to Zellaha, 7316 [30MR]

Evidently the VA Is Different, 33886 [3DE]

Ex-Abortionists Tell Why They Quit, 33974 [3DE]

Expensive Babies, 1108 [8JA]

Exploring the New, Preserving the Old, 33633 [2DE]

Facing the Issue of Pesticide Residues—How Can Consumers Bring About Change, 23425 [7AU]

FDA Admits Laxity in Testing Food Imports, 23425 [7AU]

Fellowship in the VA Hospitals, 23417 [7AU]

Feuds That Delay the AIDS Battle, 13674 [21MY]

Fine Proposal, 32989 [19NO]

Food Service—Alternative to Commodities, 8093 [7AP]

Fooling Ourselves, 21509 [29JY]

For Many Veterans the Battle Goes On, 22139-22141 [3AU]

Fraud Factor in Rising Medical Costs, 35578 [14DE]

Gays Upset Over AIDS Vote by Kennedy and Kerry, 33928 [3DE]

Gene Squad—Japanese Now Target Another Field the U.S. Leads—Biotechnology, 36203 [18DE]

Getting the AIDS' Message Out, 13673 [21MY]

Girl, 6, Undergoes Bone Marrow Transplant, 36521 [19DE]

Girth of a Nation, 6588 [23MR]

Great Insurance Crisis, 2658 [3FE]

Haitian Water Problem Had a Simple Solution, 1248 [13JA]

Hanging Up on Desperate Families, 2013 [27JA]

Hazardous to Your Health, 3471 [18FE], 4071 [25FE]

Health Care 1988, 24035 [15SE]

Health Care Industry Needs Protection of Liability Reform, 11592 [6MY]

Health Care Test That George Bush Flunked, 35927 [16DE]

Health Care—We Demand Best, and Pay For It, 34430 [8DE]

Health Insurance for All Workers, 3819 [19FE]

Help, and Anonimity, for Impaired MD's, 33872 [3DE]

Helping the Homeless, 8523 [8AP]

Hidden Crisis in American Health Care, 9658 [23AP]

Hispanics Give Agenda to Candidates—Job Appointments, Immigration Changes, School and Housing Funds, 28999 [22OC]

How Accurate Is AIDS Antibody Testing?, 33924-33927 [3DE]

Importance of Nursing, 18381 [30JN]

In Oklahoma, a Different Lab To Screen Pap Tests Means Very Different Results, 31547 [10NO]

Insurance Failures Predicted, 13839 [27MY]

Insurance Plan Would Assure Health Care for Life, 1359 [14JA]

Japan Tries To Automate Tedious Job of Reading Human Genetic Blueprint, 36205 [18DE]

Jobs and Illness in Petrochemical Corridor, 38289-38291 [22DE]

Just Too Lavish, 29406 [27OC]

Keeping Rural Hospitals Open and Affordable, 8993-8994 [10AP]

Kin Mourn Retarded Patient Who Died Fleeing Hospital, 27303 [9OC]

Knockout, 11892 [11MY]

Koop Asks Doctors To Back Condom Use—Forthrightness About AIDS Advocated, 27766 [14OC]

Lawmaker Urges Better Inspection of Imported Food, 23423 [7AU]

Life Insurers Debate Junk Bond Investments, 22135 [3AU]

Lifting the Medical-Cost Cloud From the Elderly, 10285 [28AP]

Living Memorial to Vietnam Vets—Foundation Channels Benefits From Agent Orange Settlement, 1820 [21JA]

Logical Reform Proposal for Federal Aid, 7061 [26MR]

Make Family Leave Available to All, 1809 [21JA]

Make It a Crime To Spread AIDS—Counseling Isn't Enough for Reckless or Deliberate Infectors, 29779 [28OC]

Mandatory National Serologic Testing Is An Imperative, Lawrence J. McNamee and Brian F. McNamee, 29005 [22OC]

Mandatory Test for AIDS Virus Opposed by Doctors at VA, 33929 [3DE]

Mary Bianchini Makes a Difference, 4718 [3MR]

Matter of Imports—Controversy Over Labeling the Origins of Foods, 23426 [7AU]

Medical Labs, Trusted as Largely Error-Free, Are Far From Infallible, 31547-31549 [10NO]

Medicine Needs These Animals, 17128 [23JN]

Meese Ignores Bill of Rights, 6938 [25MR]

``Miracle'' of the Mayo Clinic, 1414 [16JA]

Most Tragic Victims of AIDS, Thousands of Youngsters, 20268-20270 [17JY]

Most-Used Asbestos Testing Procedure Shown To Be Inadequate, 11285 [5MY]

Mr. Reagan's AIDS Test, 14508 [3JN]

National Hospital Week Marks Efforts To Serve Community, 12749 [18MY]

Navigation Debated—U.S. Plumbs Monetary Reefs (1963), 34285 [7DE]

New Mexicans Seeking Health Through Thinness, 3470 [18FE]

Newark Pediatrician Gives His Life to Child Victims, 19452 [10JY]

Nuclear Reactor Dangers, 565 [6JA]

Nursing Costs Force Elderly To Sue Spouses, 29357 [27OC]

OMB Forces Pentagon To Test Outpatient Medical Care Fees, 1567 [21JA]

104 Pounds Off, a Political Heavyweight No More, 21388 [28JY]

One Family, One Child—China's Brutal Birth Ban—For Chinese Women, It's Abortion or Sterilization, 29007-29009 [22OC]

Pap Test Misses Much Cervical Cancer Through Labs' Errors, 31544-31546 [10NO]

Paul Block Dies in Local Hospital, 8282 [7AP]

Paul Block—A Man of Many Interests and Dual Careers, 8283 [7AP]

Peering Into the 21st Century, 28975 [22OC]

Perplexed by Their Booing, 19597 [13JY]

Plea for Protection, 8268 [7AP]

Pregnancy Leave for Women, and Men, 3234 [9FE]

Presidential Plan for Drug Testing of Federal Workers Suffers Setback, 33890 [3DE]

Psychological Assessment of Bhopal Gas Tragedy, 33782 [2DE]

Race Against Time, Fatigue Competition, 6913 [25MR]

Raising Nurses' Pay, 18381 [30JN]

Random Drug Testing, 33907 [3DE]

Reagan Right About AIDS Bill, 29778 [28OC]

Resource Allocation in Health Care—The Allocation of Lifestyles to Providers, 24691-24693 [21SE]

Responding to the Needs of the Homeless Mentally Ill, 6024-6028 [18MR]

Retarded Adults Work Way Into Community, 21187 [27JY]

Rural Closures Go Beyond Payment and Into the Troubles of Rural Life, 34411 [8DE]

Scaring the Public, 22989 [6AU]

Scars of Soviet Psychiatric Abuse, 13680 [21MY]

School Children in Peril?, 9724 [24AP]

Senator Helms' Callousness Toward AIDS Victims, 34552 [9DE]

Shameless Roosevelt Connection, 5293 [11MR]

Shattuck Lecture—What Is Quality Care?, 20590-20592 [21JY]

``She Gives a Lot of Herself'', 8050 [6AP]

Shifting Gears on a Water Issue, 10165 [28AP]

Shoring Up U.S. Health Care, 8267 [7AP]

Southern Research Likely To Be in Front Ranks When Drugs To Fight AIDS Found, 3708 [19FE]

Soviets Sponsor Spread of AIDS Disinformation, 12556 [14MY]

Spend, Spend, Spend—Congressional Liberals Are Singing the Same Old Song, 35589 [14DE]

Stress Problems Show Up Among Veterans of World War II, 20053 [15JY]

Studds Puts AIDS Report Where It Belongs—In the Public's Hands, 13673 [21MY]

Social Security Lobby Group Is Said To Mislead Aged, 5294 [11MR]

Study Faults Labs' Accuracy in Testing for AIDS Infection, 29769 [28OC]

Support Domenici's Homeless Bill, 8523 [8AP]

Team of World Champions, 32690 [18NO]

Teen Pregnancies Decline. Now What?, 30248 [29OC]

Ten-State Survey Finds Peril From Radon in 1 in 5 Homes, 27094 [8OC]

Treatment for Parkinson's Disease, 4715 [3MR]

Turf Threat, 7062 [26MR]

U.S. Drug ``Crusade'' Is Seen as Undermining Itself, 33904, 33905 [3DE]

U.S. May Bar Grapes of Mexico, 23423 [7AU]

UAB Discovery Adds Life, Hope to Leukemia Victims, 2771 [4FE]

Uncaring Medicare, 5216 [10MR]

UNICEF Proclaims Success Inoculating Lebanon's Young, 30383 [31OC]

Uninsured Mothers—555,000 a Year—Report Says Giving Birth Is Too Often a (Financial Nightmare), 37931 [21DE]

Unsweetened Truth About Sugar Subsidies, 23387 [7AU]

We Do Abortions Here, 32857 [19NO]

We Need a Coordinated National Drug Policy—Together We Can Win, 28176 [15OC]

We Need Testing for AIDS, Sec. of Education Bennett, 16307 [16JN]

We're Teaching Our Kids to Use Drugs, 33557 [1DE]

What Is the Moral Crisis of Our Time?, 23783-23785 [10SE]

What Other Arizona Newspapers Are Saying, 25660 [29SE]

What You Must Know About AIDS, 13463 [21MY]

When the Homeless Are Ill, 18711 [1JY]

When To Test for AIDS, 13468 [21MY]

When Working Is Good for Your Health, Linda Martin, New York (NY) Times, 5011 [6MR]

Whistle-Blower's Lawsuit Accuses Scripps Clinic, Eye Doctor of Fraud, 24031 [15SE]

Who Says the Race Is Over at 70?, 20093 [15JY]

Why Restructuring Medicare Will Not Work, 29376 [27OC]

WIC Mothers and Children, 13000 [19MY]

Wiped Out—AIDS Victims Find That a Death Sentence Leads First to Poverty, 22704 [5AU]

Women May Want To Ask Who'll Screen a Pap Test, 31547 [10NO]

Young: ``I'll Never Give Up'', 3140 [5FE]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: deny tax deduction of medical expenses (see H.R. 1591)

———Federal funding (see H.R. 1729)

———informed consent from patient (see S. 272, 273)

———protection of unborn children (see H.J. Res. 392)

Access to Health Insurance for Medically Uninsurable Individuals Act: enact (see S. 1634)

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: certain State laws (see H. Con. Res. 8)

———confidential testing of persons convicted for drug and sex offenses (see S. 977)

———confidentiality of medical records (see H.R. 2773)

———control progression of epidemic (see S. 1352)

———counseling and testing (see H.R. 3071)

———education and counseling (see H.R. 339)

———establish congressional advisory panel (see S. 613)

———Federal funding (see H. Con. Res. 10)

———funding research and education programs (see S. 24)

———medicare coverage (see S. 24)

———national commitment (see S. Res. 190)

———prohibit transfer of body fluids by Federal employees (see H.R. 345)

———public service announcements about epidemic (see H. Con. Res. 70)

———reporting requirements (see H.R. 2272)

———reporting requirements (H.R. 2272), consideration (see H. Con. Res. 211)

———require contact tracing (see H.R. 1551)

———require each State to establish certain reporting requirements relative to infected individuals (see H.R. 3695), 34074 [3DE]

———require testing of certain persons (see H.R. 344)

———research programs (see H.R. 3825)

———State block grants for public information (see H.R. 1943)

———testing requirements (see H.R. 2273)

———testing requirements (H.R. 2273), consideration (see H. Con. Res. 211)

———WHO efforts (see H. Res. 145)

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Act: enact (see S. 1374)

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Education, Information, Risk Reduction, Training, Prevention, Treatment, Care, and Research Act: enact (see H.R. 2626)

Advertising: antismoking public service announcements (see H. Res. 286)

Aeronautics: prohibit smoking on board passenger-carrying aircraft (see H.R. 3018)

AFDC: uniform eligibility and benefit levels (see H.R. 1831)

Aged: caregiver referral (see H.R. 2078)

———community care preventive services (see S. 1241)

———geriatric research (see H.R. 68)

———health care (see H.R. 2989)

———increase services to individuals in rural areas (see H.R. 2073)

———mental health services (see H.R. 2079)

Agriculture: field sanitation standards for employees engaged in hand labor operations (see H.R. 349)

———technologies in food safety and animal health (see S. 1561)

AID: family planning assistance based on informed consent and voluntarism (see H.R. 1170)

AIDS Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 350)

Airlines: ban smoking on domestic commercial flights (see H.R. 1078)

———prohibit smoking on commercial flights (see H.R. 2040)

———prohibit smoking on domestic commercial flights (see H.R. 3377)

Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration: revise and extend block grants for services relative to mental health and substance abuse (see H.R. 3187)

Alzheimer's disease: clinical trials on use of certain drugs (see S. 997)

———coordination of services available to victims and families of victims (see H.R. 2075)

———designation of treatment centers (see H.R. 397)

———establish related dementias home and community based services block grant (see S. 81)

American Anatomists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 170)

American Physiologists Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 28; H.J. Res. 84)

Armed Forces: allow members to sue for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care (see S. 347)

———catastrophic illness protection for dependents (see H.R. 3088)

———damages for injuries from improper medical care (see H.R. 1054)

———establish fees for outpatient medical care (see S. Con. Res. 35)

———health care expenses for members and dependents not payable under medicare (see S. 166)

———payment under CHAMPUS of certain medical expenses not covered under medicare (see H.R. 2934)

———physicians comparability allowances (see H.R. 3255)

Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act: EPA grants (see H.J. Res. 153)

———funding (see S.J. Res. 54)

Bankruptcy: extend certain pension and health insurance protections under title 11 of the U.S. Code (see S. 903)

———extend provision relative to continuation of health benefits for retirees (see H.R. 1912)

Benefits: amend provision relative to disability eligibility (see H.R. 205)

Benefits formula (see S. 1917)

Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 48; H.J. Res. 224)

Better Hearing and Speech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 244)

Black Lung Benefits Act: amend to prohibit reduction of disability benefits (see H.R. 2481)

———tax exemption on benefits (see H. Res. 71)

Blind: privileges afforded to individuals with seeing-eye dogs (see H.R. 3607)

Capitol Building: prohibit smoking in Senate wing (see S. Res. 154)

Capitol Building and Grounds: Special Olympics torch relay (see H. Con. Res. 91)

Care: limit costs and improve services (see S. 155)

Catastrophic diseases: insurance coverage for aged and handicapped (see S. 210)

Centers of Excellence in Geriatric Research and Training Act: enact (see S. 1112)

CHAMPUS: health care expenses for members of Armed Forces and dependents not payable under medicare (see S. 166)

Chemicals: cancel the registration of certain cyclodienes (see S. 1427)

———grants relative to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (see S. 169)

———prohibit use of subtherapeutic doses of penicillin, chlortetracycline, and oxytetracycline in animal feed (see S. 680)

Child Health Incentives Reform Plan: enact (see S. 968)

Child Nutrition Amendments: extend to 1992 the national donated commodity processing program (see S. 902)

Children: denial of health insurance to disabled adopted (see H. Con. Res. 43)

———grant for research and training in pediatric pulmonary medicine (see H.R. 1710)

———health insurance coverage for disabled adopted (see S. Con. Res. 95), 37794 [21DE]

———improve and expand child care and early childhood education (see H.R. 1001)

———infant mortality (see S. 1441)

———insurance coverage for certain (see S. Con. Res. 6)

———medical assistance to chronically ill and disabled (see S. 1740)

———parental medical leave (see S. 249)

———quality physical education programs in schools (see H. Con. Res. 97)

———tax on income received for personal injuries (see H.R. 2311)

Chronic diseases: coverage of antibiotics administered at home (see H.R. 1294)

Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services: reimbursement of certain institutions for heart and lung treatment (see H.R. 1702)

Coal: offset competitive advantage of foreign producers (see H.R. 513)

Commission for the Amelioration of Parkinsonism: establish (see S. 1072; H.R. 459)

Commission on AIDS: establish (see H. Res. 140)

Communications: grants for establishment and operation of national information system (see H.R. 3040)

Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act: enact (see H.R. 3130)

Comprehensive Health Care Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 3766)

Comprehensive Substance Abuse Education Act: enact (see H.R. 56)

Consumers: medicare supplemental policy warning (see S. 921), 8041 [6AP]

Copyright: audiovisual works for inpatients in health care facilities (see H.R. 2429)

Crime and criminals: penalty for transferring blood known to be infected with virus for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.R. 3389)

———prohibit donations of blood, semen, or organs of certain persons (see H.R. 338)

Cyclosporine: tariff treatment (see H.R. 35)

Death: prohibit health care facilities from withholding of food, water, nourishment, and hydration (see H.R. 3109)

Defense contractors: liability arising from atomic weapons testing (see S. 478)

Dept. of Defense: transportation on military aircraft for persons with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2283)

Dept. of Education: establish Office of Comprehensive School Health Education (see S. 1348; H.R. 2728)

Dept. of HHS: determine appropriate regulatory classification of transitional devices of medical device amendments (see S. 1808)

———revise and extend authority of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (see S. 1943)

———submit proposal for regulation of long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 1933)

Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act: reauthorizing programs (see H.R. 1871)

Diabetes: medicare coverage of therapeutic footwear (see H.R. 1325)

Diacetylmorphine: availability for use by cancer patients (see S. 143)

Diethyl-stilbestrol: funds for programs to identify and aid individuals exposed to (see H.R. 164)

Disease: Block Grant Program (see S. 1579)

———establish grant program for counseling and testing services relating to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see S. 1575)

Diseases: acquired immune deficiency syndrome education, prevention, and treatment programs (see H.R. 3253)

———acquired immune deficiency syndrome education and counseling (see H.R. 3647)

———acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemic (see S. Res. 184)

———acquired immune deficiency syndrome pediatric resource centers (see H.R. 3648)

———acquired immune deficiency syndrome preventive counseling for intravenous drug abusers (see H.R. 3137)

———diabetes prevention (see H.R. 3259)

———establish program of State grants for information on Lyme disease (see H.R. 3397)

———grants for preventive care relative to tuberculosis (see H.R. 2760)

———grants relative to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (see S. 169)

———notify workers of risk of occupational (see S. 79)

———prevention and control of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.R. 3419)

———require hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and intermediate care facilities to provide free inoculation of workers against hepatitis B virus (see H.R. 3046)

District of Columbia: authorizing conveyance of certain parcels of land to Columbia Hospital for Women (see H.R. 2909)

District of Columbia Commission on Mental Health: coverage for psychiatric nurse services (see S. 144)

———service of clinical social workers (see S. 149)

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: amend (see H.R. 1837)

Drug, Alcohol, Rehabilitation, and Education Program: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 110)

Drug abuse: commend Louisiana State police education program (see H.R. 3762)

———extend emergency treatment and rehabilitation programs (see S. 409)

———respite homes for abandoned infants in hospitals (see S. 945)

———testing of individuals to be released on bail (see H.R. 2744)

Drug industry: ban reimportation, restrict drug samples, and ban resales by hospitals (see S. 368)

———ban reimportation of drugs produced in the U.S., restrict distribution of samples, and ban certain resales of drugs by hospitals and other medical facilities (see H.R. 1207)

Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: amend (see H.R. 1752)

Drugs: ban and restrict certain imports (see H.R. 1031)

———grants relative to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (see S. 169)

———immunosuppressive drug therapy block grant (see S. 1862)

———limit dispensing by practitioners (see H.R. 2093)

———make heroin available to terminally ill cancer patients (see H.R. 1470)

Education: grant programs for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.R. 2607)

———institution eligibility for Federal assistance relative to abortion policy (see H.R. 3262, 3263)

———reauthorizing program of assistance to disadvantaged children (see S. 373)

———student eligibility for loans in graduate programs in psychology (see S. 163)

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 148; H.J. Res. 134)

Employee Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act: enact (see S. 1726)

Employment: minimum benefits for all workers (see H.R. 2508)

———prohibit discrimination on basis of cancer history (see H.R. 1546), 5492 [11MR]

EPA: data collection and dissemination relative to chemical emissions (see H.R. 2800)

———impact of disposal of certain plastics (see H.R. 2527)

———management of infectious and pathologic waste (see H.R. 3467)

———promulgate regulations on management of infectious waste (see H.R. 3515)

———standard for exposure to radon in indoor environments (see H.R. 3110)

ERISA: amend title I (see H.R. 2575)

———continuation of health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1072)

———exempt from preemption any provision of Minnesota law requiring employers to provide health coverage (see H.R. 2364)

———improve protection and delivery of benefits under private retirement health plans (see H.R. 1660)

Ethanol: reduction of air pollution (see H. Con. Res. 31)

Excellence in Minority Health Education and Care Act: enact (see S. 769)

Fair Labor Standards Act: assure minimum health benefits for all U.S. workers (see S. 1265)

Families: care management to certain children and health care to children with high cost catastrophic health care needs (see S. 1537)

———Federal child care program (see H.R. 3660)

———surrogate motherhood (see H.R. 3264)

Family planning: authorize grants for adoption services (see H.R. 1279)

Family Security Act: enact (see H.R. 3148)

Fast Food Ingredient Information Act: enact (see S. 1325)

Federal aid programs: confidentiality of medical records of patients not receiving Federal assistance (see H.R. 99)

———grants to States for dependent care (see S. 222)

Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act: presumption of disability (see H.R. 3831)

Federal employees: disability compensation benefits to survivors (see H.R. 1287)

———drug and alcohol abuse treatment program (see H.R. 381)

———eligibility for Government health benefits program as an annuitant (see H.R. 2341)

———inclusion of treatment of cleft lip and palate conditions in health benefits (see H.R. 3429)

———long-term health care insurance (see S. 1738)

———prepaid dental care program (see H.R. 3404)

———restrictions relative to drug testing (see H.R. 280)

———services under health benefits plan (see H.R. 384)

Federal Employees Family Building Act: enact (see H.R. 2852)

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: extension (see S. 1812), 29156 [23OC]

Federal Employees Health Care Freedom-of-Choice Act: enact (see S. 1162)

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend to limit dispensing of certain drugs (see H.R. 2168)

———limit compensation of investigators who use medical instruments (see H.R. 392)

———regulation of medical devices (see S. 1928)

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (see S. 1516)

———authority of local governments (see S. 1524)

Federal Meat Inspection Act: impose reciprocal inspection requirements for imported meat (see H.R. 2847)

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: renewal of water quality (see S. 76)

Fire Fighter Protective Gear Liability Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 2647)

Fish and fisheries: inspection of imported commercial seafood (see H.R. 1483), 5098 [9MR]

Food: label to show amount of sodium and potassium (see H.R. 256)

———labeling of products containing tropical fats (see H.R. 2148)

———seizure and destruction of certain imports treated with pesticides (see H.R. 711)

Food and Drug Cosmetic Act: require registration of certain nonprofit entities which provide health services (see H.R. 186)

Food bank nutrition projects: establish (see H.R. 3057)

Food Irradiation Safety and Labeling Requirement Act: enact (see S. 461)

Food service operations: instructions for removing food lodged in a person's throat (see H.R. 501)

Food stamps: improve nutrition of homeless (see S. 812)

Foreign Assistance Act: authorizing appropriations for Child Survival Fund (see S. 750)

Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 122)

Geriatrics: nursing school grants for training (see S. 731)

Government regulation: medical devices (see H.R. 2595)

Ground Water Safety Act: enact (see S. 1419)

Groundwater: national research program (see S. 1105)

Handicapped: amend Urban Mass Transportation Act relative to visually and mentally handicapped individuals (see H.R. 3265)

———assistive device resource centers (see S. 1586)

Handicapped Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 245)

Hawaii: health status of Natives (see H.R. 1136)

———improve health status of natives (see S. 136)

Hazardous substances: develop standards for notification of individuals exposed (see S. 638)

———disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls (see H.R. 2685)

———labeling requirement (see H.R. 2866)

———radon exposure (see H.R. 2837)

———threat posed by exposure to contaminants in the air indoors (see H.R. 3809)

Health Care Innovation Act: enact (see S. 897)

Health maintenance organization: repeal authorities (see S. 1908)

Health Resources and Services Administration: budget authority (see H.R. 859, 860)

Hemochromatosis Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 45; H.J. Res. 157)

Home and Preventive Health Services for Older Americans Act: enact (see S. 1115)

Home care services: establish quality assurance system for medicare, medicaid, the Social Services Block Grant Program, and the Older Americans Act (see H.R. 1700)

Home health services: include additional services (see H.R. 1837)

Homecare Quality Assurance Act: enact (see S. 1166)

Homeless: assistance to protect and improve lives and safety (see S. 809, 813)

———health care and mental health services (see H.R. 287)

———improve nutrition (see S. 728)

Housing: chronically mentally ill (see H.R. 2321)

Humanitarian assistance: extend set-aside of ships involved in world health care (see S. 1281)

Hunger: establish food bank nutrition projects (see S. 1483)

Indian Child Welfare Act: amend (see S. 1976)

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: authorize and amend (see S. 129)

Indian Health Service: establish loan repayment (see H.R. 3702)

———staff recruitment and retention (see S. 1475)

Indians: health promotion and disease prevention services (see S. 1509)

———medical care (see H.R. 2290)

Individual retirement accounts: allow tax-free distributions for purchase of long-term care insurance coverage at age 59\1/2\ (see H.R. 1933)

Indoor Air Quality Act: enact (see S. 1629)

Infant Health Demonstration Act: enact (see H.R. 3667)

Infant mortality: additional funds to community and migrant health centers (see H.R. 1326)

———services to high-risk populations to reduce (see H.R. 3810)

Insurance: health benefits for retirees (see H.R. 1488)

———improve system for resolving medical professional liability actions (see H.R. 1955)

———increase Government benefit contribution (see H.R. 1734)

———liability (see S. 554)

———national health insurance (see H.R. 1791)

———prevent rejection of contract with current or former employees in case of bankruptcy

———require plans offered by employers to have catastrophic coverage (see H.R. 2300)

Internal Revenue Code: improve protection and delivery of benefits under private retirement health plans (see H.R. 1660)

International Health Corps Act: enact (see H.R. 3669)

International Special Olympics Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 248)

International Special Olympics Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 248)

Intravenous Substance Abuse and AIDS Prevention Act: enact (see H.R. 3292)

Irradiated foods: labeling (see H.R. 956)

Jacksonville, FL: establish VA hospital (see H.R. 69)

Labeling: benzene levels in gasoline (see S. 1724)

Labor: establish system to identify, notify, and prevent illness among workers at occupational illness high risk (see H.R. 162)

———establish system to identify, notify, and prevent illness among workers at occupational illness high risk (H.R. 162), consideration (see H. Res. 280), 26813 [7OC]

———health and science programs (see S. 1158)

Laetrile: exemption from Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (see H.R. 651)

Lasker, Mary W.: presentation of special gold medal (see S. 1829)

Lotteries: establish national to assist aged and disability insurance programs (see H.R. 330)

Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 346)

Medicaid: benefits for families with dependent children (see H.R. 2627)

———benefits for the chronically mentally ill (see H.R. 2322)

———benefits to children and pregnant women (see S. 422)

———coverage of certain clinical specialists' services (see H.R. 2218)

———deduction from physician payments amounts owed under certain education assistance programs (see H.R. 2230)

———Puerto Rico (see H.R. 1486)

———quality nursing care (see S. 1108)

———require skilled nursing facilities to participate in program (see H.R. 159)

———services for medically uninsured (see H.R. 1182)

———social worker services (see H.R. 1857)

———State discrimination in medical reciprocity standards (see H.R. 3410)

———State payment for reservation of nursing home beds (see H.R. 2153)

———treatment of couple's income and resources relative to eligibility of an institutionalized spouse (see H.R. 2131)

———uniform eligibility and benefit levels (see S. 862; H.R. 1831)

———veterans' benefits (see H.R. 1856)

Medicaid Catastrophic Coverage for Children Act: enact (see S. 1283)

Medicaid Community Spouse Safety Net Act: enact (see S. 776)

Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act: enact (see S. 1673)

Medicaid Residents' Dignity Act: enact (see H.R. 2915)

Medicaid Risk-Based Health Care Act: enact (see S. 1915)

Medical care: direct payment or reimbursement of certain health care professionals (see H.R. 382)

———education and training for States along Mexican border (see H.R. 1144)

———ensure access to quality care and contain costs of system (see H.R. 200)

———establish commission on (see H.R. 396)

———establish programs to increase number of professional nurses (see H.R. 3340)

———group plans relative to pediatric preventive health care (see H.R. 1449)

———sharing facilities with Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 1355)

———system of cost sharing (see S. 177)

———tax deduction for contributions to certain savings account (see H.R. 1182)

Medical policy: civil action against persons creating a public nuisance through improper management (see H.R. 1156)

Medical profession: intentional misrepresentation of license to practice medicine (see H.R. 399)

Medical professionals: appeal of adverse determinations by peer review organizations (see H.R. 2058)

Medicare: access to FDA-approved technologies (see S. 897)

———assist beneficiaries in understanding enrollment in various medical plans (see H.R. 2833)

———assistance to elderly in evaluating supplemental medical insurance policies (see H.R. 2072)

———benefits to additional poor children and pregnant women (see H.R. 1018)

———catastrophic coverage of prescription drugs and insulin (see H.R. 2592)

———catastrophic illness benefits (see S. 454)

———catastrophic illness coverage (see H.R. 1280, 1281)

———catastrophic medical expenses (see H.R. 2941, 2970)

———change requirements for skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 2770)

———chiropractor services (see H.R. 429)

———community nursing and ambulatory care on a prepaid, capitated basis (see H.R. 1161)

———community nursing and ambulatory care on prepaid, capitated basis (see S. 1003, 1010)

———costs for inpatient services at rural hospitals (see S. 1768)

———costs of inpatient services to rural hospitals (see H.R. 2708)

———coverage for certified nurse midwife services (see S. 124)

———coverage for daily home health services (see S. 961)

———coverage for hospital-based comprehensive care program (see H.R. 679)

———coverage for personal emergency response systems (see H.R. 400)

———coverage for routine mammograms (see S. 1161)

———coverage for therapeutic shoes to individuals with severe diabetic foot disease (see H.R. 2768)

———coverage of annual pap smears and mammograms (see H.R. 2482)

———coverage of certain clinical specialists' services (see H.R. 2218)

———coverage of certain physically or mentally impaired individuals at their own expense (see H.R. 1971)

———coverage of influenza vaccine and its administration (see S. 1044)

———coverage of mammogram (see H.R. 2935)

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 3573)

———coverage of therapeutic shoes due to diabetic foot disease (see S. 618)

