HEALTH

Addresses

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: David Pence, 23835, 23837 [14SE], 24104 [15SE]

Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation Award Acceptance: Daniel Defert, 21561 [10AU]

———Elizabeth Taylor, 21561 [10AU]

Dilemma of the Golden Age: Frank Press, 12761-12763 [26MY]

Greenbrier Democratic Issues Conference: Representative Wright, 3554 [8MR]

Investing in Children: Representative George Miller, 21793 [10AU]

Living in Chemical World—Adequacy of Current Structures: Neal Neuberger, 33469-33470 [21OC]

National Drug Trade Conference Anniversary: James D. Cope, 16288-16290 [28JN]

National Health Care Campaign: Representative Rostenkowski, 22385 [11AU]

Outcomes Management—A Technology of Patient Experience, Paul M. Ellwood, Jr., 14039-14044 [9JN]

Public Concern in Use of Chemicals: Raymond C. Tower, 3968 [15MR]

Rural Health Care: Senator Bentsen, 25229 [23SE]

Salute to Hospitalized Veterans: Senator Cranston, 1858 [19FE]

Social Justice—The Underpinning for Health Leadership Development: H. Mahler, 31192-31195 [17OC]

St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing Closing Ceremony, 20627 [4AU]

Taking Charge of Our Future—A Healthy America: Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts, 25226-25228 [23SE]

Taking Charge of Our Future—A Healthy Start: Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts, 25224 [23SE]

Taking Charge of Our Future—Our Senior Citizens: Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts, 25230 [23SE]

Toward Better Health Insurance Coverage: Karen Davis, 25599 [26SE]

Whiskey Culture and the Drug Culture: Senator Moynihan, 11872, 11874 [20MY]

Advertisements

Six-Day Therapy of Tumorex, 8876 [27AP]

Agreements

Investigation of new drugs: FDA and Herschel Zackheim, 30637 [14OC]

VA health beneficiary travel program, 9437 [28AP]

Amendments

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: counseling and testing (H.R. 5142), 24957, 24959, 24960, 24965, 24970, 24974 [22SE], 25096, 25099, 25101, 25105 [23SE]

———education, prevention, care, and research (S. 1220), 4972, 8997, 9002, 9004, 9009 [27AP], 9255, 9258, 9261, 9274, 9281, 9284, 9287, 9288, 9302, 9304, 9306, 9310, 9313, 9316, 9317, 9392, 9394, 9395, 9398 [28AP]

Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration: revise and extend authority (S. 1943), 15574 [22JN]

Animals: prohibit selling of stolen dogs and cats for experimental purposes (S. 2353), 21651, 21680 [10AU]

Armed Forces: damages for injuries from improper medical care (H.R. 1054), 1599, 1600 [17FE]

Biotechnology and the human genome: research (S. 1966), 15058, 15060, 15136, 15137 [17JN]

Children: improve nutrition programs (S. 2560), 18671, 18676, 18677, 18679, 18684, 18773, 18783, 18784 [26JY], 22066-22076 [11AU]

EPA: promulgate regulations on management of infectious waste (H.R. 3515), 29409, 29532 [7OC]

———promulgate regulations on management of infectious waste (H.R. 3515) Senate amendments, 30113 [12OC]

Families: Federal child care program (H.R. 3660), 11739 [19MY]

Family Security Act: enact (S. 1511), 14471 [14JN], 14599, 14600 [15JN], 14882, 14886, 14894, 14896, 14910, 14916, 14920, 14927, 14928, 14931-14933, 14988-14992 [16JN]

Federal employees: health insurance benefits program (H.R. 5102), 30979, 30980, 31135 [14OC]

Hawaii: improve health status of natives (S. 136), 27067, 27116, 27118 [30SE]

Health Professions Reauthorization Act: enact (S. 2229), 28096 [4OC]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: amend (H.R. 5261), 25951-25969, 26012, 26013, 26014, 26017, 26018 [28SE]

Indians: care services (S. 2382), 23131 [9SE]

Indoor Air Quality Act: enact (S. 1629), 6471 [12AP]

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 569), 18068 [13JY]

National AIDS Awareness and Prevention Month: designate (S.J. Res. 192), 28393, 28483 [5OC]

National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: establish (H.R. 2881), 3943 [15MR]

National Craniofacial Deformity Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 573), 32797 [21OC]

National Day of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (S.J. Res. 345), 32788 [21OC]

National Shut-In Day: designate (H.J. Res. 145), 13359 [3JN]

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 417), 19837 [2AU]

NIH: establish National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (H.R. 3361), 20149 [3AU]

———establish National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (S. 1727), 29401-29403, 29469, 29470 [7OC]

Nurse Education Reauthorization Act: enact (S. 2231), 22880-22882, 22907-22909 [8SE]

Nutrition: comprehensive program (S. 1081), 21260, 21281, 21282 [9AU], 31497 [18OC]

Omnibus Anti-Substance Abuse Act: enact (S. 2852), 28098, 28099, 28101, 28102 [4OC], 28377, 28452 [5OC], 29390 [7OC], 29810-29812 [11OC], 29959, 29960 [12OC], 30401 [13OC]

Organ procurement: assistance to organizations (H.R. 3097), 15081, 15087, 15088, 15142 [17JN]

Parental and Medical Leave Act: enact (S. 2488), 25331 [26SE], 25643, 25646, 25699, 25700, 25706 [27SE], 25870-25877, 25887, 25935 [28SE], 26540-26575, 26615, 26618-26672 [29SE], 27769 [3OC], 28099 [4OC], 28394 [5OC], 28882-28955 [6OC], 29378 [7OC]

Pediatric emergency medical services: national and regional centers (S. 1968), 1129, 1176 [4FE]

Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act: amend (S. 2393), 28026, 28096 [4OC]

Public Health Service Act: emergency medical services and trauma care (H.R. 3133), 26765 [29SE]

———extend programs of assistance for primary care (S. 2385), 14283, 14299 [13JN], 17782 [12JY], 19650, 19666-19668 [29JY], 19673-19675 [1AU]

———revise program of assistance for health maintenance organizations (H.R. 3235), 21962, 21963, 22033, 22035 [11AU]

State Radon Program Development Act: enact (S. 744), 29461-29464 [7OC]

Veterans: establish benefits for disease victims of ionizing radiation (H.R. 1811), 8580, 8648 [25AP]

Analyses

Asbestos Information Act (H.R. 5442), 28217 [4OC]

Emergency Medical Services Under Statewide Trauma and Emergency Medical Service Plans, 7488 [19AP]

FDA Revitalization (S. 2468), 13460 [6JN]

National Plumbing Fixtures Efficiency Act (S. 2896), 30874 [14OC]

Omnibus Anti-Substance Abuse Act (S. 2852), 27415-27437 [3OC]

Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act Amendments (S. 2393), 28567 [5OC]

Rehabilitation Act Amendment (H.R. 5334), 24706-24709 [20SE]

Social Security Work Incentives Act (H.R. 4680), 12483 [25MY]

Spinal Cord Injury: National Spinal Cord Injury Foundation, 4932 [23MR]

Submission of Asbestos Management Plans Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (H.R. 3893), 17296 [7JY]

VA Health Care Programs and Benefits, 7157-7159 [18AP]

VA Medical Facility Projects, 7155 [18AP]

Washington Post Article—VA Researchers Ordered To Report Fewer Problem Hospitals: Terry L. Thomas, 32501 [21OC]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2616, VA health care programs, 6356 [12AP]

———H.R. 3235, revise program of assistance for health maintenance organizations, 22037 [11AU], 27915 [3OC]

———H.R. 5261, Indian Health Care Improvement Act, 26023 [28SE], 28168 [4OC]

———S. 2385, extend programs of assistance for primary health care, 17784 [12JY]

Articles and editorials

AARP Tax, 16525 [29JN]

Aborted Fathers—Choice To Kill Should Not Be Just for Women, 18535 [14JY]

Abortion Ruling Could Curb Dad's Suits, 18535 [14JY]

Abortions in New York State—A Moral Decision—A Human Service, 9996 [5MY]

Agent Orange Exposure and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Charles J. Levy, 21996 [11AU]

Agent Orange Studies May Be Wrong, 6928 [14AP]

Agent Orange's Victims Find Sympathy at the Statehouses, 21997 [11AU]

AIDS Crisis Pushes Euthanasia Initiative Toward Ballot, 9267 [28AP]

AIDS Law Drives Insurance Firms From DC—Many City Residents Are Buying Policies in the Suburbs, 8998 [27AP]

AIDS Virus Found To Hide in Cells, Eluding Detection by Normal Tests, 13662 [8JN]

Alcohol Is Blacks' No. 1 Health Threat, 13646 [7JN]

Alcohol Warning Labels—For the Kids' Sake, 10663 [12MY]

Alert Sounded on Potentially Lethal Refinery Chemical, 2494 [24FE]

Americans Favor National Health Insurance, but May Not Be Willing To Pay for It, 4813 [22MR]

Better Care Bill, 29363 [7OC]

Big Changes Proposed for Doctors' Fees—Surgeons Could Get Much Less—GP's More, 25274 [23SE]

Bill on Smokers' Suits Praised, 11373 [17MY]

Black Woman General Urges Students in Essex To Excel, 954 [3FE]

Blanchard Forms Task Force to Probe Medical Waste Found on Lake Shoreline, 23509 [13SE]

Boron—An Overlooked Element of Potential Nutritional Importance, 19864 [2AU]

Brain Science Center Is a Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity for Fantastic Medical Advancement, 23549 [13SE]

Bureaucratic Barriers to Medicaid Benefits, 16171 [28JN]

Business of Nurturing—Cunningham Uses Corporate Skills to Offer Pregnant Women a Choice, 17442 [11JY]

California Panel Links Alcohol Abuse, Cancer, 10663 [12MY]

Caring Enough To Cry—The Life of an AIDS Nurse, 26835 [29SE]

Caring Physician, 272 [27JA]

Caring Workplace—Employers Who Address the Home and Health Concerns of Workers Find a Marked Improvement in Performance, Health and Morale, 27410 [3OC]

Case-Managing AIDS, 24827-24830 [22SE]

Catastrophic Health Plan Will Be Boon for Elderly, 13310 [2JN]

Caught in a Bureaucratic Circle, 17391 [8JY]

Chance to Lead, 17347 [8JY]

Chemical Company Clashes With Hill—Senators Want Du Pont To Fulfill Pledge To Stop CFC Production, 3558 [8MR]

Child Care Crisis, 20344 [3AU]

Child Care Time Is Now, 20343 [3AU]

Children With AIDS, 23611 [13SE]

Cobb ``Who's Who'' Honors Harrison, 20017 [2AU]

Cocaine Abuse—Historical, Epidemiological, and Psychological Perspectives, 12973-12975 [27MY]

Cocaine—Litany of Fetal Risks Grows—Researchers Find That a Majority of Exposed Newborns Suffer Damage, 30823 [14OC]

Colorado Danger Signs on Medical Emergency, 20596 [4AU]

Company Offers Free Medicine to Needy Heart Patients, 10176 [9MY]

Company To Give Heart Drugs to Needy Dallas-Area Patients, 9812 [3MY]

Concerns of Disabled and Elderly Persons, 2399 [23FE]

Congress' Unpretentious Program for Orphan Drugs, 19592 [29JY]

Contagious Diseases and the Educational Systems, 379 [28JA]

Contain AIDS by Treating Addicts, 412 [28JA]

Corporate Prenatal-Care Plans Multiply, Benefiting Both Mothers and Employers, 17834 [12JY]

Costly Gamble With Babies' Lives, 8851 [26AP]

Costly Procedures Under Scrutiny, 19564 [28JY]

Costs Killing Rural Hospitals, 18358 [14JY]

County Braces for More Casualties in Emergency Care, 10870 [12MY]

Crack Comes to the Nursery—More and More Cocaine-Using Mothers Are Bearing Afflicted Infants, 23870 [14SE]

Cracking Drug Addiction—Acupuncture Provides Hope at N.Y. Clinic, 23680 [13SE]

Crisis in Emergency Rooms—More Symptoms Than Cure, 20130 [3AU]

Cunningham Trying To Help Pregnant Women, 17443 [11JY]

Data Eat Away at Reports of Widespread Hunger, 19703 [1AU]

Deadly Secrets—System Thwarts Sharing Data on Unsafe Products, 11343 [17MY]

Demand Rising for Insurance That Covers Long-Term Care, 2907 [2MR], 3489 [4MR]

Dignity of Nursing, 14488 [14JN]

Doctor Faces Deportation, 31754 [19OC]

Does Congress Hide Behind Science on AO Issue?, 2909 [2MR]

Doing Business, Doing Good, 7657 [20AP]

Dr. Albright, Longtime Oral Surgeon, Dies at 86, 5500 [29MR]

Dr. David Worthen, Ophthalmologist, Author, Dies, 8405 [21AP]

Dr. William C. Baber Retires After 54 Years in Practice, 16604 [30JN]

Draft Report on Global Warming Foresees Environmental Havoc in U.S., 32614 [21OC]

Drug Giveaway Praised, 8766 [26AP]

Drug-Addiction Challenge, 21419 [9AU]

Dukakis' Vision or Nightmare, 29864 [11OC]

Emergency Room in U.S. Listed in Critical Condition, 20131 [3AU]

EPA's Safe Level on Radon Is Much Too High, 32411 [20OC]

Ethnic Identity and Vietnam—A Japanese-American Vietnam Veteran With PTSD, 14975-14978 [16JN]

Experimental Drug Use on Veteran Probed, 1671 [17FE]

Expert Committee Finds Mapping and Sequencing Human Genome Feasible and Recommends $200 Million Annual Budget, 3473 [4MR]

Explosion of Childhood AIDS Cases Feared, 3003 [2MR]

Facts Needed on New Bill, 4962 [27AP]

Family Gap, 28004 [4OC]

Family-Friendly Corporations—They Help Balance Demands of Home and Work, 25660 [27SE]

Fetuses Aborted to Prevent Child of Wrong Sex, 28807 [6OC]

Few Options Without Health Insurance, 31988 [19OC]

Five Workers Exposed to SRP Radioactivity, 21456 [10AU]

Forcing Poverty on AIDS Patients, 23718 [14SE]

From My View . . ., 21989 [11AU]

Halt Needle Madness Before It Kills, 30615 [13OC]

Have Your Kids Been Tagged?, 18541 [14JY]

Health Hazards—How Medical Advances Often Worsen Illnesses and Even Cause Death, 19538 [28JY]

Health Status of Vietnam Veterans (series), 10759-10766 [12MY]

Health Worker Shortage Is Worsening, 9449 [28AP]

Healthcare Building's Up in Houston, 3979 [15MR]

Heart Bypass Operations Frequently Performed When They're Not Needed, a Study Concludes, 19564 [28JY]

Helping Small Firms Afford Health Insurance, 32146 [20OC]

Heterosexuals Told to Avoid Risky Partners, 9287 [28AP]

HMO Creator Wants to Check Health Care Efficacy, 14039 [9JN]

HMO Troubles With Medicare, 2465 [24FE]

Homeless Workers Endangered by Asbestos, 20356-20357 [3AU]

Hospital Shuts Its Emergency Room; Ripple Effect Feared, 10870 [12MY]

How Hungry? How Many?, 19702 [1AU]

How To Clean Up Needle Beach, 20117 [3AU]

Influence of Abortion Critics Barring Sale of Drug in U.S., 14496 [14JN]

Information Is Answer to AIDS Problem, 10181 [9MY]

Insurance Covers Long-Term Care, 291 [27JA]

Investigation of the Tragic Plight of the City's Young Prostitutes—AIDS Plague Hits Teenage Hookers, 24704 [20SE]

Is This Any Way To Grow Old?, 17290 [7JY]

Jackson To Put Campaign Focus on Cancer Cluster Town, 13101 [1JN]

James Florio Takes Issue With the EPA, 12765 [26MY]

Jersey Village That Fought Radon With Fans and Won, 24231 [16SE]

Judge Acts to Let Comatose Woman Die, 9268 [28AP]

Label This Drug, 10663 [12MY]

Laws Can't Make Us Good Parents, 27404 [3OC]

Legal Access—Employment, 32149 [20OC]

Let Business Make Its Own Rules on Leaves, 27410 [3OC]

Life and Death—High Infant Mortality Is a Persistent Blotch on Health Care in United States, 32369 [20OC]

Magic Machines Help Read the Mind, 29418-29420 [7OC]

Major Radon Peril Is Declared by U.S. in Call for Tests, 23709 [14SE]

Mary Cunningham's Grand Passion—Life Not According To Garp, 17444 [11JY]

Medical Care's Next Revolution, 25986-25988 [28SE], 27075-27077 [30SE]

Medical Debris Closes Oceana County Coast, 23510 [13SE]

Medical Junk on Lakeshore Shuts Beaches, 23508 [13SE]

Medical Junk—Sharp Laws Should Needle Those Who Dump in Our Lakes, 23508 [13SE]

Medical Waste Closes Fifth State Beach, 23510 [13SE]

Medical Waste Disposal Rules Voluntary, 23511 [13SE]

Medicare Change Illegal, Judge Says, 20157 [3AU]

Medicine's Changing Environment—Coping With Medicare, 18534 [14JY]

Messages From a Welfare Mom, 14938 [16JN]

Most Long-Term-Care Insurance Criticized—Consumers Union Cites Deficiencies, Costs, 8662 [25AP]

Mr. Bush on Family Leave, 28002 [4OC]

Mr. Dukakis on Health, 25662 [27SE]

MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Detects Tumor—Young Woman Finds Hope for New Life, 12219 [24MY]

National Initiatives for Care of the Medically Needy, 29131-29134 [6OC]

National Policy for Motherhood, 28003 [4OC]

Needy To Receive Free Heart Drugs—Pharmaceutical Company To Give Medicine to People Who Cannot Afford It, 9795 [3MY]

New Doubts Raised on Agent Orange, 6929 [14AP]

New Findings on Agent Orange (1984), 6926 [14AP]

New Medicare Rules Snag Local Hospitals, 22870 [8SE]

Nightmare of Steroids, 32669-32674 [21OC]

1988 Election—U.S. Foreign Policy at a Watershed, 3760-3764 [14MR]

On AIDS, the NAMES Project Brings Its Banner to D.C.—Honoring the Lives of Loved Ones, 28692 [6OC]

On Chemicals and Cancer Clusters—A Farmers Perspective, 29585 [7OC]

Once Again, It's Blacks Against the City, 33520 [21OC]

One-Size-Fits-All Leave Policy?, 27405 [3OC]

Orphan Drug Act—A Program That's Working, 11905 [20MY]

Ottawa Beach Open—Oceana Cleans Up, 23509 [13SE]

OU Scientists Study the French Drug, 14495 [14JN]

Paying Tribute With Action, 31759 [19OC]

Pharmaceutical Firm Offers Free Drugs to District Needy, 9171 [27AP]

Poor Nations Plagued With AIDS Pose Haunting Ethical Questions, 16350 [29JN]

Pregnancy Leave for Women, and Men, 28005 [4OC]

Prominent Child Psychiatrist, Reginald S. Lourie, 79, Dies, 4882 [23MR]

Quality Child Care Is Everyone's Concern, 20003 [2AU]

Quiet Side of the War on Drugs, 30725 [14OC]

Quiet Side of the War on Drugs—We're Not Doing Enough to Treat the Users, 33427 [21OC]

Radon Scares Buyers—Home Sales Delayed for Tests, 29467 [7OC]

Radon Work Not Just for Contractors, 29467 [7OC]

Rancho Centennial, Richard Daggett, Polio Survivors (newsletter), 692 [2FE]

Real Medicine as Practiced in the ``Boonies'', 28973 [6OC]

Refinery Blast Sparks Warning on Possibility of Poisonous Gas Release, 2495 [24FE]

Regulatory Success—Child-Proof Caps, 1793 [18FE]

Risk High for Chemical Disaster—Report Identifies 3 Local Facilities, 2495 [24FE]

RU-486—Death Pill or New Contraceptive?, 14494 [14JN]

Ruling on AIDS Drugs—Dangerous Trap for Research?, 18660 [26JY]

Rural Hospital Closure May Harm the Very Old, 22870 [8SE]

Say No to Paid Homemaking, 21929 [11AU]

School Breakfast Seems To Boost Performance, 9912 [4MY]

Searle Offers Heart Drugs Free to Poor, 7657 [20AP]

Seductive Power of Abortion, 22410 [11AU]

Senate Panel Clears Welfare Overhaul Despite Threat of White House Veto, 8369 [21AP]

Sending Child Care to Work, 33473 [21OC]

Service Dogs Provide Freedom and Friendship, 4930-4932 [23MR]

700 Hospital Chiefs Foresee Closing, 15818 [23JN]

Shared Habit—Addict Gives Birth, Addict Is Born, 6571-6573 [13AP]

Soldier Can See, Hear, but Euthanasia Sought, 9268 [28AP]

Soviets Resume Bombarding Embassy With Microwaves, 3413 [4MR]

Special Tribute to a Special Lady—Mrs. Helen Farabee, 23875 [14SE]

State Grieves Over Death of Harrison, 20016 [2AU]

State Health Officials Place West Virginians on Radon Alert, 29466 [7OC]

State Senator Served Final Term After Heart Transplant, 20015 [2AU]

Story About What's Really Going on, Not What Some Official Says Is, 6573 [13AP]

Strategy to Prevent the Spread of Aids, 24263-24268 [16SE]

Study, Agent Orange May Be Culprit, 6927 [14AP]

Take the Rocket Fuel Out to Sea, 86 [25JA]

Task Force to Battle Beached Medical Waste, 23511 [13SE]

This Dud's for You, 16387 [29JN]

3 in a Half-Million—Marc Buoniconti Transforms His Paralysis Into Beacon of Hope and Support for Others, 21633 [10AU]

Tinkering With Welfare? No, It's a Consensus: Senator Cochran, 14935 [16JN]

Tony Hall—Champion of Breakfasts and Other Meals for the Hungry, 2452 [24FE]

Training a Capuchin (Cebus apella) To Perform as an Aide for Quadriplegic, 4930 [23MR]

Trauma Care on the Critical List—As Costs Soar, Special Emergency Units Are in Deadly Trouble, 20129 [3AU]

