DEATH AND DYING

Amendments

Assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing: prohibit Federal funding (S. 304), S1323 [12FE]

Articles and editorials

Brief Life That Changed Our Lives Forever, S6791 [27JN]

Drunk Driving Makes a Comeback, H2572 [13MY]

Just How Sick Was Rebecca Badger? Jack Kevorkian Helped End Her Life, and That's When the Questions Began, S3254 [16AP]

Terminal Illness Absent in Kevorkian Suicide, S3255 [16AP]

Wishes Do Come True for Kids, S7296 [11JY]

Bills and resolutions

Assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing: prohibit Federal funding (see S. 304; H.R. 1003), S1299 [12FE], H887 [11MR]

Dept. of Justice: treatment of certain immigration petitions relative to death of the petitioner or beneficiary (see H.R. 1961), H4085 [19JN]

———treatment of certain immigration petitions relative to the death of the beneficiary (see H.R. 2694), H9038 [22OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assign health care professionals to facilities in States in which they are licensed and follow State death certificate filing requirements (see H.R. 2338), H6704 [31JY]

Flag—U.S.: designate flagpole upon which U.S. flag is set at half-staff whenever a law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 47), H949 [12MR]

Hawaii: repatriation of certain Native American remains (see S. 110; H.R. 749), S161 [21JA], H585 [13FE]

Law enforcement officers: provide death benefits to retired public safety officers (see H.R. 1862), H3720 [11JN]

Medicare: provide for standard forms for medical necessity and terminal illness certifications (see H.R. 2633), H8633 [7OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: prohibit funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 868), H700 [27FE]

Mother Teresa: condolences on death (see H. Res. 226, 227), H7199 [10SE], H7262 [11SE]

Organ donors: establish congressional commemorative medal (see S. 636; H.R. 1505), S3550 [23AP], H2090 [30AP]

Pharmaceuticals: reporting requirements of deaths resulting from the prescribing, dispensing, and the administration of drugs (see H.R. 524), H283 [4FE]

Public Health Service Act: provide inclusive information service relative to certain diseases (see H.R. 482), H243 [21JA]

Railroads: modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower annuity (see H. Con. Res. 52), H1261 [20MR]

Social Security: treatment of final payment of benefits to surviving spouse or family members after death of beneficiary (see S. 1370; H.R. 2944), S11763 [5NO], H10419 [8NO]

SSA: require time limitation for the provision of death certificates by State and local governments to the Commissioner (see H.R. 2371), H6705 [31JY]

Suicide: recognize as a national problem (see H. Res. 212), H6706 [31JY]

Taxation: exclude from gross income pension benefits received by the survivors of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 921), H724 [4MR]

———treatment of benefits to retired coal miners (see S. 1105; H.R. 2231), S8532 [31JY], H5664 [23JY]

———treatment of employee death benefits (see H.R. 1514), H2155 [1MY]

———treatment of estate tax for family farms and small businesses (see S. 849; H.R. 1841, 1845), S5413 [9JN], H3659 [10JN]

———treatment of funeral trusts (see H.R. 479, 684), H243 [21JA], H452 [11FE]

Veterans: extend Dept. of Veterans Affairs authority to enter into enhanced-use leases for certain property and rename Court of Veterans Appeals and National Cemetery System (see H.R. 1092), H1111 [18MR]

World War II: burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine veterans (see S. 61), S160 [21JA]

Factsheets

Alcohol-Related Crash Deaths—General Population, E952 [19MY]

Letters

Analysis of workplace fatalities pertaining to alcohol and substance abuse: Katharine G. Abraham, BLS, S9782 [23SE]

Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act: Andrew Fois, Dept. of Justice, S3265 [16AP]

———Brian Lopina, Christian Coalition, S3258 [16AP]

———P. John Seward, AMA, S1303 [12FE], S3250 [16AP]

———Richard M. Doerflinger, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, S3250 [16AP]

———William J. Cox, Catholic Health Association, S3259 [16AP]

Remarks in House

Assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing: prohibit Federal funding (H.R. 1003), H1397-H1405 [10AP], E431 [11MR], E647 [14AP], E657 [15AP], E683 [16AP]

Children and youth: suicide rate, H952 [13MR]

Dept. of Justice: treatment of certain immigration petitions relative to death of the petitioner or beneficiary (H.R. 1961), E1265 [19JN]