———coverage of wigs and hairpieces for certain cases of alopecia (see H.R. 760)

———deduction from physician payments amounts owed under certain education assistance programs (see H.R. 2230)

———delay implementation of restrictions on use of periodic interim payment system (see H.R. 2066)

———delay payment methodology for physicians' services (see S. Con. Res. 15)

———eliminate discrimination relative to mental illness (see H.R. 1945)

———establish commission to study home health care benefits (see H.R. 3787)

———evaluation of reports on physician payment prior to changes in procedure (see H. Con. Res. 53)

———extend waiver liability relative to home health services and hospice care (see H.R. 1909)

———Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund grants to small rural hospitals for cost-effective services (see S. 1207)

———GAO study of including different levels of extended care (see S. 283)

———home care benefits (see S. 1616)

———home health care (see S. 1076)

———home health services (see H.R. 2070)

———hospital reimbursement policy (see S. 1548)

———hospitals classified as being located in an urban area for purposes of determining payments (see H.R. 3021)

———improve access of beneficiaries to extended care services (see H.R. 3802)

———improve availability of home health services (see H.R. 2138)

———improve program (see H.R. 2864)

———limit denials of inpatient hospital services by peer review organizations (see H.R. 1519)

———limitations imposed upon entitlement to extended care services (see S. 775)

———long-term care benefits for chronically ill individuals and children (see H.R. 2762)

———method for evaluation of pediatric heart transplant facilities (see S. 1450)

———notification by fiscal intermediaries of changes for home health agencies (see H.R. 1908)

———opposition to mandatory coverage of all State and local government employees (see H. Con. Res. 142)

———option for catastrophic illness (see H.R. 1182)

———optional insurance for coverage of certain gaps (see H.R. 784)

———part B benefits (see H.R. 3291)

———payment for service of registered nurses as surgery assistants (see H.R. 2918)

———payment methodology for physicians' services (see S. Con. Res. 56)

———payment of psychologists (see H.R. 236)

———payment to hospitals relative to capital-related costs (see H.R. 2510)

———payments for mental health services (see H.R. 2886)

———physician and hospital capitation demonstration project (see H.R. 520)

———prescription drugs benefits for State and local government employees (see H.R. 2761)

———protect beneficiaries with risk-sharing contract (see S. 1582)

———publication of booklet with description of home health services (see H.R. 1910)

———quality nursing care (see S. 1108)

———retain payment methodology for physician services (see H. Con. Res. 30)

———revise certain conditions for benefits for a spouse in an institution (see H.R. 1711)

———routine Papanicolaou tests and mammograms (see H.R. 540)

———rural hospitals (see H. Con. Res. 108)

———services furnished by a clinical social worker in a health maintenance organization (see H.R. 2738)

———social worker services (see H.R. 1857)

———special educational program for beneficiaries (see H.R. 977)

———State payment for coverage of persons below poverty level (see H.R. 1760, 1761, 1762)

———tax exemption for certain State and local government employees (see H.R. 1071)

———training and fellowship programs in geriatric medicine (see H.R. 398)

———voluntary insurance option to cover certain gaps in coverage (see H.R. 680)

———voluntary private alternative coverage (see H.R. 3548), 29209 [26OC]

———waive 24-month waiting period for eligibility for acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients (see H.R. 276)

———waive late enrollment penalty for certain handicapped (see S. 176)

———welfare of spouses of institutionalized individuals (see S. 598)

Medicare Appeals Rights Preservation Act: enact (see S. 1857)

Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act: enact (see S. 592)

Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act: enact (see S. 1127)

Medicare HMO/CMP Quality Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 2675)

Medicare Private Health Plan Capitation Improvement Act: enact (see S. 1734)

Medicare/medicaid: study alternatives to institutionalization (see H.R. 989)

Mental Illness Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 76)

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 144)

Mexico-U.S. Border Health Education and Training Act: enact (see S. 672)

Mines and mineral resources: exempt owner-operated mines form certain health and safety requirements (see H.R. 1042)

Minorities: education of medical personnel (see H.R. 954)

Minority Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Awareness and Prevention Projects Act: enact (see S. 1872)

Motor vehicles: reduction of carbon monoxide emissions by use of oxygenated fuels (see S. 1649)

National Academies of Practice: recognition (see H.R. 3562)

National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 268)

National Adult Immunization Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 168; H.J. Res. 250)

National AIDS Awareness and Prevention Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 192)

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 15; H.J. Res. 52)

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 127; H.J. Res. 158)

National Biotechnology Information Act: enact (see S. 1354)

National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 210; H.J. Res. 428)

National Cancer Institute Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 74; H.J. Res. 54)

National Center for Pediatric Emergency Medical Services: establish (see S. 1488)

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act: amend (see S. 1907)

National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: establish (see S. 63; H.R. 758, 2881)

National Community Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 379)

National CPR Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 208)

National DES Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 17)

National Diabetes Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 44; H.J. Res. 254)

National Digestive Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 421)

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 67, 71, 238; H.J. Res. 150)

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 84)

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 272)

National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 52; H.J. Res. 166)

National Health Service Corps: determination of obligated service (see S. 132)

———revise and extend program (see H.R. 1327)

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 257)

National Home Health Care Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 98)

National Institute of Mental Health: information on suicide prevention (see H.R. 57)

National Institute on Aging: appropriations (see S. 1045)

National Kidney Program Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 226)

National Know Your Cholesterol Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 65)

National Library of Medicine: budget authority (see H.R. 861)

National Medical Research Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 142; H.J. Res. 340)

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 83; H.J. Res. 119)

National Nursing Home Residents' Rights Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 158)

National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 422)

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 89; H.J. Res. 189)

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 55; H.J. Res. 127)

National Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 111, 115)

National Podiatric Medicine Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 75; H.J. Res. 114)

National Polio Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253)

National Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 335)

National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 155)

National Rural Crisis Response Center: tribute (see S.J. Res. 207)

National School Lunch Program: extend (see H.R. 1728)

National School Psychologist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 339)

National Shut-In Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 145)

National Stuttering Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 125)

National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 198)

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 373)

National Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 212; H.J. Res. 398)

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Act: amend (see H.R. 3546), 29209 [26OC]

National Visiting Nurse Association Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 172; H.J. Res. 332)

National Voluntary Health Insurance Act: establish (see H.R. 169)

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 237; H.J. Res. 417)

New Jersey: VA outpatient clinic (see H.R. 599)

———VA outpatient satellite clinic (see S. 246)

NIH: establish National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (see S. 1727; H.R. 3361)

Nuclear energy: assurance of plant safety (see H.R. 2279)

Nurses: direct payment or reimbursement to certain (see S. 167)

———establish advanced degree scholarship program for professional (see S. 133)

Nursing Shortage Reduction Act: enact (see S. 1402)

Nutrition: comprehensive program (see S. 1081; H.R. 2151)

Occupational health and safety: hazards in the workplace (see H.R. 3566)

———notification of hazards in workplace (see H.R. 2278)

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services: budget authority (see H.R. 849)

Older Americans Act: amend (see S. 1133)

———counseling assistance for elderly, sick, and disabled (see H.R. 405)

———establish program for home health services (see H.R. 1626)

———skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities (see H.R. 395)

———State long-term care ombudsman programs (see S. 959; H.R. 2042)

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: amend (see H.R. 149)

Omnibus Health and Science Reauthorization Act: correct enrollment of S. 1158 (see S. Con. Res. 85)

Organ procurement: assistance to organizations (see S. 1633; H.R. 3097)

Peace Corps: train foreign nationals in health care (see S. 895)

———training for foreign nationals in health care services (see H.R. 2656)

———training foreign nationals in health care services (see H.R. 1266), 4088 [25FE]

Pediatric Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Resource Centers Act: enact (see S. 1871)

Pediatric emergency medical services: national and regional centers (see S. 1968)

Phobia Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, 381)

Physicians: comparability allowance (see S. 1666)

———intentional misrepresentation of license to practice medicine (see H.R. 399)

Poisons: grants for control centers (see S. 154)

Poland: medical supplies by private and voluntary organizations (see H.R. 2844)

Polygraph: regulate as a medical device (see S. 1854)

Postal Service: designate as nonmailable matter, solicitations of certain products and services (see H.R. 1550)

Poverty: health services, mental health services, and job training for homeless (see S. 811)

POW: improve benefits (see H.R. 1543, 1544), 5492 [11MR]

———presumption of service connection for certain diseases (see S. 1365)

———veterans' benefits (see S. 1451)

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 360)

Pregnant women: access to medical records (see H.R. 461)

Prohibition of Discrimination in the Provision of Insurance Act: disapprove District of Columbia action (see H.J. Res. 16)

Psychologists: pay for Public Health Service members (see S. 1666)

Public buildings: smoking restrictions (see H.R. 1008)

Public health: specify services of clinical social workers in maintenance organizations (see S. 153)

Public Health Emergency Fund: funds (see S. Res. 233)

Public Health Service Act: allotment formula for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services Block Grant (see S. 924), 8041 [6AP]

———amend (see H.R. 1279, 1609)

———amend provision relative to funding for public health emergencies (see H.R. 273)

———assistance to organ procurement organizations (see S. 1951)

———assure minimum health benefits for all U.S. workers (see S. 1265)

———centers for pediatric emergency medical services (see S. 1952)

———clarify graduate programs in clinical psychology (see S. 152)

———counseling assistance for elderly, sick, and disabled (see H.R. 405)

———demonstration grants for home care services (see S. 1204)

———emergency medical services and trauma care (see H.R. 3133)

———establish academic centers of excellence in geriatric research and training (see H.R. 3225)

———establish breast cancer screening centers (see H.R. 391)

———extend certain preventive health service programs (see H.R. 1746)

———extend program of block grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 1861)

———extend programs for health information and health promotion (see H.R. 1855)

———grants for the prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 2779)

———home care services for individuals suffering from catastrophic or chronic illness (see S. 1206)

———identification and assistance of organ donors (see S. 922), 8041 [6AP]

———immunosuppressive drug therapy block grant (see S. 1951)

———improve emergency medical services and trauma care (see S. 10)

———program of education, prevention, care, and research relative to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see S. 1220)

———revise and extend authority of Administrator of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (see H.R. 3187)

———revise and extend program for National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment (see H.R. 3189)

———revise and extend program for National Center for Health Statistics (see H.R. 3189)

———revise program of assistance for health maintenance organizations (see H.R. 3235)

———training programs for individuals providing home care services (see S. 1205)

Public safety officers: protection from infectious diseases (see H.R. 3418)

Public utilities: control and safety of polluted high level waste repository water (see S. 1569)

Puerto Rico: increase Social Security funds for families with dependent children, blind, aged, and disabled (see H.R. 1402)

Radioactive waste: State regulation of transportation (see S. 1008)

Radon: amend Toxic Substances Control Act to assist States (see H.R. 1697)

———tax credit for reducing levels in principal residence (see H.R. 1108)

———testing and reduction in homes (see H.R. 2187)

———testing requirements in building codes (see H.R. 1610)

Radon Detection in School Buildings Act: enact (see S. 743)

Railroads: disability benefits (see H.R. 2823, 2829, 2830)

———unemployment and sickness benefits (see H.R. 2826)

Rehabilitation Act: amend relative to healthful schools and workplaces (see S. 673)

———exclude individuals with contagious diseases from definition of handicapped (see H.R. 1396)

Research: grant to land grant university system for construction of biomedical research center (see H.R. 2199)

———promote dissemination of biomedical information through modern methods and prevent duplication of experiments on live animals (see H.R. 1708)

Restaurants: labeling requirements for packaged foods (see H.R. 915)

Retired Benefits Security Act: enact (see S. 548)

Retiree Health Protection and Long-Term Care Insurance Act: enact (see S. 1739)

Rural areas: care (see H.R. 2113)

———counseling and outreach programs to assist farmers and rural families (see H.R. 2398)

———stabilize provisions (see H.R. 1829, 1830)

Rural Areas Mental Health Services Act: enact (see S. 1311)

Rural Health Care Viability Act: enact (see S. 1390)

Rural Health Services Transition Act: enact (see S. 732)

Saccharin: extend moratorium on the authority of the Sec. of HHS (see H.R. 1247)

Saccharin Study and Labeling Act: amend (see S. 569)

Safe Food Standards Act: enact (see S. 1813), 29156 [23OC]

School Lunch and Child Nutrition Amendments: extend to 1992 the national donated commodity processing program (see S. 902)

Science: research on biotechnology and the human genome (see S. 1966)

Security: establish national system (see H.R. 425)

Service academies: eligibility for benefits for certain cadets and midshipmen (see H.R. 3485)

Services for Homeless Mentally Ill Individuals Act: enact (see S. 763)

Shreveport, LA: designate Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (see S. 1492)

Smoking: ban on domestic commercial flights (see H.R. 1078)

———prohibit in public conveyances (see S. 51)

———prohibit on commercial flights (see H.R. 2040)

———use of broadcasters to educate public about health hazard (see H.J. Res. 271), 11720 [7MY]

Social Security: 24-hour, 7-day nursing service (see H.R. 3543)

———accelerate inclusion of medicare trust fund (see H.R. 1370)

———ambulatory mental health services for those in supplementary medical insurance program (see S. 1209)

———amend medical assistance program under medicaid (see S. 1580)

———amend provision relative to benefits for essential spouses of disability beneficiaries (see H.R. 212)

———amend provision relative to disabled widows and widowers (see H.R. 210)

———amend provision relative to disabled wives and husbands (see H.R. 211)

———amend relative to treatment of small rural hospitals and sole community hospitals (see H.R. 1787)

———benefits for multiple sclerosis (see H.R. 612)

———Blood Donor Locator Service to assist in notification of those with virus for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.R. 3728)

———budget reconciliation relative to medicaid and part B of medicare (see H.R. 3188)

———catastrophic expenses for prescription drugs under medicare (see H.R. 2485)

———catastrophic illness coverage under medicare (see S. 754)

———certification of certain services by nurses under medicare and medicaid (see S. 101)

———clarify payment for diagnostic or therapeutic services by psychologists (see S. 131)

———clarify reasonable and medically necessary standard in case of home health services (see H.R. 1911)

———comprehensive catastrophic health benefits through prepaid plans (see H.R. 65)

———condition of participation applicable to hospitals (see S. 689)

———continue disability benefits during appeal (see S. 1937)

———continued payment of disability insurance benefits during appeal (see H.R. 3725)

———cost of living adjustments for medicaid eligible individuals residing in long-term care facilities (see S. 1744)

———coverage for clinical social workers under medicare (see S. 127)

———coverage for gerontological nurse practitioner or specialist under medicare and medicaid (see S. 126)

———coverage for psychologist services under medicare (see S. 123, 140)

———coverage of clinical social worker services under medicare and medicaid (see S. 168)

———coverage of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (see H.R. 1833)

———coverage of pediatric or clinical nurse practitioner (see S. 94)

———coverage of psychiatric nurse practitioner or clinical specialist services under medicare and medicaid (see S. 96)

———coverage of psychologist services under hospice program under medicare (see S. 97)

———coverage of therapeutic shoes due to diabetic foot disease (see S. 618)

———disability payments during administrative appeal of termination of benefits (see H.R. 2174)

———due process and equity under Peer Review Program (see H.R. 2116)

———enforcement of standards for rights of patients in certain medical facilities (see H.R. 427)

———ensure physicians' hearing and judicial review rights before exclusion from the medicare program (see H.R. 1445)

———establish national catastrophic illness insurance program (see H.R. 406)

———extend coverage, correct anomalies in payment provisions, make adjustments in disability offset, and make management improvements (see H.R. 2660)

———extended care through swing-beds in certain rural hospitals (see H.R. 2115)

———Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund grants (see S. 1833)

———flexible physician billing and payment arrangements (see H.R. 962)

———health insurance (see H.R. 2696)

———hearing Medicare appeals before administrative law judges (see H.R. 3733)

———home health care (see S. 1762; H.R. 3451)

———include nutritional counseling as home health service (see H.R. 428)

———increase amount of personal allowance for medical institutions (see H.R. 2053)

———increase limit on annual Federal medical program payments which may be made to Puerto Rico (see S. 1339)

———influenza vaccine under medicare (see H.R. 514)

———long-term care benefits under medicare (see H.R. 1776)

———medical assistance to individuals with certain family income standards (see H.R. 3580)

———medicare adult day health care (see S. 1839)

———medicare catastrophic illness coverage (see H.R. 1245)

———medicare coverage of certain preventive care (see S. 1240)

———medicare denials for home health services (see H.R. 1907)

———medicare rates for health plans (see S. 1734)

———medigap insurance policies (see H.R. 3490)

———mental illness discrimination under medicare (see S. 718)

———nurse training and services (see S. 1765)

———past-due amounts owed by physicians under National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program shall be deducted from Medicare and Medicaid (see S. 1244)

———patients' rights in long-term care facilities (see H.R. 1883)

———payment for inpatient services in rural hospitals (see H.R. 2114)

———procedures for disability determinations (see H.R. 2117)

———prohibit false advertising or misuse of names in reference to the Social Security Administration, the Health Care Financing Administration, and their programs (see H.R. 3518)

———protect beneficiaries from unfit health care practitioners (see S. 661; H.R. 1444)

———protection from unfit medical practitioners (see H.R. 704)

———protection under medicare and medicaid programs against acute and transitional care costs (see H.R. 1930)

———repeal definition of disability applicable to widows and widowers (see S. 170)

———replace AFDC program with a comprehensive program of mandatory child support and work training (see S. 1511)

———require payments for physicians' services under medicare be made on an assignment-related basis (see H.R. 1923)

———require periodic competency certification of physicians (see H.R. 3231)

———routine Papanicolaou tests and mammograms under medicare (see H.R. 540)

———services of psychologist in rural health clinic (see H.R. 3038)

———skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities (see H.R. 395)

———stepchild's eligibility for child's insurance benefits (see H.R. 491)

———support for hospitals in meeting indigent care costs (see H.R. 3128)

———training and fellowship programs in geriatric medicine (see H.R. 398)

———veteran health care deductibles and coinsurance amounts (see S. 603)

———vision, hearing, and dental services and prescription drugs (see H.R. 678)

———waiting period for disability benefits for terminally ill persons (see H.R. 768)

———waiver of deductibles and coinsurance relative to veterans (see H.R. 1571)

Social Security Act: amend title XVIII (see H.R. 2470, 2474)

———amend title XVIII to permit payment for services of physician assistants outside institutional settings (see S. 1230)

Social Security Administration: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 2469)

Social Security Disability Waiting Period Elimination Act: enact (see H.R. 2919)

Social Security Reorganization Act: enact (see S. 765)

Soviet Union: nuclear power plant accident (see S.J. Res. 119)

State Radon Program Development Act: enact (see S. 744)

States: family income standards required for eligibility for medical assistance (see S. 1139)

———Federal funds for professional medical liability programs (see H.R. 1372)

———grants relative to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (see S. 169)

———grants to encourage health care professional liability reform (see S. 1315)

———nondiscrimination in medical licensure and medical reciprocity standards (see H.R. 3241)

———promote nondiscrimination in medical licensure and medical reciprocity standards (see S. 1868)

———test annually residents for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.R. 1789)

———waive requirements for certain medical personnel not employed in patient care (see S. 915)

Suicide: information on prevention (see H.R. 57)

Tariff: disposable surgical gowns (see S. 1306)

———extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters (see S. 379)

———lasamid (see S. 1049)

———sulfathiazole, sulfamethazine, and sodium sulfamethazine (see H.R. 2432)

Taxation: additional standard deduction for certain handicapped individuals (see H.R. 1395)

———business deduction for health insurance of self-employed taxpayer (see H.R. 1892)

———care expenses for dependent with Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 2979)

———credit for amounts contributed to medical care savings accounts (see H.R. 955)

———credit for contributions to long-term health care savings accounts (see S. 1922)

———credit for expenses incurred in care of elderly family members (see S. 962)

———deduction for contributions to health services savings account (see H.R. 1182)

———deduction for health insurance costs (see H.R. 3065)

———deduction for home improvements to mitigate indoor air contaminants as medical care expenses (see S. 756)

———deduction of contributions to long-term care savings accounts (see S. 774)

———excise tax on an employer's cost of providing medical benefits to his employees (see H.R. 3128)

———exclude from gross income amounts withdrawn from Individual Retirement plans for payment of long-term care insurance premiums (see S. 1832)

———exempt hospital insurance tax for election officials and workers (see H.R. 3304)

———income tax refunds be contributed to a incurable diseases trust fund (see H.R. 3732)

———interest on health insurance indebtedness (see H.R. 3778)

———medical expense deduction for service dogs for handicapped (see H.R. 3730)

———medical expenses of handicapped and senior citizens (see H.R. 368)

———status of long-term care expenses (see H.R. 2039)

———treatment of certain health and welfare benefit funds (see H.R. 2868)

———treatment of service animal expenses (see S. 1706)

———uniform treatment of employer-provided health care benefits for retired (see H.R. 2860)

Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program: executive impoundment of appropriated funds

Texas: establish new VA medical facility (see H.R. 3752)

Tobacco industry: advertising expenses (see H.R. 1272)

———ban promotion of tobacco products (see H.R. 1532)

———regulate sale and distribution of certain products (see H.R. 3294)

———remove special treatment accorded products under the Consumer Product Safety Act (see H.R. 2376)

Trauma Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 199)

Tributyltin-Based Antifouling Paint Control Act: enact (see H.R. 1046)

Tropical Oils Labeling Act: enact (see S. 1109)

U.S. Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care: establish (see S. 1564; H.R. 2654)

U.S. Health Service: establish (see H.R. 2402)

Unborn Children's Civil Rights Act: enact (see S. 381)

VA: acquisition and operation of future medical facilities (see H.R. 3305)

———administration of tort claims and hospital cost collections (see H.R. 2013)

———appointment of Assistant Chief Medical Director (see H.R. 2876)

———authority to furnish certain health-care benefits (see H.R. 2007)

———child day care services to employees of medical centers (see H.R. 3409)

———clarify authority of Chief Medical Director over disciplinary action against certain probationary employees (see S. 1062)

———clarify authority of Chief Medical Director relative to disciplinary action on certain health-care employees (see H.R. 2004)

———construction or acquisition of facilities for medical center in Hawaii (see S. 1568)

———dental treatment for nonservice-connected disability in certain cases (see S. 92)

———eliminate requirement that community-based veteran centers be moved to VA medical facilities and set procedures governing any such closures or moves (see H.R. 3236)

———establish hospital at Jacksonville, FL (see H.R. 69)

———exclusion of residents and interns from labor-management statute (see H.R. 2014)

———executive impoundment of appropriated funds (see H.J. Res. 110)

———extend adult day health care program and authorize contract halfway house care (see S. 1064)

———extend transition period for readjustment counseling programs (see H.R. 2146)

———funding levels for health care (see S. Con. Res. 7)

———geriatric research (see H.R. 68)

———health care services in Marina, CA, Outreach Center (see H.R. 2526)

———health-care programs (see H.R. 2616)

———improve health care programs (see S. 6; H.R. 3449)

———limit types of proposed disciplinary actions in which disciplinary boards function (see S. 1136)

———limitation and deregulation of disciplinary authority (see H.R. 2009)

———medical examinations and counseling for volunteer support personnel who served in Vietnam (see H.R. 2285)

———medical records relative to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.R. 2774)

———modify qualifications for certain appointments (see S. 91)

———on-call pay to certain health-care personnel (see H.R. 2002)

———on-call pay to certain medical personnel (see S. 1065)

———per diem subsidies paid for care of veterans in State homes (see H.R. 2978)

———prohibit closure of readjustment counseling centers or change in mission of medical facilities (see H.R. 3488)

———prohibit sale of certain medical centers in West Los Angeles and Sepulveda, CA (see H.R. 2428)

———recruitment of registered nurses (see S. 713)

———review by National Academy of Sciences of scientific evidence, studies, and literature pertaining to human health effects of exposure to agent orange (see S. 1510)

———revise and clarify health care benefits (see S. 914)

———structure of Office of Chief Medical Director, employee removal procedures, and use of director pay grade (see H.R. 2010)

———study of phenoxy herbicides on women having served in USO and Red Cross in Vietnam (see H.R. 215)

———tort claims and hospital cost collections (see S. 1063)

———transportation of claimants and beneficiaries in connection with medical care (see S. 1059)

———use of per diem subsidies (see S. 1517)

———waive State license requirements for certain medical personnel not employed in patient care, or employed in a foreign country (see H.R. 2003)

VA Assistant Inspector General for Health Care Quality Assurance Review Act: enact (see S. 1444)

VA Child Care Act: enact (see S. 1876)

VA Health Care Personnel Act: enact (see S. 1195)

VA Medical Inspector General Act: enact (see S. 1443)

VA Procurement Improvement Act: enact (see S. 631)

Veterans: acquisition and operation of future medical facilities (see H.R. 3305)

———benefits for death or disability from exposure to radiation from nuclear weapons (see S. 1002)

———compensation benefits for lupus erythematosis (see H.R. 2446)

———dependency and indemnity compensation to surviving spouses (see H.R. 2354)

———disability benefit relative to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (see S. 1692)

———disabled compensation concurrent with retirement pay (see H.R. 1251)

———eligibility for beneficiary travel benefits to VA medical facilities (see H.R. 2327)

———establish benefits for death victims of ionizing radiation (see H.R. 1811)

———extending adult day health-care program and authorizing contract halfway house (see H.R. 2001)

———former prisoners of war are eligible for reimbursement for emergency medical expenses (see H.R. 2353)

———GI bill (see H.R. 3464)

———improve administration of health-care benefits (see H.R. 2006)

———improve benefits (see S. 9)

———include Lupus erythematosis among the chronic diseases that are presumed to be service-connected (see H.R. 2345)

———inclusion of systemic lupus erythematosis as service-connected diseases (see S. 1491)

———increase monthly pension in nursing situation (see H.R. 2447)

———increase per diem rates paid to State homes (see S. 216)

———liberalize disability evaluations for compensation purposes (see H.R. 2347)

———medical school scholarship grants for veterans serving in certain VA facilities (see H.R. 415)

———medical services for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3161)

———prescribe certain presumptions relative to service in Vietnam (see H.R. 3486)

———prescription drugs prescribed by private physicians in connection with the treatment of a service-connected disability (see H.R. 2346)

———promote care and treatment in State nursing homes (see H.R. 413)

———provide presumption of service connection for occurrence of posttraumatic stress disorders in those who served in Southeast Asia (see H.R. 202)

———purchase up to $20,000 of National Service Life Insurance (see H.R. 2352)

———repeal requirement that a chronic disease be at least 10 percent disabling (see H.R. 2349)

———service connected exposure to chemical defoliant agent orange (see H.R. 3169)

———service-connected total deafness a 100% disability (see H.R. 2350)

———standardize length of marriage criteria for receipt of dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 2351)

———treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome victims (see S. Res. 233)

———veteran health care deductibles and coinsurance amounts (see S. 603)

Veterans' Agent Orange Disabilities Act: enact (see S. 1787)

Veterans' Beneficiary Travel, Medical Quality Assurance, and Readjustment Counseling Improvements Act: enact (see S. 1646)

Veterans' Ionizing Radiation Compensation Improvements Act: enact (see S. 453)

Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Counseling Program Preservation Act: enact (see S. 1501)

Vietnam-era veterans: report on post-traumatic disorder (see S. 279)

———VA coverage for post-traumatic stress disorders (see H.R. 38)

Vietnamese Conflict: medical examinations and counseling for overseas volunteers (see H.R. 2186)

Waste Reduction Clearinghouse Act: enact (see S. 1331)

WHO: efforts to combat acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H. Res. 145)

WIC: increased funding for the Special Supplemental Food Program (see H.J. Res. 192)

Women: grants relative to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (see S. 169)

World Health Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 16; H.J. Res. 125)

World Health Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 16; H.J. Res. 125)

World War II: Cadet Nurse Corps training made creditable for Federal retirement purposes (see H.R. 3673)

Young Americans Act: enact (see S. 476)

Youth: adolescent demonstration projects (see H.R. 324)

———establish adolescent health services demonstration projects (see H.R. 1609)

Booklets

Because We Care: Smokeless Tobacco Council, 35609 [15DE]

Briefings

Random drug testing for VA personnel: VA, 33889 [3DE]

Briefs

Valley Farm Planning v. State of North Dakota: Dept. of HHS, 37782 [21DE]

Colloquies

Catastrophic illness care: Representatives Dreier, Lungren, D. French Slaughter, and Ballenger, 19566 [13JY]

Court decisions

Doe v. Bolton: Supreme Court, 28093 [15OC]

Myths and fears about disability and disease: William J. Brennan, Jr., 9169 [21AP]

Valley Farm Planning v. State of North Dakota, 37781 [21DE]

Critiques

National Academy of Sciences Airliner Cabin Environment Air Quality and Safety Report, 19546 [15JY]

Definitions

ARC stage of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 19893 [15JY]

Descriptions

Health Care Services in the Home Act (H.R. 1451), 23123 [7AU]

National Pastoral Care Week: Arne K. Jessen, 25899 [30SE]

Documents

Dept. of HHS Budget: Reagan administration, 963 [7JA]

Safe Handling Practices, 21525 [29JY]

Examples

Depts. of Agriculture and HHS efforts to update and coordinate their nutrition monitoring activities, 9673 [23AP]

Excerpts

``AIDS Cover-up'', Gene Antonio, 10572-10576 [29AP]

``My Father, My Son,'' Elmo Zumwalt III, 7662 [1AP], 20524 [21JY], 27816 [14OC]

``Politics of Cancer'': Samuel S. Epstein, 23930 [15SE]

Explanations

Social Security benefits (H.R. 203-214), 876-878 [7JA]

Factsheets

Alcohol Abuse: National Conference on Alcohol Abuse, 31839 [13NO]

Care Management and Catastrophic Health Care for Children Act (S. 1537), 20996 [23JY]

Catastrophic Illness and Long-Term Care—Issues for Children and Families: Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 20664 [22JY]

Catastrophic Illness Coverage: President Reagan, 2097 [28JA]

Drugs in the Workplace: VA, 33887 [3DE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act amendment (S. 1524), 20640 [22JY]

Guinea Worm Disease, 6224 [18MR]

Medicare Coverage of Catastrophic Illness (H.R. 1245), 4099 [25FE]

Points To Remember About Smoking Aboard Aircraft, 29622 [28OC]

Social Security Reorganization Act (S. 765), 6013 [18MR]

Surgeon General's Report on Involuntary Smoking, 3463 [18FE]