Treating Mentally Disordered, 1568 [17FE]

Trip to the Olympics for a Special Olympian, 3780 [14MR]

Trying To Digest the Full Impact of Food Stamps, 19704 [1AU]

U.S. Falling Short on Health Goals, 18477 [14JY]

U.S. System—Errors of Youth, 5093 [23MR]

U.S. To Miss Most Goals for Improving Infant Health, 23680 [13SE]

UCSD Researcher Wins First Prize for Alzheimer's Study, 3297 [3MR]

Unacceptable Human Cost, 16002 [27JN]

University of Louisville Is the World Leader in Microcirculatory Research, 31148 [14OC]

Using Medical Markets To Stimulate the Rural Economy, 3021 [2MR]

VA Cabinet Position Merits Serious Thought, 1458 [16FE]

VA Medical Chief Blasts Post Story, 32499 [21OC]

VA Researchers Ordered To Report Fewer Problem Hospitals, 30189 [13OC]

Venice Clinic Given Heart Drug Coupons—Company Offers Free Medication, 10555 [11MY]

Victim Remembered as Caring, Determined, 14475 [14JN]

Vietnam Veterans Involved in Spraying Suffered No Ill Effects, Study Says, 6928 [14AP]

War on Drugs Putting Strain on U.S. Prisons, 9260 [28AP]

Warning Labels for Alcohol, 13645 [7JN]

Why Did Wilson Roberts Have To Suffer Needlessly?, 21563 [10AU]

Widespread Abuse of Drugs by Pregnant Women Is Found, 30823 [14OC]

Wooing Workers in the 1990's—New Role for Family Benefits, 27406 [3OC]

Worker Safety—Congress Should Ignore a Bill That Costs More Than It's Worth, 5286 [25MR]

Zumwalts' Bond—Life After Agent Orange, 12014 [23MY]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: prohibit use of Federal funds unless life of mother is threatened (see H.R. 5020)

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: care of victims (see H.R. 4136)

———counseling and testing (see H.R. 5142)

———counseling and testing (H.R. 5142), consideration (see H. Res. 520)

———educating and counseling youths (see H.R. 4040)

———education of the public (see H.R. 4228)

———grants for counseling and testing (see H.R. 4757)

———grants for purchase of drugs used in treatment (see S. 2846)

———grants to assist consortia in providing services to individuals (see H.R. 5342)

———penalty for knowingly transmitting (see H.R. 4289)

AIDS Health Care Financing Act: enact (see S. 2823)

AIDS Health Care Services Act: enact (see S. 2822)

Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration: extend authority (see H.R. 4907)

Alcoholic beverages: health warning labels (see S. 2047; H.R. 4441, 5409)

Alexandria, LA: designate the Gillis Long VA Medical Center (see H.R. 5153)

Aliens: prohibit payment of Federal benefits to persons in illegal status (see S. 2275)

Americans With Disabilities Act: enact (see S. 2345)

Animals: prohibit selling of stolen dogs and cats for experimental purposes (see S. 2353)

Armed Forces: suits for damage for improper medical care (see S. 2490)

Asbestos: extending deadlines for management plans and implementation of such to local educational agencies (see S. 2329)

———management plans by local educational agencies (see H.R. 4215)

———regulation in schools, public and commercial buildings (see H.R. 5311)

———school management and cleanup (see H.R. 4364)

———submission of asbestos management plans (see H.R. 3893)

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act: amend (see S. 2024)

Asbestos Information Act: enact (see S. 2687)

Bipartisan Commission to Review Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: establish (see H.R. 5426)

Black lung benefits: emergency advances to the disability trust fund and for trade adjustment assistance (see H.R. 5038)

———presumption of eligibility in the case of certain miners (see H.R. 3851, 3857)

———prohibit collection of certain overpayments unless existing regulatory requirements are met (see S. 2218)

Brick Township, NJ: designate the James J. Howard Veterans' Outpatient Clinic (see S. 2476; H.R. 4535)

Budget: removal of hospital insurance trust fund (see H.R. 4895)

Central America: commend initiative of the Ministers of Health and the Pan American Health Organization (see H. Con. Res. 378)

Charleston, SC: construction of a medical research center for the VA and the Medical University of South Carolina (see S. 2899)

Chesapeake Bay: protection from disposal of medical waste (see H.R. 5571)

Children: treatment of babies born to women with substance abuse problems (see S. 2771)

Cigarettes: increase excise tax (see H.R. 4740)

Clean Air Act: acid deposition (see H.R. 5032)

———amend regarding ozone and carbon monoxide levels (see H.R. 5469)

Clinical laboratories: regulation (see H.R. 5150, 5471)

Community mental health centers: construction (see S. 2219)

Community Youth Activities Act: enact (see S. 2769)

Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act: enact (see S. 2183)

Deaf Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 613)

Decade of the Brain: designate (see S.J. Res. 307)

Dept. of Defense: incentive special pay for nurses in Armed Forces (see S. 2069)

Dept. of HHS: construction of higher education nursing research facilities (see H.R. 4190)

———coverage of home care services (see H.R. 3886)

———reimbursing physicians and medical facilities which give emergency treatment to certain undocumented aliens (see H.R. 4530)

Dept. of Justice: assist State residential drug treatment programs (see H.R. 4973)

Drug abuse: declaring war on intravenous drug use and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.J. Res. 533)

———encourage drug-free society (see H.R. 4446)

Drug Free America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 582)

Drug industry: regulation of medicinal devices (see H.R. 4640)

———suspend duty on norfloxacin (see S. 2802)

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 312; H.J. Res. 539)

Employee Health Benefit Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 4951)

End Stage Renal Disease Patient Protection and Quality Assurance Act: enact (see H.R. 5515)

EPA: management of infectious medical wastes (see H.R. 5466)

———regulation of biomedical waste (see S. 2726)

Families: improve preschool services for families with young children (see H.R. 5365)

FDA: establish programs to assist recruiting scientists and individuals from the health professions (see H.R. 5557)

Federal aid programs: reimbursement for treatment of heart and lung conditions under certain (see H.R. 5286)

Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act: label stating the addictive quality of nicotine (see H.R. 4793)

Federal employees: extend health insurance and survivor annuity benefits to certain former spouses (see H.R. 4603)

———health insurance benefits program (see H.R. 5102)

———health insurance coverage for certain unmarried full-time students (see H.R. 5473)

———long-term care insurance (see H.R. 5167)

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: review food products for compliance with pesticide tolerance requirements (see H.R. 4205)

Food: pesticide residue levels (see S. 2875)

Great Lakes: protection from medical waste disposal (see S. Res. 470; H.R. 5249)

———track medical waste in border States (see H.R. 5302)

Ground water: contamination assistance to small communities (see S. 2060)

Handicap Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 534)

Handicapped: research on the development of advanced technology prosthetic and orthoptic devices (see H.R. 5207)

Hawaii: improve health status of natives (S. 136), correcting enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 155)

Health Professions Reauthorization Act: enact (see S. 2229)

Health Waste Anti-Dumping Act: enact (see S. 2685)

Hospitals: appropriate notification of closings (see H. Con. Res. 390)

Hunger: relief (see H.R. 4060)

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: amend (see H.R. 5261)

———amend (H.R. 5261), agreeing to conference requested by Senate (see H. Res. 565)

Indians: care services (see S. 2382)

———ensure proper coverage under Older Americans Act (see S. 2801)

Indoor air contaminants: reduce threat of exposure (see H.R. 5373)

Insurance: benefits (see H.R. 4829)

———continuation of health care coverage (see S. 2401)

———coverage of drug and alcohol abuse treatment (see H.R. 5507)

———deduction for amount of paid premiums on certain life insurance contracts establishing a trust for benefit of a disabled individual (see H.R. 4201)

———special rules for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see S. 2234)

International Family Planning Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 4270)

International Health Corps: establish (see H.R. 4984)

Interstate commerce: make certain plants, fruits, or vegetables nonmailable to prevent dissemination of plant diseases or pests (see S. 2837; H.R. 5199)

Iron Overload Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 655)

Karate Kids of America Just Say No to Drugs Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 586)

Kentucky: use unobligated abandoned land mine funds to provide clean water for Butler County residents (see S. 2542)

Kids in Day-Care Services Act: enact (see S. 2730)

Labeling: claims regarding fat, sodium, or calorie content on food and drink products labeled light or lite (see H.R. 4042)

Labor: strengthen protections available to private employees for disclosing information to protect the public health and safety (see H.R. 4305)

Lifecare Long-Term Care Protection Act: enact (see S. 2681)

Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Protection Act: enact (see S. 2636)

Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 537)

Lyme disease: State grant program (see H.R. 5062)

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 569)

Medicaid: care for low-income individuals (see H.R. 5320)

———coverage and payment for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 5267)

———coverage of services of nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and nurse-midwives (see H.R. 5475)

———early cancer detection (see S. 2783)

———enrollment improvement for pregnant women and children (see S. 2782)

———hospice coverage (see H.R. 3913)

———improve the provision and quality of services to mentally retarded individuals (see H.R. 5233)

———posteligibility income of certain beneficiaries (see H.R. 4247)

———reduce infant mortality (see S. 2122)

———services to pregnant women and infants (see H.R. 4072)

Medical Rehabilitation Research Act: enact (see H.R. 4013)

Medical Testing Improvements Act: enact (see H.R. 4325)

Medicare: applying area hospital wage index in certain New England areas (see H.R. 5216)

———charging beneficiaries without regard to the fee freeze if patient chooses to pay physician from private sources (see S. 2181)

———coverage for all clinical diagnostic laboratory services (see H.R. 5253)

———coverage for procedures relative to atrophic and weakened jaws (see S. 2924)

———coverage for social worker services furnished at rural health clinics (see S. 2163; H.R. 5234)

———coverage of services of nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and nurse-midwives (see H.R. 5475)

———eliminate premium increases in part B insurance program for certain individuals (see H.R. 3998)

———eliminate premium increases under certain conditions (see H.R. 3849)

———eliminate reimbursement differential between hospitals in different areas (see S. 2759)

———foot care (see H.R. 5131)

———hospital payment system (see H.R. 4511)

———limit application of benefits and premiums (see H.R. 5398)

———long-term care assistance programs (see S. 2671; H.R. 5236, 5320, 5393)

———long-term care assistance programs for States (see S. 2671)

———payment for capital-related costs for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 5257)

———penalties for certain improper referral arrangements (see H.R. 5198)

———protect patients against inappropriate transfer from participating hospitals (see H.R. 5468)

———rates (see H.R. 3945)

———reductions in payments to hospitals (see H. Con. Res. 380)

———voluntary certification of supplemental policies (see S. 2243)

———wage index for payment of hospitals (see H.R. 5298)

Medicare Ambulance Service Improvement Act: enact (see S. 2902)

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: delay implementation and provide for study of coverage and funding (see S. 2870; H.R. 5426)

———permit individuals to elect not to pay premiums or receive benefits (see H.R. 5418)

———repeal (see H.R. 5463)

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2470), waiving certain points of order against conference report (see H. Res. 463)

Medicare Graduate Nurse Training Act: enact (see S. 2572)

Mental Health and Aging Act: enact (see H.R. 4860)

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 248; H.J. Res. 464)

Minorities: improve health care (see H.R. 4940)

National Adult Immunization Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 335; H.J. Res. 640)

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 261; H.J. Res. 449)

National Angel Plane Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 353)

National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 348)

National Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service Centennial Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 395)

National Craniofacial Deformity Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 373; H.J. Res. 573)

National Day of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (see S.J. Res. 345)

National Diabetes Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 272)

National Disabled Americans Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 319; H.J. Res. 570)

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 302; H.J. Res. 557)

National Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 577)

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 259)

National Home Care Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 280)

National Hospice Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 289; H.J. Res. 525)

National Immunology Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 542)

National Institute of Dental Research Anniversary Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 465)

National Know Your Cholesterol Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 244)

National Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 303)

National Medical Laboratory Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 455)

National Medical Research Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 328; S. 603)

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 457)

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 255; H.J. Res. 460)

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 250)

National Outpatient Ambulatory Surgery Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 583)

National Paralysis Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 364; H.J. Res. 636)

National Plumbing Fixtures Efficiency Act: enact (see S. 2896)

National Research Institutes Reauthorization Act: enact (see S. 2222)

National RSDS Awareness Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 341; H.J. Res. 520)

National Rural Health Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 254; H.J. Res. 461)

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 266; H.J. Res. 476)

National Stroke Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 641)

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 321; H.J. Res. 576)

Nicaragua: trauma care for victims of civil war (see S. 2239; H.R. 4312)

Novel Organism Release Act: enact (see S. 2909)

Noxious Weed Control Act: enact (see S. 2587)

Nurses: assist students in financial need (see H.R. 4648)

———extend H-1 nonimmigrant status for certain (see H.R. 5427)

———permanent resident alien status to certain (see H.R. 4428, 4474, 5034, 5329)

———underserved areas (see H.R. 4599)

Nursing: increase number of professional nurses and educational assistance to nurses (see H.R. 5501)

Nutritional Assistance Improvements Act: enact (see S. 2486)

Occupational health and safety: clarify U.S. obligation relative to work places owned, operated, or under contract with the U.S. (see S. 2709; H.R. 4991)

Older Women's Cancer Prevention Act: enact (see S. 2921)

Omnibus Anti-Substance Abuse Act: enact (see S. 2852)

Omnibus Drug Initiative: consideration (see H. Res. 521)

Organ procurement: assistance to organizations (H.R. 3097), concurring in Senate amendment (see H. Res. 582)

Organ Transplant Contributions Act: enact (see S. 2079)

Parental and Medical Leave Act: enact (see S. 2488)

Partnerships in Child Care Act: enact (see S. 2741)

Patents: issuance with limited reverter provision to lands devoted to solid waste disposal (see S. 2202)

Patient Identifying Information Confidentiality Act: enact (see H.R. 5293)

Pensions: expand health care benefits and requirements for simplified funding arrangements (see H.R. 5309)

Pesticides: prevent ground water contamination (see S. 2853)

Physicians: extend programs of research and teaching facilities (see H.R. 4983)

———relieve liability while rendering emergency care on certain commercial aircraft (see H.R. 4924)

Postal Service: funding for certain health benefit payments (see H.R. 4025)

Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act: amend (see S. 2393; H.R. 5155)

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to the regulation of licensed laboratories (see S. 2477)

———amend to revise the authority for the regulation of clinical laboratories (see H.R. 4927)

———emergency medical services and trauma care (H.R. 3133), consideration (see H. Res. 536)

———extend programs of assistance for primary care (see S. 2385)

———extend programs relative to research and teaching facilities of professional personnel (see H.R. 4983)

———health services for the homeless (see H.R. 4003)

———nurse education (see H.R. 4655, 4752)

———revise and extend certain programs (see S. 2889; H.R. 4833)

———revise and extend nurse education program (H.R. 4833), concur in Senate amendment with an amendment (see H. Res. 573)

———revise and extend programs establishing migrant health centers and community health centers (see H.R. 4503)

———technical corrections in the continuation coverage requirements of group health plans (see H.R. 5080)

———waiver of liability for certain entities relative to the sale of a medical facility (see H.R. 5194)

Public welfare: coupons to recipients of assistance under the special supplemental program for women and children (see S. 2475)

——medical needs of certain recipients (see H.R. 4033)

Quality in Medical Testing Act: enact (see S. 2473)

Refuse and refuse disposal: control of medical waste (see H.R. 5119, 5223, 5400)

———penalties for dumping hospital wastes in the high seas (see H.R. 5130)

———strengthen prohibitions on dumping into ocean (see H.R. 5231)

———tracking medical wastes in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut (see S. 2628, 2680)

Rehabilitation Act: amend (see H.R. 5334)

Reno, VA: Ioannis A. Lougaris VA Medical Center new facilities (see S. 2126)

Research: dissemination of biomedical information so as to prevent the duplication of experiments on animals (see H.R. 5154)

Rural areas: appropriations for Office of Rural Health Policy and establish National Advisory Commission on Rural Health (see S. 2805)

———contain health costs, maintain quality, and ensure access to necessary health care services (see H.R. 5492)

———interdisciplinary training grant program (see S. 2597)

Rural Health Payment Reform Act: enact (see S. 2644)

Rural Long-Term Care Demonstration Act: enact (see S. 2255)

Safe Drinking Water Act: control lead in drinking water (see S. 2610; H.R. 4939)

Safety: transportion near sources of drinking water (see H.R. 5087)

Science: national policy to coordinate research (see S. 2614)

Sexually transmitted diseases: prevention and control (see H.R. 4915)

Social Security: benefit incentives for individuals and employers who purchase long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3900)

———benefits (see S. 2305)

———benefits to handicapped nonresident children if parents are members of the Armed Forces serving overseas (see H.R. 5578)

———caps on physicians' fees and hospital reimbursement differentials (see H.R. 5248)

———clinical diagnostic laboratory tests under medicare and medicaid (see H.R. 4928)

———coverage of certain pregnant women and infants (see S. 2046)

———coverage of psychologists under part B of medicare (see H.R. 4297)

———define psychologists as licensed health professionals (see S. 2192)

———develop criteria for determining benefit eligibility for individuals with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome virus (see S. 2592; H.R. 4949)

———disability benefits (see H.R. 4680)

———eligibility for certain benefits (see H.R. 4944)

———emergency medical services under statewide trauma and emergency medical service plans (see H.R. 4414)

———floor for certain matching Federal funds (see S. 2425)

———exclude from medicare and State health programs physicians who violated regulations governing investigation of new drugs (see H.R. 5530)

———health care for the aged (see H.R. 4455)

———improved services for foster care of teenagers (see S. 2461)

———improvements in the old-age, survivors, disability insurance and SSI programs (see S. 2755; H.R. 5250, 5335)

———increasing authorization for the patient outcome assessment research program (see S. 2182)

———insurance coverage of certain vision, hearing, and dental services (see H.R. 3901)

———long-term care benefits (see H.R. 4763, 5085)

———medicaid nursing facility coverage (see H.R. 4631)

———payment for inpatient discharges based upon diagnosis-related group determined at time of admission (see H.R. 5529)

———payment for screening mammography in the same amounts as provided for similar mammography (see H.R. 5479)

———payment to small rural hospitals on reasonable cost basis (see H.R. 5259)

———psychologist role at outpatient rehabilitation facility (see S. 2193)

———repeal medicare participating physician and maximum allowable actual charge programs and eliminate carrier actions requiring physicians to refund amount collected for services deemed not necessary (see H.R. 5555)

———require hospitals to implement no-smoking policies to remain eligible for medicare and medicaid programs (see H.R. 5394)

Social Security Work Incentives Act: enact (see S. 2517)

Solid waste: ensure that solid waste exported from the U.S. to foreign countries is managed to protect human health and the environment (see H.R. 5434)

———prohibit export of certain (see H.R. 5018)

Sports: health and safety standards for boxing (S. 2906; H.R. 5244)

SSI: coupons for farmers market (see S. 2043)

States: air quality standards (see S. 2656)

———promotion campaigns (see S. 2880)

Susanville, CA: addition to Lassen Memorial Hospital (see H.R. 5417)

Taxation: allow taxpayers to increase their income tax for organ transplant grants (see H.R. 4311)

———certain nonprofit hospital insurers taxable income (see H.R. 4555)

———coverage of individuals by private long-term health care insurance (see H.R. 4593)

———deduction for home improvements to mitigate radon gas (see H.R. 5371)

———deduction for those who care for medicare eligible, chronically ill family member (see H.R. 4929)

———funding of retiree health plans (see S. 2784)

———gross income exclusion relative to certain personal injury liability assignments (see H.R. 4191)

———health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5169)

———incentives to encourage the use of long-term health care insurance (see H.R. 4510)

———limited deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 4852)

———long-term insurance (see S. 2212; H.R. 4631, 5145)

———mechanism to donate overpayment of income tax to the National Organ Transplant Trust Fund (see S. 2409; H.R. 5330)

———treatment of certain amounts paid under life insurance contracts on account of illness or disability (see H.R. 5095)

———treatment of nonprofit hospital insurers (see S. 2543)

Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act: enact (see H.R. 4904)

Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act: extend authorization (see H.R. 4676)

Title V Infant Mortality Reduction Act: enact (see S. 2792)

Tobacco industry: addiction warnings on packages and advertisements (see S. 2402)

———sale and advertising restrictions (see H.R. 5113)

Tobacco smoke: authorizing study (see H.R. 4543)

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend (see S. 2025)

Uniform Health and Safety Whistleblowers Protection Act: enact (see S. 2095)

Veterans: application of civil service hiring procedures to VA-trained graduates in certain health care occupations (see H.R. 4667)

———assistive monkeys to veterans with certain handicaps (see S. 2511; H.R. 5146)

———change the date of the beginning of the Vietnam era to provide certain benefits to veterans (see H.R. 4131)

———construction of outpatient clinic in Youngstown, OH (see H. Con. Res. 397)

———contracting for drug and alcohol treatment and rehabilitation services in halfway houses (see S. 2105)

———convert nonphysician directors of medical centers to the senior executive service (see S. 2583)

———extending health care programs (see S. 2249; H.R. 4669)

———extending medical benefits for certain former spouses (see H.R. 3967)

———extending limitations for eligibility for educational assistance during which an applicant suffers from alcoholism (see S. 2328)

———extending respite care to chronically ill veterans (see S. 2446)

———health care personnel (see H.R. 5114)

———improving the capability of mental health care facilities (see S. 2463)

———limitation of payment to those under VA hospital care on a long-term basis (see H.R. 5235)

———medical facility projects (see S. 2293)

———protect benefits of those involved in agent orange product liability litigation (see H.R. 4479)

———review of claims for benefits (see H.R. 5288)

———status of outpatient clinic in Toledo, OH (see H.R. 4559)

———treatment of post-traumatic-stress-disorder (see H.R. 5036)

———settlement payments to those exposed to agent orange (see S. 2670)

———study of psychological problems among Asian Americans and Polynesian Americans (see S. 2521)

Veterans' Administration Health-Care Personnel and Programs Act: enact (see S. 2462)

Veterans' Agent Orange and Vietnam Service Disabilities Act: enact (see S. 2675)

Veterans' Vocational Training Continuation Act: enact (see S. 2459)

