HEALTH related term(s) Diseases; Public Health Service

Addresses

Alternative Medicine: James S. Gordon, S8519 [15JN]

———Senator Harkin, S8520 [15JN]

Birth Defects: James L. Mills, E1743 [8SE]

Making the Case for Not-for-Profit Healthcare: Joseph Bernardin, S3543-S3545 [6MR]

Women's Health Care Issues: Hillary Rodham Clinton, H8551-H8553 [6SE]

Young People and Tobacco: David A. Kessler, S5915-S5917 [1MY]

Affidavits

Nomination of Henry Foster, Jr., to be Surgeon General: Minnie Capleton Jamison, S8736 [21JN]

Agreements

Rocky Mountain Arsenal remedy negotiations, E1151 [26MY]

Amendments

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), S18003, S18004, S18034 [5DE], S18071, S18103 [6DE], S18198, S18223, S18245, S18246 [7DE]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: reauthorize (S. 641), S10702, S10707, S10711, S10715, S10721, S10723, S10740, S10741, S10742 [26JY], S10754 [27JY]

Dept. of Energy: perform risk assessments on environmental restoration activities (S. 333), S2135 [3FE], S3428 [2MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), S19201, S19261 [22DE]

———making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), consideration (H. Res. 317), H15295 [20DE]

Medicare: permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), S6795 [17MY], S6930 [18MY], H4386, H4387 [6AP]

———reform (H.R. 2425), H10147, H10208 [17OC], H10440 [19OC]

———reform (H.R. 2425), consideration (H. Res. 238), H10326 [19OC]

———reform (H.R. 2485), H10388 [19OC]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (S. 1316), S17727, S17729, S17731, S17755, S17756, S17760, S17761, S17762, S17764, S17767, S17771, S17783, S17784, S17785, S17786 [29NO]

Sports: safety for journeymen boxers (S. 187), S16429 [31OC]

Taxation: extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), S4977 [31MR], H1933 [21FE]

———impose value added tax to reduce deficit and finance health care reform (S. 237), S2421 [9FE]

———treatment of medical savings accounts (H.R. 1818), H6482 [28JN]

Veterans: increase service-connected disability benefits (H.R. 2394), S16927, S16937 [9NO], H12124 [10NO]

Analyses

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Collection of Copayments for Provision of Medical Benefits and Insurance Company Reimbursement (S. 991), S9436 [29JN]

Health Care Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (S. 1088), S10886 [28JY]

Health Care Fraud Prevention Act (S. 245), S1221 [19JA]

Impact of Republican Budget Cuts on Children in Texas, H11196 [26OC]

Improve Dept. of Veterans Affairs Programs and Benefits (S. 1345), S15353-S15356 [19OC]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: Coalition on Employer Health Coverage Reporting and the Medicare/Medicaid Data Bank, S10144 [17JY]

National Policy To Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures (H.R. 995), E397-E400 [22FE]

National Policy To Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures (H.R. 996), E402 [22FE]

National Policy To Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures (S. 1062), S10499 [21JY]

Partial-Birth Abortions: Douglas Johnson, National Right to Life Committee, S18009-S18011 [5DE]

Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments (S. 1316), S15122-S15126 [12OC]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act (S. 992), S9439 [29JN]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 483, permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States, H5586 [25MY]

———H.R. 831, extend tax deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC, S4559 [24MR], H3851 [28MR]

———S. 641, Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act reauthorization, S15176 [13OC], H14205 [7DE]

Articles and editorials

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research—A Beacon for Policymakers, S12609 [5SE]

All Better Now, S16680 [3NO]

Alzheimer's Patients Need FDA Reform, E1932 [12OC]

American Upbringing for a Promising Industry, E547 [8MR]

Attack on Rare Abortion Procedure Invites Misery, S16742 [7NO]

Back Dr. Henry Foster's Nomination, S4743 [28MR]

Back to the Dark Ages, S15656 [25OC]

Bacteria Studied in Illness of Boy, 11, S9864 [13JY]

Ban Partial-Birth Abortions, H11607 [1NO]

Battle Over Bonanza for Drug Companies, S15426 [23OC]

Bilbray Fights Illegal-Immigrant Care Plan That Would Stiff Hospitals, H11220 [26OC]

Bill Oils the AIDS Squeaky Wheel, S10706 [26JY]

Brain Research Funding, S7219 [23MY]

Budget Sticking Point, S18693 [15DE]

Budgetary Bombast, H9865 [11OC]

Chewing on a Poor Image, H2474 [1MR]

Clinton Recruits Campaign Team of ``Nasty Boys'' With Reputation as Tough, Savvy Hired Guns, S15624 [25OC]

Congress Can Trim Medicare, H10372 [19OC]

Congress Discovers Risk Analysis, S2044-S2046 [2FE]

Congressmen Warn Seniors of GOP Budget Cuts, H6378 [27JN]

Costly Oversight—Fine Print in GATT Law Could Cost Zantac Users Millions, S18202 [7DE]

Cruelty to Patients—Nation's Health Care System Needs an Examination, S2275 [7FE]

Cuts May Affect Infant Mortality, S15720 [26OC]

Cutting Medicare, S11729 [7AU]

Democrats Hope That Scaring Granny Will Bring Votes, H10376 [19OC]

Democrats Lie About Lunch, H2377 [28FE]

Diseases That Attack the Brain, S5408-S5410 [6AP]

Doctors, Hospitals Sued on Monopoly Charges, S17324 [17NO]

Doctor's Group Says G.O.P. Agreed to Deal on Medicare, S15103 [12OC]

Domestic Violence As A Health-Care Issue, S1790 [30JA]

Dr. Henry Foster Should Be Confirmed, S5928 [1MY]

Dropping Federal Regs Is an Invitation to Tragedy, S15668 [25OC]

Drug Comeback—One Sad Trend Lost in the Shuffle, E267 [3FE]

Drug Company Preserves Tax Break in Senate Committee, S15425 [23OC]

Drug Firms at Odds Over Patent Extension, S15427 [23OC]

Drug Firms Fight To Preserve Windfall, S15425 [23OC]

Drug `Stores' Never Close, S1250 [19JA]

Drugs Get Extra Patent Time, S15424 [23OC]

Emergency Rooms Treat Half-Million Drug Cases, E2125 [8NO]

Ethical Dilemma—In Defense of Fetal Tissue Transplants To Treat Neurological Disorders, S6467 [10MY]

Every Movement Counts—Device Gives Quadriplegics a Chance to Grasp, E658 [22MR]

Existing Protections, S15668 [25OC]

Fanatics for ``Choice'', S18185 [7DE]

Fanatics for `Choice'—Partial Birth Abortions, Sonogram Photos, and the Idea That `the Fetus Means Nothing', H15629 [22DE], E2393 [19DE]

FDA's ``Caution'' Is Killing People, E1273 [16JN]

Food Angel of 42d Street, H2971 [9MR]

Foster Was Lone Obstetrician For East Alabama's Black Women, S2484 [10FE]

Four Drug Firms Could Gain $1 Billion Under GOP Nutrition-Program Revision, S13524 [13SE]

France Claims No Radiation Increase From Test, H10846 [25OC]

Fundraiser Already a Medicare Winner, S15520 [24OC]

GATT Delayed New Generic Drugs, S15429 [23OC]

GATT Puts Generic Drugs on Hold, S15429 [23OC]

Generic-Drug Talks Stall in Committee, S15425 [23OC]

Giant Leap Backward, E1946 [13OC]

Gingrich and the Copperheads, E1878 [29SE]

Gingrich Places Low Priority on Medicare Crooks, S15162 [13OC]

Gingrich Says Halt Monopoly, H11662 [1NO]

Gingrich—Foes Lying About Kids, H2313 [28FE]

Give GOP Credit For Ideas, H10377 [19OC]

Giving Up My Baby, S18194 [7DE]

Glaxo Rolls Out ``Big Bucks'' Card in GATT Battle on Capitol Hill, S15427-S15429 [23OC]

Going to School Hungry, H2969 [9MR]

GOP Gears Up To Grapple With Medicaid—States Could Design Own Programs, S15725 [26OC]

GOP Would Keep School Lunches and Let States Run the Program, E520 [6MR]

Great Medi-Scare, S15417 [23OC]

Gruesome Piece of Legislation, S16741 [7NO]

Gruesome Reality, H15628 [22DE]

H.M.O.'s Refusing Emergency Claims, Hospitals Assert—2 Missions in Conflict, E1418 [12JY]

Health Care Is About People, E2044 [26OC]

Health Care Reform Planners—Inner Circle, Top Fees, E428 [24FE]

Help Those Living on the Edge, S18566 [13DE]

Hitting Her Stride, E1112 [24MY]

Hospital System Survives First Battlefield Trial, E1042 [16MY]

House Panel Would Kill Agency That Compares Medical Treatments, S7576 [25MY]

Inflicting Pain on Children, S3550 [7MR]

Inside the Revolution—Moderate's Dilemma—Food Program Defender Becomes Dismantler, S5101-S5103 [4AP]

It's Drugs, Stupid, S2424 [9FE], E265 [3FE]

It's Not Necessary To Cut Medicare Benefits, H10068 [13OC]

Keep Nursing Home Standards, S15668 [25OC]

Littlest Angel, H11429 [30OC]

Making a Positive Impact, E65 [9JA]

Mandatory Federal AIDS Classes Cited as Promoting Gay Agenda—Training Addresses Religion as Barrier, S10720 [26JY]

Mean and Meaningless, S16741 [7NO]

Medagogues, S15265 [18OC]

Medagogues, Continued, S15266 [18OC]

Medicaid Changes Frighten Families, H14227 [7DE]

Medicaid Cuts May Threaten Children, E1821 [21SE]

Medicaid System Handcuffs California, H15517 [21DE]

Medicaid's Safety Net for Children Could Be Imperiled, Reports Warn, S16809 [8NO]

Medicare and How It Grew—To Be Confused and Misjudged, S10787 [27JY]

Medicare and the Illusions of Protection, E2368 [14DE]

Medicare Debate, E1868 [28SE]

Medicare Recipient Says All Programs Need Examination, E1435 [13JY]

Medicare's Cutting Edge, H4919 [15MY]

Medipork, S16810 [8NO]

Member Spotlight—JoAnn Huff, E1843 [27SE]

Missouri's Wise Shift To HMO's, S15726 [26OC]

New Vaccine Used To Fight Colon Cancer, S1732 [30JA]

New York's Public Hospitals Fail, and Babies Are the Victims, S5771-S5774 [27AP]

Ninety-Five Percent Turned Away for Drug Rehab—Chicago Area's Treatment Sites Overwhelmed, S1633 [26JA]

No Lunch? Try the Sharing Table, H3779 [24MR]

Not a Cure, E1362 [29JN]

One for Our Children, H2473 [1MR]

$100 a Year Club, H3094 [14MR]

Ounce of Prevention as Costly as the Cure, S17510 [20NO]

Outlawing an Abortion Method, S16741 [7NO], S18078-S18080 [6DE]

Patient's Story, S14206-S14209 [25SE], E1654-E1656 [5AU]

Perfectly Legal Procedure, H11433 [30OC]

Quality Assurance Prenatal Systems Reduce Risk for OBs, S5786 [27AP]

Questions Needing Answers, H15630 [22DE]

Race to the Bottom, S16847 [9NO]

Real Default, S17173 [16NO], H13138 [16NO], H13296 [17NO]

Real Talk About Medicare, E2291 [5DE]

Rehabilitation Needed, Not Surgery, H8666 [7SE]

Release Us From Federal Nonsense, S18694 [15DE]

Repeating History's Mistakes, E499 [2MR]

Ruling Shortens Branded Drugs' Monopoly, S15430 [23OC]

School Lunch Debate Serves Up Hot Rhetoric But Few Cold Facts—How Kids Would Fare Under Change Unclear, H2313 [28FE]

Schools Defend Decision Against Offering Breakfast, H2970 [9MR]

Science Closer to a Treatment for Parkinson's, S5410 [6AP]

Scientists Fear Atomic Explosion of Buried Waste—Debate by Researchers, S3490 [6MR]

Senate Panel—No Vote on Drug Loophole, S15426 [23OC]

Senator From Glaxo?, S15426 [23OC]

Seniors Fear Holes in Medicaid Net, S15093 [12OC]

Seven Dollars of Separation, E2407 [19DE]

Shock-Tactic Ads Target Late-Term Abortion Procedure, S16794 [8NO]

Simpson Abstains Because of Stock, S15424 [23OC]

So You Want To Be a Doctor, E302 [8FE]

Storm Looming for Medicare, E1554 [28JY]

Study Backs Mammograms at 40, E755 [3AP]

Suspicion Clouds French Nuclear Tests, H10845 [25OC]

Tainted Foster Nomination, S2483 [10FE]

TennCare Could Take Some Notes—Coventry Exec Compares Plans, S15726 [26OC]

Three Drug Makers Win Suit To Extend Protection of Patents, S15422 [23OC]

Tort Reform Isn't Solution To Easing Health Care Woes, S5798 [27AP]

Tort Tax on Women's Health, S5890 [1MY]

Unloading Excess Regulations, S2043 [2FE]

VA Researcher Key Figure in Sickle Cell Anemia Breakthrough, E660 [22MR]

We Love the Child, But What About the Children?, S6763 [16MY]

What Special Interest?, H3700 [23MR]

Who Pays If Medicare Is Cut?, H10312 [19OC]

Why I Want To Be Surgeon General, S2565 [13FE]

Why the ADA Could Ruin the Superbowl, E338 [14FE]

Wider Impact Is Foreseen for Bill To Ban Type of Abortion, S16736 [7NO]

Zantac Windfall, S18203 [7DE], E2436 [21DE]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (see H.J. Res. 18, 23, 26, 72, 90), H175 [9JA], H2487 [1MR], H5471 [23MY]

———prohibit gender-based occurrences (see S. 24, 316), S48 [4JA], S1920 [1FE]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (see S. 939; H.R. 1833), S8550 [16JN], H5982 [14JN]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), consideration (see H. Res. 251), H11586 [31OC]

———protection of reproductive rights and access to reproductive health care clinics (see S. 979; H.R. 1952), S9305 [28JN], H6481 [28JN]

AFDC: deny benefits to children who have not received preventive health care or been immunized (see H.R. 191), H168 [9JA]

Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 2143), H8063 [31JY]

AIDS Cure Project: establish (see H.R. 761), H969 [31JA]

Airlines: prohibit smoking on all flights (see H.R. 969), H1850 [15FE]

American Samoa: nutrition assistance programs (see H.R. 1059), H2306 [27FE]

Animals: encourage Federal agencies utilizing rabbit eye irritancy tests to validate alternative ophthalmic testing procedures (see H. Con. Res. 7), H176 [9JA]

Appropriations: authorizing for programs relative to the health of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (see H.R. 1341), H3879 [28MR]

Armed Forces: allow liability claims resulting from medical malpractice (see H.R. 2524), H10726 [24OC]

———authorize the appointment of health care professionals to the positions of Surgeon General of the Army, Navy, and Air Force (see S. 68), S49 [4JA]

———use of military health care system and commissary stores by unremarried former spouses of members (see H.R. 2096), H7461 [21JY]

———use of military health care system and commissary stores to an unremarried former spouse (see H.R. 1726), H5608 [25MY]

Award, medals, prizes: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors (see H.R. 2551), H10994 [26OC]

Bankruptcy: payment of claims for retiree health insurance (see H.R. 318), H172 [9JA]

Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare: establish (see H.R. 1739), H5608 [25MY]

Birth defects: develop and implement research strategies to prevent (see S. 459; H.R. 1010), S2965 [22FE], H2063 [22FE]

Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (see H.R. 754), H969 [31JA]

———pneumoconiosis claims (see H.R. 615), H467 [20JA]

Border regions: operation of laboratories along Mexican border relative to public health functions (see H.R. 574), H399 [19JA]

Brookhaven, NY: establish Dept. of Veterans Affairs ambulatory care facility (see H.R. 2831), H15633 [22DE]

California: prevent preemption of State fluid milk standards (see H.R. 1298), H3572 [22MR]

Children and youth: adolescent health demonstration projects (see H.R. 172), H168 [9JA]

———assistance program for abandoned or frail infants (see H.R. 1263), H3327 [16MR]

———equal coverage for all children enrolled in health care plans under a family class of enrollment (see H.R. 1012), H2063 [22FE]

———guidelines for school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 2066), H7256 [19JY]

———health research (see H.R. 1735), H5608 [25MY]

———prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (see S. 170; H.R. 1649), S481 [5JA], H5071 [16MY]

———provide grants to improve the quality and availability of comprehensive education, health, and social services (see H.R. 1284), H3416 [21MR]

———require hearing loss testing for all newborns (see H.R. 396), H174 [9JA]

Coal: control of acidic drainage from abandoned mines (see S. 1479), S18662 [14DE]

———disability benefit eligibility for certain miners (see H.R. 293), H171 [9JA]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: reauthorize (see S. 641; H.R. 42), S4717 [28MR], H164 [9JA]

———revise and extend (see H.R. 1872), H6082 [16JN]

Correctional institutions: privatization of health care services (see H.R. 1810), H5753 [8JN]

Courts: liability of raw material and component suppliers to medical device manufacturers (see S. 303; H.R. 753), S1847 [31JA], H969 [31JA]

———medical malpractice liability claim requirements (see H.R. 229, 1195), H170 [9JA], H2989 [9MR]

Crime: limit certain funds to States that do not require testing for presence of AIDS in certain cases of assault (see H.R. 2791), H14963 [15DE]

———penalties for health care fraud (see S. 245, 1088; H.R. 2151, 2408), S1207 [19JA], S10875 [28JY], H8174 [1AU], H9591 [27SE]

———prevention of fraud relative to provision of or receipt of payment for health care services (see H.R. 1758, 1850), H5690 [7JN], H5983 [14JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: funding mechanism for the American Samoa Nutritional Assistance Program (see S. 79), S49 [4JA]

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 2442), H9738 [29SE]

———transportation of certain children requiring specialized medical services in the U.S. (see S. 660; H.R. 332), S5073 [3AP], H172 [9JA]

Dept. of Energy: perform risk assessments on environmental restoration activities (see S. 333), S2034 [2FE]

———provide health benefits to former defense nuclear facility employees exposed to ionizing radiation (see H.R. 1903), H6159 [20JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish a schedule of preventive health care services under private insurance plans and programs (see H.R. 23), H163 [9JA]

———establish Physical Therapy Advisory Council (see H.R. 1746), H5622 [6JN]

Dept. of Labor: consultation with State officials by employers relative to compliance with occupational safety and health requirements (see H.R. 1433), H4413 [6AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: collection of copayments for provision of medical benefits and insurance company reimbursement (see S. 991), S9421 [29JN]

———determine locality salaries for certain nurse anesthetist positions (see H.R. 1536), H4511 [2MY]

———establish mammography quality standards (see S. 548; H.R. 882), S3891 [14MR], H1555 [9FE]

———establish mental illness research, education, and clinical centers (see S. 425), S2757 [15FE]

———expand services at veterans medical centers (see H.R. 2313), H8805 [12SE]

———improve programs and benefits (see S. 1345), S15338 [19OC]

———making continuing appropriations (see H.J. Res. 134), H15237 [20DE]

———making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), consideration (see H. Res. 317), H15237 [20DE]

———outpatient medical services for former POW (see H.R. 468), H229 [11JA]

———outpatient medical services for former POW with disabilities (see S. 615), S4573 [24MR]

———revise authority of the Center for Women Veterans (see S. 749), S6082 [3MY]

Disabled: provide for home and community-based services for individuals with disabilities (see S. 85), S49 [4JA]

———study providing services and benefits to individuals who served with voluntary organizations assisting the Armed Forces during the Vietnamese Conflict (see H.R. 179), H168 [9JA]

Diseases: accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women (see S. Con. Res. 8), S2823 [16FE]

———eligibility for certain compensation for stomach cancer resulting from radioactive exposure (see H.R. 1725), H5607 [25MY]

———legislative treatment of myelogram-related arachnoiditis (see H.R. 448), H179 [9JA]

———ovarian cancer programs (see H.R. 1721), H5607 [25MY]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see S. 1189; H.R. 1023), S12370 [11AU], H2176 [23FE]

———pediatric and adolescent AIDS (see H. Con. Res. 62), H4432 [7AP]

———prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis (see H.R. 1140), H2716 [6MR]

———prostate cancer screening and drug treatments and expansion of research and education programs (see S. 691), S5403 [6AP]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see S. 684; H.R. 1462), S5403 [6AP], H4414 [6AP]

Drugs: ensure availability of generic drugs (see S. 1191), S12370 [11AU]

———establish Federal standards to ensure integrity of testing programs (see H.R. 153, 1706), H167 [9JA], H5571 [24MY]

———reporting requirements on deaths resulting from the prescribing, dispensing, or administration of drugs (see H.R. 1914), H6269 [22JN]

———revise drug approval process (see H.R. 1742), H5622 [6JN]

———therapeutic use of marijuana (see H.R. 2618), H12127 [10NO]

Eating disorders: establish an educational program on prevention and treatment (see H.R. 1688), H5471 [23MY]

Ecology and environment: transition from use of halons and chlorofluorocarbons to substitute compounds (see H.R. 2367), H9363 [20SE]

———use of risk assessment and cost/benefit analyses in environmental decisionmaking (see S. 123, 229), S50 [4JA], S944 [13JA]

Education: make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs (see S. 64), S49 [4JA]

Employment: prohibit discrimination in employer health benefit plans relative to neurobiological disorders (see H.R. 1797), H5752 [8JN]

———require employers to notify workers before health care or retirement benefits are terminated (see H.R. 1305), H3732 [23MR]

EPA: modify the reformulated gasoline program (see H.R. 2484), H10146 [17OC]

———temporary suspension of reformulated gasoline rules (see S. 462, 477; H.R. 1015), S2965 [22FE], S3221 [27FE], H2063 [22FE]

———waiver of reformulated gasoline rules during non-ozone season (see H.R. 2327), H8903 [13SE]

ERISA: extend continuation of coverage of certain retiree health benefits (see S. 1107; H.R. 2168), S11201 [2AU], H8308 [2AU]

———litigation relative to termination or reduction of retiree health benefits (see S. 588; H.R. 1293), S4365 [22MR], H3572 [22MR]

Families and domestic relations: require States to disclose the AIDS status of infants to legal guardians (see H.R. 1289), H3571 [22MR]

———unemployment compensation relative to family or medical leave reasons (see H.R. 1730), H5608 [25MY]

FDA: facilitate the approval process for medical devices (see S. 1369), S16421 [31OC]

———increase the voting consumer representation of the Blood Products Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1021), H2176 [23FE]

Federal aid programs: ensure social work students and schools are eligible for certain programs' support and grants, and establish a social work training program (see S. 66), S49 [4JA]

———public participation in establishing locations of substance abuse treatment group homes (see H.R. 2427), H9737 [29SE]

———substance abuse and mental health performance partnerships (see S. 1180; H.R. 2207), S12215 [10AU], H8534 [4AU]

Federal employees: access to hearing care services by audiologists (see S. 800; H.R. 1057), S6687 [15MY], H2306 [27FE]

———allow contributions to medical savings accounts under Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 2341), H8994 [14SE]

———eligibility for Federal health benefits for certain temporary appointees (see H.R. 1724), H5607 [25MY]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: allow Farm Credit Administration employees to enroll (see H.R. 2033), H7011 [13JY]