U.S. Army Medical Humanitarian Mobile Training Team, 23682 [9SE]

Hearings

Committee on Aging (Select): catastrophic illness care costs (testimony from Sec. of HHS Bowen, Eleanor Chelimsky and public witnesses), D35 [28JA]

———Catastrophic Insurance—How the Bowen Plan Fails (testimony from public witnesses), D63 [17FE]

Committee on Aging (Special): catastrophic illness care costs (testimony from Joan Yelineck, Edith Rieger, Helen Fish, and Robert Shapland, D30 [26JA]

———role of Older Americans Act in assuring access to quality home care (testimony), D284 [27AP]

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: nutrition of the homeless (S. 728, 812) (testimony), D225 [2AP]

Committee on Appropriations (House): Dept. of HHS budget (testimony from Donald I. Macdonald and David N. Sundwall), D114 [5MR]

———Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, and National Mediation Board (testimony), D247 [8AP]

———Health Care Financing Administration and Social Security Administration (testimony), D166 [18MR]

———health institutes (testimony from Duane Alexander, Carl Kupfer, Ruth L. Kirschstein, and Betty H. Pickett), D147 [12MR]

———health institutes (testimony from Murray Goldstein, Harold Loe, David P. Hall, and Lawrence E. Shulman), D131 [10MR]

———health institutes (testimony from Phillip E. Gorden and Anthony S. Fauci), D139 [11MR]

———Health Resources and Services Administration, Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration, and St. Elizabeths Hospital (testimony Donald I. Macdonald, David N. Sundwall and Frank J. Sullivan), D110 [4MR]

———Human Nutrition Information Service and Food and Nutrition Service (testimony from John Bode, Laura Sims, and Robert Leard), D140 [11MR]

———Indian Health Service (testimony), D193 [25MR]

———National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (testimony from Claude J.M. Lenfant), D126 [9MR]

———National Institute on Aging and John E. Fogarty International Center (testimony), D153 [16MR]

———NIH budget (testimony from Dorcas R. Hardy, Wayne A. Stanton, James B. Wyngaarden, Duane Alexander, Lawrence E. Shulman, Carl Kupfer, Ruth L. Kirschstein, Betty H. Pickett, Murray Goldstein, David P. Rall, Donald A.B. Lindberg, and Doris H. Merritt), D136 [11MR]

———NIH and National Cancer Institute overview (testimony from James B. Wyngaarden and Vincent T. DeVita, Jr.), D117 [5MR]

———Indian programs (testimony), D225 [2AP]

———Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (testimony), D239 [7AP]

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): catastrophic illness care costs, D184 [23MR]

Committee on Education and Labor: Family and Medical Leave Act (H.R. 925), D119 [5MR]

———entitlement of employees to family and temporary medical leave in certain cases with adequate protection of employment and benefit rights (S. 925) (testimony from Representatives Berman, Schroeder and Berman), D85 [25FE]

———High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (H.R. 162), D188 [24MR], D202 [26MR], D214 [31MR], D248 [8AP], D279 [23AP]

———High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (H.R. 162) (testimony), D159 [17MR]

———impact of administration's budget on child nutrition programs (testimony form Sonia F. Crow, and public witnesses), D80 [24FE]

Committee on Energy and Commerce: acquired immune deficiency syndrome counseling, testing, confidentiality and nondiscrimination (testimony), D308 [1MY]

———Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration programs appropriations (testimony), D232 [3AP]

———childhood immunization programs (testimony from James O. Mason and public witnesses), D141 [11MR]

———condom advertisement and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (testimony from C.Everett Koop and public witnesses), D58 [10FE]

———cost of AZT, life prolonging drug for treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (testimony from Robert E. Windom, William L. Roper, and public witnesses), D132 [10MR]

———ensure physicians hearing and judicial review rights before exclusion from the medicare program (H.R. 1445) (testimony), D305 [30AP]

———environmental contamination problems of the Dept. of Energy and other executive departments (testimony), D291 [28AP]

———environmental hazards of ash from municipal incinerators (testimony), D176 [19MR]

———harmful impact on school children from delays in the EPA Asbestos in Schools Program (testimony from John A. Moore), D71 [19FE]

———Health Protection Act (H.R. 1532) (testimony), D233 [3AP]

———illicit diversion and abuse of human growth hormone, D248 [8AP]

———limit dispensing of certain drugs by practitioners (H.R. 2093) (testimony), D270 [22AP]

———National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology budget (testimony), D214 [31MR]

———National Organ Transplant Act (testimony), D229 [2AP]

———pesticide residues in food (testimony), D305 [30AP]

———preventive health block grant, and programs for health promotion and disease prevention (testimony from Michael McGinnis, James O. Mason, and public witnesses), D141 [11MR]

———reauthorization of the development disabilities program (testimony), D263 [21AP]

———reauthorization of the National Health Service Corps scholarship and field programs (testimony from David Sundwall), D97 [27FE]

———sexually transmitted disease program reauthorization (testimony), D240 [7AP]

———Toxic Substances Control Act amendments (H.R. 1697) (testimony), D279 [23AP]

———tuberculosis control programs (testimony), D194 [25MR]

———U.S.-Soviet cancer research (testimony), D240 [7AP]

Committee on Environment and Public Works: assist States in responding to the threat to human health posed by exposure to radon (S. 744), D300 [30AP]

———dumping of PCB's by Texas Eastern Gas Pipeline Co. in West Amwell, NJ (testimony), D156 [17MR]

———health effects of ozone and carbon monoxide in nonattainment areas (testimony), D211 [31MR]

———health threats posed by indoor air pollutants (testimony), D282 [24AP]

———radon gas issues (S. 743, 744) (testimony), D226 [2AP]

Committee on Finance: catastrophic illness care costs, D34 [28JA]

———catastrophic illness care costs (testimony), D172 [19MR], D199 [26MR]

———effect of deficit reduction efforts and structural changes on medicare and medicaid (testimony from Michael Zimmerman, Stuart Altman, Karen Davis, Cynthia Polich, Jack A. Meyer, and John L. Palmer), D38 [29JA]

———effect of deficit reduction efforts and structural changes on medicare and medicaid (testimony from Robert Rubin and Joshua Wagner), D38 [29JA]

———examine role and performance of utilization and quality control peer review organizations under medicare (testimony), D205 [27MR]

———hospital payment rates under the medicare program (testimony), D237 [7AP]

———long-term health care (testimony from Gail R. Wilensky), D77 [24FE]

———long-term health care (testimony from Senator Mikulski, Marjory Blood, Jacob Clayman, Victoria Jaycox, Val J. Halamandaris, Sheldon Goldberg, Paul Willging, Stanley J. Brody, and Trish Riley), D77 [24FE]

———quality of long-term health care (testimony), D288 [28AP]

Committee on Foreign Affairs: U.S. schools and hospitals abroad (testimony from Robert H. Pelletreau, Roscoe Suddarth, Marion V. Creekmore and Robert Bell), D59 [10FE]

Committee on Government Operations: acquired immune deficiency syndrome education prevention review (testimony), D154 [16MR]

———drug and alcohol abuse in the rail and airline industries (testimony from public witnesses), D71 [19FE]

———FAA medical oversight of pilots, D149 [12MR]

———FDA regulation of experimental drugs (testimony), D297 [29AP]

———import meat inspection service (testimony), D229 [2AP]

Committee on Governmental Affairs: ecological, health, and safety conditions at the Dept. of Energy nuclear production facilities (testimony), D156 [17MR]

———protect and improve the lives and safety of the homeless (S. 813) (testimony), D207 [30MR]

Committee on Hunger (Select): eradication of the guinea worm disease (testimony), D161 [17MR]

———infant mortality rates (testimony), D298 [29AP]

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Indian Health Service's clinical manpower needs (testimony), D305 [30AP]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: catastrophic illness insurance for medicare beneficiaries (H.R. 1280, 1281), D241 [7AP]

———grant employees parental and temporary medical leave under certain circumstances (S. 249) (testimony), D275 [23AP]

———Mine Safety and Health Administration (testimony from Alan C. McMillan, Rich Trumka, and John A. Knebel), D145 [12MR]

———mine safety issues, D284 [27AP]

———National Information System for Health Related Services (S. 926) (testimony), D246 [8AP]

———notification of workers at risk of occupational disease (testimony from Craig Berrington, Edward J. Burger, Jr., John Higginson, Frederick Hoerger, Martin Reape, Wallace Parker, Peter Ruane, Eugene Humphrey, James F. Patterson, John A. Knebel, Bernard Roy, Earl Arp, Gerry Raabe, George A. Rodenhausen, Bruce W. Karrh and Allyn Tatum), D125 [9MR]

———notification of workers who are at risk of occupational disease (S. 79) (testimony from Michael J. Wright, Leslie Cheek, George Cafasso, Robert E. Finnigan, Robert Clark Robert Windom, James Melius, Philip J. Landrigan, John Seffrin, James A. Merchant, Howard D. Samuel and Tom Evans), D78 [24FE]

———grant employees parental and temporary medical leave under certain circumstances (S. 249) (testimony from Barbara Ferguson, Jim Weeks, Jean Goebel, Ed Zigler, Jeanne Kardos, Carol Merrick, Joan Specter Cheryle Mitvalsky, Karen Nussbaum, Frances Shaine, Mary Del Brady, Jay Wilson and James T. Bond), D68 [19FE]

Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select): Anti-Drug Abuse Act (testimony), D169 [18MR]

———Family and Medical Leave Act (H.R. 925) (testimony), D230 [2AP]

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Dept. of Energy environment, safety, and health programs (testimony), D195 [25MR]

———nuclear medicine, D280 [23AP]

Committee on Small Business (Senate): cost and availability of health care benefits for small businesses and their employees, and proposals for federally funded mandated health benefits, D275 [23AP]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): allow members of the Armed Forces to sue the U.S. for damages caused by improper medical care (H.R. 1054) (testimony), D177 [19MR]

———allow suits against the U.S. for acts or omissions of contractors in carrying out the nuclear weapons testing program (testimony), D177 [19MR]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): protect benefits under a collective bargaining agreement to include retired employees (S. 548) (testimony), D282 [24AP]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House): reduce capacity of VA to provide health care to eligible veterans (H. Con. Res. 27), D72 [19FE]

———per diem rates for VA payments to States for domiciliary and nursing home care provided to veterans (H.R. 1659), D271 [22AP]

———status of recruitment and retention of VA health care personnel (testimony), D271 [22AP]

———VA compliance with a discovery request of National Association of Radiation Survivors v. Turnage (testimony), D161 [17MR]

———VA Dept. of Medicine and Surgery computer systems activity (testimony), D249 [8AP]

———VA medical facility construction resolution, D195 [25MR]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate): VA compliance with a discovery request of National Association of Radiation Survivors v. Turnage (testimony), D161 [17MR]

Committee on Ways and Means: budget reconciliation issues relating to medicare program, D387 [1JN]

———catastrophic coverage under the medicare program (testimony), D208 [30MR]

———catastrophic illness care costs: (testimony from Otis R. Bowen, Sec. of the Dept. of HHS), D39 [29JA]

———catastrophic illness care costs coverage under medicare (testimony from Representative Pepper, Robert Ball, Robert Myers, and public witnesses), D113 [4MR]

———catastrophic illness care costs coverage under medicare (testimony from Representatives Bonker and Regula, Michael Zimmerman, and public witnesses), D134 [10MR]

———catastrophic illness care coverage under medicare (testimony from Representatives Daub, Crane, D. French Slaughter, Jr., and Dreier), D107 [3MR]

———childhood vaccine injury program (testimony from Representatives Waxman, Matsui and Dennis Ross), D121 [5MR]

———hospital indigent care, D150 [12MR]

———long-term health care: (testimony), D216 [31MR]

———medicare budget (testimony), D222 [1AP]

———medicare hospital diagnosis related group margins (testimony from Nancy Gordon, Larry Simmons, Eleanor Chelimskey, and public witnesses), D96 [26FE]

———misleading and deceptive mailings to Social Security beneficiaries (testimony from Members of Congress, Dorcas R. Hardy, Donald D. Davis, James Roosevelt, and public witnesses), D134 [10MR]

———physician payment under medicare part B (testimony from Philip R. Lee), D107 [3MR]

Letters

Abortion, 21026 [23JY], 24798 [22SE], 25335 [25SE], 26924 [7OC], 27454 [13OC], 30788 [4NO], 32619 [18NO], 32860 [19NO], 33171 [20NO], 33966 [3DE], 34344 [8DE]

———Alexandria Bellino, 28300 [16OC]

———Allison A. Keuhner, 21273 [28JY]

———Andrea Moskowitz, 26594 [6OC]

———Andrea Rogers, 34981 [10DE]

———anonymous, 26345 [2OC]

———Barb Winzel, 20597 [21JY]

———Bobbi Olive, 23583 [9SE]

———Carla J. Smith, 24017 [15SE]

———Carol de Fleron, 20270 [17JY]

———Catherine Buchanan, 21781 [30JY]

———Cathy Lagace, 26594 [6OC]

———Cathy S. Blakeman, 31235 [6NO]

———Caya L.C. Spoto, 36240 [18DE]

———Chrissy Morrison, 33171 [20NO]

———Christine Heacox, 21535 [29JY]

———Cindy Butler, 33538 [1DE]

———Colorado woman, 21781 [30JY]

———Connie Cooper, 36240 [18DE]

———Cristina Sutton, 28994 [22OC]

———Dana Digges, 26594 [6OC]

———Darlene Valadez, 29483 [27OC]

———Deanna Slack, 33538 [1DE]

———Debbie Marshall, 28759 [21OC]

———Debbie Sotirkys, 34559 [9DE]

———Diane Tucker, 33659 [2DE]

———Jackie Chalmers, 32060 [17NO]

———Janet Willis, 31558 [10NO]

———Jeanette Smith, 33172 [20NO]

———Jo A. Fraser, 25896 [30SE]

———Joanne Hardesty, 31836 [12NO]

———Judy Richards, 31909 [13NO]

———Julie Westcott, 22451 [5AU]

———Karen Cross, 30572 [3NO]

———Karen J. Collins, 24453 [17SE]

———Karen Scherupp, 28145 [15OC]

———Kate Jones, 22042 [3AU]

———Kathleen Horan, 26594 [6OC]

———Kathy Demma, 33659 [2DE]

———Kathy Smith, 34343 [8DE]

———LaRae Hickman, 27454 [13OC]

———Leslie A. Denardo, 34981 [10DE]

———Linda Lindsey, 31910 [13NO]

———Linda V. Velden, 34980 [10DE]

———Lorraine D. Messmer, 21153 [24JY]

———Margie Goings, 25648 [29SE]

———Marla Swanson, 33659 [2DE]

———Mary E. Larson, 26594 [6OC]

———Mary P. Brooks, 29659 [28OC]

———Maureen Anderson, 36019 [17DE]

———Merida Ortiz, 33659 [2DE]

———Mrs. Brent E. Shain, 27319 [9OC]

———Mrs. David Campbell, 33966 [3DE]

———Mrs. Tommy Vasek, 29190 [23OC]

———Nancy Berger, 2110 [28JA]

———Nicole Henderson, 7928 [3AP]

———Nola Jones, 21535 [29JY]

———Norma Thompson, 36019 [17DE]

———Pam Laub, 20597 [21JY]

———Pamela Hulsing, 24798 [22SE]

———Pat Harder, 22980 [6AU]

———Pat Hatcher, 22451 [5AU]

———Pat Reck, 25896 [30SE]

———Patty Christofferson, 30370 [30OC]

———Paul Batchie, 26594 [6OC]

———Paula F. Rivizzo, 25896 [30SE]

———Rebecca Falkner, 25206 [24SE]

———Renette, 28443 [20OC]

———Robin Strom, 31909 [13NO]

———Rochel Canu, 24560 [18SE]

———Sandra D. Walton, 24453 [17SE]

———Sharon Logan, 24229 [16SE]

———Sheila Rene, 27826 [14OC]

———Shelly Banda, 31159 [5NO]

———Signe Dempsey, 26594 [6OC]

———Sue Liljenberg, 30370 [30OC]

———Sue Thurber, 27319 [9OC]

———sundry, 3697-3699 [19FE]

———Susan L. Wimmer, 29897 [29OC]

———Suzanne Cullen, 23776 [10SE]

———Suzy Dewing, 7928 [3AP]

———T. McNeill, 21936 [31JY]

———Teresa F. Meester, 23344 [7AU]

———Teresa Wibbelsman, 34241 [4DE]

———Teri K. Strouse, 22216 [4AU]

———Vonnie Cardwell, 22042 [3AU]

———W.R. Duke, Jr., 26924 [7OC]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: A.D.J. Robertson, 3507 [19FE]

———E. Philip Riggin, 33831 [3DE]

———Earl L. Stock, Jr., VFW, 33832 [3DE]

———Gordon H. Mansfield, Paralyzed Veterans of America, 33832 [3DE]

———James H. Sammons, 20103 [15JY]

———Jerome Greenblatt, 20794 [22JY]

———Leonard Goodstein, American Psychological Association, 33920 [3DE]

———Margretta M. Styles, American Nurses Association, Inc., 33833 [3DE]

———Mark Whiteside, 11938 [11MY]

———Olav H. Alvig, 2019 [27JA]

———Paul L. Schafer, National Association of VA Physicians, 33832 [3DE]

———Paul S. Egan, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., 33833 [3DE]

———Senator Cranston, 27779, 27800 [14OC]

———William H. McBeath, American Public Health Association, 33834 [3DE]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: a victim, 27638 [13OC]

———Bishops of the California Catholic Conference, 37943-37945 [21DE]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome and dentistry: Nancy P. Estes, 19283 [9JY]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome and television programming: Alan Wurtzel, 19072 [8JY]

———Ralph Daniels, 19072 [8JY]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome education programs: Milton Marks, 18379 [30JN]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome legislation: Representative Dannemeyer, 19885 [15JY]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients, 816 [6JA]

Agent orange: Dixon Arnett, Dept. of HHS, 2867, 2868 [4FE]

———Everett Alvarez, Jr., VA, 2866 [4FE]

———James O. Mason, Dept. of HHS, 2863 [4FE]

———John H. Gibbons, OTA, 2863, 2866, 2868, 2874, 2876, 2884 [4FE], 26149 [1OC]

———Mark J. Scally, Public Health Service, 2877 [4FE]

———Otis R. Bowen, Sec. of HHS, 2867, 2870, 2873 [4FE]

———Robert L. Raclin, Dept. of HHS, 2874, 2882 [4FE]

———Senator Cranston, 2882 [4FE]

———Senators Cranston and Murkowski, 2863, 2869 [4FE]

———Zachary Stalberg, 27330 [9OC]

Agent orange exposure study: Agent Orange Working Group, 33816 [3DE]

———Frank Press, National Academy of Sciences, 33824 [3DE]

———Frederic L. Conway, VA, 33818 [3DE]

———James O. Mason, 33816, 33817 [3DE]

———VA, 33826 [3DE]

Allocations of VA health care to States: Senator Cranston, 33917 [3DE]

———Senator Graham, 33916 [3DE]

Asbestos: American Cancer Society, 3797 [19FE]

California hospital administrators: Paul R. Schmidt, 28788 [21OC]

Cancer patient at 16 years old: Kimberly Stanley (sundry), 26409 [5OC]

Catastrophic health care for children: various health associations, 20996 [23JY]

Catastrophic illness health insurance: Eleanor Chelimsky, GAO, 29900 [29OC]

———Laurence E. Ide, 29315 [27OC]

———Michael Zimmerman, GAO, 19059 [8JY]

———Senators Pryor and Domenici, 29363 [27OC]

Centers for Disease Control funding of acquired immune deficiency syndrome education: Senator Cranston, 37774 [21DE]

———Senator Helms, 37774 [21DE]

———several Senators, 37774 [21DE]

Central City, IA, School river blindness fund raising: several students, 36231 [18DE]

Choices of an expectant mother: Aletia C. Ellis, 22326 [4AU]

Civil service status of VA medical center personnel: Donald L. Custis, 20055 [15JY]

———John A. Gronvall, 20055 [15JY]

———Senator Cranston, 20055 [15JY]

Clean Air Act amendments, 24139 [16SE]

Condom commercial advertisement: Mary J. Miller, 15113 [9JN]

District of Columbia acquired immune deficiency syndrome tests: Cleveland B. Sparrow, Sr., 25804 [30SE]

———Frederic H. Bertrand, National Life of Vermont, 25805 [30SE]

———Harry L. Staley, Pride Mark Capitol Hill Insurance Agency, 25806 [30SE]

———Herbert L. DePrenger, GEICO Life Insurance Co., 25806 [30SE]

———James E. Barrett, Mutual of Omaha, 25806 [30SE]

———James E. Harshaw, Pilot Life Insurance Co., 25806 [30SE]

———John D. Bussey, Baptist Ministers' Conference of Washington, DC, 25804 [30SE]

———John G. Martin, Third World Assembly, Inc., 25804 [30SE]

———Lee M. Smith, Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York, 25806 [30SE]

———Malcolm MacKay, New York Life Insurance Co., 25806 [30SE]

———Malcolm O. Campbell, Jr., Aetna Life Insurance Co., 25805 [30SE]

———May L. Miller, 25797 [30SE]

———Prudential Insurance Co. of America, 25806 [30SE]

———R. Damian DuFour, Greater Washington Health Underwriters Association, 25807 [30SE]

———Sylvine Blackwell, 25797 [30SE]

———Walter E. Schmitt, Schmitt Insurance Services, 25805 [30SE]

———William T. McCallum, Great-West Life Assurance Co., 25806 [30SE]

Education of blacks about acquired immune deficiency syndrome: Blacks Educating Blacks About Sexual Health Issues, 32042 [17NO]

Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Improvement Act: Senators Cranston and Kennedy, 413 [6JA]

Excellence of VA health care: Carol Gallant, 26046 [1OC]

Federal family planning program: Senator Packwood, 37782 [21DE]

Federal health plan costs, 29365 [27OC]

Financial care for spouses with catastrophic illnesses, 22138 [3AU]

Great American Smokeout participation: Nancy Reagan, 32620 [18NO]

Health and science programs: Otis N. Bowen, Sec. of HHS, 20651 [22JY]

Health insurance tax deduction: John J. Motley III, 23417 [7AU]

———John S. Stagaj, 23417 [7AU]

Health programs for small business: James E. Burke, 25624 [29SE]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: Wilmer P. Eidemiller and others, Greensburg, PA, 33744 [2DE]

Home care services: Mrs. Corrodo, 12497 [14MY]

———Mrs. Thomas, 12497 [14MY]

Human immunodeficiency virus: Jack W. Owen, American Hospital Association, 33833 [3DE]

Illinois' health insurance plan: Neil Hartigan, 2373 [29JA]

Impaired Health Professionals: AMA, 33872 [3DE]

Indian Health Service: Senator Cranston, 25568 [29SE]

In-flight smoking: Association of Flight Attendants, 9672 [23AP]

———Coalition on Smoking OR Health, 29618 [28OC]

———Fred G. Bond, Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corp., 29622 [28OC]

———James A. Graham, 29621 [28OC]

———James G. Martin, Governor of North Carolina, 29620 [28OC]

———John H. Cyrus, Cyrus Tobacco Consultants, Inc., 29622 [28OC]

———John W. Stallings, Bertie County Farm Bureau, NC, 29621 [28OC]

———Rick Apple, Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina, Inc., 29621 [28OC]

———W.B. Jenkins, North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, 29622 [28OC]

Informed consent: sundry, 7928 [3AP]

Intelligence Authorization Act: Senator Thurmond, 20979 [23JY]

Liability and indemnification for nuclear incidents: Representative Conyers, 22123 [3AU]

Limit types of proposed actions in which VA disciplinary boards function: Thomas K. Turnage, 11106 [5MY]

Mandatory health insurance coverage: Senator Quayle, 3818 [19FE]

Meat and poultry inspection: Joseph V. Rodricks, 25681 [29SE]

MedAmerica proposal: several organizations, 11523 [6MY]

Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act: Consortium for Citizens With Developmental Disabilities, 23764 [10SE]

Medicaid reform amendments: Otis R. Bowen, Sec. of HHS, 21925 [31JY]

Medical program funding: Consortium for Citizens With Developmental Disabilities, 11445 [6MY]

Medicare and eligibility of acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients: CBO, 17683-17685 [26JN]

———Roger Mentz, Dept. of the Treasury, 17685-17688 [26JN]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: National Council on the Aging, Inc., 20692 [22JY]

———Representative Gilman, et al., 33197 [20NO]

Medicare coverage for orthopedic shoes: David R. Knighton, 4344 [26FE]

———Donnell D. Etzwiler, 4344 [26FE]

———Giles Kobilka and Priscilla Hollander, 4345 [26FE]

Medicare denial rate: Odessa, TX, health agency, 7739 [1AP]

Medicare Home Health Services Improvement Act: Cyril F. Brickfield, 9262 [22AP]

———Ronald F. Pollack, 9262 [22AP]

———William R. Hutton, 9262 [22AP]

Medicare hospital payment policies: Michael L. Graue, 24245 [16SE]

Medicare payments for prostate surgery: Stuart L. Brodsky, 21558 [29JY]

Mental health services to the homeless: American Psychiatric Association, 6028 [18MR]

———American Psychological Association, 6028 [18MR]

———Mental Health Law Project, 6028 [18MR]

———National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, 6028 [18MR]

———National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, 6029 [18MR]

———National Council of Community Mental Health Centers, 6029 [18MR]

———National Mental Health Association, 6028 [18MR]

Minimum health benefits for U.S. workers: Gordon R. Trapnell, Actuarial Research Corp., 13582 [21MY]

Minority health professionals: Association of Minority Health Professions Schools, 22237 [4AU]

National Academy of Sciences review of evidence pertaining to effects of exposure to agent orange: Senators Kerry and Cranston, 20654 [22JY]

National Cancer Institute: Senator Heflin, 27799 [14OC]

———Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., 27799 [14OC]

National Center for Pediatric Emergency Medical Services: William C. Montgomery, American Academy of Pediatrics, 19781 [14JY]

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act amendments: Otis R. Bowen, Sec. of HHS, 33509 [1DE]

National Health Service Corps: Maxine Pollack, 20947 [23JY]

———Otis R. Bowen, Sec. of HHS, 20950 [23JY]

National Home Health Care Week: Val J. Halamandaris, 6117 [18MR]

Nomination of Dr. Russell F. Lewis as Rural Health Practitioner of the Year: Kathleen E. Farnsworth, National Rural Health Association, 14629 [4JN]

Nonsmokers Health Protection Act: Alan C. Davis, 3197 [5FE]

Occupational disease notification and prevention: Crum & Foster Insurance Cos., 25695 [30SE]

Occupational safety and health standards: several Senators and Representatives, 27751 [14OC]

Office of Comprehensive School Health Education Act: F. Hal Haywood, American Alliance, 15139 [10JN]

———John M. Last, American College of Preventive Medicine, 15139 [10JN]

———Richard L. Papenfuss, Association for the Advancement of Health Education, 15139 [10JN]

———William M. Kane, National School Health Education Coalition, 15139 [10JN]

On-call pay to certain VA medical personnel: Thomas K. Turnage, 9144 [21AP]

Overton Brooks VA Medical Center: Alva Nash, VFW, 33860 [3DE]

———AMVETS, 33860 [3DE]

———Charles R. Cunningham, Military Order of the Purple Heart, 33860 [3DE]

———James G. Pirie, American Ex-Prisoners of War, 33859 [3DE]

———Joseph R. Monty, DAV, 33859 [3DE]

———Linwood P. Liner, Marine Corps League, 33860 [3DE]

———Lynn F. Snoddy, Veterans of World War I, Inc., 33859 [3DE]

———Peter Tillman III, Paralyzed Veterans of America, 33860 [3DE]

———Roy Kirkham, American Legion, 33859 [3DE]

———Senator Johnston, 33859 [3DE]

———William F. Ryan, 33859 [3DE]

Passive smoking, 503 [6JA]

———Anna M. Carrol, 502 [6JA]

Pennington Biomedical Research Center funding: Louisiana State University, 18470 [1JY]

Permanent residency of Nisme Gonzalez in U.S.: Thomas S. Parrott, 32045 [17NO]

Phobia research: Frank J. Sullivan, NIH, 22483 [5AU]

———Representative Bilirakis, 22483 [5AU]

Physician Drug Sales, 18703 [1JY]

Physicians comparability allowances and Public Health Service psychologists: CBO, 27639 [13OC]

———Senator Ford, 27640 [13OC]

Physicians' second opinions: Dewey E. Wood, 18403 [30JN]

Radiation exposure during military service: several Senators, 2925 [4FE]

Radon home improvements expenses: Daniel G. Walter, Associated Specialty Contractors, Inc., 27093 [8OC]

———David H. Brockway, Joint Committee on Taxation, 27094 [8OC]

———Fran Du Melle, American Lung Association, 27093 [8OC]

———M.R. Sullivan, Jr., American Subcontractors Association, Inc., 27093 [8OC]

———Stephen D. Driesler, National Association of Realtors, 27093 [8OC]

———Susan A. Weiss, Consumer Federation of America, 27093 [8OC]

———William C. Montgomery, American Academy of Pediatrics, 27093 [8OC]

Random drug testing for VA personnel: American Federation of Government Employees, 33898 [3DE]

———California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, 33902 [3DE]

———Donald I. MacDonald, 33872 [3DE]

———Gene A. Murphy, DAV, 33831, 33847, 33901 [3DE]

———Gordon H. Mansfield, Paralyzed Veterans of America, 33848 [3DE], 33902 [3DE]

———Hugh Hewitt, OPM, 33887 [3DE]

———International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 33898 [3DE]

———James C. Miller III, Edwin Meese III, and Constance J. Horner, 33886, 33888, 33889 [3DE]

———James H. Sammons, AMA, 33847 [3DE]

———Jeanette C. Hartshorn, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, 33847 [3DE]

———John H. Ferman, California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, 33845 [3DE]

———Margretta M. Styles, American Nurses Association, Inc., 33846 [3DE]

———Paul S. Egan, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., 33848 [3DE]

———Paul W. Schafer, National Association of VA Physicians, 33846 [3DE]

———Thomas K. Turnage, VA, 33887 [3DE]

Retired Benefits Security Act: Kent W. Clapp, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Ohio, 21098 [24JY]

———William E. Brock III, Sec. of Labor, 21097 [24JY]