Visiting Nurse Association: prohibit unauthorized use of name (see H.R. 5346)

Voorhees College: Health and Human Resources Center (see S. 2764)

Water: performance standards for certain plumbing products (see H.R. 5497)

Whistle blowing: protection against reprisal for disclosing information to protect public health and safety (see S. 2095)

Women: education and treatment program relative to drug and alcohol abuse during pregnancy (see H.R. 4866)

———improve drug treatment services during pregnancy (see S. 2772)

Workers' Health Insurance Demonstration Act: enact (see S. 2027)

Youth: services for pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents (see H.R. 5206)

Biographies

David Pence, 24105 [15SE]

Book reviews

Crisis, Heterosexual Behavior in the Age of AIDS: William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson, 3599 [9MR]

Booklets

``Helping Youth Decide,'' National Association of State Boards of Education, 30663-30666 [14OC]

Books

``Environmental and Occupational Exposures,'' William N. Rom, 4864 [23MR]

``Virus of Love and Other Tales of Medical Detection,'' Charles Gregg, 379 [28JA]

Briefs

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome in the Third World—A threat to development: Committee on Hunger (Select), 16761 [6JY]

Broadcasts

Trauma Centers—A Fight for Life, 20132 [3AU]

Cables

Humanitarian assistance to Nicaraguan Contras: Dept. of State, 21478 [10AU]

Cloture motions

Parental and Medical Leave Act: enact (S. 2488), 26577 [29SE], 28355 [5OC]

Commentaries

Federal child care program: KPIX-TV (San Francisco, CA), 20636 [4AU]

Recommendations: Presidential Commission on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, 3003 [2MR]

Comparisons

Radiation Exposed Veterans Compensation Act (S. 9; H.R. 1811), 8585 [25AP]

Compendiums

Representative Kemp's legislative initiatives, 30501-30503 [13OC]

Court decisions

Communication of an infectious disease in the workplace or schools, 379, 380, 381 [28JA]

Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California (doctor/patient confidentiality), 18992 [27JY]

Dedications

Lyon Health Center plaque, 553 [1FE]

Definitions

Occupational health hazard, 4860 [23MR]

Population at risk of disease, 4863 [23MR]

Descriptions

Fight against diphtheria, 381 [28JA]

Medicaid regulations relative to the use of tax-exempt bonds for construction of care facilities and acceptance of medicaid patients (H.R. 5215), 22391 [11AU]

Mental Health and Aging Act (H.R. 4860), 25033 [22SE]

National Rural Health Care Act (H.R. 5492), 29637-29640 [7OC]

Patricia Neal Awards for Rehabilitation Excellence and Accomplishment, 28103 [4OC]

Documents

Global Climate Protection Act, 32613 [21OC]

Health Warning on Alcoholic Beverage Containers, 2717 [1MR]

Medicare Catastrophic Care Coverage, 25607 [26SE]

Veterans Benefits for Dependents of Drug Traffickers (Cranston/DeConcini amendment to H.R. 5210), 30708 [14OC]

Essays

Gift of Life: Jim Burrice, 30174 [12OC]

My Memories and Observations of My Five Trips to Moscow, Russia: Lori Kirsop, 13045 [27MY]

Explanations

Benefits for Disease Victims of Ionizing Radiation (H.R. 1811), 9626 [2MY]

Omnibus antidrug legislation, 17347-17351 [8JY]

Factsheets

Aesculapius International Medicine, 16344-16346 [29JN]

Environment, Safety and Health: Dept. of Energy, 31645 [19OC]

Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International, 22570 [7SE]

Lifecare Long-Term Care Protection Act (S. 2681), 20144 [3AU]

Massachusetts Healthy Start Program, 25226 [23SE]

Oxford House, 33141-33565 [10NO]

History

Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation Hospital, 24232 [16SE]

Interviews

Radon: Representative Florio with the Camden County, NJ, Board of Realtors, 32411 [20OC]

Introductions

VDT Syndrome—The Physical and Mental Trauma of Computer Work, 9181 [27AP]

Letters

Accessibility for handicapped: Consortium for Citizens With Developmental Disabilities, 371 [28JA]

———Paralyzed Veterans of America, 370 [28JA]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: AIDS Action Council, 24696 [20SE]

———AMA, 24694 [20SE]

———American Association on Mental Retardation, 32093 [20OC]

———American Council of Life Insurance and the Health Insurance Association of America, 24696 [20SE]

———American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, 24696 [20SE]

———American Foundation for AIDS Research, 32090 [20OC]

———American Hospital Association, 32090 [20OC]

———American Hospital Association and the American Nurses Association, 24694 [20SE]

———American Nurses' Association, Inc., 32089 [20OC]

———American Psychological Association, 32090 [20OC]

———American Public Health Association, 32088 [20OC]

———American Society of Allied Health Professions, 32097 [20OC]

———Arlington Street Church, Boston, MA, 32100 [20OC]

———Association of Junior Leagues, Inc., 32091 [20OC]

———Association of Schools of Public Health, 32088 [20OC]

———Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, 32088 [20OC]

———Child Welfare League of America, Inc., 32094 [20OC]

———Coalition for AIDS Prevention and Education, 32097 [20OC]

———Consortium of Social Science Associations, 32092 [20OC]

———Edward N. Brandt, Jr., 32097 [20OC]

———Elizabeth Holtzman, 32099 [20OC]

———Garrey E. Carruthers, Governor of New Mexico, 24969 [22SE]

———General Federation of Women's Clubs, 32091 [20OC]

———George A. Sinner, Governor of North Dakota, 24978 [22SE]

———Lawrence Principe, 32100 [20OC]

———Maureen O'Connor, 32099 [20OC]

———National Association of County Health Officials, 32095 [20OC]

———National Association of State Boards of Education, 32095 [20OC]

———National Conference of State Legislatures, 24696 [20SE]

———National Council of La Raza, 32095 [20OC]

———National Council of Negro Women, Inc., 32095 [20OC]

———National Governors' Association, 24695 [20SE], 24961 [22SE]

———National Leadership Coalition on AIDS, 32090 [20OC]

———National Minority AIDS Council, 32096 [20OC]

———National Network of Runaway and Youth Services, Inc., 32098 [20OC]

———National Urban Coalition, 32096 [20OC]

———several local government officials, 32099 [20OC]

———several religious organizations, 32092 [20OC]

———several Representatives, 19852 [2AU]

———several scientists and academic researchers, 32093 [20OC]

———several Senators, 32087 [20OC]

———sundry organizations, 24695 [20SE]

———Tennessee Dept. of Health, 18991 [27JY]

———Therapeutic Communities of America, 32098 [20OC]

———U.S. Conference of Mayors, 32096 [20OC]

———United Automobile Workers, 24696 [20SE]

———United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, 32096 [20OC]

———United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, 24696 [20SE]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome research and information, 8998 [27AP]

———Bailus Walker, Jr., 9321 [28AP]

———George Garcia, 9322 [28AP]

———National Black Nurses' Association, Inc., 9321 [28AP]

———National Medical Association, 9321 [28AP]

Agent orange exposure: Aaron Blair, 31435 [18OC]

———American Legion, 31422 [18OC]

———Christopher Rappe, 31426 [18OC]

———Environmental Defense Fund, 31422 [18OC]

———Jack Spey, 31429 [18OC]

———James R. Clary, 31426 [18OC]

———Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A., 31422 [18OC]

———John Halchais, 31430 [18OC]

———Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health, 32716 [10NO]

———Maxie M. Tenberg, 31428 [18OC]

———National Vietnam Veterans Coalition, 31422 [18OC]

———Peter C. Kahn, 31424 [18OC]

———Representative Dingell, 31427 [18OC]

———Robert W. Miller, 31432 [18OC]

———Senator Kerry, 11048 [13MY]

———Thomas K. Turnage, 10757 [12MY]

———University of Rochester, 31423 [18OC]

———VFW, 31422 [18OC]

———Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., 31422 [18OC]

———William H. Wolfe, 31428, 31430 [18OC]

AIDS Information Research Act: Senator Cranston, 30233 [13OC]

Alcoholic beverage health warning labels: various organizations, 7061 [15AP]

Asbestos management in public schools: American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, and others organizations, 5675 [29MR]

Bipartisan legislation on narcotics: Senator Byrd, 17347 [8JY]

———Senator Dole, 17347 [8JY]

Classification of soft and rigid permeable lenses: Sidney M. Wolfe and Robert B. Leflar, 33518 [21OC]

Comprehensive nutrition program: Otis R. Bowen, Sec. of HHS, 30012 [12OC]

———Representative de la Garza, 30011 [12OC]

———Representative Dingell, 30011 [12OC]

———Richard E. Lyng, Sec. of Agriculture, 30011 [12OC]

Continuation of health care coverage: Iowa Association of Business & Industry, 11170 [16MY]

Conversion of nonphysician directors of VA medical centers: Thomas K. Turnage, 16151 [28JN]

Doubts remain on abortion pill's safety: Richard Glasow, National Right to Life Committee, 9678 [2MY]

Early discovery of glaucoma: Elliott M. Feinman, 30982 [14OC]

Encouraging nursing as a career: Jack Golodner, 28606 [5OC]

Family and Medical Leave Act: several organizations for the aged, 29653 [7OC]

Family Security Act: A. Sidney Johnson and Stephen Heintz, 14260 [13JN]

———Otis R. Bowen, Sec. of HHS, Ann D. McLaughlin, Sec. of Labor, Richard E. Lyng, Sec. of Agriculture, and James C. Miller III, OMB, 8678 [26AP]

———Thomas Kean, Governor of New Jersey, 14879 [16JN]

Federal and postal employees health benefits: representative of several organizations, 14326 [14JN]

Federal child care program: Jesse L. Jackson, 19998 [2AU]

Fetal research, 31598 [18OC]

Frequency of certain cancers among Vietnam veterans: James O. Mason, 12965 [27MY]

Geriatric training in VA health facilities: VA, 31390 [18OC]

Grove City College decision: President Reagan, 393 [28JA]

Habitability of Rongelap Atoll following nuclear testing: Jeton Anjain and Willie Mwekto, 33551 [21OC]

———Representatives de Lugo and George Miller, 33550 [21OC]

Health care programs and benefits: Thomas K. Turnage, 7156 [18AP]

Health care providers: Martha D. Dickens, 19249 [27JY]

Health effects of tobacco use in the workplace: Fran Du Melle, Alan Davis and Scott D. Ballin, 5184 [24MR]

Health programs for rural areas: several Senators, 19048 [27JY]

Home care: Philip W. Brickner, 23489 [13SE]

Humanitarian food and medical assistance to Nicaraguan Contras: Representatives Kemp and Pepper, 9974 [5MY]

Illegal disposal of medical wastes: EPA, 20112 [3AU]

———Senator Bradley, 20117 [3AU]

———Senator Lautenberg, 20112 [3AU]

———Senators Lautenberg, Bradley, Moynihan, and D'Amato, 20117 [3AU]

In vitro fertilization: Paralyzed Veterans of America, 9441 [28AP]

Infant mortality: Senator Shelby, 429 [28JA]

Investigation of McFarland, CA, high incidence of cancer among children: Representative Dymally, 13101 [1JN]

Joint VA-Medical University of South Carolina research center: Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., Governor of South Carolina, 30884 [14OC]

———Thomas C. Rowland, Jr., 30884 [14OC]

Long-term health care: American Association of Retired Persons, 19645 [29JY]

———National Association for Home Care, 19646 [29JY]

———National Association of State Units on Aging, 19646 [29JY]

———National Council of Senior Citizens, 19645 [29JY]

———National Council on the Aging, Inc., 19646 [29JY]

———Villers Advocacy Associates, 19645 [29JY]

Medical facilities at Fort Sill, OK, and Seoul, Korea: William Mayer, 10937 [13MY]

Medical prescreening for phobias and panic disorders of military personnel: Representative Bilirakis, 15433 [21JN]

Medicare: Peter A. Ward, 18534 [14JY]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: Norman B. Ture, Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation, 13719 [8JN]

Minimum Health Benefits for All Workers Act: CBO, 25296 [26SE]

National Commission To Prevent Infant Mortality: Senator Chiles, 20604 [4AU]

National Disabled Americans Week: National Easter Seal Society, 11173 [16MY]

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute funding: American College of Cardiology, 20172 [3AU]

———American Heart Association, 20173 [3AU]

National Home Care Week: National Association for Home Care, 5213 [24MR]

National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act cost estimate, 21280 [9AU]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: Shirley Prushko, 1939 [22FE]

OMB review of Centers for Disease Control Research—Impact of Paperwork Reduction Act: Representative Dingell, 22008 [11AU]

Parental and Medical Leave Act: Darice Wright, 25659 [27SE]

———Donald G. Jackman, 25659 [27SE]

———Jeanne Kardos, Southern New England Telephone Co., 25319 [26SE]

———Mary W. Roberts, 25659 [27SE]

———National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 28006 [4OC]

———Talmadge R. Jones, 25659 [27SE]

Parental guidance on smoking: National Association of State Boards of Education, 30662 [14OC]

Pesticide control and testing: several organizations, 25907 [28SE]

Radiation Exposed Veterans Compensation Act: Thomas K. Turnage, 8589, 8593 [25AP]

Regulatory impediments for drug abuse treatment centers: Therapeutic Communities of America, 27448 [3OC]

Relocation of readjustment counseling service centers: VA, 31384 [18OC]

Retrieval of veterans' records: David F. Peterson, National Archives, 16094 [28JN]

———Thomas K. Turnage, 16093 [28JN]

Safety of Ritalin: Duane Alexander, NIH, 14746 [15JN]

———Hugh A. Cannon, FDA, 14745 [15JN]

———John C. Law, DEA, 15011 [16JN]

———William J. Bennett, Sec. of Education, 15011 [16JN]

Status of VA Medical Center system, 16608 [30JN]

Survey on appeals process for VA benefits claims: Richard H. Price, 17578 [11JY]

Suspended and cancelled pesticides: Lee M. Thomas, 15592 [22JN]

Tax deduction of medical care associated with radon: Daniel G. Walter, 29738 [11OC]

———Fran Du Melle, 29737 [11OC]

———M.R. Sullivan, Jr., 29737 [11OC]

———Richard M. Narkewicz, 29737 [11OC]

———Sandra B. Eskin, 29737 [11OC]

———Stephen D. Driesler, 29737 [11OC]

Technology and Disability Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act: several health-related organizations, 19969 [2AU]

Tennessee State Veterans' Home: American Legion, 31394 [18OC]

———DAV, 31394 [18OC]

———Tennessee Dept. of Veterans' Affairs, 31394 [18OC]

———VA, 31394 [18OC]

———VFW, 31395 [18OC]

Termination of Government assistance benefits for drug traffickers: Senator Cranston, 30708 [14OC]

VA health care programs: Arizona congressional delegation, 9132 [27AP]

———Rick Jones, 6992 [14AP]

——Representative Montgomery, 24609 [20SE]

———Representative Rostenkowski, 24609 [20SE]

———Senator Cranston (sundry), 28688 [6OC]

VA medical center system, 16759 [6JY]

VA medical facility projects: Thomas K. Turnage, 7155 [18AP]

VA patient mortality analysis: Senator Cranston, 30189 [13OC]

Veterans' Agent Orange and Vietnam Service Disabilities Act: American Legion, 19766 [1AU]

———VFW, 19766 [1AU]

———Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., 19766 [1AU]

Veterans' Benefits and Services Act: James L. Blum, CBO, 9450 [28AP]

Warning labels on alcoholic beverage containers: AMA, 1112 [4FE]

———American Council on Alcohol Problems, 1113 [4FE]

———Association for Retarded Citizens of the U.S., 1114 [4FE]

———Ben Robinson, 1111 [4FE], 2718 [1MR]

———Center for Science in the Public Interest, 1113 [4FE]

———Christian Life Commission, 1114 [4FE]

———General Association of General Baptists, 1113 [4FE]

———Mothers Against Drunk Driving, 1113 [4FE]

———National Council on Alcoholism, Inc., 1113 [4FE]

———National Parent-Teacher Association, 1114 [4FE]

———National Rainbow Coalition, Inc., 1113 [4FE]

———National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 1114 [4FE]

———sundry, 2719 [1MR]

Washington Post's VA hospital mortality rates article: John A. Gronvall, 32500 [21OC]

WIC supplemental food program: American Dietetic Association, 19601 [29JY]

———American Medical Student Association/Foundation, 19601 [29JY]

———Dept. of Agriculture, 19611 [29JY]

———Food Research and Action Center, 19601 [29JY]

———Generating Political Will To End Hunger (organization), 19601 [29JY]

———March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, 19602 [29JY]

———National Association of Women, Infants, and Children Directors, 19601 [29JY]

———Public Voice for Food and Health Policy, 19602 [29JY]

———Senator DeConcini, 19599 [29JY]

Lists

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome research and information, 9321 [28AP]

Art Linkletter's Golden Rights of Senior Americans, 20345 [3AU]

Cosponsors of S. 2488, Parental and Medical Leave Act, 25317 [26SE]

———S. 2560, Hunger Prevention Act, 18668 [26JY]

Dept. of Defense unfunded obligations in operations and maintenance account, 3449 [4MR]

Kentucky public officials supporting the Act for Better Child Care Services, 20345 [3AU]

Members of Kentucky Alliance supporting the Act for Better Child Care Services, 20345 [3AU]

Members of the Digestive Disease National Coalition, 31144 [14OC]

National Osteoporosis Foundation members, 762 [3FE]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week participants, 282 [27JA]

Organizations opposing restrictive acquired immune deficiency syndrome education policies, 32087 [20OC]

Organizations supporting a health warnings labels for alcoholic beverages, 1111 [4FE], 23411 [9SE]

Organizations supporting funding for development of drugs for rare diseases, 19593 [29JY]

Organizations supporting S. 659, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act amendments, 25909 [28SE]

Organizations supporting S. 1081, comprehensive nutrition program, 21664 [10AU], 30013 [12OC]

Organizations supporting S. 2517, endorsing Social Security Work Incentives Act, 14584 [15JN]

Organizations supporting supplemental food program for women, infants, and children, 19602 [29JY]

Organizations supporting the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 17407 [11JY]

Organizations supporting the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act, 21280 [9AU]

Organizations supporting the revised Parental and Medical Leave Act, 28001 [4OC]

Rongelap reassessment project studies, 33552 [21OC]

Memorandums

Civil Rights Applications to Abortion: Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood, 337 [28JA]

Funding of VA Medical Care Account: Arthur J. Lewis and John A. Gronwall, 28691 [6OC]

Ozone Concentration: EPA, 25620 [27SE]

Use of Misoprostil: Dept. of HHS, 29967 [12OC]

Warning Labels on Alcoholic Beverage Containers: American Academy of Pediatrics, 1112 [4FE]

Wartime Shortages of Nurse Anesthetists: Dept. of Defense, 1535 [17FE]

Memorials of legislature

Alabama, 6343 [11AP]

California, 2638 [29FE], 6343 [11AP], 6444 [12AP], 22869 [8SE], 24714 [20SE], 28084 [4OC], 28243 [4OC], 29796 [11OC], 31223 [18OC], 32121, 32122 [20OC]

Colorado, 9525 [29AP]

Hawaii, 10017 [9MY], 10546 [11MY], 11946 [23MY], 13866 [8JN], 14024 [9JN], 14372 [14JN], 32122 [20OC]

Illinois, 10369 [10MY], 11017 [13MY]

Kansas, 8373 [21AP]

Maine, 27329 [30SE]

Massachusetts, 461 [1FE], 2638 [29FE], 3163 [3MR], 16665 [6JY]

Michigan, 15994 [27JN]

Minnesota, 9155 [27AP], 11338 [17MY], 14024 [9JN]

Pennsylvania, 8568 [25AP], 9524 [29AP], 18238 [13JY], 18758 [26JY], 18925 [26JY]

Virginia, 8373 [21AP], 9791 [3MY], 15364 [21JN]

West Virginia, 4697 [22MR], 5358 [28MR]

Messages

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: President Reagan, 20707 [5AU]

Mine Safety and Health Activities: President Reagan, 1865 [19FE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act Report: President Reagan, 22868 [8SE]

U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program: President Reagan, 5500 [29MR]

Motions

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: counseling and testing (H.R. 5142), House insist on House amendment to S. 1220 and to request conference with Senate, 25121 [23SE]

———counseling and testing (H.R. 5142), recommit, 25105 [23SE]

———counseling and testing (H.R. 5142), strike all after enacting clause of S. 1220 and insert provisions of H.R. 5142 in lieu, 25108 [23SE]

Parental and Medical Leave Act: enact (S. 2488), recommit to committee, 26522-26539 [29SE]

Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act: amend (S. 2393), substitute text of H.R. 5155, 24706 [20SE]

Veterans: establish benefits for disease victims of ionizing radiation (H.R. 1811), suspend rules and concur in Senate amendments, 9625 [2MY]

Pamphlets

Lyme Disease—A Long Island Challenge, Representative Hochbrueckner, 18067 [13JY]

Papers

AIDS—An Alternative Scenario, Steven Jonas, 24139 [15SE]

Essential Factors of a Rational Policy on Intoxicant Use: Norman E. Zinberg, 20527-20529 [4AU]

George Bush and Health Care, 25230 [23SE]

Health Costs of Air Pollution—Summary of Findings, American Lung Association, 955 [3FE]

Health in Rural America: Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts, 25229 [23SE]

Healthy Families: Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts, 25228 [23SE]

Healthy Start on Life: Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts, 25225 [23SE]

Nation's Health During the Reagan-Bush Years—The Health of America's Children, 25225 [23SE]

Senator Quayle on Health Issues, 25231 [23SE]

Petitions

Child care programs: Albany, CA, Board of Education, 13868 [8JN]

Combat medical readiness and resources: Naval Reserve Association, 24 [25JA]

Conditions of participation for skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities: Santa Ana, CA, 25 [25JA]

Dumping of plastic and other waste in ocean: Volusia County, FL, County Council, 25024 [22SE]

Lyme disease: East Hampton, NY, Town Board, 9601 [29AP]

Medicare: Monmouth, NJ, Board of Chosen Freeholders, 3162 [3MR]

