HEALTH related term(s) Diseases

Addresses

Impact of Terrorist Attacks on New York, NY, Hospitals and Mental Health: Herb Pardes, E2147 [28NO]

Amendments

Afghanistan: provide educational and health care assistance to women and children (S. 1573), S11921, S11963 [15NO]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S12458 [5DE], S12779 [10DE], S12834, S12870, S12871, S12970, S12983 [11DE], S13001, S13020, S13032, S13037, S13038, S13039, S13058, S13059, S13060, S13063, S13064, S13065, S13066, S13067, S13068, S13069 [12DE], S13087, S13093, S13102, S13104, S13110, S13158, S13159, S13168, S13171, S13172, S13175, S13176, S13177, S13178, S13179, S13181, S13182, S13183, S13184, S13188, S13192, S13193, S13194, S13196, S13197, S13198, S13199, S13201, S13202, S13203, S13204, S13221, S13222, S13223, S13224 [13DE], S13247, S13251, S13259, S13260, S13265, S13305, S13307, S13308, S13309 [14DE], S13359 [17DE], S13471, S13472, S13474, S13475, S13476, S13477, S13478, S13488, S13489, S13498, S13499, S13500, S13501, S13502, S13503, S13504, S13505, S13507, S13592, S13639 [18DE], S13649, S13713, S13757, S13758, S13759, S13760 [19DE]

———strengthen producers' safety net, enhance resource conservation and rural development, fund farm credit, agricultural research, nutrition, and related programs, and ensure consumers abundant food and fiber (S. 1628), S12058 [27NO]

China, Republic of: participation in WHO (H.R. 428), S4584 [9MY], H2168 [15MY]

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]

EPA: provide grants to drinking water and wastewater facilities to meet immediate security needs (S. 1608), S14061 [20DE]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7155 [29JN]

Insurance: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5247, H5262, H5276 [2AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6548, S6582, S6622 [21JN], S6633, S6634, S6671 [22JN], S6856, S6865 [25JN], S6895, S6902, S6909, S6930, S6931, S6933, S6934 [26JN], S6961, S6964, S7003, S7004, S7005, S7006, S7007 [27JN], S7016, S7026, S7040, S7043, S7045, S7046, S7053, S7055, S7056, S7058, S7062, S7064, S7066, S7073, S7114, S7117, S7118, S7119, S7120, S7121, S7122, S7123 [28JN], S7129, S7132, S7138, S7142, S7146, S7149, S7155, S7158, S7160, S7161, S7162, S7163, S7164, S7262, S7263, S7281, S7282 [29JN]

Mental health: provide assistance to individuals affected by terrorist attacks (S. 1729), S13066, S13076 [12DE]

National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month: designate (S. Res. 147), S9859, S9933 [26SE]

National Community Health Center Week: establish (S. Con. Res. 59), S8979, S9000 [3AU]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 138), S9008 [3AU]

National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 55), S3356, S3357 [3AP]

Pharmaceuticals: improve safety and efficacy for children (S. 838), S10816, S10844, S10848 [18OC]

Public Health Service Act: clarify and improve provisions regarding emergencies (S. 1650), S13059 [12DE]

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

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), H4930, H4931 [31JY]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S11678, S11729, S11730 [13NO], S11795, S11796, S11833, S11855, S11856, S11860, S11861, S11862, S11863, S11864 [14NO], S11891, S11893, S11960, S11961, S11963 [15NO], S12013 [16NO], S12058 [27NO], H6920 [16OC], H7260 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration (H. Res. 270), H7234 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H10867 [19DE]

Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), S13997 [20DE]

Analyses

Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Reform Act (H.R. 297), E68 [30JA]

Child Protection/Alcohol and Drug Partnership Act (S. 484), S1996 [7MR]

Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development Act (H.R. 3178), H10189 [18DE]

Appointments

Commission on Indian and Native Alaskan Health Care, S3357 [3AP], S5802 [26MY]

Conferees: H.R. 3448, Bioterrorism Preparedness Act, S13911 [20DE]

National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, S1790 [1MR], H1944 [8MY]

Articles and editorials

AIDS Sweeping Eastern Europe, H8631 [29NO]

Amazing Vanishing Embryo Trick, H4936 [31JY]

``And What Did You Do for Someone Today?'', S6598 [21JN]

Answer the Wake-Up Call From Our Children, E573 [5AP]

``Assisted Living'' Firm Prospers by Housing a Frail Population, E135-E137 [7FE]

Assuring Home Health Care, E1557 [3AU]

Blame Congress for HMOs, E226 [27FE]

Boost That Goes Nowhere, S13884 [20DE]

Buying and Selling of Women's Eggs Raise Fears of Bidding Wars, S12033 [27NO]

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

Children of Denial—Recent Advances in End-of-Life Care Haven't Reached the Youngest Patients, S6955-S6957 [27JN]

Chill Out—Anthrax Isn't That Risky, E2151 [28NO]

Cloning Overkill, H4940 [31JY]

Cloning's Big Test, E1509 [2AU]

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

County Juggles Marijuana Policies in Mendocino, It's Citizens vs. DEA, H4192 [18JY]

Cypriot Researcher Sees Human Clone in Four Months, S11322 [1NO]

Day in the Life of Emily Ross, E889 [22MY]

Dead Wrong on AIDS, E1164 [20JN]

Democrats Set Stimulus Hurdle—Senators Require Supermajority, S12604 [7DE]

Despite Legal Victory, South Africa Hesitates on AIDS Drugs, H1528 [24AP]

First Primate Embryos Cloned, S11323 [1NO]

Flatlining, the Coming Collapse of Managed Care and the Only Way Out, E875-E877 [21MY]

``Full Disclosure'' Standard in TMJ Approval Opens New FDA Era, H3760 [28JN]

Get Tougher on Mad Cow Disease Rules, E95 [1FE]

Global AIDS Strategy May Prove Elusive—More Funds Available, but Consensus Lacking, H1529 [24AP]

Ground Zero, E1577 [5SE]

Half-Lives, Half Measures, S2381 [15MR]

HHS Set To Order Smallpox Vaccine for All Americans, S11751 [14NO]

High-Tech Stealth Being Used To Sway Doctor Prescriptions, E1422 [25JY]

House GOP Ponders Scaled-Back Version of Stimulus Package, S12829 [11DE]

How $40 Million More Can Aid Addicts, H3191 [14JN]

Human Cloning—Brave New Mistake, S12223 [30NO]

Ill Uranium Miners Left Waiting as Payments for Exposure Lapse, S3145 [29MR]

Jim Conte Leading To Make a Difference, E309 [7MR]

Know Your Customer, E172 [13FE]

Learn From Haiti, H9105 [11DE]

Let Yankee Tourists Shower Dollars on Cuba's Poor, S1633 [27FE]

Longer Lines for Flu Shots—Increase Attributed in Part to Anxiety About Anthrax, S11991 [16NO]

Lure of Ecstasy, H3194-H3196 [14JN]

Mask Comes Off, S2891 [26MR]

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

Meet Patriotic Pork, S11778 [14NO]

Monkey Test Breakthrough Brings Human Clones Closer, S11322 [1NO]

Monkey Tests Raise Human Clone Fears, S11322 [1NO]

New Dance of the Crackpots, S11778 [14NO]

New Tools May Make Heart-Bypass Surgery Quicker and Less Risky, E995 [26MY]

Nightmare of a Bill, H4927 [31JY]

Nkosi Johnson, 12, Dies; S. African AIDS Activist—Boy Born With HIV Urged Openness, H2880 [5JN]

No Letting Up on AIDS, S12259 [30NO]

Now Is the Time, S1319 [13FE]

Onward and Outward! an Update From Emily Ross, E889 [22MY]

OSHA Determined To Rush Rules Into Effect, S1871 [6MR]

Patient Doctor, E2294 [14DE]

Patient Rights Get Some Life, S6431 [19JN]

Patients' Bill of Rights Not End-All to Health Care Issues, S7142 [29JN]

President Daschle, S13889 [20DE]

Raids Reveal Fake Homes Filled With Marijuana Farms, H4191 [18JY]

Research Is Newest `Cure-All' Craze, H4940 [31JY]

Rifle and the Veil, S11106 [25OC]

Roll Back the OSHA Work Rules, S1886 [6MR]

Scientist Says First Human Clone Is Near, S11322 [1NO]

Scientists Say ``Therapeutic Cloning'' Creates a Human Embryo, H4936 [31JY]

Senator Who Has Met a Payroll, S10978 [24OC]

Shame in the House, E1959 [30OC]

Shopping for 2002 Votes, Dems, GOP Raid Surplus—Despite Signs of Economic Recovery, Congress Insists on `Stimulus', S13885 [20DE]

Silver Lining, S11777 [14NO]

Social Security Checks Late, Recipients Say, S11751 [14NO]

Special-Interest Payback—Crisis Becomes Excuse To Raid Federal Till for Favored Groups, H7307 [24OC]

State Department Fears Another Anthrax-Tainted Letter, S11751 [14NO]

Stem Cell Injection Helps Mice To Walk Again as Scientists Fight for Funding, H4912-H4914 [31JY]

Stimulus Fiasco, S13885 [20DE]

Stressed Politics, S1886 [6MR]

Students Describe Smoking Dangers—La Joya Shows Project Created by Three Mt. Whitney DECA Students, E608 [24AP]

Succumbing to Alzheimer's—In the Hands of the VA, a Declining Father Got Genuine Care, S3914 [25AP]

Team Uses Primate's Own Cells To Repair Spinal Cord Injury, H4912 [31JY]

Timeout for the Uninsured, S4135, S4169 [2MY]

Tom Daschle Isn't the Problem, S12827 [11DE]

Toughest Device Approval Clears Last of Embattled Firm's Implants, H3761 [28JN]

Tuberculosis Threat, H4466 [24JY]

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

U.S. Agricultural Bill Will Go Against the Grain Worldwide—Proposals To Increase Subsidies for Farmers Could Violate WTO Rules, S13917 [20DE]

VA System Quietly Becoming Model for Health Care, S7801 [17JY]

Vt. Teen's Death Ruled Homicide, S1320 [13FE]

Weighing Patient's Rights, S6942 [27JN]

Winkenwerder Top Healthcare Official for Defense Department, E2167 [29NO]

Y2K—A Legacy of the Country Doctors, E500-E502 [29MR]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (see H.R. 78), H27 [3JA] (see H.J. Res. 10), H223 [7FE] (see H.J. Res. 20), H399 [14FE]

———eliminate prohibitions on the transmission of abortion related material (see H.R. 1346), H1407 [3AP]

———prohibit certain late-term abortions (see H.R. 2702), H5125 [1AU] (see H.R. 3243), H7909 [7NO]

———prohibit gender-based occurrences (see S. 76), S99 [22JA]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see S. 1373), S8911 [3AU] (see H.R. 2763), H5335 [2AU]

———provide freedom of choice to military personnel serving overseas (see H.R. 1350), H1408 [3AP] (see H.R. 2866), H5455 [6SE]

Afghanistan: provide educational and health care assistance to women and children (see S. 1573), S11105 [25OC] (see H.R. 3304), H8248 [15NO] (see H.R. 3330), H8337 [16NO]

———tribute to organizations led by Afghan women that are providing humanitarian services and inclusion of women in any newly established Government (see H. Res. 281), H7909 [7NO]

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see S. Con. Res. 53), S6602 [21JN] (see H. Con. Res. 102), H1487 (see H. Con. Res. 102), H1499 [4AP]

African Americans: provide for a health initiative to establish demonstration projects that direct health campaigns toward high-risk populations (see H.R. 1218), H1188 [27MR]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: amend relative to voluntary early retirement benefits and medical benefits (see H.R. 2558), H4216 [18JY]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (see S. 1731), S12054 [27NO]

———prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 1421), H1483 (see H.R. 1421), H1493 [4AP]

———prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory livestock (see S. 267), S1063 [6FE]

———strengthen producers' safety net, enhance resource conservation and rural development, fund farm credit, agricultural research, nutrition, and related programs, and ensure consumers abundant food and fiber (see S. 1628), S11413 [2NO]

AID: clarify process of providing education and related services to foreign law enforcement and military personnel to prevent and control HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (see H.R. 2104), H2997 [7JN]

———congressional disapproval of rule restoring international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (see S.J. Res. 9), S2583 [20MR]

———establish a Clean Water for the Americas Partnership (see S. 1168), S7589 [12JY]

Air Force: provide for the Air Force Assistant Surgeon General for Dental Services to serve in the grade of major general (see H.R. 2214), H3258 [19JN]

Air pollution: improve indoor air quality in schools and other buildings (see H.R. 3532), H10909 [19DE]

Albania: authorize assistance to establish a water treatment plant in Tirana (see H.R. 2425), H3805 [28JN]

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]

Armed Forces: allow members to sue the U.S. for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care (see H.R. 2684), H4948 [31JY]

———alternative financing mechanism for TRICARE program (see H.R. 587), H323 [13FE]

———authorize the use of military recreational facilities by any veteran with a compensable service-connected disability (see H.R. 1233), H1188 [27MR]

———carry out study on the extent of coverage of members of the Selected Reserves under health benefits plans (see S. 1119), S7083 [28JN]

———eliminate requirement that covered beneficiaries obtain a nonavailability-of-health-care statement relative to obstetrics and gynecological care for a pregnancy (see H.R. 1511), H1498 [4AP]

———eliminate requirement that covered beneficiaries obtain nonavailability-of-health-care statements relative to obstetrics and gynecological care for pregnancies (see S. 1096), S6862 [25JN]

———expand eligibility for participation by members of the Selected Reserve and their dependents in the TRICARE program (see H.R. 2332), H3711 [27JN]

———integrate Individual Case Management Program beneficiaries into the TRICARE program (see S. 1402), S9123 [5SE] (see H.R. 2987), H6136 [2OC]

———provide health care coverage to National Guard and reserve components members following an extended deployment (see S. 1250), S8280 [26JY]

———require executive agencies to pay the premiums for coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for certain reservists called or ordered to active duty (see H.R. 1243), H1188 [27MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see S. 278), S1122 [7FE] (see H.R. 179), H61 [6JA]

———revise the computation of military disability retired pay for certain members injured while a cadet or midshipman at a service academy (see H.R. 2685), H4948 [31JY]

———use of military health care system and commissary stores by unremarried former spouses of members (see H.R. 288), H110 [30JA]

———waive Medicare part B penalty for military retirees who enroll in TRICARE program (see H.R. 997), H876 [13MR]

Army Nurse Corps: centennial (see S. Con. Res. 5), S707 [30JA]

Aviation: facilitate the voluntary provision of emergency services during commercial air flights (see S. 1458), S9741 [24SE]

———provide for monitoring of aircraft air quality and require air carriers to address complaints and maintain records associated with aircraft air quality (see S. 1019), S6127 [12JN] (see H.R. 2158), H3149 [13JN]

Bipartisan Commission on Social Security Reform: establish (see H.R. 14), H25 [3JA]

Bronx, NY: authorize Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical center renovation project (see H.R. 2607), H4539 [24JY]

Budget: remove the Medicare Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund from the budget and remove Social Security and Medicare from budget pronouncements (see H.R. 1207), H1121 [26MR]

Bureau of Justice Statistics: establish a task force to gather information about, study, and report on incidents of abandonment of infant children (see H.R. 71), H27 [3JA]

Business and industry: allow a grace period for payment of bills by consumers whose mail service has been disrupted due to hazardous substance attacks (see H.R. 3217), H7717 [1NO] (see H.R. 3251), H7909 [7NO]

———establish a statute of repose for durable goods (see H.R. 940), H825 [8MR]

———require certain parent corporations of Federal contractors to provide health care benefits to retired employees of the contractor (see H.R. 1691), H1860 [2MY]

Capital punishment: prohibit the execution of pregnant women (see H.R. 1595), H1657 [26AP]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: award a grant to create and maintain a website with information on bioterrorism (see S. 1548), S10693 [15OC]

———design, construct, and equip new facilities and renovate existing facilities to improve response to bioterrorism (see H.R. 3219), H7717 [1NO]

———vaccination activities funding for at-risk adults and adolescents in medically disadvantaged areas (see H.R. 2598), H4428 [23JY]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see S. 1626), S11362 [1NO]

———amend certain laws relative to pediatric studies of drugs (see H.R. 3047), H6379 [4OC]

———assist States and communities in developing a comprehensive approach to helping small children who have been exposed to domestic violence or violence in the community (see S. 1862), S13943 [20DE]

———carry out programs to prevent and manage asthma, allergies, and related respiratory problems and establish a pest control services tax credit for low-income multifamily residential housing (see H.R. 2288), H3465 [21JN]

———ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (see S. 940), S5542 [23MY] (see H.R. 1990), H2710 [24MY]

———ensure that children at highest risk for asthma, vision, hearing, and other health problems are identified and treated (see S. 1012), S6055 [11JN]

———establish national policy on youth development (see S. 1005), S5967 [7JN] (see H.R. 17), H25 [3JA]

———establish standards to improve children's health quality in managed care plans and other health plans (see S. 1070), S6518 [20JN]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (see S. 1000), S5967 [7JN] (see H.R. 2097), H2997 [7JN]

———increase the availability and quality of child care for disabled children (see H.R. 2787), H5336 [2AU]

———meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth (see H.R. 2198), H3202 [14JN]

———mental health services (see H.R. 75), H27 [3JA]

———protect infants who are born alive (see S. 1050), S6318 [14JN] (see H.R. 2175), H3201 [14JN]

———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see S. 866), S4822 [10MY] (see H.R. 1509), H1497 [4AP]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3469), H10054 [12DE]

———reduce impact and provide appropriate services for children experiencing or exposed to domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking (see S. 1483), S10058 [2OC]

———require lead poisoning screening and treatment for enrollees in Head Start programs and WIC (see S. 1469), S9874 [26SE]

———require lead poisoning screening and treatment for enrollees in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 1471), S9874 [26SE]

———require lead poisoning screening for enrollees in certain Federal programs (see H.R. 2788), H5336 [2AU]

———require posting of CPSC safety standards in child care centers and require a Dept. of HHS report with recommendations to promote compliance with such standards (see H.R. 367), H164 [31JA]

Children's Vision Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 226), H5338 [2AU]

China, Republic of: endorse and obtain observer status at the World Health Assembly summit in Switzerland (see H.R. 2739), H5334 [2AU]

———participation in WHO (see H.R. 428), H219 [7FE]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 197), H4634 [25JY]

Civil rights: protect (see S. 19), S97 [22JA]

———protect first amendment rights relative to abortion and reproductive services (see H.R. 185), H62 [6JA]

COBRA: extend the basic period for health care continuation, further extend coverage for individuals age 55 or older, and provide for a refundable tax credit for premiums (see H.R. 2005), H2710 [24MY]

Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st Century: extend and make technical corrections to legislation governing the Commission (see H.R. 1850), H2183 [15MY]

Committee on Medical Research (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 232), H5339 [2AU]