Rheumatoid arthritis: Barbara Matia, 18517 [1JY]

———Bethany Matia, 18518 [1JY]

San Francisco, CA, lease for acquired immune deficiency syndrome clinic: Charles A. Hawkins, Jr., Dept. of Defense, 25516 [29SE]

School asbestos removal funding: Charles G. Brown, 3976 [24FE]

Skin cancer: Margaret L. Kripke, 14822 [5JN]

Smokeless tobacco industry marketing: Representative Espy, 32716 [18NO]

Smoking restrictions within public buildings: Alan C. Davis, 3197 [5FE]

Stratospheric ozone: Margaret L. Kripke, 18007 [29JN]

———Representatives Dingell and Lent, 18002 [29JN]

Superfund Program relative to Olean, NY: John J. Ash, 5076 [6MR]

System to identify, notify, and prevent illness among workers at occupational high risk: Ken Foster, 26942 [7OC]

Tobacco sales on military bases: Alfred Munzer, 2909 [4FE]

———Robert Weymueller, 2909 [4FE]

Use of sulfazin and cedoxin in Soviet psychiatric hospitals: N.S. Akhmetov, 30972 [5NO]

VA adult day health care program and contract halfway house care: Thomas K. Turnage, 9143 [21AP]

VA Chief Medical Director's authority: Thomas K. Turnage, 9141 [21AP]

VA hospital parking facilities: C.R. Canfield, 22378 [5AU]

VA hospital provision of quality and compassionate care: Mary L. McGue, 23657 [9SE]

———Walter P. Kennedy, 23657 [9SE]

VA medical care: Katy C. O'Harra, Los Angeles (CA) Times, 34430 [8DE]

VA medical centers: John A. Gronvall, 20048 [15JY]

———Senator Cranston, 20048 [15JY]

VA psychological counseling: Caspar W. Weinberger, Sec. of Defense, 28220 [16OC]

VA tort claims and hospital cost collection: Thomas K. Turnage, 9142 [21AP]

Veterans' Beneficiary Travel Reimbursement Restoration Act: GAO, 28250 [16OC]

———Senator Durenberger, with several other Members of Congress, 28250 [16OC]

Veterans' health care improvement: Elwin V. Svenson, 385 [6JA]

Veterans' Ionizing Radiation Compensation Improvements Act: Senator Domenici, 2760 [4FE]

Video to Princess Diana: Dreams Come True (organization), 15568 [11JN]

Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Counseling Program Preservation Act: AMVETS, 23239 [7AU]

———American Legion, 23239 [7AU]

———Amvets, 28238 [16OC]

———Disabled American Veterans, 23239 [7AU]

———Noncommissioned Officers Association, 23239 [7AU]

———Paralyzed Veterans of America, 28242 [16OC]

———Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., 23239 [7AU]

———Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., 28242 [16OC]

Lists

Cosponsors of Pryor-Domenici amendment to Catastrophic Health Loss Prevention Act, 29364 [27OC]

———S. 756, Radon Mitigation Clarification Act, 27094 [8OC]

———S. Con. Res. 35, fees for Armed Forces outpatient medical care, 12999 [19MY]

Diseases required to be reported, 21367 [28JY]

Groups having endorsed the Technology To Educate Children With Handicaps Act, 22034 [3AU]

Health Block Grant Programs, 21917 [31JY]

Industry associations and companies in opposition to High-Risk Occupational Disease notification and Prevention Act, 24659 [21SE]

Masters of Phaco, 14116 [29MY]

Member organizations supporting Office of Comprehensive School Health Education Act, 15139 [10JN]

Members of the VA Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, 7742 [1AP]

National School Lunch Program, 8091 [7AP]

Occupational diseases and form of treatment, 27867 [14OC]

Organizations supporting a smoking ban on airliners: Coalition on Smoking OR Health, 29618 [28OC]

Organizations supporting funding of the Orphan Drug Act, 13899 [28MY]

Programs impacted by Gramm-Rudman budget cuts, 28172 [15OC]

Rural hospitals affected by medicare reimbursement policy, 21130 [24JY]

Service-connected chronic diseases, 33911 [3DE]

State licensing requirements for agents soliciting HMO products, 22027 [3AU]

Supporters of name change for VA medical center in Buffalo, NY, 11580 [6MY]

Supporters of Senate amendment on medicare administrative law judge hearings, 27804 [14OC]

VA medication classification system, 29404 [27OC]

Writings of Rosemary Donley in law, science and medicine, 12407 [13MY]

Mailgrams

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: National Association of Retired Federal Employees, 20697 [22JY]

Meetings

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Emergency Food for the Homeless Act (S. 728), D232 [3AP]

Committee on Appropriations (House): Prospective Payment Assessment Commission and Physician Payment Review Commission (testimony), D220 [1AP]

Committee on Energy and Commerce: health service programs (H.R. 1207, 1226, 1327, 1444, 1746, 1855 and 1861), D214 [31MR]

———Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act (H.R. 1444), D248 [8AP]

———National Health Service Corps Act amendments (H.R. 1327), D248 [8AP], D291 [28AP]

———Public Health Service Act (H.R. 1746), D248 [8AP]

Committee on Finance: catastrophic illness care costs (S. 1127), D381 [28MY]

Committee on Indian Affairs (Select): improve education and health programs for Native Hawaiians (S. 129, S. 136, S. 360), D173 [19MR]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: health services, mental health services, and job training for homeless individuals and education for homeless children, D227 [2AP]

———High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (S. 79), D289 [28AP]

———medical care programs (testimony from Helen Green, Connie Gates, and Ruth Dugan), D11 [12JA]

———medical care programs (testimony from Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Dewey, Robert M. Ball, Sara Rosenbaum, Stuart H. Altman, Florence Heller, David R. Smith, Joshua Lederberg), D11 [12JA]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): right for members of the Armed Forces to sue U.S. for damages caused by improper medical care (H.R. 1054), D256 [9AP]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House): per diem rates for VA payments to States for domiciliary and nursing home care provided to veterans (H.R. 1659), D280 [23AP]

———VA medical construction resolution, D280 [23AP]

Committee on Ways and Means: Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act (H.R. 1444), D222 [1AP]

———protection against catastrophic medical expenses, D257 [9AP]

Memorandums

Arline Case and Contagious Diseases Section of the Rehabilitation Act: Lincoln C. Oliphant, 9725-9729 [24AP]

Background on the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare: House Committee on Ways and Means, 6685 [24MR]

Informed Consent and Testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Antibodies: John A. Gronvall, VA, 33930 [3DE]

Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage: Dept. of the Treasury, 14797 [4JN]

Payment of Diagnostic Related Group Rates: Everett H. Rhoades, 14136 [29MY]

Random Drug Testing for VA Personnel: National Association of VA Physicians, 33898 [3DE]

———National Drug Policy Board, 33888 [3DE]

Response to Senator Cranston's Inquiry: Agent Orange Working Group, Dept. of HHS, 2883 [4FE]

VA Implementation of President's Drug-Free Work Place Program, 33887 [3DE]

Memorials of legislature

California, 25418 [28SE], 25749 [30SE], 26154, 26158, 26159 [1OC], 26904 [7OC], 27306 [9OC], 27516 [13OC], 27752 [14OC]

Hawaii, 9324 [22AP], 14778 [4JN], 14952 [9JN], 16142 [16JN], 17568 [25JN]

Illinois, 22018 [3AU]

Maine, 18948 [8JY], 29306 [27OC]

Massachusetts, 14327 [2JN], 16143, 16148 [16JN], 22020 [3AU]

Michigan, 33252 [30NO]

Minnesota, 14328 [2JN]

Nevada, 9733 [24AP]

New Mexico, 16191 [16JN]

Oklahoma, 13737 [27MY]

Pennsylvania, 31424 [9NO]

Texas, 12827 [19MY], 13739 [27MY], 22589 [5AU], 22916 [6AU]

Virginia, 8123 [7AP], 9735 [24AP]

Messages

Administration of Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act: President Reagan, 9769 [27AP]

Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act: President Reagan, 4003 [24FE]

U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program: President Reagan (transmittal), 11896 [11MY]

Motion

National Health Service Corps: revise and extend program (H.R. 1327), S. 1158 passed in lieu, 23623 [9SE]

Opinions

Valley Farm Planning v. State of North Dakota: Dept. of HHS, 37782 [21DE]

Outlines

Protection of groundwater through State standards (S. 20), 10164 [28AP]

Papers

Agent Orange: Center for Disease Control, 2871 [4FE]

In From the Cold—Nuclear Winter Melts Down: Russell Seitz, 12292-12296 [13MY]

Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance for Emergency Physicians—Need for Reform: Spectrum Emergency Care, Inc., 602 [6JA]

Oregon Experience With Impaired Physicians on Probation—Eight-Year Follow-Up, 33873-33882 [3DE]

Prognosis of Physicians Treated for Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Robert M. Morse, Mary A. Martin, Wendell M. Swenson, and Robert G. Niven, Journal of the American Medical Association, 33872 [3DE]

Reduction of Radon Levels: EPA, 18920 [8JY]

Petitions

Catastrophic illness insurance: New York, NY, City Council, 35742 [15DE]

Financial aid for catastrophic illness treatment: South River, NJ, Borough Council, 5143 [10MR]

Quality certification: Western States Water Council, 24136 [16SE]

Safety laws: National Association of State Mine Inspection Agencies, 111 [6JA]

Placard

Nine Commandments of Health: George W. Calver, 2747 [4FE]

Poems

``Her Daddy's Prayer,'' David Gimbel, 12743 [18MY]

``Moral Wasteland'', 23783 [10SE]

Polls of opinion

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 13474-13476 [21MY]

Medicare, 20753 [23JY]

Southern and border States, and political parties' leaders, 10846 [30AP]

Press conferences

Expanded mental health benefits: John C. Rother, American Association of Retired Persons, 12586 [15MY]

Press releases

Kentucky eye physicians help elderly residents with eye problems related to diabetes: American Academy of Ophthalmology, 17331 [24JN]

State Department official named director of Special Olympics law enforcement torch run: Dept. of State, 7345 [31MR]

Tropical Oils Labeling Act, 10349 [29AP]

Proposals

Medicare catastrophic illness coverage: White House, 14798 [4JN]

Provisions

Abortion funding from H.R. 2713, 25789 [30SE]

Trauma Care and Emergency Medical Services Planning and Development Act, 23393 [7AU]

Questionnaires

Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District: Representative Yatron, 34654 [9DE]

Questions and answers

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemic, 34657 [9DE]

Catastrophic Health Insurance Act (H.R. 65), 1817 [21JA]

Relocation of VA medical centers: John A. Gronvall, 20049 [15JY]

Quotations

Surgeon General's Environmental Tobacco Smoke Report, 19546 [15JY]

Remarks in House

Abortion: informed consent from patient, 22224 [4AU]

Acid rain: health effects, 3228 [9FE]

———impact, 14063 [28MY]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 924 [7JA]

———administration policy, 14206 [2JN]

———confidentiality for patients' records, 17620 [25JN]

———discussion luncheon, 4529, 4530 [3MR]

———education, 30943 [4NO], 34756 [10DE]

———education, prevention, and treatment programs (H.R. 3253), 23780 [10SE], 33790 [2DE]

———education and counseling (H.R. 3647), 34658 [9DE]

———education grant program (H.R. 2607), 14783 [4JN]

———effects of School Board of Nassau County v. Arline decision, 4788 [4MR]

———efforts by Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc., 28554 [21OC]

———epidemic, 3493, 3506 [19FE], 4070 [25FE], 14169 [1JN], 7758 [2AP], 8305 [8AP], 10572-10576 [29AP], 11931, 11937, 11938, 11939, 11940, 11941, 11942 [11MY], 12333, 12334 [13MY], 14720 [4JN], 19888-19894 [15JY], 20102 [15JY], 20794 [22JY], 21189 [27JY], 21366-21372 [28JY], 21380 [28JY], 22048 [3AU], 22716 [6AU], 23434, 23489 [7AU], 23783 [10SE], 24472 [17SE], 25716 [30SE], 26043, 26045, 26046 [1OC], 26963, 26981-26989 [8OC], 27155 [8OC], 27638 [13OC], 28467, 28470 [20OC], 29778 [28OC], 31719 [10NO], 34289 [7DE], 35003 [10DE], 35592 [14DE], 37943 [21DE], 38258, 38262 [22DE]

———establish national advisory panel (H.R. 2021), 27164 [9OC]

———establish national commission, 2022 [27JA]

———Federal response, 3231 [9FE]

———funding for WHO, 17131 [23JN]

———grant program for counseling and testing (H.R. 3071), 22688 [5AU], 29529 [27OC]

———pediatric resource centers (H.R. 3648), 34658 [9DE]

———prevention and control (H.R. 3419), 26392-26394 [5OC]

———prohibit transfer of body fluids by Federal employees (H.R. 345), 19885 [15JY]

———reporting requirements (H.R. 2272), 11270-11272 [5MY]

———require contact tracing (H.R. 1551), 18379 [30JN]

———spread, 1422 [20JA]

———testing, 16307 [16JN], 28525 [20OC], 29769 [28OC]

———VA medical breakthrough, 23023 [7AU]

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Education, Information, Risk Reduction, Training, Prevention, Treatment, Care, and Research Act: enact (H.R. 2626), 14924 [8JN]

Adolescent health services demonstration projects: establish (H.R. 1609), 5665 [12MR]

Adopted children: health insurance for disabled, 3234 [9FE]

Advertising: antismoking public service announcements (H. Res. 286), 27990 [15OC]

AFDC: replace program with a comprehensive program of mandatory child support and work training (S. 1511), 24032 [15SE]

———uniform eligibility and benefit levels (H.R. 1831), 7086 [26MR]

Africa: acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemic, 35003 [10DE]

Aged: alcoholism among aged, 6714 [24MR]

———caregiver referral (H.R. 2078), 10856 [30AP]

———catastrophic illness insurance, 28349 [19OC]

———coordination of services available to victims and families of victims of Alzheimer's disease (H.R. 2075), 10856 [30AP]

———deceptive marketing techniques in sales, 23427 [7AU]

———health care, 24034, 24047 [15SE]

———increase services to citizens of rural areas (H.R. 2073), 10856 [30AP]

———medical care, 9658 [23AP]

———mental health services (H.R. 2079), 10856 [30AP]

———misinformation by certain public interest groups, 3889 [19FE]

———Natchez-Adams County, MS, Senior Citizens Center, 36684 [19DE]

Agent orange: effect on veterans in Vietnam, 27329 [9OC]

Agriculture: field sanitation standards for employees engaged in hand labor operations (H.R. 349), 1937 [26JA]

Air pollution: control acid rain, 8006 [6AP]

———use ethanol to reduce (H. Con. Res. 31), 16208 [16JN]

Airline Anti-Smoking Act: enact (H.R. 432), 920 [7JA]

Airlines: flight regulation, 19496 [14JY]

———prohibit smoking onboard passenger-carrying domestic flights (H.R. 432), 9672 [23AP], 14108 [28MY]

Alameda County, CA: geriatric dental care, 25054 [23SE]

Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration: revise and extend block grants for services relative to mental health and substance abuse (H.R. 3187), 23430, 23479 [7AU]

Alcoholism: improved health insurance coverage for Federal employees (H.R. 381), 883 [7JA]

Allentown, PA: anniversary of Sacred Heart Hospital, 15375 [10JN]

Alliance, NE: antidrug campaign, 7316 [30MR]

Alzheimer's disease: research, 23387 [7AU]

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association: tribute, 32872 [19NO]

American Academy of Dermatology: National conference on skin cancer, 6252 [18MR]

American Anatomists Day: designate (H.J. Res. 170), 4786 [4MR]

American Samoa: assistance, 3864 [19FE]

Anti-Drug Abuse Act: appropriations, 8604 [9AP]

Armed Forces: damages for injuries from improper medical care (H.R. 1054), 12762 [19MY], 29748 [28OC]

Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act: EPA grants (H.J. Res. 153), 3888 [19FE], 4037 [24FE]

Association of Flight Attendants: endorsement of smoking ban on airlines, 9672 [23AP]

Association of Free Community Papers of Long Island, NY: tribute, 24255 [16SE]

Bankruptcy: extend certain pension and health insurance protections under title 11 of the U.S. Code (S. 903), unanimous-consent agreement, 10813 [30AP]

———health and life insurance claims of retired former employees (H.R. 1040), 5481 [12MR]

———termination of company health benefits (H.R. 761), 2197, 2202 [29JA]

Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 224), 23913 [15SE]

Biological Weapons Act: enact (H.R. 901), 2202 [29JA]

Birth control: U.S. support to foreign countries, 33207 [20NO]

Blacks: care, 30243 [29OC]

———target audience for tobacco products, 26403 [5OC]

Blue Ridge Haven East Convalescent Center: anniversary, 34650 [9DE]

Bone marrow registry: establish, 11893 [11MY]

Boxing Commission: establish, 11892 [11MY]

Brooke Army Medical Center, TX: funds, 11920 [11MY]

———report on construction of replacement medical facilities, 11919 [11MY]

Budget: impact of deficit, 6621 [24MR]

———spending priorities, 7759 [2AP]

California: tribute to hospital administrators, 28788 [21OC]

Canada: child care plan, 34991 [10DE]

Catalyst altered water: value, 20119 [15JY]

Catastrophic Health Insurance Act: enact (H.R. 65), 1815 [21JA]

Catastrophic diseases: insurance coverage for aged and handicapped (H.R. 1281), 4147 [26FE]

———insurance coverage, 2377 [29JA]

Centers for Disease Control: tribute, 29293 [27OC]

Child abuse: rate high for homeless children, 6226 [18MR]

Child Care Opportunities for Families Act: enact (H.R. 1001), 2700-2703 [4FE]

Children: ABC-TV program ``Growing Pains'' examines youth suicide, 34654 [9DE]

———birthweight, 24044 [15SE]

———collect foreign coins from returning travelers to fund medical programs worldwide, 25432 [29SE]

———day care, 18396 [30JN]

———employee benefit plans, 4942 [5MR]

———improve and expand child care and early childhood education (H.R. 1001), 5216 [10MR]

———infant mortality, 24682 [21SE], 25050 [23SE]

———quality physical education programs in schools (H. Con. Res. 97), 29240-29242 [27OC]

———Reagan administration record on family poverty in U.S., 21361-21366 [28JY]

Children's Garden: anniversary, 22162 [3AU]

Chlorofluorocarbons: depletion of ozone layer by industrial air pollution, 3492 [19FE]

———international negotiations on protection of atmospheric ozone layer (H. Con. Res. 47), 3448 [18FE], 3962 [24FE]

Cigarettes: excise tax (H.R. 260), 916 [7JA]

———risks of smoking, 28613 [21OC]

City of Hope, FL: tribute, 9008 [10AP]

City of Hope Medical Center: National Spirit of Life Award recipients, 9335 [22AP]

Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services: reimbursement of certain institutions for heart and lung treatment (H.R. 1702), 6148 [18MR]

Commission for the Amelioration of Parkinsonism: establish (H.R. 459), 960 [7JA], 4715 [3MR]

Commission on National Service Opportunities (Select): establish, 4967 [5MR]

Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select): establish (H. Res. 11), 1115 [8JA]

Composite Health Care System: test of equipment, 11928 [11MY]

Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act: enact (H.R. 3130), 22986 [6AU]

Comprehensive Health Care Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 3766), 35750 [15DE]

Consumers: growing problem of insolvencies, 13839 [27MY]

Copyright: audiovisual works for inpatients in health care facilities (H.R. 2429), 12555 [14MY]

Courts: authorize payment of legal costs, 21590-21599 [30JY]

———extend and improve procedures for liability and indemnification for nuclear incidents (H.R. 1414), 21590-21615 [30JY], 22123 [3AU]

Crime and criminals: health care fraud, 35578 [14DE]

Deborah Hospital: anniversary, 4720 [3MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: meat and poultry inspection, 25681 [29SE]

Dept. of Defense: CHAMPUS' Deborah Heart and Lung Program, 11854-11856 [8MY]

Dept. of Education: establish Office of Comprehensive School Health Education (H.R. 2728), 16810 [19JN]

Dept. of HHS: capitation demonstration programs (H.R. 520), 963 [7JA]

———grant program for research and training in pediatric pulmonary medicine (H.R. 1710), 6226 [18MR]

———Indian Health Service, 17395-17397 [25JN]

Desert Samaritan Hospital, AZ: cancer research fundraising event, 4481 [3MR]

Developing countries: providing credit for the poor, 34753 [10DE]

Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1871), 22225-22228 [4AU]

Diseases: cancer research, 23651 [9SE]

———diabetes prevention (H.R. 3259), 23918 [15SE]

———free inoculation of workers against hepatitis B virus (H.R. 3046), 21559 [29JY]

———guinea worm eradication, 6224 [18MR]

———high risk occupational disease, 27635 [13OC]

———neurofibromatosis, 9670 [23AP]

District of Columbia: VA Medical Center evaluation, 28546 [20OC]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: amend (H.R. 1837), 6961 [26MR]

Donations of organs: national registry, 2013 [27JA]

Dreams Come True (organization): tribute, 15567 [11JN]

Drug abuse: commend Louisiana State police education program (H.R. 3762), 35747 [15DE]

———contribution of Association of Free Community Papers of Long Island, NY, 24255 [16SE]

———funding for prevention programs and control efforts, 8081 [7AP]

———improved health insurance coverage (H.R. 381), 883 [7JA]

———public concern, 10845 [30AP]

———testing of job applicants, 30968 [5NO]

Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: amend (H.R. 1752), 6513 [23MR]

Drugs: limit dispensing by physicians (H.R. 2093), 8919 [9AP]

———orphan drugs (H.R. 3349), 25672 [29SE]

———Parent Drug Awareness Act (H.R. 3301), 24051 [15SE]

———testing of schoolteachers, 6938 [25MR]

Durand-Vernon Area Ambulance Service: anniversary, 21571 [29JY]

Ecology: ozone protection, 22703 [5AU]

Economic assistance: international family planning programs, 38262 [22DE]

El Salvador: children victims of fighting, 33286 [30NO]

———medical treatment of children at Arlington, VA, hospital, 19614 [14JY]

Emergency Aid to Homeless Families Act: enact (H.R. 437), 892 [7JA]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (H.J. Res. 134), 18091 [29JN]

Employment: benefits for U.S. Workers, 13682 [21MY]

———high risk occupational disease notification and prevention (H.R. 162), 91 [6JA], 3250, 3254 [10FE], 13034 [19MY], 13298 [20MY], 23602, 23640-23643 [9SE], 23690 [10SE], 23894, 23602, 23640-23643 [9SE], 23930 [15SE], 24658-24668 [21SE], 24698 [21SE], 25432 [29SE], 27845-27914 [14OC], 27965 [15OC], 27982 [19OC], 27983 [22OC], 27984, 27985, 28003-28007 [15OC], 28536, 28542 [20OC], 30242 [29OC], 25432 [29SE], 25694, 25739 [30SE], 25908 [30SE], 26606, 26685, 26697-26703 [6OC], 33743-33746 [2DE]

———importance of diet, 32718 [18NO]

———minimum benefits for all workers (H.R. 2508), 13678 [21MY]

———parental and medical leave, 1808 [21JA]

———parental medical leave (S. 249), 3234 [9FE]

———prohibit discrimination on basis of cancer history (H.R. 1546), 5535 [11MR], 6603 [23MR], 9169 [21AP]

———protect cancer survivors against work discrimination, 5468 [11MR]

———rates for certain surgical procedures, 19882 [15JY]

EPA: asbestos health hazard regulations for schools, 11869 [8MY]

———cleanup of asbestos in schools, 11285 [5MY]

———data collection and dissemination relative to chemical emissions (H.R. 2800), 17872, 17883, 17886 [26JN], 20120 [15JY], 35746 [15DE], 38289 [22DE]

———funding for asbestos abatement programs in schools (H.J. Res. 153), 3975-3978 [24FE]

———management of infectious and pathologic waste (H.R. 3467), 27332 [9OC]

———promulgate regulations on management of infectious waste (H.R. 3515), 28533 [20OC]

———standard for exposure to radon in indoor environments (H.R. 3110), 22683 [5AU]

Excellence in Minority Health Education and Care Act: enact (S. 769), 22234-22236 [4AU]

Executive departments: physicians comparability allowances (H.R. 3255), 23889 [14SE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: assure minimum health benefits for all U.S. workers (S. 1265), 13665 [21MY]

Families: Federal child care program (H.R. 3660), 32873 [19NO], 32965, 32970, 32990 [19NO], 33196 [20NO]

Family and Medical Leave Act: enact (H.R. 925), 3230 [9FE]

Family Security Act: enact (H.R. 3148), 23006 [6AU]

Farmworker Health and Safety Act: enact (H.R. 349), 91 [6JA]

FDA: deregulation of drugs for terminally ill, 5551 [12MR]

———inspection of imported food, 10220 [28AP]

Federal aid programs: budget reductions, 3178 [5FE]

———increased funding for the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (H.J. Res. 192), 6215 [18MR]

Federal Boxer Protection Act: enact (H.R. 134), 933 [7JA]

Federal Boxing Commission: establish, 933 [7JA]

Federal employees: inclusion of treatment of cleft lip and palate conditions in health benefits (H.R. 3429), 26723 [6OC]

———prepaid dental care program (H.R. 3404), 26236 [1OC]

Federal Employees Family Building Act: enact (H.R. 2852), 18385 [30JN]

Federal Employees' Health Care Freedom of Choice Act: amend (H.R. 382), 876 [7JA]

Fight Leukemia Week: designate (H.J. Res. 237), 8916 [9AP]

Fire Fighter Protective Gear Liability Reform Act: enact (H.R. 2647), 15395 [10JN]

Fish and fisheries: mandatory Federal inspection, 5102 [9MR]

Focus on the First 60 Months: report on cost-effective programs for children, 23448 [7AU]

Food: consumption of meat and meat products (H. Res. 198), 16549 [17JN]

———labeling of products containing tropical fats (H.R. 2148), 9618 [23AP]

———salmonella contamination, 21062 [23JY]

Food additives: balance sources of supply for sweeteners (H.R. 3646), 33546 [1DE]

Food irradiation: independent safety study (H.R. 956), 3186 [5FE]

Foreign trade: strengthen enforcement of quarantine laws (H.R. 1986), 8552 [8AP]

Formaldehyde: risk, 22989 [6AU]

Friendship Center of the Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults: anniversary, 939 [7JA]

Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate, 7734 [1AP]

———designate (S.J. Res. 122), 33675 [2DE]

Global Tomorrow Coalition: tribute, 10279 [28AP]

Government regulation: medical devices (H.R. 2595), 14595 [3JN]

Great American Smokeout: observance, 33195 [20NO]

Ground Water Protection Act: enact (H.R. 963), 3187 [5FE]

Groundwater Safety Act: enact, 23383 [7AU]

Handicapped: personal assistance services, 23435 [7AU]

Hands of Shared Time (organization): tribute, 24053 [15SE]

Hazardous substances: asbestos-related diseases, 33802 [2DE]

———develop stricter rules for rail, 13327 [21MY]

———radon exposure (H.R. 2837), 18106 [29JN]

———reauthorize Superfund, 36673 [19DE]

———transport and disposal of radioactive waste, 36087 [17DE]

Health Care Financing Administration: physicians' second opinions, 18403 [30JN]

Health Care Savings Account Act: enact (H.R. 955), 3166 [5FE]

Health Emergency Treatment Fund: establish (H.R. 273), 816 [6JA]

Health insurance: cesarean births, 30956 [5NO]

Health Program Act: enact (H.R. 200), 935-939 [7JA]

Health programs: catastrophic protection, 935-939 [7JA]

HealthNet, New Mexico: tribute, 3470 [18FE]

Hiroshima, Japan: tribute to medical team, 14071 [28MY]

Hodel, Sec. of the Interior: remarks on skin cancer, 14406 [2JN]

Hollywood, FL: tribute to Memorial Hospital, 15654 [12JN]

Home care services: tribute to workers, 33668 [2DE]

Home Health and Hospice Care Waiver Extension Act: enact (H.R. 1909), 7738 [1AP], 10591 [29AP]

Home Health Communications Act: enact (H.R. 1908), 7738 [1AP], 10591 [29AP]

Home Health Informed Consumers Act: enact (H.R. 1910), 7738 [1AP], 10591 [29AP]

Home Health Medical Necessity Standards Act: enact (H.R. 1911), 7738 [1AP], 10591 [29AP]

Home Health Prompt Reconsideration Act: enact (H.R. 1907), 7738 [1AP], 10591 [29AP]

Home health services: include additional services (H.R. 1837), 6961 [26MR]

Homecare Quality Assurance Act: enact (H.R. 1700), 6188 [18MR]

Homeless: health care, 18711 [1JY]

———provision of overnight shelter, 941 [7JA]

Homeless Emergency Relief Act: enact (H.R. 274), 892 [7JA]

Homeless Persons Survival Act: enact (H.R. 180), 941 [7JA]

HOPE Rehabilitation Services, San Jose, CA: anniversary, 21064 [23JY]

Horowitz, Carol: treatment by Bureau of Health Care Delivery and Assistance, 23509 [20AU]

House Rural Health Care Coalition: program, 9673 [23AP]

Housing: services and benefits for the chronically mentally ill, 11729 [7MY]

Humanitarian assistance: vitamin A prevention programs, 34753 [10DE]

Hunger: efforts to alleviate, 23673 [9SE]

———establish food bank nutrition projects (H.R. 3057), 21580 [30JY]

Illinois: catastrophic illness insurance legislation, 2373 [29JA]

———remove radium from ground water, 34070 [3DE]

Imported Food Safety Act: enact (H.R. 711), 1824 [21JA]

Indians: medical care (H.R. 2290), 11248 [5MY]

Individual retirement accounts: allow tax-free distributions for purchase of long-term health-care insurance coverage at age 59\1/2\ (H.R. 1933), 7760 [2AP]

Infant mortality: additional funds to community and migrant health centers (H.R. 1326), 31368 [9NO], 31371 [10NO], 31372 [18NO]-31376 [9NO], 31450 [9NO], 32715 [18NO]

———services to high-risk populations to reduce (H.R. 3810), 36656 [19DE]

Insurance: catastrophic illness coverage, 11248 [5MY], 19058 [8JY]

———company solvency, 22135 [3AU]

———coverage for uninsured and underinsured, 33194 [20NO]

———increase Government benefit contribution (H.R. 1734), 6431 [19MR], 7579 [31MR]

———liability, 24046 [15SE]