———coverage of medical foods (see H.R. 2009), H6830 [11JY]

———make available to general public (see H.R. 1084), H2392 [28FE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend medical device provisions (see H.R. 2290), H8725 [8SE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1352), H3974 [29MR]

———amend relative to public health pesticides (see H.R. 53), H164 [9JA]

Financial institutions: immunity from liability for asbestos in building in which owners have an asbestos management plan (see H.R. 544), H296 [17JA]

Firefighters: purchase of equipment by volunteer departments and emergency medical service organizations with tax-exempt financing (see H.R. 282), H171 [9JA]

Food: labeling of pesticide use (see H.R. 1771), H5690 [7JN]

———meat and poultry inspection programs (see H.R. 1423), H4413 [6AP]

Food industry: allow food and dietary supplement manufacturers to communicate information on contents of products (see H.R. 1951), H6481 [28JN]

Foreign Service: retirement, survivor, and health benefits for spouses relative to misconduct or disloyalty of officials (see H.R. 674), H691 [25JA]

Foreign trade: expand authority for the export of drugs or medical devices (see S. 572, 593; H.R. 1300), S4094 [16MR], S4365 [22MR], H3572 [22MR]

FTC: prescriptions for contact lenses (see H.R. 1454), H4414 [6AP]

Genetics: limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see S. 1416; H.R. 2690), S17091 [15NO], H13804 [29NO]

Government regulations: repeal unnecessary medical device reporting requirements (see H.R. 2366), H9245 [19SE]

Hawaii: prepaid health care services relative to ERISA (see S. 266), S1442 [24JA]

Hazardous substances: importation and shipment of spent nuclear fuel (see H.R. 2278), H8683 [7SE]

———indoor air quality improvement program (see H.R. 933), H1751 [14FE]

———prohibit discrimination relative to exposure (see H.R. 2691), H13804 [29NO]

Health: establish community-based managed care programs in medically disadvantaged areas (see H.R. 381), H174 [9JA]

Health care facilities: clinical laboratory diagnostic testing services (see H.R. 1461), H4414 [6AP]

———exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see S. 877), S7615 [26MY]

———improve health programs and services available to rural populations (see S. 980, 1268; H.R. 1904, 2175, 2411), S9305 [28JN], S14132 [22SE], H6159 [20JN], H8308 [2AU], H9591 [27SE]

Health care professionals: create tax incentives for provision of rural health care services (see H.R. 425), H177 [9JA]

———designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H177 [9JA]

———determine necessary medical coverage and require insurers to notify enrollees (see H.R. 2608), H12084 [9NO]

———encourage health care for low-income individuals by limiting and exempting liability for services without charge (see S. 1351), S15401 [20OC]

———establish a national program of trained community health advisers (see H.R. 2245), H8535 [4AU]

———even distribution and availability of resources and minority and disadvantaged education programs (see S. 555), S3891 [14MR]

———exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 1386), H4177 [4AP]

———facilitate the dissemination to physicians of scientific information on drug therapies and medical devices (see S. 1197), S12370 [11AU]

———increase practitioners in the field of primary health care (see H.R. 449), H179 [9JA]

———licensing of home infusion therapy service providers and limitations on physician referrals (see H.R. 1579), H4617 [9MY]

———provide practitioners in rural areas with training in preventive health care (see S. 59), S49 [4JA]

———revise and extend certain education programs for physical and occupational therapy (see S. 60), S49 [4JA]

———training for the identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (see S. 697; H.R. 1521), S5404 [6AP], H4432 [7AP]

Health care programs: combat waste, fraud and abuse (see H.R. 2326), H8903 [13SE]

Health maintenance organizations: extend period of applicability of enrollment mix requirement to certain (see S. 1103; H.R. 1878), S11201 [2AU], H6082 [16JN]

Homeless: determination of the immunization status of children living in certain federally assisted housing and shelters (see H.R. 192), H169 [9JA]

Human life: definition from conception (see H.R. 2087), H7378 [20JY]

Immigration: prohibit Federal benefits for illegal aliens (see S. 918; H.R. 341), S8255 [13JN], H173 [9JA]

Information services: establish code of fair information practices (see H.R. 435), H178 [9JA]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see S. 1233; H.R. 2011), S13473 [12SE], H6830 [11JY]

———establish health plan standards for treatment of enrollees and health care providers (see H.R. 2400), H9591 [27SE]

———prohibit denial of health coverage based on evidence of domestic violence (see H.R. 1191), H2988 [9MR]

———prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see S. 524; H.R. 1201, 1920, 2654), S3744 [9MR], H3048 [10MR], H6269 [22JN], H13142 [16NO]

———prohibit health insurance premium rate increases based on age (see H.R. 1614), H4873 [11MY]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 2748), H14238 [7DE]

———promote portability of health insurance by limiting discrimination in health coverage (see H.R. 439), H179 [9JA]

———provide tax incentives to encourage health insurance coverage continuity and portability and discourage preexisting condition exclusions (see H.R. 1604, 1610), H4795 [10MY], H4872 [11MY]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see S. 969; H.R. 1936, 1948, 1950, 1955, 1968, 1970; H. Con. Res. 79), S9174 [27JN], H6396 [27JN], H6481 [28JN], H6655, H6656 [29JN]

Law enforcement officers: counseling programs for disabled police officers (see H.R. 384), H174 [9JA]

Liability: reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs (see S. 454), S2823 [16FE]

Medicaid: alcoholism and drug dependency treatment services for pregnant women (see S. 171), S481 [5JA]

———continued enrollment of special-needs children in traditional fee-for-service plans in States with managed care programs (see H.R. 1502), H4431 [7AP]

———coverage of services of certain clinics operated by children's hospitals (see H.R. 1503), H4431 [7AP]

———coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (see S. 972; H.R. 1339), S9174 [27JN], H3879 [28MR]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics under State programs (see S. 61), S49 [4JA]

———eliminate State reimbursement requirements for hospitals, nursing facilities, and intermediate care facilities (see H.R. 2395), H9505 [25SE]

———enforcement of State guardianship laws relative to benefit eligibility proceedings (see S. 430), S2822 [16FE]

———Federal funding of abortions (see H.R. 222, 237), H169, H170 [9JA]

———flexibility for States to enroll beneficiaries in managed care plans (see S. 839), S7120 [22MY]

———improve Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 818, 2226), H1207 [3FE], H8534 [4AU]

———improve the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 625), H468 [20JA]

———nonemergency medical transportation services (see H.R. 975), H1907 [16FE]

———osteopathic services (see S. 896; H.R. 1791), S8034 [8JN], H5752 [8JN]

———prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 780), H1051 [1FE]

———provide State incentives for reduction of expenditures (see S. 634; H.R. 1334), S4717 [28MR], H3879 [28MR]

———reduce infant mortality through improvement of coverage of services to pregnant women and infants (see H.R. 180), H168 [9JA]

———replace with State block grant programs (see S. 844), S7244 [23MY]

———require HMOs and other managed care plans to make payments relative to assistance provided by school-based health centers (see H.R. 2420), H9670 [28SE]

———require States to provide photograph of beneficiary on enrollment card (see H.R. 2303), H8805 [12SE]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 777), H1051 [1FE]

———screening mammography and screening pap smears (see H.R. 173), H168 [9JA]

———State response to hospital closings (see H.R. 168), H168 [9JA]

———waiver of anti-kickback statute for certain State demonstration projects and managed care programs (see S. 716), S5547 [7AP]

Medical devices: allow marketing of Sensor Pad to aid in breast self-examination (see H.R. 2753), H14239 [7DE]

———approval of the Sensor Pad medical device to aid in breast self-examination (see H.R. 2752), H14239 [7DE]

Medicare: amend certain provisions (see H.R. 25), H163 [9JA]

———assure fairness and choice to patients (see S. 1024, 1343), S9802 [12JY], S15338 [19OC]

———bone mass measurements (see H.R. 2185), H8360 [3AU]

———chiropractic services (see H.R. 997), H1967 [21FE]

———clarify scope of coverage and payment amounts for the use of medical devices approved for investigational use (see S. 955; H.R. 1744), S8945 [22JN], H5622 [6JN]

———colorectal screening (see S. 1178, 1385; H.R. 922, 1046), S12215 [10AU], S16621 [2NO], H1689 [13FE], H2223 [24FE]

———combat waste, fraud and abuse (see S. 569, 1193; H.R. 1668, 2389), S4094 [16MR], S12370 [11AU], H5366 [18MY], H9452 [21SE]

———coverage for emergency and related services by rural emergency access care facilities (see H.R. 859), H1460 [8FE]

———coverage of anesthesia services provided by certified registered nurse anesthetists (see S. 1263), S13972 [20SE]

———coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H2392 [28FE]

———coverage of bone mass measurements (see S. 1118), S11323 [3AU]

———coverage of drug treatments for multiple sclerosis (see H.R. 249), H170 [9JA]

———coverage of nursing facilities, in-home services, and outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 507), H242 [13JA]

———coverage of paramedic intercept ambulance support services (see H.R. 1757), H5690 [7JN]

———develop percentage increases to assure quality services in dependent hospitals and other beneficiary facilities (see S. 832; H.R. 1651), S7013 [19MY], H5071 [16MY]

———eliminate peer review system (see H.R. 1761), H5690 [7JN]

———expand coverage of part B preventive care benefits (see H.R. 2777), H14764 [13DE]

———extend certain savings provisions (see H.R. 1134, 1217), H2716 [6MR], H3073 [13MR]

———extend period for issuance of select policies (see S. 717), S5547 [7AP]

———hemodialysis standards for renal dialysis facilities (see H.R. 1067), H2306 [27FE]

———improve health services to rural areas (see S. 963), S8997 [23JN]

———improved reimbursement for clinical social worker services (see S. 63), S49 [4JA]

———incentives for reporting inaccurate claims (see S. 1325), S15227 [17OC]

———limit penalty for late enrollment and establish special enrollment for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2729), H14172 [6DE]

———medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 2247), H8535 [4AU]

———mental health and substance abuse treatment services (see H.R. 1456), H4414 [6AP]

———multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1078), H2392 [28FE]

———oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 2489, 2600), H10146 [17OC], H11939 [8NO]

———outpatient self-management training services for individuals with diabetes (see S. 491; H.R. 1073), S3390 [2MR], H2392 [28FE]

———payment for dental services (see H.R. 166), H168 [9JA]

———payment for services furnished by a facility in which the referring physician has an ownership interest (see H.R. 2390), H9452 [21SE]

———permit a supplier of durable medical equipment to furnish an upgraded item of such equipment to medicare beneficiaries (see H.R. 1754), H5689 [7JN]

———permit direct payment of registered nurses for assistance services at surgery (see H.R. 188), H168 [9JA]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (see H.R. 483, 1391), H229 [11JA], H4177 [4AP]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), consideration (see H. Res. 130), H4334 [5AP]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 180), H6655 [29JN]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), corrections in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 19), S9097 [26JN]

———positron emission tomography (see S. 1181; H.R. 2194), S12370 [11AU], H8533 [4AU]

———prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 779, 1496), H1051 [1FE], H4431 [7AP]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMOs (see H.R. 2350), H9132 [18SE]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and health maintenance organizations (see H.R. 1707, 2329), H5571 [24MY], H8993 [14SE]

———provide for certain payments under CHAMPUS to the extent that such expenses are not payable under medicare (see S. 69), S49 [4JA]

———provide greater flexibility and choice (see S. 1238), S13540 [13SE]

———reduce part A enrollment premium for individuals 80 years of age or older (see H.R. 2805), H15087 [18DE]

———reform (see S. 1255; H.R. 2152, 2173, 2422, 2425, 2476, 2485, 2486, 2839), S13728 [18SE], H8174 [1AU], H8308 [2AU], H9670 [28SE], H9737 [29SE], H10047 [12OC], H10146 [17OC], H15633 [22DE]

———reform (H.R. 2425), consideration (see H. Res. 238), H10306 [18OC]

———reimbursement for nurse practitioners in health professional shortage areas (see S. 864; H.R. 1750), S7497 [25MY], H5622 [6JN]

———reimbursement for physician assistants in health professional shortage areas (see S. 863; H.R. 1751), S7497 [25MY], H5622 [6JN]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible individuals by military or veterans hospitals (see H.R. 861, 1767), H1460 [8FE], H5690 [7JN]

———renal disease management services (see H.R. 1068), H2306 [27FE]

———reporting requirement of trust fund trustees on projected financial imbalances (see S. 785; H.R. 1590), S6337 [9MY], H4618 [9MY]

———require health maintenance organizations to disclose certain information to enrollees (see H.R. 2249), H8535 [4AU]

———require health maintenance organizations to provided out-of-network services to enrollees (see H.R. 2757), H14310 [12DE]

———restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (see S. 62), S49 [4JA]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 778, 958), H1051 [1FE], H1849 [15FE]

———study effectiveness of rural telemedicine networks (see H.R. 851), H1371 [7FE]

———use of commercial software to detect payment error and billing abuse (see S. 762), S6202 [5MY]

———waive late enrollment penalty for certain military retirees who live near closed military installations (see H.R. 875), H1555 [9FE]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: repeal (see S. 194; H.R. 952, 2685), S789 [11JA], H1849 [15FE], H13803 [29NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish an Office of Inspector General (see H.R. 2480), H10076 [13OC]

———payment integrity (see H.R. 2280), H8684 [7SE]

———public examination of any changes in existing law relative to budget reconciliation (see H. Res. 221), H8904 [13SE]

Members of Congress: eliminate certain congressional perks (see S. 1405), S16821 [8NO]

Mental health: national policy to provide health care coverage of mental illnesses (see H. Con. Res. 98), H8536 [4AU]

———national policy to provide health care coverage to individuals with severe mental illnesses (see S. 298; H.R. 193), S1847 [31JA], H169 [9JA]

Michael O'Callaghan Military Hospital, Las Vegas, NV: designate (see H.R. 2477), H10047 [12OC]

National Atomic Veterans Day: designate (see S. Res. 108), S5404 [6AP]

National Center for Sickle Cell Disease Research: establish (see S. 1442), S17924 [4DE]

National Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth Suicide Prevention: establish (see S. 1448; H.R. 609), S18016 [5DE], H467 [20JA]

National Commission on the Long-Term Solvency of the Medicare Program: establish (see S. 760), S6169 [4MY]

National Committee on Telemedicine: establish (see H.R. 426), H177 [9JA]

National Drug Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 188, 189), S16108 [27OC], S16422 [31OC]

National Foundation on Physical Fitness and Sports: establish (see H.R. 2209), H8534 [4AU]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: expand activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 835), H1281 [6FE]

———lupus erythematosus research funding (see S. 1074), S10729 [26JY]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 177), S14710 [29SE]

National objectives: accessibility of alternative treatments and medicines (see S. 1035; H.R. 2019), S9998 [14JY], H6913 [12JY]

———deter health care fraud and improve the administration of health benefit plans (see H.R. 1912), H6269 [22JN]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 7, 18, 121, 168, 294, 308, 609, 715, 933, 1028, 1062; S. Res. 144; H.R. 16, 995, 996, 1200, 1234, 1424, 1798, 2071, 2220, 2756, 2836; H. Con. Res. 14), S47, S48, S50 [4JA], S480 [5JA], S1758 [30JA], S1920 [1FE], S4491 [23MR], S5547 [7AP], S8493 [15JN], S9422 [29JN], S9997 [14JY], S10490 [21JY], H163 [9JA], H296 [17JA], H1967 [21FE], H2989 [9MR], H3156 [14MR], H4413 [6AP], H5752 [8JN], H7256 [19JY], H8534 [4AU], H14253 [11DE], H15633 [22DE]

———strengthen State and local government capability of providing public health services (see S. 142), S51 [4JA]

National Physical Fitness and Sports Foundation: establish (see S. 1311), S15033 [11OC]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: revise filing deadline for certain claims (see H.R. 608, 1938), H467 [20JA], H6396 [27JN]

NIH: establish an Office for Rare Disease Research (see S. 184; H.R. 2027), S653 [9JA], H7011 [13JY]

———establish National Fund for Health Research (see S. 1251), S13728 [18SE]

———funding for diabetes-related research (see S. 1437; H.R. 1656), S17776 [29NO], H5190 [17MY]

Nuclear energy: privatization of interim waste storage program (see S. 1478), S18662 [14DE]

Occupational safety and health: establish voluntary programs to protect employees from hazards (see H.R. 1824), H5904 [13JN]

Oregon: waiver of ERISA relative to employer mandates in health care reform plan (see S. 713), S5547 [7AP]

Organ donors: include organ donation forms and information in individual income tax refund payments (see S. 948; H.R. 1889), S8684 [20JN], H6158 [20JN]

———revise and extend organ and bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see S. 1324), S15227 [17OC]

OSHA: reform regulatory process (see S. 526, 1423), S3744 [9MR], S17336 [17NO]

———transfer certain functions to the Dept. of Labor (see S. 592), S4365 [22MR]

Patents: extend protection for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (see H.R. 2467), H9897 [11OC]

———extend protection for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (see S. 1496), S19110 [21DE]

———limit enforcement relative to medical and surgical procedures (see S. 1334), S15290 [18OC]

———limit issuance on medical procedures (see H.R. 1127), H2650 [3MR]

———renew and extend certain devices that aid in bodily tissue healing and reduction of pain (see H.R. 2113), H7699 [25JY]

Pesticides: definition and regulation of antimicrobial pesticides (see H.R. 1680), H5367 [18MY]

———definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see S. 794; H.R. 1627), S6513 [11MY], H4915 [12MY]

———improve registration, provide minor use crop protection, and improve pesticide tolerance safeguards (see S. 1166), S12215 [10AU]

Pharmaceuticals: establish temporary program allowing the use of parenteral diacetylmorphine for intractable pain due to cancer (see S. 78), S49 [4JA]

———guarantee practice of pharmacy compounding and ensure supply of bulk drug products (see H.R. 598), H467 [20JA]

———improve the regulation of drugs (see H.R. 1995), H6698 [30JN]

———provide equitable relief for the generic drug industry (see S. 1277), S14408 [27SE]

Population: stabilization of world population through reproductive choice (see S. 1029; H.R. 2052), S9997 [14JY], H7179 [18JY]

Privacy: treatment of personal medical records and health care related information (see S. 1360), S15575 [24OC]

Programs: establish a trust fund to reimburse Government health programs for expenses attributable to usage of tobacco products by individuals (see S. 597), S4365 [22MR]

Public health: establish standards for long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 1221), H3155 [14MR]

Public Health Service: consolidate certain health center programs (see S. 1044; H.R. 2206), S10147 [17JY], H8534 [4AU]

———extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (see S. 1471; H.R. 1747), S18442 [12DE], H5622 [6JN]

Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs (see S. 904, 1265), S8097 [9JN], S14087 [21SE]

———prohibit assistance to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 484, 637), H229 [11JA], H537 [23JA]

———reform (see S. 209; H.R. 315), S901 [12JA], H172 [9JA]

———support community food security projects relative to low-income individuals (see H.R. 2003), H6829 [11JY]

Radioactive substances: interim storage of spent nuclear fuel (see H.R. 1924), H6269 [22JN]

———provide payments to individuals who were subjects of Federal radiation experiments (see H.R. 2463), H9897 [11OC]

Research: improve capability to analyze deoxyribonucleic acid (see H.R. 2418), H9670 [28SE]

———provide for the operation of laboratories to conduct certain public health operations near the U.S. border with Mexico (see S. 835), S7014 [19MY]

Rural areas: health care (see S. 806; H. Con. Res. 56), S6750 [16MY], H4177 [4AP]

———medicare coverage of rural emergency access care hospitals (see S. 210), S901 [12JA]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (see S. 1316), S15118 [12OC]

Schools: provide free lunches and breakfasts to economically disadvantaged students (see H. Con. Res. 49), H3807 [24MR]

Senior citizens: affirm the purpose and value of senior nutrition programs (see H. Con. Res. 22), H1208 [3FE]

Small business: health care tax credit and cost analysis of legislative proposals (see S. 521), S3744 [9MR]

———increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see S. 111, 262, 367; H.R. 34, 52, 76, 335, 691, 696, 697, 2435), S50 [4JA], S1442 [24JA], S2268 [7FE], H164, H165, H173 [9JA], H801 [26JA], H9737 [29SE]

———liability requirements for remediation of dry cleaning solvents (see H.R. 2522), H10726 [24OC]

Social Security: assistance to beneficiaries in the administration of employee benefit plans (see H.R. 420), H175 [9JA]

———establish a disability review account for expenditures in reviewing cases (see H.R. 1586), H4618 [9MY]

———establish a health information network for medicare and medicaid (see S. 872; H.R. 1766), S7615 [26MY], H5690 [7JN]

———establish and define jurisdiction of a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Social Security Circuit (see H.R. 1587), H4618 [9MY]

———extend Medicare Select Program (see S. 198), S789 [11JA]

———imposition of fees for initial certification and survey of health care facilities providing medicare and medicaid services (see H.R. 2790), H14963 [15DE]

———increase earnings limit, repeal increase of taxation of benefits, and provide incentives to purchase long-term care insurance (see H.R. 8), H160 [9JA]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see S. 406), S2647 [14FE]

———maintain and protect (see H. Con. Res. 75), H5983 [14JN]

———maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1208 [3FE]

———maintenance and protection of system (see H. Con. Res. 78), H6200 [21JN]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see S. 1487; H.R. 580), S18999 [20DE], H399 [19JA]

———permit coverage of outpatient physical therapy services under medicare and medicaid without a physician's referral (see H.R. 1746), H5622 [6JN]

———provide that certain health insurance policies are not duplicative (see S. 1138), S12079 [9AU]

———repeal rule providing for the termination of benefits to the disabled upon marriage (see S. 466), S3052 [23FE]

———tax treatment of benefits (see S. 30, 50), S48, S49 [4JA]

———treatment of disability, old-age, and widow's or widower's insurance benefits (see H.R. 2469), H9897 [11OC]

———treatment of long-term health care insurance (see H.R. 1013, 2571), H2063 [22FE], H11686 [1NO]

Sports: headgear requirements for professional boxers (see H.R. 1150), H2811 [7MR]

———safety for journeymen boxers (see S. 187; H.R. 1186), S731 [10JA], H2988 [9MR]

SSI: replace with State block grant programs (see S. 845), S7244 [23MY]

States: development of alternative dispute resolutions systems for medical malpractice claims and federally mandated liability reform (see S. 11), S48 [4JA]

Surgeon General: terminate the Office of Surgeon General of the Public Health Service (see S. 957; H.R. 860, 897, 1097), S8945 [22JN], H1460 [8FE], H1611 [10FE], H2486 [1MR]

Taxation: allow credit for cleanup of contaminated industrial sites (see H.R. 1799), H5752 [8JN]

———credit for clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see S. 1052; H.R. 1566), S10426 [20JY], H4545 [3MY]

———deduction for contribution to a Medisave account (see H.R. 720), H839 [27JA]

———deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, incentives for medical practice in rural areas, and creation of medical savings accounts (see H.R. 2051), H7178 [18JY]

———deduction for health insurance premiums (see H.R. 158, 442), H168, H179 [9JA]

———deductions for home health care, day care, and respite care for households with an Alzheimer's disease patient (see S. 407), S2647 [14FE]

———dependent care expenses (see S. 410), S2647 [14FE]

