DISEASES related term(s) Centers for Disease Control; Health

Amendments

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

Housing: prevent persons with drug or alcohol problems from occupying units in housing projects for elderly families (H.R. 117), H10648 [24OC]

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

African AIDS Epidemic Creating a Society of Orphans—Hundreds of Thousands of Children Left Parentless as Scourge Sweeps the Continent, S4692 [28MR]

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

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

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

Brain Research Funding, S7219 [23MY]

Classes on AIDS Under Fire—Hill Probe Sought of Pro-Gay Slant, H4025 [30MR]

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

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

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

Member Spotlight—JoAnn Huff, E1843 [27SE]

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

Patient's Story, E1654-E1656 [5AU]

Rape Victim Sues BHA—Says Attacker Should Have Been Evicted, H10656 [24OC]

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

Special 9-Year-Old Touches a City's Heart, S6589 [12MY]

Study Backs Mammograms at 40, E755 [3AP]

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

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

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

What I Learned From My Daughter, E448 [27FE]

Bills and resolutions

AIDS: criminal penalties relative to intentional transmission (see H.R. 630), H537 [23JA]

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

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

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

Children and youth: health research (see H.R. 1735), H5608 [25MY]

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

Claims: 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]

Coal: 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]

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]

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

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

Fish and fishing: research and containment of whirling disease and other parasites (see S. 1019), S9638 [10JY]

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

———allow marketing of Sensor Pad medical device 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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Housing: prevent persons with drug or alcohol problems from occupying units in housing projects for elderly families (see H.R. 117), H166 [9JA]

Immigration: prohibit Federal benefits for illegal aliens (see H.R. 341), H173 [9JA]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

———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]

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

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

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

Myelogram-related arachnoiditis: legislative treatment (see H.R. 448), H179 [9JA]

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

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 Park Service: eradicate brucellosis afflicting the bison in Yellowstone National Park (see S. 745; H.R. 2136), S6082 [3MY], H7916 [27JY]

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]

Ovarian cancer: programs (see H.R. 1721), H5607 [25MY]

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

Parks and recreation areas: require camps to report on incidents of injuries and illnesses to Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 1194), H2988 [9MR]

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

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

Social Security: require States to permit a chronically-ill parent to appoint a standby guardian for a minor without surrendering parental rights (see H.R. 709), H802 [26JA]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tuberculosis: prevention, control, and elimination (see H.R. 1140), H2716 [6MR]

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

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

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

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]

Factsheets

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

Letters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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

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]

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

Susie Hamilton's battle with leukemia: Barbara Dennett, S6589 [12MY]

Lists

Group A Carcinogens: EPA, S1533 [25JA]

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

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]

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

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

Motions

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

Opinion polls

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

Poems

``Sometimes I Want To Cry,'' Porshia M. Zabala, E1277 [16JN]

Proclamations

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

Questions and answers

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

Remarks in House

AIDS: epidemic, H11758-H11762 [2NO]

———funding for Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS Program, E728 [29MR]

AIDS services programs: funding, H2380 [28FE]

Appropriations: funding for research of childhood diseases, H485 [23JA]

Army: funding for breast cancer research program, H8661 [7SE]

Beach, Peggy: Southeast Michigan March of Dimes Alexander Macomb Citizen of the Year award recipient, E1845 [27SE]

Black Lung Benefits Act: pneumoconiosis claims (H.R. 615), E146 [20JA]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H11566-H11572, H11576 [31OC], E1951 [17OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, H6259 [22JN]

Cancer Awareness Month: observance, E1062 [17MY]

Centers for Disease Control: funding for disease prevention and health promotion programs, H8249 [2AU]

Child Survival and Disease Fund: funding, H6349-H6354 [27JN]

Children's Wish Foundation International: tribute, E2075 [31OC]

Claims: 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]

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]

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]

———treatment of HIV-infected personnel, H14942, H14945 [15DE], E2417 [19DE]

Drugs: revise drug approval process, E1932 [12OC]

Families and domestic relations: require States to disclose the AIDS status of infants to legal guardians (H.R. 1289), H6675 [30JN]

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]

Federal employees: funding for nontechnical training, H7206-H7215 [19JY]

———HIV and AIDS training programs, E2096 [2NO]

Federal-State relations: exempt child immunization programs from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H937, H938 [31JA]

Food: use of chemical alar on apple crops, E562 [9MR]

Health: accessibility of alternative treatments and medicines (H.R. 2019), E1424 [12JY]

———awareness of group B streptococcus infection, E2226 [20NO]

———establish code of fair information practices (H.R. 435), E63 [9JA]

———operation of laboratories along Mexican border relative to public health functions (H.R. 574), E133 [19JA]

———prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (H.R. 1649), E1041 [16MY], E1115 [24MY]

———substance abuse and mental health performance partnerships (H.R. 2207), E1649 [5AU]

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]

———prevent persons with drug or alcohol problems from occupying units in housing projects for elderly families (H.R. 117), H10648-H10661 [24OC]