Congress: commend the staffs of Members of Congress, the Capitol Police, the Office of the Attending Physician, and others for their response to the release of anthrax in Senator Daschle's office (see S. Res. 187), S12447 [5DE]

Constitutional amendments: right to high quality health care (see H.J. Res. 29), H649 [6MR]

Consumers: reduce paperwork and improve payment policies for services, and prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider education (see H.R. 1128), H1011 [20MR]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 104), S100 [22JA] (see H.R. 1111), H1011 [20MR]

Contracts: require managed care organizations to contract with providers in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 2743), H5334 [2AU]

Correctional institutions: authorize funding for successful reentry of criminal offenders into local communities (see S. 194), S636 [29JA]

———jail-based substance abuse treatment programs funding (see S. 146), S456 [23JA]

Courts: allow clinical social workers to perform psychiatric examinations on certain criminals (see S. 59), S99 [22JA]

———limit class action litigation relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S7057 [28JN]

———limit medical malpractice claims (see H.R. 1639), H1659 [26AP] (see H.R. 2103), H2997 [7JN]

———provide for health care liability reform (see S. 1370), S8911 [3AU]

———provide limits on contingency fees in health care liability actions (see H.R. 2463), H3959 [11JY]

———provide that the inferior courts do not have jurisdiction to hear abortion-related cases (see H.R. 2875), H5487 [10SE]

———restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 429), H219 [7FE]

CPSC: increase civil and criminal penalties imposed against companies that fail to report information on defective or dangerous products (see H.R. 2993), H6136 [2OC]

Credit: prohibit creditors from penalizing consumers with late fees, increased interest rates, or adverse credit reports, whose mail service has been disrupted due to hazardous substance attacks (see H.R. 3175), H7357 [29OC]

Crime: improve capacity and commitment of local communities to prevent and reduce crime, violence, and substance abuse (see H.R. 3579), H10964 [20DE]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H221 [7FE]

———prohibit unauthorized trafficking in personal DNA information (see H.R. 3266), H7959 [8NO]

———protect civil rights of victims of gender-motivated violence and create employer liability for negligent conduct resulting in a gender-motivated crime of violence on employer-controlled premises (see H.R. 284), H110 [30JA]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions and certain trade sanctions (see S. 171), S527 [24JA] (see S. 239), S1012 [1FE]

———make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines, and goods and services intended for children, lift travel restrictions, and provide scholarships for certain Cuban nationals (see S. 1017), S6127 [12JN] (see H.R. 2138), H3067 [12JN]

———make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, lift travel restrictions, and allow cash remittances to Cuban citizens (see S. 402), S1616 [27FE] (see H.R. 797), H507 [28FE]

Defibrillation programs: provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (see S. 1275), S8464 [31JY] (see H.R. 3462), H10054 [12DE]

Dental health: improve access to oral health care by strengthening the dental workforce in rural and underserved communities (see S. 971), S5694 [25MY] (see S. 998), S5967 [7JN]

Denver, CO: transfer the Denver Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center to Aurora, CO (see S. 1411), S9197 [6SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: consolidate and revise authority on animal health protection (see S. 1482), S10058 [2OC] (see H.R. 2002), H2710 [24MY]

———prohibit the issuance of quality grade labels on imported meat products (see S. 544), S2388 [15MR]

———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]

———require report on effects of methyl bromide on the ozone layer prior to implementing certain reductions on production and consumption (see H.R. 2084), H2955 [6JN]

Dept. of Defense: allow Medicare-eligible military health care system beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 779), H506 [28FE]

———develop inventory of sites within former military ranges containing unexploded ordnance or other abandoned munitions that pose health or safety threats and improve public awareness of such sites (see H.R. 2605), H4539 [24JY]

———expand range maintenance program for removal of unexploded ordnance and munitions from certain military training ranges to include underwater portions of live impact areas (see H.R. 3212), H7717 [1NO]

———making urgent supplemental appropriations for the Defense Health Program (see S. 394), S1616 [27FE]

———require all defense-related agencies of the U.S. to fully comply with Federal and State environmental laws (see H.R. 2154), H3149 [13JN]

Dept. of HHS: address health care needs of residents of U.S.-Mexico border area (see S. 1878), S13943 [20DE]

———antimicrobial resistance activities in the interagency public health action plan (see H.R. 1771), H2081 [9MY]

———award grants to public and private entities to establish or expand teenage pregnancy prevention programs (see H.R. 3581), H10964 [20DE]

———disapprove rule relative to confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (see H.J. Res. 38), H955 [15MR]

———establish a tolerance level for the presence of methylmercury in seafood (see S. 555), S2388 [15MR]

———establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H394 [14FE]

———establish an Office on Women's Health (see S. 946), S5615 [24MY] (see H.R. 1784), H2082 [9MY]

———establish and maintain a panel to provide expert scientific recommendations in the field of cell development (see H.R. 2863), H5455 [6SE]

———establish Office of Correctional Health (see H.R. 2422), H3805 [28JN]

———make grants to designated eligible entities for the design and implementation of innovative models of patient care that are conducive to retention and recruitment of nurses (see H.R. 3472), H10055 [12DE] (see H.R. 3589), H10965 [20DE]

———make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment efforts under State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 1390), S8911 [3AU]

———make matching grants available to States to encourage the establishment of license plate programs to fund breast cancer treatment, research, and education (see H.R. 1295), H1343 [29MR]

———prepare and publish annually a consumer guide to prescription drug prices (see H.R. 2660), H4724 [26JY]

———provide grants to communities to strengthen the effectiveness, efficiency, and coordination of services for the uninsured and underinsured (see H.R. 504), H222 [7FE]

———require certification for possession of dangerous biological agents and toxins by research facilities (see S. 1661), S11612 [8NO] (see H.R. 3306), H8248 [15NO]

———require recreational camps to report information concerning deaths and certain injuries and illnesses (see H.R. 2451), H3861 [10JY]

———revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (see S. 1833), S13300 [14DE] (see H.R. 3504), H10173 [17DE]

Dept. of HUD: conduct a study of developing residential mortgage programs that provide low-cost health insurance in connection with low-cost mortgages (see H.R. 1222), H1188 [27MR]

———evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards at public elementary schools and licensed child day-care facilities (see H.R. 2034), H2847 [25MY]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (see S.J. Res. 6), S1747 [1MR] (see H.J. Res. 35), H740 [7MR]

———congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), consideration (see H. Res. 79), H647 [6MR]

Dept. of Transportation: enhance authorities relating to emergency preparedness grants (see S. 1820), S13145 [13DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: add amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to diseases presumed to be service connected when incurred by Persian Gulf Conflict veterans (see H.R. 3461), H10054 [12DE]

———allow the sworn affidavit of a veteran who served in combat during the Korean War or an earlier conflict to be accepted as proof of service connection for certain diseases and injuries (see H.R. 843), H623 [1MR]

———authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (see S. 1280), S8464 [31JY] (see H.R. 811), H621 [1MR]

———authorize projects to facilitate the treatment of veterans with Alzheimer's disease (see H. Res. 29), H221 [7FE]

———clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see S. 409), S1699 [28FE] (see H.R. 612), H393 [14FE]

———dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 1136), H1012 [20MR] (see H.R. 1717), H1923 [3MY]

———eligibility of retired members of the Armed Forces for priority health care on the same basis as former POWs (see H.R. 2711), H5125 [1AU]

———enhance authority to recruit and retain nurses, establish an additional basis for determining inability of veterans to defray expenses of medical care, and enhance certain health care programs (see H.R. 3447), H9239 [11DE]

———enhance authority to recruit and retain qualified nurses for the Veterans Health Administration (see S. 1188), S7805 [17JY] (see H.R. 3017), H6260 [3OC]

———enhance provision of specialized treatment and rehabilitation for disabled veterans (see S. 1598), S11286 [31OC]

———enhance the assurance of efficiency, quality, and patient satisfaction in the furnishing of health care to veterans (see S. 456), S1817 [5MR]

———ensure that senior citizen veterans shall be eligible for pension benefits without regard to disability (see H.R. 3087), H6700 [11OC]

———establish a new medical facility for veterans in south Texas (see H.R. 234), H64 [6JA]

———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (see H.R. 3253), H7958 [8NO]

———establish presumption of service connection for certain diseases and disabilities of veterans who were exposed to carbon tetrachloride (see H.R. 514), H223 [7FE]

———establish presumption of service connection for cold weather injuries received during military operations (see H.R. 764), H442 [27FE]

———extend health care eligibility for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see S. 1576), S11105 [25OC]

———improve allocation of health care resources to different geographic regions in the U.S. (see H.R. 2633, 2634), H4633 [25JY]

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 511), H222 [7FE]

———improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see S. 405), S1616 [27FE] (see S. 612), S2894 [26MR]

———improve presumptive compensation benefits for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 1406), H1482 (see H.R. 1406), H1492 [4AP]

———limit amount of time veterans must wait to get a doctor's appointment at veterans clinics (see H.R. 435), H219 [7FE]

———make motor vehicle reimbursement rates for veterans comparable to reimbursement rates for Federal employees (see H.R. 551), H254 [8FE]

———make service dogs available to disabled veterans and make various other improvements in health care benefits (see H.R. 2792), H5336 [2AU]

———motor vehicle reimbursement rates for veterans traveling to VA health care facilities (see S. 984), S5830 [5JN]

———payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by nicotine dependence developed during service (see H.R. 879), H648 [6MR]

———provide benefits to children of Vietnam-era veterans for diseases associated with parental exposure to a herbicide agent (see H.R. 1541), H1554 [24AP]

———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 1435), H1484 (see H.R. 1435), H1493 [4AP] (see H.R. 1746), H2021 [8MY]

———recognize for purposes of employing physicians, board certifications from the American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc. (see S. Res. 61), S2662 [21MR] (see H. Res. 75), H623 [1MR]

———standardize copayment exemption levels for outpatient medications (see S. 1408), S9197 [6SE]

———suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2671), H4779 [27JY] (see H.R. 2820), H5337 [2AU]

Developing countries: increase assistance to nations with high levels of infectious disease and premature death (see H.R. 1269), H1294 [28MR]

———prohibit export assistance to any company challenging an intellectual property law or policy of a country that regulates HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals or medical technologies (see H.R. 1690), H1860 [2MY]

———prohibit revocation or revision of any intellectual property or competition law or policy in any country that regulates HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals or medical technologies (see H.R. 1185), H1113 [22MR]

Disasters: authorize the President to carry out a program for the protection of the health and safety of community members, volunteers, and workers in a disaster area (see S. 1621), S11362 [1NO]

———ensure continuity of medical care following a major disaster by making private for-profit medical facilities eligible for Federal disaster assistance (see S. 1708), S11940 [15NO] (see H.R. 3239), H7852 [6NO]

Diseases: assist mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission prevention efforts (see H.R. 684), H397 [14FE]

———authorizing appropriations for international HIV/AIDS control efforts (see S. 1120), S7083 [28JN]

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

———collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (see H.R. 239), H76 [20JA]

———combat endometriosis (see H. Con. Res. 291), H10355 [18DE]

———Depts. of HHS and Education asthma programs funding and authority (see H.R. 1682), H1860 [2MY]

———develop and provide information on bacterial meningitis and the availability and effectiveness of vaccinations (see S. 1009), S6054 [11JN]

———eliminate tuberculosis (see S. 1115), S6991 [27JN] (see H.R. 1167), H1112 [22MR]

———encourage and support international HIV/AIDS control efforts (see S. Res. 119), S7193 [29JN]

———encourage continued research and education into fibroid cancer (see H. Con. Res. 165), H3259 [19JN]

———establish a commission to recommend a strategy for the global eradication of disease (see H.R. 2593), H4428 [23JY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (see S. 1032), S6212 [13JN] (see S. 1230), S8123 [24JY]

———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]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 1256), S8280 [26JY] (see H.R. 2725), H5333 [2AU]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (see S. 463), S1897 [6MR] (see H.R. 933), H740 [7MR] (see H.R. 2069), H2955 [6JN]

———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]

———increase funding and expand focus of the multilateral World Bank AIDS Trust Fund (see H.R. 2209), H3207 [18JN]

———increase public awareness of inflammatory bowel disease (see H. Con. Res. 189), H4378 [20JY]

———increase public awareness of tuberous sclerosis (see S. Con. Res. 69), S9621 [21SE] (see H. Con. Res. 25), H254 [8FE]

———increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease (see H.R. 1254), H1189 [27MR]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 36), H399 [14FE]

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

———make authority permanent for issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 2317), H3618 [26JN]

———ovarian cancer research programs (see H.R. 326), H162 [31JA]

———provide for an awareness program and a study on a rare form of breast cancer (see H.R. 3186), H7529 [30OC]

———recognize importance of international tuberculosis control efforts and acknowledge the severe impact on minority populations (see H. Res. 67), H443 [27FE]

Drug abuse: combat trafficking, distribution, and abuse of ``Ecstasy'' and other club drugs (see S. 1208), S7955 [19JY] (see H.R. 2582), H4377 [20JY]

———establish a club drug task force and authorize grants to expand prevention efforts regarding the abuse of club drugs (see H.R. 3138), H6918 [16OC]

———provide assistance to States to expand and establish treatment programs to provide services to individuals who voluntarily seek treatment (see H.R. 1896), H2333 [17MY]

———reduce illegal drug use and trafficking and help provide appropriate drug education, prevention and treatment programs (see S. 304), S1270 [13FE]

Drugs: correct impediments to allowing importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use (see H.R. 58), H26 [3JA]

———discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries (see H. Res. 26), H166 [31JA]

———enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (see S. 754), S3706 [6AP] (see H.R. 1063), H953 [15MR] (see H.R. 1530), H1498 [4AP]

———extend and modify the Drug-Free Communities Support Program and authorize a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute (see S. 1075), S6518 [20JN] (see H.R. 2291), H3465 [21JN]

———permit individuals to import prescription drugs in limited circumstances (see S. 1229), S8123 [24JY]

———regulate receipt of donated prescription drug samples by charitable health care entities (see H.R. 2740), H5334 [2AU]

———study approved drugs for whether their use affects women differently than men (see H.R. 2783), H5336 [2AU]

———use of marijuana for medicinal purposes (see H.R. 1344), H1407 [3AP] (see H.R. 2592), H4428 [23JY]

Ecology and environment: constitutional amendment on the right to a clean, safe, and sustainable environment (see H.J. Res. 33), H649 [6MR]

———protect children from exposure to certain environmental pollutants (see S. 855), S4590 [9MY]

Economy: provide incentives for economic recovery and relief for victims of terrorism (see S. 1732), S12055 [27NO]

Education: establish a mental health community education program (see S. 859), S4822 [10MY]

———establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program specializing in underserved treatment areas (see S. 67), S99 [22JA]

———establish demonstration program to provide comprehensive health assessments for students (see H.R. 1549), H1554 [24AP]

———expand access to counseling and mental health services for elementary and secondary school students (see S. 620), S2894 [26MR] (see H.R. 1508), H1497 [4AP]

———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs (see S. 68), S99 [22JA]

———make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program (see S. 65), S99 [22JA]

———provide grants to establish programs that benefit the educational, health, social service, cultural, and recreational needs of cities and rural and disadvantaged suburban communities (see H.R. 756), H442 [27FE]

———raise awareness, and create educational programs, concerning eating disorders (see H.R. 46), H26 [3JA]

Employment: exclude employer contributions to health care expenditure accounts from gross income for tax purposes and clarify applicability of ERISA to plans employing such accounts (see H.R. 2658), H4723 [26JY]

———limit the number of overtime hours of licensed health care employees (see H.R. 1289), H1343 [29MR]

———prohibit forced overtime hours of licensed health care employees (see H.R. 1902), H2333 [17MY]

Endangered Species Act: authorize Federal agencies to promptly respond to health and safety emergencies (see H.R. 3259), H7959 [8NO]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (see H.R. 1479), H1486 (see H.R. 1479), H1496 [4AP]

EPA: designate chromium-6 as a drinking water contaminant and establish a maximum contaminant level (see S. 698), S3436 [4AP]

———establish a grant program to support research on critical infrastructure protection for water supply systems (see S. 1593), S11198 [30OC] (see H.R. 3178), H7528 [30OC]

———protect human health and the environment from releases of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from underground storage tanks (see H.R. 532), H253 [8FE]

———provide grants to drinking water and wastewater facilities to meet immediate security needs (see S. 1608), S11286 [31OC]

ERISA: exempt from preemption, under State tort actions to recover damages, any employee welfare benefit plan providing disability benefits that fails to provide timely benefits (see H.R. 1104), H1010 [20MR] (see H.R. 1422), H1483 (see H.R. 1422), H1493 [4AP]

———extend the basic period for health care continuation from 18 months to 5 years (see H.R. 1663), H1715 [1MY]

———provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H1345 [29MR]

Families and domestic relations: demonstration projects to support State and local efforts to provide partial or full wage replacement for childbirth, adoption, or other caregiving needs (see H.R. 226), H63 [6JA]

———recognize and support crisis pregnancy centers (see H. Res. 302), H8948 [5DE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities, routine medical needs, and assistance to elderly relatives (see H.R. 2784), H5336 [2AU]

———allow leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 2287), H3465 [21JN]

———clarify (see H.R. 2366), H3802 [28JN]

———eliminate an hours of service requirement for benefits (see H.R. 2328), H3711 [27JN]

———improve implementation and clarify definition of ``serious medical condition'' (see S. 489), S2070 [8MR]

FDA: ensure protection of the U.S. food supply (see S. 1551), S10693 [15OC] (see H.R. 3184), H7529 [30OC]

———establish a comprehensive program to ensure food safety (see H.R. 1817), H2141 [10MY]

———establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see S. 251), S1062 [6FE] (see H.R. 482), H221 [7FE]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (see S. 190), S568 [25JA] (see S. 247), S1062 [6FE] (see H.R. 1043), H953 [15MR] (see H.R. 1097), H1010 [20MR] (see H.R. 2180), H3201 [14JN]

———improve safety of imported foods (see S. 1634), S11437 [5NO] (see H.R. 3075), H6504 [10OC]

———permit import of prescription medications sold in certain foreign countries and correct impediments in implementation of the Medicine Equity and Drug Safety Act (see S. 215), S707 [30JA]

———require manufacturers of dietary supplements to register and require submission of reports on adverse experiences regarding such supplements (see H.R. 3065), H6458 [9OC]

———uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H4723 [26JY]

Federal aid programs: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance (see H.R. 3141), H6919 [16OC]

———public participation in establishing locations of substance abuse treatment group homes (see H.R. 2844), H5454 [6SE]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H9239 [11DE]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (see S. 1281), S8464 [31JY] (see S. 1533), S10640 [11OC]

Federal employees: authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses (see S. 46), S98 [22JA]

———availability of health coverage for dependent parents (see H.R. 579), H323 [13FE] (see H.R. 1049), H953 [15MR]