———excise exemption for air transportation relative to medical care (see H.R. 635), H537 [23JA]

———exemptions for health risk pools (see S. 539; H.R. 539), S3803 [10MR], H296 [17JA]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 1034), H2176 [23FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (see H.R. 831), H1281 [6FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), consideration (see H. Res. 88), H1907 [16FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 121), H3974 [29MR]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), return enrolled bill (see H. Con. Res. 55), H4177 [4AP]

———impose value added tax to reduce deficit and finance health care reform (see S. 237), S1070 [18JA]

———increase excise taxes on smokeless tobacco products and establish a trust fund to reduce use (see H.R. 2585), H11782 [6NO]

———increase opportunities for small businesses and taxpayers (see S. 1299), S14883 [10OC]

———limit deduction for health care costs by employers who terminate promised retiree health benefits (see S. 827), S6912 [18MY]

———provide credit to persons who provide home care for needy individuals (see S. 1216), S12716 [6SE]

———provide farmers carryover of unused deductions and a one-time exclusion from gain for certain sales and provide health insurance deductions for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 1748), H5622 [6JN]

———requirements for tax exempt trust status relative to multiple employer health benefits arrangements (see H.R. 1035), H2176 [23FE]

———State establishment of health insurance systems for temporarily unemployed individuals (see H.R. 2432), H9737 [29SE]

———treatment of excess benefit arrangements of certain tax-exempt group medical practices (see H.R. 2452), H9784 [10OC]

———treatment of long-term health care insurance (see S. 411, 423; H.R. 1457), S2647 [14FE], S2757 [15FE], H4414 [6AP]

———treatment of long-term health care services and insurance (see S. 1177), S12215 [10AU]

———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 2559), H11441 [30OC]

———treatment of medical expenses incurred for an abortion (see H.R. 231), H170 [9JA]

———treatment of medical savings account contributions (see H.R. 354, 2692), H173 [9JA], H13869 [30NO]

———treatment of medical savings accounts (see S. 1247, 1249; H.R. 323, 1818), S13656 [15SE], H172 [9JA], H5904 [13JN]

Technology: improve the capability to analyze DNA (see H.R. 1241), H3275 [15MR]

Tobacco products: establish Federal authority to regulate tobacco and other nicotine containing products (see H.R. 2414), H9670 [28SE]

———health risks to children and application of excise taxes to decrease usage by minors (see S. Res. 159), S11785 [7AU]

———increase excise taxes and use revenue for tobacco crop substitution (see S. 598, 804; H.R. 1455), S4365 [22MR], S6687 [15MY], H4414 [6AP]

———limit access to minors by prohibiting free samples and sales through vending machines on Federal property (see S. 1123), S11451 [4AU]

———prohibit regulation of tobacco industry (see H.R. 2283), H8684 [7SE]

———require the reduction and eventual elimination of nicotine in tobacco products (see H.R. 1853), H6044 [15JN]

Traumatic brain injuries: studies and programs (see S. 96; H.R. 248), S50 [4JA], H170 [9JA]

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: terminate (see S. 42), S48 [4JA]

Veterans: add bronchioloalveolar carcinoma to the list of service-connected diseases (see H.R. 368), H174 [9JA]

———authorize termination of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance coverage when premiums are unpaid (see H.R. 2157), H8174 [1AU]

———conduct feasibility studies for inclusion of veterans health programs in certain State health programs (see S. 613), S4573 [24MR]

———dependency and indemnity compensation benefits relative to remarriage of surviving spouses (see H.R. 469), H229 [11JA]

———establish confidential database for the collection of medical information (see H.R. 798), H1156 [2FE]

———extend eligibility period for inpatient care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (see S. 338), S2034 [2FE]

———extend eligibility period for inpatient or outpatient care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (see H.R. 1329), H3878 [28MR]

———extend eligibility period for priority health care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (see H.R. 1565), H4545 [3MY]

———extend the provision of services at community-based health care facilities (see S. 725), S5664 [25AP]

———improve health care programs (see H.R. 1385, 1468), H4177 [4AP], H4430 [7AP]

———increase service-connected disability benefits (see S. 992; H.R. 2352, 2394), S9421 [29JN], H9245 [19SE], H9505 [25SE]

———management and contracting of health care services (see S. 1359), S15575 [24OC]

———medical information sharing between the Social Security Administration and the Dept. of Veterans Affairs for the determination of disability status (see H.R. 1609), H4795 [10MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H172 [9JA]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with veterans disability compensation (see H.R. 65), H165 [9JA]

———priority health care to those who received nasopharyngeal irradiation treatments while in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2080), H7378 [20JY]

———provide for a hospice care pilot program (see S. 612), S4573 [24MR]

———reform insurance plans and coverage (see H.R. 2156), H8174 [1AU]

Veterans Health Administration: establishment of nonprofit research corporations at VA medical centers (see S. 644), S4806 [29MR]

Volunteer Firefighter and Rescue Squad Worker Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 94), H166 [9JA]

Volunteer workers: extend Federal liability coverage to medical workers relative to medically underserved communities (see S. 1217), S12716 [6SE]

Water: assure the safety of public water systems (see H.R. 226), H170 [9JA]

———biological monitoring and whole effluent toxicity testing relative to publicly owned treatment works (see H.R. 634), H537 [23JA]

———biological monitoring and whole effluent toxicity tests in connection with publicly owned treatment works (see S. 365), S2268 [7FE]

———bottled water contaminant level requirements (see S. 412), S2647 [14FE]

———require additional research prior to promulgation of sulfate standards (see H.R. 2762), H14310 [12DE]

———treatment of privately owned public treatment works (see S. 1436), S17776 [29NO]

Women: ensure pregnant women receiving Public Health Service assistance are provided with pregnancy information and counseling (see H.R. 833), H1281 [6FE]

———establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (see S. 427; H.R. 1736), S2822 [16FE], H5608 [25MY]

———maternity and housing services for pregnant women (see S. 1214; H.R. 1065), S12716 [6SE], H2306 [27FE]

———obstetrician-gynecologist services relative to Federal health care laws (see S. Res. 85), S3680 [8MR]

———prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (see S. 1030; H.R. 941), S9997 [14JY], H1751 [14FE]

———protection of reproductive rights (see H.R. 776), H1051 [1FE]

———require the removal of silicone gel and saline breast implants and conduct chemical and industrial safety research (see H.R. 2796), H14963 [15DE]

———research and education programs on menopause and related conditions (see H.R. 548), H296 [17JA]

———review of Federal programs assessing risks of certain environmental exposures (see H.R. 1311), H3732 [23MR]

Biographies

Povich, Elaine S., H809 [27JA]

Citations

Hatfield, Senator: Albert Lasker Public Service Award, S14698 [29SE]

Cloture motions

Foster, Henry, Jr.: nomination to be Surgeon General, S8679 [20JN], S8745 [21JN], S8875 [22JN]

Taxation: extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), conference report, S4979 [31MR], S5029 [3AP]

Commentaries

Medical savings accounts: several organizations, E1091 [22MY]

Comparisons

Tax treatment of medical savings accounts legislation, S13661 [15SE]

Conference reports

Extend Tax Deduction for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals and Repeal Nonrecognition of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), H3909-H3915 [29MR]

Permit Medicare Select Policies To Be Offered In All States (H.R. 483), H6256 [22JN]

Cost Estimates

Medicare budget expenditure limiting tool: CBO, S16469 [1NO]

Critique

Underground Autocatalytic Criticality of Plutonium and Other Fissile Material, S3638 [7MR]

Documents

Effects of Tobacco Use on Children, H7646-H7683 [25JY], H8127-H8135 [1AU]

Veterans Health Programs Extension Act (1994), H8043 [31JY]

Epiloge

Ebola Virus: William Close, S9475 [29JN]

Essays

Why Do People Smoke, and Why They Should Quit: Alex Alvarado, E2203 [17NO]

———Peter Nguyen, E2203 [17NO]

———Tiffany Dersam, E2203 [17NO]

Excerpts

``Hurting Real People—The Human Impact of Medicaid Cuts'', S16645-S16647 [3NO]

Factsheets

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act Reauthorization: Congressional Research Service, S10725 [26JY]

How the Medicaid Cuts Affect Virginia, H14925 [14DE]

Insurance Industry-Republican Alliance To Dismantle Medicare—A Question of Profits: Senator Kennedy, S11978 [9AU]

LIHEAP Impact, S4902 [30MR]

Mental Illness in America, S1849 [31JA]

Nomination of Henry Foster, Jr., To Be Surgeon General: Abortion, S8811 [21JN]

———Credibility, S8812 [21JN]

———I Have a Future Program, S8813-S8817 [21JN]

———Planned Parenthood (organization), S8812 [21JN]

———Sterilization, S8812 [21JN]

———Tuskegee Study, S8810 [21JN]

Partial Birth Abortions—A Look Behind the Misinformation: National Right to Life Committee, S16790-S16793 [8NO]

Interviews

Health care reform: Quentin D. Young with Christian Century (publication), S516-S518 [5JA]

Letters

Birth control in People's Republic of China relative to human rights: Stirling D. Scruggs, U.N. Population Fund, S14041 [21SE]

Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination charter renewal: John H. Gibbons, Executive Office of the President, S4649 [27MR]

———Senator Glenn, S4649 [27MR]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: Gary L. Bauer, Family Research Council, S10758 [27JY]

Consumer Access to Prescription Drugs Act: Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S12391 [11AU]

———Jim Firman, Generic Drug Equity Coalition, S12391 [11AU]

———Michael Kantor, U.S. Trade Representative, S12390 [11AU]

———William B. Schultz, FDA, S12390 [11AU]

Dept. of Defense advisory boards: Gary D. Vest, Dept. of Defense, S11570 [5AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs collection of copayments for provision of medical benefits and insurance company reimbursement: Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S9437 [29JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs continuing appropriations: Thomas A. McMasters III, DAV, S19205 [22DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs' outpatient medical services for former POW with disabilities: Charles S. Prigmore, American Ex-Prisoners of War, S4581 [24MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs plan for allocation of health care resources: Frederico Juarbe Jr., VFW, S14301 [26SE]

Environmental cleanup funding: Senator McCain, S3590 [7MR]

EPA classification and risk assessment of suspected carcinogens: Carol M. Browner, EPA, S1534 [25JA]

———Jeanette A. Wiltse, EPA, S1534 [25JA]

Expand coverage of medicare part B preventive care benefits: several health organizations, E2362 [14DE]

Extend tax deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC: several Senators, S5044 [3AP]

FDA regulations on drugs and devices: John D. Siegfried, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (organization), S6453 [10MY]

———National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, S6454 [10MY]

———several former Chief Counsels of the FDA, S6454 [10MY]

Federal assistance to graduate education programs relative to availability of abortion training for obstetrics and gynecology accreditation: Ralph W. Hale, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, H8378 [3AU]

———Representative Hoekstra, E1691 [5AU]

Federal employees participation in AIDS training programs, S10721 [26JY]

Federal funding of abortions: Rod L. Betit, Utah Department of Health, S4962 [31MR]

Federal nursing home standards: David Banks, Beverly Enterprises, Inc., S16944 [13NO]

———Elma L. Holder, National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform, S16945 [13NO], S17281 [17NO]

———John J. Sweeney, Service Employees International Union, S17283 [17NO]

———National Association of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, S16945 [13NO]

———several health and union organizations, S15657 [25OC]

———Toby S. Edelman, National Senior Citizens Law Center, S16952 [13NO]

GATT implementation relative to generic drugs: C. Everett Koop, S18104 [6DE], S18209, S18211 [7DE]

———Clayton Yeutter, S18213 [7DE]

———Daniel Perry, Alliance for Aging Research, S18206 [7DE]

———Eugene P. Schonfeld, National Kidney Association, S18205 [7DE]

———Judith Simpson, United Patients' Association for Pulmonary Hypertension, Inc., S18205, S18212 [7DE]

———Leon Brittan, European Commission, S18213 [7DE]

———Patti Munter, National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, S18205 [7DE]

———Robert J. Beall, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, S18205 [7DE]

———Senators Dodd and Hatch, S18211 [7DE]

———several Senators, S18210 [7DE]

———William Brock, S18213 [7DE]

Hansen's Disease funding for Hawaii: Lawrence Miike, E1646 [5AU]

Health care reform: Frances R. Carawan, E1734 [7SE]

———Mary F. Daivs, S10434 [20JY]

Health insurance policies, E892 [1MY]

Home health care: Tim Brewer, E2134 [8NO]

I Have a Future Program: George Bush, S8810 [21JN]

Improve Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs and benefits: Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S15356 [19OC]

Infant formula procurement: Michael E. Antalics, FTC, H3588 [23MR]

Insurance companies denotation of menopause as preexisting condition: James S. Todd, AMA, H2310 [28FE]

International ban on ocean dumping of low-level nuclear waste: Vice President Gore, H13977 [5DE]

Limit compensation for mentally disabled veterans: Bob Kasten and Senators Hatfield and Domenici, S14289 [26SE]

Mammography quality standards: Donna E. Shalala, Sec. of HHS, S9843 [13JY]

Managed health care system reform: Harley Schultz, E2240 [28NO]

Medicaid reform: Joe M. Sanders, Jr., and Lawrence A. McAndrews, S15730 [26OC]

———John A. Kitzhaber, Governor of Oregon, H10901 [26OC]

———Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, S15732 [26OC]

———several Democratic Senators, S19185 [22DE]

———several organizations, S15728, S15731 [26OC]

Medical savings accounts: Representative Stark, E1090 [22MY]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: Anthony J. Knettel, Coalition on Employer Health Coverage Reporting and the Medicare/Medicaid Data Bank, S10143 [17JY]

———Donald A. Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S10144 [17JY]

———Mark J. Ugoretz, ERISA Industry Committee, S10143 [17JY]

Medicare budget expenditure limiting tool: Arnold R. Thomas, North Dakota Hospital Association, S16468 [1NO]

———Daniel J. Schulder, National Council of Senior Citizens, S16468 [1NO]

———Howard B. Shapiro, American College of Physicians, S16469 [1NO]

———June E. O'Neill, CBO, S16469 [1NO]

———Martin Corry, American Association of Retired Persons, S16468 [1NO]

———Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, S16468 [1NO]

———Steven Kroll, Healthcare Association of New York State, S16468 [1NO]

Medicare coverage of colorectal screening: Senators Mack and Lieberman, S12276 [10AU]

Medicare reform: Anne K. Bingaman, Dept. of Justice and Robert Pitofsky, FTC, S17323 [17NO]

———Bill Pound, National Conference of State Legislatures, and Lee Douglas, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, H10476 [19OC]

———Carolyn Scanlan, Hospital Association of Pennsylvania, E2239 [28NO]

———Clay Willis, Willis Publishing Co., H7556 [25JY]

———Cynthia Tinker, H10311 [19OC]

———Harlan M. Heald, Nebraska Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, S6904 [18MY], S7007 [19MY]

———Leonard T. Connors, Jr., Jeffrey W. Moran, and Christopher J. Connors, New Jersey State Legislature, H10333, H10472 [19OC]

———Marc A. Levina, H10299 [18OC]

———Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S15520 [24OC]

———National Association of Attorneys General, S17326 [17NO]

———Paul G. Rogers and Robert D. Ray, National Leadership Coalition for Health Care Reform, S6136 [4MY]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H10385 [19OC]

———several health and insurance providers, S17324 [17NO]

———several organizations, S17325, S17327 [17NO]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S17326 [17NO]

Medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System: Bruce Conover, Military Service Coalition of Austin, S19004 [20DE]

———Don Hess, U.S. Army Warrant Officers Association, S19005 [20DE]

———Eddie Oca, Naval Enlisted Reserve Association, S19006 [20DE]

———G. Michael Schlee, American Legion, S19004 [20DE]

———J.C. Pennington, National Association for Uniformed Services, S19003 [20DE]

———Jack N. Merritt, Association of the U.S. Army, S19004 [20DE]

———James D. Station, Air Force Sergeants Association, S19004 [20DE]

———James E. Forerest, Naval Research Association, S19006 [20DE]

———John M. Adams, Retired Enlisted Association, S19004 [20DE]

———Max B. Bralliar, Association of Military Surgeons of the U.S., S19006 [20DE]

———Michael A. Nelson, Retired Officers Association, S19003 [20DE]

———Michael F. Ouellette, Non-Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S.A., S19004 [20DE]

———Neil Goldman, Jewish War Veterans, S19005 [20DE]

———Paul A. Spera, VFW, S19003 [20DE]

———R.E. Smith, Air Force Association, S19003 [20DE]

———Robert L. Lewis, Chief Warrant and Warrant Officers Association, U.S. Coast Guard, S19005 [20DE]

———Roger E. Sandler, Reserve Officers Association of the U.S., S19005 [20DE]

———Sylvia E.J. Kidd, National Military Family Association, S19005 [20DE]

Medicare select policies: Senator Dole, S6788 [17MY]

———Senator Rockefeller, S6788 [17MY]

Medicare waste, fraud and abuse: June G. Brown, Dept. of HHS, S15158-S15160 [13OC], S15797-S15799 [26OC]

———Republican Governors' Association, S15162 [13OC]

Medicare Whistleblower Act: Jake Hansen, Seniors Coalition, S15234 [17OC]

———Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S15234 [17OC]

Medicare/Medicaid reform: several hospital plans, S17286 [17NO]

Medicare/Medicaid Solvency Act: Scott D. Ballin, Fran DuMelle, Michael F. Heron, Coalition on Smoking or Health, S4381 [22MR]

National Fund for Health Research Act: Jacqueline D. McLeod, American Lung Association, S13734 [18SE]

———Jordan J. Cohen, Association of American Medical Colleges, S13734 [18SE]

———Kerrie B. Wilson, American Cancer Society, S13735 [18SE]

———Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S13734 [18SE]

———Ralph A. Bradshaw, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, S13734 [18SE]

National policy for radiation protection: Mary D. Nichols, EPA, S4650 [27MR]

———Senator Glenn, S4647, S4648, S4649 [27MR]

NIH funding: Thomas C. Cesario, S7297 [24MY]

Nomination of Henry Foster, Jr., to be Surgeon General: Association of Minority Health Profession Schools, H1534 [9FE]

———Christopher G. Atchison, Iowa Dept. of Public Health, H1535 [9FE]

———Donald R. Mattison, University of Pittsburgh, H1535 [9FE]

———Harvey V. Fineberg, Association of Schools of Public Health, H1534 [9FE]

———James S. Todd, AMA, H1534 [9FE]

———Louis W. Sullivan, Morehouse School of Medicine, H1535 [9FE]

———Luther C. McRae, Jr., S8732 [21JN]

———Richard E. Jackson, S8812 [21JN]

———Roy L. DeHart, American College of Preventive Medicine, H1534 [9FE]

———Samuel L. Myers, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, H1534 [9FE]

———Tracey M. Walton, Jr., National Medical Association, H1534 [9FE]

———William C. Andrews, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, H1535 [9FE]

Nutrition programs funding: Morton A. Madoff and George Comerci, Physicians Committee on Childhood Hunger, H2576 [2MR]

Office for Rare Disease Research Act: Abbey S. Meyers, National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc., S678 [9JA]

Office of Rural Health Policy funding: Keith J. Mueller, H8356 [3AU]

Parkinson's Research, Assistance, and Education Act: Anne J. Udall and Joan I. Samuelson, Parkinson's Action Network, S5406 [6AP]

———Curt R. Freed, University of Colorado, S5407 [6AP]

———D. Eugene Redmond, Jr., Axion Research Foundation, S5408 [6AP]

———D. Eugene Redmond, Jr., Yale University, S5408 [6AP]

———Elizabeth M. Jansen, S5407 [6AP]

———James W. Tetrud, S5407 [6AP]

———John P. Hammerstad, Oregon State University, S5406 [6AP]

———Karen Kidwell, S5407 [6AP]

———L.R. Greger, Williamette Columbia Parkinsonian Society, S5407 [6AP]

———Nathan Slewett, National Parkinson Foundation, Inc., S5677 [25AP]

———Page Morton Black, Parkinson's Disease Foundation, S5408 [6AP]

———Salvatore J. Esposito, Jr. and Frank L. Williams, American Parkinson Disease Association, S5406 [6AP]

———Tom G. Brown and Alan L. Bonander, Young Parkinson's Support Network, S5408 [6AP]

———Will Johnston, American Parkinson Disease Association, S5407 [6AP]

Partial-birth abortions: Andrew Fois, Dept. of Justice, S16785, S16800 [8NO]

———Arthur L. Herbst, S17890 [4DE]

———Barbara Bolsen, American Medical News (publication), S16793 [8NO]

———Christie Gallivan, S17896 [4DE]

———David A. Grimes, S16776 [8NO]

———David W. Cromer, S17891 [4DE]

———Donald E. McCanse, S17890 [4DE]

———Donald M. Sherline, S17892 [4DE]

———Dorothy Czarnecki, S18196 [7DE]

———Eugene S. Ogrod II, California Medical Association, H11595 [1NO]

———Geri Marullo, American Nurses Association, S17896 [4DE], S18191 [7DE]

———J. Courtland Robinson, H11786 [7NO]

———James R. Schreiber, S17890 [4DE]

———Jean L. Fourcroy, American Medical Women's Association, Inc., S18191 [7DE]

———Karin E. Shinn, S18197 [7DE]

———Kathryn Kolbert, Center for Reproductive Law & Policy, S17887 [4DE]

———Kenneth R. Thomas, Congressional Research Service, S16786 [8NO]

———L. Laurie Scott, S18197 [7DE]

———Laurence I. Burd, S17891 [4DE]

———Margaret Nordell, S18197 [7DE]

———Mary L. Davenport, S18084 [6DE], S18197 [7DE]

———Norig Ellison, American Society of Anesthesiologists, S17860 [30NO]

———Pamela E. Smith, S18076, S18077 [6DE]

———Ralph M. Hale, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, S16800 [8NO]

———Ralph W. Hale, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, S18191, S18226 [7DE]

———Representative Schroeder, H11786 [7NO]

———Samuel Edwin, S18192 [7DE]

———Tor Shwayder, S18192 [7DE]

Permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States: Bruce C. Vladeck, Dept. of HHS, H4367 [6AP]

———Gail Shearer, Consumers Union, H4390 [6AP]

———Raymond C. Scheppach, Carl Tubbesing, and Kevin T. Cronin, H4386, H4388 [6AP]

Pharmaceutical patent extension: Cynthia Pearson, National Women's Health Network, S15430 [23OC]

———Edmund Mierzwinski, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, S15431 [23OC]

———Esther Peterson and Edmund H. Worthy, Jr., United Seniors Health Cooperative, S15431 [23OC]

———James Firman, Generic Drug Equity Coalition, S15430 [23OC]

———James Firman, National Council on the Aging, Inc., S15430 [23OC]

———James P. Love, Consumer Project on Technology, S15432 [23OC]

———Jordan Clark, United Homeowners Association, S15432 [23OC]

———Karen Fennell, American College of Nurse-Midwives, S15431 [23OC]

———Kim Youngblood, National Black Women's Health Project (organization), S15431 [23OC]

———Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S15431 [23OC]

———Max Starkloff, Paraquad Inc., S15432 [23OC]

———Mern Horan, Consumer Federation of America, Gene Kimmelman, Consumers Union, and Cathy Hurwit, Citizen Action (organization), S15430 [23OC]

———Michael Calabrese, Public Citizen (organization), S15431 [23OC]