Insurance: cancer coverage reform, E2042 [26OC]

———coverage of clinical trials for treatment of cancer, E1815 [20SE]

Intercultural Cancer Council: tribute, E2204 [17NO]

Kerr, William A.: Myasthenia Gravis Association Celebration of Life and Services Award recipient, E789 [5AP]

Medicaid: prostate cancer screening (H.R. 780), H978 [1FE]

———screening mammography (H.R. 777), H978 [1FE]

Medicare: bone mass measurements (H.R. 2185), E1626 [4AU]

———colorectal screening (H.R. 922), E332 [13FE]

———colorectal screening (H.R. 1046), E1034 [15MY]

———hemodialysis standards for renal dialysis facilities (H.R. 1067), E446 [27FE]

———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]

———prostate cancer screening (H.R. 779), H978 [1FE]

———prostate cancer screening (H.R. 1496), H4339 [6AP]

———renal disease management services (H.R. 1068), E441 [27FE]

———screening mammography (H.R. 778), H978 [1FE]

My One Wish Foundation (organization): anniversary, E725 [29MR]

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 Dystonia Awareness Week: observance, H8912 [14SE], E1836 [25SE]

National Park Service: eradicate brucellosis afflicting the bison in Yellowstone National Park (H.R. 2136), E1542 [28JY]

New York, NY: anniversary of AIDS Service Center of Lower Manhattan, E2005 [24OC]

———tribute to El Regreso Foundation, E86 [11JA]

———tribute to Mount Sinai Hospital Sarcoidosis Clinic, E1657 [5AU]

NIH: biomedical research funding, E1909 [11OC]

———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]

Orlando, FL: Florida Hospital Walt Disney Memorial Cancer Institute groundbreaking ceremony, E1176 [8JN]

Santa Barbara, CA: tribute to Parent Project, E1523 [27JY]

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]

Taxation: credit for clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (H.R. 1566), E939 [3MY]

Tom Rogers Month: observance, H2994 [10MR]

Troy, MI: town meeting to learn about Alzheimer's disease, E2023 [24OC]

University of Colorado: tribute for mammography research, E755 [3AP]

Veterans: add bronchioloalveolar carcinoma to the list of service-connected diseases (H.R. 368), E45 [5JA]

———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]

Walsh, Rob: Cancer Care Center Community Service Award recipient, E1061 [17MY]

Remarks in Senate

Africa: humanitarian assistance for AIDS epidemic, S4692 [28MR]

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: minority health study funding, S14371 [27SE]

AIDS: effect of epidemic on individuals with hemophilia, S9793 [12JY], S10136 [17JY]

Alzheimer's disease: research, S9732 [12JY]

American Heart Month: observance, S3292 [28FE]

Breast cancer: development of a vaccine preventing a recurrence of breast cancer, S2529 [10FE]

———tribute to ``Race for the Cure'' fundraiser, S8293-S8296, S8302 [14JN]

Budget: reduction of low-priority domestic discretionary spending and application of savings to the NIH, S7439, S7440 [25MY]

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]

Chemicals: pesticide screening, S17750, S17751 [29NO]

Children and youth: Federal health initiatives, S6762 [16MY]

Claims: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (S. 1189), S12382-S12385 [11AU]

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]

Dept. of Defense: treatment of HIV-infected personnel, S18863 [19DE]

EPA: estrogenic chemicals screening program, S17749 [29NO]

———specify dangerous exposure levels of certain carcinogens, S1532-S1535 [25JA]

Federal employees: participation in AIDS training programs, S10715 [26JY]

Fish and fishing: research and containment of whirling disease and other parasites (S. 1019), S9639 [10JY]

Government regulations: promulgation of health and safety regulations, S9858-S9873 [13JY]

Health: accessibility of alternative treatments and medicines (S. 1035), S9999-S10002 [14JY]

———clinical lab standards, S16022 [27OC]

———establish a trust fund to reimburse Government health programs for expenses attributable to usage of tobacco products by individuals (S. 597), S4380 [22MR]

———funding for research on brain diseases and disorders, S7218-S7220 [23MY]

———human fetal tissue transplantation research practices, S6467 [10MY]

———prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (S. 170), S504, S509 [5JA]

———provide for the operation of laboratories to conduct certain public health operations near the U.S. border with Mexico (S. 835), S7017 [19MY]

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

———substance abuse and mental health performance partnerships (S. 1180), S12280 [10AU]

Immigration: prohibit Federal benefits for illegal aliens, S12898 [8SE], S13567-S13569 [14SE]

Indian Health Service: study on HIV and AIDS, S12035 [9AU]

Medicaid: alcoholism and drug dependency treatment services for pregnant women (S. 171), S504 [5JA]

Medicare: colorectal screening (S. 1178), S12275-S12277 [10AU]

———colorectal screening (S. 1385), S16627 [2NO]

———oral anticancer drugs, S15813, S15814 [26OC], S16060 [27OC]