Medicare Long-Term Home Care Catastrophic Protection Act: New York, NY, City Council, 10658 [12MY]

Outpatient fees for care provided by uniformed services medical facilities: Naval Reserve Association, 24 [25JA]

Payment of referral costs of FSM patients outside medical institutions: Pacific Island Trust Territory, 6012 [31MR]

Standby system to provide health care personnel: Naval Reserve Association, 24 [25JA]

U.S.-Mexico Border Environmental Health Commission: International Good Neighbor Council, 15995 [27JN]

Veterans' hospital in Hawaii: DAV, 15287 [20JN]

Polls of opinion

Appeals process for VA benefits claims: Cambridge Survey Research, 17578 [11JY]

California: 23d District (selected subjects), 25060 [22SE]

Press releases

Cocaine linked to premature birth and low birth weight: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 30821 [14OC]

Girl Scouts take the lead in fighting, 26028 [28SE]

New Jersey Supreme Court opens door to wholesale involuntary starvation of patients, 9269 [28AP]

Retrieval of veterans' records, 16094 [28JN]

Proclamations

American Heart Month: President Reagan, 2388 [23FE]

Proposals

National long-term health care policy, 30637 [14OC]

Questions

Rongelap reassessment project final report, 33550 [21OC]

Vietnam Veterans of America survey on appeals process for VA benefits claims: Cambridge Survey Research, 17578 [11JY]

Questions and answers

Civil Rights Restoration Act, 6512 [12AP]

Healthy family proposals, 25228 [23SE]

National Health Start, 25226 [23SE]

Rural Health, 25230 [23SE]

Safety of Ritalin: FDA, 14745 [15JN]

Recommendation

Federal protection of private sector health and safety whistleblowers: Administrative Conference of the U.S., 2345 [23FE]

Regulations

Dept. of Defense guidelines relative to abortion, 11162 [16MY]

Discrimination on the basis of abortion, 362 [28JA]

Federal funding of abortion, 344 [28JA]

Remarks in House

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemic, 3002 [2MR], 3318 [3MR], 3575, 3598-3603 [9MR], 5057, 5058, 5060 [23MR], 14051 [9JN], 10181 [9MY], 14366 [14JN], 19851-19857 [2AU], 24104-24106 [15SE], 24139 [15SE], 27783 [3OC]

———counseling and testing (H.R. 5142), 20378 [4AU], 23833-23838 [14SE], 24260-24272 [16SE], 24694-24705 [20SE], 24946-24959, 24980 [22SE], 25096 [23SE], 25102, 25103-25121 [23SE], 25611 [26SE], 26821 [29SE]

———counseling and testing (H.R. 5142), authorizing clerk to make corrections in engrossment, 25108 [23SE]

———counseling and testing (H.R. 5142), consideration (H. Res. 520), 24260-24272 [16SE]

———Demonstration HIV Monitoring and Treatment Centers, 25097 [23SE]

———demonstration projects for counseling and mental health services for certain individuals, 25100 [23SE]

———developing countries, 16761 [6JY]

———education of the public (H.R. 4228), 4816 [22MR]

———education, prevention, care, and research (S. 1220), appointment of conferees, 25363 [26SE]

———grants to assist consortia in providing services to victims (H.R. 5342), 25042 [22SE]

———grants for purchase of drugs used in treatment (S. 2846), 27197, 27286, 27289 [30SE]

———OPM guidelines for the Federal workplace, 5102 [23MR]

———research funding, 1960 [23FE], 22374 [11AU], 23309 [9SE]

———research funding (H.R. 5534), 31796 [19OC]

———reporting presence to authorities, 19468 [28JY]

———Surgeon General's pamphlet, 13929 [9JN]

Aeronautics: extending smoking ban on flights, 9056 [27AP]

Africa: population control, 25065 [22SE]

Aged: guarantees on loans deposited in unfunded pension plans and certain retiree health trusts, 32401 [20OC]

———long-term health care, 291 [27JA], 30636 [14OC]

———rising health care costs, 33454, 33536 [21OC]

Aid for AIDS Research Committee: tribute, 11348 [17MY]

Alameda County, CA, Pharmacists Association: tribute to essay contest winners, 20351 [3AU]

Alcoholic beverages: health warning labels (H.R. 4441), 13645 [7JN], 23411 [9SE]

———health warning label on containers (H.R. 5409), 26829 [29SE], 33586 [10NO]

———health warning labels on containers, 33139 [10NO]

American Academy of Medical Administrators: tribute, 24340 [16SE]

American Association for Counseling and Development: tribute, 4368 [17MR]

American Heart Month: observance, 2529, 2562 [25FE]

Armed Forces: damages for injuries from improper medical care (H.R. 1054), 1592-1600 [17FE], 1807, 1809 [18FE]

———damages for injuries from improper medical care (H.R. 1054), consideration (H. Res. 375), 1590-1592 [17FE]

———damages for injuries from improper medical care (H.R. 1054), technical and conforming changes, 1601 [17FE]

———hospital medical services to military members and retired community, 5111 [24MR]

Asbestos: cleaning done by homeless workers, 20356 [3AU]

———management plans by local educational agencies (H.R. 4215), 4740 [22MR]

———regulation for schools, public and commercial buildings (H.R. 5311), 24122 [15SE]

———submission of management plans (H.R. 3893), 685, 690 [2FE], 5674 [29MR], 6254 [31MR], 15981-15986 [27JN]

Atmospheric greenhouse effect: international effort to control increase in Earth temperature (H.R. 5460), 28664 [5OC], 29166-29169 [6OC]

Baltimore, MD: tribute to Franklin Square Hospital Center, 33489 [21OC]

Baltimore Regional Burn Center: anniversary, 25031 [22SE]

Bethesda Naval Hospital: tribute to psychiatric residents, 19672 [1AU]

Better Hearing and Speech Month: observance, 9485 [28AP]

Biological warfare: research of biological agents in the development of defenses (H.R. 5241), 22371 [11AU]

Bipartisan Commission to Review Medicare Catastrophic Coverage: establish (H.R. 5426), 27333 [30SE]

Birth control: prohibit use of FDA funds for testing of mifepristone, 14494 [14JN]

Brain Science Foundation: tribute, 29615 [7OC]

Brick Township, NJ: James J. Howard Veterans' Outpatient Clinic (H.R. 4535), 24610-24612 [20SE]

Budget: removal of hospital insurance trust fund (H.R. 4895), 15741 [22JN]

Buffalo, NY: tribute to Columbus Hospital, 32387 [20OC]

Calexico, CA: tribute to Valley Orthopaedic Clinic, 33445 [21OC]

Care system: flaws, 19538 [28JY]

Caribbean nations: improvement in health, nutrition, and education of children in poorest countries, 30632 [13OC]

Central America: commend initiative of the Ministers of Health of Central America and the Pan American Health Organization (H. Con. Res. 378), 26506 [28SE]

———improvement in health, nutrition, and education of children in poorest countries, 30632 [13OC]

Channellock, Inc.: ban on use of tobacco products at manufacturing facilities, 11784 [19MY]

Charleston, SC: opening of Biopharm, U.S.A., 21691 [10AU]

Chemical industry: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. production of chlorofluorocarbons, 3558 [8MR]

Chemicals: use in our society, 3968 [15MR]

Child care: Reagan administration policy, 18820 [26JY]

Child Health Care Day: observance, 29183 [6OC]

Children: Federal care program (H.R. 3660), 3699 [10MR], 5662 [29MR], 11739 [19MY], 15033 [16JN], 19997, 20003 [2AU], 20342, 20344, 20345 [3AU], 20635, 20636 [4AU], 22358 [11AU], 33472 [21OC]

———health insurance coverage for disabled adopted (S. Con. Res. 95), 18880 [26JY]

———identification tags, 18541 [14JY]

———improve health, family, and preschool services for families with young children (H.R. 5365), 25611 [26SE]

———infant health care, 23680 [13SE]

———infant mortality, 3574 [9MR], 30624 [13OC]

———reduction of preventable deaths by WHO and UNICEF, 16541 [29JN]

———response of certain Governors to social conditions, 17820 [12JY]

———school breakfast program, 9912 [4MY]

———survival plan, 14170 [10JN]

Cigarettes: increase excise tax (H.R. 4740), 13883 [8JN]

Citizens Train protest, 5049-5057 [23MR]

Clean Air Act: acid deposition (H.R. 5032), 18476 [14JY]

———amend regarding ozone and carbon monoxide levels (H.R. 5469), 29188-29193 [6OC]

———deadlines for cities and States to meet requirements, 20355 [3AU], 31792 [19OC]

———reauthorization, 25070 [23SE]

Clinical laboratories: accuracy of testing, 3566 [8MR]

———regulation (H.R. 5150), 23603, 23607-23608 [13SE]

———regulation (H.R. 5471), 29115-29119-29122 [6OC]

———revise the authority for the regulation (H.R. 4927), 16299, 16302 [28JN]

Coal: presumption of eligibility for disability benefits in the case of certain miners (H.R. 3857), 87 [25JA]

Coastal zones: illegal dumping of medical waste, 19572 [28JY]

Constitution: alternative church-state language for Federal child care program legislation, 11739 [19MY]

Consumers: information on unsafe products, 11343 [17MY]

Corporations: prenatal education programs, 17833 [12JY]

Council Center for Senior Citizens, New York, NY: anniversary, 13872 [8JN]

Dayton, OH: tribute to the Hipple Cancer Research Center, 25039 [22SE]

Deaf Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 613), 18544 [14JY], 32790 [21OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: anniversary of Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, 28240 [4OC]

———improve child nutrition and food stamp programs (S. 2560), 22058 [11AU], 22084 [7SE]

Dept. of HHS: construction of higher education nursing research facilities (H.R. 4190), 4355 [17MR]

———coverage of home care services (H.R. 3886), 457 [1FE]

———determine appropriate regulatory classification of transitional devices of medical device amendments (S. 1808), 33517 [21OC]

———reimbursing physicians and medical facilities which give emergency treatment to certain undocumented aliens (H.R. 4530), 9879 [4MY]

Digestive Disease National Coalition: tribute, 31144 [14OC]

District of Columbia: dedication of Children's Hospital National Medical Center's neonatal intensive care unit, 29173 [6OC], 31145 [14OC]

———efforts to combat drug problem, 1207 [8FE]

Doll League, Inc.: tribute, 29862 [11OC]

Donated Dental Care Services: tribute, 15726 [22JN]

Dorchester, MA: tribute to Carney Hospital, 16279 [28JN]

Dover, NJ: tribute to hospital and medical center, 33433 [21OC]

Drug abuse: distribution of free needles to addicts, 33520 [21OC]

———establish an addiction treatment trust fund, 33427 [21OC]

———increased incidence, 10488 [11MY]

———respite homes for abandoned infants in hospitals (S. 945), 2921 [14SE], 23608-23612 [13SE]

———treatment of addiction, 23680 [13SE]

———recovering house for addicted individuals, 33140 [10NO]

———use of steroids, 9057 [27AP]

Drug industry: regulation of medicinal devices (H.R. 4640), 18884-18888 [26JY]

Drunken driving: Surgeon General should declare a national crisis (H. Con. Res. 276), 11376, 11377 [18MY], 11525 [18MY], 28570 [5OC]

Dukakis, Michael S.: health care policy, 24603 [20SE]

El Paso, TX: anniversary of Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe, 9171 [27AP]

El Salvador: assistance to war-injured children, 17841 [12JY]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (H.J. Res. 539), 18063 [13JY], 18478 [14JY]

Employee Health Benefit Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 4951), 6970 [11AU], 16520 [29JN]

Employment: family and medical leave policies, 23415 [9SE]

———high-risk occupational disease notification and prevention (H.R. 162), 3596-3598 [9MR]

End Stage Renal Disease Patient Protection and Quality Assurance Act: enact (H.R. 5515), 30169 [12OC]

EPA: asbestos exposure, 12765 [26MY]

———data collection and dissemination relative to chemical emissions (H.R. 2800), 28211 [4OC], 28215 [7OC]-28216 [4OC]

———management of infectious medical wastes (H.R. 5466), 29185 [6OC]

———regulations on management of infectious waste (H.R. 3515), 28200-28202 [4OC], 28210, 29169, 29174 [6OC], 30116 [14OC]

———regulations on management of infectious waste (H.R. 3515), Senate amendments, 30113-30116 [12OC]

Epilepsy: anniversary of introduction of anticonvulsant drug dilantin, 3706 [14MR]

Everitt, Eddie: liver transplant, 14780 [16JN]

Family Resource Coalition: formation of Family Action group, 29603 [7OC]

Family Security Act: enact (S. 1511), 18071-18074 [13JY]

FDA: enhancement of operations, 33451 [21OC]

Federal aid programs: revise and extend certain (S. 2889), 30512 [13OC], 30552, 30553 [21OC]-30554 [13OC], 33480 [21OC]

Federal employees: extend health insurance and survivor annuity benefits to certain former spouses (H.R. 4603), 11083 [13MY]

———health insurance benefits program (H.R. 5102), 19569 [28JY], 24294-24298 [16SE]

———health insurance benefits program (H.R. 5102), concurring in Senate amendment, 31830, 31831 [19OC]

———health insurance coverage, 14484 [14JN]

———long-term care insurance (H.R. 5167), 20506 [4AU], 21121 [8AU]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: revise relative to orphan drugs (H.R. 3459), 4733-4734, 4736 [22MR]

Federal Tort Claims Act: military medical malpractice, 2781 [1MR]

Fogarty International Center: anniversary, 25839 [27SE]

Forest Hills, NY: Parkway Hospital anniversary, 9615 [29AP]

Freeman, Anita: lung transplant candidate, 5046 [23MR]

Friends Hospital: anniversary, 9177 [27AP]

G.D. Searle & Co.: Patients in Need Program, 9171 [27AP], 10555 [11MY]

———tribute, 10176 [9MY]

Goshen, NY: anniversary of Arden Hill Hospital, 16302 [28JN]

Great Lakes: protect from medical waste disposal (H.R. 5249), 22782 [7SE]

Greater Southeast Community Hospital Foundation: tribute, 32402 [20OC]

Guardianship Rights and Responsibility Act: enact (H.R. 5275), 23416 [9SE]

Hackensack, NJ: tribute to medical center, 9682 [2MY], 9807 [3MY], 9978 [5MY]

Hall, Representative Tony P.: feeding the poor and hungry, 2452 [24FE]

Handicapped: artificial limbs, 20004 [2AU]

———disability issues, 23684 [13SE]

Handicapped Day: Kentucky observance, 19843 [2AU]

Hawaii: improve health status of Natives (S. 136), 30107-30110 [12OC]

Hazardous substances: access to information regarding local environments, 12230 [25MY]

———disposal of PCB waste, 2713 [11AU]

———hydrofluoric acid, 2494 [24FE]

———labeling requirement (H.R. 2866), 15032 [16JN]

———reduce threat of exposure to indoor air contaminants (H.R. 5373), 25831 [27SE]

———study of tobacco smoke (H.R. 4543), 11372 [17MY]

———transport near sources of drinking water (H.R. 5087), 18551 [14JY]

Health Block Grant Program (S. 1579), 18881-18883 [26JY]

———(S. 1579), appointment of conferees, 23332 [9SE]

———(S. 1579), conference report, 28569 [5OC]

Health Care for America Act: proposal, 33554-33556 [21OC]

Health care providers: tribute, 23415 [9SE]

Health insurance, 5093 [23MR]

———benefits (H.R. 4829), 14774 [15JN]

———coverage for the poor, 10870 [12MY]

———deduction for amount of paid premiums on certain life insurance contracts establishing a trust for benefit of a disabled individual (H.R. 4201), 4369 [17MR]

———lack of coverage, 31794 [19OC]

———long-term care, 8662 [25AP], 20014 [2AU], 31793 [19OC]

———national coverage survey, 4813 [22MR]

———solvency of health maintenance organizations threat to aged, 2465 [24FE]

———tax treatment of long-term care benefits, 18482 [14JY]

Health maintenance organizations: revise program of assistance (H.R. 3235), appointment of conferees, 27915 [3OC]

———revise program of assistance (H.R. 3235), conference report, 28570 [5OC]

Health omnibus programs: extension (H.R. 5560), 32878, 32881 [21OC]

Hershey Park, PA: Your Healthy Heart Program, 15032 [16JN]

Homeless: health care for children in New York, NY, 692 [2FE]

———health care services (H.R. 4003), 2489 [24FE]

Hospitals: appropriate notification of closings (H. Con. Res. 390), 32729 [21OC]

———effects of certificate-of-need laws, 28120 [4OC]

Hunger: relief (H.R. 4060), 2724 [11AU], 2915, 2916 [2MR], 3044 [2MR], 11344 [17MY], 20966-20988 [8AU], 21426, 21429 [9AU]

Hydrofluoric acid: environmental hazard, 33514 [21OC]

Illinois: infant mortality rate, 9981 [5MY]

In vitro fertilization research: funding, 18952 [26JY]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: amend (H.R. 5261), 22729 [7SE], 22768 [7SE], 23612-23628 [13SE]

———amend (H.R. 5261), agreeing to conference requested by Senate on H.R. 5261 (H. Res. 565), 27952 [3OC]

———amend (H.R. 5261), conference report, 30140 [12OC]

Infant mortality: U.S. rate, 32369 [20OC]

INS: extension of visas for nurses, 7665 [20AP]

International Vaginal Surgery Conference: tribute, 23875 [14SE]

Interstate commerce: make certain plants, fruits, or vegetables nonmailable to prevent dissemination of plant diseases or pests (H.R. 5199), 27856-27859 [3OC]

Labeling: claims regarding fat, sodium, or calorie content on food and drink products labeled light or lite (H.R. 4042), 2790 [1MR]

Labor: strengthen protections available to private employees for disclosing information to protect the public health and safety (H.R. 4305), 6233 [31MR]

Los Angeles Harbor College: associate degree nursing program anniversary, 6506 [12AP]

Lucas County, OH: anniversary of board of health, 8417 [21AP]

Lupus Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 537), 6992 [14AP]

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 569), 18066-18068 [13JY]

March of Dimes: tribute, 30630 [13OC]

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation: anniversary, 25835 [27SE]

Marijuana: violence associated with use, 13226 [2JN]

Marion, IN: tribute to VA Medical Center employees, 14176 [10JN]

Massachusetts: acid rain research program, 18513 [14JY]

———Dukakis administration policy toward elderly, 20297 [3AU]

Maywood, IL: Hines VA Hospital's blind rehabilitation center, 24727 [20SE]

McFarland, CA: high incidence of cancer among children, 13100 [1JN]

Medicaid: care for low-income individuals (H.R. 5320), 24346 [16SE], 24716 [20SE]

———coverage of hospice care (H.R. 3913), 994 [4FE]

———coverage and payment for inpatient hospital services (H.R. 5267), 23038 [8SE]

———coverage of services of nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and nurse-midwives (H.R. 5475), 29597 [7OC]

———impact of Reagan administration policies, 29616 [7OC]

———improve the provision and quality of services to mentally retarded individuals (H.R. 5233), 25026 [22SE]

———posteligibility income of certain beneficiaries (H.R. 4247), 5099 [23MR]

———regulations relative to the use of tax-exempt bonds for construction of care facilities and acceptance of medicaid patients (H.R. 5215), 22057 [11AU], 22391 [11AU]

———require participating nursing facilities to pay personnel equal to the mean rate paid nursing personnel employed at other facilities (H.R. 5517), 30609 [13OC]

———services to pregnant women and infants (H.R. 4072), 3034 [2MR], 5667 [29MR]

Medical costs: Government control, 25274 [23SE]

———increasing, 26848 [29SE]

Medical facilities: sale (H.R. 5194), waiver of liability for certain entities (H.R. 5194), 2727 [11AU]

Medical Rehabilitation Research Act: enact (H.R. 4013), 2466 [24FE]

Medical Testing Improvements Act: enact (H.R. 4325), 5958 [30MR]

Medicare: catastrophic care coverage, 25607 [26SE]

———coverage for mammography, 13263 [3JN]

———coverage of services of nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and nurse-midwives (H.R. 5475), 29597 [7OC]

———foot care, 20011 [2AU]

———hospital payment system (H.R. 4511), 9803 [3MY]

———impact of Reagan administration policies, 29616 [7OC]

———initiate savings in reimbursement for capital expenditures, 3979 [15MR]

———insurance coverage for liver transplants, 14780 [16JN]

———long-term home health care, 13794-13799, 13807 [8JN], 13830, 13831 [9JN], 13832 [14JN], 13833-13846 [8JN], 14055 [9JN], 14508 [14JN], 14763 [15JN], 15030 [16JN], 17279, 17290 [7JY], 20626 [4AU]

———long-term care (H.R. 5236), 22365 [11AU]

———long-term care (H.R. 5320), 24346 [16SE], 24716 [20SE]

———long-term care (H.R. 5393), 25809 [27SE]

———payment for capital-related costs for inpatient hospital services (H.R. 5257), 22727-22729 [7SE]

———penalties for certain improper referral arrangements (H.R. 5198), 2724 [11AU]

———protect patients against inappropriate transfer from participating hospitals (H.R. 5468), 28668 [5OC]

———rates (H.R. 3945), 1405 [16FE], 1462 [16FE]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: delay effective date (H.R. 5426), 27333 [30SE]

———permit individuals to elect not to pay premiums or receive benefits (H.R. 5418), 26828 [29SE]

———repeal (H.R. 5463), 28498 [5OC]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2470), 3980 [15MR], 19470 [28JY], 25071 [23SE], 29981 [12OC]

———enact (H.R. 2470), conference report, 13103 [1JN], 13226, 13227 [2JN], 13263-13270 [2JN], 13310, 13320 [2JN], 13394 [3JN], 13832 [14JN], 13833 [10JN], 14055 [9JN], 14763 [15JN], 15015 [16JN], 16525 [29JN]

———enact (H.R. 2470), conference report—waiving certain points of order against, 13227-13230 [2JN]

Mental health: rectify medicare/medicaid deficiencies, 6235 [31MR]

Mental Health and Aging Act: enact (H.R. 4860), 15298 [20JN], 25033 [22SE]