———Michael Kantor, U.S. Trade Representative, S15423 [23OC]

———Richard Fitzpatrick, National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, S15432 [23OC]

Polio eradication: Herbert A. Pigman, Rotary International, H6244 [22JN]

Reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs: Jack L. Barry, Michigan State Medical Society, S5896 [1MY]

Risk assessment and cost-benefit analyses in environmental decisionmaking: Jack Lynch, S9846 [13JY]

———Marc Racicot, Governor of Montana, S9845 [13JY]

Rural health care program funding: Archie D. Knight, Texas State Grange, H8327 [3AU]

———Gail R. Bellamy, Texas Rural Health Association, H8327 [3AU]

Safe Drinking Water Act amendments and unfunded Federal mandates: A.M. Tinkey, St. Louis County Water Co., S17738 [29NO]

———Diane VanDe Hei, Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies, S17739 [29NO]

———Donald L. Houck, California Water Service Co., S17738 [29NO]

———Fred L. Kriess, Jr., Citizens Utilities Co., S17740 [29NO]

———James L. Blum, CBO, S17734-S17737 [29NO]

———James W. Warr, S17739 [29NO]

———Jeff Wennberg, Mayor of Rutland, VT, S17739 [29NO]

———Kenneth Gortsema, Idaho Rural Water Association, S17740 [29NO]

———Larry L. Bingaman, Bridgeport Hydraulic Co., S17740 [29NO]

———Ray Lee, Illinois-American Water Co., S17740 [29NO]

———Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago, IL, S17738 [29NO]

———Richard W. Newpher, American Farm Bureau Federation, S17739 [29NO]

———Robert P. Walker, United Water Delaware Co., S17739 [29NO]

———Sandra Alexander, S17739 [29NO]

———several Governors, S17737 [29NO]

———several agricultural and agribusiness organizations, S17738 [29NO]

School lunch and child nutrition programs: Joyce H. Lyons and Melanie B. Konarik, H1439 [8FE]

Senior citizen nutrition programs: Mary desVignes-Kendrick, Houston, TX, Dept. of Health and Human Services, H1541 [9FE]

Smoke Free Class of 2000: Kevin LeSaicherre, S9468 [29JN]

———Leah Poche, S9468 [29JN]

Tax deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals: Bennie L. Thayer, National Association for the Self-Employed, S15810 [26OC]

———Gary F. Petty, Small Business Legislative Council, S15809 [26OC]

———H. Ted Olson, Promotional Products Association International, S15810 [26OC]

———Patricia N. Bowling, National Home Furnishings Association, S15810 [26OC]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S15810 [26OC]

———World Floor Covering Association, S15811 [26OC]

———several organizations, S15809 [26OC]

Telecommunications rates for universal service to educational providers and libraries: several educational organizations, H8499 [4AU]

Transfer of FEMA disaster relief funds for construction of VA medical facility: Earl G. Peck, Florida Dept. of Veterans Affairs, H8041 [31JY]

———Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, H8041 [31JY]

Unfunded Mandate Reform Act: Carol M. Browner, EPA, S1504 [25JA]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S9439 [29JN]

Veterans' medical care funding: Gordon H. Mansfield, Paralyzed Veterans of America, S14294 [26SE]

———Paul A. Spera., VFW, S14294 [26SE]

———Thomas A. McMasters III, DAV, S14295 [26SE]

Water quality research: Glenn Reinhardt, Water Environment Research Foundation, H4758 [10MY]

WIC funding, S4561 [24MR]

———Barbara Wilkens, S4561 [24MR]

———Diane Aston, S4561 [24MR]

———Donna M. Fine, S4561 [24MR]

———Eddie Carter, S4561 [24MR]

———Fondy Lee, S4561 [24MR]

———Janet L. Pettie, S4561 [24MR]

———Jennifer Meltzer, S4561 [24MR]

———Julie Allen, S4560 [24MR]

———Katheran Northrop, S4560 [24MR]

———Koi Fong Saeleuon, S4561 [24MR]

———Martina Sambrano, S4561 [24MR]

———Mary Jane Brogan, S4561 [24MR]

———Mischel V. Sullivan, S4561 [24MR]

———Phyllis Sanders, S4561 [24MR]

———Sarah Zottman, S4561 [24MR]

———Sondra Erskine, S4561 [24MR]

———Susan Bess, S4560 [24MR]

WIC supplemental nutrition program: Clara H. Lawhead, H2217 [24FE]

Lists

Anti-abortion efforts from A to Z, S10772 [27JY]

Budget goals, S7169 [23MY]

Committee on Rules (House) rollcall votes on amendments to H. Res. 238, consideration of H.R. 2425, medicare reform, H10317 [19OC]

Congressional hearings and reports relative to enactment of Nursing Home Reform Act, S15667 [25OC]

Generic Drug Equity Coalition, S12391 [11AU]

Group A Carcinogens: EPA, S1533 [25JA]

Minnesota delegates to the White House Conference on Aging, S7132 [22MY]

Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Research, Assistance, and Education Act letters of support, S5678 [25AP]

National Leadership Coalition for Health Care Reform members, S6137 [4MY]

National organizations endorsing the Birth Defects Prevention Act, E395 [22FE]

Organizations supporting medicare fairness and choice, S15346 [19OC]

Organizations supporting restoration of veterans' program cuts through rescissions in the National and Community Service Program, H3222 [15MR]

States with post-viability restrictions, S16744 [7NO]

Supporters of S. 1251, National Fund for Health Research Act, S13735 [18SE]

Memorandums

AIDS Marker Testing, S5904 [1MY]

AIDS Transmission Warning: Ed Cuttar, Cutter Co., S5903 [1MY]

Bjork-Shively Heart Valve: Viking O. Bjork, S5905 [1MY]

Federal Assistance to Graduate Education Programs Relative to Availability of Abortion Training for Obstetrics and Gynecology Accreditation: George Conant, E1690 [5AU]

Federal Nursing Home Standards: Toby S. Edelman, Nursing Home National Seniors Center, S17281-S17283 [17NO]

Mandatory HIV/AIDS Training: Foreign Agriculture Service, S10720 [26JY]

———President Clinton, S10716-S10720 [26JY]

Tax Deduction for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals and Repeal of Nonrecognition of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC: William Kristol, H1943 [21FE]

Messages

Health Care for Native Hawaiians Programs: President Clinton, S4715 [28MR], H3821 [28MR]

Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act: President Clinton, S1757 [30JA], H884 [30JA]

Motions

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), S16761 [8NO], S18222 [7DE]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: revise and extend (H.R. 1872), H9067 [18SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), H15303, H15304, H15305, H15306 [20DE]

Medicare: permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), H5578 [25MY]

———reform (H.R. 2425), H10462 [19OC]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (S. 1316), S17771 [29NO]

Taxation: extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), H1951 [21FE], H3845, H3851 [28MR]

Opinion polls

Congressional and Presidential policy proposals, S1501 [25JA]

Medical research funding: Louis Harris and Associates, Inc., E1909 [11OC]

Medicare Fax poll results: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H10385 [19OC]

Medicare fax poll results: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S16074 [27OC]

National retirement security poll: National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S12348-S12350 [11AU]

Pamphlets

Medicaid Reform, S15730 [26OC]

Papers

Alert, June 1995: Drug Watch International (organization), E1345 [27JN]

Background on the Impact of GATT Patent Extensions on the Potential Availability of Generic Zantac, S18826 [18DE]

Bureaucracy Created by the GOP Medicaid Plan, S15732 [26OC]

Faces of Medicaid, S16647 [3NO]

Illegitimacy Ratio Test Would Reward States Even If Abortions Increase: David N. O'Steen, H3441 [22MR]

Poems

``Assault on Reproductive Rights,'' Senator Moseley-Braun, S18081 [6DE]

``Dulce Et Decorum Est'', S18305 [11DE]

``Father Is a Veteran'', S2946 [22FE]

``Nation Needs Your Lunch,'' Representative Owens, E774 [4AP]

``Republican Notice to the Uncovered'', E1959 [17OC]

Press conferences

Health Care Fraud: Janet Reno, Attorney General, S15799-S15801 [26OC]

Press releases

``Coalition To Save Medicare''—It's Really the Coalition To Raid Medicare: Citizen Action (organization), S11977 [9AU]

Medicare, Medicaid, and Nursing Home Provisions of the Budget Reconciliation: American Association of Retired Persons, S17281 [17NO]

Nomination of Henry Foster, Jr., to be Surgeon General: Henry Foster, Jr., S2484 [10FE]

Proclamations

American Heart Month: President Clinton, S3293 [28FE]

Tribute to Donna Mahfouz: Blue Cross and Blue Shield, E2284 [5DE]

Proposals

Brevard County, FL, Medical Center and Nursing Home budget proposal, H8041-H8043 [31JY]

Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act, E1150 [26MY]

Superfund reform: Senator Smith, S9874-S9878 [13JY]

Questions and answers

National Fund for Health Research Act (S. 1251), S13733 [18SE]

Remarks in House

Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life, H3854 [28MR]

———coverage of abortion procedures in cases of rape or incest through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, E1647 [5AU]

———coverage of abortion procedures through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, H7145-H7149 [18JY], H7186-H7197 [19JY], H7448-H7452 [21JY]

———Federal assistance to graduate education programs relative to availability of abortion training for obstetrics and gynecology accreditation, H8378-H8382 [3AU], E1645, E1690 [5AU]

———performance at military medical facilities, H8624-H8630, H8661 [7SE], H14958 [15DE], E1790 [14SE], E1887 [29SE]

———performance of abortions at military medical facilities, H13049, H13050, H13109 [16NO]

———performance of privately funded abortions at overseas military hospitals, H5998-H6008 [15JN]

———pro choice versus right to life, H484 [23JA], H1198 [3FE], H1621 [13FE], H3034 [10MR], H3158 [15MR], H11683 [1NO]

———prohibit funding for international population assistance activities, H6448-H6462 [28JN]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions, H15627-H15629 [22DE]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), H6025 [15JN], H11382, H11426-H11433 [30OC], H11459, H11460, H11461, H11462, H11463, H11464 [31OC], H11589, H11592, H11604-H11618 [1NO], H11759 [2NO], H11783, H11785, H11786 [7NO], H11912 [8NO], E2103, E2106 [2NO], E2123 [7NO], E2153 [9NO]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), consideration (H. Res. 251), H11593-H11604 [1NO]

———protection of reproductive rights and access to reproductive health care clinics (H.R. 1952), H6403 [28JN]

———provide as medical service to women in the Federal prison system, H7718-H7720, H7789 [26JY]

———rights of victims of rape and incest, H2399 [1MR]

———State discretion in deciding on funding for victims of rape and incest, H8223 [2AU], H8371-H8378 [3AU]

———State discretion on public funding of abortions for victims of rape and incest, E1718 [7SE]

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research: funding, H8413, H8414 [3AU]

Agriculture: improve public health and food safety through the reduction of pathogens, H7246 [19JY]

———tribute to tobacco farmers, H7080 [18JY]

AIDS: funding for Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS Program, E728 [29MR]

Airlines: prohibit smoking on all flights (H.R. 969), E371 [16FE]

Albert Schweitzer Institute for the Humanities: tribute, E2450 [22DE]

American Samoa: nutrition assistance programs (H.R. 1059), E448 [27FE]

American Society of Radiologic Technologists: anniversary, E2077 [31OC]

Americans With Disabilities Act: improve, E338 [14FE]

Appropriations: authorizing for programs relative to the health of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (H.R. 1341), E722 [29MR]

Army: funding for breast cancer research program, H8661 [7SE]

Award, medals, prizes: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors (H.R. 2551), E2033 [26OC]

Beach, Peggy: Southeast Michigan March of Dimes Alexander Macomb Citizen of the Year award recipient, E1845 [27SE]

Beaches: establish water quality monitoring guidelines, H4823-H4825 [11MY]

Belvidere Ambulance Corps, Inc.: anniversary, E1275 [16JN]

Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare: establish (H.R. 1739), H5628 [7JN]

Birth defects: develop and implement research strategies to prevent (H.R. 1010), E395, E406 [22FE]

Black Lung Benefits Act: pneumoconiosis claims (H.R. 615), E146 [20JA]

Border regions: operation of laboratories along Mexican border relative to public health functions (H.R. 574), E133 [19JA]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H11566-H11572, H11576 [31OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, H6259 [22JN]

———treatment of benefits to retired coal miners and their dependents, H12157 [13NO], E2044 [26OC]

Business and industry: congressional investigation of Dow Corning, H6838 [12JY]

———tribute to home health care industry, E2148 [9NO]

California: anniversary of the Antelope Valley Hospital, E1941 [12OC]

Cancer Awareness Month: observance, E1062 [17MY]

Cangemi, Andrew G.: Mental Health Association Community Service Award recipient, E1350 [28JN]

CBO: assess health care and environmental cost savings relative to Federal mandates, H982-H986 [1FE]

Centers for Disease Control: funding for disease prevention and health promotion programs, H8249 [2AU]

———National Immunization Program conference in Beverly Hills, CA, H6093 [20JN]

Chicago, IL: Haymarket House receives substance abuse treatment grant, E2274 [30NO]

———tribute to Doug Banks and WCGI-Radio for ``Beat the Heat'' program, E1547 [28JY]

Child Survival and Disease Fund: funding, H6349-H6354 [27JN]

Children and youth: funding for the Healthy Start Program through rescissions in Dept. of HHS, H3287-H3290 [16MR]

———guidelines for school lunch and breakfast programs (H.R. 2066), E1471 [19JY], E1490 [21JY]

———Healthy Start Program funding, H8323 [3AU]

———occurrence of sudden infant death syndrome, H6095 [20JN]

———policies to cut assistance programs, H2315 [28FE]

———prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (H.R. 1649), E1041 [16MY], E1115 [24MY]

———prevention of teenage pregnancies, H14141 [6DE]

———tribute to Philip Morris Cos., Inc., for action against access program, H6705 [10JY]

Children's Wish Foundation International: tribute, E2075 [31OC]

Chiropractic profession: tribute, E625 [16MR]

Clawson, MI: tribute to drug control efforts, E1968 [18OC]

Coal Mine Health and Safety Act: anniversary, E741 [30MR]

Colorado: tribute to National Guard Guard/Care Program, E1733 [7SE]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: funding, H8323 [3AU]

———reauthorize (S. 641), H8712 [8SE], H9062 [18SE]

———reauthorize (S. 641), insert language of H.R. 1872 in lieu, H9067 [18SE]

———revise and extend (H.R. 1872), H9050-H9068 [18SE], E1803, E1809 [19SE]

Connecticut Hospice (organization): anniversary, E2273 [30NO]

Courts: admissibility of evidence of collateral source payments in medical liability actions, H3016-H3019 [10MR]

———liability of drugs or medical devices approved by the FDA, H2941-H2948 [9MR]

———liability of raw material and component suppliers to medical device manufacturers, H3023, H3024 [10MR]

———maximum award of noneconomic damages in medical liability claims, H2959-H2965 [9MR], H3023 [10MR]

———medical malpractice liability claim requirements (H.R. 1195), E568 [9MR]

Crime: limit certain funds to States that do not require testing for presence of AIDS in certain cases of assault (H.R. 2791), E2375 [18DE]

Dept. of Defense: AIDS research program funding, H8203 [2AU]

———allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (H.R. 2442), E1877 [29SE]

———treatment of HIV-infected personnel, H14942, H14945 [15DE], E2417 [19DE]

———tribute to medical corps performance at Kernel Blitz combat exercise, E1042 [16MY]

———Uniformed Service Treatment Facilities funding, H6015 [15JN]

Dept. of Energy: Oregon Health Sciences University Biomedical Information Communications Center funding, H9851-H9855 [11OC]

———provide health benefits to former defense nuclear facility employees exposed to ionizing radiation (H.R. 1903), E1301 [20JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish a schedule of preventive health care services under private insurance plans and programs (H.R. 23), E5 [4JA]

Dept. of Labor: consultation with State officials by employers relative to compliance with occupational safety and health requirements (H.R. 1433), E829 [7AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: determine locality salaries for certain nurse anesthetist positions (H.R. 1536), H9761, H9762 [10OC]

———establish mammography quality standards (H.R. 882), E1308 [22JN]

———funding for veterans medical care programs through reductions in NASA and NSF funds, H8031-H8034 [31JY]

———making continuing appropriations, H15613 [22DE]

———making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), H15295-H15308 [20DE], E2432 [20DE], E2448 [22DE]

———making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), consideration (H. Res. 317), H15286-H15295 [20DE]

———making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), motion to recommit, H15304-H15307 [20DE]

———medical research programs, E658 [22MR]

Diseases: AIDS epidemic, H11758-H11762 [2NO]

———AIDS services programs funding, H2380 [28FE]

———awareness of group B streptococcus infection, E2226 [20NO]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (H.R. 1023), H2219 [24FE], H3331 [21MR], H7073 [18JY], H9405 [21SE], H14206 [7DE]

District of Columbia: repeal expansion of city employee health benefits based on domestic partnership, H11656-H11661 [1NO]

———tribute to Healthy Choice American Heart Walk, E1848 [27SE]

Domestic policy: national objectives, H603 [25JA]

Drug abuse: international drug control policy, E1760 [12SE]

———national drug control policy, H2378 [28FE], H2703-H2707 [6MR], H6822, H6824 [11JY], E9 [4JA], E265, E267 [3FE], E499 [2MR], E713 [29MR], E813 [6AP], E842 [7AP], E1344 [27JN], E1671 [5AU], E2125 [8NO], E2392 [19DE]

———National Red Ribbon Awareness Week, E2049 [26OC]

Drugs: availability of generic Zantac, E2435 [21DE]

———funding for research study on the cost effectiveness of applying case management services to substance abuse treatment, H8323 [3AU]

———funding for the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program through rescissions in the Eisenhower Professional State Grants Program, H3243-H3247 [15MR]

———reporting requirements on deaths resulting from the prescribing, dispensing, or administration of drugs (H.R. 1914), E1321 [22JN]

———revise drug approval process, H5686 [7JN], E1273 [16JN], E1932 [12OC]

———revise drug approval process (H.R. 1742), E1157 [6JN]

———therapeutic use of marijuana (H.R. 2618), E2240 [28NO], E2365 [14DE]

———use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, E1374 [30JN]

Eating disorders: establish an educational program on prevention and treatment (H.R. 1688), E1112 [24MY]

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, H14146-H14148 [6DE]

———Rocky Mountain Arsenal cleanup, E1151 [26MY]

Employment: prohibit discrimination in employer health benefit plans relative to neurobiological disorders (H.R. 1797), E1215 [9JN]

Endangered species: protection of rare plants, animals, and organisms used for medical purposes, H3094 [14MR], H3158 [15MR], H3338 [21MR], H3421 [22MR], H3577 [23MR], H3737 [24MR]

Enfield, CT: tribute to the Enfield Substance Abuse Prevention Council, E1100 [23MY]

EPA: funding, H13358 [20NO]

———indoor air pollution research funding, H9950-H9953 [12OC], E1940 [12OC]

———temporary suspension of reformulated gasoline rules (H.R. 1015), H1973 [22FE]

ERISA: extend continuation of coverage of certain retiree health benefits (H.R. 2168), E1595 [2AU]

Essex County, NY: tribute to Substance Abuse Prevention Team, E2131 [8NO]

Families and domestic relations: require States to disclose the AIDS status of infants to legal guardians (H.R. 1289), H6675 [30JN]

Family Nutrition Block Grant Program: procurement of infant formula, H3587-H3592 [23MR]

FDA: approval of the use of Hydroxyurea relative to sickle cell anemia, H976 [1FE]

———approval process for drugs, H6683 [30JN]

———authority relative to tobacco products, E1656 [5AU]

———investigation of counterfeit baby formula, H1748 [14FE]

Federal aid programs: school lunch and child nutrition programs, H1439 [8FE]

———substance abuse and mental health performance partnerships (H.R. 2207), E1649 [5AU]

Federal employees: access to hearing care services by audiologists (H.R. 1057), E453 [27FE]

———benefits regulations, H12378 [15NO]

———funding for nontechnical training, H7206-H7215 [19JY]

———HIV and AIDS training programs, E2096 [2NO]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: make available to general public (H.R. 1084), H2310 [28FE], H3094 [14MR], H3325 [16MR]

Federal-State relations: exempt certain legislation on oversight of State and local programs from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H940 [31JA]

———exempt child immunization programs from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H937, H938 [31JA]

———exempt Older Americans Act protections from unfunded Federal mandates refrom, H873-H875 [30JA]

———exempt workplace safety regulations from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H824-H829 [27JA]

———maintain certain low-income entitlement programs as Federal mandates, H934, H935 [31JA]

———regulations that significantly impact the health or safety of residents of other States or locales, H436-H446 [20JA]

———treatment of children's health relative to unfunded Federal mandates reform, H570-H579 [24JA]

FEMA: transfer of disaster relief funds for construction of VA medical facility, H8040-H8045 [31JY]

Flint, MI: anniversary of Insight Recovery Center, E1855 [28SE]

Food: meat and poultry inspection programs (H.R. 1423), E837 [7AP]

Food industry: allow food and dietary supplement manufacturers to communicate information on contents of products (H.R. 1951), H10640-H10642 [24OC]

Food stamps: electronic transfer system relative to allowable food items and security, H3603-H3605 [23MR]

———electronic transfer system relative to photograph requirements, H3600-H3603 [23MR]

———replace with State block grants, H3315-H3318 [16MR], H3612-H3616 [23MR]

Foreign aid: population assistance funding relative to abortions-H5502 [24MY]

Foster, Henry, Jr.: nomination to be Surgeon General, H1220, H1266, H1267, H1270 [6FE], H1378 [8FE], H1470, H1533-H1536 [9FE], H1617, H1620, H1621 [13FE], H4486 [2MY], H5489 [24MY], E328 [13FE], E1238 [14JN]

FTC: prescriptions for contact lenses (H.R. 1454), E826 [7AP]

Government regulations: exempt water purity and food safety regulations from moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, H2112-H2117 [23FE]

———repeal unnecessary medical device reporting requirements (H.R. 2366), H12206-H12212 [14NO]

Green Chimneys (organization): tribute, H12069 [9NO]

Hazardous substances: prohibit discrimination relative to exposure (H.R. 2691), H13734 [29NO]

Health care facilities: imposition of fees to cover cost of inspections, E2401 [19DE]

———improve health programs and services available to rural populations (H.R. 1904), E1299 [20JN]

———improve health programs and services available to rural populations (H.R. 2175), E1594 [2AU]

Health care professionals: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (H. Res. 30), E401 [22FE]

———exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (H.R. 1386), E799 [6AP]

———increase practitioners in the field of primary health care (H.R. 449), E85 [11JA]

———licensing of home infusion therapy service providers and limitations on physician referrals (H.R. 1579), E962 [9MY]

———observance of chiropractic centennial, E1797 [18SE]

———physician self-referral laws, E534 [7MR]

———State physician licensing relative to interstate telemedicine, E1392 [30JN]

———tribute to home health care workers, E1796 [18SE]

———tribute to hospice workers, E2239 [28NO]

Health maintenance organizations: extend period of applicability of enrollment mix requirement to certain (H.R. 1878), H14983, H14984 [18DE]

Health Unit Coordinators Day: observance, E1593 [2AU]

Hiatt, William O., Jr.: recipient of Center for Human Services' Life Achievement Award, E673 [23MR]