———long-term care, 19094 [8JY]

———require plans offered by employers to have catastrophic illness coverage (H.R. 2300), 11590 [6MY]

International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies: conference, 23602, 23604 [9SE], 23657 [9SE], 23689 [10SE]

International Health Corps Act: enact (H.R. 3669), 33199 [20NO]

International Physician's Commission for the Protection of Prisoners: tribute, 4797 [4MR]

International Special Olympics Week: designate (H.J. Res. 248), 19132 [9JY]

Intravenous Substance Abuse and AIDS Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 3292), 24240 [16SE]

Jackson, MS, VA Medical Center: tribute to volunteer workers, 10867 [30AP]

James River Corp.: blood donor campaign, 23491 [7AU]

Just Say No to Drugs Week: designate (H.J. Res. 108), 2198 [29JA]

Juvenile Diabetes Foundation: walk-a-thon, 24916 [22SE]

Labor: establish system to identify, notify, and prevent illness among workers at occupational high risk (H.R. 162), 26942 [7OC]

———health and science programs (S. 1158), 23619 [9SE], 30603-30612 [3NO]

Law enforcement officers: public safety officers' disability benefits (H.R. 2674), 15640 [11JN]

Le Van Minh: humanitarian initiative for medical treatment in U.S, 13327 [21MY]

Lead poisoning: ceramic dinnerware, 3180 [5FE]

Long-term care: full protection for all ages of income, 35438 [11DE]

Los Angeles, CA: Free Clinic anniversary, 35007 [10DE]

LTV: bankruptcy and discontinuation of retirement benefits, 2008 [27JA], 2669 [3FE], 3886 [19FE], 4042 [24FE], 4947 [5MR], 5194 [10MR], 10848 [30AP]

Lupus Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 346), 21799 [30JY]

Maple Shade, NJ: school readathon contribution to Multiple Sclerosis Society, 14785 [4JN]

Maryland Physical Fitness Commission: commemorate, 13831 [27MY]

Meat and poultry: inspection, 25681 [29SE]

Medicaid: benefits for families with dependent children (H.R. 2627), 15109 [9JN]

———catastrophic protections for low-income elderly (H.R. 1711, 1760, 1761, 1762), 6592 [23MR]

———coverage of certain clinical specialists' services under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs (H.R. 2218), 10618 [29AP]

———deduction from physician payments amounts owed under certain education assistance programs (H.R. 2230), 10867 [30AP]

———prenatal care for low-income women, 1108 [8JA]

———retarded children, 32989 [19NO]

———social worker services (H.R. 1857), 7319 [30MR]

———State payment for coverage of persons below poverty level (H.R. 1760), 7317 [30MR]

———State payment for coverage of persons below poverty level (H.R. 1761), 7321 [30MR]

———State payment for coverage of persons below poverty level (H.R. 1762), 7311 [30MR]

———State payment for reservation of nursing home beds (H.R. 2153), 9684 [23AP]

———treatment of couple's income and resources relative to eligibility of an institutionalized spouse (H.R. 2131), 9666 [23AP]

———uniform eligibility and benefit levels (H.R. 1831), 7086 [26MR]

Medicaid Infant Mortality Act: enact (H.R. 1018), 2947 [4FE], 3167 [5FE]

Medicaid Residents' Dignity Act: enact (H.R. 2915), 19282 [9JY]

Medicaid-certified State Veterans Home assistance: support, 20785 [22JY]

Medical care: catastrophic illness insurance, 3447 [18FE]

———catastrophic illness insurance coverage for aged and handicapped, 3186, 3190, 3206 [5FE]

———catastrophic illness insurance for aged and handicapped (H.R. 1280), 4147 [26FE]

———catastrophic insurance for aged and handicapped, 4479 [3MR]

———education and training for States along the Mexican border (H.R. 1144), 3509 [19FE]

———establish programs to increase number of professional nurses (H.R. 3340), 25052 [23SE]

———funding, 4124 [25FE]

———long-term care, 16583 [17JN]

———national registry for donations of organs, 2013 [27JA]

———VA sharing of health care resources with Dept. of Defense (H.R. 1355), 4697 [3MR]

Medical computer system: effectiveness, 16092 [15JN]

Medical devices: John P. Shock, 28977 [22OC]

Medical professionals: appeal of adverse determinations by peer review organizations (H.R. 2058), 8647 [9AP]

Medicare: adult day care amendments (H.R. 550), 1063 [8JA]

———assistance to elderly in evaluating supplemental medical insurance policies (H.R. 2072), 10856 [30AP]

———benefit denial appeal hearings, 26745 [7OC]

———benefits (H.R. 3291), 29920 [29OC]

———catastrophic illness coverage, 25436 [29SE], 20658 [22JY]

———catastrophic illness coverage (H.R. 1245), 4049, 4050 [25FE], 4118, 4128 [25FE], 5514 [11MR]

———catastrophic illness coverage (H.R. 1280), 4443 [27FE]

———catastrophic illness coverage (H.R. 2941), 20658 [22JY], 20714, 21193 [27JY], 21560 [29JY], 27163 [9OC]

———catastrophic illness coverage (H.R. 2970), 20657 [22JY]

———change requirements for skilled nursing facilities (H.R. 2770), 17612 [25JN]

———community nursing and ambulatory care on a prepaid, capitated basis (H.R. 1161), 3894 [19FE]

———coverage for therapeutic shoes to individuals with severe diabetic foot disease (H.R. 2768), 17364 [24JN]

———coverage of annual pap smears and mammograms (H.R. 2482), 13313 [20MY]

———coverage of certain clinical specialists' services under the medicare and medicaid Programs (H.R. 2218), 10618 [29AP]

———coverage of mammogram (H.R. 2935), 30935 [4NO]

———coverage of screening mammography (H.R. 3573), 29712 [28OC]

———coverage of therapeutic footwear (H.R. 1325), 11018 [4MY]

———deduction from physician payments amounts owed under certain education assistance programs (H.R. 2230), 10867 [30AP]

———defrauding, 24031 [15SE]

———delay implementation of restrictions on use of periodic interim payment system (H.R. 2066), 8922 [9AP]

———demonstration projects for personal emergency response systems (H.R. 1038), 3204 [5FE]

———establish commission to study home health care benefits (H.R. 3787), 36079 [17DE]

———hearings for individuals appealing a denial of benefits, 25688 [30SE]

———improve access of beneficiaries to extended care services (H.R. 3802), 36671 [19DE]

———improve program (H.R. 2864), 19286 [9JY]

———information program to beneficiaries of certain coverages (H.R. 977), 3189 [5FE]

———mammograms, 28306, 28342-28344 [19OC]

———opposition to mandatory coverage of all State and local government employees (H. Con. Res. 142), 16427, 16428 [17JN]

———optional catastrophic illness coverage (H.R. 1182), 3467 [18FE]

———patient care policies, 5216 [10MR]

———payment to hospitals relative to capital-related costs (H.R. 2510), 13672 [21MY]

———payments for mental health services (H.R. 2886), 18718 [1JY]

———payments for prostate surgery, 21558 [29JY]

———premium increase, 24058 [16SE], 24681, 24691 [21SE]

———proposal to alter physician reimbursement, 2378 [29JA]

———reform (H.R. 678-680), 1801 [21JA]

———reform prospective payment system in rural hospitals, 17050 [23JN]

———require payments for physicians' services be made on an assignment-related basis (H.R. 1923), 7758 [2AP]

———revise certain conditions for benefits for a spouse in an institution (H.R. 1711), 8057, 8063-8065 [6AP]

———rural hospitals (H. Con. Res. 108), 9670, 9673 [23AP]

———services furnished by a clinical social worker in a health maintenance organization (H.R. 2738), 16970 [22JN]

———social worker services (H.R. 1857), 7319 [30MR]

———special educational program for beneficiaries (H.R. 977), 23665 [9SE]

———State and local government employees, 20109 [15JY]

———State payment for coverage of persons below poverty level (H.R. 1760), 8285 [7AP]

———State payment for coverage of persons below poverty level (H.R. 1760, 1762), 7321 [30MR]

———State payment for coverage of persons below poverty level (H.R. 1761), 8285 [7AP]

———State payment for coverage of persons below poverty level (H.R. 1762), 8285 [7AP]

———supplemental insurance, 17623 [25JN]

———victims of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (H.R. 276), 872 [7JA]

———voluntary private alternative coverage (H.R. 3548), 29213 [26OC]

Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act: enact (H.R. 1444), 4960, 4962 [5MR], 14170 [1JN], 14178 [2JN], 14179 [1JN], 14222 [2JN]

Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act: enact (H.R. 1245), 4106 [25FE]

———enact (H.R. 2970), 20737-20759 [22JY]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2470), 14797 [4JN], 17676-17690 [26JN], 18978 [8JY], 20714 [27JY], 20715, 20716, 20717, 20747, 20752 [23JY]-20761 [22JY], 20794, 20823 [22JY], 21054 [23JY], 21201 [27JY], 21568 [29JY], 22138 [3AU], 22344 [4AU], 23455 [7AU], 23886 [14SE], 25043 [23SE], 33197 [20NO], 36655 [19DE]

———enact (H.R. 2470), appointment of conferees, 34572 [9DE]

———enact (H.R. 2470), debate procedure, 17625 [25JN]

———enact (H.R. 2470), H.R. 2941 language passed in lieu, 20759 [22JY]

———enact (H.R. 2470), motion to recommit, 20759 [22JY]

———enact (H.R. 2941), 20717, 20732-20759 [22JY]

Medicare Diabetic Foot Disease Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 1325), 4446 [2MR]

Medicare HMO/CMP Quality Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 2675), 15632 [11JN]

Medicare Part A Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 1280), 4147 [26FE], 4433, 4436 [27FE]

Medicare Part B: premium increase, 26607 [6OC]

Medicare Part B Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 1281), 4147 [26FE], 4433, 4436 [27FE]

Medicare/medicaid: catastrophic insurance for aged and handicapped, 4932 [5MR]

Medicine: socialized care system, 35589 [14DE]

Meharry Medical College: tribute as World Health Organization Collaborating Center in Health Manpower Development, 928 [7JA]

Meinl, Margaret: death on street by hyperthermia, 3495 [19FE]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 144), 3274 [10FE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 76), 20315 [21JY]

Merck & Co.: eliminating river blindness, 30260 [29OC]

———tribute, 29514 [27OC]

Mercy (U.S.S.): tribute, 18977 [8JY]

Middle East Regional Cooperation Program: joint scientific projects with Israeli and Egyptian scientists, 34995 [10DE]

Mines and mineral resources: black lung benefits, 35753 [15DE]

Minorities: medical professions (H.R. 954), 3987 [25FE]

Narcotics: trafficking and drug abuse, 23432 [7AU]

National Academies of Practice: recognition (H.R. 3562), 29770 [28OC]

National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (H.J. Res. 268), 22761 [6AU]

National Adult Immunization Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 250), 10848 [30AP]

———designate (S.J. Res. 168), 28497 [20OC]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (S.J. Res. 15), 18090 [29JN]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 158), 9813 [27AP]

National Barrier Awareness Day: observance, 11727, 11732, 11741 [7MY]

National Bone Marrow Registry, 36490 [18DE]

National Burn Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 428), 35938 [16DE]

National Cancer Institute Month: designate (H.J. Res. 54), 1822 [21JA]

———designate (S.J. Res. 74), 7395 [31MR]

National Center for Biotechnology Information: establish (H.R. 393), 1766 [21JA]

National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: establish (H.R. 2881), 18599 [1JY], 22223, 22238 [4AU], 22249 [7AU], 22250 [4AU]

National Conference on Alcohol Abuse: meeting in Washington, DC, 31838, 31840 [13NO]

National CPR Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 208), 6942 [25MR]

National Diabetes Month: designate (H.J. Res. 254), 9653 [23AP]

———designate (S.J. Res. 44), 22766 [6AU]

National Digestive Disease Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 421), 34988 [10DE]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 67), 9813 [27AP]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (S.J. Res. 84), 25701 [30SE]

National Eye Donor Month: designate, 1555 [20JA]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (H.J. Res. 130), 2653 [3FE]

National Governors' Association: Focus on the First 60 Months report, 23448 [7AU]

National Hazardous Material Control and Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 895), 2206-2208 [29JA]

National Health Service Corps: revise and extend program (H.R. 1327), 23605 [9SE]

———revise and extend program (H.R. 1327), S. 1158 passed in lieu, 23627 [9SE]

———revise and extend program (H.R. 1327), technical corrections, 23627 [9SE]

National Home Care Week: designate (H.J. Res. 257), 9618 [23AP], 32141 [17NO]

———observance, 34086 [3DE]

National Home Health Care Week: designate (S.J. Res. 98), 32140 [17NO]

National Hospital Week: observance, 12749 [18MY]

National Know Your Cholesterol Week: designate (S.J. Res. 65), 5199 [10MR]

National Medical Research Day: designate (H.J. Res. 340), 20813 [22JY], 24941 [23SE], 25702 [30SE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 142), 25702 [30SE]

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 119), 2376 [29JA], 8306 [8AP]

National Nurses Week: observance, 11290 [5MY]

National Nursing Home Residents Day: observance, 9673 [23AP]

National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week: designate (H.J. Res. 422), 34986 [10DE]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 189), 5779 [17MR], 6147, 6148 [18MR]

———designate (S.J. Res. 89), 9288 [22AP]

———Representatives McMillan, Nagle and Vucanovich withdrawal of cosponsorship of H.J. Res. 189, 9288 [22AP]

National Organ Donor Week: observance, 10175 [28AP]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (H.J. Res. 127), 2488 [2FE], 9170 [21AP]

———designate (S.J. Res. 55), 10969 [4MY]

———observance, 12400 [13MY]

National Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 115), 2186 [28JA]

National Podiatric Medicine Week: designate (S.J. Res. 75), 18090 [29JN]

National Polio Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 253), 9653 [23AP]

National Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 335), 22759 [6AU], 23658 [9SE]

National School Lunch Program: extend (H.R. 1728), 8090-8094 [7AP]

National Sickle Cell Month: observance, 23892 [14SE]

National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 198), 28498 [20OC]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Act: amend (H.R. 3546), 29215 [26OC]

National Visiting Nurse Association Week: designate, 19067 [8JY]

National Voluntary Health Insurance Act: establish (H.R. 169), 30256 [29OC]

National Volunteer Week: observance, 10178 [28AP]

National Women's Health Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 246), 8911 [9AP]

Navy: completion of San Diego, CA, Naval Hospital, 36679 [19DE]

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 417), 34655 [9DE]

———observance, 12748 [18MY]

Newman, Paul: establishment of camp for critically ill children, 28349 [19OC]

Nicaragua: medical supplies, 27934 [14OC]

———social conditions, 21580 [30JY]

NIH: establish National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (H.R. 3361), 25685 [29SE]

———long-distance telephone calls for children, 6959 [26MR]

———OMB proposal to convert into private research center, 35821 [16DE]

———special research programs, 11276 [5MY]

Nonsmokers Health Protection Act: enact, 3328 [11FE]

———enact (H.R. 1008), 3195 [5FE]

Nuclear warfare: consequences, 14788 [4JN]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: amend (H.R. 1324), 4446 [2MR]

Nurses: shortage, 23493 [7AU]

———tribute, 11349 [6MY]

Nutrition: comprehensive program (H.R. 2151), 9662, 9668, 9685 [23AP]

———importance of a healthy diet, 32718 [18NO]

Obesity: reduction, 20852 [23JY]

Obstetric Care Information Act: enact (H.R. 461), 952 [7JA]

Occupational health and safety: hazards in the workplace (H.R. 3566), 29764 [28OC]

———notification of hazards in workplace (H.R. 2278), 11288 [5MY]

Occupational safety and health: system to identify, notify, and prevent illness among workers (H.R. 162), 3250, 3254 [10FE]

Ogilvie, David: tribute, 3198 [5FE]

Older Americans Act: establish program for home health services (H.R. 1626), 5731 [16MR]

———health care services in the home, 22861-22864 [6AU]

———State long-term care ombudsman programs (H.R. 2042), 8914, 8915 [9AP]

Older Americans Month: observance, 13685 [21MY]

Omnibus Health and Science Reauthorization Act: correct enrollment of S. 1158 (S. Con. Res. 85), conference report, 31376 [9NO]

Oregon Health Sciences University: tribute, 26952 [7OC]

Organ procurement: assistance to organizations (H.R. 3097), 29269, 29270 [27OC], 29271 [28OC]

OSHA: funding, 8268 [7AP]

Oxnard, CA: St. John's Regional Medical Center anniversary, 9178 [21AP]

Ozone layer: international negotiations to reduce chlorofluorocarbons (H. Con. Res. 47), 3492 [19FE]

Palm Bay, FL: Sertoma Club's promotion of Better Hearing and Speech Month, 10040 [27AP]

Palm-Aire Hotel and Spa: tribute, 31450 [9NO]

Pan American Health Organization: funding, 16725 [18JN]

———U.S. contribution, 16244, 16245 [16JN]

Parent Drug Awareness Act: enact (H.R. 3301), 24051 [15SE]

Parental and Medical Leave Act: enact (S. 249), 3234 [9FE]

Parkinson's disease: new treatment, 4715 [3MR]

Peace Corps Health Services Pilot Program: establish, 34715 [10DE]

Pensions: continuation of health insurance (H.R. 1072), 5271 [10MR]

Perrigo Co., Allegan County, MI: anniversary, 21063 [23JY]

Phoenix House rehabilitation center: tribute, 28176 [15OC]

Physical fitness: establish bone marrow registry, 11893 [11MY]

Physicians: comparability allowance (S. 1666), 27638-27641 [13OC]

———rates for certain surgical procedures, 19882 [15JY]

———reduce malpractice insurance, 19558 [13JY]

Poland: devastation of natural resources, 6707 [24MR]

———foreign assistance, 34722, 34763 [10DE]

Pollution: impact of ozone depletion, 14406 [2JN]

Postal Service: subject to certain provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (H.R. 1954), 8072 [6AP]

Poverty: childhood health and education programs, 28999 [22OC]

POW's: psychological trauma, 7731 [1AP]

Pregnant women: access to medical records (H.R. 461), 11302 [6MY]

Prescription Drug Marketing Act: enact (H.R. 1207), 10960-10964 [4MY], 15394 [10JN]

Preventive medicine: immunization of children, 34651 [9DE]

Product liability: standards and procedures, 2658 [3FE]

Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act: amend (H.R. 1075), 3244 [10FE]

Psychologists: pay for Public Health Service members (S. 1666), 27638-27641 [13OC]

Public buildings: restriction on smoking (H.R. 1008), 14108 [28MY]

Public Health Service Act: amend (H.R. 1279), 4959 [5MR]

———amend (H.R. 1609), 5665 [12MR], 8276, 8277 [7AP]

———assure minimum health benefits for all U.S. workers (S. 1265), 13665 [21MY]

———emergency medical services and trauma care (H.R. 3133), 29194 [26OC]

———enact (H.R. 273), 816 [6JA]

———establish academic centers of excellence in geriatric research and training (H.R. 3225), 23441, 23494 [7AU]

———minority medical education (H.R. 954), 20318 [21JY], 22236 [4AU]

———revise and extend authority of Administrator of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (H.R. 3187), 23430, 23479 [7AU]

———revise and extend programs (H.R. 3189), 27650, 27651 [13OC]

———revise program of assistance for health maintenance organizations (H.R. 3235), 30602 [3NO]

Public safety officers: protection from infectious diseases (H.R. 3418), 26349 [5OC]

Public welfare: problems, 34071 [3DE]

Radioactive pollution of the Atmosphere: radon gas contamination of housing, 6618 [24MR]

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: amend to ensure payment of benefits (H.R. 2167), 28352 [19OC], 31319, 31325-31329, 31394 [9NO]

———amend to ensure payment of benefits (H.R. 2167), technical corrections, 31395 [9NO]

———ensure payment of benefits (H.R. 2167), 9697 [23AP]

Republican Study Committee on Long-Term and Catastrophic Health Care: findings, 16327 [16JN]

Research: new weapon in the fight against cancer, 30937 [4NO]

Reserve Mining Co.: health and life insurance benefits for retirees, 10848 [30AP]

Respiratory Care Week: observance, 23882 [14SE]

Rheumatoid arthritis: potential for cure, 18691 [1JY]

Rochester, NY: Veterans' Outreach Center, Inc., 17972 [30JN]

Roslyn, NY: anniversary of St. Francis Hospital, 24916 [22SE]

Run to Daylight Day: designate (H.J. Res. 415), 34103 [4DE]

Rural areas: care (H.R. 2113), 9356 [22AP], 17607 [25JN]

———health care, 34411 [8DE]

———hospital care, 9681 [23AP]

———medical care (H.R. 2113), 9673 [23AP]

———Social Security payment for inpatient hospital services (H.R. 2114), 9670 [23AP]

———stabilize provisions (H.R. 1829), 6959 [26MR]

———stabilize provisions (H.R. 1830), 6959 [26MR]

Rush, Leslie: tribute, 3277 [10FE]

Sacramento Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion Program: tribute, 27729 [13OC]

Safety: occupational and environmental hazards, 11283 [5MY]

Samaritans of Cape Cod: anniversary, 30921 [4NO]

San Mateo County, CA: acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemic, 20824 [22JY]

Science: hospital-based risk management programs, 21582 [30JY]

Selective Service System: registration of persons with medical skills (H.R. 913), 3207 [5FE]

Senior Care Action Network: tribute, 3467 [18FE]

Services academies: eligibility for benefits for certain cadets and midshipmen (H.R. 3485), 27943 [14OC]

Services administration: children, 35927 [16DE]

Shreveport, LA: Overton Brooks VA Medical Center, 18399 [30JN]

Small business: forced expansion of employees' benefits, 15498 [11JN]

Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc.: ``Because We Care'' campaign, 32716 [18NO]

Smoking: airline flight regulation, 19496 [14JY]

———blacks as advertising target, 26403 [5OC]

———Consumer Product Safety Act jurisdiction, 13309 [20MY]

———health hazard, 21380 [28JY], 22690 [5AU]

———tobacco industry advertising, 11584 [6MY]

———remove special treatment accorded products under the Consumer Product Safety Act (H.R. 2376), 18977 [8JY], 23683 [9SE]

———restrictions within Government buildings (H.R. 1008), 2681 [4FE], 3195 [5FE]

———restrictions within public buildings, 3463, 3464 [18FE]

———use of broadcasters to educate public about health hazards (H.J. Res. 271), 11728 [7MY]

Social conditions: problems in Texas, 34277-34286 [7DE]

Social Security: 24-hour, 7-day nursing service (H.R. 3543), 28998, 29013 [22OC]

———amend relative to treatment of small rural hospitals and sole community hospitals (H.R. 1787), 14242 [2JN]

———budget reconciliation relative to medicaid and part B of medicare (H.R. 3188), 23416 [7AU]

———comprehensive catastrophic illness benefits through prepaid plans (H.R. 65), 10285 [28AP]

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (H.R. 1917), 9660 [23AP]

———disability insurance benefits, 2670 [3FE]

———disability payments during administrative appeal of termination of benefits (H.R. 2174), 10028 [27AP]

———due process and equity under Peer Review Program (H.R. 2116), 9356 [22AP], 9670 [23AP], 17607 [25JN], 30268 [29OC]

———extend coverage, correct anomalies in payment provisions, make adjustments in disability offset, and make management improvements (H.R. 2660), 15653 [12JN]

———extended care through swing beds in certain rural hospitals (H.R. 2115), 17607 [25JN]

———extended care through swing-beds in certain rural hospitals (H.R. 2115), 9356 [22AP], 9670, 9673 [23AP]

———home health care (H.R. 3451), 26952 [7OC]

———home health services (H.R. 2070), 9007 [10AP]

———increases in primary insurance amounts (H.R. 1026), 26247 [1OC]

———long-term care benefits under medicare (H.R. 1776), 6725, 6726 [25MR]

———loss of disability benefits, 35014 [11DE]

———medical assistance to individuals with certain family income standards (H.R. 3580), 30256 [29OC]

———medicare and medicaid coverage, 4790 [4MR]

———medicare catastrophic illness coverage (H.R. 1245), 4443 [27FE]

———medigap insurance policies (H.R. 3490), 29677 [28OC]

———patients' rights in long-term care facilities (H.R. 1883), 7593 [31MR]

———payment for inpatient services in rural hospitals (H.R. 2114), 9356 [22AP], 9670, 9673 [23AP], 17607 [25JN]

———procedures for disability determinations (H.R. 2117), 9654 [23AP]

———prohibit false advertising or misuse of names in reference to the Social Security Administration, the Health Care Financing Administration, and their programs (H.R. 3518), 28539 [20OC], 29011 [22OC]

———protection under medicare and medicaid programs against acute and transitional care costs (H.R. 1930), 7869 [2AP]

———reduction of benefits, 35586 [14DE]

———require periodic competency certification of physicians (H.R. 3231), 23062 [7AU]

———services for medically uninsured (H.R. 1182), 3467 [18FE]

———solvency of trust funds, 11354 [6MY]

———support for hospitals in meeting indigent care costs (H.R. 3128), 22571 [5AU]

Social Security Act: amend title XVIII (H.R. 2470), 14554 [3JN]

———amend title XVIII (H.R. 2470), 13832 [27MY]

Sokurenko, Anatoly: psychiatric treatment in Soviet Union, 25654 [29SE]

Solomon, Sharon E.: humanitarian activities, 32966 [19NO]

Soviet Union: allegations of U.S.-induced acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemic, 12556 [14MY]

———cleanup of environmental problems in Eastern Europe, 11735 [7MY]

———disinformation relative to acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemic, 27634 [13OC]

Sports: steroid use, 3447 [18FE]

St. Cloud, MI: acquired immune deficiency syndrome education, 24472 [17SE]

St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Youngstown, OH: tribute, 18109 [29JN]

St. Francis Medical Center: tribute, 5516 [11MR]

State and local governments: medicare coverage for employees, 20109 [15JY]

State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program Advocacy Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 2042), 8914, 8915 [9AP]

States: Federal funds for professional medical liability programs (H.R. 1372), 4701 [3MR]

———nondiscrimination in medical licensure and medical reciprocity standards (H.R. 3241), 34575 [9DE]

Supreme Court: effects of School Board of Nassau County v. Arline decision, 4788 [4MR]

Surgeon General's Report on AIDS: distribution, 13673 [21MY]

Taxation: care expenses for dependent with Alzheimer's disease (H.R. 2979), 20604 [21JY]

———credit for amounts contributed to health care savings accounts (H.R. 955), 14207 [2JN]

———credit for contributions to medical care savings account (H.R. 955), 2720 [4FE]

———deduction for health insurance costs (H.R. 3065), 22161 [3AU], 23417 [7AU]

———excise tax on an employer's cost of providing medical benefits to his employees (H.R. 3128), 22571 [5AU]

———interest on health insurance indebtedness (H.R. 3778), 36504 [18DE]

———payment of long-term care insurance premiums (H.R. 2997), 27163 [9OC]

———payment of long-term care insurance premiums (H.R. 2998), 27163 [9OC]

———uniform treatment of employer-provided health care benefits for retired (H.R. 2860), 18684, 18686 [1JY]

Texas: establish new VA medical facility (H.R. 3752), 35448 [11DE]

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend to assist States in responding to the threat to human health posed by exposure to radon (H.R. 1697), 6220 [18MR]

Transportation: drug and alcohol testing of key professionals, 6913 [25MR]

Trauma Care and Emergency Medical Services Planning and Development Act: enact, 23393 [7AU]

Treatment Centers Month: designate, 14046 [28MY]

Tyler, TX: New Medico Rehabilitation Center opening, 29753 [28OC]

U.S. Army Medical Humanitarian Mobile Training Team Program: commend, 23682 [9SE]

U.S. Health Service: establish (H.R. 2402), 12409 [13MY]

U.S.-Mexico Border Health Education and Training Act: enact (H.R. 1144), 3509 [19FE]

United Cerebral Palsy: tribute, 24023 [15SE]

United Nations: child labor abuses, 34724 [10DE]

University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School: tribute, 3332 [11FE]

University of Miami: dedication of paralysis laboratory, 7730 [1AP]

University of Texas: Cancer Research Center dedication, 8346 [8AP]

VA: awards program for outstanding accomplishments in vocational rehabilitation and counseling, 24253 [16SE]

———child day care services to employees of medical centers (H.R. 3409), 26610 [6OC]

———Decentralized Hospital Computer Program, 17904 [26JN], 21558 [29JY], 22130, 22132 [3AU], 23453 [7AU], 24462 [17SE], 24896 [22SE]

———eliminate requirement that community-based veteran centers be moved to VA medical facilities and set procedures governing any such closures or moves (H.R. 3236), 23467 [7AU]

———excellence of health care, 26045 [1OC]

———health care programs (H.R. 2616), 17968-17972 [29JN], 18235 [30JN], 18399 [30JN], 19828 [14JY]

———health care services in Marina, CA, Outreach Center (H.R. 2526), 13815 [27MY]

———hospital provision of quality and compassionate care, 23657 [9SE]

———improve health care programs (H.R. 3449), 28306 [19OC], 28310 [20OC]-28319 [19OC]

———medical computer system, 14592 [3JN], 14799 [4JN], 14924 [8JN], 15111 [9JN], 15385 [10JN], 16335 [16JN], 16585 [17JN], 16805 [19JN], 17596 [25JN], 18101 [29JN], 18721 [1JY], 19067 [8JY], 20825 [22JY]

———medical examinations and counseling for volunteer support personnel who served in Vietnam (H.R. 2285), 11301 [6MY]

———opposition to budget reductions (H. Con. Res. 27), 4482-4487 [3MR], 4488 [5MR]

———services for women veterans, 7742 [1AP]

———Washington, DC, Medical Center evaluation, 28546 [20OC]

VA Assistant Inspector General for Health Care Quality Assurance Review Act: enact (S. 1444), 21583-21590 [30JY]

VA medical computer: replacement, 19816 [14JY]

Veterans: agent orange update, 26247 [1OC]

———budget reduction in programs, 8083 [7AP]

———eligibility for beneficiary travel benefits to VA medical facilities (H.R. 2327), 11892 [11MY], 17972-17977 [29JN], 18235 [30JN], 18397, 18399 [30JN], 31714 [10NO]

———establish benefits for disease victims of ionizing radiation (H.R. 1811), 6728 [25MR], 21305-21310 [28JY]

———health problems associated with exposure to agent orange, 32972 [19NO]