Mental Health Referral Service of Southern California: anniversary, 25276 [23SE], 26831 [29SE]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 464), 2493 [24FE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 248), 19837 [2AU]

Miami Project to Cure Paralysis: tribute, 9613 [29AP]

Michael Reese Health Plan (company): tribute, 2484 [24FE]

Michigan: tribute to Henry Ford Hospital, 11348 [17MY]

Migrant workers: revise and extend programs establishing health centers and community health centers (H.R. 4503), 15964-15965 [27JN], 16243 [28JN]

Minnesota: health care programs for low-income family children, 18515 [14JY]

Montclair, NJ: community hospital anniversary, 7180 [18AP]

Narcotics: legalization, 31165 [14OC]

National Academy of Opticianry: anniversary, 13323 [3JN]

National Adult Immunization Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 335), 32793 [21OC]

National AIDS Awareness and Prevention Month: designate (S.J. Res. 192), 32807 [21OC]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (S.J. Res. 261), 32787 [21OC]

National Association for the Self-Employed: study on health insurance for small business, 2720 [11AU]

National Barrier Awareness Day: observance, 9693 [2MY]

National Burn Awareness Week: observance, 963 [3FE]

———designate (H.J. Res. 428), 1345 [9FE]

National Cancer Survivors Day: observance, 13321 [2JN]

National Commission To Prevent Infant Mortality: report, 22324 [10AU]

National Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service Centennial Day: designate (H.J. Res. 672), 32797 [21OC]

———designate (S.J. Res. 395), 33117 [21OC]

National Craniofacial Deformity Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 573), 32796 [21OC]

National Day of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (S.J. Res. 345), 32788 [21OC]

National Diabetes Month: designate (S.J. Res. 272), 9488 [28AP], 32794 [21OC]

National Digestive Disease Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 421), 8060 [20AP]

National Disabled Americans Week: designate (S.J. Res. 319), 32788 [21OC]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (H.J. Res. 557), 9056 [27AP]

———designate (S.J. Res. 302), 32790 [21OC]

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 272), 6372 [12AP]

National ET Nurse Day: observance, 8418 [21AP]

National Eye Donor Month: observance, 1684 [17FE]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (H.J. Res. 463), 1801 [18FE]

National goals, 18477 [14JY]

National Home Care Week: designate (H.J. Res. 515), 5048 [23MR]

———designate (S.J. Res. 280), 32800 [21OC]

National Hospice Month: designate (H.J. Res. 525), 10529 [11MY]

National Institute of Dental Research Anniversary Year: designate (H.J. Res. 465), 1945 [22FE]

National Just Say No to Drugs Week: observance, 10488 [11MY]

National Know Your Cholesterol Month: designate (S.J. Res. 244), 4210 [17MR]

National Lupus Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 303), 32781 [21OC]

National Medical Research Day: designate (H.J. Res. 603), 16621 [30JN]

———designate (S.J. Res. 328), 23779 [14SE]

National Neighborhood Housing Services Week: observance, 13942-13950 [9JN]

National Nurses Day: observance, 9998, 10004 [5MY]

National Nursing Home Week: observance, 9820 [4MY]

National Opticians Month: observance, 22776 [7SE]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 189), 5046 [23MR]

———designate (H.J. Res. 460), 1605 [17FE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 255), 4737 [22MR]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (H.J. Res. 442), 282 [27JA]

———designate (S.J. Res. 250), 9191 [28AP]

National Outpatient Ambulatory Surgery Week: designate (H.J. Res. 583), 21384 [9AU]

National Paralysis Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 364), 28173 [4OC]

———observance, 29179 [6OC]

National Rural Health Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 461), 2549 [25FE], 11767, 11769, 11770, 11771 [19MY]

———designate (S.J. Res. 254), 10529 [11MY]

———observance, 11738-11742 [19MY], 11786 [19MY], 12477 [25MY]

National Safe Kids Week: observance, 3016 [2MR]

National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans Week: observance, 940 [3FE], 1219 [8FE]

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 476), 2505 [25FE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 266), 13359 [3JN]

National Shut-In Day: designate (H.J. Res. 145), 13359 [3JN], 13394 [3JN]

National Stuttering Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 125), 3647 [10MR]

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 373), 6373 [12AP]

National Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 212), 9969 [5MY]

National Visiting Nurse Association Week: designate (S.J. Res. 172), 592 [2FE]

———designate (H.J. Res. 576), 12196, 12197 [24MY], 24310 [16SE]

National Volunteers Week: observance, 8404 [21AP]

National Youth Sports Program: tribute, 23305 [9SE]

Neurofibromatosis, 12218 [24MY]

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 417), 19837 [2AU]

New York, NY: distribution of needles to drug addicts, 30615 [13OC]

Nicaragua: humanitarian food and medical assistance to Contras, 9974 [5MY]

Nicotine: categorizing with other addictive substances, 11261, 11263 [17MY], 11377 [18MY], 11759 [19MY]

NIH: Children's Inn, 18821, 18915 [26JY], 18919 [27JY], 18920 [3AU]-18921 [26JY], 20353 [3AU]

———designate Claude Denson Pepper Building (H.R. 4729), 13313 [2JN]

———National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (H.R. 3361), 17403-17409 [11JY]

———National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (H.R. 3361), appointment of conferees requested, 29122 [6OC]

———National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (H.R. 3361), conference report, 29200 [7OC]

———National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (S. 1727), 30486-30493 [13OC]

———programs budget, 23305 [9SE]

Northeast Ohio Nurse Practitioner Group: tribute, 30632 [13OC]

Northwest Airlines: smoking ban, 5044 [23MR]

Nuclear warfare: compensation for civilian victims of aboveground testing, 17740 [12JY]

Nurse Practitioner Week: observance, 30632 [13OC]

Nurses: education, 14756 [15JN]

———educational assistance (H.R. 5501), 30614 [13OC]

———extension of visas, 8413 [21AP]

———increased need, 9054 [27AP]

———revise and extend education program (H.R. 4833), 14757 [15JN], 17409 [11JY], 17414 [12JY]-17415 [11JY], 28578 [7OC]

———revise and extend education program (H.R. 4833), concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 573), 28572, 28577 [5OC]

———underserved areas (H.R. 4599), 10858 [12MY]

Nursing homes: long-term care, 20014 [2AU]

Nursing Shortage Reduction Act: enact (S. 1402), correction in engrossment of House amendment, 17784 [12JY]

Nutrition: comprehensive program (S. 1081), 29182 [6OC], 30006-30018 [12OC], 33593 [10NO]

———Oregon Beef Council/American Heart Association brochure, 11764 [19MY]

Nyack, NY: hospital commendation, 7180 [18AP]

Occupational health and safety: clarify U.S. obligation relative to work places owned, operated, or under contract with the U.S. (H.R. 4991), 17308 [7JY]

Older Americans Act: technical corrections (H.R. 3436), consideration (H. Res. 466), 13832 [14JN], 13873 [8JN], 14508 [14JN]

Omnibus Anti-Substance Abuse Act: enact (S. 2852), Senate delay, 28983, 28985, 28987 [6OC]

Oregon Dairy Council: tribute, 18495 [14JY]

Organ procurement: assistance to organizations (H.R. 3097), 30110 [12OC]

———assistance to organizations (H.R. 3097), concurring in Senate amendment (H. Res. 582), 30069-30072 [12OC]

Orphan Drug Act: amend, 3692 [10MR]

OSHA: National Safe Workplace Institute report, 25841 [27SE]

Palm Beach, FL: anniversary of blood bank, 10565 [11MY]

———Reichman Memorial Golf Tournament, 17576 [11JY]

Patient Identifying Information Confidentiality Act: enact (H.R. 5293), 23869, 23872 [14SE]

Penn State University: tribute to Interfraternity Council dance marathon, 1684 [17FE]

Philadelphia, PA: anniversary of Evangelical Manor, 7513 [19AP]

———tribute to Community Care Center of Northeast, 7519 [19AP]

Physicians: relieve liability while rendering emergency care on certain commercial aircraft (H.R. 4924), 16280 [28JN]

———research and teaching facilities (H.R. 4983), 24635 [20SE]

———unnecessary medical and surgical procedures, 19564 [28JY]

Pine Hill, NJ, child care center: visit by Representative Florio, 3678 [10MR]

Pittsburgh, PA: Eastside Week, 27982 [3OC]

Poverty: health care, 29131 [6OC]

Primary care: extend programs of assistance (S. 2385), 17780-17784 [12JY], 19673, 19675 [1AU]

———extend programs of assistance (S. 2385), appointment of conferees, 17784 [12JY]

Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act: amend (S. 2393), 24705 [20SE], 28565-28569 [5OC]

———appropriations (H.R. 5155), 24647-24649 [20SE]

Public welfare: medical needs of certain recipients (H.R. 4033), 2555 [25FE]

Putnam County, GA: hospital construction, 28120 [4OC]

Queens County Mental Health Society: anniversary, 11782 [19MY]

Radon exposure (H.R. 2837), 22363 [11AU], 28550, 28553-28559 [5OC], 29195 [6OC], 29629 [7OC]

———testing, 972 [4FE]

———response to health threat, 24106 [15SE], 32410 [20OC]

Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, CA: tribute to Recreation Therapy Department, 692 [2FE], 17570 [11JY]

Rehabilitation Act: amend (H.R. 5334), 24706 [20SE], 25429-25438 [26SE]

Rheumatoid arthritis, 23695 [13SE]

Ritalin: safety in treatment of attention deficit disorder in children, 14745 [15JN]

Rural areas: accessibility of nursing education, 9178 [27AP]

———accomplishments of migrant and community health centers, 22215 [11AU]

———contain health costs, maintain quality, and ensure access to necessary health care services (H.R. 5492), 29636 [7OC]

Rural Health Care Week: observance, 11766 [19MY]

Sacramento, CA: Older American Volunteer Programs, 445 [28JA]

———Sutter Health Services educational course, 5684 [29MR]

Safe Drinking Water Act: control lead in drinking water (H.R. 4939), 16534 [29JN], 28119 [4OC], 28562 [5OC]

Salt Lake County, UT: remove right of reversion to U.S. in lands owned by the Shriners' Hospitals for Crippled Children (S. 892), 19797 [2AU], 20346 [3AU]

Sammy Davis, Jr., National Liver Institute: tribute, 32374 [20OC]

Sangster, Candy: pet dog selected as Ken-L-Ration's ``Dog Hero of the Year'', 3008 [2MR]

Schools: asbestos management and cleanup (H.R. 4364), 6608 [13AP]

Sexually transmitted diseases: prevention and control (H.R. 4915), 17415 [11JY]

Sinsheimer, Joe: criticism of Congressmen, 15419 [21JN]

Small business: National Association for the Self-Employed study on health insurance availability, 2720 [11AU]

Social Security: benefit incentives for individuals and employers who purchase long-term care insurance (H.R. 3900), 941 [3FE]

———clinical diagnostic laboratory tests under medicare and medicaid (H.R. 4928), 16299, 16302 [28JN]

———criteria for determining benefit eligibility for individuals with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome virus (H.R. 4949), 16412 [29JN]

———emergency medical services under statewide trauma and emergency medical service plans (H.R. 4414), 7488 [19AP]

———ensure physicians' hearing and judicial review rights before exclusion from the medicare program (H.R. 1445), 22405 [11AU]

———exclude from medicare and State health programs physicians who violated regulations governing investigation of new drugs (H.R. 5530), 30637 [14OC]

———health care for the aged (H.R. 4455), 8869 [26AP]

———improvements in the old-age, survivors, disability insurance and SSI programs (H.R. 5335), 28271 [4OC]

———medicaid nursing facility coverage (H.R. 4631), 11410 [18MY]

———long-term benefits (H.R. 4763), 13869 [8JN]

———long-term care insurance policies (H.R. 5085), 18453 [14JY]

———payment for inpatient discharges based upon diagnosis-related group determined at time of admission (H.R. 5529), 33523 [21OC]

———payment for screening mammography in the same amounts as provided in similar mammography (H.R. 5479), 29604 [7OC]

———prohibit medicaid reimbursement for abortion, 14766 [15JN]

———protection of trust funds, 32391 [20OC]

———require hospitals to implement no-smoking policies to remain eligible for medicare and medicaid programs (H.R. 5394), 25840, 25842 [27SE]

Social Security Work Incentives Act: enact (H.R. 4680), 12483 [25MY], 13206 [1JN]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: amend (H.R. 5018), 17837 [12JY]

Spinal cord injuries: research, 13315 [2JN]

Sports: health and safety standards relative to boxing (H.R. 5244), 22378 [11AU]

———use of steroids, 28120 [4OC]

Springfield, MA: groundbreaking for Shriners Hospital's new unit, 12471 [25MY]

St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing: tribute, 20627 [4AU]

State Radon Program Development Act: enact (S. 744), 28559 [5OC]

———enact (S. 744), H.R. 2837 passed in lieu, 28562 [5OC]

States: grants of periodic provision of certain data to physicians and dentists, 25101 [23SE]

———grants of periodic provision of certain data to physicians and dentists with provision to notify spouse of infected individual, 25105 [23SE]

———grants of provision on acquired immune deficiency syndrome to applicants for marriage licenses, 25101 [23SE]

Syva Co.: cosponsorship of Drug Testing Litigation Conference, 5248 [24MR]

Tax Reform Act: technical corrections (H.R. 4333), 18551 [14JY]

Taxation: allow taxpayers to increase their income tax for organ transplant grants (H.R. 4311), 5874 [30MR]

———certain nonprofit hospital insurers taxable income (H.R. 4555), 10405 [10MY]

———credit for amounts contributed to health care savings accounts (H.R. 955), 10490 [11MY]

———deduction for expenses incurred in care of certain older persons (H.R. 2039), 8434 [21AP]

———health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (H.R. 5169), 20633 [4AU]

———individual retirement account withdrawals for long-term care (H.R. 2039), 8434 [21AP]

———long-term care insurance for employees (H.R. 2039), 8434 [21AP]

———long-term insurance (H.R. 4631), 11410 [18MY]

———mechanism to designate portions of overpayment to the National Organ Transplant Trust Fund (H.R. 5330), 24341 [16SE]

———physicians' and nurses' donation of certain goods and services to older persons (H.R. 2039), 8434 [21AP]

———retain limited deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (H.R. 4852), 15249 [20JN]

———tax incentives to encourage the use of long-term health care insurance (H.R. 4510), 9801 [3MY]

———treatment of long-term care insurance (H.R. 5145), 20336 [3AU]

Technology: dissemination of biomedical information so as to prevent the duplication of experiments on animals (H.R. 5154), 20351 [3AU]

Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act: enact (H.R. 4904), 15909 [23JN], 17297 [7JY], 20930, 20936-20941 [8AU]

Tecumseh, MI: Herrick Memorial Health Care Center anniversary, 9693 [2MY]

Teenage pregnancy: physical, emotional, and financial consequences, 3983 [15MR]

Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act: extend authorization (H.R. 4676), 18835-18838 [26JY]

Tobacco industry: increase excise tax on smokeless tobacco (H.R. 4372), 6989 [14AP]

———label products with warning (H.R. 4793), 14069 [10JN]

Trauma care: emergency medical services (H.R. 3133), 25362 [26SE], 26757 [29SE], 26760 29SE-26766 [29SE], 27990 [3OC]

Trumbull Memorial School of Nursing: tribute, 10376 [10MY]

U.N.: child survival plan, 15031 [16JN]

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: tribute, 4100 [16MR]

University of Louisville: tribute to Center for Excellence in Applied Microcirculatory Research, 29586 [7OC]

University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown: tribute to Respiratory Care Society, 23689 [13SE]

VA: health care personnel (H.R. 5114), 24251 [16SE], 24605-24610 [20SE]

———health care programs (H.R. 2616), 5556, 5598-5605 [29MR]

———health care programs (H.R. 2616), conference report, 9131-9135 [27AP], 9922 [4MY]

———review of claims for benefits (H.R. 5288), 27783-27792, 27900 [3OC], 27906 [7OC], 28276 [4OC], 29631 [7OC]

———salute to hospitalized veterans, 696 [2FE]

———status of medical center system, 16077 [27JN], 16540 [29JN], 16608 [30JN], 16759 [6JY]

———treatment of post-traumatic-stress-disorder (H.R. 5036), 18490 [14JY]

Veterans: assistive monkeys for quadriplegic, 21433 [9AU]

———benefits for disease victims of ionizing radiation (H.R. 1811), 9625-9632 [2MY], 9981 [5MY], 10335 [10MY]

———GI bill (H.R. 4213), 2925, 2938 [14SE], 23636-23643 [13SE]

———limitation of payment of pension to those under VA hospital care on a long-term basis (H.R. 5235), 22390 [11AU]

———medical care, 6992 [14AP]

———medical benefits for certain former spouses (H.R. 3967), 3571 [9MR]

———protect benefits of those involved in agent orange product liability litigation (H.R. 4479), 17290 [7JY]

———rehabilitation for post-traumatic stress disorder, 31985 [19OC]

———treatment of exposure to agent orange, 15476 [21JN]

———treatment of transverse myelitis, 8794 [26AP]

Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital: tribute to psychiatric residents, 19672 [1AU]

Water: fluoridation, 13218 [1JN]

Water pollution: penalties for the dumping of hospital wastes in the high seas (H.R. 5225), 25579-25582 [26SE], 26834 [29SE]

Water purification: use of approved individual residential units, 6969 [11AU]

West Haven, CT: Nursing Assistants Awareness Day at VA hospital, 3317 [3MR]

White Plains, NY: tribute to St. Agnes Hospital, 23042 [8SE]

WHO: child survival plan, 15031 [16JN]

WIC: participation in special supplemental food program, 33521 [21OC]

Women: education and treatment program relative to drug and alcohol abuse during pregnancy (H.R. 4866), 15249 [20JN]

Youth: services for pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents (H.R. 5206), 22375, 22397 [11AU]

Remarks in Senate

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemic, 378-382 [28JA], 471 [1FE], 5269, 5277, 5278, 5281 [25MR], 12394 [25MY], 14390 [14JN], 16349 [29JN], 18659 [26JY], 18985-18988, 18997 [27JY], 21563 [10AU], 28692 [6OC], 31638 [19OC], 32085, 32086-32100 [20OC]

———Army study, 13661 [8JN]

———education, prevention, care, and research (S. 1220), 7209, 7212 [19AP], 8391 [21AP], 8989, 8991-9009 [27AP], 9254-9275, 9279, 9288, 9297-9339 [28AP], 13486 [6JN], 28482 [5OC], 30448 [13OC]

———education, prevention, care, and research (S. 1220), print, 10477 [11MY]

———grants for purchase of drugs used in treatment (S. 2846), 26679 [29SE]

———NAMES project, 28692 [6OC]

———prevent discrimination, 21994 [11AU]

———research funding, 18989-18996, 19005-19007 [27JY]

Aeronautics: smoking restriction on flights, 8770 [26AP]

Aesculapius International Medicine: tribute, 16343 [29JN]

Aged: adult day care, 10458 [11MY]

———allow periods of out-of-residence care to qualify for principal residence use requirements relative to capital gains tax (S. 2501), 14267 [13JN]

———home care, 23489 [13SE]

———long-term health care assistance, 8494 [22AP], 28959 [6OC]

———protection of the law in guardianship proceedings (S. 2765), 22877 [8SE]

Agent orange: Centers for Disease Control study of effects on Vietnam-era veterans, 22579 [7SE]

AIDS Health Care Financing Act: enact (S. 2823), 24823 [22SE]

AIDS Health Care Services Act: enact (S. 2822), 24823 [22SE]

Air pollution: chlorofluorocarbons and coal, 23703 [14SE]

———depletion of earth's ozone layer, 23704 [14SE]

———effects on health and environment, 16002 [27JN], 25620 [27SE]

Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration: revise and extend authority (S. 1943), 15574 [22JN]

Alcoholic beverages: health warning labels, 2717-2725 [1MR], 3782 [14MR]

———health warning labels (S. 2047), 1111 [4FE], 7061 [15AP], 10662 [12MY], 16386 [29JN], 32686, 32691 [10NO]

Aliens: prohibit payment of Federal benefits to persons in illegal status (S. 2275), 6464 [12AP]

AMC Cancer Research Center: tribute, 22898 [8SE]

American Heart Month: observance, 2387 [23FE]

American Protestant Hospital Association: tribute, 21989 [11AU]

Americans With Disabilities Act: enact (S. 2345), 9375-9379, 9382-9386 [28AP], 9542 [29AP], 11182 [16MY]

Animals: capture of chimpanzees from the wild, 18998 [27JY]

———prohibit selling of stolen dogs and cats for experimental purposes (S. 2353), 9533 [29AP], 21680 [10AU]

Armed Forces: allow members to sue for damages for injuries from improper medical care (S. 347), 1752, 1753 [18FE]

———allow members to sue for damages for injuries from improper medical care (H.R. 1054), 1752, 1753 [18FE]

———medical malpractice, 7278 [19AP]

Arthritis Foundation: anniversary, 19956 [2AU]

Asbestos: extending deadlines for management plans and implementation of such to local educational agencies (S. 2329), 4969, 4970 [27AP]

———funding of worker training in abatement programs, 17670 [12JY]

———removal by incompetent contractors, 17670 [12JY]

———submission of management plans (H.R. 3893), 16061 [27JN], 16397-16400 [29JN]

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act: amend (S. 2024), 652 [2FE]

Asbestos Information Act: enact (S. 2687), 20711 [5AU]

———enact (S. 2687), House-passed legislation, 28960 [6OC]

Atmospheric greenhouse effect: international convention, 17685-17687 [12JY]

Birmingham, AL: tribute to Southern Research Institute, 1080 [4FE]

Black lung benefits: prohibit collection of overpayments unless existing regulatory requirements are met (S. 2218), 5313 [25MR]

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, MO: anniversary, 22884 [8SE]

Brick Township, NJ: designate the James J. Howard Veterans' Outpatient Clinic (S. 2476), 13588 [7JN]

Centers of Excellence in Geriatric Research and Training Act: enact (S. 1112), 9411 [28AP]

Charleston, SC: construction of a medical research center for the VA and the Medical University of South Carolina (S. 2899), 30883 [14OC]