Highbridge-Woodycrest Center, New York, NY: Fannie Mae Foundation Women's Health Initiative Grant recipient, E221 [30JA]

House of Representatives: actions taken against senior citizens demonstrating against medicare reform, H9900-H9903 [12OC]

———Progressive Caucus agenda, E192 [26JA]

Housing: funding for Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS Program, H7843, H7844, H7845 [27JY]

———Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program funding, H3283-H3287 [16MR]

Information services: establish code of fair information practices (H.R. 435), E63 [9JA]

Insurance: cancer coverage reform, E2042 [26OC]

———coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (H.R. 2011), E1417 [12JY]

———coverage of clinical trials for treatment of cancer, E1815 [20SE]

———extension of COBRA coverage, E236 [31JA]

———prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (H.R. 2654), E2199 [16NO]

———prohibit health insurance premium rate increases based on age (H.R. 1614), E1004 [11MY]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (H.R. 2748), H14906 [14DE]

———provide tax incentives to encourage health insurance coverage continuity and portability and discourage preexisting condition exclusions (H.R. 1604), E1001 [11MY]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (H.R. 1936), H6317, H6319 [27JN]

Intercultural Cancer Council: tribute, E2204 [17NO]

International Children's Wish Week: observance, E2270 [30NO]

International Medical Centers, Inc.: alleged involvement with medicare fraud, E1709 [6SE]

Kaiser Permanente (health organization): anniversary, E1745 [8SE], E1862 [28SE]

Kennedy Kreiger Institute: tribute on providing innovative and cost-saving lead poisoning treatment for children, E1707 [6SE]

Law enforcement officers: counseling programs for disabled police officers (H.R. 384), E26 [4JA]

Lighthouse, Inc: study on effects of impaired vision in senior citizens, E1510 [25JY]

Marasco, Joseph A., Jr.: American College of Radiology award recipient, E1902 [10OC]

March of Dimes (charitable organization): anniversary of Walk America fundraiser, H4519 [3MY]

Marshall University: tribute to the School of Medicine, E1561 [31JY]

Mattoon, IL: St. Mary's School President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports State champion, E2077 [31OC]

Medicaid: continued enrollment of special-needs children in traditional fee-for-service plans in States with managed care programs (H.R. 1502), E864 [7AP]

———coverage of services of certain clinics operated by children's hospitals (H.R. 1503), E864 [7AP]

———coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (H.R. 1339), E935 [3MY]

———Federal funding of abortions (H.R. 237), E29 [4JA], E56 [5JA]

———improve the Federal medical assistance percentage (H.R. 625), H450 [20JA]

———prostate cancer screening (H.R. 780), H978 [1FE]

———provide State incentives for reduction of expenditures (H.R. 1334), E722 [29MR]

———reform, H5380 [23MY], H5699, H5701 [8JN], H8942 [14SE], H9143 [19SE], H9251, H9252, H9253 [20SE], H9596, H9660-H9666 [28SE], H9675, H9722-H9734 [29SE], H9776, H9777, H9779, H9780 [10OC], H9793, H9874-H9894 [11OC], H10032-H10039 [12OC], H10050, H10051, H10060 [13OC], H10127, H10134-H10142 [17OC], H10209, H10285, H10286 [18OC], H10468, H10471 [19OC], H10643, H10694, H10698, H10701 [24OC], H10751, H10799-H10801, H10829, H10832 [25OC], H10890, H10898, H10899, H10900, H11194, H11196, H11198, H11371, H11372 [26OC], H12158, H12162, H12170 [13NO], H12326, H12336 [14NO], H13194, H13199, H13203, H13296 [17NO], H13348, H13636-H13640 [20NO], H13724 [28NO], H13808, H13810 [30NO], H13938, H13987 [5DE], H14028 [6DE], H14178, H14208, H14227, H14229 [7DE], H14261, H14265 [12DE], H14371, H14373 [13DE], H14918-H14925 [14DE], H14935, H14936 [15DE], H14968-H14971, H15069, H15073 [18DE], H15093, H15094, H15098, H15122, H15138, H15143 [19DE], H15285 [20DE], H15488, H15567 [21DE], E1488 [21JY], E1588 [2AU], E1817 [20SE], E1821 [21SE], E1881 [29SE], E1959 [17OC], E2160 [10NO], E2239 [28NO], E2314 [7DE], E2342 [12DE], E2355, E2368 [14DE]

———require HMOs and other managed care plans to make payments relative to assistance provided by school-based health centers (H.R. 2420), E1868 [28SE]

———screening mammography (H.R. 777), H978 [1FE]

Medicare: anniversary, H7559 [25JY], H7807, H7808 [27JY], H8525-H8527 [4AU], E1513 [25JY], E1528 [27JY], E1576 [1AU]

———bone mass measurements (H.R. 2185), E1626 [4AU]

———clarify scope of coverage and payment amounts for the use of medical devices approved for investigational use (H.R. 1744), E1161 [6JN]

———colorectal screening (H.R. 922), E332 [13FE]

———colorectal screening (H.R. 1046), E1034 [15MY]

———combat waste, fraud and abuse, H10120-H10122, H10123 [17OC], H10332 [19OC]

———develop percentage increases to assure quality services in dependent hospitals and other beneficiary facilities (H.R. 1651), E1047 [16MY]

———expand coverage of part B preventive care benefits (H.R. 2777), E2361 [14DE]

———funding relative to unfunded Federal mandates reform, H871, H872 [30JA]

———hemodialysis standards for renal dialysis facilities (H.R. 1067), E446 [27FE]

———line-item veto authority, H1134 [2FE]

———mental health and substance abuse treatment services (H.R. 1456), E812 [6AP]

———multiple sclerosis drug treatments (H.R. 1078), E461 [28FE]

———oral anticancer drugs, H11993 [9NO]

———oral anticancer drugs (H.R. 2489), E1951 [17OC]

———permit a supplier of durable medical equipment to furnish an upgraded item of such equipment to medicare beneficiaries (H.R. 1754), E1181 [8JN]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), H4374, H4383-H4394 [6AP], E76 [11JA]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), conference report, H6666-H6675 [30JN]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), consideration (H. Res. 130), H4366-H4373 [6AP]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 180), H6661-H6666 [30JN]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), motion to instruct conferees, H5577-H5586 [25MY]

———positron emission tomography (H.R. 2194), E1981 [19OC]

———preservation of program, H810 [27JA], H894 [31JA]

———prostate cancer screening (H.R. 779), H978 [1FE]

———prostate cancer screening (H.R. 1496), H4339 [6AP]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMOs (H.R. 2350), H9646 [28SE]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and health maintenance organizations (H.R. 1707), E1113 [24MY]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and health maintenance organizations (H.R. 2329), H8944-H8946 [14SE], H9143 [19SE], E1788 [14SE]

———reduce part A enrollment premium for individuals 80 years of age or older (H.R. 2805), E2389 [19DE]

———reform, H4513, H4514, H4515, H4516, H4517, H4519, H4520, H4526-H4529 [3MY], H4551, H4552, H4553, H4554, H4555, H4556, H4557, H4601-H4604 [9MY], H4673, H4674, H4675, H4677, H4678, H4679, H4790 [10MY], H4798, H4799, H4801, H4802, H4870 [11MY], H4901, H4903-H4914 [12MY], H4918, H4932, H4956 [15MY], H4963, H4964, H4965, H4966, H4968, H5054 [16MY], H5085, H5086, H5087, H5090, H5109-H5120, H5142-H5146, H5157-H5172, H5174-H5186 [17MY], H5236, H5237, H5286, H5298, H5299, H5301, H5303, H5304, H5305, H5306, H5307 [18MY], H5370 [22MY], H5383, H5387 [23MY], H5490, H5555, H5556 [24MY], H5590, H5591, H5605 [25MY], H5628, H5630 [7JN], H5696, H5697, H5699 [8JN], H5777, H5778, H5779, H5780, H5894 [13JN], H5908, H5909 [14JN], H5987, H5989, H5990, H6029, H6030, H6039, H6040 [15JN], H6048 [16JN], H6164 [21JN], H6208 [22JN], H6317, H6319, H6378 [27JN], H6402 [28JN], H6717, H6718 [10JY], H6740, H6743, H6744, H6745 [11JY], H6835, H6836, H6837, H6838, H6898, H6899, H6900-H6903, H6906-H6907 [12JY], H6917, H6918, H6919, H6920 [13JY], H7015 [17JY], H7076, H7077, H7078, H7080, H7081, H7082, H7158-H7162 [18JY], H7181, H7182, H7183, H7184, H7185 [19JY], H7261, H7262, H7263, H7264 [20JY], H7382, H7383, H7384 [21JY], H7465, H7466, H7467, H7468, H7469, H7542 [24JY], H7553, H7554, H7555, H7556, H7557, H7558, H7559, H7560, H7561, H7562, H7685-H7687, H7688, H7689, H7690 [25JY], H7705, H7706, H7707, H7708, H7793-H7796 [26JY], H7806, H7807, H7808, H7914 [27JY], H7919, H7920, H7921, H7974, H7975 [28JY], H7996, H8060 [31JY], H8072, H8073, H8075, H8076, H8141, H8143, H8144, H8145 [1AU], H8179, H8180, H8181, H8182 [2AU], H8312, H8313, H8314, H8332 [3AU], H8513 [4AU], H8543, H8544, H8583, H8587-H8591 [6SE], H8600, H8601, H8602, H8603, H8604, H8665, H8668, H8669 [7SE], H8728, H8731, H8732 [12SE], H8811, H8812, H8813, H8814, H8815, H8816 [13SE], H8912, H8913, H8914, H8937-H8940, H8942, H8950-H8954 [14SE], H9035, H9039, H9050, H9124-H9131 [18SE], H9138-H9143, H9223, H9224, H9231-H9232 [19SE], H9249, H9250, H9252, H9253, H9254, H9259-H9264, H9357-H9362 [20SE], H9365, H9366, H9367, H9368, H9405, H9408-H9415 [21SE], H9508, H9509, H9510, H9511, H9512, H9570-H9572, H9577 [27SE], H9594, H9595, H9596, H9598, H9599, H9648, H9650, H9651, H9652, H9654-H9656 [28SE], H9673, H9674, H9675, H9676, H9677, H9715, H9716, H9722-H9734 [29SE], H9746, H9748, H9749, H9765, H9766, H9769-H9777 [10OC], H9793, H9794, H9795, H9862, H9866, H9874-H9894 [11OC], H9900-H9904, H10031-H10046 [12OC], H10050, H10051, H10052, H10053-H10060-H10076 [13OC], H10081, H10082, H10083, H10084, H10086, H10087, H10088, H10089, H10122, H10124-H10143 [17OC], H10209, H10210, H10211, H10212, H10213, H10284, H10285, H10286, H10287, H10288, H10289, H10290, H10291, H10292, H10293, H10294, H10295, H10296, H10297, H10298, H10299, H10300, H10301, H10302, H10303, H10304, H10305 [18OC], H10637, H10643, H10696, H10698 [24OC], H10786, H10789, H10800, H10829 [25OC], H10851, H10852, H10898, H10899, H10901, H10906, H10912, H11194, H11198, H11371, H11372, H11376, H11377 [26OC], H11466, H11566 [31OC], H11590, H11591, H11592, H11661 [1NO], H11688, H11690, H11691 [2NO], H11789 [7NO], H11832, H11833, H11835, H11907, H11909, H11923 [8NO], H11978, H12016, H12068 [9NO], H12093, H12097 [10NO], H12138, H12158, H12162, H12163, H12165, H12169, H12170, H12171, H12179-H12184, H12187 [13NO], H12197, H12199, H12200, H12202, H12203, H12205, H12206, H12207-H12212, H12229-H12232, H12314, H12316, H12318, H12322, H12324, H12326, H12329-H12337, H12339-H12341, H12346-H12348 [14NO], H12352, H12496, H12500, H12502, H13034 [15NO], H13138, H13139 [16NO], H13143, H13180, H13181, H13184, H13189, H13194, H13199, H13202, H13203, H13279, H13280, H13292, H13294, H13296 [17NO], H13348, H13351, H13636-H13640 [20NO], H13710, H13711, H13724 [28NO], H13768, H13784 [29NO], H13808, H13851 [30NO], H13987 [5DE], H14027, H14028 [6DE], H14229 [7DE], H14265, H14266 [12DE], H14374 [13DE], H14875, H14878 [14DE], H14933, H14934, H14935, H14936 [15DE], H14968-H14971, H15073 [18DE], H15093, H15094, H15101, H15122, H15138, H15174, H15176 [19DE], H15277, H15278, H15283, H15284, H15285 [20DE], H15488, H15567 [21DE], H15579, H15581 [22DE], E1009, E1015 [11MY], E1049 [16MY], E1146 [26MY], E1160 [6JN], E1189 [8JN], E1430, E1435 [13JY], E1455 [18JY], E1488 [21JY], E1528 [27JY], E1553 [28JY], E1578 [1AU], E1588, E1596 [2AU], E1664, E1693 [5AU], E1709 [6SE], E1731 [7SE], E1826 [21SE], E1890 [29SE], E1958 [17OC], E2211 [17NO], E2239 [28NO], E2267 [30NO], E2291 [5DE], E2355 [14DE], E2407, E2411 [19DE]

———reform (H.R. 2173), E1595 [2AU]

———reform (H.R. 2422), E1919 [11OC]

———reform (H.R. 2425), H9865, H9867-H9874 [11OC], H10050 [13OC], H10209 [18OC], H10309, H10310, H10311, H10312, H10313, H10314, H10328-H10464, H10466-H10483 [19OC], H10647 [24OC], H10786 [25OC], E1951, E1961 [17OC], E1979, E1982 [19OC], E1987, E1995, E1998 [20OC], E2002 [24OC], E2037, E2046, E2053, E2060 [26OC], E2063, E2066, E2068 [30OC], E2104 [2NO], E2208 [17NO]

———reform (H.R. 2425), consideration (H. Res. 238), H10314-H10328 [19OC]

———reform (H.R. 2425), motion to recommit, H10462 [19OC]

———reform (H.R. 2476), E2046 [26OC]

———reform (H.R. 2839), E2443 [22DE]

———reform of part B prescription drug benefit programs relative to Federal employees and retirees, E2253 [29NO]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible individuals by military or veterans hospitals (H.R. 861), E739 [30MR]

———renal disease management services (H.R. 1068), E441 [27FE]

———reporting requirement of trust fund trustees on projected financial imbalances (H.R. 1590), H4968-H4974 [16MY], E1073 [18MY]

———require health maintenance organizations to disclose certain information to enrollees (H.R. 2249), E1665 [5AU]

———screening mammography (H.R. 778), H978 [1FE]

———study effectiveness of rural telemedicine networks (H.R. 851), E285 [7FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: payment integrity (H.R. 2280), E1741 [8SE]

———public examination of any changes in existing law relative to budget reconciliation (H. Res. 221), H9250 [20SE]

MediGrant: reform, H11209 [26OC]

Mine Safety Administration: funding, H8224 [2AU]

Mine Safety and Health Act: anniversary, H3885 [29MR]

Mining and mineral resources: health care benefits for miners, H9510 [27SE]

Mitchell, George: Rural Health Association Rural Health Practitioner of the Year Award recipient, E1208 [8JN]

NASA: use of microgravity sciences funding for breast and ovarian cancer research and early detection systems, H9822 [11OC]

National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month: observance, E2086 [1NO]

National Association of Health Unit Coordinators: anniversary, E1081 [19MY]

National Dental Hygiene Month: observance, E1993 [20OC]

National Dystonia Awareness Week: observance, H8912 [14SE], E1836 [25SE]

National Eldercare Institute on Older Women: tribute to National Conference on Older Women, E202 [27JA]

National Eye Donor Month: observance, E241 [1FE]

National Home Health Care Month: observance, E2133 [8NO], E2177 [14NO]

National Hospice Month: observance, E2133 [8NO]

National Institute of Standards and Technology: funding for certain research and development activities, H10006-H10009 [12OC], H10794 [25OC]

———Manufacturing Extension Program funding, H10794 [25OC]

National Medical Laboratory Week: observance, E870 [7AP]

National objectives: accessibility of alternative treatments and medicines (H.R. 2019), E1424 [12JY]

———deter health care fraud and improve the administration of health benefit plans (H.R. 1912), E1309 [22JN]

———managed care system reform, E2240 [28NO]

———managed care system reform proposal, E311 [9FE]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H2032 [22FE], H4556 [9MY], H13986 [5DE], E302 [8FE], E307 [9FE], E428 [24FE], E892 [1MY], E1090 [22MY], E1734 [7SE]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 16), E52 [5JA]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2756), H14244 [11DE]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 995), E397 [22FE]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 996), E402 [22FE]

———priority assignments, H131 [5JA]

National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: observance, H10851 [26OC]

National Youth Sports Program: tribute, E2226 [20NO]

Native Hawaiian Health Care Act: funding, E1645 [5AU]

New Brunswick, NJ: tribute to visting doctors from Zhong Shan Hospital, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, E1939 [12OC]

New York: tribute to drug avoidance essay contest winners, E1129 [25MY]

New York, NY: anniversary of AIDS Service Center of Lower Manhattan, E2005 [24OC]

———tribute to Mount Sinai Hospital Sarcoidosis Clinic, E1657 [5AU]

———tribute to New York Chiropractic Council, E41 [5JA]

NIH: biomedical research funding, E1909 [11OC]

———birth defects research, E1743 [8SE]

———funding, H6094 [20JN]

———funding for diabetes-related research (H.R. 1656), E1062 [17MY]

———funding for the Office of Alternative Medicine, H8329 [3AU]

———pharmaceutical research funding, H8408-H8410 [3AU]

———research grant to the University of Colorado, H7382 [21JY], E1562 [31JY]

Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund: funding, H6882 [12JY]

Nursing homes: Federal standards, H10812, H10835 [25OC]

Occupational safety and health: establish voluntary programs to protect employees from hazards (H.R. 1824), E1238 [14JN]

Office of Rural Health Policy: funding, H8356 [3AU]

Ohio: anniversary of Maumee Valley Guidance Center, E1291 [20JN]

OMB: third-party communication requirements, H2021-H2024 [22FE]

Organ donation, H14028 [6DE]

Organ donors: include organ donation forms and information in individual income tax refund payments (H.R. 1889), E1298 [20JN]

OSHA: funding, H7995, H8004 [31JY], H8071, H8073, H8075, H8076, H8141 [1AU], H8182, H8219-H8222, H8225, H8226 [2AU]

———notice of indoor pesticide or hazardous chemical spraying, H1163 [3FE]

———program funding, H3200 [15MR], H3298 [16MR]

———reform, H6739 [11JY]

———reform regulatory process, H2316 [28FE], H2724 [7MR], H3794 [24MR]

———regulatory reform and restructuring, H1911 [21FE]

———use of funds to develop or issue any standards on ergonomic protection, H8240-H8242 [2AU]

Paradise Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center: anniversary, E1455 [18JY]

Patents: grant certain rights for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (H.R. 2467), E1917 [11OC]

Pharmaceuticals: guarantee practice of pharmacy compounding and ensure supply of bulk drug products (H.R. 598), H1763 [15FE]

Population: stabilization of world population through reproductive choice (H.R. 2052), E1456, E1457 [18JY]

Povich, Elaine S.: recipient of Dirksen Congressional Research Center Best Reporting of Congress Award, H809 [27JA]

Public Health Service: consolidate certain health center programs (H.R. 2206), E1650 [5AU]

———extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (H.R. 1747), H14273-H14277 [12DE]

Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H664, H665, H671, H675 [25JA], H2180, H2181, H2182, H2214, H2215 [24FE], H2227, H2230, H2231, H2232, H2233 [27FE], H2312, H2316, H2317, H2318, H2319, H2320, H2321, H2376, H2377 [28FE], H2396, H2397, H2398, H2399, H2400, H2401, H2473 [1MR], H2491, H2492, H2493, H2494, H2567, H2577, H2578-H2582 [2MR], H2586, H2587, H2588, H2589 [3MR], H2657, H2658, H2659, H2661, H2707-H2709 [6MR], H2729, H2730, H2731, H2732, H2733, H2734, H2735, H2793, H2805-H2809 [7MR], H2814, H2815, H2816, H2817, H2889 [8MR], H2897, H2898, H2899, H2900, H2968, H2972, H2973, H2977 [9MR], H2992, H2993, H2994, H3033, H3036-H3038 [10MR], H3067-H3072 [13MR], H3090, H3093, H3095, H3096, H3125-H3140 [14MR], H3158, H3159, H3162 [15MR], H3318-H3325 [16MR], H3330, H3332, H3335, H3336, H3337, H3338, H3339, H3340 [21MR], H3420, H3422, H3423, H3424, H3425, H3502, H3503, H3520, H3530-H3545, H3547-H3550, H3554-H3557 [22MR], H3576-H3719 [23MR], H3739-H3742, H3770, H3777-H3784 [24MR], H3870-H3874 [28MR], H4145 [4AP], H5547 [24MY], H5778 [13JN], H7246 [19JY], H7376 [20JY], H7444 [21JY], H9906 [12OC], H12069 [9NO], H12186 [13NO], H15182 [19DE], H15509 [21DE], E102 [17JA], E515 [3MR], E523 [6MR], E593 [14MR], E601 [15MR], E690 [24MR], E774 [4AP]

———funding for senior citizen nutrition programs, E1648 [5AU]

———support community food security projects relative to low-income individuals (H.R. 2003), E1410 [11JY]

Radioactive substances: forum on the dangers of plutonium, E417 [23FE]

———international ban on ocean dumping of low-level nuclear waste, H13977, H13978 [5DE]

———provide payments to individuals who were subjects of Federal radiation experiments (H.R. 2463), E1925 [11OC]

Railroads: limitation on noneconomic damages that a railroad accident victim may recover, H13830-H13835 [30NO]

Republican Party: national agenda, H8676-H8682 [7SE], E307 [9FE]

Research: improve capability to analyze deoxyribonucleic acid (H.R. 2418), H14320-H14322 [12DE]

Rural areas: Federal farm and health policies, H10698 [24OC], H10831, H10834 [25OC], H10893, H10894, H10895, H10897, H10900, H10901, H11213 [26OC]

———funding for health care programs, H8321, H8324, H8326 [3AU]

———health care (H. Con. Res. 56), H4555 [9MY]

Safe Food Coalition: briefing on foodborne illnesses, E317 [10FE]

Safety: application of endangerment test to both private property and health issues, H2125-H2128 [23FE]

Santa Barbara, CA: tribute to Parent Project, E1523 [27JY]

Senior citizens: funding for the Congregate Housing Services Program through rescissions in NASA, H3218, H3219 [15MR]

———nutrition, health, and economic consequences of block grants for Federal food assistance programs, H784, H785 [26JA]

———program funding, H8324-H8326, H8328 [3AU]

Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children: American Hospital Association NOVA Award recipient, E1477 [20JY]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, H795-H798 [26JA]

———increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (H.R. 2435), E1890 [29SE]

———increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (H.R. 335), E3 [4JA]

———increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (H.R. 34), E19 [4JA]

———increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (H.R. 691), E194 [26JA]

———increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (H.R. 76), H1533 [9FE]

———liability requirements for remediation of dry cleaning solvents (H.R. 2522), E2001 [24OC]

Smyrna, GA: development of task force to study the effects of illegal immigration on communities, H10812 [25OC]