———medical care, 3241 [10FE]

———national salute to hospitalized, 3267 [10FE]

———post-traumatic stress disorder, 22138 [3AU]

———prescribe certain presumptions relative to service in Vietnam (H.R. 3486), 31715 [10NO]

———reimbursement rate to State nursing homes and hospitals, 5779 [17MR]

———settlement of agent orange claims, 1820 [21JA]

———tax credit for home-based care (H.R. 616), 1547 [20JA]

Vietnam veterans: VA coverage for post-traumatic stress disorders (H.R. 38), 6595 [23MR]

Volunteer Service Promotion Act: enact (H.R. 907), 4078 [25FE]

Volunteer workers: President's Citation Progran for Private Sector Initiatives, 24471 [17SE]

Warren, OH: Children's Rehabilitation Center, 21406 [28JY]

Water: Dept. of Defense contract with UNIVOX, 11930 [11MY]

Water Quality Act: carcinogens, 2511 [3FE]

Wesley Homes, Inc.: tribute, 2494 [2FE]

West Contra Costa Community Health Care Corp.: tribute, 11290 [5MY]

WHO: efforts to combat acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemic, 9332 [22AP]

WIC: funding, 25920 [30SE]

WIC Special Supplemental Food Program: anemia among enrolled children, 27738 [13OC]

Women: breast cancer treatment alternatives, 1804 [21JA]

———certified nurse-midwives, 26220 [1OC]

World Health Day: designate (H.J. Res. 125), 2492 [2FE]

World Health Week: designate (H.J. Res. 125), 2492 [5FE]

Youngstown, OH: tribute to St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, 18109 [29JN]

Youth: establish adolescent health services demonstration projects (H.R. 1609), 8276 [7AP]

———reauthorizing child survival fund, 5551 [12MR]

———teenage pregnancy, 22327 [4AU], 30248 [29OC]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: deny tax-exempt status to certain organizations (S. 264), 4368 [26FE]

———effects on those involved, 33973 [3DE]

———informed consent from patient, 20270 [17JY], 21026 [23JY], 21153 [24JY], 21535 [29JY], 21781 [30JY], 21936 [31JY], 22980 [6AU], 23344 [7AU], 23776 [10SE], 24017 [15SE], 24229 [16SE], 24560 [18SE], 24798 [22SE], 25034 [23SE], 25206 [24SE], 25896 [30SE], 26196 [1OC], 26345 [2OC], 26923 [7OC], 27319 [9OC], 27826 [14OC], 28443 [20OC], 28759 [21OC], 28993 [22OC], 29190 [23OC], 29483 [27OC], 29658 [28OC], 29897 [29OC], 30787 [4NO], 31159 [5NO], 31558 [10NO], 31836 [12NO], 33171 [20NO], 34559 [9DE], 34980 [10DE]

———informed consent from patient (S. 272), 737 [6JA], 20597 [21JY], 21273 [28JY], 22042 [3AU], 22216 [4AU], 22451 [5AU], 23582 [9SE], 23860 [11SE], 24453 [17SE], 25335 [25SE], 25648 [29SE], 26594 [6OC], 27135 [8OC], 27454 [13OC], 28145 [15OC], 28300 [16OC], 30370 [30OC], 30572 [3NO], 31235 [6NO], 31909 [13NO], 32060 [17NO], 32619 [18NO], 32860 [19NO], 33171 [20NO], 33269 [30NO], 33538 [1DE], 33659 [2DE], 33966 [3DE], 34241 [4DE], 34343 [8DE], 36019 [17DE], 36240 [18DE]

———informed consent from patient (S. 273), 737 [6JA], 2110 [28JA], 7927, 7928 [3AP], 21273 [28JY], 22042 [3AU], 22216 [4AU], 23582 [9SE], 23860 [11SE], 26594 [6OC], 27454 [13OC], 28145 [15OC], 28300 [16OC], 30370 [30OC], 30572 [3NO], 31235 [6NO], 31909 [13NO], 32060 [17NO], 32619 [18NO], 32860 [19NO], 33171 [20NO], 33269 [30NO], 33538 [1DE], 33659 [2DE], 33966 [3DE], 34241 [4DE], 34343 [8DE], 36019 [17DE], 36240 [18DE]

———prohibit use of Federal funds (S. 1242), 13240 [20MY]

———situation in clinics, 32857 [19NO]

Access to Health Insurance for Medically Uninsurable Individuals Act: enact (S. 1634), 23215, 23218 [7AU]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: Code of Federal Regulations, 14284 [2JN]

———confidential testing of persons convicted for drug and sex offenses (S. 977), 8773 [9AP]

———epidemic, 7929-7932 [3AP], 14507 [3JN], 16826, 16827 [19JN], 19452 [10JY], 34223 [4DE], 34552 [9DE]

———epidemic (S. 1352), 15205-15208 [10JN]

———epidemic (S. Res. 184), 7934 [3AP], 8023, 8054 [6AP], 8879 [9AP]

———establish congressional advisory panel (S. 613), 4337-4339 [26FE]

———establish grant program for counseling and testing services (S. 1575), 29183 [23OC]

———funding, 13451-13479, 13485-13488 [21MY], 14113 [29MY]

———funding research and education programs (S. 24), 20268 [17JY]

———medical policy, 23938 [15SE]

———medicare coverage (S. 24), 20268 [17JY]

———national commitment (S. Res. 190), 8944-8949 [10AP]

———Reagan administration policy, 9794 [27AP]

———system of cost sharing for health care and uncompensated care for uninsured, 614 [6JA]

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Act: enact (S. 1374), 16171-16179 [16JN], 16363 [17JN]

Aeronautics: cigarette smoking on scheduled flights, 29801, 29812 [29OC]

Afghanistan: Cooper Hospital health care for freedom fighters, 25649 [29SE]

Aged: community care preventive health services (S. 1241), 13238 [20MY]

———cost of living adjustments for medicaid eligible individuals residing in long-term care facilities (S. 1744), 26331 [2OC]

———coverage of catastrophic illness, 2525 [3FE]

———financing of long-term care, 24555 [18SE]

———funding for Meals-on-Wheels program, 14128, 14129 [29MY]

———insure continued access to quality health care, 6503 [20MR]

———medicare and medicaid coverage of gerontological clinical nurse specialist services (S. 126), 570 [6JA]

———therapeutic value of pets for elderly and disabled, 32565 [18NO]

Aged and handicapped: catastrophic health insurance coverage (S. 210), 637 [6JA]

Agent orange: health effects, 2862, 2877, 2885 [4FE]

Agriculture: technologies in food safety and animal health (S. 1561), 21524-21526 [29JY]

AIDS Federal Policy Act: enact (S. 1575), 21903, 21907, 21908 [31JY], 29183 [23OC]

Air pollution: indoor, 5011 [6MR]

———international negotiations on standards for protection of the stratosphere, 3693 [19FE]

Aliens: human immunodeficiency virus testing, 25085 [24SE]

Alzheimer's disease: clinical trials on use of certain drugs (S. 997), 8800 [9AP]

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Home and Community Based Services Block Grant Act: enact (S. 81), 542 [6JA]

Animal feed: prohibit use of subtherapeutic doses of penicillin, chlortetracycline, and oxytetracycline (S. 680), 5047 [6MR]

Animals: therapeutic value of pets for elderly and disabled, 32565 [18NO]

Appropriations: cooperative medical research, 25010-25015 [23SE]

Armed Forces: appointment of Surgeon Generals (S. 159), 604 [6JA]

———establish fees for outpatient medical care (S. Con. Res. 35), 6120 [18MR], 12999 [19MY]

———suits for negligent medical care (S. 347), 1566 [21JA]

Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act: funds for school buildings (S.J. Res. 54), 3797 [19FE]

———loans to complete abatement work in schools (S.J. Res. 54), 4404 [26FE]

Baltimore, MD: Regional Burn Center, Francis Scott Key Medical Center, tribute, 14372 [2JN]

———St. Agnes Hospital anniversary, 12327 [13MY]

Bankruptcy: protection of certain pension and health insurance (S. 903), 7852 [2AP], 8951 [10AP]

Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 224), 24568 [18SE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 48), 3130 [5FE]

Biomedical literature: preservation, 8994 [10AP]

Burrell Center, Springfield, MO: recognize, 18965 [8JY]

Catastrophic illness: Federal aid, 3140 [5FE]

Centers of Excellence in Geriatric Research and Training Act: enact (S. 1112), 10353 [29AP]

Central City, IA: river blindness fund raising, 36231 [18DE]

CHAMPUS: coverage of certain health care expenses of members of uniformed services not payable under medicare (S. 166), 608 [6JA]

———funding, 13894, 13897, 13898 [28MY]

Chemicals: cancel the registration of certain cyclodienes (S. 1427), 17576 [25JN], 20586 [21JY]

Child Care Services Improvement Act: enact (S. 1678), 37905 [21DE]

Child Health Incentives Reform Plan: enact (S. 968), 8764-8766 [9AP]

Children: financial reimbursement to military families for sudden infant death syndrome detection, 24376, 24377 [17SE]

———health insurance coverage for disabled adopted (S. Con. Res. 95), 37835 [21DE]

———health insurance coverage for disabled (S. Con. Res. 6), 777 [6JA]

———infant mortality rate, 3153 [5FE], 9157 [21AP]

———infant mortality (S. 1441), 17845-17847 [26JN], 22898 [6AU]

———medical assistance to chronically ill and disabled (S. 1740), 26168-26170 [1OC]

———parental medical leave (S. 249), 8952 [10AP]

———quality physical education programs in schools (H. Con. Res. 97), 35261-35263 [11DE]

———quality physical education programs in schools (S. Con. Res. 43), 31165 [5NO], 36189 [18DE]

Clean Air Act: amend, 24138 [16SE]

———establish requirements for areas that have not attained health-protective air quality standards, set new deadlines, and delay sanctions (S. 1351), 15416 [11JN]

Clean Air Standards Attainment Act: enact, 36630 [19DE]

Clean Water Act: amend (S. 1), 2153 [28JA]

Cleveland, OH: Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association activities, 30569 [3NO]

Coal Trade Equalization Act: enact (S. 1092), 9738 [24AP]

Commission for the Amelioration of Parkinsonism: establish (S. 1072), 9252 [22AP]

Committee on Aging (Special): hearing in Alabama, 8403 [8AP]

Commodity Distribution Program Reform Act: enact (S. 236), 684 [6JA]

Compassionate Pain Relief Act: enact (S. 143), 583 [6JA]

Comprehensive Drug Law Enforcement, Prevention, and Treatment Act: enact (S. 17), 434 [6JA]

Consumers: medicare supplemental policy warning (S. 921), 8025 [6AP]

Courts: liability reform, 15449 [11JN]

DAV: transportation network, 31894 [13NO]

Defense contractors: liability arising from nuclear weapons testing (S. 478), 2924 [4FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: poultry inspection procedures, 7171 [27MR]

Dept. of Defense: constructive service credit for specialty nurses (S. 160), 604 [6JA]

———incentive pay for specialty nurses assigned to remote locations (S. 160), 604 [6JA]

———medical benefits, 1567 [21JA]

———military health delivery system, 21931 [31JY]

———San Francisco, CA, lease for acquired immune deficiency syndrome clinic, 25514-25521 [29SE]

———special pay military psychologists (S. 165), 608 [6JA]

———transportation of certain VA beneficiaries on aeromedical aircraft, 25074-25076 [24SE]

Dept. of Education: establish Office of Comprehensive School Health Education (S. 1348), 15138 [10JN]

Dept. of HHS: determine appropriate regulatory classification of transitional devices of medical device amendments (S. 1808), 28974 [22OC]

———revise and extend authority of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (S. 1943), 35294 [11DE]

Diabetes Foot Disease Prevention Act: enact (S. 618), 4343, 4345 [26FE]

Diseases: Block Grant Program (S. 1579), 21916 [31JY]

———care cost, 31067 [5NO]

———rheumatoid arthritis, 18517 [1JY]

District of Columbia: abortion funding, 25788-25795 [30SE]

———acquired immune deficiency syndrome tests, 25796, 25798-25814 [30SE]

———acquired immune deficiency syndrome tests for insurance, 26197 [1OC]

District of Columbia Commission on Mental Health: psychiatric nurse practioners and nurses (S. 144), 594 [6JA]

Drug abuse: appropriations for emergency treatment and rehabilitation (S. 409), 2321 [29JA]

———effectiveness of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act, 31259 [6NO]

———funds for rehabilitation and treatment centers, 8523 [8AP]

———respite homes for abandoned infants in hospitals (S. 945), 8475 [8AP], 22353-22360 [5AU]

———testing of Federal employees, 18472 [1JY]

Drug industry: ban reimportation, restrict drug samples, and ban certain resales by hospitals (S. 368), 1640-1642 [21JA]

———development of the drug Mectizan as a treatment for river blindness, 33660 [2DE]

———treatment of river blindness with new drug called Mectizan, 34249 [4DE]

Drugs: immunosuppressive drug therapy block grant (S. 1862), 31818 [12NO]

Ecology: stratospheric ozone depletion, 14627 [4JN]

Education: clarification of graduate programs in clinical psychology (S. 152), 597 [6JA]

———eligibility of graduate students in psychology for student loans (S. 163), 606 [6JA]

———reauthorizing program of assistance to disadvantaged children (S. 373), 33337-33465 [1DE], 34221 [4DE]

———reauthorizing program of assistance to disadvantaged children (S. 373), indefinitely postponed, 33481 [1DE]

Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Improvement Act: enact (S. 10), 404 [6JA]

———enact (S.10), 415 [6JA]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (S.J. Res. 148), 14155 [29MY], 24569 [18SE]

Employee Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act: enact (S. 1726), 25623 [29SE]

EPA: funding for asbestos abatement programs in schools (H.J. Res. 153), 4570 [3MR]

———funding for asbestos abatement programs in schools (H.J. Res. 153), place on calendar, 4407 [26FE]

Excellence in Minority Health Education and Care Act: enact (S. 769), 6105-6107 [18MR], 20501 [21JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: assure minimum health benefits for all U.S. workers (S. 1265), 13576, 13583 [21MY]

Families: care management to certain children and health care to children with high cost catastrophic health care needs (S. 1537), 20996 [23JY]

Fast Food Ingredient Information Act: enact (S. 1325), 14692 [4JN]

Federal aid programs: grants to States for dependent care (S. 222), 14350, 14363 [2JN]

———monitor, 9750 [24AP]

Federal Building Asbestos Hazard Abatement Act: enact (S. 981), 8775 [9AP]

Federal employees: long-term health care insurance (S. 1738), 25876 [30SE]

Federal Employees Health Care Freedom-of-Choice Act: enact (S. 1162), 11620 [7MY]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: authority of local governments (S. 1524), 20639 [22JY]

FEMA: management of Community Action Agencies, 28066 [15OC]

Fluorocarbons: negotiations on standards for protection of the stratosphere, 3693 [19FE]

Food Irradiation Safety Act: enact (S. 461), 6590 [23MR]

Foreign Assistance Act: authorizing appropriations for Child Survival Fund (S. 750), 5924 [17MR]

Freehold, NJ: medical treatment for Afghan resistance fighter Rahimdad, 7567 [31MR]

Gasoline: labeling of benzene levels (S. 1724), 25419 [28SE]

Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 122), 11109 [5MY], 15100 [9JN]

Geriatrics: nursing school grants for training (S. 731), 5612 [12MR]

Great American Smokeout: education as means of modifying smoking behavior, 32035 [17NO]

———observance, 32620 [18NO]

Ground Water Safety Act: enact (S. 1419), 17316-17322, 17326 [24JN], 17592 [25JN]

Groundwater: national research program (S. 1105), 10121-10126 [28AP]

———protection through State standards (S. 20), 10163 [28AP]

Handicapped: assistive device resource centers (S. 1586), 22032, 22034 [3AU]

———funding for services, 13906 [28MY]

———Supreme Court decision on protection of rights, 4656 [3MR]

Hazardous substances: develop standards for notification of individuals exposed (S. 638), 4609 [3MR]

Head Injury Month: observance, 30788 [4NO]

Headache Foundation: tribute, 12542 [14MY]

Health: care access, 20590 [21JY]

———comprehensive nutrition program (S. 1081), 9429 [23AP]

Health Care Innovation Act: enact (S. 897), 7643-7645 [1AP]

Health Care Protection Act: enact (S. 155), 598 [6JA]

Health Care Services in the Home Act: enact (S. 1206), 12497-12499 [14MY]

Health insurance: proposed mandatory coverage by employers, 3818 [19FE]

Health maintenance organizations: services of clinical social workers (S. 153), 597 [6JA]

Hemochromatosis Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 45), 2927 [4FE]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: enact (S. 79), 536, 540 [6JA], 3146 [5FE]

Home and Preventive Health Services for Older Americans Act: enact (S. 1115), 10645 [30AP]

Home Health Care Training Extension Act: enact (S. 1205), 12497-12499 [14MY]

Home Health Services Demonstration Grants Act: enact (S. 1204), 12497-12499 [14MY]

Homecare Quality Assurance Act: enact (S. 1166), 11622 [7MY]

Homeless: improve nutrition (S. 728), 5605, 5646 [12MR]

———VA acquired immunity deficiency patient care, 8721 [9AP]

———VA nurses, 8721 [9AP]

Housing and Community Development Act: congregate housing service program, 7452 [31MR]

Humanitarian assistance: extend set-aside of ships involved in world health care (S. 1281), 13933 [28MY]

Hunger: establish food bank nutrition projects (S. 1483), 19415 [10JY]

Improved Nuclear Standards Act: enact (S. 100), 564 [6JA]

Indian Child Welfare Act: amend (S. 1976), 36601-36608 [19DE]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: authorize and amend (S. 129), 24017 [15SE]

Indian Health Service: staff recruitment and retention (S. 1475), 19247 [9JY], 32598, 32601 [18NO]

Indians: health and housing standards on reservations, 1882 [22JA]

———health promotion and disease prevention services (S. 1509), 20523 [21JY]

———prevention and treatment of alcohol and substance abuse, 35245 [11DE]

Indoor Air Quality Act: enact (S. 1629), 23206, 23212 [7AU]

Insurance: catastrophic illness, 29794 [29OC]

International Special Olympics Week: designate, 6137 [18MR]

Kentucky: blindness prevention project, 17331 [24JN]

KIDS, Inc.: tribute, 21710 [30JY]

Labor: health and science programs (S. 1158), 11539 [6MY], 20651 [22JY], 20942, 20946-20949 [23JY], 21073 [24JY], 29341-29343 [27OC], 30324 [30OC]

Lieber Prize: award to Benjamin S. Bunney, 24203 [16SE]

Los Angeles, CA,: Free Clinic anniversary, 34458 [9DE]

Louisiana State University: funding for the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 18469 [1JY]

Lupus Awareness Month: observance, 26316 [2OC], 30337 [30OC]

Mayo Clinic: tribute, 1414 [16JA]

Medicaid: establish more uniform eligibility and benefit levels for program and provide greater Federal financial responsibility (S. 862), 7055 [26MR]

———quality nursing care (S. 1108), 10345 [29AP]

———welfare of spouses of institutionalized persons (S. 598), 6015 [18MR]

———welfare of spouses of institutionalized persons (S. 776), 6112 [18MR]

Medicaid Catastrophic Coverage for Children Act: enact (S. 1283), 13942 [28MY]

Medicaid Community Spouse Protection Act: enact (S. 598), 4321, 4323 [26FE], 6015 [18MR], 7072 [26MR]

Medicaid Community Spouse Safety Net Act: enact (S. 776), 14348 [2JN]

Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act: enact (S. 1673), 23754, 23764-23769 [10SE]

Medicaid Risk-Based Health Care Act: enact (S. 1915), 33951 [3DE]

Medical care: grants for programs to identify and aid individuals exposed to diethylstilbestrol (S. 169), 610 [6JA]

———long-term care, 23164 [7AU]

———mithramycin to treat chronic granulocytic leukemia, 2771 [4FE]

Medical personnel: authority for direct payment or reimbursement to clinical social workers (S. 156), 602 [6JA]

Medical testing: accuracy, 31544 [10NO]

Medicare: access to care, 20590 [21JY]

———access to FDA-approved technologies (S. 897), 7643-7645 [1AP]

———adult day health care (S. 1839), 30556-30558 [3NO]

———clinical social worker services (S. 127), 571 [6JA]

———community nursing and ambulatory care on prepaid, capitated basis (S. 1003), 8820 [9AP]

———community nursing and ambulatory care on prepaid, capitated basis (S. 1010), 8967 [10AP]

———costs for inpatient services at rural hospitals (S. 1768), 26911 [7OC]

———coverage of clinical social worker services (S. 168), 609 [6JA]

———coverage for daily home health services (S. 961), 8494 [8AP], 8953 [10AP]

———coverage for extended care services (S. 775), 6112 [18MR]

———coverage for routine mammograms (S. 1161), 11620 [7MY]

———coverage of influenza vaccine and its administration (S. 1044), 9133 [21AP]

———extended care coverage (S. 283), 750 [6JA]

———Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund grants for small rural hospitals to provide cost-effective services (S. 1207), 12499 [14MY]

———home care benefits (S. 1616), 22946 [6AU]

———hospice psychologist services (S. 97), 563 [6JA]

———hospital reimbursement policy (S. 1548), 21130 [24JY]

———inpatient payments (S. Con. Res. 15), 3134 [5FE]

———long-term care for elderly, 25648 [29SE]

———method for evaluation of pediatric heart transplant facilities (S. 1450), 18186 [30JN]

———nurse-midwife services (S. 124), 570 [6JA]

———payment methodology for physicians' services (S. Con. Res. 56), 10929 [1MY]

———physician payment plan, 5645 [12MR]

———prescription drugs, 31565 [10NO]

———prospective payment system for hospital-based physicians, 3921 [23FE]

———protect beneficiaries with risk-sharing contract (S. 1582), 22026, 22027, 22028 [3AU]

———psychologist services (S. 123), 569 [6JA]

———quality nursing care (S. 1108), 10345 [29AP]

———rates for health plans (S. 1734), 25815, 25869 [30SE]

———rural hospitals, 11406-11408 [6MY]

———services by psychiatric nurses (S. 96), 562 [6JA]

———supplemental policy warning (S. 921), 8025 [6AP]

———waive late enrollment penalty for disabled individuals covered under spouses's private employment-related health insurance (S. 176), 611 [6JA]

———waive waiting period in certain cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (S. 24), 447 [6JA]

———welfare of spouses of institutionalized persons (S. 598), 7072 [26MR]

Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act: enact (H.R. 1444), S. 661 passed in lieu, 20923 [23JY]

Medicare and medicaid programs: funding, 11443 [6MY]

Medicare Appeals Rights Preservation Act: enact (S. 1857), 31228-31231 [6NO]

Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act: enact (S. 592), 4164, 4297-4302, 4404, 4406 [26FE], 5138 [10MR], 8053 [6AP]

Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act: enact (S. 1127), 11078-11080, 11088-11094 [5MY], 21957 [3AU], 22181 [4AU], 22418 [5AU], 23189 [7AU], 26300 [2OC], 26817 [7OC], 27259, 27260 [9OC], 27347-27361 [13OC], 28182 [16OC], 29132-29134 [23OC], 29314-29340, 29343-29435 [27OC], 29634, 29636, 29639-29641 [28OC], 29899-29901 [29OC]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2470), 29414 [27OC], 30805 [4NO]

Medicare Home Health Services Improvement Act: enact (S. 1076), 9257, 9267 [22AP]

Medicare Part C—Catastrophic Health Insurance Act: enact (S. 454), 2751 [4FE]

Medicare Private Health Plan Capitation Improvement Act: enact (S. 1734), 25815, 25869 [30SE]

Medicare-Eligible Veterans Health Care Financial Assistance Act: enact (S. 603), 4323, 4324 [26FE]

Meiman, Inna: exit visa for medical treatment in the West, 1363 [14JA]

Mental health: awarding of Lieber Prize for outstanding achievement, 24203 [16SE]

Mental Health Month: observance, 13637 [21MY]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 76), 4632 [3MR], 14705 [4JN]

Mentally handicapped: assistance, 2313 [29JA]

Mexico-U.S. Border Health Education and Training Act: enact (S. 672), 5026 [6MR]

Micronesia: donation of medical equipment equipment and supplies, 19454 [10JY]

Minority Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Awareness and Prevention Projects Act: enact (S. 1872), 32041, 32042 [17NO]

National Academies of Practice: charter (S. 104), 567 [6JA]

National Adult Immunization Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 168), 17857 [26JN], 26595 [6OC]

National AIDS Awareness and Prevention Month: designate (S.J. Res. 192), 25419 [28SE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 192), indefinitely postponed, 30574 [3NO]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (S.J. Res. 15), 14831 [5JN]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 127), 12020 [12MY]

National Biotechnology Information Act: enact (S. 1354), 15454 [11JN]

National Burn Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 210), 30351 [30OC], 36007 [17DE]

National Cancer Institute 50th Anniversary Month: designate, 3944 [23FE]

National Cancer Institute Month: designate (S.J. Res. 74), 4631 [3MR]

National Center for Pediatric Emergency Medical Services: establish (S. 1488), 19780, 19781 [14JY]

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act: amend (S. 1907), 33505 [1DE]

National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: establish (S. 63), 523 [6JA]

National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare: fundraising practices, 5293 [11MR]

———tactics, 6684 [24MR]

National Diabetes Month: designate (S.J. Res. 44), 2926 [4FE]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 67), 6637 [24MR]

———designate (S.J. Res. 71), 4351 [26FE]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (S.J. Res. 84), 5942 [17MR], 6137 [18MR]

National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 52), 3796 [19FE]

National Ground Water Contamination Research Act: enact (S. 513), 3112 [5FE]

National Health Service Corps: Dept. of Defense service by scholarship recipients (S. 132), 573 [6JA]

National Home Health Care Week: designate (S.J. Res. 98), 6117 [18MR], 30320 [30OC], 32860 [19NO]

———designate (S.J. Res. 98), star print, 9118 [21AP]

National Institute on Aging: appropriations (S. 1045), 9133 [21AP]

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: establish Associate Director for Special Populations (S. 103), 567 [6JA]

National Know Your Cholesterol Week: designate (S.J. Res. 65), 3939 [23FE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 65), unanimous-consent agreement, 4409 [26FE]

National Medical Research Day: designate (S.J. Res. 142), 14153 [29MY]

National Mental Illness Awareness Week: observance, 27301 [9OC]

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 119), 8733 [9AP]

———designate (S.J. Res. 83), 5630 [12MR]

National Nurse Midwifery Week: observance, 27136 [8OC]

National Nursing Home Residents Day: observance, 9719 [24AP]

National Nursing Home Residents' Rights Day: designate (S.J. Res. 158), 15468 [11JN]

National Nursing Home Week: observance, 13977 [28MY]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Act: enact (S. 922), 8041 [6AP]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 89), 5945 [17MR], 6141 [18MR]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (S.J. Res. 55), 3798 [19FE], 3944 [23FE]

National Pastoral Care Week: commemorate, 25899 [30SE]

National Podiatric Medicine Week: designate (S.J. Res. 75), 4631 [3MR]

National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (S.J. Res. 155), 14701 [4JN]

National Reye's Syndrome Week (S.J. Res. 155), 23366 [7AU]

National Rural Crisis Response Center: tribute (S.J. Res. 207), 28985 [22OC]

National Stuttering Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 125), 11543 [6MY], 30320 [30OC]

National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 198), 27312 [9OC]

National Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 212), 31145 [5NO]

National Visiting Nurse Association Week: designate (S.J. Res. 172), 18811 [7JY]

Native Hawaiians: improve health status (S. 136), 575 [6JA]

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 237), 36616 [19DE]

New Mexico: Eat Right New Mexico health program, 5079 [6MR]

New York, NY: Harlem Hospital Center anniversary (S. Con. Res. 59), 12989 [19MY]

Nicaragua: Contra destruction of health facility run by Baptist Convention of Nicaragua, 5906 [17MR]

NIH: establish National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (S. 1727), 25628 [29SE]

Nuclear energy: safety of facilities (S. 1085), 9431 [23AP]

Nuclear warfare: consequences, 12291 [13MY]

Nurses and nursing: authority for direct payment to certain practitioners (S. 167), 609 [6JA]

———scholarship program for advanced degrees (S. 133), 573 [6JA]

Nursing Shortage Reduction Act: enact (S. 1402), 16856-16858 [19JN], 22425 [5AU]

Nutrition: comprehensive program (S. 1081), 9429 [23AP]

———monitor Federal aid programs, 9750 [24AP]

Older Americans Act: amend (S. 1133), 11100 [5MY]

———counseling assistance for elderly, sick, and disabled (H.R. 405), 4573 [3MR]

Omnibus Health and Science Reauthorization Act: correct enrollment of S. 1158 (S. Con. Res. 85), 30590 [3NO]

Organ procurement: assistance to organizations (S. 1633), 23214 [7AU]

Orphan Drug Act: funding, 13899, 13900 [28MY]

Ozone: reduce depletion due to emissions of chlorofluorocarbons (S. Con. Res. 19), 3804 [19FE]

Pan American Health Organization: U.S. contributions, 13547 [21MY]

Parental and Medical Leave Act: enact (S. 249), 696 [6JA]

Parkinson's Disease Amelioration Act: enact (S. 1072), 9252 [22AP]

Peace Corps: train foreign nationals in health care (S. 895), 7643 [1AP]

Pediatric Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Resource Centers Act: enact (S. 1871), 32040 [17NO]

Pediatric Emergency Medical Services: national and regional centers (S. 1968), 36256 [18DE]

Pesticides: clarification of registration law (S. 398), 2119 [28JA]

Phacoemulsification: anniversary, 14116 [29MY]

Physical fitness: condition of U.S. youngsters, 6448 [20MR]

Physicians: comparability allowance (S. 1666), 24237 [16SE]

———role, 13272 [20MY]

Plaza Medical, Camden, NJ: medical assistance to Afghan resistance fighter, 26195 [1OC]

Poison control centers: authorize grants for planning, development, establishment, and operation (S. 154), 597 [6JA]

Polygraph: regulate as a medical device (S. 1854), 31143 [5NO]

POW: presumption of service connection for certain diseases (S. 1365), 16158 [16JN], 34555 [9DE]

———veterans' benefits (S. 1451), 18187 [30JN]

Prohibition of Smoking in Public Conveyance Act: enact (S. 51), 501 [6JA]

Psychologists: pay for Public Health Service members (S. 1666), 24237 [16SE]

