NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

Amendments

Dept. of Agriculture: require a report on coordinated actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease (S. 700), S3623 [5AP]

Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (S. 1094), S12015 [16NO]

———expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (H.R. 717), S11926 [15NO], H8630 [29NO]

Health: embryonic stem cell research funding (S. 723), S6058 [11JN], S7597, S7598, S7599 [12JY], S8247 [25JY]

Articles and editorials

Cannibals to Cows—The Path of a Deadly Disease, S2317 [14MR]

Could Mad Cow Reach America?, S2316 [14MR]

Meat From Europe Is Banned by U.S. as Illness Spreads, S2318 [14MR]

No Letting Up on AIDS, S12259 [30NO]

Tuberculosis Threat, H4466 [24JY]

U.S. Adds to Ban on European Meats—Foot-and-Mouth Epidemic Is Cited, S2317 [14MR]

Bills and resolutions

Animals: establish a Federal task force to coordinate actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease (see S. 534), S2306 [14MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: require a report on coordinated actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease (see S. 700), S3436 [4AP] (see S. 708), S3530 [5AP]

Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see S. 1094), S6664 [22JN] (see H.R. 2629), H4633 [25JY]

———expand and intensify research regarding Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (see H.R. 3014), H6260 [3OC]

———expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H398 [14FE]

———expand research activities relative to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see S. 805), S4099 [1MY]

———increase activities carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIH relative to diabetes in minority populations (see H.R. 2232), H3259 [19JN] (see H.R. 2790), H5336 [2AU]

———increase Federal investment in research on cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and asthma, and continue increases in subsequent years (see H.R. 1144), H1059 [21MR]

———international tuberculosis control (see S. 1116), S6991 [27JN] (see H.R. 1168), H1112 [22MR]

Health: biomedical research funding (see S. Res. 19), S1271 [13FE] (see H. Res. 72), H507 [28FE]

———development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (see S. 1752), S12247 [30NO] (see H.R. 2405), H3804 [28JN]

———embryonic stem cell research funding (see S. 723), S3530 [5AP] (see H.R. 2059), H2888 [5JN]

National Cancer Institute: increase involvement of advocates in breast cancer research (see S. 261), S1063 [6FE]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 1297), H1344 [29MR]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see S. 830), S4246 [3MY] (see H.R. 1723), H1924 [3MY]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Eric R. Kandel, Paul Greengard, and Arvid Carlsson for physiology or medicine (see S. Res. 135), S7805 [17JY]

Office of Rare Diseases: establish (see S. 1379), S8911 [3AU]

Research: conduct or support research using certain human pluripotent stem cells (see H.R. 2838), H5405 [5SE]

———experimental program to stimulate competitive research (see H.R. 973), H874 [13MR]

———implement guidelines for research using human pluripotent stem cells (see H.R. 2747), H5334 [2AU]

Science: prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research (see H.R. 3495), H10066 [13DE]

———prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research and encourage equivalent restrictions by other countries (see H.R. 1372), H1409 [3AP]

Taxation: allow designation of income tax refunds for use in NIH biomedical research programs (see H.R. 1340), H1407 [3AP]

Uterine fibroids: research funding (see H.R. 1672), H1859 [2MY]

Excerpts

NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules, S7070-S7072 [28JN]

Letters

Embryonic stem cell research funding: several Senators, S9118 [5SE]

NIH Centers for Excellence funding, H1677 [1MY]

NIH stem cell research: President Bush, S6395 [19JN]

———several Senators, S6394 [19JN]

Lists

Diseases being addressed by NIH, S11159 [30OC]

Remarks in House

Budget: allocation of funds, H468 [28FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: require a report on coordinated actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease (S. 700), H2051-H2053 [9MY]

Diseases: autism diagnosis and intervention funding through reductions in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention communicable disease activities, H6651, H6652 [11OC]

———expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (H.R. 717), H5955-H5959, H5961 [24SE], E1762 [2OC]

———expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (H.R. 717), Senate amendment, H8630 [29NO]

———expand research activities relative to various forms of muscular dystrophy, E889 [22MY]

———HIV/AIDS research and prevention programs funding, H1848-H1855 [2MY]

———international tuberculosis control and Child Survival and Maternal Health Account funding through reductions in the Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding, H4464-H4479, H4485 [24JY]

———international tuberculosis control (H.R. 1168), H1503 [24AP]

———lupus research, education, and treatment funding, E831 [17MY]

Funding, E707 [2MY]