———coverage of acupuncturist, massage therapist, naturopathic physician, or midwife services in any Federal health plan (see H.R. 2086), H2955 [6JN]

———coverage of chiropractic services in any Federal health plan (see H.R. 2087), H2955 [6JN] (see H. Con. Res. 46), H623 [1MR]

———health benefits coverage for infertility treatment (see H.R. 389), H166 [31JA]

———increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see H.R. 1307), H1344 [29MR]

———reform long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2559), H4216 [18JY]

———require any health benefits plan which provides obstetrical benefits to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility (see H.R. 1246), H1189 [27MR]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 747), H441 [27FE]

———coverage of bone mass measurements (see S. 263), S1063 [6FE] (see H.R. 689), H397 [14FE]

———coverage of glaucoma detection services (see H.R. 2379), H3803 [28JN]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see S. 1845), S13465 [18DE] (see H.R. 2163), H3150 [13JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to clinically superior modifications to previously approved or licensed drugs (see H.R. 386), H165 [31JA]

———improve regulation of medical devices (see H.R. 3580), H10964 [20DE]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see S. 812), S4100 [1MY] (see H.R. 1862), H2280 [16MY]

———safeguard public health and provide food that is safe, unadulterated, and honestly presented (see H.R. 1816), H2141 [10MY]

FEMA: develop a plan for stockpiling potassium iodide tablets in areas near nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 783), H506 [28FE]

———waive repayment requirements relative to a grant made to Granada Hills Community Hospital (see H.R. 3102), H6701 [11OC]

Financial institutions: strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (see S. 30), S98 [22JA] (see S. 450), S1747 [1MR]

Food: consumer access to information on the health benefits of foods and dietary supplements (see H.R. 2265), H3463 [21JN]

———educate the public on the use of biotechnology in producing food and support additional scientific research into potential economic and environmental risks and benefits (see H.R. 115), H59 [6JA]

———improve cooperation and eliminate duplication between the Depts. of Agriculture and HHS in the area of food safety inspection (see H. Con. Res. 258), H7718 [1NO]

———require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see H.R. 1356), H1408 [3AP]

Food industry: freshness dates on food (see H.R. 2611), H4539 [24JY]

———require Dept. of Agriculture report on safety and monitoring of genetically engineered foods (see H.R. 713), H398 [14FE]

Food Safety Administration: establish as independent agency to consolidate food safety, labeling, and inspection functions (see S. 1501), S10287 [4OC] (see H.R. 1671), H1715 [1MY]

Food Stamp Act: amend to improve food stamp informational activities in those States with the greatest rate of hunger (see S. 1098), S6920 [26JN]

Foreign aid: authorize assistance for individuals with disabilities in foreign countries, including victims of landmines, civil strife, and warfare (see S. 1777), S12447 [5DE] (see H.R. 3169), H7333 [25OC]

Foreign Assistance Act: improve immunization injection safety in disease control programs (see H.R. 2453), H3861 [10JY]

Foreign policy: provide multilateral debt relief to countries eligible for assistance under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative or heavily affected by HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 1567), H1555 [24AP]

Fred W. Matz Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Menominee, MI: designate (see H.R. 763), H442 [27FE]

FTC: amend trade regulation rule on ophthalmic practice to require the release of prescriptions for contact lenses (see H.R. 2663), H4724 [26JY]

GAO: tribute to assistance enabling the House of Representatives to continue its work while House office buildings were closed due to anthrax bacteria outbreak (see H. Res. 294), H8421 [27NO]

Government regulations: establish labeling and advertising requirements for dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids and prohibit sales of such supplements to minors (see H.R. 3066), H6458 [9OC]

Hazardous substances: develop protocols for uniform national responses to public health emergencies involving dangerous biological or chemical agents (see H.R. 3176), H7358 [29OC]

———prevent inhalant abuse (see H.R. 790), H506 [28FE]

———reduce quantity of mercury in the environment by limiting use of mercury fever thermometers and improving collection, recycling and disposal of mercury (see S. 351), S1462 [15FE]

Health care facilities: assure availability of a non-emergency department physician in certain hospitals (see H.R. 1399), H1482 (see H.R. 1399), H1491 [4AP]

———authorize grants to carry out organ recovery rate improvement programs in eligible hospitals (see H.R. 953), H826 [8MR]

———establish a health information technology grant program and a Medical Information Technology Advisory Board (see H.R. 3292), H8181 [14NO]

———establish a health information technology grant program and a methodology under Medicare to provide reimbursement to hospitals for implementing information technology systems (see S. 705), S3530 [5AP]

———establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority and other populations served by health centers (see H.R. 3336), H8338 [16NO]

———establish an informatics grant program for hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (see S. 824), S4246 [3MY]

———provide grants to health centers for facility construction, modernization, replacement, and major equipment purchases (see S. 523), S2219 [13MR]

Health care professionals: admission requirements for nonimmigrant nurses (see S. 1259), S8353 [27JY] (see H.R. 2705), H5125 [1AU]

———alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see S. 1597), S11286 [31OC]

———alleviate nursing profession shortage by inproving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see S. 706, 721), S3530 [5AP] (see H.R. 1436), H1484 (see H.R. 1436), H1493 [4AP]

———allow access to drugs and medical devices recommended and provided by health care practitioners that are not approved by the FDA (see S. 1378), S8911 [3AU] (see H.R. 1964), H2678 [23MY]

———establish a demonstration program to address physician shortage, recruitment, and retention problems in rural areas (see S. 1387), S8911 [3AU]

———establish a Nurse Corps and address the nursing shortage through recruitment and retention strategies (see S. 1864), S13943 [20DE] (see H.R. 3020), H6378 [4OC]

———establish grant and scholarship programs to enable hospitals to retain and further educate their nursing staffs (see S. 1585), S11198 [30OC]

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatrics (see S. 1362), S8910 [3AU]

———help solve the nursing shortage in hospitals and continuing care settings (see H.R. 1897), H2333 [17MY]

———increase nonimmigrant visas for nurses and exempt certain hospitals in health professional shortage areas from certain employment requirements (see H.R. 2809), H5337 [2AU]

———increase the grade provided for the heads of the nurse corps of the Armed Forces (see S. 44), S98 [22JA]

———prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care workers who report unsafe conditions and practices (see H.R. 2340), H3712 [27JN]

———provide practitioners in rural areas with training in preventive health care (see S. 69), S99 [22JA]

———provide programs to improve nurse retention, the nursing workplace, and the quality of care (see S. 1594), S11198 [30OC]

———revise and extend certain education programs for physical and occupational therapy (see S. 66), S99 [22JA]

———revise certain provisions relative to the appointment of professional psychologists in the Veterans Health Administration (see S. 62), S99 [22JA]

———training of students relative to identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (see S. 518), S2218 [13MR]

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: extend date for compliance by certain entities with administrative simplification standards for electronic transactions and code sets (see S. 1588), S11198 [30OC]

Housing: constitutional amendment on the right to decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing (see H.J. Res. 30), H649 [6MR]

———establish demonstration program to modernize and increase access to health services in public housing for elderly and disabled persons (see S. 1885), S13943 [20DE]

———provide for a study on the proximity of federally assisted housing to hazardous waste sites (see H.R. 1585), H1604 [25AP]

Immigration: allow States and localities to provide primary and preventive care services to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 2635), H4633 [25JY] (see H.R. 2704), H5125 [1AU] (see H.R. 2728), H5333 [2AU]

———eligibility of certain aliens suffering from domestic abuse for Federal aid programs (see H.R. 2258), H3357 [20JN]

———Federal reimbursement for indirect costs of incarcerating illegal aliens and for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 823), H622 [1MR]

———increase State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding and provide Federal reimbursement for treatment of illegal aliens (see S. 169), S527 [24JA]

———prohibit issuance of visa to any citizen of the People's Republic of China who participates in or otherwise supports the harvesting, transplantation, or trafficking of organs of executed Chinese prisoners (see H.R. 2530), H4112 [17JY]

———prohibit issuance of visa to any physician from the People's Republic of China who seeks to train in organ or bodily tissue transplantation (see H.R. 2030), H2847 [25MY]

———reimburse health care providers for costs associated with providing emergency medical care to illegal aliens who are not detained by law enforcement authorities (see H.R. 2256), H3357 [20JN]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see S. 212), S706 [30JA]

Indian Health Service: elevate position of Director to Assistant Sec. of HHS for Indian Health (see S. 214), S707 [30JA] (see H.R. 293), H110 [30JA]

———require compensation of certain technical medical employees for time during which they are required to be on-call (see H.R. 1787), H2082 [9MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 466), S1897 [6MR] (see S. 496), S2070 [8MR] (see H.R. 214), H62 [6JA] (see H.R. 659), H395 [14FE] (see H.R. 737), H441 [27FE] (see H.R. 835), H622 [1MR] (see H.R. 976), H875 [13MR] (see H.R. 1330), H1406 [3AP] (see H.R. 1829), H2182 [15MY] (see H.R. 1912), H2334 [17MY] (see H.R. 2616), H4540 [24JY]

Influenza: availability of vaccine (see H.R. 943), H825 [8MR]

———conduct oversight hearings to determine the causes and outcomes surrounding the vaccine shortage (see H. Res. 11), H28 [3JA]

———emergency distributions of vaccine (see H.R. 910), H739 [7MR]

Insurance: allow certain retirees who lose employer-based coverage to acquire coverage under Medicare or COBRA and require employers to notify retirees of any changes in their health benefits (see H.R. 1078), H954 [15MR]

———assure coverage of emergency services under group health plans and health insurance (see S. 823), S4246 [3MY] (see H.R. 1674), H1859 [2MY]

———coverage of certain reconstructive surgery (see S. 576), S2582 [20MR]

———coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see S. 710), S3530 [5AP] (see H.R. 1520), H1498 [4AP]

———coverage of infertility treatment (see S. 874), S4890 [14MY]

———coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 37), H399 [14FE]

———coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see S. 255), S1062 [6FE] (see H.R. 1485), H1487 (see H.R. 1485), H1496 [4AP]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 292), H110 [30JA] (see H.R. 1064), H953 [15MR]

———ensure coverage of emergency hospital and ambulance services (see H.R. 1648), H1714 [1MY]

———establish a Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Veterans Affairs demonstration project ton the integrated management of health care resources (see H.R. 2667), H4779 [27JY]

———establish certain requirements for managed care plans (see H.R. 2497), H4009 [12JY]

———establish grants for States to establish health insurance consumer assistance programs (see S. 651), S3152 [29MR]

———establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient (see S. 575), S2582 [20MR]

———guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see S. 827), S4246 [3MY] (see H.R. 1733), H1924 [3MY]

———implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 887), H648 [6MR]

———improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see S. Res. 57), S2117 [9MR] (see H. Res. 87), H877 [13MR]

———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums and COBRA coverage premiums (see S. 623), S2979 [27MR] (see H.R. 1255), H1189 [27MR]

———limit the administrative expenses and profits of managed care entities to a certain percentage of premium revenues (see S. 577), S2582 [20MR]

———make Federal Employees Health Benefits Program available to individuals age 55 to 65 who would not otherwise have health insurance (see H.R. 55), H26 [3JA]

———make the same health insurance options afforded to Federal employees available to Federal annuitants and Armed Forces members and retirees (see S. 561), S2472 [19MR]

———permit individuals to continue health plan coverage during participation in approved clinical studies (see S. 257), S1062 [6FE]

———prohibit Federal health insurance programs from reimbursing health care providers who charge membership or extraneous fees as a prerequisite to service to a patient (see S. 1592), S11198 [30OC] (see S. 1606), S11286 [31OC]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see S. 318), S1270 [13FE] (see S. 382), S1463 [15FE] (see H.R. 602), H324 [13FE]

———promote and facilitate expansion of group health insurance coverage (see H.R. 3563), H10964 [20DE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see S. 6), S97 [22JA] (see S. 283), S1122 [7FE] (see S. 872), S4890 [14MY] (see S. 889), S4940 [15MY] (see S. 1052), S6318 [14JN] (see H.R. 526), H252 [8FE] (see H.R. 2315), H3618 [26JN] (see H.R. 2563), H4351 [19JY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), consideration (see H. Res. 219), H5332 [2AU]

———provide coverage for individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials (see H.R. 967), H827 [8MR]

———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 162), H61 [6JA]

———provide for accountability of health plans (see H.R. 2367), H3802 [28JN]

———provide for interest penalties on late payments of health care claims by HMOs or health insurance companies (see S. 1616), S11362 [1NO]

———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see S. 595), S2730 [22MR] (see H.R. 1194), H1114 [22MR]

———provide premium assistance for COBRA continuation coverage for certain individuals and permit States to provide temporary Medicaid coverage for certain uninsured individuals (see H.R. 3364), H8564 [28NO]

———require a study on reducing the discriminatory pricing of health services for the uninsured (see H.J. Res. 49), H2334 [17MY]

———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (see S. 1297), S8575 [1AU] (see H.R. 580), H323 [13FE]

———require coverage of bone mass measurements and inform women concerning reproductive and post-menopausal health care choices (see S. 819), S4245 [3MY] (see H.R. 1683), H1860 [2MY]

———require coverage of hair prostheses for individuals with scalp hair loss as a result of alopecia areata (see H.R. 547), H253 [8FE]

———require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (see S. 868), S4822 [10MY] (see H.R. 1809), H2141 [10MY]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 792), H506 [28FE]

———require health plans to provide adequate access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists (see H.R. 2314), H3618 [26JN]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H253 [8FE]

———require health plans to provide direct access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists without a referral (see H.R. 1440), H1484 (see H.R. 1440), H1494 [4AP]

———require that group and individual health insurance plans and Medicare+Choice organizations provide prompt payment of claims (see H.R. 287), H110 [30JA]

———treatment of fertility and impotence in health care coverage under group health plans, health insurance coverage, and health plans under the Federal employees' health benefits program (see H.R. 568), H322 [13FE]

Iraq: provide citizens access to U.S. food and medicines (see H.R. 742), H441 [27FE]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see S. 957), S5616 [24MY]

———provide retiree health care by allowing steel companies a partial refund of net operating loss carryforwards (see H.R. 3059), H6458 [9OC]

John P. McGuirk Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, New London, CT: designate (see H.R. 3418), H8948 [5DE]

Kingston, NV: sale and conveyance of certain lands for use as an emergency medical air evacuation site (see S. 809), S4099 [1MY] (see H.R. 1678), H1860 [2MY]

Labeling: require fragrances containing known toxic substances or allergens to be labeled accordingly (see H.R. 1947), H2570 [22MY]

Law enforcement: enhance illegal narcotics control activities (see S. 89), S99 [22JA]

Law enforcement officers: tribute for efforts in battling the use and production of methamphetamine (see H. Res. 114), H1487 (see H. Res. 114), H1499 [4AP]

Local government: require adoption of a health standard establishing a legal presumption that heart, lung, and respiratory disease are occupational diseases for public safety officers (see H.R. 709), H398 [14FE]

Medicaid: allow States to expand coverage to uninsured, poor adults (see H.R. 2789), H5336 [2AU]

———allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (see S. 1343), S8705 [2AU] (see H.R. 2777), H5335 [2AU]

———allow States to use their allotment under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to increase the enrollment of children eligible for medical assistance (see S. 1625), S11362 [1NO]

———assure that funds provided for State emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens are used to reimburse hospitals and related providers that treat undocumented aliens (see H.R. 519), H223 [7FE]

———clarify Dept. of HHS authority to treat certain State prescription drug discount demonstration projects as medical assistance for purposes of rebate agreements (see S. 1177), S7589 [12JY] (see H.R. 2513), H4111 [17JY]

———clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (see S. 535), S2306 [14MR] (see S. 1741), S12100 [28NO] (see H.R. 1383), H1409 [3AP]

———coverage of all medically necessary services for uninsured families and individuals (see H.R. 2627), H4633 [25JY]

———coverage of disabled children and individuals who became disabled as children without regard to income or assets (see H.R. 567), H322 [13FE]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (see S. 53), S99 [22JA]

———delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals (see S. 1745), S12161 [29NO] (see H.R. 3360), H8564 [28NO]

———establish a demonstration grant program to assist States in providing subsidies for group health insurance premiums for low-income, Medicaid-eligible individuals (see H.R. 1903), H2333 [17MY]

———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see S. 572), S2582 [20MR] (see H.R. 854), H623 [1MR]

———extend the higher Federal medical assistance payment percentage for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian health programs (see S. 1753), S12247 [30NO]

———improve access to advanced practice nurses (see H.R. 3594), H10965 [20DE]

———increase Federal medical assistance payment percentage for nursing facilities with a high proportion of Medicaid patients (see H.R. 3565), H10964 [20DE]

———increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H8948 [5DE]

———increase the personal needs allowance for institutionalized individuals under Medicare (see H.R. 1763), H2022 [8MY]

———permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1041), H952 [15MR]

———permit children covered under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to be eligible for the Federal Vaccines for Children Program (see S. 573), S2582 [20MR] (see H.R. 2701), H5125 [1AU]

———permit State waiver authority to provide medical assistance in cases of congenital heart defects (see H.R. 1793), H2140 [10MY]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 987), S5831 [5JN] (see H.R. 2063), H2888 [5JN]

———permit uninsured individuals to obtain coverage to assure coverage of prescription drugs, substance abuse treatment, mental health services, and long-term care services (see H.R. 1142), H1059 [21MR]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 321), S1270 [13FE] (see H.R. 600), H323 [13FE]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1011), H876 [13MR]

———provide States with the option of covering intensive community mental health treatment (see H.R. 2364), H3802 [28JN]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see S. 1298), S8575 [1AU]

———remove the cap on payments for Puerto Rico and certain other territories and adjust the statutory matching rate (see H.R. 48), H26 [3JA]

———require prorating of beneficiary contributions relative to partial coverage for nursing facility services during a month (see H.R. 566), H322 [13FE]

———require States that provide prescription drug coverage to cover drugs that treat obesity (see H.R. 1641), H1659 [26AP]

———revise and simplify the transitional medical assistance program (see S. 1269), S8397 [30JY] (see H.R. 2775), H5335 [2AU]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see S. 776), S3921 [25AP] (see H.R. 1604), H1658 [26AP]

———State requirements for financial recovery from an individual's estate relative to any medical assistance under a State health plan (see H.R. 1001), H876 [13MR]

———waive disproportionate share hospital designation for certain rural hospitals relative to obstetrician requirements (see H.R. 2553), H4216 [18JY]

Medical Education Trust Fund: establish (see S. 743), S3706 [6AP]

Medicare: accelerate reduction on the amount of beneficiary copayment liability for outpatient services (see S. 1679), S11719 [13NO] (see H.R. 3284), H8132 [13NO]

———allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 3363), H8564 [28NO]

———apply the bloodborne pathogens standard to hospitals not subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act (see H.R. 2933), H5926 [21SE]

———clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 1490), H1487 (see H.R. 1490), H1496 [4AP]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 18), H25 [3JA]