Chemicals: health hazards in aerospace and defense industry, 25184, 25244 [23SE]

Child Health Care Day: observance, 27771, 27776 [3OC]

Childhood Immunization Program: funding, 20554 [4AU]

Children: Change for Good Immunization Program, 1572 [17FE]

———improve nutrition and food stamp programs (S. 2560), 18092 [13JY], 18668-18702 [26JY], 19701 [1AU], 22027 [11AU]

———infant mortality reduction program, 429 [28JA], 13447 [6JN], 20603 [4AU]

———treatment of babies born to women with substance abuse problems (S. 2771), 23154 [9SE]

Children's Hope Foundation: commend efforts in treatment of children with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 6954 [14AP]

Chronic ailments: treatment, 27075 [30SE]

Clean Air Act: amend (S. 1894), 24579 [20SE]

Clinical laboratories: regulation (H.R. 5150), placed on calendar, 23738 [14SE]

———regulation (H.R. 5471), 29834-29839 [11OC]

———regulation (S. 2477), 13589 [7JN]

Colorado: air pollution, 23282 [9SE]

Community Youth Activities Act: enact (S. 2769), 23146 [9SE]

Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act: enact (H.R. 3130), 4422 [18MR]

———enact (S. 2183), 4062 [16MR]

Consumer Fraud Prevention Act: enact (S. 2336), 8876 [27AP]

Decade of the Brain: designate (S.J. Res. 307), 9389 [28AP]

Dept. of Defense: handling of hazardous substances, 21802 [11AU]

———incentive special pay for nurses in Armed Forces (S. 2069), 1535 [17FE]

———medical care eligibility, 10923 [13MY]

———medical facilities at bases, 10936, 10937 [13MY]

———Tripler Army Medical Center, HI, 10139 [9MY]

Discrimination: protections relative to affectional or sexual orientation (S. 2109), 2675 [29FE]

District of Columbia: neonatal intensive care unit at Children's Hospital National Medical Center, 28108 [4OC]

———repeal abortion restrictions in appropriations, 29314-29316 [7OC]

Drug abuse: bipartisan legislation, 17346 [8JY]

———classification as epidemic, 11871 [20MY]

———respite homes for abandoned infants in hospitals (S. 945), 28018 [4OC]

Drug industry: cost of AZT for impoverished AIDS patients, 23716 [14SE]

———Federal subsidy for drug Retrovir (AZT), 29701 [11OC]

———suspend duty on norfloxacin (S. 2802), 24201 [16SE]

Drugs: adverse reactions of prescribed, 7261 [19AP]

Drunken driving: Surgeon General should declare a national crisis (H. Con. Res. 276), 29478 [7OC], 29832 [11OC]

Dukakis, Michael S.: health care proposal, 24476 [20SE], 25224 [23SE]

———medical record controversy, 21144 [9AU]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (H.J. Res. 539), 22041 [11AU]

———designate (S.J. Res. 312), 9536 [29AP]

Employee Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act: enact (S. 1726), 742 [3FE]

EPA: participation in Pacific Northwest Hazardous Substance Research, Development, and Demonstration Center, 17682 [12JY]

———promulgate regulations on management of infectious waste (H.R. 3515), 29532-29534 [7OC]

———regulation of biomedical waste (S. 2726), 21623 [10AU]

Family: parental and medical leave policies, 32611 [21OC]

Family Security Act: enact (S. 1511), 8366-8368 [21AP], 8677 [26AP], 13486 [6JN], 14119 [10JN], 14226 [13JN], 14395-14412 [14JN], 14870, 14908, 14934-14968 [16JN], 15147 [17JN], 15210, 15226 [20JN]

———enact (S. 1511), unanimous-consent agreement, 14423 [14JN]

FDA: marketing of misoprostil, 29967 [12OC]

Federal aid programs: revise and extend certain (S. 2889), 30230, 30231 [13OC]-30272 [13OC]

Federal employees: drug free workplace standards for contractors and grantees, 30981 [14OC]

———health insurance benefits program (H.R. 5102), 31135-31136 [14OC]

———long-term health care insurance (S. 1738), 22885 [8SE], 24853 [22SE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: anniversary of passage (S.J. Res. 320), 11502 [18MY]

———revise relative to orphan drugs (H.R. 3459), 5862 [30MR], 6210-6213 [31MR]

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: enact, 11047 [13MY]

Fetuses: research, 31597 [18OC]

Food: pesticide residue levels (S. 2875), 29367 [7OC]

G.D. Searle & Co.: Patients in Need Program, 7657 [20AP], 8766 [26AP], 10273 [10MY]

Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 122), 1373 [16FE]

Girl Scouts: commend on Fight Drugs program, 26028 [28SE]

Global Climate Protection Act: burning of fossil fuels, 32611 [21OC]

Global Poverty Reduction Act: enact (S. 2454), 13002 [27MY], 19959 [2AU]

Great Lakes: medical waste pollution, 23507 [13SE]

———pilot program for tracking medical wastes (S. 2778), 29833 [11OC]

Ground water: assistance for small communities with contamination (S. 2060), 1518 [17FE]

———national research program (S. 1105), 2389 [23FE]

———mitigate water pollution and improve solid waste disposal through recycling (S. 2854), 27542 [3OC]

Handicapped: accessibility, 369-374 [28JA]

———assistive device resource centers (S. 1586), 2287 [23FE]

Hawaii: improve health status of natives (S. 136), 27115-27120 [30SE], 31136-31138 [14OC]

———improve health status of natives (S. 136), correct enrollment (S. Con. Res. 155), 28829 [6OC]

Health Block Grant Program (S. 1579), 742 [3FE], 20753 [5AU]

Health insurance: continuation of coverage (S. 2401), 11170 [16MY]

———lack of coverage for families, 32145 [20OC]

———long-term care coverage, 3488 [4MR]

———long-term health care for the elderly, 2907 [2MR]

———minimum benefits for U.S. workers (S. 1265), 7165 [18AP]

———special rules for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (S. 2234), 5842 [30MR]

Health maintenance organizations: revise and extend assistance programs (H.R. 3235), 22033-22036 [11AU], 29513 [7OC]

Health omnibus programs: extension (H.R. 5560), 32675 [21OC]

Health Professions Reauthorization Act: enact (S. 2229), 5525 [29MR]

Health Waste Anti-Dumping Act: enact (S. 2685), 20591 [4AU], 21174 [9AU]

HealthNet: tribute to Bruce Leonard, 22585 [7SE]

Homeless: status, 21267 [9AU]

Human Growth Foundation: tribute to Los Angeles, CA, chapter, 29415 [7OC]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: amend (H.R. 5261), 26012-26023 [28SE]

———amend (H.R. 5261), conference report, 30672 [14OC]

Indian Health Service: American Indian Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Prevention and Treatment Program funds, 9316 [28AP]

———Golden Fleece of the Month, 31633 [19OC]

Indiana: recipients of Vitae Bonae Award, 13481 [6JN]

Indians: care services (S. 2382), 10810 [12MY], 23131 [9SE], 23735 [14SE]

———ensure proper coverage under Older Americans Act (S. 2801), 24200 [16SE]

Interstate commerce: make certain plants, fruits, or vegetables nonmailable to prevent dissemination of plant diseases or pests (H.R. 5199), 29938 [12OC]

———prevent mailing of prohibited plant, fruit, or vegetable to prevent dissemination of plant diseases or pests (S. 2837), 25693 [27SE]

Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International: anniversary, 22570 [7SE]

Kellogg Co.: cancer information campaign, 28454 [5OC]

Kentucky: use unobligated abandoned land mine funds to provide clean water for Butler County residents (S. 2542), 15368 [21JN]

Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation: tribute, 11904 [20MY]

Kids, Inc.: tribute, 29962 [12OC]

Kids in Day-Care Services Act: enact (S. 2730), 21625 [10AU]

Knoxville, TN: tribute to the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, 28102 [4OC]

Labeling: addiction warnings on packages and advertisements (S. 2402), 11171 [16MY]

Laboratory payment demonstrations: extend moratorium, 28799 [6OC]

Lifecare Long-Term Care Protection Act: enact (S. 2681), 20137, 20146 [3AU]

Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Protection Act: enact (S. 2636), 18242, 18245 [13JY]

Lyme disease: grants for information (S. 2466), 13453 [6JN], 16394 [29JN]

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 569), 18393 [14JY]

Medicaid: bureaucratic barriers, 16170 [28JN]

———early cancer detection (S. 2783), 23534 [13SE]

———enrollment improvement for pregnant women and children (S. 2782), 23533 [13SE]

———nursing home patients, 5860 [30MR]

———reduce infant mortality (S. 2122), 2872 [2MR]

Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act: enact (S. 1673), 1572 [17FE], 21661 [10AU]

Medical malpractice: Atkinson v. U.S. decision, 7278 [19AP]

Medicare: catastrophic coverage, 24405 [19SE]

———charginge beneficiaries without regard to the fee freeze if patient chooses to pay physician from private sources (S. 2181), 4061 [16MR]

———coverage for procedures of atrophic and weakened jaws (S. 2924), 32556 [21OC]

———coverage for social worker services furnished at rural health clinics (S. 2163), 3929 [15MR]

———eliminate reimbursement differential between hospitals in different areas (S. 2759), 22870 [8SE]

———home health care, 20157 [3AU]

———long-term care assistance programs for States (S. 2671), 19644 [29JY]

———payment of nurses assisting in surgery, 29292, 29293 [7OC]

———reduction in payments for certain staff-assisted home dialysis, 29417 [7OC]

———voluntary certification of supplemental policies (S. 2243), 6146 [31MR]

Medicare Ambulance Service Improvement Act: enact (S. 2902), 30897 [14OC]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: delay implementation and provide for study of coverage and funding (S. 2870), 28875 [6OC]

Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act: enact (S. 1127), 9015 [27AP]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2470), 611 [2FE]

———enact (H.R. 2470), conference report, 13554-13567 [7JN], 13718-13746 [8JN], 14149 [10JN], 15830, 15831, 15836 [23JN]

———enact (H.R. 2470), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, 13527 [7JN]

Medicare Graduate Nurse Training Act: enact (S. 2572), 16051 [27JN]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 248), 537 [1FE], 10168 [9MY]

———observance, 29418 [7OC]

Mental Illness Week: observance, 31610 [18OC]

Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories: discovery of cholesterol-lowering drug, 6951 [14AP]

Mexico: control sewage from endangering U.S., 17698, 17701 [12JY]

Milwaukee, WI: tribute to De Paul Hospital, 24232 [16SE]

Mingo County, WV: commend Williamson High School antidrug effort, 10147 [9MY]

Minneapolis, MN: VA medical center's services for the mentally ill, 23549 [13SE]

Minnesota Medical Alley Association: tribute, 4966 [23MR]

Missouri: minority health care efforts, 30994 [14OC]

National Adult Immunization Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 335), 13770 [8JN], 18814 [26JY]

National AIDS Awareness and Prevention Month: designate (S.J. Res. 192), 25912 [28SE], 27030 [30SE], 28482-28485 [5OC]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (S.J. Res. 261), 1785 [18FE], 18805 [26JY]

National Angel Plane Week: designate (S.J. Res. 353), 19420 [28JY]

———observance, 28103 [4OC]

National Burn Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 210), 1178 [4FE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 348), 17256 [7JY], 21665 [10AU]

National Cancer Survivor's Day: observance, 13446 [6JN]

National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: establish (H.R. 2881), 3944 [15MR]

National Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service Centennial Day: designate (S.J. Res. 395), 32493 [21OC]

National Craniofacial Deformity Awareness Week: designate, 30997 [14OC]

———designate (H.J. Res. 573), 32479 [21OC]

———designate (S.J. Res. 373), 22467 [7SE]

National Day of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (S.J. Res. 345), 16380 [29JN]

National Diabetes Month: designate (S.J. Res. 272), 3939 [15MR]

National Disability Employment Awareness Month: observance, 32149 [20OC]

National Disabled Americans Week: designate (S.J. Res. 319), 11172 [16MY]

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 259), 1785 [18FE], 7659 [20AP]

National Home Care Week: designate (S.J. Res. 280), 5212 [24MR], 24014 [15SE]

National Hospice Month: designate (H.J. Res. 525), 21232 [9AU]

———designate (S.J. Res. 289), 11181 [16MY]

National Institute of Mental Health: Golden Fleece of the Month recipient, 3987 [16MR]

National Know Your Cholesterol Month: designate (S.J. Res. 244), 419 [28JA]

———observance, 1172 [4FE]

National Lupus Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 303), 8759 [26AP], 18809 [26JY]

National Medical Research Day: designate (S.J. Res. 328), 12414 [25MY]

National Nurses Day: observance, 9518 [29AP]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 255), 1536 [17FE], 2602 [26FE]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (S.J. Res. 250), 762 [3FE]

———observance, 1939 [22FE]

National Outpatient Ambulatory Surgery Week: designate (H.J. Res. 583), 22040 [11AU]

National Paralysis Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 364), 21633 [10AU], 26877 [30SE]

National Plumbing Fixtures Efficiency Act: enact (S. 2896), 30869 [14OC]

National Poison Prevention Week: observance, 1793 [18FE]

National Research Institutes Reauthorization Act: enact (S. 2222), 5512, 5520 [29MR], 18381 [14JY], 20172 [3AU]

National RSDS Awareness Day: designate (S.J. Res. 341), 14986 [16JN]

National Rural Health Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 254), 1383 [16FE]

National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans Week: observance, 1857 [19FE]

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 266), 2677 [29FE], 11680 [19MY]

National Stroke Association: tribute, 12012 [23MY]

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 373), 6922 [14AP]

National TRIO Day: observance, 1570 [17FE]

National Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 212), 1883 [19FE], 2632 [26FE]

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (H.J. Res. 576), 25911 [28SE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 321), 11502 [18MY]

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 417), 21232 [9AU]

———designate (S.J. Res. 237), 1938 [22FE]

New York, NY: Cabrini Medical Center treatment of Afghan freedom fighters, 16731 [6JY]

Nicaragua: trauma care for victims of war (S. 2239), 6143 [31MR]

Nicotine: categorizing with other addictive substances, 11178 [16MY]

NIH: Children's Inn, 18796 [26JY], 19436 [28JY], 19652 [29JY], 23290 [9SE]

———National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (H.R. 3361), 18396 [14JY], 20169-20174 [3AU]

———National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (S. 1727), 29469 [7OC]

Novel Organism Release Act: enact (S. 2909), 31544 [18OC]

Noxious Weed Control Act: enact (S. 2587), 16360 [29JN]

NSF: Golden Fleece of the Month, 3987 [16MR]

Nuclear warfare: claims by individuals exposed to radiation from nuclear testing (S. 2633), 17715-17719 [12JY]

Nuclear waste: disposal, 18646 [25JY]

Nurses: revise and extend nurse education program (H.R. 4833), 22911 [8SE], 30689, 30694 [14OC]

———revise and extend education program (H.R. 4833), S. 2231 language passed in lieu, 22911 [8SE]

Nurse Education Reauthorization Act: enact (S. 2231), 5838 [30MR], 21810 [11AU], 22907, 22910, 22911 [8SE]

Nutrition: comprehensive program (S. 1081), 21276 [9AU], 21664, 21669 [10AU], 31497, 31503 [18OC]

Nutritional Assistance Improvements Act: enact (S. 2486), 13764 [8JN]

Occupational health and safety: clarify U.S. responsibility for workplaces operated by the U.S. (S. 2709), 21591 [10AU], 29703 [11OC]

Older Women's Cancer Prevention Act: enact (S. 2921), 32125 [20OC]

Omaha, NE: Immanuel Medical Center anniversary, 20167 [3AU]

Omnibus Anti-Substance Abuse Act: enact (S. 2852), 27414-27463 [3OC], 28324, 28452 [5OC], 28682 [6OC], 29874 [12OC], 32632-32675 [21OC]

———enact (S. 2852), debate procedure, 27359 [3OC]

———enact (S. 2852), Kerry-McConnell amendment to control international money laundering, 29436 [7OC]

Organ donors: require hospitals receiving Federal funds to identify potential, 14119 [10JN]

Organ procurement: assistance to organizations (H.R. 3097), 15081-15089 [17JN], 15228 [20JN]

Organ Transplant Contributions Act: enact (S. 2079), 1923 [22FE]

Orphan Drug Act: Federal grants for research, 11904 [20MY]

Ozone: control strategy, 17689 [12JY]

Parental and Medical Leave Act: enact (S. 2488), 13767 [8JN], 16061 [27JN], 18379 [14JY], 25300, 25315-25324 [26SE], 25641-25674 [27SE], 25869-25889, 25913, 25924, 25926 [28SE], 26519 [29SE], 26891, 26893, 26934-26938 [30SE], 27393-27414 [3OC], 27996, 28000-28007, 28049, 28056-28058, 28064-28069 [4OC], 28317, 28336, 28354 [5OC], 29250-29268, 29389, 29421 [7OC]

———enact (S. 2488), motion to proceed to consideration, 26577 [29SE]

———enact (S. 2488), unanimous-consent agreement, 28072-28075 [4OC]

Partnerships in Child Care Act: enact (S. 2741), 21925 [11AU]

Patents: issuance with limited reverter provision to lands devoted to solid waste disposal (S. 2202), 4574 [21MR]

Paterson, NJ: treatment of Afghan freedom fighters by St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, 16730 [6JY]

Pollution: executive departments' double standard, 21801 [11AU]

Postal Service: restore recent cutbacks in services (S. 2154), 3451 [4MR]

Prescription Drug Marketing Act: enact (H.R. 1207), 6208 [31MR]

Presidential Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: recommendations, 13486 [6JN]

Primary care: extend programs of assistance (S. 2385), 14299 [13JN], 19438 [28JY], 19665-19669 [29JY]

Project Concern International: tribute, 14033 [9JN]

Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act: amend (S. 2393), 11024 [13MY], 21210-21212 [9AU], 28024-28027, 28048 [4OC]

Quality in Medical Testing Act: enact (S. 2473), 13585, 13586 [7JN]

Public welfare: coupons to recipients of assistance under WIC special supplemental program (S. 2475), 13587 [7JN]

Radon: health dangers, 24231 [16SE], 23422 [12SE]

Refuse and refuse disposal: tracking medical wastes in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut (S. 2680), 20110-20120 [3AU]

———tracking of medical wastes in New York and New Jersey (S. 2628), 17540 [11JY]

Rehabilitation Act: amend (H.R. 5334), 26877 [30SE], 29928 [12OC]

Reno, NV: Ioannis A. Lougaris VA Medical Center new facilities (S. 2126), 3165 [3MR]

Retired Senior Volunteer Program: tribute, 10167 [9MY]

Retiree Health Protection and Long-Term Care Insurance Act: enact (S. 1739), 14044 [9JN]

Robertson, Jason: acquired immune deficiency syndrome victim, 22583 [7SE]

Rural areas: appropriations for Office of Rural Health Policy and establish National Advisory Commission on Rural Health (S. 2805), 24201-24203 [16SE]

———closing of hospitals, 15817 [23JN], 27997 [4OC]

———Community Health Centers Program, 2910 [2MR]

———interdisciplinary training grant program (S. 2597), 16369-16372 [29JN]

———health care, 11793 [20MY], 15400 [21JN], 20596 [4AU], 28972 [6OC]

Rural Health Awareness Week: observance, 1937 [22FE]

Rural Health Payment Reform Act: enact (S. 2644), 18355-18359 [14JY], 21974 [11AU]

Rural Long-Term Care Demonstration Act: enact (S. 2255), 6162, 6164 [31MR]

Safe Drinking Water Act: control lead in drinking water (H.R. 4939), 31134 [14OC]

———control lead in drinking water (S. 2610), 16379 [29JN], 30851 [14OC]

Salt Lake County, UT: remove right of reversion to U.S. in lands owned by the Shriners' Hospitals for Crippled Children (S. 892), House amendment, 20616 [4AU]

San Joaquin Valley, CA: air quality study, 17698 [12JY]

Science: national policy to coordinate research (S. 2614), 17250, 17253 [7JY], 32629-32630 [21OC]

———research on biotechnology and the human genome (S. 1966), 14476 [14JN], 14524 [15JN], 15052-15065, 15079 [17JN]

———research on biotechnology and the human genome (S. 1966), proceed to consideration, 14935 [16JN]

Senate: cholesterol test, 6522 [13AP]

Shipyard workers: World War II claims, 29703 [11OC]

Social Security: benefits (S. 2305), 8376-8379 [21AP]

———coverage of certain pregnant women and infants (S. 2046), 1109 [4FE]

———coverage for psychologist services under medicare (S. 123), 30440 [13OC]

———define psychologists as licensed health professionals (S. 2192), 4437 [18MR]

———criteria for determining benefit eligibility for individuals with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome virus (S. 2592), 16367 [29JN]

———floor for certain matching Federal funds (S. 2425), 12009 [23MY]

———exclude surplus from definition of the Federal budget deficit, 6395-6421 [12AP]

———Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund grants (S. 1833), 1389 [16FE]

———improved services for foster care of teenagers (S. 2461), 13009 [27MY]

———improvements in the old-age, survivors, disability insurance and SSI programs (S. 2755), 22465 [7SE]

———medicare adult day health care (S. 1839), 10167 [9MY]

———personal earnings and benefit statements (S. 2684), 20590 [4AU]

———psychologist role at outpatient rehabilitation facility (S. 2193), 4437 [18MR]

———reductions in medicare benefits, 2684 [29FE]

———replace AFDC program with a comprehensive program of mandatory child support and work training (S. 1511), 1768 [18FE]

Social Security Work Incentives Act: enact (S. 2517), 14584 [15JN]

Soviet Union: health of U.S. diplomats, 3413 [4MR]

Sports: occupational safety and health standards applicable to boxing (S. 2906), 31542 [18OC]

SSI: coupons for farmers market (S. 2043), 1106 [4FE]

State Radon Program Development Act: enact (S. 744), 29461, 29465-29468 [7OC]

States: air quality standards (S. 2656), 18765 [26JY]

———promotion campaigns (S. 2880), 29797 [11OC]

Strategic defense initiative: medical technology funds, 20760 [8AU]

Taxation: credit for contributions to long-term health care savings accounts (S. 1922), 14044 [9JN]