Social Security: establish a disability review account for expenditures in reviewing cases (H.R. 1586), E968 [9MY]

———establish a health information network for medicare and medicaid (S. 872), E1176 [8JN]

———establish and define jurisdiction of a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Social Security Circuit (H.R. 1587), E963 [9MY]

———increase earnings limit, repeal increase of taxation of benefits, and provide incentives to purchase long-term care insurance (H.R. 8), H128, H132 [5JA], H3984 [30MR], E200 [27JA]

———maintain correlation of disability insurance benefits earnings levels of blind individuals with retirement age benefits earnings test (H. Con. Res. 23), H1193 [3FE]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System, H11356 [26OC]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (H.R. 580), E739 [30MR]

———treatment of long-term health care insurance (H.R. 2571), E2083 [1NO]

South Bronx Mental Health Council, Inc.: tribute, E178 [25JA]

Sports: headgear requirements for professional boxers (H.R. 1150), E542 [7MR]

St. Petersburg, FL: anniversary of Boley Center for Behavioral Health Care, Inc., E1920 [11OC]

StarKist Seafood Co.: OSHA investigation relative to worker safety, H313 [18JA]

Steeh, George C., III: Southeast Michigan March of Dimes Alexander Macomb Citizen of the Year award recipient, E1877 [29SE]

Steinberg, Martin: tribute for sickle cell anemia research, E660 [22MR]

Task Force on National Health Care Reform: costs incurred, H12203 [14NO]

Taxation: credit for clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (H.R. 1566), E939 [3MY]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), H1910, H1921-H1953, H1956 [21FE], H3845-H3852 [28MR], E401 [22FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), conference report, H3980, H3986, H3996-H4004, H4015 [30MR], H4040, H4043 [3AP], H4186, H4187, H4188, H4191 [5AP], H4380-H4383 [6AP], H8517-H8519 [4AU]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), consideration (H. Res. 88), H1912-H1921 [21FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 121), H3986-H3995 [30MR]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), motion to recommit, H1951, H1952 [21FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), return enrolled bill (H. Con. Res. 55), H4079, H4080, H4085-H4091 [3AP], H4108, H4112, H4115, H4116, H4117, H4118, H4119, H4141, H4143, H4150 [4AP], H4190 [5AP], H4380 [6AP]

———increase excise taxes on smokeless tobacco products and establish a trust fund to reduce use (H.R. 2585), H11770 [6NO]

———provide farmers carryover of unused deductions and a one-time exclusion from gain for certain sales and provide health insurance deductions for self-employed individuals (H.R. 1748), E1163 [6JN]

———treatment of health care expenses for self-employed individuals, H1222 [6FE]

———treatment of long-term health care insurance (H.R. 1457), E846 [7AP]

———treatment of medical savings accounts, E1362 [29JN]

———treatment of medical savings accounts (H.R. 1818), E1243 [14JN]

Technology: anniversary of the discovery of x-rays, E791 [5AP]

Telecommunications: rates for universal service to health care providers in rural areas, educational providers, and libraries, H8498 [4AU]

Thousand Oaks, CA: tribute to Amgen Inc., and to the U.S. biotechnology industry, E547 [8MR]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes and use revenue for tobacco crop substitution (H.R. 1455), E809 [6AP]

———prohibit regulation of tobacco industry (H.R. 2283), E1736 [7SE]

———regulation of tobacco industry to alleviate health risks to children, H7470-H7476 [24JY], H7993, H8007-H8010 [31JY], H11834, H11908 [8NO], E1649, E1658 [5AU]

Travis AFB, CA: Travis VA Hospital funding, E2394 [19DE]

Troy, MI: town meeting to learn about Alzheimer's disease, E2023 [24OC]

University of Colorado: tribute for mammography research, E755 [3AP]

University of Pittsburgh: anniversary of School of Dental Medicine, E1828 [21SE]

Veterans: add bronchioloalveolar carcinoma to the list of service-connected diseases (H.R. 368), E45 [5JA]

———budget cuts in veterans' benefits, H2723, H2724, H2725, H2726, H2727, H2728 [7MR], H2814 [8MR], H2984 [9MR]

———establish confidential database for the collection of medical information (H.R. 798), E255 [2FE]

———extend eligibility period for priority health care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (H.R. 1565), H6319-H6323 [27JN], H7079 [18JY]

———funding for medical care and hospital construction through rescissions in NASA, H3219, H3227 [15MR]

———funding for medical care and hospital construction through rescissions in the National and Community Service Program, H3220-H3230 [15MR]

———funding for medical service accounts, H7832, H7834, H7835 [27JY]

———funding for military retiree services, E820 [7AP]

———health care benefits, H14940 [15DE]

———improve health care programs, H6642 [29JN]

———improve health care programs (H.R. 1385), H4148 [4AP]

———increase service-connected disability benefits (H.R. 2394), H9762-H9764 [10OC], H12124 [10NO]

———tribute to military personnel exposed to radiation, E2365 [14DE]

Veterans Health Administration: funding, H7903-H7907 [27JY]

Water: assure the safety of public water systems, H185 [11JA]

———assure the safety of public water systems (H.R. 226), H112 [4JA]

———funding for water treatment plants, H7690 [25JY]

Water pollution: industrial discharge standards, H4778-H4781 [10MY]

WIC: funding, H2311, H2312, H2314, H2316, H2319 [28FE], H2398, H2400 [1MR]

Women: establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (H.R. 1736), E1145 [26MY]

———funding for family planning and health care services, E1626 [4AU]

———maternity and housing services for pregnant women (H.R. 1065), E451 [27FE]

———prohibit practice of female genital mutilation, H5654 [7JN]

———prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (H.R. 941), H1695 [14FE], E549 [8MR], E1988 [20OC]

World Mental Health Week: observance, E1927 [11OC]

Wyckoff, NJ: tribute to Evergreen Court senior housing project, E2370 [14DE]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: coverage of abortion procedures in cases of medical necessity through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, S11528 [5AU]

———coverage of abortion procedures in cases of rape or incest through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, S11519-S11529 [5AU]

———coverage of abortion procedures through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, S11498 [5AU], S12419 [11AU]

———limit the liability relative to partial-birth abortions to the performing physician, S18223 [7DE]

———pro choice versus right to life, S10771 [27JY], S17148 [16NO]

———prohibit gender-based occurrences (S. 24), S216 [4JA]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), S16589, S16590, S16620 [2NO], S16638 [3NO], S16711 [6NO], S16730-S16752 [7NO], S16761-S16801, S16804-S16806 [8NO], S16928 [9NO], S17860 [30NO], S17881-S17903 [4DE], S18002-S18011 [5DE], S18071-S18086 [6DE], S18183, S18224-S18228 [7DE], S18287 [8DE]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), motion to commit, S16761 [8NO]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), unanimous-consent agreement, S17872 [30NO]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 939), S8541 [16JN], S8599 [19JN]

———protection of reproductive rights and access to reproductive health care clinics (S. 979), S9307 [28JN]

Agency For Health Care Policy and Research: tribute, S7575 [25MY]

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: minority health study funding, S14371 [27SE]

Airlines: discourage the practice in foreign countries of disinsection of aircraft while passengers are aboard, S1249 [19JA]

Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University: anniversary, S13671 [15SE]

American Heart Month: observance, S3292 [28FE]

Armed Forces: applicability of CHAMPUS payment rules, S11314 [3AU]

———applicability of TRICARE uniform benefits, S11314 [3AU]

Beebe, Kerry: American Optometric Association Optometrist of the Year award recipient, S9104 [26JN]

Belmar, NJ: tribute to New Jersey State First Aid Council, S14564 [28SE]

Birth defects: develop and implement research strategies to prevent (S. 459), S2967 [22FE]

Budget: reduction of low-priority domestic discretionary spending and application of savings to the NIH, S7439, S7440 [25MY]

———reduction of tax cut and application of savings to Federal aid programs, S7181-S7185 [23MY]

———reduction of tax cut and application of savings to medicare and medicaid, S6966-S6982 [19MY], S7027-S7078 [22MY]

———restore funding for rural health research and outreach grants through rescissions in the Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund, S4909, S4910 [30MR]

———treatment of benefits to retired coal miners and their dependents, S16037 [27OC]

———treatment of veterans benefits under a balanced budget requirement, S2938-S2948 [22FE]

Bureau of Reclamation: funding, S5379 [6AP]

Canada: health care system, S16679 [3NO]

Centers for Disease Control: adoption by States of guidelines for voluntary HIV counseling and testing of pregnant women, S10702-S10704 [26JY]

Chattanooga, TN: anniversary of Ronald McDonald House, S17181 [16NO]

Chemical Weapons Convention: ratification, S18305-S18307 [11DE]

Child and Adult Care Food Program: participation, S12828 [7SE]

Children and youth: establish dietary guidelines for school lunch programs, S12367 [11AU]

———Federal health initiatives, S6762 [16MY]

———implement program changes relative to budget decreases, S15541-S15544 [24OC]

———increase in drug abuse, S19271 [22DE]

———prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (S. 170), S504, S509 [5JA]

Clifton, NJ: anniversary of Daughters of Miriam Center for the Aged, S18668 [14DE]

Clinical labs: standards, S16022 [27OC]

Coal: control of acidic drainage from abandoned mines (S. 1479), S18663 [14DE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate): budget scoring of H.R. 2394, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, S16937 [9NO]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: freeze Federal funding levels for HIV/AIDS, S10715 [26JY]

———funding formulas for States, S10759, S10760 [27JY]

———limitations on the use of Federal funding relative to homosexuality or intravenous drug use, S10711-S10714, S10721, S10722 [26JY], S10757-S10759 [27JY]

———reauthorize (S. 641), S4730, S4731 [28MR], S10476-S10481, S10486 [21JY], S10697-S10699, S10701-S10728 [26JY], S10747-S10754, S10757-S10767, S10789 [27JY], S11125 [1AU], S15170, S15176 [13OC]

———reauthorize (S. 641), unanimous-consent agreement, S10472 [21JY], S10728 [26JY]

Correctional institutions: safeguard the reproductive rights of female Federal prisoners, S14631-S14633 [29SE]

Courts: authorize voluntary alternative dispute resolutions systems relative to health care liability action, S5888-S5890 [1MY]

———clarify rules governing preemption of State laws relative to health care liability action, S5890 [1MY], S5936 [2MY]

———liability of raw material and component suppliers to medical device manufacturers (S. 303), S1803, S1853 [31JA]

———treatment of medical malpractice liability claims relative to obstetric services, S5755-S5792 [27AP], S5857-S5860 [1MY]

Crime: penalties for health care fraud (S. 245), S1219-S1223 [19JA]

———penalties for health care fraud (S. 1088), S10878 [28JY]

———prevention and punishment of domestic and sexual violence, S1790 [30JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: funding mechanism for the American Samoa Nutritional Assistance Program (S. 79), S292 [4JA]

———improve public health and food safety through the reduction of pathogens, S9741-S9748, S9765-S9770, S9778-S9782 [12JY]

Dept. of Defense: allow leasing of property undergoing environmental restoration, S11557 [5AU]

———conduct mail service pharmacy demonstration projects, S4059 [16MR]

———defense environmental restoration and Technology Reinvestment Program funding, S3587-S3593 [7MR]

———downsizing of military health services, S10261-S10266 [19JY]

———funding of environmental cleanup activities, S5373 [6AP], S5554-S5556 [7AP]

———medicare reimbursement, S19270 [22DE]

———transportation of certain children requiring specialized medical services in the U.S. (S. 660), S5073 [3AP]

———treatment of HIV-infected personnel, S18863 [19DE]

———Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences funding, S18875 [19DE]

Dept. of Energy: perform risk assessments on environmental restoration activities (S. 333), S2041-S2047 [2FE], S2087 [3FE], S3430 [2MR]

Dept. of HHS: tribute to Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, S12608 [5SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: collection of copayments for provision of medical benefits and insurance company reimbursement (S. 991), S9436 [29JN]

———construction of hospitals, S14370, S14371 [27SE]

———develop plan for allocation of health care resources, S14299-S14302 [26SE]

———establish mammography quality standards (S. 548), S3891 [14MR]

———establish mental illness research, education, and clinical centers (S. 425), S2761 [15FE]

———improve programs and benefits (S. 1345), S15347 [19OC]

———making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), S19082, S19140 [21DE], S19181, S19197-S19205 [22DE]

———outpatient medical services for former POW with disabilities (S. 615), S4581 [24MR]

———revise authority of the Center for Women Veterans (S. 749), S6089 [3MY]

Disabled: provide for home and community-based services for individuals with disabilities (S. 85), S294-S297 [4JA], S16090-S16093 [27OC]

Diseases: accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women (S. Con. Res. 8), S2890 [16FE]

———effect of AIDS epidemic on individuals with hemophilia, S9793 [12JY], S10136 [17JY]

———funding for research on brain diseases and disorders, S7218-S7220 [23MY]

———issue postage stamp in commemoration of breast cancer awareness, S8296 [14JN]

———limitations on Federal funds for HIV/AIDS relative to cancer research funding, S10721 [26JY], S10757-S10759 [27JY]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (S. 1189), S12382-S12385 [11AU]

———prostate cancer screening and drug treatments and expansion of research and education programs (S. 691), S5426 [6AP]

———research for Alzheimer's disease, S9732 [12JY]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (S. 684), S5404 [6AP], S5677 [25AP]

———tribute to ``Race for the Cure'' breast cancer research fundraiser, S8293-S8296, S8302 [14JN]

Distance Learning and Medical Link Program: funding, S13840 [19SE]

District of Columbia: tribute to Healthy Choice American Heart Walk, S14210 [25SE]

Drug abuse: national drug control policy, S4005 [16MR], S4394-S4396 [22MR], S5170 [5AP], S9514 [30JN], S13345 [12SE], S13576 [14SE], S14525-S14533 [28SE], S15069-S15071 [12OC], S15143 [13OC], S17061 [15NO], S18167 [7DE], S18396 [12DE], S18565 [13DE]

———treatment and rehabilitation programs, S1250 [19JA], S1633 [26JA], S2423 [9FE], S14621 [29SE]

Drugs: availability of generic Zantac, S18826 [18DE]

———ensure availability of generic drugs (S. 1191), S12388 [11AU], S15421 [23OC], S16593 [2NO]

Ecology and environment: use of risk assessment and cost-benefit analyses in environmental decisionmaking, S9729 [12JY], S9840, S9844-S9855, S9874 [13JY]

———use of risk assessment and cost/benefit analyses in environmental decisionmaking (S. 123), S372-S374 [4JA]

———use of risk assessment and cost/benefit analyses in environmental decisionmaking (S. 229), S946 [13JA]

Education: make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs (S. 64), S283 [4JA]

Emergency Medical Services for Children Grant Program: anniversary, S12363 [11AU]

EPA: establish rulemaking for disinfectants in drinking water systems, S17772 [29NO]

———reform, S14224 [26SE], S14390 [27SE]

———reporting requirements relative to public water systems, S17771 [29NO]

———review of provisions that limit implementation or enforcement of any environmental law, S14295-S14299 [26SE], S14341 [27SE]

———specify dangerous exposure levels of certain carcinogens, S1532-S1535 [25JA]

———temporary suspension of reformulated gasoline rules (S. 462), S2968 [22FE]

———temporary suspension of reformulated gasoline rules (S. 477), S3222 [27FE]

ERISA: extend continuation of coverage of certain retiree health benefits (S. 1107), S11203 [2AU]

———litigation relative to termination or reduction of retiree health benefits (S. 588), S4366 [22MR]

FDA: facilitate the approval process for medical devices (S. 1369), S16422 [31OC]

Federal aid programs: ensure social work students and schools are eligible for certain programs' support and grants, and establish a social work training program (S. 66), S284 [4JA]

———substance abuse and mental health performance partnerships (S. 1180), S12280 [10AU]

Federal employees: access to hearing care services by audiologists (S. 800), S6688 [15MY]

———participation in AIDS training programs, S10715 [26JY]

Federal-State relations: protection of children, pregnant women, and the elderly relative to ban on unfunded Federal mandates, S1401-S1407 [24JA], S1504-S1517 [25JA]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, S17734-S17742 [29NO]

———treatment of the disabled relative to unfunded Federal mandates reform, S3887 [14MR]

Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, CO: effects of closing on health care provided to Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, S11558 [5AU]

Fleming, Margaret: appointment to be a delegate to the White House Conference on Aging, S960 [17JA]

Foreign trade: expand authority for the export of drugs or medical devices (S. 572), S4104 [16MR]

———expand authority for the export of drugs or medical devices (S. 593), S4374-S4376 [22MR]

———expand authority for the export of pharmacological and biological products, and medical devices, S10748, S10749, S10751 [27JY]

———importation of avocados from Mexico, S13839 [19SE]

Foster, Henry, Jr.: nomination to be Surgeon General, S2242 [7FE], S2430 [9FE], S2483-S2491, S2492 [10FE], S2564 [13FE], S2666 [14FE], S2808 [16FE], S3860 [14MR], S4404 [22MR], S4488 [23MR], S4565 [24MR], S4742 [28MR], S5928 [1MY], S5944 [2MY], S6068 [3MY], S6138 [4MY], S6229 [8MY], S7599 [26MY], S8203, S8204 [13JN], S8363 [14JN], S8523 [15JN], S8527 [16JN], S8628, S8630 [19JN], S8654, S8678, S8679 [20JN], S8721-S8745, S8761, S8806 [21JN], S8854, S8855-S8874 [22JN], S9563-S9565 [30JN]

Frist, Senator: tribute for assisting in medical emergency, S13577 [14SE]

GATT: implementation relative to generic drugs, S15421 [23OC], S16593 [2NO], S18004 [5DE], S18199-S18222 [7DE]

Genetics: limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (S. 1416), S17096 [15NO]

Government regulations: clarify the absence of supermandates, S9678-S9687, S9695-S9697 [11JY]

———promulgation of health and safety regulations, S9858-S9873 [13JY]

———reform regulatory process, S17054 [15NO]

Grasso, Richard A.: Cooley's Anemia Foundation Humanitarian of the Year Award recipient, S12630 [5SE]

Hatfield, Senator: Albert Lasker Foundation Public Service Award recipient, S14698 [29SE]

Hawaii: prepaid health care services relative to ERISA (S. 266), S1444 [24JA]

———veterans' access to health care, S14228 [26SE]

Health: clinical lab standards, S16022 [27OC]

Health care facilities: access to clinic entrances, S1398 [24JA]

———exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (S. 877), S7627 [26MY]

———improve health programs and services available to rural populations (S. 1268), S14133 [22SE]

———improve health programs and services available to rural populations (S. 980), S9307 [28JN]

Health care professionals: anniversary of chiropractic profession, S2994 [23FE]

———encourage health care for low-income individuals by limiting and exempting liability for services without charge (S. 1351), S15404 [20OC]

———even distribution and availability of resources and minority and disadvantaged education programs (S. 555), S3898 [14MR], S4093 [16MR]

———facilitate the dissemination to physicians of scientific information on drug therapies and medical devices (S. 1197), S12401-S12403 [11AU]

———provide practitioners in rural areas with training in preventive health care (S. 59), S280 [4JA]

———revise and extend certain education programs for physical and occupational therapy (S. 60), S281 [4JA]

———training for the identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (S. 697), S5440 [6AP]

Health maintenance organizations: extend period of applicability of enrollment mix requirement to certain (H.R. 1878), S19273 [22DE]

———extend period of applicability of enrollment mix requirement to certain (S. 1103), S11202 [2AU]

Hospice Care, Inc.: tribute to volunteers, S6560 [11MY]

Immigration: prohibit Federal benefits for illegal aliens, S8129 [12JN], S12898 [8SE], S13567-S13569 [14SE]

———prohibit Federal benefits for illegal aliens (S. 918), S8256 [13JN]

Indian Health Service: study on HIV and AIDS, S12035 [9AU]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (S. 1233), S13474 [12SE]

———prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (S. 524), S3752, S3753 [9MR]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (S. 969), S9175-S9177 [27JN]

John Morrell & Co.: termination of health insurance coverage for retirees, S3940, S3941 [15MR]

Journal of the American Medical Association: coverage of violence as a public health issue, S12749 [6SE]

Liability: reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs, S5753-S5755, S5758-S5793, S5795 [27AP], S5857-S5860, S5870, S5884-S5888, S5890-S5896 [1MY], S5932, S5935, S5938 [2MY], S6034, S6064 [3MY], S6397-S6401 [10MY]

———reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs (S. 454), S2863, S2870 [16FE], S3693 [9MR]

LIHEAP: funding, S4899-S4903 [30MR]

Massachusetts: tribute to North American Okinawan Karate-Do Association, S7401 [24MY]

Medicaid: alcoholism and drug dependency treatment services for pregnant women (S. 171), S504 [5JA]

———coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (S. 972), S9178 [27JN]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics under State programs (S. 61), S281 [4JA]

———eligibility for SSI recipients, S15805-S15807 [26OC]

———Federal funding of abortions, S4961, S4962, S4963 [31MR], S16020, S16022 [27OC]

———flexibility for States to enroll beneficiaries in managed care plans (S. 839), S7121 [22MY]

———offset revenues from tax deductions for advertising of tobacco products, S16029 [27OC]

———osteopathic services (S. 896), S8037 [8JN]

———provide State incentives for reduction of expenditures (S. 634), S4722 [28MR]

———reform, S9297-S9300 [28JN], S9356 [29JN], S11980 [9AU], S12339-S12342 [11AU], S14346 [27SE], S15023-S15025 [11OC], S15091, S15093 [12OC], S15271 [18OC], S15486 [23OC], S15610, S15653-S15656 [25OC], S15713-S15733, S15763, S15778 [26OC], S16011-S16013, S16039-S16044, S16067, S16090-S16094 [27OC], S16434 [31OC], S16568, S16570 [2NO], S16643-S16648 [3NO], S16717-S16720 [7NO], S16807-S16809 [8NO], S16845-S16848 [9NO], S16984 [13NO], S17174 [16NO], S17506 [20NO], S18692 [15DE], S19183-S19185, S19234 [22DE]

———replace with State block grant programs (S. 844), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]

———State flexibility in providing benefits, S15816, S15817 [26OC], S15980 [27OC]

———waiver of anti-kickback statute for certain State demonstration projects and managed care programs (S. 716), S5549 [7AP]

Medicare: anniversary, S10536 [24JY], S10652-S10654 [25JY], S10776, S10785 [27JY], S10864, S10872, S10873, S10902, S10903, S10904, S10908 [28JY]

———assure fairness and choice to patients (S. 1024), S9802 [12JY]

———assure fairness and choice to patients (S. 1343), S15345 [19OC]

———budget expenditure limiting tool price caps, S16467 [1NO]

———choice of health care professionals, S15786-S15788 [26OC]

———clarify scope of coverage and payment amounts for the use of medical devices approved for investigational use (S. 955), S8945-S8948 [22JN], S9005 [23JN]

———colorectal screening (S. 1178), S12275-S12277 [10AU]

———colorectal screening (S. 1385), S16627 [2NO]

———combat waste, fraud and abuse, S7079-S7081 [22MY], S15359 [19OC], S15653, S15657-S15661, S15666, S15669-S15675 [25OC], S15777, S15796, S15797 [26OC]

———combat waste, fraud and abuse (H.R. 2389), S15157-S15162 [13OC]

———combat waste, fraud and abuse (S. 569), S4100 [16MR]