———comprehensive financing for graduate medical education (see H.R. 2178), H3201 [14JN]

———continue conversion factor under the physician fee schedule (see H.R. 3511), H10355 [18DE]

———coverage for qualified World War II Filipino veterans (see H.R. 594), H323 [13FE]

———coverage for rehabilitation services provided by State vocational rehabilitation agencies to older, blind individuals (see H.R. 2674), H4862 [30JY]

———coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H621 [1MR]

———coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 747), H441 [27FE]

———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see S. 1605), S11286 [31OC] (see H.R. 2220), H3258 [19JN]

———coverage of adult day care services (see S. 1619), S11362 [1NO] (see H.R. 3585), H10964 [20DE]

———coverage of backup systems for durable medical equipment in case of power failure (see H. Con. Res. 209), H5338 [2AU]

———coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see S. 264), S1063 [6FE] (see H.R. 595), H323 [13FE]

———coverage of certain beta interferons and other biologicals and drugs for treatment of multiple sclerosis (see H.R. 1758), H2021 [8MY]

———coverage of certain chiropractic examination procedures (see H.R. 2284), H3464 [21JN]

———coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see S. 1761), S12368 [4DE] (see H.R. 3278), H8132 [13NO]

———coverage of hearing aids and related hearing services (see H.R. 2934), H5926 [21SE]

———coverage of home health services (see H.R. 2071), H2955 [6JN]

———coverage of home infusion drug therapies (see H.R. 2750), H5334 [2AU]

———coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for beneficiaries who receive an organ transplant (see S. 1204), S7955 [19JY]

———coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for beneficiaries who receive an organ transplant without regard to when the transplant was received (see H.R. 2057), H2888 [5JN]

———coverage of inpatient hospital services in Puerto Rico (see S. 813), S4100 [1MY] (see H.R. 1656), H1715 [1MY]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see S. 1760), S12368 [4DE] (see H.R. 898), H649 [6MR]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see S. 960), S5616 [24MY] (see H.R. 2117), H2997 [7JN]

———coverage of medically necessary pancreas transplantation procedures (see H.R. 1361), H1408 [3AP]

———coverage of more frequent hemodialysis treatments (see S. 1303), S8703 [2AU] (see H.R. 1759), H2021 [8MY]

———coverage of nursing facilities and in-home services (see H.R. 913), H739 [7MR]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see S. 913), S5118 [17MY] (see H.R. 1624), H1659 [26AP]

———coverage of oral drugs to reduce serum phosphate levels in patients with end stage renal disease (see S. 1304), S8703 [2AU] (see H.R. 3246), H7909 [7NO]

———coverage of oral drugs to treat low blood calcium levels or elevated parathyroid hormone levels for patients with end stage renal disease (see H.R. 121), H59 [6JA]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 10), S97 [22JA] (see S. 925), S5438 [22MY] (see S. 1185), S7805 [17JY] (see S. Res. 74), S3922 [25AP] (see H.R. 339), H163 [31JA] (see H.R. 1512), H1498 [4AP] (see H.R. 1905), H2333 [17MY] (see H.R. 2632), H4633 [25JY]

———coverage of pharmacist services (see S. 974), S5694 [25MY] (see H.R. 2799), H5336 [2AU]

———coverage of remote monitoring services (see S. 1607), S11286 [31OC] (see H.R. 3572), H10964 [20DE]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see S. 258), S1062 [6FE] (see H.R. 1202), H1114 [22MR]

———coverage of self-administered drugs that, when used as a replacement for covered drugs, result in overall cost savings to the program (see H.R. 3317), H8337 [16NO]

———deem hospitals in Hillsdale County, MI, as being located in the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area for purposes of reimbursement (see H.R. 2437), H3861 [10JY]

———delay the deadline for Medicare+Choice organizations to report plan information, including information on adjusted community rates (see H.R. 1993), H2710 [24MY]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 1645), H1660 [26AP]

———determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see S. 1066), S6518 [20JN] (see H.R. 1798), H2140 [10MY] (see H.R. 3388), H8746 [30NO]

———eliminate cost-sharing for bone mass measurements (see S. 826), S4246 [3MY] (see H.R. 1720), H1924 [3MY]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see S. 841), S4508 [8MY]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see S. 326), S1394 [14FE] (see H.R. 975), H874 [13MR]

———ensure geographic reclassifications of hospitals in urban areas do not result in lower wage indexes (see H.R. 1638), H1659 [26AP]

———ensure that eligible individuals have sufficient time to consider information and make informed choice on enrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (see S. 1376), S8911 [3AU]

———ensure that participating hospitals can recognize and respond to epidemics resulting from natural causes and bioterrorism (see S. 1574), S11105 [25OC]

———establish a comprehensive centers for medical excellence demonstration program (see S. 1756), S12311 [3DE]

———establish a floor on area wage adjustment factors used under the prospective payment system for hospital services (see S. 1001), S5967 [7JN]

———establish a hospice demonstration and grant program for beneficiaries (see S. 1425), S9395 [13SE] (see H.R. 3492), H10066 [13DE]

———establish licensing and training programs for new positions and categories of nursing assistants to relieve nursing shortage and ensure funding for such positions and categories (see H.R. 3536), H10909 [19DE]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 3569), H10964 [20DE]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program (see S. 1263), S8353 [27JY]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program (see S. 1239), S8203 [25JY]

———exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (see S. 1083), S6601 [21JN] (see H.R. 2294), H3465 [21JN]

———exclude services of certain providers from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (see H.R. 3094), H6701 [11OC]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see S. 690), S3435 [4AP] (see H.R. 1522), H1498 [4AP]

———expand benefits, establish payment incentives for furnishing quality services, and develop an effective national policy to care for individuals with chronic conditions (see S. 1589), S11198 [30OC] (see H.R. 3188), H7529 [30OC]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see S. 554), S2388 [15MR] (see H.R. 1089), H959 [19MR]

———expand coverage of durable medical equipment to include physician prescribed equipment necessary for unpaid caregivers (see H.R. 3092), H6701 [11OC]

———expand coverage of preventive services and provide coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 828), H622 [1MR]

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (see S. 775), S3921 [25AP] (see H.R. 3027), H6379 [4OC]

———extend availability of cost contracts (see S. 1224), S8122 [24JY] (see H.R. 2612), H4539 [24JY]

———extend community nursing organization demonstration projects (see H.R. 3195), H7591 [31OC]

———extend coverage of immunosuppressive drugs to cases of transplants not paid for under the program (see H.R. 3032), H6379 [4OC]

———facilitate use of private contracts (see H.R. 1640), H1659 [26AP]

———importance of comprehensive modernization (see H. Con. Res. 155), H2998 [7JN]

———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries by targeting enrollment and eliminating beneficiary lock-in and other administrative barriers (see H.R. 2709), H5125 [1AU]

———improve direct graduate medical education payments (see S. 135), S101 [22JA]

———improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (see S. 1020), S6127 [12JN] (see H.R. 2483), H4008 [12JY]

———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 2484), H4008 [12JY]

———improve payments and regulation under the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 3584), H10964 [20DE]

———improve reimbursement for clinical social worker services (see S. 52), S99 [22JA]

———improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (see H.R. 2706), H5125 [1AU]

———increase payments for ambulance services in rural areas (see S. 1367), S8910 [3AU] (see H.R. 2346), H3712 [27JN]

———increase payments for ambulance services in rural areas, determine rural areas based on population density, and require the use of recent data in determining payment adjustments (see H.R. 3545), H10909 [19DE]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services (see H.R. 1328), H1351 [30MR]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see S. 548), S2388 [15MR] (see H.R. 1354), H1408 [3AP]

———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see S. 839), S4416 [7MY] (see H.R. 1556), H1555 [24AP]

———limit hospital ownership exception to physician self-referral restrictions to interests purchased on terms generally available to the public (see H.R. 2490), H4008 [12JY]

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 1177), H1113 [22MR]

———limit reductions in Federal payments under the prospective payment system for rural or sole community hospital outpatient department services (see S. 270), S1121 [7FE]

———make a technical correction in the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services (see S. 1395), S9122 [5SE]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (see S. 357, 358), S1463 [15FE]

———make permanent the health coverage for certain disabled individuals that go back to work (see H.R. 481), H221 [7FE]

———make the social HMO a permanent option under Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 2953), H6055 [25SE]

———modify calculation of wage index adjustment for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1901), H2333 [17MY]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see S. 1350), S8910 [3AU] (see H.R. 3109), H6779 [12OC]

———payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education programs in critical need specialty areas (see H.R. 1928), H2387 [21MY]

———phase in the fee schedule for ambulance services to provide for equitable treatment of suppliers of such services that are required to equip all ambulances to provide advanced life support services (see S. 1866), S13943 [20DE]

———prevent sudden disruption of beneficiary enrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 148), H60 [6JA] (see H.R. 279), H109 [30JA]

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (see S. 982), S5830 [5JN] (see H.R. 2058), H2888 [5JN]

———provide adequate coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for certain kidney transplant patients (see S. 880), S4939 [15MY] (see H.R. 1839), H2183 [15MY]

———provide continuing eligibility for medical care for individuals who become eligible for certain hospital insurance benefits (see S. 564), S2472 [19MR]

———provide for continuous open enrollment and disenrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (see S. 1851), S13700 [19DE] (see H.R. 3267), H7959 [8NO]

———provide for equitable reimbursement rates to Medicare+Choice organizations (see S. 1317), S8704 [2AU] (see H.R. 2549), H4215 [18JY] (see H.R. 2836), H5405 [5SE]

———provide for expeditious coverage of new medical technology and establish an Office of Technology and Innovation within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (see H.R. 2973), H6135 [2OC]

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see S. 452), S1817 [5MR] (see H.R. 868), H648 [6MR]

———provide incentive payments for multi-year contracts entered into by Medicare+Choice organizations (see H.R. 274), H109 [30JA]

———provide more equitable payments for direct graduate medical education (see H.R. 1517), H1498 [4AP]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see S. 1738), S12100 [28NO] (see H.R. 3046), H6379 [4OC]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (see S. 1545), S10693 [15OC] (see H.R. 2768), H5335 [2AU] (see H.R. 3391), H8842 [4DE]

———provide that geographic reclassifications of hospitals from one urban area to another do not result in lower wage indexes (see S. 954), S5616 [24MY] (see H.R. 2003), H2710 [24MY]

———reclassify certain counties for purposes of reimbursement (see S. 1736), S12100 [28NO] (see H.R. 2862), H5455 [6SE]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see S. 125), S100 [22JA] (see S. 699), S3436 [4AP] (see H.R. 1400), H1482 (see H.R. 1400), H1491 [4AP]

———reductions in prescription drug prices for beneficiaries and women with breast cancer (see H.R. 758), H442 [27FE]

———reform (see S. 1135), S7084 [28JN]

———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see H.R. 3602), H10965 [20DE]

———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 902), H649 [6MR]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1911), H2334 [17MY]

———remove inpatient limitation on the proportion of hospice care that certain rural hospice programs may provide (see S. 1840), S13465 [18DE] (see H.R. 3270), H7959 [8NO]

———remove restrictions on clinical psychologists or social workers providing services in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (see S. 51), S98 [22JA]

———remove restrictions on coverage of periodic health examinations (see H.R. 1568), H1555 [24AP]

———remove the sunset and numerical limitation on participation in Medicare+Choice medical savings account plans (see H.R. 2802), H5337 [2AU]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 1394), S9122 [5SE]

———require hospitals to establish and implement security procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction and baby switching (see H.R. 72), H27 [3JA]

———require Medicare+Choice organizations to offer plans for a minimum period of three years, and permit beneficiaries to enroll and disenroll from such plans at any time (see H.R. 2127), H3066 [12JN]

———require providers to disclose staffing and performance data (see S. 863), S4822 [10MY] (see H.R. 1804), H2141 [10MY]

———require universal product numbers on claims forms for reimbursement for durable medical equipment and other items (see H.R. 186), H62 [6JA]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments (see H.R. 3318), H8337 [16NO]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see S. 1660), S11612 [8NO] (see S. 1707), S11940 [15NO] (see H.R. 3351), H8420 [27NO]

———stabilize and improve the Medicare+Choice Program (see H.R. 2980), H6135 [2OC]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see S. 885), S4940 [15MY] (see H.R. 1609), H1658 [26AP]

———State accreditation of diabetes self-management training programs (see S. 153), S456 [23JA] (see H.R. 836), H622 [1MR]

———study anesthesia services and expand service arrangements for certified registered nurse anesthetists (see S. 332), S1394 [14FE] (see H.R. 716), H398 [14FE]

———treatment of certain physician pathology services (see S. 730), S3705 [6AP] (see H.R. 1451), H1484 (see H.R. 1451), H1494 [4AP]

———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2073), H2955 [6JN]

———waive late enrollment penalty for certain beneficiaries living abroad and provide a special Medigap open enrollment period which prohibits underwriting (see H.R. 3314), H8337 [16NO]

———waive waiting period for coverage of certain disabled individuals who have no health insurance (see H.R. 569), H322 [13FE]

Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force: establish (see H.R. 67), H26 [3JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: assure financial solvency of Medicare+Choice organizations and Medicaid managed care organizations (see H.R. 145), H60 [6JA]

———establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (see S. 1054), S6318 [14JN]

———require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 3331), H8337 [16NO]

———streamline regulatory processes for home health agencies (see S. 1169), S7589 [12JY]

———waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see S. 728), S3705 [6AP] (see H.R. 1510), H1497 [4AP]

Mental health: clarify application of certain mental health parity provisions to annual and lifetime visit, benefit, and dollar limits (see H.R. 2992), H6136 [2OC]

———establish a program for the delivery of services by telehealth (see S. 1283), S8464 [31JY]

———establish regional centers to help States, local governments, and other organizations develop activities and services to assist persons with persistent mental illnesses (see H.R. 2363), H3802 [28JN]

———establish State and local grants to provide services in response to public health emergencies and disasters resulting from terrorism (see H.R. 3413), H8948 [5DE]

———increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Con. Res. 91), H1345 [29MR]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 108), H1345 [29MR]

———provide assistance to individuals affected by terrorist attacks (see S. 1729), S12054 [27NO]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 543), S2388 [15MR]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (see H.R. 2805), H5337 [2AU]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see S. 1535), S10640 [11OC] (see H.R. 2380), H3803 [28JN]

Mental Health Advisory Committee: establish (see H. Res. 14), H28 [3JA]

Mining and mineral resources: reform and improve programs for the reclamation of abandoned coal mine sites (see H.R. 297), H110 [30JA]

Motor vehicles: use of safety belts and restraint systems by children (see S. 956), S5616 [24MY] (see H.R. 597), H323 [13FE]

National Academies of Practice: grant Federal charter (see S. 58), S99 [22JA]

National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month: designate (see S. Res. 147), S8705 [2AU]

———observance (see H. Con. Res. 190), H4428 [23JY]

National Biotechnology Week: designate (see S. Res. 75), S3922 [25AP]

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

National Center for Military Deployment Health Research: establish (see H.R. 3256), H7959 [8NO]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see S. 70), S99 [22JA] (see H.R. 663), H395 [14FE]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 166), S10154 [3OC]

National Commission on Farmworkers and Federal Health Coverage: establish (see H.R. 2642), H4634 [25JY]

National Community Health Center Week: establish (see S. Con. Res. 59), S7330 [9JY]

National Disaster Medical System: establish (see H.R. 2333), H3711 [27JN]

National Donor Day: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation (see S. Con. Res. 12), S1395 [14FE] (see H. Con. Res. 31), H324 [13FE]

National Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 40), S5118 [17MY]

National Eye Institute: funding (see H.R. 590), H323 [13FE]

National Hansen's Disease Programs Center: designate (see H.R. 2441), H3861 [10JY]

National Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 179), H3805 [28JN]

National Health Service Corps: include tertiary-care nurses (see H.R. 2594), H4428 [23JY]

———reauthorize, amend scholarship and loan programs tax status and repayment rules, and simplify application process (see H.R. 1968), H2678 [23MY]

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

National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 271), H8248 [15NO]

National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 43), S1817 [5MR]

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]

———authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to women's health and disease prevention (see S. 720), S3530 [5AP] (see H.R. 183), H62 [6JA]

National Living Organ Donor Registry: establish (see H.R. 955), H826 [8MR]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 164), S9972 [1OC]

National Mental Health Awareness Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 71), S9621 [21SE]

National Minority Health Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 78), H1115 [22MR]

National objectives: develop the field of health promotion and disease prevention and develop strategies to integrate health and lifestyle improvement programs into national policy (see H. Res. 115), H1487 (see H. Res. 115), H1499 [4AP]

———improve access to prescription drugs under Medicare and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and health care coverage for seniors, the self-employed, and children (see H.R. 1387), H1481 (see H.R. 1387), H1491 [4AP]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 24), S98 [22JA] (see H.R. 16), H25 [3JA] (see H.R. 1200), H1114 [22MR] (see H.R. 3080), H6504 [10OC] (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1487 (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1499 [4AP]

———support research to more fully develop the field of health promotion and disease prevention and develop strategies to integrate health and lifestyle improvement programs into national policy (see S. Con. Res. 11), S1394 [14FE]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry: establish to work in conjunction with State registries and to create a partnership to launch an outreach and education campaign on organ and tissue donation (see S. 788), S3994 [26AP] (see H.R. 2645), H4634 [25JY]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 163), S9621 [21SE]

National Poison Prevention Week: observance (see H. Res. 96), H1060 [21MR]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 138), S8064 [23JY]

National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see S. Con. Res. 24), S2219 [13MR] (see H. Con. Res. 61), H877 [13MR]

National security: enhance control of biological agents and toxins (see S. 1706), S11940 [15NO]

National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 55), S2071 [8MR] (see H. Con. Res. 59), H827 [8MR]

National Stem Cell Donor Bank: establish to preserve donation of qualifying human stem cells and to conduct and support research using such cells (see S. 1349), S8910 [3AU] (see H.R. 2096), H2996 [7JN]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 1287), H1343 [29MR]

———revise filing deadline for certain claims (see H.R. 195), H62 [6JA] (see H.R. 2056), H2888 [5JN]

Native Americans: authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance abuse programs and services provided by tribal governments (see S. 210), S706 [30JA]

———improve services and facilities of Federal Indian health programs and encourage maximum participation of Indians in such programs (see H.R. 1662), H1715 [1MY]

———require State approval of new gambling facilities, develop minimum Federal standards for Indian gaming, and establish commission to report on living standards on Indian lands (see H.R. 2244), H3259 [19JN]

Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see S. 87), S99 [22JA] (see H.R. 562), H322 [13FE]

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

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

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

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

———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]

———uterine fibroid research funding (see H.R. 1672), H1859 [2MY]

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

NRC: ensure that sufficient stockpiles of potassium iodide tablets have been established near nuclear power plants and that appropriate plans for their utilization exist (see H.R. 3279), H8132 [13NO]