Public Health Service: special pay for psychologists in commissioned corps (S. 162), 606 [6JA]

Public Health Service Act: assistance to organ procurement organizations (S. 1951), 35798 [16DE]

———assure minimum health benefits for all U.S. workers (S. 1265), 13576, 13583 [21MY]

———centers for pediatric emergency medical services (S. 1952), 35815 [16DE], 36256 [18DE]

———counseling assistance for elderly, sick, and disabled (H.R. 405), 4573 [3MR]

———immunosuppressive drug therapy block grant (S. 1951), 35798 [16DE]

———program of education, prevention, care, and research relative to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (S. 1220), 12612 [15MY]

———reauthorizing and restructuring of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services block grant (S. 924), 8044 [6AP]

Public utilities: control and safety of polluted high level waste repository water (S. 1569), 21742 [30JY]

Radioactive waste: State regulation of transportation (S. 1008), 8956 [10AP]

Radioactive waste disposal: transportation safety, 15409 [11JN]

Radon Detection in School Buildings Act: enact (S. 743), 5625 [12MR]

Radon Mitigation Clarification Act: enact (S. 756), 6585 [23MR]

Rehabilitation: funding for services, 13906 [28MY]

Rehabilitation Act: amend relative to healthful schools and workplaces (S. 673), 9724 [24AP]

Retiree Benefits Security Act: enact (S. 548), 3730-3732 [19FE], 21094 [24JY]

Retiree Health Protection and Long-Term Care Insurance Act: enact (S. 1739), 26161-26168 [1OC]

Rural areas: hospital care, 8993 [10AP]

Rural Areas Mental Health Services Act: enact (S. 1311), 14484 [3JN]

Rural Health Care Viability Act: enact (S. 1390), 16633, 16646-16651 [18JN]

Rural Health Services Transition Act: enact (S. 732), 5612-5615 [12MR]

Rural Hospital Payment Equity Act: enact, 16633 [18JN]

Russell Corp., Alexander City, AL: safety and health award, 18585 [1JY]

Saccharin Study and Labeling Act: amend (S. 569), 3778 [19FE]

Safe Food Standards Act: enact (S. 1813), 29157 [23OC]

Salt Lake County, UT: removal of reversionary rights in certain lands owned by Shriners' Hospitals for Crippled Children, 35263 [11DE]

———remove right of reversion on lands owned by the Shriners' Hospitals for Crippled Children (S. 892), 7552 [31MR]

San Juan County Nursing Home, UT: relief (S. 1828), 29647 [28OC]

Schools and workplaces: ensure healthful (S. 673), 5027 [6MR]

Science: preservation of biomedical literature, 8994 [10AP]

———research on biotechnology and the human genome (S. 1966), 36202-36207 [18DE]

Services for Homeless Mentally Ill Individuals Act: enact (S. 763), 6019, 6029 [18MR], 6652 [24MR], 8523 [8AP]

Shreveport, LA: designate Overton Brooks VA Medical Center, 19783 [14JY]

Social conditions: physical fitness and nutrition, 6587 [23MR]

Social Security: ambulatory mental health services for those in supplementary medical insurance program (S. 1209), 12585 [15MY]

———amend medical assistance program under title XIX (S. 1580), 21918 [31JY]

———amounts owed by physicians under National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program to be deducted from medicare/medicaid payments (S. 1244), 13241 [20MY]

———catastrophic illness coverage under medicare (S. 754), 5927, 5930, 5931 [17MR]

———certification and recertification of certain health services (S. 101), 565 [6JA]

———comprehensive catastrophic illness benefits through prepaid plans (H.R. 65), 6029 [18MR]

———condition of participation applicable to hospitals (S. 689), 5056 [6MR]

———continue disability benefits during appeal (S. 1937), 34562-34565 [9DE]

———cost of living adjustments for medicaid-eligible individuals residing in long-term care facilities (S. 1744), 26331 [2OC]

———cost of living increase, 31195, 31196 [6NO]

———Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund grants (S. 1833), 30342 [30OC]

———home health care (S. 1762), 26907 [7OC]

———increase limit on annual Federal medical program payments (S. 1339), 15074 [9JN]

———mental health services from qualified professional psychologists (S. 93), 555 [6JA]

———mental illness discrimination under medicare (S. 718), 5350 [11MR]

———nurse training and services (S. 1765), 26909, 26910 [7OC]

———pediatric specialist services (S. 94), 556 [6JA]

———protect beneficiaries from unfit health care practitioners (S. 661), 20916, 20922, 20923 [23JY]

———repeal definition of disability applicable to widows and widowers (S. 170), 14348, 14363 [2JN]

———replace AFDC program with a comprehensive program of mandatory child support and work training (S. 1511), 20497, 20525-20529, 20552-20560 [21JY], 23346 [7AU]

———supplemental medicare premiums for elderly taxpayers, 27359 [13OC]

———trust fund, 21508-21510 [29JY]

Social Security Act: amend title XVIII (S. 1240), 13238 [20MY]

———amend title XVIII to permit payment for services of physician assistants outside institutional settings (S. 1230), 12973 [19MY]

Social Security Reorganization Act: enact (S. 765), 6006, 6013-6015 [18MR]

South Dakota: Mental Illness Awareness Week, 14705 [4JN]

Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, AL: acquired immune deficiency syndrome research, 3707 [19FE]

State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Advocacy Improvement Act: enact (S. 959), 8487 [8AP]

State Radon Program Development Act: enact (S. 744), 5626, 5629 [12MR], 16411 [17JN], 18914, 18915-18921 [8JY]

States: family income standards required for eligibility for medical assistance (S. 1139), 11519-11523 [6MY]

———Federal grants relative to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (S. 169), 14961 [9JN]

———grants to encourage health care professional liability reform (S. 1315), 14488 [3JN]

———waive requirements for certain medical personnel not employed in patient care (S. 915), 7982 [3AP]

Surplus commodities: administration of distribution program (S. 305), 1230 [13JA]

Tariff: disposable surgical gowns, 18929 [8JY]

———disposable surgical gowns (S. 1306), 14341 [2JN]

———extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters (S. 379), 1873 [22JA]

———lasamid (S. 1049), 9135 [21AP]

Taxation: classification of tax-exempt bonds of nonprofit colleges, universities, hospitals, and certain other institutions (S. Con. Res. 4), 774 [6JA]

———contributions to long-term care savings accounts (S. 774), 6112 [18MR]

———credit for contributions to long-term health care savings accounts (S. 1922), 34226 [4DE]

———credit for expenses incurred in care of elderly family members (S. 962), 8494 [8AP]

———deduction for home improvements to mitigate indoor air contaminants as medical care expenses (S. 756), 5933, 5934 [17MR], 27092 [8OC]

———deductions for cost of health insurance coverage for self-employed (S. 1386), 16643 [18JN]

———exclude from gross income amounts withdrawn from Individual Retirement plans for payment of long-term care insurance premiums (S. 1832), 29884 [29OC]

Tobacco industry: public awareness campaign in the smokeless industry, 35609 [15DE]

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend (S. 981), 8775 [9AP]

Trauma Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 199), 36053 [17DE]

Tropical Oils Labeling Act: enact (S. 1109), 10348 [29AP], 21082 [24JY], 23812 [11SE]

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: tribute, 18519 [1JY]

University of Nevada: school of medicine, 22822 [6AU]

University of Vermont: funding for the Stafford-Aiken Center, 18470 [1JY]

Urgent Relief for the Homeless Act: enact (S. 809), 6562 [23MR], 6914 [25MR]

VA: clarify authority of Chief Medical Director over disciplinary action against certain probationary employees (S. 1062), 9141 [21AP]

———construction or acquisition of facilities for medical center in Hawaii (S. 1568), 21741 [30JY]

———eligibility for certain beneficiary payments (S. 1464), 18533-18538 [1JY]

———establish outpatient clinic in central or southern New Jersey (S. 246), 693 [6JA]

———extend adult day health care program and authorize contract halfway house care (S. 1064), 9143 [21AP]

———health care programs (H.R. 2616), substitute S. 9 language in lieu, 34184 [4DE]

———hospital information system, 28070 [15OC]

———incentive pay for certain psychologists (S. 105), 568 [6JA]

———limit types of proposed disciplinary actions in which disciplinary boards function (S. 1136), 11106 [5MY]

———medical care funding, 8048 [6AP]

———modify qualifications for certain positions (S. 91), 555 [6JA]

———on-call pay to certain medical personnel (S. 1065), 9144 [21AP]

———recruitment of registered nurses (S. 713), 5318 [11MR]

———review by National Academy of Sciences of scientific evidence, studies, and literature pertaining to human health effects of exposure to agent orange (S. 1510), 20524 [21JY], 20654 [22JY]

———revise and clarify health care benefits (S. 914), 7980 [3AP]

———tort claims and hospital cost collections (S. 1063), 9141 [21AP]

———transportation of claimants and beneficiaries in connection with medical care (S. 1059), 9139 [21AP]

———use of per diem subsidies (S. 1517), 20569 [21JY]

———Walla Walla, WA, medical center appropriations, 11652 [7MY]

VA Assistant Inspector General for Health Care Quality Assurance Review Act: enact (S. 1444), 17853-17856 [26JN]

VA Child Care Act: enact (S. 1876), 32045 [17NO]

VA Health Care Personnel Act: enact (S. 1195), 12012, 12019 [12MY]

VA Medical Inspector General Act: enact (S. 1443), 17849-17853 [26JN]

VA Procurement Improvement Act: enact (S. 631), 4565 [3MR]

Veterans: benefits for death or disability resulting from exposure to radiation from detonation of nuclear weapons (S. 1002), 8813-8816, 8819 [9AP]

———Centers for Disease Control study of agent orange, 26147-26152 [1OC]

———committee hearings on effects of exposure to agent orange, 37890 [21DE]

———disability benefit relative to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (S. 1692), 24434 [17SE], 24538 [18SE]

———eligibility for beneficiary travel benefits to VA medical facilities (H.R. 2327), substitute text of S. 1464, 28264 [16OC]

———exposure to agent orange, 2862, 2877, 2885 [4FE]

———funding of medical benefits (S. Con. Res. 7), 1356 [14JA]

———improve benefits (S. 9), 33810-33937 [3DE], 34153, 34169-34206 [4DE], 34345 [8DE]

———improve benefits (S. 9), pass H.R. 2616 in lieu, 34184 [4DE]

———inclusion of systemic lupus erythematosis as service-connected diseases (S. 1491), 19782 [14JY]

———outpatient dental services (S. 92), 555 [6JA]

———remove certain gender references (S. 495), 3083 [5FE]

Veterans' Agent Orange Disabilities Act: enact (S. 1787), 27815, 27816 [14OC]

Veterans' Beneficiary Travel, Medical Quality Assurance, and Readjustment Counseling Improvements Act: enact (S. 1646), 23235 [7AU]

Veterans' Beneficiary Travel Reimbursement Restoration Act: enact (S. 1464), 28206-28222, 28238, 28239-28259, 28263 [16OC]

———enact (S. 1464), unanimous-consent agreement, 27260 [9OC]

Veterans' Health-Care Improvement Act: enact (S. 6), 377-383 [6JA]

Veterans' Ionizing Radiation Compensation Improvements Act: enact (S. 453), 2757-2760 [4FE]

Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Counseling Program Preservation Act: enact (S. 1501), 20047, 20051-20056 [15JY], 28239 [16OC]

Vietnamese Conflict: agent orange, 7661 [1AP]

Warren, MI: mall walking for seniors, 36242 [18DE]

Waste Reduction Clearinghouse Act: enact (S. 1331), 14695 [4JN]

West Virginia Academy of Ophthalmology: tribute, 20267 [17JY]

WHO: U.S. contributions, 13547 [21MY]

WIC: increase appropriations (S.J. Res. 99), 6402 [19MR], 14372 [2JN]

———Special Supplemental Food Program funding, 13000 [19MY]

Wisconsin: rural health care, 25060 [24SE]

World Food Day: observance, 28293 [16OC]

World Health Week: designate (S.J. Res. 16), 772 [6JA]

Wright State University School of Psychology: tribute, 20929 [23JY]

Young Americans Act: enact (S. 476), 2916 [4FE]

Youth: prevention of suicide (S. 1199), 12304 [13MY]

Reports

Acid Rain: Northeast-Midwest Coalition, 31517 [10NO]

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: C. Everett Koop, Surgeon General, 4071 [25FE], 16177 [16JN], 18700 [1JY]

———Dept. of HHS, 7089-7093 [26MR]

———National Academy of Sciences, 7930 [3AP]

Agent Orange: Centers for Disease Control, 2868 [4FE]

Airline Air and Smoking: National Academy of Sciences (sundry), 19556 [13JY]

Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Act Amendments: GAO, 23431 [7AU]

Alcohol and Health: Dept. of HHS, 31839 [13NO]

Audit of Airmen Medical Certification Program: Dept. of Transportation, 29578 [28OC]

Caring for the Older Veterans: VA, 33829 [3DE]

Catastrophic Illness Health Insurance, 29374 [27OC]

Confronting Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: National Academy of Sciences, 33918 [3DE]

Environmental Tobacco Smoke—Measuring Exposures and Assessing Health Effects: National Academy of Sciences, 3329-3332 [11FE]

Evaluation of Rural Hospital Policy: Prospective Payment Assessment Commission, Dept. of HHS (excerpts), 16649 [18JN]

Financial Difficulties of Rural Hospitals: Prospective Payment Assessment Commission, 17835 [26JN]

Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking: Everett C. Koop, Surgeon General, 3329 [11FE]

Imported Meat and Produce Inspection Facilities: Representative Panetta, 23419 [7AU]

Mammography Screening Versus the Cost of Dying, 28344 [19OC]

Medical Devices: OTA, 28975 [22OC]

National Home Health Care Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 98), 29882 [29OC]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC: Committee on Education and Labor, 22484 [5AU]

National Stuttering Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 125), 29882 [29OC]

Nurse Recruitment and Retention in the VA: VA, 33856 [3DE]

Nurse Shortage, Myth or Reality? Linda H. Aiken and Connie F. Mullinix, 30343-30345 [30OC]

Nursing Home Care: Institute of Medicine, 10346 [29AP]

POW Service-Connected Diseases: VA, 16160 [16JN]

Private Sector Solutions for Long-Term Health Care: Republican Study Committee, 20104 [15JY]

Readjustment Counseling Service: VA (excerpts), 28214 [16OC]

Recommendation of Candidate Sites for the Characterization for the First Radioactive Waste Repository: Dept. of Energy, 10293 [28AP]

Science: Commissioners of the University of Virginia (1818), 7931 [3AP]

Sedalia, MO, Center for Human Services, 6927 [25MR]

Serum Dioxin in Vietnam-Era Veterans: Centers for Disease Control, 26148 [1OC]

Superfund 1987—Public Health Remains at Risk—A One-Year Report on EPA's Cleanup Program Under the New Superfund Law: Clean Water Action Project, 36673 [19DE]

Task Force on Small Rural Hospitals: Minnesota Hospital Association, 11447-11456 [6MY]

Trust fund status: medicare system board of trustees, 14207 [2JN]

U.S. Crisis of Infant Mortality—Issues and Recommendations: Raymond L. Flynn, 9157 [21AP]

VA Implementation of the Decentralized Hospital Computer Program: Committee on Appropriations (House) (sundry), 13511 [21MY]

Vet Center Program: VA (excerpts), 28214 [16OC]

Who Is Watching Our Children's Health: Children's Defense Fund, 34651 [9DE]

Workers at High Risk of Occupational Illness (H.R. 162), Consideration (H. Res. 280), 26683 [6OC]

Reports filed

Additional Funds to Community and Migrant Health Centers for Reducing Infant Mortality: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1326) (H. Rept. 100-416), 30274 [30OC]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 1326), Consideration (H. Res. 305) (H. Rept. 100-422), 30965, 30981 [5NO]

Armed Forces—Damages for Injuries From Improper Medical Care: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 1054) (H. Rept. 100-279), 22795 [6AU]

Assistance to Organ Procurement Organizations: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3097) (H. Rept. 100-383), 28517 [20OC]

Assistance for Special Education of Disadvantaged Children: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 373) (S. Rept. 100-222), 32809 [19NO]

Assistance To Protect and Improve Lives and Safety of Homeless: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 813), 7948 [3AP]

Benefits Improvements: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 9) (S. Rept. 100-215), 31227 [6NO]

Block Grant Program Extension: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1579), 25022 [23SE]

Budgetary Impact Upon VA's Capacity to Provide Medical Care: Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 4159 [26FE]

Capitol Building and Grounds, Special Olympics Torch Relay: Committee on Rules and Administration (H. Con. Res. 91), 11778 [8MY]

Clinical Staff Recruitment and Retention Program for Indian Health Service: Committee on Indian Affairs (Select) (S. 1475) (S. Rept. 100-212), 30765 [4NO]

Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1871) (H. Rept. 100-265), 22312 [4AU]

Emergency Food for the Homeless Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 728), 7948 [3AP]

Excellence in Minority Health Education and Care Act (S. 769) (S. Rept. 100-110), 20041 [15JY]

Extension of Pension and Health Insurance Protections Under Bankruptcy Laws: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 903), 8759 [9AP]

FDA Continues To Permit the Illegal Marketing of Carcinogenic Additives: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-361), 27174 [9OC]

FDA Regulations on Merital: (H. Rept. 100-206), 19054 [8JY]

FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program: Committee on Appropriations (H.J. Res. 102) (H. Rept. 100-4), 1835 [22JA]

Health Services, Mental Health Services, and Job Training for Homeless: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 811), 7948 [3AP]

Health Threat Posed by Exposure to Radon: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 744) (S. Rept. 100-91), 18182 [30JN]

Improve VA Health Care Programs: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 3449) (H. Rept. 100-373), 28009 [15OC]

Increase Per Diem Rates for VA Payments for Domiciliary Care and Nursing Home Care in State Homes: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 1659) (H. Rept. 100-86), 11719 [7MY]

Indians Health Care: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 2290) (H. Rept. 100-222), 19899 [15JY]

Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee on Intelligence (Select) (S. 1243) (S. Rept. 100-59), 13235 [20MY]

———Committee on Armed Services (S. 1243) (S. Rept. 100-117), 20240 [17JY]

Investigation of Office of Civil Rights: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-56), 9081 [21AP]

Investigation of Offices of Human Development Services: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-57), 9081 [21AP]

Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1444) (H. Rept. 100-85), 11719 [7MY]

———Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 1444) (H. Rept. 100-85), 13431 [21MY]

Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act: Committee on Finance (S. 1127) (S. Rept. 100-126), 21249 [28JY]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2470) (H. Rept. 100-105), 18680 [1JY]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 2470; H. Res. 227) (H. Rept. 100-226), 20359 [21JY]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 76), 14684 [4JN]

National Academies of Practice Charter: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 104), 17007 [23JN]

———Committee on the Judiciary (S. 104) (S. Rept. 100-114), 20240 [17JY]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 15), 14684 [4JN]

National Cancer Institute Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 74), 6357 [19MR]

National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment and National Center for Health Statistics: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3189) (H. Rept. 100-364), 27174 [9OC]

National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 2881) (H. Rept. 100-245), 21376 [28JY]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 67), 6357 [19MR]

National Down's Syndrome Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 84), 6357 [19MR]

National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 52), 6357 [19MR]

National Health Service Corps Amendment: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1327) (H. Rept. 100-252), 21468 [29JY]

National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program: Committee on Rules (H.R. 1327; H. Res. 253) (H. Rept. 100-248), 23061 [7AU]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 1327; H. Res. 253) (H. Rept. 100-284), 23076 [7AU]

National Medical Research Day: (S.J. Res. 142), 17007 [23JN]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 55), 6357 [19MR]

National Podiatric Medicine Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 75), 14684 [4JN]

National Reye's Syndrome Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 155), 22917 [6AU]

National School Lunch Act Amendment (H.R. 1728): Committee on Education and Labor (H. Rept. 100-37), 8017 [6AP]

National Visiting Nurse Association Week Designation: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 172), 30529 [3NO]

Nursing Shortage Reduction Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1402) (S. Rept. 100-132), 21249 [28JY]

Occupation Illness High Risk Workers: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 162) (H. Rept. 100-194), 17696 [26JN]

Prevention of High Risk Occupational Disease: Committee on Rules (H.R. 162), Consideration (H. Con. Res. 280) (H. Rept. 100-356), 26813 [7OC]

Program of Education, Prevention, Care, and Research Relative to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1220) (S. Rept. 100-133), 21518 [29JY]

Public Health Service Act Amendment: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1746) (H. Rept. 100-251), 21468 [29JY]

———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1726) (S. Rept. 100-262), 35795 [16DE]

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act and Retirement Improvement Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2167) (H. Rept. 100-102), 13431 [21MY]

———Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 2167) (H. Rept. 100-02), 28346 [19OC]

Respite Homes for Infants Abandoned in Hospitals: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 945), 22208 [4AU]

Retired Benefits Security Act: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 548), 20240 [17JY]

Revise Public Health Service Program of Assistance for Health Maintenance Organizations: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3235) (H. Rept. 100-417), 30275 [30OC]

Right of Reversion in Lands Owned by Shriners' Hospitals for Crippled Children, Salt Lake County, UT: Committee Energy and Natural Resources (S. 892) (S. Rept. 100-242), 34461 [9DE]

Social Security Act Amendment: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 2470) (H. Rept. 100-105), 10023 [27AP]

Study of Deficiencies in the VA Medical Quality Assurance Program: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-74), 10836 [30AP]

VA Health Care Programs: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 2616) (H. Rept. 100-191), 17436 [25JN]

Veterans Benefits for Victims of Ionizing Radiation: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 1811) (H. Rept. 100-1811), 20905 [23JY]

Veterans Eligibility for Beneficiary Travel Benefits to VA Medical Facilities: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 2327) (H. Rept. 100-190), 17436 [25JN]

Veterans Eligibility for Certain Beneficiary Travel Payments: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 1464) (S. Rept. 100-187), 25617 [29SE]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: Drug Testing, 6939 [25MR]

———Health Care Policy, 20114 [15JY]

———Meeting Veterans Needs, 15392 [10JN]

———Ozone Depletion, 2183 [28JA]

Resolutions by organizations

Drug abuse and trafficking: U.N. International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, 23433 [7AU]

National center for organ transplants: Miami, FL, City Commission, 5143 [10MR]

Statements

Acid Rain: Brian Mulroney, 31517 [10NO]

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: Centers for Disease Control, 27760 [14OC]

———Ellen Goodman, 29529 [27OC]

———Eugene Clark, 27754 [14OC]

————Jonathan Mann, WHO, 14285 [2JN]

———President Reagan, 7929 [3AP], 14288 [2JN]

———Robert E. Windom, 23490 [7AU]

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Education Grant: Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc., 27753 [14OC]

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Tests: Centers for Disease Control, 25809 [30SE]

———Robert Redfield, Walter Reed Hospital, 25810 [30SE]

———Wisconsin study, 25809 [30SE]

Adult Day Care: National Council on Aging, 29384 [27OC]

Alcohol Abuse: Otis R. Bowen, Sec. of HHS, 31838 [13NO]

Caring for Our Brothers and Sisters With AIDS: Francis A. Quinn, 37938 [21DE]

Catastrophic and Long-Term Health Care: Linda Schofield, Travelers Insurance Co., 19095 [8JY]

———Susan Van Gelder, Health Insurance Association of America, 19094 [8JY]

Catastrophic Illness: American Association of Retired Persons, 20666 [22JY]

———Harley Tabak, 19574 [13JY]

———President Reagan, 3447 [18FE]

Catastrophic Illness Health Insurance: Senator Wallop, 29335 [27OC]

Chlordane Ban: Representative Ray, 20798 [22JY]

Cigarette Advertisements: American Lung Association, 28613 [21OC]

———Emerson Foote, 28614 [21OC]

Clean Air Hearing—Subcommittee on Environmental Protection: Senator Stafford, 6979 [26MR]

Consequences of Nuclear Warfare, 5276 [10MR]

Costs and Equities of Health Care for Employees: Robert L. Crandall, American Airlines, Inc., 13832 [27MY]

Costs of High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: National Small Business United, 27875 [14OC]

Drug Testing: Senator DeConcini, 33869 [3DE]

Federal Health Plan Costs: Blue Cross and Blue Shield, 29367 [27OC]

Federal Programs for Disabled People: Representative Major R. Owens, 34221 [4DE]

Financing Long-Term Health Care: Representative Crane, 16332 [16JN]

———Representative Saxton, 16332 [16JN]

———Representative Shumway, 16331 [16JN]

———Representative Tom Lewis, 16332 [16JN]

First Annual Lieber Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Mental Health Research, Senator Domenici, 27303 [9OC]

Frederick C. Robbins: Richard E. Behrman, 28541 [20OC]

Ground Water Safety Act—Purpose, 17317 [24JN]

Hanford Radioactive Waste Repository Site: Ralph Keeney, 10294 [28AP]

Healthful Schools and Workplaces, 5028 [6MR]

Heroin Use for Cancer Patients: William F. Buckley, Jr., 584 [6JA]

Home Health Care Services: Reva Rasmussen, 9264 [22AP]

Indian Alcoholism and Drug Abuse: Gilbert Pena, 35246 [11DE]

Indian Health Service: Monte Hammit, 23612 [9SE]

In-Flight Smoking: Dept. of Transportation, 29620 [28OC]

Kennedy Health Plan Prescription for Less Jobs, Higher Prices: John Sloan, 18390 [30JN]

Medicare Appeals Rights: Melford O. Cleveland, 31230-31231 [6NO]

Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act (S. 1127): Committee on Finance, 29410 [27OC]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: American Association of Retired Persons, 20744 [22JY]

———George R. Fisher, 20794 [22JY]

Medicare Costs: Senator Armstrong, 29325 [27OC]

Medicare Payroll Taxes: Senator Durenberger, 29325 [27OC]

Medicare Peer Review System: Jim Knapp, 23242 [7AU]

Medicare Private Health Plan Capitation Improvement Act: Senator Durenberger, 25869 [30SE]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: Senator Garn, 5779 [17MR]

NIH Special Research Programs: George R. DeMuth, 11276 [5MY]

Peer Review Organization: Stephen Gleason, 30268 [29OC]

Polygraphs: American Medical Association, 30830 [4NO]

Public Health Care in the Inner City—Why We Need Family Practice Physicians: Susan Edelstein, 20948 [23JY]

Random Drug Testing for VA Personnel: George Lundberg, 33899 [3DE]

Ranking of Radioactive Waste Repository Sites: Lee Merkhofer, 10294 [28AP]

Readjustment Counseling Program: Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 28219 [16OC]

Republican Study Committee on Long-Term and Catastrophic Health Care Hearing: Representative D. French Slaughter, Jr., 16328 [16JN]

———Representative Dreier, 16328 [16JN]

———Representative Kyl, 16328 [16JN]

———Representative Regula, 16328 [16JN]

Scientific Exchange With Soviet Union: Richard N. Perle, 19902 [15JY]

Seniors Surtax, State Law Problems, and the Role of Private Insurance: Senator Karnes, 26817 [7OC]

Skin Cancer: Donald P. Hodel, Sec. of the Interior, 14818 [5JN]

Spuds MacKenzie: Anheuser-Busch Co., 31839 [13NO]

Sterilization of Women: Robert H. Bork, 28661 [21OC]

Sulfur Dioxide: Cedric Garland, 35102 [11DE]

Superfund Program Relative to Olean, NY: John M. Hart, Jr., and Peter Marcus, 5076 [6MR]

Teenage pregnancy: Sharon K. Fox, 22328 [4AU]

Tropical Oils Labeling: American Heart Association, 10349 [29AP]

Using Creative Arts in Treating the Mentally and Emotionally Ill: Morris R. Morrison, 32995 [19NO]

Utilization of Health Care Services: VA Chief Medical Director's task force, 21742 [30JY]

VA Nursing Home Facilities: VA Chief Medical Director's task force, 21742 [30JY]

VA Personnel On-Call Pay: VA Chief Medical Director, 33844 [3DE]

Victim Carries Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Virus for Life, 28004 [15OC]

Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Counseling Program: GAO, 28243 [16OC]

———VA, 28241 [16OC]

WIC Funding: Ray Yip, 25921 [30SE]

Studies

Agent Orange: Air Force, 2885-2888 [4FE]

———Dept. of HHS, 2888 [4FE]

Agricultural Herbicide Use and Risk of Lymphoma and Soft-Tissue Sarcoma, 2878-2881, 2884 [4FE]

Airline Cabin Environment, Air Quality and Safety: National Academy of Sciences, 25925 [30SE]

Averting a Crisis in Rural Health Care: Minnesota Medical Association, 11456 [6MY]

Comparison of Serum Levels of 2,3,7,8-TCDD With Indirect Estimates of Agent Orange Exposure in Vietnam Veterans: Centers for Disease Control, 26149 [1OC]

Delay in Health Study Attributed to OMB Conditions, 7662 [1AP]

Herbicide Exposure and Cancer, 2881 [4FE]

Losing the War Against Cancer—Who's To Blame and What To Do About It—A Position Paper on the Politics of Cancer: Samuel S. Epstein, 23651-23657 [9SE]

Nonmedical Drug Use Patterns Among Medical Students, William P. Kory and Lee A. Crandall, 33873-33885 [3DE]

OTA Comments on Proposed Protocol for the ``Women Vietnam Veterans Health Study'': New England Research Institute, Inc., 26151 [1OC]

Psychoactive Drug Use Among Practicing Physicians and Medical Students: William E. McAuliffe, Mary Rohman, Susan Santangelo, Barry Feldman, and Arthur Sobol, New England Journal of Medicine, 33872 [3DE]

Safe Sex Education, 27757 [14OC]

Soft Tissue Sarcoma and Military Service in Vietnam—Case-Control Study: Journal of National Cancer Institute, 33819-33823 [3DE]

Toxicity of AZT and Treatment of Patients With Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome-Related Complex: Douglas Richman, 33918 [3DE]

Views of the Elderly: Eagleview Middle School, Colorado Springs, CO, 13020 [19MY]

Summaries

Abandoned Infants Assistance Act (S. 945), 22354 [5AU]

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Act (S. 1374), 16172 [16JN]

Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Act Amendments (H.R. 3187), 23431 [7AU]

Child Care Opportunities for Families Act (H.R. 1001), 2703 [4FE]

Federal Employees Dental Benefit Plan Act (H.R. 3404), 26236 [1OC]