———credit for the cost of long-term health care insurance (S. 2212), 5209 [24MR], 14044 [9JN]

———deduction for home improvements to mitigate indoor air contaminants as medical care expenses (S. 756), 23709 [14SE]

———exclude from gross income amounts withdrawn from Individual Retirement plans for payment of long-term care insurance premiums (S. 1832), 14044 [9JN]

———funding of retiree health plans (S. 2784), 23536 [13SE]

———health care cost resulting from smoking, 29771 [11OC]

———mechanism for taxpayers to donate overpayment of income tax to the National Organ Transplant Trust Fund (S. 2409), 11499 [18MY], 31605 [18OC]

———treatment of nonprofit hospital insurers (S. 2543), 15369 [21JN]

Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act: extend authorization (H.R. 4676), 21206 [9AU]

Title V Infant Mortality Reduction Act: enact (S. 2792), 23952 [15SE]

Tobacco industry: political vendetta, 30662 [14OC]

Tort Liability Reform Act: enact (S. 554), 5145-5167 [24MR]

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend (S. 2025), 663 [2FE]

Trauma Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 199), 2609 [26FE]

Trauma care: improve emergency medical services (S. 10), 20129 [3AU], 26877 [30SE]

Tri-Valley Opportunity Council: nutrition resources development program, 8364 [21AP]

Turner's Syndrome Society: tribute to Los Angeles, CA, chapter, 29415 [7OC]

Uniform Health and Safety Whistleblowers Protection Act: enact (S. 2095), 2342 [23FE]

University of Louisville: tribute to Commonwealth Center of Excellence in Applied Microcirculatory Research, 28454 [5OC]

VA: contracting for drug and alcohol treatment and rehabilitation services in halfway houses (S. 2105), 2670 [29FE]

———convert nonphysician directors of medical centers to the senior executive service (S. 2583), 16151 [28JN]

———extending health care programs and benefits (S. 2294), 7156 [18AP]

———extending limitations for eligibility for educational assistance during which an applicant suffers from alcoholism (S. 2328), 4968 [27AP]

———extending respite care to chronically ill veterans (S. 2446), 12985 [27MY]

———extending respite care to chronically ill veterans (S. 2446), correction of statement, 13596 [7JN]

———health care funding, 17691 [12JY], 20540-20544 [4AU], 28687 [6OC]

———hospital mortality rates, 32499 [21OC]

———improving the capability of mental health care facilities (S. 2463), 13021 [27MY]

———medical facility funding, 32084 [20OC]

———medical facility projects (S. 2293), 7155 [18AP]

———patient mortality analysis, 30188, 30190 [13OC]

———records retrieval, 16093 [28JN]

Vanderbilt University: VA Medical Center Internship in Professional Psychology anniversary, 20160 [3AU]

Veterans: agent orange exposure, 10757, 10758, 10768, 10778, 10782, 10790 [12MY], 11048 [13MY]

———assistive monkeys to veterans with certain handicaps (S. 2511), 14461 [14JN]

———benefits for disease victims of ionizing radiation (H.R. 1811), 8346 [21AP], 8580-8601 [25AP], 11513 [18MY], 12302 [25MY]

———benefits for disease victims of ionizing radiation (H.R. 1811), placed on calendar, 6922 [14AP]

———benefits for disease victims of ionizing radiation (H.R. 1811), unanimous-consent agreement, 8345 [21AP]

———compensation for victims of agent orange exposure, 16002 [27JN], 32715 [10NO]

———extend medical benefits for certain former spouses (H.R. 3967), 4317 [17MR]

———extend medical benefits for certain former spouses (H.R. 3967), placed on the calendar, 4076 [16MR]

———health care programs (H.R. 2616), 5870 [30MR], 10846 [12MY]

———health care programs (H.R. 2616), conference report, 9433 [28AP], 9519 [29AP]

———health effects of agent orange, 6926, 6928 [14AP], 12964 [27MY]

———post-traumatic stress disorder, 14283 [13JN], 17688 [12JY]

———settlement payments to those exposed to agent orange (S. 2670), 19643 [29JY], 20022 [3AU]

Veterans' Administration Health-Care Personnel and Programs Act: enact (S. 2462), 13011 [27MY]

Veterans' Agent Orange and Vietnam Service Disabilities Act: enact (S. 2675), 21995 [11AU]

———enact (S. 2675), 19762, 19766 [1AU], 24515 [20SE]

Veterans' Agent Orange Disabilities Act: enact (S. 1787), 2909 [2MR], 12704 [26MY]

Veterans' Vocational Training Continuation Act: enact (S. 2459), 13009 [27MY]

Vietnamese Conflict: study of psychological problems among Asian-American and Polynesian-American veterans (S. 2521), 14972 [16JN]

Voorhees College: Health and Human Resources Center (S. 2764), 22911 [8SE]

Waste Export Control Act: enact (S. 2598), 16372 [29JN], 25246 [23SE]

Water pollution: pilot program for tracking medical wastes in Great Lakes (S. 2778), 23529 [13SE], 25243 [23SE]

Whistle blowing: protection against reprisal for disclosing information to protect public health and safety (S. 2095), 2342 [23FE]

WHO/UNICEF programs: tribute, 17726 [12JY]

Wilkes Barre, PA: VA nursing home care facility, 17700 [12JY]

Women: improve drug treatment services during pregnancy (S. 2772), 23154 [9SE]

Workers' Health Insurance Demonstration Act: enact (S. 2027), 659-661 [2FE]

Reports

Acid Rain Data Uncertainties Preclude Control Decision: National Acid Rain Assessment Program, 5177 [24MR]

Acid Rain Is Killing More Than Lakes and Trees: Environmental Action (organization), 5169-5171 [24MR]

Air Force Personnel Exposure to Herbicide Orange (sundry), 10769-10790 [12MY]

Assault on Medicare and Medicaid in the Eighties: Committee on Aging, 29617-29621 [7OC]

Atomic Veterans Compensation Act Cost Estimate: CBO, 8585 [25AP]

Case Control Study of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and Agricultural Factors in Eastern Nebraska: Sheila H. Zahm, 21995 [11AU]

Confronting Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: National Academy of Sciences, 2937 [2MR]

Death Before Life—The Tragedy of Infant Mortality: National Commission To Prevent Infant Mortality, 20604-20609 [4AU]

Disease Prevention—Health Promotion: Dept. of Health and Human Services, 4677 [22MR]

Drinking and Pregnancy—Not a Compatible Marriage, 11047 [13MY]

Federal Protection of Private Sector Health and Safety Whistleblowers: Eugene R. Fidell, 2347-2355 [23FE]

Health Care in Rural America—The Crisis Unfolds: National Rural Health Association and the National Association of Community Health Centers, 15400-15404 [21JN]

Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking: C. Everett Koop, Surgeon General, 4862 [23MR]

Health Effects of Pollutants That Cause Acid Rain: National Clean Air Coalition, 5169 [24MR]

Links Between Mental Illness and Substance Abuse: Catherine Treece and Edward J. Khantzian, 30756 [14OC]

Massachusetts Agent Orange Program: Joseph V. Bangert, 21998 [11AU]

Mental Health and Aging—The Need for an Expanded Federal Response: Committee on Aging (House, Select), 6235-6238 [31MR]

National Commission To Prevent Infant Mortality, 22324 [10AU]

National Plan Regarding All Vet Centers in Existence, 31384-31390 [18OC]

OMB Review of CDC Research—Impact of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 22008 [11AU]

Partner Notification for Preventing Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection—Colorado, Idaho, South Carolina, and Virginia: Centers for Disease Control, 32687 [10NO]

Prevention and Control of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: AMA, 16478 [29JN]

Soft Tissue Sarcoma Incidence in Massachusetts Vietnam Veterans: Richard W. Clapp, 21995 [11AU]

Supplementary Statement on Health Care for Homeless People: Ellen L. Bassuk, William R. Breakey, A. Alan Fischer, Charles R. Halpern, Gloria Smith, Louisa and Nathan Stark, Bruce Vladeck, and Phyllis Wolfe, 29689 [11OC]

Teaching About Drug Abuse: Gilbert J. Botvin, 12970 [27MY]

Tobacco Smoking: OTA, 4862 [23MR]

Treatment Programs for Drug Abusers: Peter Kerr, 12970 [27MY]

Veterans' Agent Orange and Vietnam Service Disabilities Act, 24515-24537 [20SE]

Vietnam Women's Memorial Project: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 14416 [14JN]

Reports by conference committees

Block Grant Program (S. 1579), 28528 [5OC]

Health Maintenance Organizations Assistance Program (H.R. 3235), 28530-28533 [5OC]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendment (H.R. 5261), 29983-30002 [12OC]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act (H.R. 2470), 13103-13184 [1JN]

VA Health Care Programs (H.R. 2616), 8204-8277, 8305 [21AP]

Reports filed

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Grants for Counseling and Testing: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 4757) (H. Rept. 100-783), 18924 [26JY]

AIDS Drugs—Where Are They? Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-1092), 31973 [19OC]

Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration Exytension of Authority: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1943) (S. Rept. 100-328), 10151 [9MY]

Armed Forces Members Damages for Injuries From Improper Medical Care: (H. Res. 375) (H.R. 1054) (H. Rept. 100-505), 1443 [16FE]

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act Amendment: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 2024) (S. Rept. 100-405), 16137 [28JN]

Block Grant Program: Committee of Conference (S. 1579) (H. Rept. 100-1055), 28655 [5OC]

Children Health Insurance Coverage for Disabled Adopted: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. Con. Res. 95), 4965 [27AP]

Comprehensive Nutrition Program: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 1081) (S. Rept. 100-409), 16359 [29JN]

Counseling and Testing Relative to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (H.R. 5142), Consideration: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 520) (H. Rept. 100-858), 21780 [10AU]

Control Lead in Drinking Water: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 4939) (H. Rept. 100-1041), 27984 [3OC]

Developments in Aging, 1987: Committee on Aging (Senate, Special) (S. Rept. 100-291), 2670 [29FE]

Disease-Specific Health Claims on Food Labels: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-561), 6343 [11AP]

Education and Prevention Programs Relative to Illicit Use of Drugs by Youth: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 4872) (H. Rept. 100-779), 18467 [14JY]

Effect of Technology Policy on National Economy: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (H. Rept. 100-1093), 31974 [19OC]

Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Improvement: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 10) (S. Rept. 100-504), 23526 [13SE]

———(H.R. 3133), Consideration: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 536) (H. Rept. 100-925), 24093 [15SE]

EPA Data Collection and Dissemination Relative To Chemical Emissions: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2800) (H. Rept. 100-1018), 27327 [30SE]

Equal Access to Health Care: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-531), 5357 [28MR]

Extension of Programs Relative to Research and Teaching Facilities of Professional Personnel: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 4983) (H. Rept. 100-892), 23035 [8SE]

Family Security Act: Committee on Finance (S. 1511) (S. Rept. 100-377), 12982 [27MY]

Federal Employees Health Insurance Benefits Program: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 5102) (H. Rept. 100-917), 23853 [14SE]

Foster Care of Infants and Young Children Abandoned in Hospitals: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 4843) (H. Rept. 100-821), 20521 [4AU]

Government Services for the Mentally Ill: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-541), 5947 [30MR]

Grants for Purchase of Drugs Used in Treatment of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Consideration of S. 2846: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 559) (H. Rept. 100-1021), 27328 [30SE]

Health Insurance Coverage for Disabled Adopted Children: Committee on Energy and Commerce (S. Con. Res. 95) (H. Rept. 100-774), 18086 [13JY]

Health Maintenance Organizations: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-568), 6821 [14AP]

Health Maintenance Organizations Assistance Program (H.R. 3235) (H. Rept. 100-1056), 28655 [5OC]

Health Professionals Reauthorization Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 2229) (S. Rept. 100-552), 25325 [26SE]

Health Status of Native Hawaiians: Committee on Indian Affairs (Select) (S. 136) (S. Rept. 100-580), 27033 [30SE]

Health Warning Labels on Alcoholic Beverage Containers: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2047) (S. Rept. 100-596), 29797 [11OC]

Homeless Social Services: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 2742) (S. Rept. 100-482), 21912 [11AU]

Hunger Relief: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 4060) (H. Rept. 100-828), 21028 [8AU]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendment: Committee on Indian Affairs (Select) (S. 129) (S. Rept. 100-508), 23746 [14SE]

Indian Health Care Services: Committee on Indian Affairs (Select) (S. 2382) (S. Rept. 100-493), 22464 [7SE]

Indoor Air Quality Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 1629) (S. Rept. 100-442), 19943 [2AU]

Investigation of Disability Compensation Programs of the VA: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-886), 22751 [7SE]

James J. Howard Veterans' Outpatient Clinic (H.R. 4535) (H. Rept. 100-935), 24336 [16SE]

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 326), 18349 [14JY]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act (H.R. 2470), Consideration: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 463) (H. Rept. 100-663), 13099, 13184 [1JN]

———committee of conference (H.R. 2470) (H. Rept. 100-661), 13184 [1JN]

National Adult Day Care Center Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 147), 2304 [23FE]

National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (H.R. 2881) (S. Rept. 100-400), 15947 [24JN]

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Within NIH: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3361) (H. Rept. 100-761), 17433 [11JY]

National Know Your Cholesterol Month: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 244), 2304 [23FE]

National Nutrition Program: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (S. 1081) (H. Rept. 100-1067), 29162 [6OC]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 255), 2304 [23FE]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 250), 2304 [23FE]

National Policy To Coordinate Science Research: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2614) (S. Rept. 100-587), 28084 [4OC]

National Research Institutes Reauthorization Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 2222) (S. Rept. 100-363), 12716 [26MY]

National Rural Health Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 254), 2304 [23FE]

National Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 212), 2304 [23FE]

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 237), 2304 [23FE]

Nurse Education Program Revision and Extension: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 4833) (H. Rept. 100-762), 17433 [11JY]

Nurse Education Reauthorization Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 2231) (S. Rept. 100-476), 21588 [10AU]

Omnibus Drug Initiative: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 521) (H. Rept. 100-861), 21780 [10AU]

OSHA's Nonuse of Criminal Penalties for Safety Violations: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-1051), 28242 [4OC]

Parental and Medical Leave Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 2488) (S. Rept. 100-447), 20137 [3AU]

———Committee on the Judiciary (S. 2488), 28359 [5OC]

Prenatal Health Care: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-574), 7501 [19AP]

Prescription Drug Marketing Act: Committee on Finance (H.R. 1207) (S. Rept. 100-303), 4435 [18MR]

Preventing Pesticide Contamination of Ground Water: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 2853) (S. Rept. 100-583), 27464 [3OC]

Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 4915) (H. Rept. 100-763), 17433 [11JY]

Primary Health Care Programs: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 2385) (S. Rept. 100-343), 11018 [13MY]

Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act: Committee Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5155) (H. Rept. 100-903), 23397 [9SE]

———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 2393) (S. Rept. 100-454), 20708 [5AU]

Protection of Employment and Benefits in Case of Birth, Adoption, or Health Condition: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 925) (H. Rept. 100-511), 3604 [9MR]

Public Health Service Act Amendment: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3133) (H. Rept. 100-807), 19554 [28JY]

———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (H.R. 3235) (S. Rept. 100-304), 4697 [22MR]

Public Health Service Act and Fair Labor Standards Act Amendments To Assure Minimum Health Benefits for All U.S. Workers: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1265) (S. Rept. 100-360), 12395 [25MY]

Public Health Service Act Programs of Block Grants for Preventive Health and Health Services: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1861) (H. Rept. 100-778), 18467 [14JY]

Regulation of Clinical Laboratories: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5150) (H. Rept. 100-899), 23397 [9SE]

Regulation of Medicinal Devices: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 4640) (H. Rept. 100-782), 18924 [26JY]

Research on Biotechnology and the Human Genome: Committee on Agriculture (S. 1966) (H. Rept. 100-992), 30598 [13OC]

———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1966) (S. Rept. 100-359), 12395 [25MY]

———Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (S. 1966) (H. Rept. 100-992), 26502 [28SE]

Response to Threat of Radon Exposure: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2837) (H. Rept. 100-1047), 28242 [4OC]

Restrictions on Mailing of Certain Plants, Fruits, and Vegetables: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 5199) (H. Rept. 100-954), 25021 [22SE]

Review Claims for VA Benefits: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 5288) (H. Rept. 100-963), 25169 [23SE]

San Juan County Nursing Home, UT, Relief: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1828), 4965 [27AP]

Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 4904) (H. Rept. 100-819), 20521 [4AU]

Toxic Substances Control Act Amendment Relative to Submission of Asbestos Management Plans: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3893) (H. Rept. 100-734), 15994 [27JN]

Trauma Awareness Month: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 199), 2304 [23FE]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: Major Domestic Issues Facing the Next Administration and Congress, 23870 [14SE]

———Medical Ethics, 2561 [25FE]

———Mental Illness, 10557 [11MY]

———War on Drugs, 13874 [8JN]

Resolutions by organizations

Act For Better Child Care Services: Sacramento, CA, City Council, 20635 [4AU]

Federal child care program: Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, 19998 [2AU]

Funding for abortion for victims of rape, incest and child sexual abuse: National Coalition Against Sexual Assault, 14769 [15JN]

Rosters

Consortium of Social Science Associations, 32093 [20OC]

Faculty of the University of Louisville's Center of Excellence in Applied Microcirculatory Research, 28455 [5OC]

National Leadership Coalition on AIDS, 32091 [20OC]

Sample forms

Armed Services applicant medical prescreening, 15431 [21JN]

Sermons

AIDS—Frank, Caring View Toward Survival, Stephen Robbins, 15020 [16JN]

Statements

Accuracy of Radon Detection Technology (sundry), 28555 [5OC]

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Epidemic (sundry), 5058, 5059 [23MR]

Agent Orange: Elmo M. Zumwalt, Jr., 11050 [13MY]

Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health's Capital Construction Block Grants: National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, 27448 [3OC]

Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration Reauthorization, 22645 [7SE]

Arthritis Research: Barbara Matia, 23695 [13SE]

Crime and Narcotics Addiction, Representative Rangel (1973), 25830 [27SE]

Elderly Americans Economic Security Act: Representative Bilirakis, 8434 [21AP]

Federal Leave Sharing: Senator Domenici, 4879 [23MR]

Foreign Trade Competition: Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation, 3669 [10MR]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 3669 [10MR]

Health Warning on Alcoholic Beverage Containers: Senator Thurmond, 1111 [4FE], 2718 [1MR]

International Family Planning Goals: Population Institute's Public Policy Advisory Committee, 6222 [31MR]

Leadership: Representative Hawkins, 5096 [23MR]

Legalization of Narcotics: Mitchell S. Rosenthal, 31165 [14OC]

National Cancer Institute Response to Article by Samuel Epstein: Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., 17281-17288 [7JY]

National Pastoral Care Week: American Protestant Hospital Association, 21989 [11AU]

Older Americans Act Technical Corrections: Representative Rostenkowski, 14763 [15JN]

Omnibus Anti-Substance Abuse Act: Senator Specter, 27360 [3OC]

Problems of the American Family: Representative Kemp, 30501 [13OC]

Ranch Hand Reality, Senator Daschle (response to Washington Post article), 6927 [14AP]

Tobacco Smoking: Senator Metzenbaum, 4864 [23MR]

Tort Claims in the Workers' Compensation System: Victor E. Schwartz, 4845 [23MR]

Transmission of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 380 [28JA]

———Edward N. Brandt, Jr., 381 [28JA]

———Harold Jaffe, 381 [28JA]

———John Bove, 381 [28JA]

———New York, NY, Dept. of Health and the Greater New York Hospital Association, 381 [28JA]

Welfare Reform: Senator Specter (1986), 14398-14405 [14JN]

Studies

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: American Journal of Public Health, 19007 [27JY]

Association Between Soft Tissue Sarcomas and Exposure to Phenoxyacetic Acids—A New Case-Referent Study: Lennart Hardell and Mikael Eriksson, 21996 [11AU], 22580 [7SE]

Case-Control Study of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Agricultural Factors in Eastern Nebraska: S. Hoar Zahm, D.D. Weisenburger, P.A. Babbitt, R.C. Saal, K.P. Cantor, and A. Blair, 22580 [7SE]

Effects of Cocaine Abuse on Birth Weight and Gestational Age: Michelle Chouteau, Pearila B. Namerow, and Phyllis Leppert, 30821-30823 [14OC]

Health-Related Outcomes of War in Nicaragua, Richard M. Garfield, Thomas Frieden, and Sten H. Vermund, 958 [3FE]

Measurement of the False Positive Rate in a Screening Program for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infections: New England Journal of Medicine, 32688 [10NO]

Mortality Among Vietnam Veterans in Massachusetts: Michael D. Kogan and Richard W. Clapp, 21998-22008 [11AU]

Soft Tissue Sarcoma Mortality Among Vietnam Veterans in Massachusetts, 1972 to 1983, 19767-19769 [1AU]

Vietnam-Era Veterans Mortality: West Virginia Dept. of Health, 22008 [11AU]

Summaries

Emergency Hunger Relief Act (H.R. 4060), 3046-3048 [2MR]

Employee Health Benefit Improvement Act (H.R. 4951), 16521 [29JN]

End Stage Renal Disease Patient Protection and Quality Assurance Act (H.R. 5515), 30169-30171 [12OC]

Ethics in Patient Referrals Act (H.R. 5198), 2725 [11AU]

Family Security Act (S. 1511), 14251-14252 [13JN], 15147 [17JN]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act (H.R. 5261), 22768 [7SE]

Long-Term Care Insurance for Federal Workers Act (H.R. 5167), 21121 [8AU]

Major Provisions of Veterans' Health Care Bill, 10846 [12MY]

Medicaid Improvement of Services to the Mentally Retarded (H.R. 5233), 25026 [22SE]

Medicaid Infant Mortality Amendments (S. 2122), 2873 [2MR]

Medical Screening Estimates for Worker Notification: Centers for Disease Control, 4864 [23MR]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act (H.R. 2470), conference report, 13554-13559 [7JN], 13742 [8JN]

Medicare Infant Mortality Amendments (H.R. 4072), 3035 [2MR]

Medicare Long-Term Health Care (H.R. 5393), 25810 [27SE]