NSF: establish grants to encourage research and development programs in plant biotechnology (see H.R. 2912), H5925 [21SE]

Nuclear weapons: suspend use, sale, development, production, testing, and export of depleted uranium munitions pending the outcome of certain studies of the health effects of such munitions (see H.R. 3155), H7127 [17OC]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend to protect State and local government employees (see H.R. 2218), H3258 [19JN]

OPM: determine the number of Federal employees and annuitants eligible for participation in the health benefits program but who are covered neither by such program nor by any other health insurance (see H.R. 2397), H3804 [28JN]

Organ donors: establish congressional commemorative medal (see S. 325), S1394 [14FE] (see H.R. 708), H398 [14FE]

———tribute to Youth for Life—Remembering Walter Payton initiative for efforts to raise awareness about organ donation (see S. Con. Res. 63), S8465 [31JY] (see H. Con. Res. 207), H4949 [31JY]

Oscar G. Johnson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, Iron Mountain, MI: designate (see H.R. 550), H254 [8FE]

Pain: provide for a public response to the public health crisis of pain (see S. 1024), S6211 [13JN] (see H.R. 2156), H3149 [13JN]

Patents: establish compulsory licensing of certain patented medical inventions (see H.R. 3235), H7852 [6NO]

Pesticides: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of pesticide use (see H.R. 111), H59 [6JA]

Petroleum: phase out use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) and encourage production and use of renewable ethanol (see S. 670), S3215 [30MR]

———prohibit the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline and provide research on remediation of contaminated groundwater (see S. 265), S1063 [6FE] (see H.R. 454), H220 [7FE]

———prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (see H.R. 608), H393 [14FE]

Pharmaceuticals: ensure prompt research, development, and distribution of new drugs, biologics, and medical devices that prevent or mitigate the consequences of a chemical or biological terrorist attack (see S. 1635), S11488 [6NO] (see H.R. 3457), H9239 [11DE]

———establish compulsory licensing of certain patented prescription drugs and medical inventions (see H.R. 1708), H1923 [3MY]

———establish therapeutic equivalence requirements for generic drugs (see H.R. 1685), H1860 [2MY]

———expand human clinical trials qualifying for the orphan drug tax credit (see S. 1341), S8704 [2AU] (see H.R. 1298), H1344 [29MR]

———improve safety and efficacy for children (see S. 838), S4416 [7MY] (see S. 1301), S8575 [1AU] (see S. 1789), S12682 [7DE] (see H.R. 2887), H5615 [13SE] (see H.R. 3452), H9239 [11DE]

———provide access and choice for use of generic drugs under Federal health care programs (see S. 186), S568 [25JA]

———provide for prices that are fair to the producer and the consumer (see H.R. 1574), H1555 [24AP]

———provide tax credit to retirement age individuals, remove barriers to importation, and prohibit certain regulation of Internet sites relative to prescription drugs (see H.R. 2801), H5337 [2AU]

Postal Service: tribute (see S. Res. 177), S11660 [9NO] (see H. Con. Res. 257), H7591 [31OC]

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day: support (see H. Res. 254), H6380 [4OC]

President's Advisory Council on Recreational Camps: establish (see H.R. 2451), H3861 [10JY]

Privacy: ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (see H.R. 1215), H1187 [27MR]

———prohibit the establishment of any uniform national health care identifying number or health information database (see H.R. 2615), H4540 [24JY]

———protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (see H.R. 220), H63 [6JA]

———require consent of an individual prior to the sale and marketing of personally identifiable information (see S. 1055), S6318 [14JN]

Public Health Service: promote organ donation (see H.R. 624), H394 [14FE]

———promote organ donation and facilitate interstate linkage and 24-hour access to State donor registries (see S. 1062), S6448 [19JN]

Public Health Service Act: clarify and improve provisions regarding emergencies (see S. 1650), S11549 [7NO]

———establish scholarship and loan repayment programs in veterinarian shortage areas (see S. 1836), S13464 [18DE] (see H.R. 1943), H2570 [22MY]

———prohibit discrimination relative to exposure to hazardous substances (see H.R. 1540), H1554 [24AP]

R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation, Inc.: tribute (see H. Res. 35), H254 [8FE]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: ensure timely payment of benefits to eligible individuals (see S. 449), S1747 [1MR] (see H.R. 996), H875 [13MR] (see H.R. 1132), H1012 [20MR]

———provide permanent appropriations for claims made by certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills and through fallout from nuclear weapons testing (see S. 448), S1747 [1MR] (see H.R. 995), H875 [13MR] (see H.R. 1131), H1012 [20MR]

———provide permanent funding for claims, equalize benefit levels, and reinstate eligibility of certain individuals exposed to radiation working with uranium or nuclear weapons (see S. 898), S5005 [16MY] (see H.R. 1865), H2280 [16MY]

Red Ribbon Week: support goals (see H. Con. Res. 84), H1189 [27MR]

Refugees: authorizing appropriations for domestic centers and programs for the treatment of victims of torture (see S. 887), S4940 [15MY]

———treatment programs funding for victims of torture (see H.R. 1405), H1482 (see H.R. 1405), H1492 [4AP]

Research: 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]

———provide a study to determine costs to the public and private sectors of hip fractures among the elderly and spinal cord injuries among children (see H.R. 1219), H1188 [27MR]

———support Federal funding of pluripotent stem cell research (see H. Con. Res. 17), H111 [30JA]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see S. 1030), S6212 [13JN] (see H.R. 2157), H3149 [13JN]

———provide rural health services outreach, rural health network planning and implementation, small health care provider quality improvement grant programs, and telehomecare demonstration projects (see S. 1273), S8464 [31JY]

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see S. 587), S2662 [21MR] (see H.R. 1353), H1408 [3AP]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: revise and extend (see S. 437), S1747 [1MR]

Safe Drinking Water Act: assist small communities with achieving or maintaining compliance with drinking water standards (see S. 1299), S8575 [1AU] (see H.R. 3224), H7718 [1NO]

———provide for research on methods to combat biological contamination of public drinking water supplies (see H.R. 3227), H7718 [1NO]

———provide grants to small public drinking water systems (see H.R. 1178), H1113 [22MR]

Safety: provide grants to small public drinking water system (see S. 503), S2117 [9MR]

Schools: establish a program for an information clearinghouse to increase public access to defibrillation (see S. 1041), S6318 [14JN] (see H.R. 2560), H4216 [18JY]

———expulsion of students for possession of guns or illegal drugs (see S. 79), S99 [22JA]

———prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see S. 74), S99 [22JA]

———prohibit the sale of foods with minimal nutritional value in schools participating in Federal meal programs (see S. 745), S3706 [6AP] (see H.R. 2129), H3066 [12JN]

———provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in public schools (see S. 727), S3705 [6AP] (see H.R. 630), H394 [14FE]

Science: benefits of biotechnology (see H. Res. 173), H3358 [20JN]

———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]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 704), S3530 [5AP] (see S. 790), S3994 [26AP] (see H.R. 1260), H1294 [28MR] (see H.R. 1608), H1658 (see H.R. 1644), H1659 [26AP] (see H.R. 2172), H3201 [14JN] (see H.R. 2505), H4013 [16JY] (see H.R. 2608), H4539 [24JY]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), consideration (see H. Res. 214), H4862 [30JY]

———prohibit the cloning of humans while preserving important areas of medical research that could provide treatments for diseases (see S. 1758), S12311 [3DE]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 390), H166 [31JA] (see H.R. 2035), H2847 [25MY]

———recognize need for a White House Conference to discuss and develop national recommendations concerning quality of care in assisted living facilities (see H.J. Res. 13), H223 [7FE]

Ships and vessels: provide for the stockpiling of potassium iodide tablets in areas near the homeport of nuclear powered naval vessels (see H.R. 3510), H10355 [18DE]

———require houseboats that have electric power generators on board to have a carbon monoxide venting system (see H.R. 3303), H8248 [15NO] (see H.R. 3377), H8731 [29NO]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see S. 858), S4590 [9MY] (see H.R. 1774), H2081 [9MY]

Social Security: allocate allotments to territories under the State Children's Health Insurance Program in the same manner as for States (see H.R. 3508), H10355 [18DE]

———allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 724), S3705 [6AP] (see H.R. 2610), H4539 [24JY]

———application of employment criteria under management contracts for certain mental health facilities (see H.R. 3147), H6919 [16OC]

———assure coverage of legal immigrant children and pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 1528), H1498 [4AP]

———authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 3133), H6918 [16OC]

———clarify coordination of benefits among health plans (see H.R. 2745), H5334 [2AU]

———create a grant program to promote joint activities between Federal, State, and local child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies (see S. 484), S1971 [7MR] (see H.R. 1909), H2334 [17MY]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 682), S3340 [3AP] (see H.R. 498), H222 [7FE]

———effects of reform proposals on women (see H. Res. 128), H1716 [1MY]

———eliminate the waiting period for disability benefits and Medicare benefits for disabled individuals (see H.R. 344), H164 [31JA]

———eliminate the waiting period in the disability insurance program (see H.R. 2850), H5454 [6SE]

———eliminate waiting period for individuals to be eligible for disability benefits (see H.R. 3265), H7959 [8NO]

———ensure entitled entities comply with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 3323), H8337 [16NO]

———establish and maintain individual investment accounts (see H.R. 2110), H2997 [7JN]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see S. 1244), S8203 [25JY] (see H.R. 2630), H4633 [25JY]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include certain children (see S. 1266), S8353 [27JY]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see S. 574), S2582 [20MR]

———extend date for compliance by entitled entities with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see S. 1684), S11789 [14NO]

———improve health benefits coverage of infants and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 1016), S6127 [12JN]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see S. 882), S4940 [15MY] (see H.R. 210), H62 [6JA] (see H.R. 1091), H959 [19MR] (see H.R. 1464), H1485 (see H.R. 1464), H1495 [4AP] (see H.R. 2845), H5454 [6SE]

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H2679 [23MY]

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 582), S2662 [21MR] (see H.R. 1143), H1059 [21MR]

———phase out taxation of benefits (see S. 181), S568 [25JA]

———promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (see S. 622), S2979 [27MR] (see S. 854), S4590 [9MY] (see H.R. 1229), H1188 [27MR]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see S. 21), S98 [22JA] (see H.R. 2), H252 [8FE] (see H.R. 560), H322 [13FE]

———provide an exception to certain marriage requirements for widows and widowers relative to State restrictions on divorce from a prior spouse institutionalized due to mental incompetence (see H.R. 319), H162 [31JA]

———provide benefits to certain uninsured children living without parents (see H.R. 2698), H5125 [1AU]

———provide for coordination of implementation of administrative simplification standard for health care information (see S. 836), S4416 [7MY]

———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H8337 [16NO]

———repeal eligibility restrictions on widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability (see H.R. 3327), H8337 [16NO]

———treatment of severe spinal cord injuries relative to certain earnings (see H.R. 509), H222 [7FE]

———urge that any reform not include mandatory coverage of State and local employees (see H. Con. Res. 229), H5704 [14SE]

Sports: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympics and establish NIST grant program to fund detection and prevention of the use of performance-enhancing drugs (see S. 718), S3530 [5AP]

States: develop medical disaster response plans for terrorist attacks that use biological or chemical weapons (see H.R. 3269), H7959 [8NO]

———establish demonstration projects to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see H.R. 1033), H928 [14MR]

———expand and establish drug abuse treatment programs to enable such programs to provide services to individuals who voluntarily seek treatment for drug abuse (see S. 160), S456 [23JA] (see S. 843), S4508 [8MY]

———issue vouchers to older individuals for nutrition services (see H.R. 2188), H3202 [14JN]

Stroke: provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see S. 1274), S8464 [31JY] (see H.R. 3431), H9077 [6DE]

Summer Emergency Blood Donor Month: establish (see H. Res. 202), H4216 [18JY]

Taxation: allow a credit against gross income for organ donation (see H.R. 2090), H2956 [6JN]

———allow a deduction for amounts paid for health insurance and prescription drug costs of individuals (see H.R. 383), H165 [31JA] (see H.R. 1127), H1011 [20MR]

———allow a refundable credit for certain Medicare premiums (see H.R. 82), H27 [3JA]

———allow a refundable credit for health insurance costs of individuals not eligible for public programs and without access to employer-subsidized health coverage (see S. 590), S2662 [21MR]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see S. 683), S3340 [3AP] (see H.R. 1331), H1407 [3AP]

———allow a refundable credit to individuals who donate their organs at death (see H.R. 1872), H2280 [16MY]

———allow a refundable credit to military retirees for Medicare coverage (see H.R. 69), H26 [3JA]

———allow a refundable tax credit for health insurance costs for COBRA continuation coverage (see S. 1502), S10287 [4OC] (see H.R. 3040), H6379 [4OC]

———allow certain health benefits and dependent care assistance to be carried forward to the succeeding taxable year or to be included in gross income upon termination of such accounts and arrangements (see H.R. 1590), H1604 [25AP]

———allow credit for dry and wet cleaning equipment that uses non-hazardous primary process solvents (see S. 1292), S8575 [1AU] (see H.R. 978), H875 [13MR]

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

———allow exclusion of tax-exempt bonds issued for health care or educational purposes in determination of interest expenses of financial institutions (see H.R. 2200), H3202 [14JN]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see S. 1022), S6127 [12JN] (see H.R. 2125), H3066 [12JN]

———allow individuals to designate refunds to provide catastrophic health coverage to individuals who do not otherwise have health coverage (see H.R. 647), H395 [14FE]

———allow Medicare beneficiaries a refundable credit for purchase of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 1600), S11286 [31OC]

———allow penalty-free distributions from qualified retirement plans on account of the death or disability of the participant's spouse (see H.R. 578), H323 [13FE]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (see S. 674), S3274 [2AP]

———allow taxpayers to designate income tax refunds for use in medical research conducted through the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 1673), H1859 [2MY]

———clarify status of professional employer organizations in order to assist small businesses in providing employee benefits and collecting employment taxes (see S. 1305), S8703 [2AU]

———deductions for home health care, day care, and respite care for households with an Alzheimer's disease patient (see S. 383), S1463 [15FE]

———ensure employees retain hospital insurance tax exemption relative to consolidation of a political subdivision with the State (see H.R. 926), H740 [7MR]

———establish incentives to improve the quality of child care and expand alternatives for families with children (see H.R. 253), H108 [30JA]

———exclude from gross income certain scholarships related to health professions (see H.R. 885), H648 [6MR]

———exclude U.S. savings bond income from gross income if used to pay long-term care expenses (see S. 232), S915 [31JA] (see H.R. 1719), H1924 [3MY]

———extend exclusion from an employee's gross income for employer-provided health coverage of the employee's spouse to coverage provided to the employee's domestic partner (see H.R. 2837), H5405 [5SE]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see S. 29), S98 [22JA] (see S. 363), S1463 [15FE] (see H.R. 154), H60 [6JA] (see H.R. 317), H162 [31JA]

———impose a tax on certain unearned income and provide tax relief by reducing the rate of the Social Security payroll tax (see H.R. 1573), H1555 [24AP]

———impose civil monetary penalties against health plans that do not provide coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see S. 331), S1394 [14FE]

———improve access to tax-exempt debt for small non-profit health care and educational institutions (see S. 1038), S6318 [14JN]

———provide credit for medical research relative to developing vaccines against widespread diseases and assure such vaccines are affordable and widely distributed (see S. 895), S5005 [16MY] (see H.R. 1504), H1497 [4AP]

———provide credits for health care professionals establishing practices in rural or underserved areas (see S. 569), S2582 [20MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (see S. 1791), S12772 [10DE] (see H.R. 3529), H10908 [19DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery and provide for the payment of emergency extended unemployment compensation (see S. 1804), S12858 [11DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration (see H. Res. 270), H7217 [23OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), consideration (see H. Res. 320), H10401 (see H. Res. 320), H10908 [19DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), consideration (H. Res. 320)—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 317), H10173 [17DE] (see H. Res. 319), H10354 [18DE]

———provide incentives for health coverage for the uninsured (see H.R. 1181), H1113 [22MR]

———provide incentives to encourage small business health plans (see H.R. 2082), H2955 [6JN]

———provide incentives to expand health care coverage (see S. 284), S1122 [7FE]

———provide income tax credit to long-term caregivers (see S. 464), S1897 [6MR] (see H.R. 2575), H4352 [19JY]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see S. 1048), S6318 [14JN] (see H.R. 1412), H1482 (see H.R. 1412), H1492 [4AP]

———provide relief for victims of terrorist attacks involving anthrax (see S. 1720), S12001 [16NO]

———provide tax relief for health insurance and medical care expenses, establish more options for obtaining quality health care, and expand insurance coverage to the uninsured (see H.R. 2250), H3357 [20JN]

———reduce the per dose tax on vaccines (see S. 459), S1897 [6MR] (see H.R. 921), H740 [7MR]

———relief for families (see S. 9), S97 [22JA]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see S. 237), S1012 [1FE] (see H.R. 122), H59 (see H.R. 192), H62 [6JA]

———simplify Internal Revenue Code through revenue neutral proposals (see H.R. 2529), H4112 [17JY]

———treat certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for purposes of determining acquisition indebtedness (see S. 779), S3994 [26AP]

———treatment of certain gifts and benefits provided to physicians by prescription drug manufacturers (see H.R. 2641), H4634 [25JY]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (see S. 1067), S6518 [20JN] (see H.R. 1524), H1498 [4AP]

———treatment of charitable contributions to public charities for use in medical research (see S. 393), S1616 [27FE] (see H.R. 744), H441 [27FE]

———treatment of employee welfare benefit plans (see S. 1386), S8911 [3AU]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see S. 627), S2979 [27MR] (see H.R. 831), H622 [1MR]

———treatment of foods and supplements for dietary use, and medical foods as medical expenses (see S. 1330), S8704 [2AU] (see H.R. 3475), H10055 [12DE]

———treatment of health care subsidy payments made to employers on behalf of volunteer firefighters (see H.R. 1651), H1715 [1MY]

———treatment of loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1401), H1482 (see H.R. 1401), H1492 [4AP]

———treatment of primary health providers in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 2449), H3861 [10JY]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 1532), H1499 [4AP] (see H.R. 2106), H2997 [7JN]

———treatment of unused benefits under cafeteria plans that allow flexible spending accounts for out-of-pocket medical expenses (see H.R. 167), H61 [6JA]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 63), H26 [3JA] (see H.R. 3105), H6701 [11OC]

———treatment of welfare benefit funds for certain employer plans (see H.R. 2370), H3802 [28JN]

Terrorism: assist States in preparing for an attack using biological or chemical weapons (see S. 1520), S10388 [9OC] (see H.R. 3153), H7127 [17OC]

———clarify Dept. of HHS responsibilities regarding biological agents and toxins, clarify application of privacy requirements to new cable television services, and strengthen security at certain nuclear facilities (see H.R. 3016), H6260 [3OC]