Ground Water Safety Act (S. 1419), 17328 [24JN]

Health Care for the Uninsured Act (S. 177), 614 [6JA]

Health Care—States Assume Leadership Role in Providing Emergency Medical Services: GAO, 414 [6JA]

Health History of Angelica M. Gonzalez, 32045 [17NO]

Health Program Act (H.R. 200), 935-939 [7JA]

Homecare Quality Assurance Act (H.R. 1700), 6188 [18MR]

Indoor Air Quality Act (S. 1629), 23212 [7AU]

Insurance Plans Offered by Employers To Have Catastrophic Illness Coverage (H.R. 2300), 11590 [6MY]

International Health Corps Act (H.R. 3669), 33199 [20NO]

MedAmerica Act (H.R. 3580), 30256 [29OC]

MedAmerica Act (S. 1139), 11523 [6MY]

Medicaid and Medicare Coverage of Certain Clinical Specialists' Services Under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs (H.R. 2218), 10618 [29AP]

Medicaid Benefits for Families With Dependent Children (H.R. 2627), 15110 [9JN]

Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act (S. 1673), 23763 [10SE]

Medicaid Reform Amendments (S. 1580), 21922-21925 [31JY]

Medicare and Medicaid Catastrophic Acute and Transitional Care Act (H.R. 1938), 7869 [2AP]

Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act, 4985 [6MR]

Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act (S. 592), 4299 [26FE]

Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act (S. 1127), 29899 [29OC]

Medicare Home Health Services Improvement Act (S. 1076), 9261, 9266 [22AP]

Medicare Private Health Plan Capitation Improvement Act (S. 1734), 25873 [30SE]

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act Amendments (S. 1907), 33510-33511 [1DE]

Prevention and Control of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (H.R. 3419), 26394 [5OC]

Purpose of Indian Child Welfare Act Amendments, 36607 [19DE]

Quality Nursing Care Under Medicare/Medicaid (S. 1108), 10347 [29AP]

Rural Health Care Improvement Act, 14243 [2JN]

Safe Food Standards Act (S. 1813), 29157 [23OC]

Supplemental Appropriations Act's Drug Testing Amendment: Senator Deconcini, 33870 [3DE]

Tropical Oils Labeling Act (S. 1109), 10349 [29AP]

VA Medical Inspector General Act (S. 1443), 17849 [26JN]

Veterans' Administration Health Care Personnel Act: enact (S. 1195), 12012 [12MY]

Veterans' Beneficiary Travel Reimbursement Restoration Act (S. 1464), 18533 [1JY]

Surveys

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Contact Tracing: Representative Dornan, 18380 [30JN]

Task Force on Rural Health Readership Response: Minnesota Medical Association, 11458 [6MY]

Tables

Abortions, by residence, 1985, 25792 [30SE]

Centers for Disease Control's epidemiological studies of health of veterans, 33817 [3DE]

Comparison with Centers for Disease Control acquired immune deficiency syndrome extrapolations to 1991, 28005 [15OC]

Cost analysis of VA drug testing program, 33870 [3DE]

Cost of medicare drug benefits under H.R. 2941, 20678 [22JY]

Distributional effect of Medicare Catastrophic Loss Protection Act (S. 1127), 27359 [13OC]

Impact of H.R. 2470 and S. 1127 on medicare enrollees, 1990, 28182 [16OC]

Incidence of sudden infant death syndrome in siblings of sudden infant death syndrome victims, and incidence of prolonged apnea in subsequent victims, 24376 [17SE]

Medicaid reform amendments estimated savings, 21925 [31JY]

Overview of U.S. former POW population, 16160 [16JN]

Premium comparisons under various proposals for medicare catastrophic illness coverage, 20754 [22JY]

Projected medicare part B monthly premium increases, 29315 [27OC]

Public laws on regulation of exposures to carcinogens, 26685 [6OC]

Radiation exposures for World War II veterans, 8816 [9AP]

Supplemental premiums under S. 1127, the Catastrophic Health Loss Prevention Act, 29363 [27OC]

Tobacco sales in military stores (sundry), 2909 [4FE]

Total income estimates under Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act, 20697 [22JY]

Testimonies

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Epidemic: Theresa Crenshaw, 19889-19892 [15JY]

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Testing: OTA, 33920 [3DE]

Appropriations for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Programs: Bonnie John-Murray, 11269 [5MY]

Catastrophic Illness Cost: Elaine Yarbrough, 20756 [22JY]

———Joseph Drew, 19582 [13JY]

———Paul Willging, 2751 [4FE]

———Philip W. Brickner, 23123 [7AU]

Funding for VA Medical Center, Decatur GA: Representative Swindall, 5529 [11MR]

Illegal Activities in the Senior Citizens Insurance Market: Patricia R. Petersen, 23428-23430 [7AU]

Long-Term Health Care: Elaine Donnelly, 21560-21562 [29JY]

———Elaine Yarbrough, 16584 [17JN]

———Mr. and Mrs. Richard Long, 16584 [17JN]

Medicare Long-Term Home Care Catastrophic Protection Act: Representative George Miller, 32972 [19NO]

Meteorological Aspects of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident: Alan Robock, 15099 [9JN]

Minority Health Care: Representative Boner, 20318 [21JY]

Phobias: Jerilyn Ross, 11879-11881 [8MY]

Quality of Life: Susan Margoles, 20675 [22JY]

Recommendations of National Arthritic Advisory Board: Henry J. Mankin, 34410 [8DE]

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Potential for a Cure: Barbara Matia, 18691 [1JY]

———Bethany Matia, 18691 [1JY]

State Programs for Developmental Disabilities Assistance: Eileen Cubarney, 22227, 22228 [4AU]

Treatment of Patients With Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome-Related Complex: State and Territorial Health Officials, 33918 [3DE]

VA Disciplinary Boards Actions: Peter Hawley, National Association of VA Physicians, 33839 [3DE]

VA Health Care: Arthur Arnold, 28217 [16OC]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 27, VA opposition to budget reductions, 4482 [3MR]

H. Con. Res. 91, authorize Special Olympics torch relay on Capitol Grounds, 7345 [31MR]

H. Con. Res. 97, quality physical education programs in schools, 29240 [27OC]

H. Con. Res. 108, rural hospitals medicare coverage, 9674 [23AP]

H.J. Res. 119, National Minority Cancer Awareness Week, 8307 [8AP]

H.J. Res. 127, National Osteoporosis Prevention Week, 2489 [2FE]

H.J. Res. 130, National Family Caregivers Week, 2653 [3FE]

H.J. Res. 134, designate Emergency Medical Services Week, 18091 [29JN]

H.J. Res. 153, EPA funding for asbestos abatement programs in schools, 3975 [24FE]

H.J. Res. 158, National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, 9814 [27AP]

H.J. Res. 224, Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week, 23913 [15SE]

H.J. Res. 246, designate National Women's Health Awareness Week, 8911 [9AP]

H.J. Res. 253, National Polio Awareness Week, 9671 [23AP]

H.J. Res. 254, National Diabetes Month, 9679 [23AP]

H.J. Res. 268, National Adult Day Care Center Week, 22761 [6AU]

H.J. Res. 335, National Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week, 22760 [6AU]

H.J. Res. 415, Run to Daylight Day, 34104 [4DE]

H.R. 5, reauthorize program of assistance for special education of disadvantaged children, 33394-33464 [2DE]

H.R. 162, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 3251-3253 [10FE]

H.R. 273, Health Emergency Treatment Funds, 816 [6JA]

H.R. 274, Homeless Emergency Relief Act, 893 [7JA]

H.R. 349, field sanitation standards for agricultural employees engaged in hand labor operations, 1938 [26JA]

H.R. 432, Airline Anti-Smoking Act, 920 [7JA]

H.R. 437, Emergency Aid to Homeless Families Act, 894 [7JA]

H.R. 461, Obstetric Care Information Act, 953 [7JA]

H.R. 616, Elderly Veterans Care Act, 1547 [20JA]

H.R. 1008, Nonsmokers Health Protection Act, 3196 [5FE]

H.R. 1067, Medicare Mental Illness Nondiscrimination Act, 3265 [10FE]

H.R. 1207, Prescription Drug Marketing Act, 10960-10962 [4MY]

H.R. 1245, medicare coverage of catastrophic illness, 4099 [25FE]

H.R. 1280, Medicare Part A Catastrophic Protection Act, 4433 [27FE]

H.R. 1281, Medicare Part B Catastrophic Protection Act, 4436 [27FE]

H.R. 1326, additional funds to community and migrant health centers to combat infant mortality, 31372 [9NO]

H.R. 1355, VA and Dept. of Defense sharing of health care resources, 4697 [3MR]

H.R. 1444, Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act, 14170-14176 [1JN]

H.R. 1728, extend National School Lunch Program, 8090 [7AP]

H.R. 1752, amend the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act, 6513 [23MR]

H.R. 1776, long-term care benefits under medicare, 6726 [25MR]

H.R. 1811, establish benefits for veterans who are victims of ionizing radiation, 21305 [28JY]

H.R. 1857, social worker services under medicare and medicaid, 7319 [30MR]

H.R. 1871, Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Right Act, 22225 [4AU]

H.R. 2021, National Advisory Panel on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Act, 8540 [8AP]

H.R. 2058, medical professionals' appeal of adverse determinations by peer review organizations, 8647 [9AP]

H.R. 2066, delay implementation of restrictions on use of periodic interim medicare payment system, 8922 [9AP]

H.R. 2113, Rural Health Care Preservation Act, 9675 [23AP]

H.R. 2114, Rural Hospital Act amendments, 9675 [23AP]

H.R. 2115, Rural Nursing Care Access Act amendments, 9675 [23AP]

H.R. 2116, PRO Due Process and Equity Act amendments, 9675 [23AP]

H.R. 2167, amend Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to ensure payment of benefits, 31319-31325 [9NO]

H.R. 2470, Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act, 29414-29880 [29OC]

H.R. 2526, VA health care services in Marina, CA, Outreach Center, 13815 [27MY]

H.R. 2607, education grant programs for acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 14783 [4JN]

H.R. 2616, Omnibus Veterans' Benefits and Services Act, 17965-17968 [29JN], 34185-34206 [4DE]

H.R. 2881, establish National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 22238 [4AU]

H.R. 2935, medicare coverage of mammogram, 28345 [19OC]

H.R. 2941, Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act, 20717-20732 [22JY]

H.R. 3065, tax deductions for health insurance costs, 22161 [3AU]

H.R. 3097, assistance to organ procurement organizations, 29269 [27OC]

H.R. 3130, Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act, 22986 [6AU]

H.R. 3189, revise and extend Public Health Service Act programs, 27650 [13OC]

H.R. 3235, program assistance for health maintenance organizations, 30602 [3NO]

H.R. 3292, Intravenous Substance Abuse and AIDS Prevention Act, 24240 [16SE]

H.R. 3404, Federal employees prepaid dental care program, 26237 [1OC]

H.R. 3562, recognition of National Academies of Practice, 29770 [28OC]

H.R. 3802, improve access of medicare beneficiaries to extended care services, 36672 [19DE]

S. 6, Veterans' Health Care Improvement Act, 383, 384 [6JA]

S. 10, Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Improvement Act, 410 [6JA]

S. 17, Comprehensive Drug Law Enforcement, Prevention, and Treatment Act, 435 [6JA]

S. 24, waive medicare waiting period in certain cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 448 [6JA]

S. 34, Social Security Administrative Reorganization Act, 470-474 [6JA]

S. 51, Prohibition of Smoking in Public Conveyance Act, 502 [6JA]

S. 79, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 537-540 [6JA]

S. 81, Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Home and Community Based Services Block Grant Act, 542-544 [6JA]

S. 91, modify qualifications for certain positions in VA, 555 [6JA]

S. 92, veterans outpatient dental services, 555 [6JA]

S. 93, mental health services from qualified professional psychologists under Social Security, 556 [6JA]

S. 94, pediatric specialist services under Social Security, 556 [6JA]

S. 96, medicare coverage of services by psychiatric nurses, 562 [6JA]

S. 97, hospice psychologist services under medicare and medicaid, 563 [6JA]

S. 101, certification and recertification of certain health services, 566 [6JA]

S. 103, establish Associate Director for Special Populations in the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 567 [6JA]

S. 104, charter National Academies of Practice, 568 [6JA], 17443 [25JN]

S. 105, incentive special pay for certain VA psychologists, 568 [6JA]

S. 123, medicare coverage of psychologist services, 569 [6JA]

S. 124, medicare coverage of nurse-midwife services, 570 [6JA]

S. 126, medicare and medicaid coverage of gerontological clinical nurse specialist services, 570 [6JA]

S. 127, medicare coverage of clinical social worker services, 571 [6JA]

S. 132, military service by National Health Service Corps scholarship recipients, 573 [6JA]

S. 133, Advanced Nurse Education Act, 573 [6JA]

S. 136, improve health status of Native Hawaiians, 575-579 [6JA]

S. 143, Compassionate Pain Relief Act, 584 [6JA]

S. 144, psychiatric nurse practitioners and nurses on District of Columbia Commission on Mental Health, 594 [6JA]

S. 152, clarification of graduate programs in clinical psychology, 597 [6JA]

S. 153, health maintenance organizations may provide services of clinical social workers, 597 [6JA]

S. 155, Health Care Protection Act, 598-602 [6JA]

S. 156, authority to pay or reimburse certain additional health care professionals, 602 [6JA]

S. 159, appointment of health care officials to position of Surgeon General of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, 604 [6JA]

S. 160, constructive service credit and incentive pay for specialty nurses within Dept. of Defense, 604 [6JA]

S. 163, eligibility of graduate students in psychology for student loans, 606 [6JA]

S. 165, special pay for military psychologists, 608 [6JA]

S. 166, CHAMPUS coverage of certain health care expenses of members of uniformed services not payable under medicare, 608 [6JA]

S. 167, authority for direct payment to certain nurse practitioners, 609 [6JA]

S. 168, medicare and medicaid coverage of clinical social worker services, 609 [6JA]

S. 169, Federal grants to States for programs to identify and aid individuals exposed to diethylstilbestrol, 611 [6JA]

S. 177, Health Care for the Uninsured Act, 615 [6JA]

S. 210, catastrophic health insurance coverage for aged and handicapped, 638 [6JA]

S. 222, grants to States for dependent care, 13750 [27MY]

S. 236, Commodity Distribution Program Reform Act, 684 [6JA]

S. 246, establish VA outpatient clinic in central or southern New Jersey, 694 [6JA]

S. 249, Parental and Medical Leave Act, 697-701 [6JA]

S. 272, informed consent from abortion patient, 738 [6JA], 3699 [19FE]

S. 273, informed consent from abortion patient, 739 [6JA]

S. 283, medicare extended care coverage, 750 [6JA]

S. 305, Commodity Distribution Program Reform Act, 1230 [13JA]

S. 347, suits by military personnel for negligent medical care, 1566 [21JA]

S. 368, ban reimportation of drugs, restrict drug samples, and ban certain resales by hospitals, 1641 [21JA]

S. 409, appropriations for drug abuse treatment and law enforcement programs, 2322 [29JA]

S. 453, Veterans' Ionizing Radiation Compensation Improvements Act, 2758 [4FE]

S. 454, Medicare Part C—Catastrophic Health Insurance Act, 2752-2757 [4FE]

S. 476, Young Americans Act, 2917-2921 [4FE]

S. 495, remove certain gender references relative to veterans benefits, 3083 [5FE]

S. 513, National Ground Water Contamination Research Act, 3114 [5FE]

S. 548, Retiree Benefits Security Act, 3730 [19FE]

S. 592, Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act, 4298 [26FE]

S. 603, Medicare-Eligible Veterans Health Care Financial Assistance Act, 4324 [26FE]

S. 618, Diabetes Foot Disease Prevention Act, 4344 [26FE]

S. 631, VA Procurement Improvement Act, 4566 [3MR]

S. 638, develop standards for notification of individuals exposed to hazardous substances, 4609, 4610 [3MR]

S. 661, protect Social Security beneficiaries from unfit health care practitioners, 20916-20921 [23JY]

S. 672, Mexico-U.S. Border Health Education and Training Act, 5026 [6MR]

S. 673, ensure healthful schools and workplaces, 5028 [6MR]

S. 680, prohibit use of subtherapeutic doses of penicillin, chlortetracycline, and oxytetracycline in animal feed, 5047 [6MR]

S. 689, condition of Social Security participation applicable to hospitals, 5056 [6MR]

S. 713, VA recruitment of registered nurses, 5318 [11MR]

S. 718, mental illness discrimination under medicare, 5350 [11MR]

S. 728, Emergency Food for the Homeless Act, 5606 [12MR]

S. 731, nursing school grants for training in geriatrics, 5612 [12MR]

S. 732, Rural Health Services Transition Act, 5613 [12MR]

S. 743, Radon Detection in School Buildings Act, 5625 [12MR]

S. 744, State Radon Program Development Act, 5628 [12MR], 18915-18917 [8JY]

S. 750, Foreign Assistance Act authorization of appropriations for Child Survival Fund, 5925 [17MR]

S. 754, catastrophic illness coverage under medicare, 5928-5930 [17MR]

S. 756, tax deduction for home improvements to mitigate indoor air contaminants as medical care expenses, 5934 [17MR]

S. 763, Services for Homeless Mentally Ill Individuals Act, 6021-6023 [18MR]

S. 765, Social Security Reorganization Act, 6007-6013 [18MR]

S. 769, Excellence in Minority Health Education and Care Act, 6105 [18MR], 22234 [4AU]

S. 811, health services, mental health services, and job training for homeless, 6555-6559 [23MR]

S. 812, improve nutrition of homeless, 6559 [23MR]

S. 813, assistance to protect and improve lives and safety of homeless, 6559-6562 [23MR]

S. 895, Peace Corps train foreign nationals in health care, 7643 [1AP]

S. 897, Health Care Innovation Act, 7645 [1AP]

S. 903, bankruptcy protection of certain pension and health insurance, 7852 [2AP]

S. 903, extend certain pension and health insurance protections under title 11 of bankruptcy code, 8952 [10AP], 10814 [30AP]

S. 924, reauthorizing and restructuring of the Public Health Service Act's Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services block grant, 8044 [6AP]

S. 945, respite homes for abandoned infants in hospitals, 22353 [5AU]

S. 959, State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Advocacy Improvement Act, 8488-8491 [8AP]

S. 961, Home Care Protection Act, 8495 [8AP]

S. 962, Family Care Act, 8495 [8AP]

S. 968, Child Health Incentives Reform Plan, 8766 [9AP]

S. 981, Federal Building Asbestos Hazard Abatement Act, 8776-8780 [9AP]

S. 997, Alzheimer's Disease Research Act, 8801 [9AP]

S. 1002, Veterans' Radiation Exposure Disability and Death Benefits Act, 8817-8819 [9AP]

S. 1003, Medicare Community Nursing and Ambulatory Care Act, 8820 [9AP]

S. 1010, community nursing and ambulatory care to medicare beneficiaries on prepaid, capitated basis, 8967 [10AP]

S. 1044, medicare coverage of influenza vaccine and its administration, 9133 [21AP]

S. 1045, appropriations for National Institute on Aging, 9134 [21AP]

S. 1049, tariff on lasamid, 9135 [21AP]

S. 1059, transportation of VA claimants and beneficiaries in connection with medical care, 9139 [21AP]

S. 1062, clarify authority of VA Chief Medical Director over disciplinary action against certain probationary employees, 9141 [21AP]

S. 1063, VA tort claims and hospital cost collections, 9141 [21AP]

S. 1064, extend VA adult day health care program and authorize contract halfway house care, 9143 [21AP]

S. 1065, on-call pay to certain VA medical personnel, 9144 [21AP]

S. 1067, Radon Proficiency Development Act, 9245 [22AP]

S. 1072, establish Commission for the Amelioration of Parkinsonism, 9253 [22AP]

S. 1076, Medicare Home Health Services Improvement Act, 9258-9261 [22AP]

S. 1085, Nuclear Protections and Safety Act, 9432-9435 [23AP]

S. 1112, Centers of Excellence in Geriatric Research and Training Act, 10354 [29AP]

S. 1115, Home and Preventive Health Services for Older Americans Act, 10647 [30AP]

S. 1127, Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act, 11080-11088 [5MY], 27347-27355 [13OC]

S. 1133, Older Americans Act amendments, 11100-11104 [5MY]

S. 1136, limit types of proposed VA disciplinary actions in which disciplinary boards function, 11106 [5MY]

S. 1139, MedAmerica Act, 11520-11523 [6MY]

S. 1158, authorization of certain health and science programs, 23619-23623 [9SE]

S. 1158, Public Health Service Act amendments, 11541 [6MY], 20942-20946, 20950-20954 [23JY], 30603 [3NO]

S. 1195, Veterans' Administration Health Care Personnel Act, 12015 [12MY]

S. 1199, Youth Suicide Prevention Act, 12305 [13MY]

S. 1204, Home Health Services Demonstration Grants Act, 12498 [14MY]

S. 1205, Home Health Care Training Extension Act, 12498 [14MY]

S. 1206, Health Care Services in the Home Act, 12498

S. 1207, Medicare Rural Health Services Transition Act, 12501 [14MY]

S. 1220, education, prevention, care, and research relative to acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 12613-12617 [15MY]

S. 1230, amend Social Security Act to permit payment for services of physician assistants outside institutional settings, 12973 [19MY]

S. 1240, amend title XVIII of Social Security Act, 13238 [20MY]

S. 1241, community care preventive health services for the aged (S. 1241), 13239 [20MY]

S. 1242, prohibit use of Federal funds for abortions, 13241 [20MY]

S. 1244, amounts owed by physicians under National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program shall be deducted from medicare/medicaid payments, 13243 [20MY]

S. 1265, assure minimum health benefits for all U.S. workers, 13578-13582 [21MY]

S. 1281, extend set-aside of ships involved in world health care, 13933 [28MY]

S. 1283, Medicaid Catastrophic Coverage for Children Act, 13942 [28MY]

S. 1311, Rural Areas Mental Health Services Act, 14485 [3JN]

S. 1315, National Professional Liability Reform Act, 14488-14491 [3JN]

S. 1325, Fast Food Ingredient Information Act, 14692 [4JN]

S. 1331, Waste Reduction Clearinghouse Act, 14697 [4JN]

S. 1348, Office of Comprehensive School Health Education Act, 15139 [10JN]

S. 1352, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Control Act, 15208-15210 [10JN]

S. 1354, National Biotechnology Information Act, 15454 [11JN]

S. 1374, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Act, 16172-16176 [16JN]

S. 1390, Rural Health Care Viability Act, 16647 [18JN]

S. 1402, Nursing Shortage Reduction Act, 16857 [19JN]

S. 1419, Ground Water Safety Act, 17322 [24JN]

S. 1441, infant mortality, 17845 [26JN], 22899 [6AU]

S. 1443, VA Medical Inspector General Act, 17852 [26JN]

S. 1444, VA Assistant Inspector General for Health Care Quality Assurance Review Act, 17855 [26JN]

S. 1451, veterans' benefits for POW, 18187 [30JN]

S. 1464, Veterans' Beneficiary Travel Reimbursement Restoration Act, 18536 [1JY], 28202-28205 [16OC]

S. 1475, staff recruitment and retention within Indian Health Service, 19248-19251 [9JY], 32598 [18NO]

S. 1483, establish food bank nutrition projects, 19415 [10JY]

S. 1488, establish National Center for Pediatric Emergency Medical Services, 19780 [14JY]

S. 1501, Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Counseling Program Preservation Act, 20056 [15JY]

S. 1510, National Academy of Sciences review of evidence pertaining to effects of exposure to agent orange, 20654 [22JY]

S. 1517, VA use of per diem subsidies, 20569 [21JY]

S. 1524, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act amendment, 20639 [22JY]

S. 1537, Care Management and Catastrophic Health Care for Children Act, 20996 [23JY]

S. 1548, medicare's hospital reimbursement policy, 21131 [24JY]

S. 1561, technologies in food safety and animal health, 21525 [29JY]

S. 1568, construction or acquisition of facilities for VA medical center in Hawaii, 21741 [30JY]

S. 1575, AIDS Federal Policy Act, 21903-21907 [31JY]

S. 1577, protections under bankruptcy title 11, 21926 [31JY]

S. 1579, Health Block Grant Program, 21917 [31JY]

S. 1580, amend medical assistance program under Social Security title XIX, 21918-21922 [31JY]

S. 1586, Technology To Educate Children With Handicaps Act, 22033 [3AU]

S. 1629, Indoor Air Quality Act, 23207-23211 [7AU]

S. 1634, Access to Health Insurance for Medically Uninsurable Individuals Act, 23215-23218 [7AU]

S. 1646, Veterans' Beneficiary Travel, Medical Quality Assurance, and Readjustment Counseling Improvements Act, 23236, 23238 [7AU]

S. 1666, pay for Public Health Service psychologists, 27638 [13OC], 24237 [16SE]

S. 1673, Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act, 23755-23763 [10SE]

S. 1692, veteran disability benefit relative to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, 24435 [17SE]

S. 1726, Employee Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act, 25624 [29SE]

S. 1734, Medicare Private Health Plan Capitation Improvement Act, 25873 [30SE]

S. 1738, long-term care insurance for Federal employees, 25876 [30SE]

S. 1739, Retiree Health Protection and Long-Term Care Insurance Act, 26163-26168 [1OC]

S. 1740, medical assistance to chronically ill and disabled children, 26169 [1OC]

S. 1744, cost of living adjustments for medicaid eligible individuals residing in long-term care facilities, 26331 [2OC]

S. 1768, medicare costs for inpatient services at rural hospitals, 26912 [7OC]

S. 1808, Dept. of HHS determination of appropriate regulatory classification of transitional devices of medical device amendments, 28975 [22OC]

S. 1828, relief for San Juan County Nursing Home, UT, 29647 [28OC]

S. 1832, exclusion from gross income amounts withdrawn from Individual Retirement plans for payment of long-term care insurance premiums, 29884 [29OC]

S. 1833, Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund grants, 30342 [30OC]

S. 1854, regulate the polygraph as a medical device, 31144 [5NO]

S. 1871, Pediatric Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Resource Centers Act, 32041 [17NO]

S. 1872, Minority Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Awareness and Prevention Projects Act, 32042 [17NO]

S. 1907, National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act amendments, 33506-33509 [1DE]

S. 1915, Medicaid Risk-Based Health Care Act, 33951 [3DE]

S. 1922, credit for contributions to long-term health care savings, 34226-34228 [4DE]

S. 1951, immunosuppressive drug therapy block grant and assistance to organ procurement organizations, 35799

S. 1962, immunosuppressive drug therapy block grant, 31819

S. 1976, Indian Child Welfare Act amendments, 36602-36607 [19DE]

S. Con. Res. 4, classification of tax-exempt bonds of nonprofit colleges, universities, hospitals, and certain other institutions, 774 [6JA]

S. Con. Res. 6, health insurance coverage for disabled adopted children, 776 [6JA]

S. Con. Res. 7, funding of veterans' medical benefits, 1355 [14JA]

S. Con. Res. 15, inpatient medicare payments, 3134 [5FE]

S. Con. Res. 35, fees for Armed Forces outpatient medical care, 6120 [18MR], 12999 [19MY]

S. Con. Res. 56, medicare payment methodology for physicians' services, 10929 [1MY]

S. Con. Res. 59, Harlem Hospital Center, New York, NY, anniversary, 12989 [19MY]

S. Con. Res. 85, correct enrollment of S. 1158, health and science programs, 30590 [3NO]

S. Con. Res. 95, health insurance coverage for disabled adopted children, 37835 [21DE]

S. J. Res. 55, National Osteoporosis Prevention Week, 6505 [20MR]

S. Res. 184, acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemic, 7934, 7994 [3AP]

S. Res. 190, national commitment on acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 8945, 8949, 8991 [10AP]

S. Res. 225, Venice summit, 14704 [4JN]

S. Res. 233, funds for Public Health Emergency Fund and treatment of veterans with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 16183 [16JN]

S.J. Res. 15, National Alzheimer's Disease Month, 14831 [5JN], 18091 [29JN]

S.J. Res. 16, World Health Week, 772 [6JA]

S.J. Res. 44, National Diabetes Month, 17443 [25JN], 2926 [4FE]

S.J. Res. 48, Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week, 3130 [5FE]

S.J. Res. 52, National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week, 3796 [19FE], 6505 [20MR]

S.J. Res. 55, National Osteoporosis Prevention Week, 10969 [4MY]

S.J. Res. 65, National Know Your Cholesterol Week, 5199 [10MR]

S.J. Res. 65, National Know Your Cholesterol Week, 3939 [23FE], 4409 [26FE]

S.J. Res. 67, National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month, 6506 [20MR], 9813 [27AP]

S.J. Res. 71, National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month, 4351 [26FE]

S.J. Res. 74, National Cancer Institute Month, 4631 [3MR], 6507 [20MR], 7395 [31MR]

S.J. Res. 75, National Podiatric Medicine Week, 14832 [5JN], 18090 [29JN]

S.J. Res. 76, Mental Illness Awareness Week, 4632 [3MR], 14832 [5JN], 20315 [21JY]

S.J. Res. 84, National Down's Syndrome Month, 5943 [17MR], 6507 [20MR], 25701 [30SE]

S.J. Res. 89, National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, 9288 [22AP], 6637 [24MR]

S.J. Res. 98, National Home Health Care Week, 6117 [18MR], 32141 [17NO]

S.J. Res. 99, WIC appropriations, 6402 [19MR]

S.J. Res. 122, Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week, 11109 [5MY], 17446 [25JN], 33675 [2DE]

S.J. Res. 142, National Medical Research Day, 14153 [29MY], 17447 [25JN], 25703 [30SE]

S.J. Res. 148, Emergency Medical Services Week, 14155 [29MY]

S.J. Res. 155, National Reye's Syndrome Week, 14702 [4JN]

S.J. Res. 168, National Adult Immunization Awareness Week, 28123 [15OC], 28497 [20OC]

S.J. Res. 172, National Visiting Nurse Association Week, 18811 [7JY], 30803 [4NO]

S.J. Res. 192, National AIDS Awareness and Prevention Month, 25421 [28SE]

S.J. Res. 198, National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Week, 28123 [15OC], 28498 [20OC]

S.J. Res. 210, National Burn Awareness Week, 30351 [30OC]

S.J. Res. 212, National Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Week, 31145 [5NO]

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Republican Study Committee on Long-Term and Catastrophic Health Care Hearing, 16327 [16JN]