Drunken driving: statistics relative to alcohol-related deaths on U.S. highways, H2570-H2576 [13MY], E952, E966 [19MY]

Families and domestic relations: designation of guardians for children in advance of parents death, H2033, H2034 [30AP]

Flag—U.S.: designate flagpole upon which U.S. flag is set at half-staff whenever a law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty (H. Con. Res. 47), H2780 [15MY]

Health: include organ donation forms and information in individual income tax refund payments, H7082, H7083 [9SE]

———organ donation awareness programs funding, H7143 [10SE]

Montgomery, AL: tribute to Montgomery Academy Forensics Team for receipt of Alabama Forensic Educators Association State Tournament award, E848 [6MY]

Mother Teresa: condolences on death (H. Res. 227), H7248-H7253 [11SE]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: observance, E757 [24AP]

Organ donors: encourage, H5027 [10JY]

———establish congressional commemorative medal (H.R. 1505), E727 [23AP], E804 [30AP]

Public Health Service Act: provide inclusive information service relative to certain diseases, E2388 [13NO]

Roads and highways: fatalities due to increased speed limits, E1486 [23JY]

Suicide: recognize as a national problem (H. Res. 212), E1600 [1AU]

Taxation: exclude from gross income pension benefits received by the survivors of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty (H.R. 921), H2648 [14MY], E368 [4MR]

———treatment of estate tax for family farms and small businesses, H3219 [3JN], H3666 [11JN], H3724, H3725 [12JN], H3909-H3916 [18JN], H4699 [26JN], H4845, H4891 [8JY], H6640 [31JY], E1394 [10JY], E1466 [22JY]

———treatment of estate tax for family farms and small businesses (H.R. 1845), E1174 [10JN]

———treatment of funeral trusts (H.R. 684), E224 [12FE]

Veterans: extend Dept. of Veterans Affairs authority to enter into enhanced-use leases for certain property and rename Court of Veterans Appeals and National Cemetery System (H.R. 1092), H1568-H1571 [16AP]

Remarks in Senate

Assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing: prohibit Federal funding (H.R. 1003), S3249-S3266 [16AP]

———prohibit Federal funding (S. 304), S1300-S1305 [12FE], S1729 [27FE]

BLS: analysis of workplace fatalities pertaining to alcohol and substance abuse, S9782 [23SE]

Centers for Disease Control: suicide prevention initiative funding, S9113 [11SE]

Diseases: funding for affordable drug program for the terminally ill, S7849 [22JY]

Hawaii: repatriation of certain Native American remains (S. 110), S491 [21JA]

Kids, Inc.: tribute, S7296 [11JY]

Missouri: tribute to law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, S4497 [14MY]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: observance, S3399 [22AP]

Organ donors: establish congressional commemorative medal (S. 636), S3557 [23AP]

Social Security: treatment of final payment of benefits to surviving spouse or family members after death of beneficiary (S. 1370), S11764 [5NO]

Taxation: exclude from gross income pension benefits received by the survivors of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, S6703 [27JN]

———treatment of benefits to retired coal miners (S. 1105), S8566, S8567 [31JY], S10487 [7OC]

———treatment of estate tax for family farms and small businesses, S5900 [18JN], S6050 [23JN], S6470 [26JN], S8454 [31JY]

———treatment of estate tax for family farms and small businesses (S. 849), S5413 [9JN]

World War II: burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine veterans (S. 61), S437 [21JA]

Reports filed

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Entrance Into Enhanced-Use Leases for Certain Property and Renaming of Court of Veterans Appeals and National Cemetery System: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1092) (H. Rept. 105-47), H1390 [9AP]

Prohibit Federal Funding for Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, or Mercy Killing: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1003) (H. Rept. 105-46), H1337 [8AP]

Statements

Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act (H.R. 1003): OMB, S3264 [16AP]

Philosophy About Death: Dale Johnson, E1713 [10SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 227, condolences on death of Mother Teresa, H7248 [11SE]

H.R. 1003, Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act, H1397-H1399 [10AP]

H.R. 1092, Dept. of Veterans Affairs authority to enter into enhanced-use leases for certain property and rename Court of Veterans Appeals and National Cemetery System, H1568-H1570 [16AP]

H.R. 1505, establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors, E728 [23AP]

H.R. 1961, treatment of certain immigration petitions relative to death of the petitioner or beneficiary, E1266 [19JN]

S. 110, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act amendments, S491 [21JA]

S. 304, Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act, S1301 [12FE]