———clarify Dept. of HHS responsibilities regarding biological agents and toxins and amend penalties for offenses involving such agents and toxins (see H.R. 3160), H7217 [23OC]

———condemn anthrax threats sent to reproductive health centers and abortion providers (see H. Con. Res. 285), H9077 [6DE]

———designation of school nurses as ``first responders'' and removal of any barriers impeding them from responding to a biological or chemical attack (see H. Con. Res. 298), H10966 [20DE]

———develop and disseminate educational materials on responding to terrorist events involving nuclear, biological, or chemical elements, and provide for an emergency medicine alert network (see H.R. 3458), H9239 [11DE]

———ensure that the U.S. is prepared for an attack using biological or chemical weapons (see S. 1508), S10287 [4OC]

———establish a coordinated program of science-based countermeasures to address threats of agricultural bioterrorism (see S. 1563), S10794 [17OC] (see H.R. 3293), H8181 [14NO]

———establish a partnership between the Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense to develop education and training programs on medical responses to consequences of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 3254), H7958 [8NO]

———expand network of public health preparedness centers relative to homeland security (see S. 1705), S11940 [15NO]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see H.R. 3448), H9239 [11DE]

———protect children (see S. 1539), S10640 [11OC] (see S. 1685), S11789 [14NO] (see H.R. 3106), H6701 [11OC]

———provide additional funding to combat agricultural bioterrorism (see S. 1546), S10693 [15OC]

———provide for interagency preparation and response to consequences of attacks against the Yucca Mountain Project (see H.R. 3289), H8181 [14NO]

———strengthen the preparedness of health care providers within the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and community hospitals to respond to bioterrorism (see S. 1561), S10794 [17OC]

Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see S. 969), S5694 [25MY] (see H.R. 2118), H3002 [8JN]

Tobacco products: prohibit importation of bidi cigarettes (see H.R. 1454), H1485 (see H.R. 1454), H1494 [4AP]

———prohibit sale of tobacco products to juveniles through the Internet or other indirect means (see H.R. 3456), H9239 [11DE]

———reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and develop safer tobacco products (see H.R. 1044), H953 [15MR]

———require cigarette products to be placed under or behind the counter in retail sales (see H.R. 1046), H953 [15MR]

———strengthen warning labels on smokeless tobacco products (see H.R. 1453), H1485 (see H.R. 1453), H1494 [4AP]

———support State legislative efforts, and strong health education programs and activities, to discourage smoking in children (see H. Con. Res. 122), H1860 [2MY]

Unemployment: expand coverage options for unemployed workers to receive and pay for COBRA health insurance benefits and provide for a program of enhanced unemployment coverage (see H.R. 3471), H10054 [12DE]

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: terminate (see S. 114), S100 [22JA]

United Mine Workers of America: provide additional sources of revenue to the Combined Benefit Fund and Benefit Plan (see H.R. 3567), H10964 [20DE]

Veterans: add diabetes mellitus to the list of service-connected diseases (see H.R. 862), H647 [6MR]

———ensure quality health care (see S. Res. 179), S11719 [13NO]

———establish a comprehensive program for the testing and treatment of the hepatitis C virus (see H.R. 639), H394 [14FE]

———establish an additional basis for determining the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care based on the cost-of-living of the area in which the veteran resides (see S. 1221), S8064 [23JY]

———exempt prescription drugs and medical supplies dispensed by Dept. of Veterans Affairs pharmacies from interest and administrative cost charges (see H.R. 890), H649 [6MR]

———expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with respect to radiation-exposed veterans (see H.R. 134), H60 [6JA]

———expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with respect to radiation-exposed veterans and circumstances deemed to have been radiation-risk activities (see H.R. 1957), H2678 [23MY]

———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans (see S. 1042), S6318 [14JN]

———modify and extend authorities on the presumption of service-connection for herbicide-related disabilities of Vietnam-era veterans (see S. 1091), S6664 [22JN]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 170), S527 [24JA] (see H.R. 65), H26 [3JA] (see H.R. 303), H202 [6FE] (see H.R. 609), H393 [14FE]

———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see S. 457), S1817 [5MR]

———repeal manifestation period for a presumption of service-connection for respiratory cancers occurring in Vietnam veterans (see H.R. 1587), H1604 [25AP]

Water: allow public water systems to avoid filtration requirements (see H.R. 2183), H3201 [14JN]

———authorize use of certain Federal funding programs to remove arsenic from drinking water when the EPA promulgates a new national primary drinking water regulation for arsenic (see H.R. 2112), H2997 [7JN]

———biological monitoring and whole effluent toxicity testing relative to publicly owned treatment works (see H.R. 109), H59 [6JA]

———terminate the effectiveness of certain drinking water regulations on arsenic levels (see S. 223), S914 [31JA]

Women: constitutional amendment on equality of rights and reproductive rights (see H.J. Res. 32), H649 [6MR]

———determine the health risks of dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in tampons and similar products and collect and analyze data on toxic shock syndrome (see H.R. 360), H164 [31JA]

———promote research and disseminate information on the health effects of breast implants and encourage FDA review of implant manufacturers (see S. 961), S5616 [24MY] (see H.R. 1961), H2678 [23MY]

———protect breastfeeding by new mothers (see S. 256), S1062 [6FE]

———protect breastfeeding by new mothers, establish performance standard for breast pumps, and allow tax credit for enabling mothers to breastfeed or express milk at work (see H.R. 285), H110 [30JA]

———provide grants for Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners programs (see S. 1391), S8911 [3AU]

———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see S. 208), S706 [30JA] (see H.R. 633), H394 [14FE]

Wood: require warning labels on arsenic-treated wood sold in the U.S. (see S. 877), S4890 [14MY] (see H.R. 2721), H5333 [2AU]

———require warning labels on arsenic-treated wood to prohibit the use in playground equipment (see H.R. 2727), H5333 [2AU]

Chronologies

Federal ergonomics standards, H664, H694 [7MR]

Cloture motions

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13040 [12DE], S13112 [13DE], S13349 [17DE], S13423 [18DE], S13658 [19DE]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), motion to proceed, S12271 [30NO], S12406 [5DE]

Cost Estimates

Health centers program and National Health Service Corps reauthorization and Healthy Communities Access Program establishment to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533): CBO, S11281-S11283 [31OC]

Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development Act (H.R. 3178): CBO, H10190 [18DE]

Descriptions

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Response Act (H.R. 3448), E2387-E2389 [20DE]

Self-Employed Health Insurance Fairness Act (S. 29), S302 [22JA]

Essays

Tobacco—Why It's Not for Me: Cynthia Plascencia, H8164 [14NO]

Excerpts

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

Explanations

Bioterrorism Preparedness Act (H.R. 3448): Assessment of Vulnerability of Water Supply Systems, E2410 [20DE]

Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act (H.R. 3447): Committee on Veterans Affairs (House) and Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate), E2404-E2408 [20DE]

Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development Act (H.R. 3178), H10188 [18DE]

Factsheets

AIDS Epidemic Update: WHO, H9098-H9104 [11DE]

AIDS/HIV Facts and Figures, E1058 [7JN]

Child Protection/Alcohol and Drug Partnership Act (S. 484), S1995 [7MR]

Children's Dental Health Improvement Act (S. 1626), S11384 [1NO]

Medicare+Choice Consumer Protection Act (S. 1851), S13709 [19DE]

Native American Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Technical Amendment Act (S. 1741), S12109 [28NO]

Principles for Economic Stimulus, S11318 [1NO]

Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act (S. 1016), S6134 [12JN]

Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act (S. 1274), S8471 [31JY]

Letters

Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act: several agricultural, commodity, and lender organizations, S12762 [10DE], S13035 [12DE]

AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria global fund: Paul H. O'Neill, Sec. of the Treasury, H4455 [24JY]

Allow the cloning of certain human tissues for research purposes: Douglas Johnson, National Right to Life Committee, Inc., H4936 [31JY]

———Jordan J. Cohen, Association of American Medical Colleges, H4938 [31JY]

Assistance for aviation employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures: Carol B. Hallett, Air Transport Association, S10353 [9OC]

———several State Governors, S10353 [9OC]

Assure Access to Mammography Act: Daniel E. Smith, American Cancer Society, S2399 [15MR]

———Harvey L. Neiman, American College of Radiology, S2400 [15MR]

———Michael Del Vecchio, American Society of Radiologic Technologists, S2400 [15MR]

———Stephen A. Feig, Society of Breast Imaging, S2400 [15MR]

Bipartisan Patient Protection Act, S6497 [20JN], S6855 [25JN]

———Bill Merry, Jr., Herndon & Merry, Inc., S6651 [22JN]

———Billy G. Rogers, Jr., Billy Rogers Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc., S6651 [22JN]

———Frank J. Nemec, S6509 [20JN]

———John W. Dillard, Jr., Dillard Door & Specialty Co., Inc., S6651 [22JN]

———Kathleen Sebelius, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, S6493 [20JN]

———Margaret LaMontagne, Executive Office of the President, S6652 [22JN]

———Michael Marcum, S6889 [26JN]

———R.I. Christensen, Christensen & Griffith Construction Co., S6482 [20JN]

Border inspections and monitoring of animal and plant diseases funding: North Carolina government officials, H3976 [12JY]

Bronx Shepherds Restoration Corp., anniversary: Representative Serrano, E658 [26AP]

Clarify State compliance with new Bipartisan Patient Protection Act Federal regulations relative to existing State health insurance laws: Garnet Coleman, National Conference of State Legislatures, S6978 [27JN]

Clearly define medical necessity and other standards for independent reviewers to use in the arbitration of coverage determinations by managed care plans and HMO's: National Breast Cancer Coalition, S6950 [27JN]

Congressional disapproval of Dept. of Labor ergonomic regulations: Charles F. Farmer, Mayor of Jackson, TN, S1846 [6MR]

———Don Sundquist, Governor of Tennessee, S1832 [6MR]

———Elaine L. Chao, Sec. of Labor, S1832, S1859 [6MR]

———(excerpts), S1873 [6MR]

———Jay Hawkins, Micron Technology, Inc., H703 [7MR]

———Rick D. Keller, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation, H703 [7MR]

———Victor Ashe, Mayor of Knoxville, TN, S1846 [6MR]

Dept. of Agriculture review of Federal agency actions affecting agricultural producers: several agricultural organizations, S13036 [12DE]

Developing countries disease monitoring and surveillance programs funding: Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., OMB, S13910 [20DE]

District of Columbia needle exchange programs: A. Cornelius Baker, Whitman-Walker Clinic, Inc., S11513 [7NO]

———Michael Kelly, District of Columbia Housing Authority, S11513 [7NO]

———Mohammad N. Akhter, American Public Health Association, S11513 [7NO]

———Paola Barahona, Prevention Works (organization), S11514 [7NO]

Drinking water standards for arsenic: Senators Domenici, Kyl, Craig, Hatch, and Bennett, S8555 [1AU]

Drug-Free Communities Support Program extension and modification and National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute authorization: Representative Burton, Committee on Government Reform (House), H5348 [5SE]

———Representative Tauzin, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H5348 [5SE]

Economic Recovery and Homeland Defense Act: John Engler and Paul E. Patton, National Governors' Association, S11739 [14NO]

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

Emergency health coverage assistance: John Engler and Paul E. Patton, National Governors' Association, H10859 [19DE]

Emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance for economic recovery: several economists, E2102 [15NO]

Executive Office of the President response to correspondence on bipartisan health care reform: Nicholas E. Calio, Executive Office of the President, H2981 [7JN]

Executive Office of the President response to correspondence on medical privacy: Nicholas E. Calio, Executive Office of the President, H2981, H2982 [7JN]

Executive Office of the President response to correspondence on pediatric medical education: Nicholas E. Calio, Executive Office of the President, H2981 [7JN]

Family and Medical Leave Clarification Act: Deanna R. Gelak, Family and Medical Leave Act Technical Corrections Coalition, S2074 [8MR]

FamilyCare Act: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt and Jennifer L. Howse, March of Dimes (organization), S8232 [25JY]

———Graham Newson, American Academy of Pediatrics, S8231 [25JY]

———Gregg Haifley, Children's Defense Fund, S8232 [25JY]

———Lawrence A. McAndrews, National Association of Children's Hospitals, S8231 [25JY]

———Marcia D. Greenberger and Regan Ralph, National Women's Law Center, S8230 [25JY]

———Michael D. Place, Catholic Health Association, S8232 [25JY]

———Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, S8231 [25JY]

FDA premarket approval application review process of TMJ Implants, Inc.'s, total and partial joint prostheses: Roland Jankelson, E15 [3JA]

Federal courts jurisdition over traditional plaintiff's medical malpractice claims: Senator Specter, S6386 [18JN]

Financial Information Privacy Protection Act: several consumer organizations, S306 [22JA]

Geriatric Care Act: Howard Bedlin, National Council on the Aging, S3926 [25AP]

———Stephen Bartels, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, S3926 [25AP]

———William L. Minnix, Jr., American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, S3926 [25AP]

Guarantee Federal remedies that hold health plans accountable for medical decisions and limit non-economical and punitive damages: Frank M. Fitzgerald, Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services, H5272 [2AU]

Health Care Access Improvement Act: Richard W. Valachovic, American Dental Education Association, S2585 [20MR]

Health care liability and medical malpractice reform: Robert W. Gilmore, AMA, H5278 [2AU]

Hospital-Based Nursing Initiative Act: Jessie F. Rohner, Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, S11202 [30OC]

———Pamela A. Thompson and Dianne Anderson, American Organization of Nurse Executives, S11202 [30OC]

———Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, S11201 [30OC]

———Rose Gonzalez, American Nurses Association, S11202 [30OC]

———Thomas C. Dolan, American College of Healthcare Executives, S11202 [30OC]

Importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by U.S. citizens for personal use: William B. Simpkins, DEA, H3892, H3895 [11JY]

———William K. Hubbard, FDA, H3893 [11JY]

Improve access to oral health care by strengthening the dental workforce in rural and underserved communities: Richard W. Valachovic, American Dental Education Association, S5703 [25MY], S5978 [7JN]

———Robert M. Anderton, American Dental Association, S5702 [25MY], S5978 [7JN]

Improve Medicare reimbursement policies relative to service payment sites: several health care professionals, E287 [6MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding: Richard Spring, Webberville School District, Manchester, MI, S4199 [3MY]

Insurance coverage for individuals participating in approved clinical trials: Cancer Leadership Council, S6587 [21JN]

———Daniel E. Smith, American Cancer Society, S6583, S6587 [21JN]

Investigation into Bristol-Myers Squibb, Inc., representation of average wholesale prices of prescription drugs relative to Medicare reimbursement: Representative Stark, E244 [28FE]

Liability of employers relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's: Benjamin Y. Cooper, Printing Industries of America, Inc., S6883 [26JN]

———Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S6840 [25JN], S6882 [26JN]

———Dirk Van Dongen and James A. Anderson, Jr., National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, S6881 [26JN]

———Jack McKee, McKee Foods Corp., S6476 [20JN], S6574 [21JN]

———James A. Klein, American Benefits Council, S6841 [25JN]

———John W. Hayes, S6476 [20JN], S6574 [21JN]

———M. Scott Vinson, National Council of Chain Restaurants, S6882 [26JN]

———Michael E. Baroody, National Association of Manufacturers, S6881 [26JN]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S6841 [25JN]

———Steven C. Anderson and Lee Culpepper, National Restaurant Association, S6881 [26JN]

———Steven Pfister, National Retail Federation, S6882 [26JN]

———Tom B. Hancher, Texas Medical Association, S6879 [26JN]

———William T. Archey, American Electronics Association, S6882 [26JN]

———several business groups, S6649 [22JN]

Make permanent Medicare health coverage for certain disabled individuals that go back to work: Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, E116 [6FE]

Mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission prevention funding: Robert M. Lester, AID, E1392 [20JY]

NIH Centers for Excellence funding: Ruth L. Kirschstein, NIH, H1677 [1MY]

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

———several Senators, S6394 [19JN]

OSHA issuance of rule on ergonomic regulations: Bob Livingston and Representative Obey, Committee on Appropriations (House), S1801 [5MR]

Prohibit human germline gene modification: W. Lee Rawls, Biotechnology Industry Organization, S7134 [29JN]

Prohibit the sale of foods with minimal nutritional value in schools participating in Federal meal programs: Jenny Dorman, S3756 [6AP]

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Response Act: Representative Boehlert, Committee on Science (House), H9210 [11DE]

———Representative Tauzin, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H9210 [11DE]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: Gerard W. Fischer, Dept. of Justice, S1787 [1MR]

Recognize the importance of international tuberculosis control efforts and the severe impact on minority populations: Representative Hyde, Committee on International Relations (House), H966 [20MR]

———Representative Tauzin, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H966 [20MR]

Rural Mental Health Accessibility Act: Charlotte Hardt, National Rural Health Association, S4826 [10MY]

———Jacqueline Shannon, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, S4826 [10MY]

Senate consideration of certain veterans health and housing legislation: several veterans organizations, S11317 [1NO]

Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act: Charlotte Hardt, National Rural Health Association, S12373, S12374 [4DE]

———Cindy Knight, Wyoming Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, S12373 [4DE]

———David M. Bergman, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, S12372, S12373 [4DE]

———Dee Kernodle, Arkansas Mental Health Counselors Association, S12372 [4DE]

———Dell Tyson, Arkansas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, S12373 [4DE]

———Jane Goodman, American Counseling Association, S12371 [4DE]

———Karen Robertson, David L. Beck, and Lesley Travers, Wyoming Counseling Association, S12371 [4DE]

———Mary Riemersma, California Association for Marriage and Family Therapists, S12374 [4DE]

———Midge Williams, American Mental Health Counselors Association, S12372 [4DE]

Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act: Ashley B. Coffield, Partnership for Prevention (organization), S8473 [31JY]

———Ben F. Massey, American Physical Therapy Association, S8473 [31JY]

———Larry S. Gage, National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, S8473 [31JY]

———Lawrence B. Sadwin and David P. Faxon, American Heart Association, S8472 [31JY]

———Michael D. Walker, Brain Attack Coalition, S8473 [31JY]

———Patti Shwayder, National Stroke Association, S8472 [31JY]

———Stewart B. Dunsker, American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Issam A. Awad, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, S8472 [31JY]

Supreme Court decision on use of marijuana for medicinal purposes: Representatives Souder, Barr and Ose, H4191 [18JY]

Veterans health care funding: Armando C. Albarran, DAV, S5503 [23MY]

———David E. Woodbury, AMVETS, S5504 [23MY]

———Joel Niemeyer, Paralyzed Veterans of America (organization), S3497 [5AP]

———Joseph L. Fox, Sr., Paralyzed Veterans of America (organization), S5504 [23MY]

———Robert E. Wallace, VFW, S3497 [5AP], S5503 [23MY]

———several veterans' organizations, S3496 [5AP]

Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development Act: Representative Boehlert, Committee on Science (House), H10191 [18DE]

———Representative Don Young, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H10191 [18DE]