Health: biomedical research funding, E449 [27MR]

———development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (H.R. 2405), H3791 [28JN], E1265 [29JN]

———embryonic stem cell research funding, H3597 [26JN], H3623 [27JN], H3868, H3869, H3870, H3871, H3872, H3873 [11JY], H3964 [12JY], H4029, H4101 [17JY], H4119 [18JY], H4380 [23JY], H4435 [24JY], H4765 [27JY], H5327-H5329 [2AU], H6631, H6633 [11OC]

Lyme disease: research funding, E449 [27MR]

Mental health: autism research and educational programs funding, H1562 [25AP]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (H.R. 1297), E485 [29MR]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (H.R. 1723), H5376 [5SE]

Pharmaceuticals: reinstate reasonable pricing requirements for drugs developed with Federal funding or research, H6666 [11OC], E1881 [12OC]

———relationship between medical research institutes and for-profit companies relative to NIH research money and drug prices, H170 [6FE]

Science: prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research (H.R. 3495), E2303 [14DE]

———research programs funding, H1173 [27MR]

Remarks in Senate

Animals: establish a Federal task force to coordinate actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease (S. 534), S2316 [14MR]

Bush, President: nomination of individuals to fill positions at certain public health agencies, S11255 [31OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: require a report on coordinated actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease (S. 700), S3452, S3459 [4AP], S3634 [5AP]

———require a report on coordinated actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease (S. 708), S3699, S3709-S3711 [6AP]

Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (S. 1094), S6669 [22JN], S12015 [16NO]

———expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (H.R. 717), S11926 [15NO]

———expand research activities relative to various forms of muscular dystrophy (S. 805), S4115 [1MY], S4168 [2MY], S5531 [23MY], S5826 [5JN], S8056 [23JY]

———international tuberculosis control (S. 1116), S7001 [27JN]

Funding, S3400-S3402 [4AP]

Health: biomedical research funding, S3392 [4AP], S6565 [21JN]

———biomedical research funding (S. Res. 19), S1352 [13FE]

———development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (S. 1752), S12259, S12260 [30NO]

———embryonic stem cell research funding, S7846-S7851 [18JY], S9117 [5SE], S9209 [10SE], S11154 [30OC], S12024, S12025 [27NO], S13780 [20DE]

———embryonic stem cell research funding (S. 723), S3552-S3554 [5AP], S6393-S6395 [19JN]

———establish guidelines on embryonic stem cell research, S7846-S7851 [18JY]

———somatic cell nuclear transfer research funding, S12024, S12025 [27NO]

National Cancer Institute: increase involvement of advocates in breast cancer research (S. 261), S1082 [6FE]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (S. 830), S4265-S4267 [3MY]

NIH: study the effect on children and youth of exposure to violent entertainment relative to development and educational achievement, S4914-S4916 [15MY]

NSF: research programs funding, S8672 [2AU]

Office of Rare Diseases: establish (S. 1379), S8952 [3AU]

Paul G. Rogers Plaza: dedication, S4096 [1MY]

Science: research programs funding, S3483-S3486, S3489, S3519 [5AP]

Reports filed

Hematological Cancer Research Investment and Education Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1094), S11611 [8NO]

MD-CARE Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 717) (H. Rept. 107-195), H5404 [5SE]

———Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (H.R. 717), S11198 [30OC]

Rare Diseases Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1379) (S. Rept. 107-129), S13464 [18DE]

Testimonies

Biomedical Research: Marc Kirschner, Harvard University Medical School, E708 [2MY]

Mental Health Research Funding: Lydia Lewis, National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association, E596-E598 [24AP]

Texts of

H.R. 717, MD-CARE Act, H5955-H5957 [24SE]

S. 534, Mad Cow Prevention Act, S2316 [14MR]

S. 700, Animal Disease Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Control Act, H2051-H2053 [9MY]

S. 700, require a report on coordinated actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease, S3453 [4AP], S3634-S3636 [5AP]

S. 723, Stem Cell Research Act, S3553 [5AP]

S. 830, Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act, S4266 [3MY]

S. 1094, Hematological Cancer Research Investment and Education Act, S6669 [22JN], S12015 [16NO]

S. 1116, Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act, S7001 [27JN]

S. Res. 19, NIH biomedical research funding, S1351 [13FE]

S. Res. 135, recognition of Eric R. Kandel, Paul Greengard, and Arvid Carlsson for Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, S7824 [17JY]

Tributes

Rogers, Paul G., E937 [24MY]