———combat waste, fraud and abuse (S. 1193), S12395 [11AU]

———coverage of anesthesia services provided by certified registered nurse anesthetists (S. 1263), S13975 [20SE]

———coverage of bone mass measurements (S. 1118), S11328 [3AU]

———determination of part B premium, S16886-S16892 [9NO]

———develop percentage increases to assure quality services in dependent hospitals and other beneficiary facilities (S. 832), S7015 [19MY]

———disproportionate share hospital payments, S15990 [27OC]

———eligibility age, S15999 [27OC]

———extend period for issuance of select policies (S. 717), S5550 [7AP]

———improve health services to rural areas (S. 963), S8846 [22JN], S8998, S9006 [23JN]

———improved reimbursement for clinical social worker services (S. 63), S282 [4JA]

———incentives for reporting inaccurate claims (S. 1325), S15232 [17OC]

———oral anticancer drugs, S15813, S15814 [26OC], S16060 [27OC]

———outpatient self-management training services for individuals with diabetes (S. 491), S3422 [2MR]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), S5538 [7AP], S5614 [24AP], S6784-S6792, S6794-S6797 [17MY], S7696 [5JN]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), conference report, S9087-S9089 [26JN]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 19), S9089 [26JN]

———positron emission tomography (S. 1181), S12370 [11AU]

———preservation of hospital insurance trust fund, S5187-S5189 [5AP]

———preservation of program, S1796 [31JA]

———prohibit balance billing by providers participating in choice plans, S15998 [27OC]

———provide for certain payments under CHAMPUS to the extent that such expenses are not payable under medicare (S. 69), S285 [4JA]

———reform, S5686 [26AP], S5744 [27AP], S5871-S5873 [1MY], S5976-S5980, S5993 [2MY], S6020 [3MY], S6136-S6138, S6139-S6141, S6159, S6162-S6167 [4MY], S6291, S6299, S6300, S6317 [9MY], S6440, S6441 [10MY], S6471-S6477, S6506 [11MY], S6580, S6587-S6589 [12MY], S6647 [15MY], S6735 [16MY], S6768 [17MY], S6844, S6860, S6870-S6877, S6884-S6886 [18MY], S6966-S6982, S6996-S7001, S7003-S7010 [19MY], S7027, S7033-S7045 [22MY], S7176, S7178, S7226 [23MY], S7366 [24MY], S7425, S7431-S7433, S7440-S7442, S7465, S7468 [25MY], S7653 [5JN], S8654, S8655 [20JN], S8846, S8847 [22JN], S8981-S8989 [23JN], S9232, S9297-S9300 [28JN], S10474 [21JY], S10536, S10540 [24JY], S10776, S10785 [27JY], S10864, S10868-S10871, S10872, S10873, S10902, S10903, S10904, S10908 [28JY], S11321 [3AU], S11715-S11727, S11729 [7AU], S11831 [8AU], S11976 [9AU], S13178-S13181 [11SE], S13575 [14SE], S13674-S13676 [15SE], S13712, S13713, S13715 [18SE], S14125, S14126, S14137-S14144 [22SE], S14392, S14393, S14402-S14404 [27SE], S14771 [29SE], S14943 [10OC], S14959, S15001, S15023-S15025 [11OC], S15084, S15087, S15102, S15105 [12OC], S15183, S15185, S15187, S15188, S15190 [17OC], S15265-S15267, S15270, S15271, S15273 [18OC], S15313, S15314 [19OC], S15483-S15487, S15491-S15493 [23OC], S15512, S15517-S15520, S15568-S15570 [24OC], S15609, S15612-S15614, S15615, S15617-S15651, S15653-S15656 [25OC], S15741, S15748, S15763, S15792 [26OC], S16007, S16023, S16039-S16044, S16067-S16074, S16076-S16086, S16090-S16094 [27OC], S16434 [31OC], S16453, S16455-S16461 [1NO], S16570, S16572, S16579, S16581, S16582 [2NO], S16849-S16851 [9NO], S16953-S16959, S16981-S16987, S16989, S16990, S16995, S16996-S16999 [13NO], S17029, S17030, S17037 [14NO], S17049, S17051, S17053 [15NO], S17106, S17171-S17178 [16NO], S17231, S17233, S17234-S17245, S17285, S17323 [17NO], S17451-S17454, S17455 [18NO], S17506 [20NO], S17831, S17840, S17845 [30NO], S18118 [7DE], S18927 [19DE], S19183-S19185, S19234 [22DE]

———reform (S. 1255), S13740 [18SE]

———reimbursement for nurse practitioners in health professional shortage areas (S. 864), S7523 [25MY]

———reimbursement for physician assistants in health professional shortage areas (S. 863), S7523 [25MY]

———reporting requirement of trust fund trustees on projected financial imbalances (S. 785), S6356 [9MY]

———restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (S. 62), S282 [4JA]

———study effectiveness of rural telemedicine networks, S8473 [15JN]

———use of commercial software to detect payment error and billing abuse (S. 762), S6216 [5MY]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: repeal, S9925 [13JY], S10142-S10144 [17JY]

———repeal (S. 194), S793 [11JA]

Members of Congress: eliminate certain congressional perks (S. 1405), S16827 [8NO]

Mental health: national policy to provide health care coverage to individuals with severe mental illnesses (S. 298), S1848, S1849 [31JA]

National Atomic Veterans Day: designate (S. Res. 108), S5520 [6AP]

National Bioethics Advisory Commission: establish, S18105 [6DE]

National Center for Sickle Cell Disease Research: establish (S. 1442), S17924 [4DE]

National Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth Suicide Prevention: establish (S. 1448), S18028 [5DE]

National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare: actions relative to fundraising letter, S12347 [11AU]

National Drug Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 189), S16440 [31OC]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: lupus erythematosus research funding (S. 1074), S10730 [26JY]

National Institute of Standards and Technology: funding for certain research and development activities, S16900-S16903 [9NO]

———Manufacturing Extension Program funding, S16900-S16903 [9NO]

National Mammography Day: designate (S. Res. 177), S14753 [29SE], S15311, S15312 [19OC]

National Mental Health Counseling Week: designate, S3861 [14MR]

———observance, S5139 [4AP]

National objectives: accessibility of alternative treatments and medicines (S. 1035), S9999-S10002 [14JY]

———managed care system reform proposal, S323 [4JA]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S516 [5JA], S1267 [20JA], S1728 [30JA], S2275 [7FE], S3074, S3075 [24FE], S3543 [6MR], S3928, S3940, S3941 [15MR], S5873 [1MY], S6473 [11MY], S7411 [25MY], S10434 [20JY], S17510 [20NO]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1028), S9905-S9908 [13JY]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1062), S10498-S10501 [21JY]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 168), S503 [5JA]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 18), S189-S195 [4JA], S6457 [10MY]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 294), S1760-S1762 [30JA]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 308), S1920-S1945 [1FE]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 609), S4509 [23MR]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 7), S15, S24, S109, S121-S123 [4JA], S3694 [9MR]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 715), S5549 [7AP]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 933), S8503, S8516 [15JN]

———strengthen State and local government capability of providing public health services (S. 142), S398 [4JA]

National Physical Fitness and Sports Foundation: establish (S. 1311), S15038 [11OC]

National School Lunch Week: observance, S15114 [12OC], S15365 [19OC]

Nevada: high-level nuclear waste repository proposal, S3489-S3492 [6MR], S3637 [7MR]

New York, NY: improve watershed quality and management practices, S17765 [29NO]

NIH: establish an Office for Rare Disease Research (S. 184), S677 [9JA], S6946 [18MY]

———establish National Fund for Health Research (S. 1251), S13729-S13737 [18SE], S14099 [21SE]

———funding, S6877-S6881 [18MY], S7293, S7294-S7304 [24MY], S7459 [25MY]

———funding for diabetes-related research (S. 1437), S17782 [29NO]

———report to the NIH on alternative medicine, S8519 [15JN]

Nuclear energy: privatization of interim waste storage program (S. 1478), S18662 [14DE]

———storage of commercial spent nuclear fuel, S7491 [25MY], S7632 [26MY]

Nursing homes: Federal standards, S15000-S15005 [11OC], S15656, S15657, S15666-S15669 [25OC], S15714, S15717, S15720, S15722, S15823-S15825 [26OC], S15987, S16041, S16044, S16046, S16056 [27OC], S16591, S16592 [2NO], S16944-S16953 [13NO], S17280-S17284 [17NO], S17673 [28NO]

Oregon: waiver of ERISA relative to employer mandates in health care reform plan (S. 713), S5547 [7AP]

Organ donors: include organ donation forms and information in individual income tax refund payments (S. 948), S8709 [20JN]

———revise and extend organ and bone marrow donation and transplantation program (S. 1324), S15227 [17OC]

OSHA: reform regulatory process (S. 526), S3757 [9MR]

———reform regulatory process (S. 1423), S17344-S17348 [17NO]

———transfer certain functions to the Dept. of Labor (S. 592), S4370 [22MR]

OTA: funding, S9722 [11JY]

Patents: extend protection for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (S. 1496), S19117 [21DE]

———limit enforcement relative to medical and surgical procedures (S. 1334), S15291 [18OC]

Persian Gulf Conflict: compensation for veterans and increased research relative to illnesses attributed to service during conflict, S3773 [10MR]

Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (S. 794), S6520 [11MY], S6743 [16MY]

———improve registration, provide minor use crop protection, and improve pesticide tolerance safeguards (S. 1166), S12261 [10AU], S15572 [24OC]

Pharmaceuticals: establish temporary program allowing the use of parenteral diacetylmorphine for intractable pain due to cancer (S. 78), S290 [4JA]

———generic drug competition in the prescription drug marketplace, S5180-S5182 [5AP]

Population: stabilization of world population through reproductive choice (S. 1029), S9908-S9910 [13JY]

Privacy: treatment of personal medical records and health care related information (S. 1360), S15576-S15579 [24OC], S17292 [17NO]

Programs: establish a trust fund to reimburse Government health programs for expenses attributable to usage of tobacco products by individuals (S. 597), S4380 [22MR]

Public Health Service: consolidate certain health center programs (S. 1044), S10149 [17JY]

———extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (H.R. 1747), S18668 [14DE]

———extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (S. 1471), S18443 [12DE]

Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, S3139, S3140, S3142 [27FE], S3549-S3554 [7MR], S4004 [16MR], S4559-S4562 [24MR], S5065 [3AP], S5091-S5094, S5106-S5108 [4AP], S5237 [5AP], S5370-S5373 [6AP], S6473 [11MY], S7318, S7323 [24MY], S7453, S7457 [25MY], S13690, S13692 [18SE], S15087 [12OC], S15360 [19OC]

———funding for nutrition programs (S. 1265), S14087 [21SE]

———funding for nutrition programs (S. 904), S8098 [9JN]

———funding for State drug addiction and alcoholism treatment programs, S13628, S13634 [15SE]

———reform (S. 209), S902 [12JA]

Radioactive substances: dumping of high-level nuclear waste in Nevada, S15200 [17OC]

———national policy, S4644-S4651 [27MR]

Reno, NV: VA Hospital funding, S14379 [27SE]

Research: human fetal tissue transplantation practices, S6467 [10MY]

———provide for the operation of laboratories to conduct certain public health operations near the U.S. border with Mexico (S. 835), S7017 [19MY]

Richardson, Patrick W.: Arthritis Foundation's James Record Humanitarian Award recipient, S16564 [2NO]

Rural areas: Federal farm and health policies, S15757-S15762, S15782 [26OC], S16016 [27OC]

———health care (S. 806), S6750 [16MY]

———medicare coverage of rural emergency access care hospitals (S. 210), S905 [12JA]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program: funding, S5364 [6AP]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (S. 1316), S15120-S15127 [12OC], S17700-S17732, S17734-S17758, S17760-S17762, S17764-S17774 [29NO], S17846, S17847 [30NO]

———strike provisions relative to comparative risk assessment, S17762 [29NO]

Small business: health care tax credit and cost analysis of legislative proposals (S. 521), S3750 [9MR]

———increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (S. 111), S345 [4JA], S1635 [26JA]

———increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (S. 262), S1442 [24JA], S1635 [26JA]

———increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (S. 367), S2272 [7FE]

Social Security: establish a health information network for medicare and medicaid (S. 872), S7621-S7624 [26MY]

———extend Medicare Select Program (S. 198), S798 [11JA]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (S. 406), S2654 [14FE]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (S. 1487), S19002-S19007 [20DE]

———provide that certain health insurance policies are not duplicative (S. 1138), S12086 [9AU]

———repeal rule providing for the termination of benefits to the disabled upon marriage (S. 466), S3056 [23FE]

———tax treatment of benefits (S. 50), S273-S275 [4JA]

———trustee's report, S5165 [5AP]

Source Water Quality Protection Partnership Program: establish, S17771, S17772 [29NO]

Sports: safety for journeymen boxers (S. 187), S735 [10JA], S16435 [31OC], S16513, S16514 [1NO]

SSI: replace with State block grant programs, S12924 [8SE]

———replace with State block grant programs (S. 845), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]

States: care of pregnant women and children, S16509 [1NO]

———development of alternative dispute resolutions systems for medical malpractice claims and federally mandated liability reform (S. 11), S165 [4JA]

———require spousal notification of HIV/AIDS infected individuals, S10708 [26JY]

Stowers, Ray: appointment to the Physician Payment Review Commission, S6032 [3MY], S6188 [4MY]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: funding, S5364 [6AP]

Surgeon General: terminate the Office of Surgeon General of the Public Health Service (S. 957), S8965 [23JN]

Taxation: credit for clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (S. 1052), S10426 [20JY]

———exemptions for health risk pools (S. 539), S3811 [10MR]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, S15808-S15811 [26OC]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), S4532-S4544, S4546-S4559 [24MR], S4603 [27MR], S4684 [28MR]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), conference report, S4974-S4984 [31MR], S5026, S5027, S5030-S5046 [3AP], S5183-S5185 [5AP], S5538 [7AP], S8183 [12JN]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), unanimous-consent agreement, S4521 [23MR]

———impose value added tax to reduce deficit and finance health care reform (S. 237), S1072 [18JA]

———increase opportunities for small businesses and taxpayers (S. 1299), S14883-S14885 [10OC]

———limit deduction for health care costs by employers who terminate promised retiree health benefits (S. 827), S6916 [18MY]

———treatment of long-term health care insurance, S15811 [26OC]

———treatment of long-term health care insurance (S. 411), S2655 [14FE]

———treatment of long-term health care insurance (S. 423), S2759 [15FE], S3065 [23FE]

———treatment of long-term health care services and insurance (S. 1177), S12273-S12275 [10AU]

———treatment of medical savings accounts, S1258 [20JA]

———treatment of medical savings accounts (S. 1247), S13660 [15SE]

———treatment of medical savings accounts (S. 1249), S13662 [15SE]

Technology: intelligence community funding for the technology transfer for breast cancer research, S5531 [7AP]

Telecommunications: rates for universal service to health care providers in rural areas, educational providers, and libraries, S7971-S7990 [8JN], S8417-S8419, S8436 [15JN]

Tobacco products: health risks to children and application of excise taxes to decrease usage by minors (S. Res. 159), S11790 [7AU]

———increase excise taxes and use revenue for tobacco crop substitution (S. 598), S4381 [22MR]

———increase excise taxes and use revenue for tobacco crop substitution (S. 804), S6689 [15MY]

———influence of cigarette advertising on children and youth, S5915 [1MY]

———limit access to minors by prohibiting free samples and sales through vending machines on Federal property, S11540 [5AU]

———limit access to minors by prohibiting free samples and sales through vending machines on Federal property (S. 1123), S11454 [4AU]

———regulation of tobacco industry to alleviate health risks to children, S12140 [10AU]

———regulations relative to effects of environmental smoke, S17059 [15NO]

Traumatic brain injuries: studies and programs (S. 96), S323, S324 [4JA]

Travis AFB, CA: Travis VA Hospital funding, S14304 [26SE], S14391 [27SE], S18648 [14DE]

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: terminate, S11426 [4AU]

———terminate (S. 42), S252 [4JA]

University of Alabama at Birmingham: Comprehensive Cancer Center's cancer vaccine trials, S1732 [30JA]

USIA: Tenth Paralympiad Games funding, S14668, S14669 [29SE]

Veterans: access to health care, S14391 [27SE]

———amend benefit provisions, S11565 [5AU]

———conduct feasibility studies for inclusion of veterans health programs in certain State health programs (S. 613), S4577 [24MR]

———exempt benefits and services from the balanced budget constitutional amendment, S2192-S2199 [6FE]

———extend eligibility period for inpatient care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (S. 338), S2055 [2FE]

———extend the provision of services at community-based health care facilities (S. 725), S5674-S5676 [25AP], S5918 [1MY]

———human radiation experiments, S17510 [20NO]

———increase service-connected disability benefits (H.R. 2394), S16937-S16939 [9NO]

———increase service-connected disability benefits (S. 992), S9438 [29JN]

———limit compensation for mentally disabled veterans, S14286-S14289 [26SE], S14338-S14341 [27SE], S15703 [25OC]

———management and contracting of health care services, S15703 [25OC]

———management and contracting of health care services (S. 1359), S15575 [24OC]

———medical care funding, S14290-S14295 [26SE], S14341 [27SE]

———provide for a hospice care pilot program (S. 612), S4574 [24MR]

Veterans Health Administration: establishment of nonprofit research corporations at VA medical centers (S. 644), S4806 [29MR]

———recruitment and retention of clinical and counseling psychologists (S. 82), S308 [4JA]

Water: authorize additional criteria for alternatives to filtration, S17755, S17766 [29NO]

———authorize grants for wastewater treatment and drinking water supply to low-income communities along the U.S.-Mexico border, S17756 [29NO]

———bottled water contaminant level requirements (S. 412), S2656, S2657 [14FE]

———definition of public water systems relative to certain irrigation systems, S17773 [29NO]

———require additional research prior to promulgation of sulfate standards, S17729 [29NO]

———require certain community water systems to issue a report relative to level of contaminants in drinking water, S17768-S17771, S17772 [29NO]

———treatment of privately owned public treatment works (S. 1436), S17780 [29NO]

WIC: competitive bidding for infant formula, S13523, S13524 [13SE]

———designate funds to promote immunization, S5322 [6AP]

———investigate food industry lobbyists' involvement in the transfer to State controlled block grants, S5101-S5104, S5106 [4AP]

Women: ensure mammography quality standards, S9841-S9844, S9873 [13JY]

———establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (S. 427), S2823 [16FE]

———obstetrician-gynecologist services relative to Federal health care laws (S. Res. 85), S3682 [8MR]

———prohibit female genital mutilation, S13928-S13930 [20SE]

———prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (S. 1030), S9911-S9913 [13JY]

Zaire: effects of ebola virus, S9475 [29JN]

Reports

Brain Diseases and Disorders Research: DANA Alliance for Brain Initiatives (organization), S7219 [23MY]

Child Nutrition Programs: Congressional Research Service, H3710 [23MR]

Human Rights Violations Resulting From Enforced Birth Control: Amnesty International, H6448 [28JN]

Impact of Reconciliation Bill on Science Agencies: Representative George E. Brown, Jr., H10795 [25OC]

Influence of Standard of Care and Severity of Injury on the Resolution of Medical Malpractice Claims: Annals of Internal Medicine (publication), S5765-S5767 [27AP]

Medicare Crisis—The Tax Solution Is No Solution: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S16071-S16073 [27OC]

Medicare Myths vs. Facts: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S16074 [27OC]

Medicare Reform: Georgia Medicare Advisory Group and Senior Citizens Task Force, E2411 [19DE]

Reasons Why Nursing Home Reform Provisions Should Be Repealed, S16953 [13NO]

Relation Between Malpractice Claims and Adverse Events Due to Negligence—Results of the Harvard Medical Practice Study III: New England Journal of Medicine, S5767-S5771 [27AP]

Superfund—Information on Current Health Risks: GAO, S11336-S11338 [3AU]

Telemedicine and State Licensure: American Telemedicine Association, E1392 [30JN]

Unshared Sacrifice—The House of Representatives' Shameful Assault on America's Children: Children's Defense Fund, S3550 [7MR]

Reports filed

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act Reauthorization: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 641) (S. Rept. 104-25), S5073 [3AP]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act Revision and Extension: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1872) (H. Rept. 104-245), H8993 [14SE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 483, Permit Medicare Select Policies To Be Offered in All States: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 180) (H. Rept. 104-169), H6655 [29JN]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 831, Self-Employed Health Insurance Tax Deduction and Nonrecognition of Gain on Exchanges for Certain FCC Policies: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 121) (H. Rept. 104-93), H3974 [29MR]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 134, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 317) (H. Rept. 104-428), H15237 [20DE]

Consideration of H.R. 483, Permit Medicare Select Policies To Be Offered in All States: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 130) (H. Rept. 104-103), H4334 [5AP]

Consideration of H.R. 831, Extend Deduction for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 88) (H. Rept. 104-38), H1907 [16FE]

Consideration of H.R. 831, Repeal Nonrecognition of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 88) (H. Rept. 104-38), H1907 [16FE]

Consideration of H.R. 1833, Prohibit Partial-Birth Abortions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 251) (H. Rept. 104-301), H11586 [31OC]

Consideration of H.R. 2425, Medicare Reform: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 238) (H. Rept. 104-282), H10306 [18OC]

Dept. of Energy Risk Assessments on Environmental Restoration Activities: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 333) (S. Rept. 104-87), S7497 [25MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Collection of Copayments for Provision of Medical Benefits and Insurance Company Reimbursement: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 991), S18437 [12DE]

Determine Locality Salaries for Certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nurse Anesthetist Positions: Committee on Veterans Affairs (House) (H.R. 1536) (H. Rept. 104-225), H8307 [2AU]

Distribution and Availability of Health Resources and Minority and Disadvantaged Health Education Programs: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 555) (S. Rept. 104-93), S7777 [6JN]

DNA Identification Grants Improvement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2418) (H. Rept. 104-393), H14252 [11DE]

Eligibility Period for Priority Health Care to Those Veterans Exposed to Toxic Substances, Radiation, or Environmental Hazards: Committee on Veterans Affairs (House) (H.R. 1565) (H. Rept. 104-158), H6311 [26JN]

Extend Deduction for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals and Repeal Nonrecognition of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 831) (H. Rept. 104-32), H1751 [14FE]

Extend Tax Deduction for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals and Repeal Nonrecognition of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC: Committee of Conference (H.R. 831) (H. Rept. 104-92), H3974 [29MR]

Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1747) (H. Rept. 104-398), H14310 [12DE]

Government Efforts To Combat Fraud and Abuse in the Insurance Industry: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. Rept. 104-93), S7696 [5JN]

Health and Safety of Journeymen Boxers: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 187) (S. Rept. 104-159), S15337 [19OC]

Health Care Liability Reform and Quality Assurance Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 454) (S. Rept. 104-83), S6749 [16MY]

Increase Service-Connected Disability Benefits for Veterans: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 2394) (H. Rept. 104-273), H9743 [6OC]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank Repeal: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2685) (H. Rept. 104-394), H14252 [11DE]

Medicare Reform: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 2425) (H. Rept. 104-276), H10145 [17OC]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2425) (H. Rept. 104-276), H10145 [17OC]

Medicare Savings Provisions: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1217) (H. Rept. 104-87), H3732 [23MR]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1134) (H. Rept. 104-80), H3275 [15MR]