———Representative Tauzin, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H10190 [18DE]

WISEWOMAN Expansion Act: Phyliss Greenberger and Roberta Biegel, Society for Women's Health Research, S713 [30JA]

———Rose Marie Robertson, American Heart Association, S713 [30JA]

———Sandra C. Raymond, National Osteoporosis Foundation, S713 [30JA]

Women's Health Office Act: several health organizations, S5620 [24MY]

Lists

Cancer Leadership Council, S6588 [21JN]

Components to amend H.R. 3090, Economic Security and Recovery Act, S12040 [27NO]

Cosponsors of H.R. 481, make permanent Medicare health coverage for certain disabled individuals that go back to work, E116 [6FE]

Cosponsors of S. 543, Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act, S11172 [30OC]

Diseases being addressed by NIH, S11159 [30OC]

Health care legislation introduced from 1983-2000 by Senator Specter, S294 [22JA]

Hospitals eligible for disaster assistance under S. 1708, Parity in Emergency Preparedness and Response Act, S11943 [15NO]

Medical services not covered under Civilian Health and Medical Program of the VA (CHAMPVA), S6908 [26JN]

Partnership To Cut Hunger in Africa (organization) members, S6984 [27JN]

Staff that worked on H.R. 3391, Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act, H8794 [4DE]

Supporters of H.R. 1269, Global Health Act, E478 [28MR]

Supporters of H.R. 3178, Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development Act, H10190 [18DE]

Supporters of S. 543, Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act, S11173 [30OC]

Supporters of S. 775, Geriatric Care Act, S3926 [25AP]

Supporters of S. 843, Treatment on Demand Assistance Act, S4514 [8MY]

Supporters of S. 982, Medicare Wellness Act, S5834 [5JN]

Supporters of S. 1052, Bipartisan Patient Protection Act, S6404-S6406, S6432 [19JN], S6510 [20JN], S6890 [26JN], S7074 [28JN]

Supporters of S. 1274, Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act, S8472 [31JY]

Memorandums

Approval of Generic Versions of Drugs Without Pediatric Labeling, H10209 [18DE]

———Laurence H. Tribe, E2286-E2288 [13DE]

———Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (law firm), H8106 [13NO]

Politics After the Attack—A Report on Democracy Corps' New National Survey and Focus Groups: Democracy Corps (organization), S13890 [20DE]

Prohibit Human Germline Gene Modification: Edward L. Korwek, S7069 [28JN], S7135 [29JN]

Motions

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S12271 [30NO], S12842 [11DE], S12995, S13020 [12DE], S13423, S13455, S13456 [18DE]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), S1831 [6MR]

Insurance: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5285 [2AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6403 [19JN], S6634 [22JN], S6870 [26JN], S6963 [27JN], S7015, S7025, S7054 [28JN], S7130, S7131, S7136, S7138, S7142, S7145, S7148, S7153 [29JN]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), H4943 [31JY]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H7280 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H10867 [19DE]

Petitions and memorials

Tennessee: OSHA proposed rule on ergonomic regulations, S1845 [6MR]

Poems

``Fence or an Ambulance,'' Joseph Malins, S4386 [4MY]

Prayers

Lest We Forget—A Prayer of Responsibility for Children: Ina J. Hughes, E670 [1MY]

Press releases

AMA Opposes Kyl-Nelson Amendment That Lets MBA's—Not MD's—Make Medical Decisions: AMA, S6953 [27JN]

Americans Oppose Cloning Human Embryos for Research: National Right to Life Committee, Inc., H4930 [31JY]

HHS, Bayer Agree to Cipro Purchase, S11189 [30OC]

Richmond Employers Join UNOS To Increase Organ Donation: United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), H674 [7MR]

Scientists Say ``Therapeutic Cloning'' Creates a Human Embryo: National Right to Life Committee, Inc., H4929 [31JY]

Second Round of Medicare Competitive Bidding Project for Medical Supplies in Polk County, FL: Health Care Financing Administration, E361 [14MR]

VA Initiates Pain Management Program: Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S1390 [14FE]

VA Sponsors New Program for End-of-Life Care: Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S3915 [25AP]

Proclamations

Tribute to Visions Services Plan (business) Sight for Students Program Assisting Children in Need of Eyecare Services: Representative Matsui, E1722 [25SE]

Voluntary Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Discount and Security Program: National Pharmaceutical Association, E1631 [11SE]

Proposals

Protections for Vulnerable Americans: National Governors' Association, S11739 [14NO]

Questions and answers

Musculoskeletal disorders and the workplace: Congress, National Academy of Sciences, and Institute of Medicine, H692-H694 [7MR]

Remarks in House

Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (H.R. 78), E3 [3JA]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (H.R. 2763), E1547 [3AU]

Academy of Medicine of Toledo and Lucas County (organization): anniversary, E716 [3MY]

Afghanistan: provide educational and health care assistance to women and children, H8163 [14NO], H8555 [28NO]

———provide educational and health care assistance to women and children (S. 1573), H8346-H8351 [27NO], E2156 [28NO]

———tribute to organizations led by Afghan women that are providing humanitarian services and inclusion of women in any newly established Government (H. Res. 281), E2027 [7NO], E2116 [16NO]

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (H. Con. Res. 102), H1851 [2MY], H8754-H8758 [4DE]

Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory livestock, H6367, H6368 [4OC], E1825 [5OC]

AID: clarify process of providing education and related services to foreign law enforcement and military personnel to prevent and control HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (H.R. 2104), E1047 [7JN]

———Office of Environment and Urban Programs funding, H4484 [24JY], H7859 [7NO]

Al-Anon Family Groups, Inc.: anniversary, E1588 [5SE]

Alvarez-Dillard, Tarquina: National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association Outstanding Clinician Award recipient, E1142 [19JN]

American Heart Month: observance, H327, H328, H329, H351 [14FE], E181, E187, E195 [14FE]

American Liver Foundation: tribute to Greater Washington, DC, Chapter for Liver Walk, E1995 [2NO], E2005 [6NO]

American Lyme Disease Foundation, Inc.: tribute, E681 [1MY]

Animals: Dept. of Agriculture efforts to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease, H1040-H1042 [21MR]

Armed Forces: alternative financing mechanism for TRICARE program (H.R. 587), E158 [13FE]

———eliminate requirement that covered beneficiaries obtain a nonavailability-of-health-care statement relative to obstetrics and gynecological care for a pregnancy (H.R. 1511), H1357 [3AP]

———improve pay, health care, and family housing for active duty personnel, H353 [14FE]

———performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, H6022-H6025 [25SE], E1751 [28SE]

———require executive agencies to pay the premiums for coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for certain reservists called or ordered to active duty (H.R. 1243), E452 [27MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services, H23 [3JA], H5921 [21SE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (H.R. 179), H297 [13FE], H2960 [7JN], H4033, H4034 [17JY]

———revise the computation of military disability retired pay for certain members injured while a cadet or midshipman at a service academy, H5853 [20SE]

———use of military health care system and commissary stores by unremarried former spouses of members (H.R. 288), E59 [30JA]

———waive Medicare part B penalty for military retirees who enroll in TRICARE program (H.R. 997), E340 [13MR]

Athens, AL: anniversary of Athens-Limestone Hospital, E902 [23MY]

Auburn University: poultry production improvements project funding, H3754 [28JN]

Aviation: provide for monitoring of aircraft air quality and require air carriers to address complaints and maintain records associated with aircraft air quality (H.R. 2158), E1095 [13JN]

———require screening of passengers and property on flights be carried out by FAA employees and require air carriers provide health benefits to involuntarily separated employees, H5915-H5918 [21SE]

Back to Health Month: observance, E541 [5AP], E715 [3MY]

Baxter Healthcare Corp.: tribute, E1001 [5JN]

Baylor College of Medicine: Children's Nutrition Research Center funding, H8079 [13NO], E1328 [12JY]

Becton, Henry P.: American Diabetes Association ``Legacy of Discovery in Diabetes Care'' award recipient, E659 [26AP]

Becton Dickinson (business): tribute on efforts to treat and cure diabetes, E659 [26AP]

Bengsch, Harold: Community Foundation of the Ozarks Humanitarian of the Year award recipient, E2387 [20DE]

BIA: contract support costs for Indian Health Service programs funding, H3371, H3373 [21JN]

Bipartisan Commission on Social Security Reform: establish (H.R. 14), E1 [3JA]

Blood: encourage donation, H10060 [13DE]

Boeheim, Jim and Juli: tribute to Coaches vs. Cancer Program efforts, E908 [23MY]

Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act: tribute, H114 [31JA]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H7286-H7294 [24OC], E1985 [2NO]

Bremner, Connie: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leadership Award recipient, E1223 [27JN]

Bristol-Myers Squibb, Inc.: investigation into representation of average wholesale prices of prescription drugs relative to Medicare reimbursement, E244 [28FE]

Bronx Shepherds Restoration Corp.: anniversary, E658 [26AP]

Budget: allocation of funds, H834, H837, H838, H857 [13MR], H918-H923 [14MR], H963 [20MR], H1153 [27MR], H2391 [22MY]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, E1061 [8JN]

California: anniversary of Open Door Community Health Centers, E1373 [19JY]

———Kaweah Delta Health Care District recipient of American Hospital Association Foster G. McGaw Prize, E81 [31JA]

Cameron, MO: tribute to Cameron Veterans' Home, E1088 [13JN]

Carrollton, IL: anniversary of Boyd Hospital, E2025 [7NO]

Cartersville, GA: observance of National Nursing Home Week at Starcrest Long-Term Care Facility, E643 [26AP]

Catawba County, NC: tribute to Catawba Memorial Hospital, E761 [9MY]

Centeno, Luis: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leadership Award recipient, E1222 [27JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: autism research funding, E449 [27MR]

———biological disease and chemical threat prevention studies funding through reductions in the Corp. for Public Broadcasting, H6665, H6666 [11OC]

———Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases facility construction funding, H10929 [20DE]

Chasson, Susan: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leadership Award recipient, E1246 [29JN]

Children and youth: abstinence education program funding, H6640 [11OC]

———abstinence education program funding through reductions in certain disease control programs and child care development grants, H6666-H6673, H6677 [11OC], E1875, E1878 [12OC]

———ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (H.R. 1990), H3946 [11JY], E936 [24MY]

———establish national policy on youth development (H.R. 17), H3267, H3271 [20JN], E4, E8 [3JA]

———Federal aid programs funding, H1225 [28MR]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (H.R. 2097), E1055 [7JN]

———meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth (H.R. 2198), E1111 [14JN]

———mental health services (H.R. 75), H843 [13MR], H5760 [20SE], H7893 [7NO]

———protect infants who are born alive, H1064 [22MR]

———require lead poisoning screening for enrollees in certain Federal programs (H.R. 2788), E1535 [3AU]

China, People's Republic of: use of organs from executed prisoners, H4187-H4189 [18JY], E1255 [29JN]

China, Republic of: endorse and obtain observer status at the World Health Assembly summit in Switzerland (H.R. 2739), H10462-H10464 [19DE]

———participation in WHO (H.R. 428), H1503-H1506 [24AP], H2168-H2170 [15MY], E894 [22MY]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month: designate (H. Con. Res. 197), E1427 [25JY]

Civil rights: protect first amendment rights relative to abortion and reproductive services (H.R. 185), E6 [3JA]

Clearfield, PA: Clearfield Emergency Medical Service Co., recipient of Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council Rural Ambulance Service of the Year Award, H8572 [29NO]

COBRA: extend the basic period for health care continuation, further extend coverage for individuals age 55 or older, and provide for a refundable tax credit for premiums (H.R. 2005), E926, E933 [24MY]

Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st Century: extend and make technical corrections to legislation governing the Commission (H.R. 1850), H5948, H5949 [24SE]

Community Action Council of South Texas: tribute, E1534 [3AU]

Community Health Agency, Inc.: tribute, E674 [1MY]

Community Home Health and Hospice (organization): tribute, E380 [15MR]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Act: revise and extend programs to provide access to health care and support services to individuals and families with HIV and AIDS, H1414 [4AP]

Computers: tribute to Intel Corp. and American Cancer Society launch of Intel.com/cure website to assist in leukemia research, E561 [5AP]

Congress: establishment of Coalition for Autism Research and Education (C.A.R.E.) Caucus, E162 [13FE]

———tribute to assistance received during closing of congressional offices due to anthrax bacteria outbreak, E2046 [8NO]

Contraceptives: eliminate coverage for women in Federal health insurance plans and freeze family planning programs funding, H1608 [26AP]

Cookingham, Cory: American Lung Association of the Michigan-Genesee Valley Region Individual Health Advocate of the Year Award recipient, E1982 [2NO]

Courts: provide for health care liability and medical malpractice reform, H5278-H5285 [2AU]

Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana: increase Indian Health Service funding, H7106 [17OC]

CPSC: increase civil and criminal penalties imposed against companies that fail to report information on defective or dangerous products (H.R. 2993), E1776 [2OC]

DEA: enforcement of Controlled Substances Act relative to assisted suicide and euthanasia, H7786 [6NO]

Dental health: improve access to oral health care by strengthening the dental workforce in rural and underserved communities, H6642, H6643 [11OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service funding for border inspections and monitoring of emerging animal and plant diseases, H3972-H3979 [12JY], H4364 [20JY]

———authorization of use of methyl bromide, H6375 [4OC]

———biotechnology risk assessment funding, H6371, H6372 [4OC]

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

———senior citizen meal programs funding through reductions in agriculture buildings and facilities and rental payments, H3909-H3911 [11JY]

Dept. of Defense: allow Medicare-eligible military health care system beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (H.R. 779), E229 [28FE]

———develop inventory of sites within former military ranges containing unexploded ordnance or other abandoned munitions that pose health or safety threats and improve public awareness of such sites, H5772 [20SE]

———develop inventory of sites within former military ranges containing unexploded ordnance or other abandoned munitions that pose health or safety threats and improve public awareness of such sites (H.R. 2605), H4432 [24JY], H4866 [31JY]

———establish compensation for employees sustaining beryllium, radiation-related, asbestos, and hazardous substances injury, illness, or death, H5774 [20SE]

———identify and improve former sites in the District of Columbia containing unexploded ordnance or other abandoned munitions that pose health or safety threats and improve public awareness of such sites, H4866 [31JY], E1577 [5SE]

———make certain improvements to the military health care system, H5767, H5772 [20SE]

———military dental research program funding, H8497 [28NO]

———removal of military waste, hazardous chemicals and unexploded ordnance, H3449-H3452 [21JN]

Dept. of Energy: issue industrial and construction health and safety rules, H8363 [27NO]

Dept. of HHS: award grants to public and private entities to establish or expand teenage pregnancy prevention programs (H.R. 3581), E2371 [20DE]

———Community Access Program funding, H6658 [11OC]

———disapprove rule relative to confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (H.J. Res. 38), E371 [15MR]

———establish an Office on Women's Health, E360 [14MR]

———establish an Office on Women's Health (H.R. 1784), H2058 [9MY], E824, E843 [17MY]

———make grants to designated eligible entities for the design and implementation of innovative models of patient care that are conducive to retention and recruitment of nurses (H.R. 3472), E2274 [13DE]

———prepare and publish annually a consumer guide to prescription drug prices (H.R. 2660), E1440 [26JY]

———provide grants to communities to strengthen the effectiveness, efficiency, and coordination of services for the uninsured and underinsured (H.R. 504), E129 [7FE]

———revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (H.R. 3504), H10485-H10487 [19DE], H10937 [20DE]

Dept. of Justice: abortion services for women in Federal prison funding, H4094-H4097 [17JY], E1359 [18JY], E1418 [24JY]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), H684-H708, H719 [7MR], H1396 [3AP], E315, E322, E325 [8MR], E333 [12MR]

———congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), consideration (H. Res. 79), H658-H667 [7MR]

———congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), unanimous-consent request, H683 [7MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: address backlog of veterans compensation, pension, and education claims, E923 [24MY]

———authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (H.R. 811), H1137-H1143 [27MR], H1263 [28MR], H2690 [24MY], H4694 [26JY], E263 [1MR]

———authorize projects to facilitate the treatment of veterans with Alzheimer's disease, H4696 [26JY]

———authorize projects to facilitate the treatment of veterans with Alzheimer's disease (H. Res. 29), E112 [6FE]

———benefit claims processing funding through reductions in NSF funding, H4691-H4693, H4694 [26JY]

———clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses, H4902-H4905 [31JY], H9143-H9148 [11DE]

———dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners, H4702, H4703 [26JY]

———dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (H.R. 1717), E714 [3MY]

———enhance authority to recruit and retain nurses, establish an additional basis for determining inability of veterans to defray expenses of medical care, and enhance certain health care programs (H.R. 3447), H9217-H9225 [11DE], E2267 [12DE], E2312, E2317 [14DE], E2404 [20DE]

———ensure that senior citizen veterans shall be eligible for pension benefits without regard to disability (H.R. 3087), E1859 [12OC]

———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (H.R. 3253), E2043 [8NO], E2059 [13NO]

———funding, H4703, H4704 [26JY]

———improve allocation of health care resources to different geographic regions in the U.S. (H.R. 2633), E1435 [25JY]

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits, H9148 [11DE]

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (H.R. 511), H1280 [28MR]

———limit amount of time veterans must wait to get a doctor's appointment at veterans clinics (H.R. 435), E114 [6FE]

———make service dogs available to disabled veterans and make various other improvements in health care benefits (H.R. 2792), H7143, H7147 [23OC], E1532 [3AU]

———medical and prosthetic research funding through reductions in NASA Human Space Flight funding, H4690, H4691 [26JY]

———Office of Inspector General funding through reductions in health care funding, H4689, H4690 [26JY]

———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans, H4903, H4904 [31JY]

———State Extended Care Facilities Construction Grant Program funding, H4659 [26JY]

———suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (H.R. 2820), H8848, H8890 [5DE], H10951 [20DE]

———veterans access to health care, H1705 [1MY]

———Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding, H4842-H4844 [30JY], E1485 [1AU]

———veterans mental health treatment programs funding, H7937 [8NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: veterans health care, public housing, homeless shelters, EPA enforcement, and Corp. for National and Community Service funding through reductions in tax cut, H4654-H4659, H4670, H4682-H4686 [26JY]

Developing countries: increase assistance to nations with high levels of infectious disease and premature death (H.R. 1269), H1855 [2MY], E476-E478 [28MR]

———prohibit revocation or revision of any intellectual property or competition law or policy in any country that regulates HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals or medical technologies, H8979 [6DE]

Diabetes Awareness Month: observance, H8424 [28NO]

DiGiorgio, Joseph: New York's Fourth Congressional District Citizen of the Month honoree, E54 [30JA]

Disabled: tribute to hearing- and visually-impaired individuals, H7360 [30OC]

Diseases: AIDS epidemic, H2864-H2866, H2870, H2876-H2884 [5JN], H3839-H3851 [10JY], E1002, E1005, E1017 [5JN], E1035, E1036 [6JN], E1045, E1057 [7JN], E1142 [19JN], E1261 [29JN], E1405 [24JY]