———outpatient self-management training services for individuals with diabetes (S. 491), S3422 [2MR]

———reform, S13712 [18SE]

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

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: lupus erythematosus research funding (S. 1074), S10730 [26JY]

National Mammography Day: designate (S. Res. 177), S14753 [29SE], S15311, S15312 [19OC]

National Park Service: eradicate brucellosis afflicting the bison in Yellowstone National Park (S. 745), S6082 [3MY]

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 for diabetes-related research (S. 1437), S17782 [29NO]

Parkinson's disease: research programs (S. 684), S5404 [6AP], S5677 [25AP]

Persian Gulf Conflict: compensation for veterans and increased research relative to illnesses attributed to service during conflict, S3773 [10MR]

Pharmaceuticals: establish temporary program allowing the use of parenteral diacetylmorphine for intractable pain due to cancer (S. 78), S290 [4JA]

Postage stamps: issue in commemoration of breast cancer awareness, S8296 [14JN]

Prostate cancer: screening and drug treatments and expansion of research and education programs (S. 691), S5426 [6AP]

Public welfare programs: funding for State drug addiction and alcoholism treatment programs, S13628, S13634 [15SE]

Research: limitations on Federal funds for HIV/AIDS relative to cancer research funding, S10721 [26JY], S10757-S10759 [27JY]

States: require spousal notification of HIV/AIDS infected individuals, S10708 [26JY]

Taxation: credit for clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (S. 1052), S10426 [20JY]

Technology: intelligence community funding for the technology transfer for breast cancer research, S5531 [7AP]

Tobacco products: health risks to children and application of excise taxes to decrease usage by minors (S. Res. 159), S11790 [7AU]

University of Alabama at Birmingham: Comprehensive Cancer Center's cancer vaccine trials, S1732 [30JA]

Veterans: human radiation experiments, S17510 [20NO]

Women: accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women (S. Con. Res. 8), S2890 [16FE]

Zaire: effects of ebola virus, S9475 [29JN]

Reports

Brain Diseases and Disorders Research: DANA Alliance for Brain Initiatives (organization), S7219 [23MY]

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]

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]

National Mammography Day: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 177), S15337 [19OC]

Office for Rare Disease Research Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 184) (S. Rept. 104-79), S6168 [4MY]

Senior Citizen Housing Safety and Economic Relief Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 117) (H. Rept. 104-281), H10306 [18OC]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Performance Partnerships: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 1180) (S. Rept. 104-193), S18919 [19DE]

Statements

Cancer Understanding and Research Efforts: Zenia Kim, S13733 [18SE]

Colorectal Cancer Screening: American College of Physicians, S16628 [2NO]

Medicare Coverage of Colorectal Screening, S12276 [10AU]

Summaries

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act Reauthorization (S. 641), S4730 [28MR]

Comprehensive Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Act (S. 170), S508 [5JA]

Medicare Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Services (H.R. 1456), E812 [6AP]

Medicare/Medicaid Solvency Act (S. 597), S4381 [22MR]

Parkinson's Research, Assistance, and Education Act (S. 684), S5406 [6AP]

Revise and Extend Organ and Bone Marrow Donation and Transplantation Program (S. 1324), S15231 [17OC]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Performance Partnerships (S. 1180), S12289-S12290 [10AU]

Surveys

Medical Research and Health Care Concerns: Louis Harris & Associates, S13735 [18SE]

Tables

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act funding breakdown for fiscal year 1996, S10727 [26JY]

Testimonies

Health Care Quality: Karin Smith, S5797 [27AP]

Texts of

H.R. 117, Senior Citizen Housing Safety and Economic Relief Act, H10648-H10650 [24OC]

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. 1872, Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act reauthorization, H9050-H9057 [18SE]

S. 78, Compassionate Pain Relief Act, S291 [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. 491, Medicare Diabetes Outpatient Self-Management Training Act, S3423 [2MR]

S. 597, Medicare/Medicaid Solvency Act, S4380 [22MR]

S. 641, Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act reauthorization, S10760-S10766 [27JY], S15170-S15176 [13OC], H9062-H9067 [18SE]

S. 684, Parkinson's Research, Assistance, and Education Act, S5405 [6AP]

S. 745, eradicate brucellosis afflicting the bison in Yellowstone National Park, S6083 [3MY]

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. 1180, substance abuse and mental health performance partnerships, S12280-S12289 [10AU]

S. 1189, Hemophilia Relief Fund Act, S12383 [11AU]

S. 1216, Compassion Credit Act, S12736 [6SE]

S. 1251, National Fund for Health Research Act, S13730-S13733 [18SE]

S. 1324, revise and extend organ and bone marrow donation and transplantation program, S15227-S15231 [17OC]

S. 1385, Colorectal Cancer Screening Act, S16627 [2NO]

S. 1437, Diabetes Research Act, S17782 [29NO]

S. 1442, National Center for Sickle Cell Disease Research establishment, S17924 [4DE]

S. Con. Res. 8, set accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women, S2890 [16FE]

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]