Mental Health and Aging Act (H.R. 4860), 15298-15300 [20JN], 25033, 25036 [22SE]

Nutritional Assistance Improvements Act (S. 2486), 13767 [8JN]

Payment for Capital-Related Costs for Inpatient Hospital Services (H.R. 5257), 22729 [7SE]

Protection of Medicare Patients Against Inappropriate Transfer From Participating Hospitals (H.R. 5468), 28668 [5OC]

Public Health Service Act Nursing Education Program Extension (H.R. 4833), 14757 [15JN]

Public Welfare Medical Needs of Certain Recipients (H.R. 4033), 2556 [25FE]

Quality in Medical Testing Act (S. 2473), 13585 [7JN]

Social Security's Long-Term Benefits (H.R. 4763), 13869, 13870 [8JN]

Title V Infant Mortality Reduction Act (S. 2792), 23953 [15SE]

Twin Cities Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.—An Overview, 13943 [9JN]

Tables

Annual cost to business (hidden tax), 25663 [27SE]

Annual emissions of environmentally important trace gases, 1925-85, 23704 [14SE]

Atmospheric concentrations of environmentally important trace gases, 1959-86, 23704 [14SE]

Estimates of additional tax liability under the catastrophic illness conferees agreement for various levels of adjusted gross income, 13725 [8JN]

Estimates of cost of catastrophic illness coverage: CBO, 13719 [8JN]

Federal cost of Food and Nutrition Service programs, 18690 [26JY]

Federal deficit and Social Security trust funds, 6398, 6402, 6405 [12AP]

Growth in medical technology product shipments and the U.S. trade balance in medical technology: Dept. of Commerce, 4967 [23MR]

Hospital closings in Illinois, 25933 [28SE]

Mental illness research funding, 31610 [18OC]

Nursing education appropriations (H.R. 4833), 28577 [5OC]

Ocupational exposure to dioxin-contaminated substances resulting in human illness, 21998 [11AU]

Veterans' Benefits and Services Act conference version (H.R. 2616), 9450 [28AP]

WIC supplemental food program appropriations, 19611 [29JY]

Testimonies

Agent Orange: Senator Daschle, 12704-12707 [26MY]

Centers for Disease Control's Agent Orange Study: American Legion, 22579 [7SE]

———DAV, 22579 [7SE]

———Senator Daschle, 22579 [7SE]

Disability: Edward Branca, Jr., 19243 [27JY]

Elderly Americans Economic Security Act: Representative Bilirakis, 8434 [21AP]

Government Responsibility for Workplaces Operated by the U.S.: Joe G. Hollingsworth, 21592 [10AU]

Long-Term Health Care: Representative Gilman, 20626 [4AU]

———Representative Stark, 20625 [4AU]

Need for Mandated Health Insurance and Other Reforms in National Health Care System: E. Richard Brown, 26841 [29SE]

New York State Diabetes Council Hearings: Representative LaFalce, 15477 [21JN]

Parental Leave Benefits: Cynthia Grantz, Rockford Coatings Corp., 25321 [26SE]

———Michael C. Burandt, Alfred M. Lewis, Inc., 25321 [26SE]

———Michael Roark, West Point Pepperell, 25321 [26SE]

———Steve Elmont, Creative Gourmets, Ltd., 25321 [26SE]

Warning Labels on Alcoholic Beverages: Representative Conyers, 23411 [9SE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 378, commend health initiative of the Ministers of Health of Central America and the Pan American Health Organization, 26506 [28SE]

H. Res. 375, consideration of H.R. 1054, military medical malpractice damages, 1590 [17FE]

H. Res. 463, waiving certain points of order against consideration of H.R. 2470, Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act, 13227 [2JN]

H. Res. 520, consideration of H.R. 5142, Acquired Immune Deficiency Federal Policy Act, 24260 [16SE]

H. Res. 521, Omnibus Drug Initiative Act, 22085 [11AU]

H. Res. 536, consideration of H.R. 3133, emergency medical services and trauma care under Public Health Service Act, 26757 [29SE]

H. Res. 559, consideration of S. 2846, grants for purchase of drugs used in treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 27286 [30SE]

H. Res. 565, amend Indian Health Care Improvement Act agreeing to conference requested by Senate on H.R. 5261, 27952 [3OC]

H. Res. 573, concurring in Senate amendment to H.R. 4833, to revise and extend nurse education programs, 28572-28576 [5OC]

H. Res. 582, concurring in Senate amendment to H.R. 3097, organ procurement organization assistance, 30069-30071 [12OC]

H.J. Res. 145, National Shut-In Day, 13359 [3JN]

H.J. Res. 272, National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, 6372 [12AP]

H.J. Res. 373, National Trauma Awareness Month, 6374 [12AP]

H.J. Res. 417, Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month, 19837 [2AU]

H.J. Res. 421, National Digestive Disease Awareness Month, 8061 [20AP]

H.J. Res. 461, National Rural Health Awareness Week, 2549 [25FE]

H.J. Res. 465, National Institute of Dental Research Anniversary Year, 1945 [22FE]

H.J. Res. 515, National Home Care Week, 5049 [23MR]

H.J. Res. 525, National Hospice Month, 10529 [11MY]

H.J. Res. 539, Emergency Medical Services Week, 18064 [13JY]

H.J. Res. 569, Lyme Disease Awareness Week, 18068 [13JY]

H.J. Res. 573, National Craniofacial Deformity Awareness Week, 32796 [21OC]

H.J. Res. 576, National Visiting Nurse Associations Week, 24311 [16SE]

H.J. Res. 583, National Outpatient Ambulatory Surgery Week, 21385 [9AU]

H.J. Res. 613, Deaf Awareness Week, 32791 [21OC]

H.J. Res. 672, National Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service Centennial Day, 32797 [21OC]

H.R. 1720, Family Security Act, 14948-14968 [17JN]

H.R. 1811, Radiation-Exposed Veterans Compensation Act, 8600 [25AP]

H.R. 2800, EPA data collection and dissemination relative to chemical emissions, 28211-28213 [4OC]

H.R. 2837, response to threat of radon exposure, 28550-28553 [5OC]

H.R. 3097, assistance to organ procurement organizations, 15082-15084 [17JN]

H.R. 3133, Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act, 26761-26764 [29SE]

H.R. 3235, revise program of assistance to health maintenance organizations, 22032 [11AU]

H.R. 3459, revise Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act relative to orphan drugs, 4733 [22MR]

H.R. 3893, submission of asbestos management plans, 15981 [27JN]

H.R. 3913, medicaid hospice coverage, 995 [4FE]

H.R. 3967, extend medical benefits for certain former spouses of veterans, 3572 [9MR]

H.R. 4013, Medical Rehabilitation Research Act, 2466 [24FE]

H.R. 4060, hunger relief, 20966-20971 [8AU]

H.R. 4213, Montgomery GI Bill Amendments, 23636-23638 [13SE]

H.R. 4270, International Family Planning Protection Act, 5673 [29MR]

H.R. 4325, Medical Testing Improvements Act, 5959 [30MR]

H.R. 4479, protect benefits of veterans involved in agent orange product liability litigation, 17291 [7JY]

H.R. 4503, revise and extend Public Health Service Act programs establishing migrant health centers and community health centers, 15964 [27JN]

H.R. 4535, designate James J. Howard Veterans' Outpatient Clinic, Brick Township, NJ, 24611 [20SE]

H.R. 4543, authorizing study of tobacco smoke, 11373 [17MY]

H.R. 4640, regulation of medicinal devices in the drug industry, 18884-18887 [26JY]

H.R. 4833, revise and extend nurse education program, 17409-17412 [11JY], 30689-30694 [14OC]

H.R. 4860, Mental Health and Aging Act, 15301-15305 [20JN]

H.R. 4904, Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act, 20930-20936 [8AU]

H.R. 4915, prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases, 17415 [11JY]

H.R. 4939, control lead in drinking water, 28562-28564 [5OC]

H.R. 4983, Health Professionals Reauthorization Act, 24635-24645 [20SE]

H.R. 5085. tax treatment of long-term health care insurance benefits, 18482 [14JY]

H.R. 5102, health insurance benefits program for Federal employees, 24295-24298 [16SE], 31830 [19OC]

H.R. 5114, VA health care personnel, 24605-24607 [20SE]

H.R. 5142, acquired immune deficiency syndrome counseling and testing, 24946-24957 [22SE]

H.R. 5150, regulation of clinical laboratories, 23603-23606 [13SE]

H.R. 5155, Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act, 24647 [20SE]

H.R. 5199, make certain plants, fruits, or vegetables nonmailable to prevent dissemination of plant diseases or pests, 27856 [3OC]

H.R. 5225, penalties for the dumping of hospital wastes in the high seas, 25579 [26SE]

H.R. 5261, amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, 23612-23626 [13SE]

H.R. 5275, Guardianship Rights and Responsibility Act, 23417 [9SE]

H.R. 5288, Veterans' Judicial Review Act, 27783-27787 [3OC]

H.R. 5442, provide EPA and the public with additional information relative to asbestos, 28216 [4OC]

H.R. 5471, clinical laboratory improvement amendments, 29115-29119 [6OC]

H.R. 5475, Nursing Shortage and Nurse Reimbursement Incentive Act, 29597 [7OC]

H.R. 5492, National Rural Health Care Act, 29640-29647 [7OC]

H.R. 5517, require medicaid participating nursing facilities to pay personnel equal to the mean rate paid nursing personnel employed at other facilities, 30609 [13OC]

H.R. 5534, discontinue acquired immune deficiency syndrome research for a period of one year, 31796 [19OC]

H.R. 5560, extension of health omnibus programs, 32878-32881 [21OC]

S. 136, improve health status of Native Hawaiians, 27118-27120 [30SE], 30107 [12OC], 31136-31138 [14OC]

S. 744, State Radon Program Development Act, 28559-28562 [5OC]

S. 892, remove right of reversion to U.S. in Salt Lake County, UT, lands owned by the Shriners' Hospitals for Crippled Children, 19798 [2AU]

S. 945, respite homes for abandoned infants in hospitals, 23609 [13SE]

S. 1081, comprehensive nutrition program, 21276-21278, 21282-21285 [9AU], 30006-30009 [12OC]

S. 1220, Public Health Service Act program of education, prevention, care, and research relative to acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 8981-8989 [27AP], 9326-9338 [29AP]

S. 1511, Family Security Act, 14226 [13JN]

S. 1579, health block grant program, 741 [3FE], 18881 [26JY]

S. 1726, Employee Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act, 742 [3FE]

S. 1727, establish National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 30488 [13OC]

S. 1828, relief for San Juan Count Nursing Home, UT, 9433 [28AP]

S. 1966, Biotechnology Competitiveness Act, 15090-15094 [17JN]

S. 1968, national and regional centers for pediatric emergency medical services, 1176 [4FE]

S. 2027, Workers' Health Insurance Demonstration Act, 661 [2FE]

S. 2043, SSI coupons for farmers market, 1107 [4FE]

S. 2046, Social Security Act coverage of certain pregnant women and infants, 1110 [4FE]

S. 2047, alcoholic beverage container health warning labels, 1111 [4FE]

S. 2060, assistance for small communities with ground water contamination, 1518 [17FE]

S. 2069, incentive special pay for nurses in Armed Forces, 1535 [17FE]

S. 2079, Organ Transplant Contributions Act, 1924 [22FE]

S. 2095, Uniform Health and Safety Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2343 [23FE]

S. 2109, protect human rights relative to affectional or sexual orientation, 2676 [29FE]

S. 2163, medicare coverage for social worker services furnished at rural health clinics, 3929 [15MR]

S. 2181, charging medicare beneficiaries without regard to the fee freeze if patient chooses to pay physician from private sources, 4061 [16MR]

S. 2183, Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act, 4063-4066 [16MR]

S. 2192, define psychologists as licensed health professionals for Social Security purposes, 4437 [18MR]

S. 2193, psychologist role at outpatient rehabilitation facility for Social Security purposes, 4437 [18MR]

S. 2202, patents issuance to solid waste disposal, 4575 [21MR]

S. 2212, tax credit for the cost of long-term health care insurance, 5209 [24MR]

S. 2218, prohibit collection of certain overpayments of black lung benefits unless existing regulatory requirements are met, 5314 [25MR]

S. 2222, National Research Institutes Reauthorization Act, 5514-5520 [29MR]

S. 2229, Health Professions Reauthorization Act, 5527-5532 [29MR]

S. 2231, Nurse Education Reauthorization Act, 5839 [30MR]

S. 2234, special rules for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, 5843 [30MR]

S. 2243, voluntary certification of supplemental policies of Medicare, 6147 [31MR]

S. 2255, Rural Long-Term Care Demonstration Act, 6163 [31MR]

S. 2293, VA medical facility projects, 7155 [18AP]

S. 2294, extend VA health care programs and benefits, 7156 [18AP]

S. 2328, extending limitations for eligibility for educational assistance during which an applicant suffers from alcoholism, 4969 [27AP]

S. 2329, extending deadlines for asbestos management plans and implementation of such to local educational agencies, 4970 [27AP]

S. 2336, Consumer Fraud Prevention Act, 8878-8879 [27AP]

S. 2345, Americans With Disabilities Act, 9379-9382 [28AP]

S. 2353, prohibit selling of stolen dogs and cats for experimental purposes, 9534 [29AP]

S. 2382, Indian health care services, 10811 [12MY]

S. 2385, extend programs of assistance for primary health care, 14300-14302 [13JN], 17780-17782 [12JY]

S. 2393, Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act amendment, 21213 [9AU], 24705 [20SE], 28024 [4OC], 28565 [5OC]

S. 2425, establish a floor for certain matching Federal funds under Social Security, 12009 [23MY]

S. 2446, extending respite care to chronically ill veterans, 12986 [27MY]

S. 2454, Global Poverty Reduction Act, 13003 [27MY]

S. 2459, Veterans' Vocational Training Continuation Act, 13009 [27MY]

S. 2461, improved Social Security services for foster care of teenagers, 13010 [27MY]

S. 2462, Veterans' Administration Health-Care Personnel and Programs Act, 13019 [27MY]

S. 2463, improving the capability of VA mental health care facilities, 13022 [27MY]

S. 2466, amend the Public Health Service Act to establish grants for information on Lyme disease, 13453 [6JN]

S. 2468, FDA revitalization, 13454-13460 [6JN]

S. 2473, Quality in Medical Testing Act, 13585 [7JN]

S. 2476, designate the James J. Howard Veterans' Outpatient Clinic, Brick Township, NJ, 13588 [7JN]

S. 2486, Nutritional Assistance Improvements Act, 13764-13767 [8JN]

S. 2488, Parental and Medical Leave Act, 25300-25305 [26SE]

S. 2501, allow periods of out-of-residence care to qualify for principal residence use requirements relative to capital gains tax for those 55 or older, 14267 [13JN]

S. 2511, assistive monkeys to veterans with certain handicaps, 14463 [14JN]

S. 2517, Social Security Work Incentives Act, 14584-14586 [15JN]

S. 2521, study of psychological problems among Asian-American and Polynesian-American veterans of the Vietnamese Conflict, 14973 [16JN]

S. 2542, use unobligated abandoned land mine funds to provide clean water for Butler County, KY, residents, 15368 [21JN]

S. 2560, Dept. of Agriculture improvement of child nutrition and food stamp programs, 22059-22066 [11AU]

S. 2560, Hunger Prevention Act, 18691-18702 [26JY]

S. 2583, convert nonphysician directors of VA medical centers to the senior executive service, 16151 [28JN]

S. 2587, Noxious Weed Control Act, 16361 [29JN]

S. 2592, develop criteria for determining Social Security benefit eligibility for individuals with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome virus, 16368 [29JN]

S. 2598, Waste Export Control Act, 16372 [29JN]

S. 2614, national policy to coordinate scientific research, 17251 [7JY]

S. 2636, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Protection Act, 18242-18245 [13JY]

S. 2644, Rural Health Payment Reform Act, 18356-18358 [14JY]

S. 2675, Veterans' Agent Orange and Vietnam Service Disabilities Act, 19763 [1AU]

S. 2680, New Jersey-New York-Connecticut Medical Waste Tracking Act, 20118 [3AU]

S. 2681, Lifecare Long-Term Care Protection Act, 20138-20144 [3AU]

S. 2684, Social Security's personal earnings and benefit statements, 20590 [4AU]

S. 2685, Health Waste Anti-Dumping Act, 20591 [4AU]

S. 2687, Asbestos Information Act, 20712 [5AU]

S. 2730, Kids in Day-Care Services Act, 21627-21633 [10AU]

S. 2741, Partnerships in Child Care Act, 21926-21929 [11AU]

S. 2759, eliminate medicare reimbursement differential between hospitals in different areas, 22871 [8SE]

S. 2769, Community Youth Activities Act, 23147 [9SE]

S. 2771, demonstration projects for treatment of drug addicted babies, 23154 [9SE]

S. 2772, improve drug treatment services for pregnant women, 23155 [9SE]

S. 2778, pilot program for tracking medical wastes in Great Lakes, 23529 [13SE]

S. 2783, medicaid early cancer detection, 23535 [13SE]

S. 2784, tax treatment of funding of retiree health plans, 23537 [13SE]

S. 2792, Title V Infant Mortality Reduction Act, 23952 [15SE]

S. 2802, suspend tariff on drug norfloxacin, 24201 [16SE]

S. 2822, AIDS Health Care Services Act, 24824 [22SE]

S. 2823, AIDS Health Care Financing Act, 24826 [22SE]

S. 2837, prevent mailing of prohibited plant, fruit, or vegetable to prevent dissemination of plant diseases or pests, 25694 [27SE]

S. 2846, grants for purchase of drugs used in treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 26679 [29SE], 27289 [30SE]

S. 2852, Omnibus Anti-Substance Abuse Act, 27465-27542 [3OC]

S. 2854, mitigate water pollution and improve solid waste disposal through recycling, 27543 [3OC]

S. 2875, pesticide residue levels in food, 29368-29374 [7OC]

S. 2889, revise and extend certain health programs, 30234-30272 [13OC], 30512-30550 [13OC]

S. 2896, National Plumbing Fixtures Efficiency Act, 30871-30874 [14OC]

S. 2899, construction of a medical research center in Charleston, SC, for the VA and the Medical University of South Carolina, 30883 [14OC]

S. 2902, Medicare Ambulance Service Improvement Act, 30897 [14OC]

S. 2909, Novel Organism Release Act, 31545-31549 [18OC]

S. 2921, Older Women's Cancer Prevention Act, 32125 [20OC]

S. 2924, medicare coverage for certain jaw surgery, 32556 [21OC]

S. Con. Res. 95, health insurance coverage for disabled adopted children, 9433 [28AP], 18881 [26JY]

S. Con. Res. 155, technical corrections in enrollment of S. 136,improve health status of Hawaiian natives, 28881 [6OC]

S. Res. 470, medical wastes in Great Lakes, 23547 [13SE]

S.J. Res. 125, National Stuttering Awareness Week, 3648 [10MR]

S.J. Res. 172, National Visiting Nurse Association Week, 593 [2FE]

S.J. Res. 192, National AIDS Awareness and Prevention Month, 28484 [5OC], 32808 [21OC]

S.J. Res. 199, Trauma Awareness Month, 2609 [26FE]

S.J. Res. 210, National Burn Awareness Week, 1178 [4FE]

S.J. Res. 212, National Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Week, 2599 [26FE], 9969 [5MY]

S.J. Res. 237, Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month, 2600 [26FE]

S.J. Res. 244, National Know Your Cholesterol Month, 420 [28JA], 2600 [26FE], 4210 [17MR]

S.J. Res. 248, Mental Illness Awareness Week, 18804 [26JY], 19837 [2AU]

S.J. Res. 250, National Osteoporosis Prevention Week, 2601 [26FE], 9191 [28AP]

S.J. Res. 254, National Rural Health Awareness Week, 2602 [26FE], 10530 [11MY]

S.J. Res. 255, National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, 2602 [26FE], 4737 [22MR]

S.J. Res. 261, National Alzheimer's Disease Month, 32787 [21OC]

S.J. Res. 266, National Scleroderma Awareness Week, 2677 [29FE], 11680 [19MY], 13359 [3JN]

S.J. Res. 272, National Diabetes Month, 3940 [15MR], 18806 [26JY], 32794 [21OC]

S.J. Res. 278, National Family Caregivers Week, 29528 [7OC]

S.J. Res. 280, National Home Care Week, 5213 [24MR], 29529 [7OC], 32801 [21OC]

S.J. Res. 289, National Hospice Month, 18806 [26JY]

S.J. Res. 302, National Down's Syndrome Month, 18808 [26JY], 32790 [21OC]

S.J. Res. 303, National Lupus Awareness Month, 8759 [26AP], 18809 [26JY], 32781 [21OC]

S.J. Res. 307, Decade of the Brain, 9389 [28AP]

S.J. Res. 312, Emergency Medical Services Week, 9537 [29AP], 18810 [26JY]

S.J. Res. 319, National Disabled Americans Week, 18810 [26JY], 32788 [21OC]

S.J. Res. 320, anniversary of passage of Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 11502 [18MY], 18810 [26JY]

S.J. Res. 328, National Medical Research Day, 12414 [25MY], 18812 [26JY], 23779 [14SE]

S.J. Res. 335, National Adult Immunization Awareness Week, 18814 [26JY], 32793 [21OC]

S.J. Res. 341, National RSDS Awareness Day, 14986 [16JN]

S.J. Res. 345, National Day of Outreach to the Rural Disabled, 16380 [29JN], 18815 [26JY], 32788 [21OC]

S.J. Res. 348, National Burn Awareness Week, 17256 [7JY]

S.J. Res. 364, National Paralysis Awareness Week, 21634 [10AU], 26877 [30SE], 28173 [4OC]

S.J. Res. 373, National Craniofacial Deformity Awareness Week, 22467 [7SE]

S.J. Res. 395, National Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service Centennial Day, 32493 [21OC], 33117 [21OC]

Transcripts

Lake Placid, NY, Public Hearing on Acid Rain, 28460-28465 [5OC]

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: CBS, 14288 [13JN]

Wall Within: CBS, 14284-14288 [13JN]