National Mammography Day: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 177), S15337 [19OC]

National Policy To Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 1028) (S. Rept. 104-156), S15118 [12OC]

Nomination of Henry W. Foster, Jr., To Be Surgeon General: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate), S7615 [26MY]

Office for Rare Disease Research Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 184) (S. Rept. 104-79), S6168 [4MY]

Permit Medicare Select Policies To Be Offered in All States: Committee of Conference (H.R. 483) (H. Rept. 104-157), H6269 [22JN]

———Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 483) (H. Rept. 104-79), H4413 [6AP]

Permit Select Medicare Policies To Be Offered in All States: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 483) (H. Rept. 104-79), H3275 [15MR]

Prohibit Partial-Birth Abortions: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1833) (H. Rept. 104-267), H9590 [27SE]

Public Health Service Center Programs Consolidation: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 1044) (S. Rept. 104-186), S18737 [15DE]

Repeal Unnecessary Medical Device Reporting Requirements: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 2366) (H. Rept. 104-323), H11829 [7NO]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2366) (H. Rept. 104-323), H11829 [7NO]

Reporting Requirements of Medicare Trust Fund Trustees on Projected Financial Imbalances: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1590) (H. Rept. 104-119), H4957 [15MY]

Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1316) (S. Rept. 104-169), S16753 [7NO]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Performance Partnerships: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 1180) (S. Rept. 104-193), S18919 [19DE]

Tax Deductions for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals and Treatment of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 831) (S. Rept. 104-16), S4262 [21MR]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Representative: Medicare—Past Successes, Future Challenges, E1591 [2AU]

———Mental Health, E37 [5JA]

———What's Wrong With the Gingrich Medicare Plan, E2036 [26OC]

———Why Health Care Reform Failed, E34 [5JA]

Resolutions by organizations

Dietary guidelines for Americans: American School Food Service Association, S12368 [11AU]

Medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System: VFW, S19003 [20DE]

Therapeutic use of marijuana: American Public Health Association, E2365 [14DE]

Rulings of the Chair

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), H15304, H15306 [20DE]

Government regulations: repeal unnecessary medical device reporting requirements (H.R. 2366), H12209, H12210 [14NO]

Medicare: reform, H5697 [8JN], H10304 [18OC], H13035 [15NO]

———reform (H.R. 2425), consideration (H. Res. 238), H10318, H10319 [19OC]

Statements

Cancer Understanding and Research Efforts: Zenia Kim, S13733 [18SE]

Chiropractic—Past, Present, and Future: Rita Schroeder, E1797 [18SE]

Colorectal Cancer Screening: American College of Physicians, S16628 [2NO]

Federal Child Care Programs: John Neff, E1821 [21SE]

Federal Nursing Home Standards: Stewart Bainum, Jr., S15657 [25OC], S16944 [13NO]

Medicaid Reform: Bruce C. Vladeck, Health Care Financing Administration, S16847 [9NO]

———Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, S15730 [26OC]

Medicare Coverage of Colorectal Screening, S12276 [10AU]

NIH Awards Research Grant to the University of Colorado: Representative Hefley, E1562 [31JY]

NIH Budget Reductions: NIH, S7459-S7463 [25MY]

Nomination of Henry Foster, Jr., To Be Surgeon General: John E. Chapman, Vanderbilt University, H1535 [9FE]

———Senator Frist, S8867 [22JN]

Renewing the War on Drugs: William J. Bennett and John P. Walters, E843 [7AP]

Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions: Senator Boxer, S5176 [5AP]

Tax Deduction for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals and Repeal Nonrecognition of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC: Executive Office of the President, S4556 [24MR]

Tax Deduction for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals and Repeal of Nonrecognition of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC: President Clinton, H1913 [21FE]

Tonight Only—ABC Does Drugs: John P. Walters, E844 [7AP]

What the Medical Profession Says About H.R. 1833, Prohibit Partial-Birth Abortions, H11610 [1NO]

Will Congress Produce More Hungry Children?: Physicians Committee on Childhood Hunger, H2576 [2MR]

Studies

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Plan for Allocation of Health Care Resources: Carlotta C. Joyner, GAO, S14300 [26SE]

Self-Referral Studies: Dept. of HHS, E534 [7MR]

University of California Case Study on UCSD Medical Center, H11220 [26OC]

Summaries

Access to Affordable Health Care Act (S. 294), S1786 [30JA]

Birth Defects Prevention Act (S. 459), S2968 [22FE]

Bringing Opportunity To Our Small Business and Taxpayers Act (S. 1299), S14898 [10OC]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act Reauthorization (S. 641), S4730 [28MR]

Comprehensive Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Act (S. 170), S508 [5JA]

Consumer Access to Prescription Drugs Act (S. 1191), S12390 [11AU]

Economic Impact of GATT Patent Extension on Currently Marketed Drugs: University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, S15424 [23OC]

Even Distribution and Availability of Health Care Professioanal Resources and Minority and Disadvantaged Education Programs (S. 555), S3899-S3902 [14MR]

Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act, E1149 [26MY]

Food Quality Protection Act (S. 1166), S12269 [10AU]

Health Care Assurance Act (S. 18), S209 [4JA]

Health Care Fraud Prevention Act (S. 245), S1220 [19JA]

Health Care Liability Reform and Quality Assurance Act (S. 454), S2869 [16FE]

Health Care Reform (S. 933), S8505 [15JN]

Health Information Network for Medicare and Medicaid (S. 872), S7622 [26MY]

Health Partnership Act (S. 308), S1943 [1FE]

Increase Excise Taxes and Use Revenue for Tobacco Crop Substitution (H.R. 1455), E810 [6AP]

International Population Stabilization and Reproductive Health Act (S. 1029), S9909 [13JY]

Licensing of Home Infusion Therapy Service Providers and Limitations on Physician Referrals (H.R. 1579), E962 [9MY]

Long-Term Care Reform and Deficit Reduction Act (S. 85), S306 [4JA]

Medicare Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Services (H.R. 1456), E812 [6AP]

Medicare Patient Choice Act (H.R. 2329), E1788 [14SE]

Medicare Reform, S16008 [27OC]

Medicare Reform Plan, E1961 [17OC]

Medicare/Medicaid Solvency Act (S. 597), S4381 [22MR]

Minor Use Crop Protection Act (S. 794), S6522 [11MY]

Nutrition Assistance Reform Act (S. 904), S8109 [9JN]

Parkinson's Research, Assistance, and Education Act (S. 684), S5406 [6AP]

Prevent Duplicative Social Security Health Insurance Policies (S. 1138), S12086 [9AU]

Private Long-Term Care Protection Act (S. 423), S2760 [15FE]

Protection of Medicare Beneficiaries Relative to Enrollment in Managed Care Plans and Health Maintenance Organizations (H.R. 1707), E1113-E1115 [24MY]

Public Health Enhancement Act (S. 142), S401 [4JA]

Revise and Extend Organ and Bone Marrow Donation and Transplantation Program (S. 1324), S15231 [17OC]

Status of the Social Security and Medicare Programs, S11722-S11725 [7AU]

Studies and Programs Relative to Traumatic Brain Injuries (S. 96), S325 [4JA]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Performance Partnerships (S. 1180), S12289-S12290 [10AU]

Tax Treatment of Medical Savings Accounts (H.R. 1818), E1243 [14JN]

Tax Treatment of Medical Savings Accounts (S. 1247), S13661 [15SE]

Tobacco Consumption Reduction and Health Improvement Act (S. 598), S4383 [22MR]

Treatment of Long-Term Health Care Insurance (H.R. 1457), E847 [7AP]

Underground Autocatalytic Criticality of Plutonium and Other Fissile Material: Charles Bowman and Francesco Venneri, S3638 [7MR]

Surveys

Medical Research and Health Care Concerns: Louis Harris & Associates, S13735 [18SE]

Medicare Reform, E1694 [5AU]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 2394, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, S16938 [9NO]

Comparison of premiums of attained-age medigap plan versus standard medigap community-rated plan, E1113 [24MY]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act funding breakdown for fiscal year 1996, S10727 [26JY]

Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. group medical conversion quotes—quarterly premiums, E892 [1MY]

Costs per death averted due to certain health and safety regulations, S2042 [2FE]

Estimated revenue effects of possible Democratic substitutions to H.R. 831, repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC, H1943 [21FE]

Health plan contribution levels by county under H.R. 2425, medicare reform, E2054 [26OC]

Medicare select policies, H4390 [6AP]

Medicare spending comparisons, S15642 [25OC], S17252 [17NO]

Medicare tax rates and wages for a sample self-employed individual from 1966 through 1995, S15642 [25OC]

NASA-NIH cooperative agreements, S14193 [25SE]

Number of medicare recipients, H8513 [4AU]

Odds of dying from various causes, S2043 [2FE]

Preliminary analysis of the House and Senate medicare reform proposals on New York State, H10376 [19OC]

Public and private sector health care expenditures, S6160 [4MY]

Ranking possible cancer hazards, S2042 [2FE]

State-by-State estimated expenditures of veterans benefits, S2196-S2199 [6FE]

Tax deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, H1914 [21FE]

Veterans inpatient and outpatient medical care costs, S2194-S2196 [6FE]

Testimonies

Health Care Quality: Karin Smith, S5797 [27AP]

Medicaid Reform: Malika S. Saar, Family Rights and Dignity (organization), H9880 [11OC]

———Mary Fitzpatrick, S15721 [26OC]

———Paul Di Donato, San Francisco, CA, AIDS Foundation, H9885 [11OC]

Medical Savings Accounts: Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, E1160 [6JN]

Medicare and Medicaid Reform: Anthony Wagner, Laguna Honda Hospital, H9884 [11OC]

———Bruce Livingston, H9880 [11OC]

———Bruce U. Wintroub, H9883 [11OC]

———David Bergman, Packard Children's Hospital, H9883 [11OC]

———Larry Gage, E1588 [2AU]

———Richard Cordova, San Francisco, CA, General Hospital, H9881 [11OC]

———Thomas Peters, Martin County, CA, Dept. of Social Services, H9882 [11OC]

———Timothy McMurdo, San Mateo County, CA, General Hospital, H9882 [11OC]

Medicare Reform: Del Martin, H9880 [11OC]

———Marvin Johnson, H10363 [19OC]

———Senator Baucus, S6301 [9MY]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H10385-H10388 [19OC]

Medicare Select Policies: Consumers Union (organization), H6672 [30JN]

Partial-Birth Abortions: Pamela E. Smith, S18077 [6DE]

———Viki Wilson, S17889 [4DE], S18084 [6DE]

Role of Pharmaceutical Companies in Health Care Reform: Gerald J. Mossinghoff, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, S6063 [3MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 88, consideration of H.R. 831, extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC, H1912 [21FE]

H. Res. 121, consideration of conference report on H.R. 831, extend tax deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC, H3986 [30MR]

H. Res. 130, consideration of H.R. 483, permit select medicare policies to be offered in all States, H4366 [6AP]

H. Res. 180, consideration of conference report on H.R. 483, permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States, H6661 [30JN]

H. Res. 238, consideration of H.R. 2425, medicare reform, H10314 [19OC]

H. Res. 251, consideration of H.R. 1833, prohibit partial-birth abortions, H11593 [1NO]

H. Res. 317, consideration of H.J. Res. 134, Dept. of Veterans Affairs continuing appropriations, H15286 [20DE]

H.J. Res. 134, Dept. of Veterans Affairs continuing appropriations, H15295 [20DE]

H.R. 23, Comprehensive Preventive Health and Promotion Act, E6-E8 [4JA]

H.R. 483, permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States, S6797 [17MY]

H.R. 831, extend tax deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC, H1932 [21FE]

H.R. 831, tax deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC, S4532-S4534 [24MR]

H.R. 1057, Hearing Care for Federal Employees Act, E453 [27FE]

H.R. 1059, nutrition assistance programs for American Samoa, E448 [27FE]

H.R. 1150, Professional Boxing Safety Act, E542 [7MR]

H.R. 1454, Contact Lens Prescription Release Act, E826 [7AP]

H.R. 1536, determine locality salaries for certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs nurse anesthetist positions, H9762 [10OC]

H.R. 1565, extend eligibility period of veterans for priority health care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards, H6320 [27JN]

H.R. 1590, reporting requirement of medicare trust fund trustees on projected financial imbalances, H4968 [16MY]

H.R. 1604, Working Families Health Access Act, E1001 [11MY]

H.R. 1651, Medicare Dependent Hospital Relief Act, E1048 [16MY]

H.R. 1747, Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act, H14273-H14275 [12DE]

H.R. 1833, prohibit partial-birth abortions, H11604 [1NO]

H.R. 1872, Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act reauthorization, H9050-H9057 [18SE]

H.R. 1878, extend period of applicability of enrollment mix requirements to certain health maintenance organizations, S19273 [22DE], H14984 [18DE]

H.R. 1912, deter health care fraud and improve the administration of health benefit plans, E1309 [22JN]

H.R. 2249, Medicare Managed Health Care Sunshine Act, E1665 [5AU]

H.R. 2394, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, H9762 [10OC], H12124 [10NO]

H.R. 2418, DNA Identification Grants Improvement Act, H14320 [12DE]

H.R. 2425, medicare reform, H10388-H10440 [19OC]

H.R. 2522, Small Business Remediation Act, E2001 [24OC]

H.R. 2551, Gift of Life Congressional Medal Act, E2033 [26OC]

S. 7, Family Health Insurance Protection Act, S109-S121 [4JA]

S. 18, Health Care Assurance Act, S195-S209 [4JA]

S. 24, Civil Rights of Infants Act, S217 [4JA]

S. 42, termination of Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, S253 [4JA]

S. 59, Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act, S280 [4JA]

S. 60, Physical and Occupational Therapy Education Assistance Act, S281 [4JA]

S. 61, coverage of medicaid services provided by nursing school clinics under State programs, S282 [4JA]

S. 62, restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in outpatient rehabilitation facilities under medicare, S282 [4JA]

S. 63, improved medicare reimbursement for clinical social worker services, S283 [4JA]

S. 64, make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs, S283 [4JA]

S. 66, ensure social work students and schools are eligible for certain programs' support and grants, and establish a social work training program, S284 [4JA]

S. 68, authorize the appointment of health care professionals to the positions of Surgeon General of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, S285 [4JA]

S. 69, provide for certain payments under CHAMPUS to the extent that such expenses are not payable under medicare, S286 [4JA]

S. 78, Compassionate Pain Relief Act, S291 [4JA]

S. 79, funding mechanism for the American Samoa Nutritional Assistance Program, S292 [4JA]

S. 82, recruitment and retention of clinical and counseling psychologists, S293 [4JA]

S. 85, Long-Term Care Reform and Deficit Reduction Act, S298-S306 [4JA]

S. 96, studies and programs relative to traumatic brain injuries, S324 [4JA]

S. 111, increase tax deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, S345 [4JA]

S. 123, Environmental Risk Evaluation Act, S374 [4JA]

S. 142, Public Health Enhancement Act, S398-S401 [4JA]

S. 170, Comprehensive Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Act, S505 [5JA]

S. 171, Medicaid Substance Abuse Treatment Act, S506-S508 [5JA]

S. 184, Office for Rare Disease Research Act, S678 [9JA], S6946 [18MY]

S. 229, use of risk assessment and cost/benefit analyses in environmental decision making, S947 [13JA]

S. 245, Health Care Fraud Prevention Act, S1283-S1289 [20JA]

S. 262, increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, S1443 [24JA]

S. 266, Hawaiian prepaid health care services relative to ERISA, S1445 [24JA]

S. 294, Access to Affordable Health Care Act, S1762-S1786 [30JA]

S. 303, Biomaterials Access Assurance Act, S1854-S1856 [31JA]

S. 308, Health Partnership Act, S1923-S1943 [1FE]

S. 338, extend eligibility period for inpatient care to veterans exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards, S2055 [2FE]

S. 425, Dept. of Veterans Affairs establishment of mental illness research, education, clinical centers, S2762 [15FE]

S. 454, Health Care Liability Reform and Quality Assurance Act, S2864-S2869 [16FE]

S. 462, temporary suspension of EPA reformulated gasoline rules, S2969 [22FE]

S. 466, repeal rule of providing for the termination of Social Security benefits to the disabled upon marriage, S3057 [23FE]

S. 477, temporary suspension of EPA reformulated gasoline rules, S3222 [27FE]

S. 491, Medicare Diabetes Outpatient Self-Management Training Act, S3423 [2MR]

S. 524, Victims of Abuse Access to Health Insurance Act, S3752 [9MR]

S. 539, tax exemptions for health risk pools, S3811 [10MR]

S. 548, Women Veterans' Mammography Quality Standards Act, S3892 [14MR]

S. 569, Medicare Protection Act, S4101 [16MR]

S. 588, Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act, S4367 [22MR]

S. 592, Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act, S4371-S4374 [22MR]

S. 597, Medicare/Medicaid Solvency Act, S4380 [22MR]

S. 598, Tobacco Consumption Reduction and Health Improvement Act, S4382 [22MR]

S. 609, Health Care Quality and Fairness Act, S4509-S4515 [23MR]

S. 612, Veterans' Hospice Care Services Act, S4575-S4577 [24MR]

S. 613, VA State Health Care Reform Pilot Program Act, S4578-S4580 [24MR]

S. 615, Dept. of Veterans Affairs' outpatient medical services for former POW with disabilities, S4581 [24MR]

S. 634, State Medicaid Savings Incentive Act, S4723 [28MR]

S. 641, Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act reauthorization, S10760-S10766 [27JY], S15170-S15176 [13OC], H9062-H9067 [18SE]

S. 644, establishment of nonprofit research corporations at VA medical centers, S4806 [29MR]

S. 684, Parkinson's Research, Assistance, and Education Act, S5405 [6AP]

S. 697, Domestic Violence Identification and Referral Act, S5440 [6AP]

S. 716, waiver of anti-kickback statute for certain State medicaid demonstration projects and managed care programs, S5550 [7AP]

S. 717, extend period for issuance of select medicare policies, S5551 [7AP]

S. 725, Veterans Community-Based Care Act, S5676 [25AP]

S. 749, revise authority of the Center for Women Veterans of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S6090 [3MY]

S. 760, Medicare Commission Act, S6180 [4MY]

S. 785, reporting requirement of medicare trust fund trustees on projected financial imbalances, S6356 [9MY]

S. 794, Minor Use Crop Protection Act, S6520-S6522 [11MY]

S. 804, Tobacco Consumption Reduction and Health Improvement Act, S6689-S6691 [15MY]

S. 827, limit tax deduction for health care costs by employers who terminate promised retiree health benefits, S6916 [18MY]

S. 832, Medicare Dependent Hospital Relief Act, S7015 [19MY]

S. 839, Medicaid Managed Care Act, S7122-S7127 [22MY]

S. 904, Nutrition Assistance Reform Act, S8099-S8109 [9JN]

S. 918, Illegal Alien Benefits Prohibition Act, S8256 [13JN]

S. 933, national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S8506 [15JN]

S. 948, include organ donation forms and information in individual income tax refund payments, S8710 [20JN]

S. 957, Office of Surgeon General Termination Act, S8966 [23JN]

S. 963, Rural Health Improvement Act, S8999-S9001 [23JN]

S. 969, New Borns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act, S9176 [27JN]

S. 972, medicaid coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists, S9178 [27JN]

S. 991, Dept. of Veterans Affairs collection of copayments for provision of medical benefits and insurance company reimbursement, S9436 [29JN]

S. 992, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, S9439 [29JN]

S. 1024, Medicare Health Care Quality Act, S9802-S9805 [12JY]

S. 1035, Access to Medical Treatment Act, S10000 [14JY]

S. 1052, tax credit for clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions, S10427 [20JY]

S. 1074, lupus erythematosus research funding, S10730 [26JY]

S. 1088, Health Care Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act, S10879-S10886 [28JY]

S. 1107, Retiree Continuation Coverage Act, S11204 [2AU]

S. 1166, Food Quality Protection Act, S12261-S12269 [10AU]

S. 1180, substance abuse and mental health performance partnerships, S12280-S12289 [10AU]

S. 1181, Medicare PET Coverage Act, S12371 [11AU]

S. 1189, Hemophilia Relief Fund Act, S12383 [11AU]

S. 1191, Consumer Access to Prescription Drugs Act, S12389 [11AU]

S. 1197, facilitate the dissemination to physicians of scientific information on drug therapies and medical devices, S12401 [11AU]

S. 1214, Maternity Shelter Act, S12733 [6SE]

S. 1216, Compassion Credit Act, S12736 [6SE]

S. 1217, Medical Volunteer Act, S12736 [6SE]

S. 1249, tax treatment of medical savings accounts, S13663-S13667 [15SE]

S. 1251, National Fund for Health Research Act, S13730-S13733 [18SE]

S. 1255, Medicare Contractor Reform Act, S13740-S13742 [18SE]

S. 1265, Community Food Security Act, S14087 [21SE]

S. 1299, Bringing Opportunity To Our Small Business and Taxpayers Act, S14885-S14898 [10OC]

S. 1311, National Physical Fitness and Sports Foundation establishment, S15039 [11OC]

S. 1316, Safe Drinking Water Act amendments, S17700-S17719 [29NO], S17903-S17923 [4DE]

S. 1324, revise and extend organ and bone marrow donation and transplantation program, S15227-S15231 [17OC]

S. 1325, Medicare Whistleblower Act, S15233 [17OC]

S. 1345, improve Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs and benefits, S15347-S15353 [19OC]

S. 1359, Veterans Health Care Management and Contracting Flexibility Act, S15576 [24OC]

S. 1369, Medical Technology, Public Health, and Innovation Act, S16422-S16425 [31OC]

S. 1385, Colorectal Cancer Screening Act, S16627 [2NO]

S. 1405, Citizen Congress Act, S16828 [8NO]

S. 1423, Occupational Safety and Health Reform and Reinvention Act, S17345-S17347 [17NO]

S. 1436, Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facility Private Investment Act, S17781 [29NO]

S. 1437, Diabetes Research Act, S17782 [29NO]

S. 1442, National Center for Sickle Cell Disease Research establishment, S17924 [4DE]

S. 1448, Gay and Lesbian Youth Suicide Prevention Act, S18028 [5DE]

S. 1479, Acid Mine Drainage Abatement Act, S18663 [14DE]

S. Con. Res. 8, set accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women, S2890 [16FE]

S. Con. Res. 19, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 483, permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States, S9089, S9101 [26JN]

S. Res. 85, obstetrician-gynecologist services relative to Federal health care laws, S3682 [8MR]

S. Res. 108, National Atomic Veterans Day, S5454, S5520 [6AP]

S. Res. 144, national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S9466 [29JN]

S. Res. 159, tobacco health risks to children and application of excise taxes to decrease usage by minors, S11790 [7AU]

S. Res. 177, National Mammography Day, S14752 [29SE], S15312 [19OC]

S. Res. 188, National Drug Awareness Day, S16110 [27OC]

S. Res. 189, National Drug Awareness Day, S16428, S16440 [31OC]

Transcripts

Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare Ethics Advisory Board Meeting (1978), S2485-S2489 [10FE]

Marketing of Tobacco Products: ``A Current Affair'' (television program), H11908 [8NO]

Partial-Birth Abortions Hearing: Committee on the Judicary (House), S16763-S16774 [8NO]

Pharmaceutical Patent Extension: Lisa Meyers, NBC Nightly News, S15426 [23OC]