———allocation of AIDS epidemic funding to rural areas, H6658 [11OC]

———Anthrogryposis Foundation establishment, H3622 [27JN]

———assist mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission prevention efforts (H.R. 684), H1850 [2MY]

———asthma research programs, E846 [17MY]

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

———Depts. of HHS and Education asthma programs funding and authority (H.R. 1682), E706 [2MY]

———eliminate tuberculosis (H.R. 1167), H1503 [24AP]

———emphasize importance of early testing in combating HIV/AIDS, E1758 [2OC]

———encourage regular testing and examinations for prostate cancer, E1204 [26JN]

———establish a commission to recommend a strategy for the global eradication of disease (H.R. 2593), E1398 [23JY]

———establish an international trust fund to combat the AIDS epidemic, H1850 [2MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, E1877 [12OC]

———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]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (H.R. 2725), H5376 [5SE], H7288 [24OC]

———gene therapy research relative to cure for blindness, H2574 [23MY]

———Global AIDS Trust Fund funding through reductions in the Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding and the Foreign Military Financing Program, H4455-H4464 [24JY], E1429 [25JY]

———glomerular injury research and awareness funding, E586 [5AP]

———HIV/AIDS prevention, protection, and treatment funding, H207 [7FE]

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

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries, H813 [8MR], H904 [14MR], H995-H1003 [20MR], H1528-H1530 [24AP], H1562 [25AP], H1848-H1855 [2MY], H2255 [16MY], H3688 [27JN]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (H.R. 2069), H9089-H9106 [11DE], E1026 [6JN], E2273 [13DE], E2327 [19DE]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (H.R. 933), H997 [20MR], E400 [20MR]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in the Caribbean nations, E1261 [29JN], E1403 [24JY]

———improve diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS in women and children, H908 [14MR]

———increase public awareness of tuberous sclerosis (H. Con. Res. 25), H8766-H8768 [4DE], E2246 [10DE]

———increased support and funding to combat diabetes, H2271 [16MY]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes, H3597 [26JN]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (H. Con. Res. 36), E177 [14FE]

———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 funding, E893 [22MY]

———international tuberculosis control funding through reductions in Asian Development Fund and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency funding, H4481-H4483 [24JY]

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

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

———ovarian cancer research programs (H.R. 326), E98 [1FE]

———provide additional assistance for international malaria control programs and coordinate assistance relative to malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis, H1855 [2MY]

———recognize importance of international tuberculosis control efforts and acknowledge the severe impact on minority populations (H. Res. 67), H964-H969, H977 [20MR], E430 [22MR], E1216 [26JN]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease, H5445, H5448-H5451 [6SE], E1611, E1614 [10SE]

———safety of certain medications approved for use by diabetes patients, E2207 [5DE]

———State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs funding through reductions in other AIDS-related services funding, H6647-H6649 [11OC]

———tribute to ``Beads of Hope'' lymphoma awareness project, E633 [25AP]

District of Columbia: prohibit needle exchange programs funding, H9051, H9052 [6DE]

Doctor's Day: observance, E500 [29MR]

Drug abuse: national drug control policy, H510, H614 [1MR], H654 [7MR], H3189-H3194 [14JN], H3495 [25JN], H7327-H7329 [25OC]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, H3598 [26JN], H3624 [27JN], H3756 [28JN], H3880-H3889 [11JY], E1345 [17JY]

———allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by U.S. citizens for personal use, H3494 [25JN], H3789 [28JN], H3871, H3890-H3897 [11JY], E1345 [17JY]

———discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, H1837-H1841 [2MY], H3598 [26JN], H3624 [27JN], H3756 [28JN], H3851-H3858 [10JY]

———discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries (H. Res. 26), E98 [1FE]

———extend and modify the Drug-Free Communities Support Program and authorize a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute (H.R. 2291), H5345-H5353 [5SE]

———prohibit funding to prevent certain States from implementing laws allowing the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, H4190-H4193 [18JY]

East Jordan, MI: tribute to Family Health Center, E1527 [3AU]

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, H1655 [26AP]

Education: expand access to counseling and mental health services for elementary and secondary school students, H2306 [17MY]

———expand access to counseling and mental health services for elementary and secondary school students (H.R. 1508), E572 [5AP]

El Proyecto del Barrio (organization): anniversary, E1571 [5SE]

Emergency services: firefighting and emergency medical services funding, H4674 [26JY], H4817-H4820 [30JY], E1487 [1AU]

Employment: limit the number of overtime hours of licensed health care employees (H.R. 1289), H1465 [4AP], E497 [29MR]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (H.R. 1479), E542 [5AP]

EPA: beach water quality testing and notification grants funding, H4828, H4829 [30JY]

———establish a grant program to support research on critical infrastructure protection for water supply systems (H.R. 3178), H8252, H8253 [16NO], H10186-H10193 [18DE], E2020 [6NO], E2369 [20DE], E2524 [3JA]

———Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund funding, H4827, H4828 [30JY]

———New York University School of Medicine study on related rates of breast cancer in Rockland County, NY, and the East Side of Manhattan to air pollution and powerplant radiation funding, H7931 [8NO]

———University of West Florida environmental health study in Escambia County and northwest Florida funding, H7934 [8NO]

Escambia County, FL: EPA study of buried toxic pollutants and increased health effects funding, H4673 [26JY]

FDA: antimicrobial resistance monitoring and prevention programs funding, H3779-H3781 [28JN]

———approval of the abortion drug known as RU-486, E123 [6FE]

———delay approval of transgenic or genetically engineered fish, H3897-H3901 [11JY]

———ensure safety of seafood, H8078 [13NO]

———Food Safety Inspection Service funding, H3770-H3772 [28JN]

———food safety programs for foodborne threats funding through reductions in Medicine Equity and Drug Safety Act funding, H3918 [11JY]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (H.R. 1097), H914-H918 [14MR]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (H.R. 2180), E1117 [14JN]

———improve safety of imported foods (H.R. 3075), E1837 [10OC]

———Office of Generic Drugs funding, H3778, H3779 [28JN]

———pre-market device review funding, H8079 [13NO]

———prohibit funding to prevent importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs, H3690 [27JN]

———reallocation of funding to the Office of Generic Drugs to evaluate and review potential patent abuses, H3919-H3921 [11JY]

———require manufacturers of dietary supplements to register and require submission of reports on adverse experiences regarding such supplements (H.R. 3065), E1833 [9OC]

———require new drug applications include a statement specifying the total cost of research and development, H3921 [11JY]

Federal aid programs: provide emergency health coverage assistance, H10821-H10826, H10846-H10848, H10850-H10852, H10858-H10862 [19DE]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance, H7220, H7227-H7232, H7234, H7250-H7260, H7268-H7280, H7297 [24OC], H7359 [30OC], H7889 [7NO], H8408-H8412 [27NO], H8577, H8581 [29NO], H10060 [13DE], E1929 [25OC], E2102 [15NO]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (H.R. 3450), E2262 [12DE]

Federal employees: ensure compensation for food service employees for wages lost during shutdown of House office buildings, H7615 [1NO]

———reform long-term care insurance (H.R. 2559), H7368, H7369 [30OC]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of bone mass measurements (H.R. 689), E187 [14FE]

———coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing prescription drug coverage, H4562 [25JY], H7542 [31OC]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (H.R. 2163), E1094 [13JN]

Fenton, MI: TRW Inc., Chassis Systems Plant recipient of Michigan Dept. of Consumer & Industry Services Michigan Voluntary Protection Programs Star Award, E1405 [24JY]

Florida: tribute to City of Hope Medical Center for Walk for Hope Against Breast Cancer, H6264 [4OC]

———tribute to individuals who provide vital county services to residents, E654 [26AP]

———tribute to Walk for Hope Against Breast Cancer, H4435 [24JY]

Folkman, Judah: ROFEH International (nonprofit organization) and New England Chassidic Center honoree, E1707 [24SE]

Food: consumer access to information on the health benefits of foods and dietary supplements (H.R. 2265), E1175 [21JN]

———educate the public on the use of biotechnology in producing food for human consumption, H6269, H6270 [4OC]

———enhance food inspection system, H6375 [4OC]

———improve cooperation and eliminate duplication between the Depts. of Agriculture and HHS in the area of food safety inspection (H. Con. Res. 258), H8251 [16NO]

———improve safety of imported foods, H8827 [4DE]

Food industry: require Dept. of Agriculture report on safety and monitoring of genetically engineered foods, H3765-H3767 [28JN], H6266 [4OC]

Foreign aid: authorize assistance for individuals with disabilities in foreign countries, including victims of landmines, civil strife, and warfare (H.R. 3169), H10220-H10225 [18DE]

———mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission prevention funding, H4344, H4345 [19JY], E1392 [20JY]

———prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services, H2092-H2099 [10MY]

———reduce burden of hunger for families impacted by HIV/AIDS through agricultural improvements, maternal and child health programs, and food commodities, H3878, H3879 [11JY]

Foundation Fighting Blindness: tribute, H4546 [25JY]

Frank J. Tornetta School of Anesthesia: anniversary, E1694 [21SE]

Fresno County, CA: observance of Binational Health Week, E1895 [16OC]

FTC: amend trade regulation rule on ophthalmic practice to require the release of prescriptions for contact lenses (H.R. 2663), E1447 [26JY]

GAO: study changes in technology and potential for medical advances relative to the cloning of humans, H4930 [31JY]

———tribute to assistance enabling the House of Representatives to continue its work while House office buildings were closed due to anthrax bacteria outbreak (H. Res. 294), H8396, H8397 [27NO], E2164 [28NO]

Gilda's Club (nonprofit organization): anniversary, E1110 [14JN]

Gosai, Kamlesh: Country Doctor of the Year award recipient, H8889 [5DE]

Government: impact of privatization of public health services and prisons, E830 [17MY]

Government regulations: establish labeling and advertising requirements for dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids and prohibit sales of such supplements to minors (H.R. 3066), E1833 [9OC]

GPO: tribute to assistance enabling Congress to continue its work while office buildings were closed due to anthrax bacteria outbreak, E2336 [19DE]

Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration: additional staff and funding, H6273 [4OC]

Grand Junction, CO: Grand Junction VA Medical Center recipient of President's Quality Award, E1470 [30JY]

Guma' Mami, Inc.: anniversary, E884 [22MY]

Haiti: allocation of foreign aid relative to HIV/AIDS epidemic, H8188 [15NO], E2180 [29NO]

Harris County, TX: public hospitals funding, H3928 [11JY]

Hazardous substances: investigation of anthrax bacteria outbreak, H6488 [10OC], H6922, H6944 [17OC], H7219, H7222 [24OC], H7907 [7NO]

———recall and suspend use of vaccines containing mercury and certain other chemical substances, H2174-H2176 [15MY], H10206 [18DE]

Health care facilities: community health centers funding, H1273, H1274, H1276, H1278 [28MR], H8524, H8525 [28NO], E479, E480 [28MR]

Health Care Financing Administration: expand and make permanent the Medicare competitive bidding demonstration project for the purchase of durable medical equipment, E361 [14MR]

Health care professionals: address issue of retaining and recruiting long-term care providers, E537 [4AP]

———alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (H.R. 1436), E1246 [29JN], E2262 [12DE]

———alleviate nursing profession shortage by inproving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (H.R. 1436), H1465 [4AP]

———improve access to nursing education, create health care provider and educational institution partnerships, support additional nurses training, and collect nursing workforce data, H1040 [21MR]

———nurse shortage, H1040 [21MR]

———nursing profession shortage, E1246 [29JN]

———tribute to caregivers, E2016 [6NO]

Health Resources and Service Administration: Centers for Excellence program funding, H6071 [2OC]

HelpAged International (organization): tribute, E1158 [20JN]

Hershey, PA: tribute to Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Life Lion airmedical service, H10059 [13DE]

Hispanic Americans: health care issues, H1705 [1MY], H3238-H3244 [19JN]

Honkawa, Yoshi: Partner in Care Foundation Allen and Weta Mathies Award for Vision and Excellence in Health Care Leadership recipient, E521 [3AP]

House of Representatives: increase transit benefits and provide shower and locker facilities for employees, H3003 [12JN]

Housing Options & Geriatric Association Resources, Inc.: tribute, E2088 [15NO]

Houston, TX: St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital recipient of American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Award, E781 [10MY]

Immigration: allow States and localities to provide primary and preventive care services to undocumented aliens (H.R. 2635), E1428 [25JY]

———eligibility of certain aliens suffering from domestic abuse for Federal aid programs (H.R. 2258), H3511-H3514 [25JN], E1159, E1164 [20JN], E1216 [26JN]

———impact of population growth, H2990-H2994 [7JN]

———national objectives priority assignments, H2943-H2949 [6JN]

———national policy, H2700-H2705 [24MY], H4535-H4537 [24JY], H5327 [2AU], H6498-H6503 [10OC]

———prohibit funding for processing applications by aliens who participate in or otherwise support the harvesting, transplantation, or trafficking of organs of executed prisoners, H4187-H4189 [18JY]

Indian Health Service: elevate position of Director to Assistant Sec. of HHS for Indian Health (H.R. 293), E63 [30JA]

———Loan Repayment Program funding, H3395, H3396 [21JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 659), H906, H907, H912 [14MR]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 835), H511 [1MR]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1912), E849 [17MY]

———funding, H815-H821 [8MR], H1223, H1224, H1247 [28MR], H2306 [17MY], H2403 [22MY], H4124-H4127, H4130 [18JY], H6637, H6638, H6654-H6658 [11OC], H10086, H10097, H10105, H10109-H10111 [13DE], E1083 [13JN]

INS: enforce regulations on detecting individuals attempting to enter the U.S. with human biological threats, H8549 [28NO]

Insurance: allow certain retirees who lose employer-based coverage to acquire coverage under Medicare or COBRA and require employers to notify retirees of any changes in their health benefits (H.R. 1078), E367 [15MR]

———assure coverage of emergency services under group health plans and health insurance (H.R. 1674), E704, E705 [2MY]

———clarify liability of employers relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H3701, H3704 [27JN], H4205, H4208 [18JY]

———clarify liability of small businesses relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H3704 [27JN]

———comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations funding, H10433 [19DE]

———coverage of colorectal cancer screening, H911 [14MR]

———coverage of colorectal cancer screening (H.R. 1520), E570 [5AP]

———coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (H.R. 1485), E866 [21MY]

———ensure coverage of emergency hospital and ambulance services (H.R. 1648), E692 [1MY]

———establish a Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Veterans Affairs demonstration project ton the integrated management of health care resources (H.R. 2667), E1457 [27JY]

———expand health care access and choice of coverage through association health plans, H5220, H5255-H5262 [2AU]

———guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (H.R. 1733), E721 [3MY]

———guarantee Federal remedies that hold health plans accountable for medical decisions and limit non-economical and punitive damages, H5265-H5276, H5281, H5284, H5314 [2AU], E1630 [11SE]

———implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (H.R. 887), E283 [6MR]

———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums and COBRA coverage premiums (H.R. 1255), E453 [27MR]

———mental health coverage parity, H10435, H10436, H10438, H10441 [19DE]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (H.R. 602), H7290 [24OC], E164 [13FE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H309-H311 [13FE], H720-H722 [7MR], H1596 [25AP], H1702, H1703, H1707 [1MY], H3245, H3250 [19JN], E226 [27FE], E875 [21MY], E1390 [20JY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 526), H297 [13FE], H467 [28FE], H870-H874 [13MR], H910 [14MR], H1464 [4AP], H1587 [25AP], H1833 [2MY], H2670-H2672 [23MY], H2866, H2869-H2876 [5JN], H3238-H3244 [19JN], H3502-H3505 [25JN], H3600-H3602 [26JN], H3623, H3624, H3625, H3626, H3689, H3698-H3705 [27JN], H3797-H3800 [28JN], H3810, H3811 [10JY], H3931 [11JY], H4119, H4204-H4211 [18JY], E1246 [29JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2315), H3602 [26JN], H3799 [28JN], H3868 [11JY], H4119, H4120 [18JY], H4368 [20JY], H4411-H4420 [23JY], H4432, H4435, H4436, H4437 [24JY], H4546 [25JY], H4770 [27JY], H4871 [31JY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H4410, H4417-H4423 [23JY], H4432, H4434, H4435, H4437 [24JY], H4546, H4547, H4548, H4549 [25JY], H4719-H4721 [26JY], H4785, H4861 [30JY], H4867, H4870, H4967, H4976-H4982 [31JY], H5181, H5182, H5183, H5184, H5196-H5315 [2AU], H8239 [15NO], E1578, E1585 [5SE], E1630 [11SE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), consideration (H. Res. 219), H5185-H5196 [2AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), corrections in engrossment, H5315 [2AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), motion to recommit, H5313, H5314 [2AU]

———provide coverage for individuals participating in approved clinical trials, H3703 [27JN]

———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (H.R. 162), H615 [1MR]

———provide health insurance for uninsured individuals, H1587 [25AP], H1704, H1705, H1706, H1707 [1MY]

———provide premium assistance for COBRA continuation coverage for certain individuals, H8910 [5DE]

———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (H.R. 580), E163 [13FE]

———require coverage of bone mass measurements and inform women concerning reproductive and post-menopausal health care choices (H.R. 1683), E698 [2MY], E843 [17MY]

———require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (H.R. 1809), H7291 [24OC], E843 [17MY]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (H.R. 536), H5376 [5SE]

———require health plans to provide direct access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists without a referral, H4546 [25JY]

———require health plans to provide direct access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists without a referral (H.R. 1440), H2931 [6JN], E552 [5AP]

International Bureau of Labor Affairs: workplace-based HIV/AIDS education and prevention programs in developing countries funding, H6649 [11OC]

Jackson, Alvin: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leadership Award recipient, E1202 [26JN]

Jacobus Pharmaceutical Co.: tribute, E1351 [18JY]

Juvenile Diabetes Foundation: tribute, E1951 [30OC]

Kalke, David: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leadership Award recipient, E1211 [26JN]

Kelly, Elizabeth: American Jewish Congress New York, NY, Metropolitan Region Devorah Award recipient, E390 [19MR]

Keys, Charlotte: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leadership Award recipient, E1206 [26JN]

Kim, Emily: encourage Asian Americans to take bone marrow test to assist in finding a match for a life saving tranfusion, H5183 [2AU]

Kliewer, Pauline: Central Valley Coalition of Nursing Organizations Registered Nurse of the Year award recipient, E2053 [13NO]

Kristi House, Inc.: tribute, H6166 [3OC]

Lafayette, NJ: anniversary of Sunrise House Halfway Home, E486 [29MR]

Levin, Jeff: tribute to publication of book ``God, Faith, and Health—Exploring the Spirituality—Healing Connection'', E999 [5JN]

Local government: require adoption of a health standard establishing a legal presumption that heart, lung, and respiratory disease are occupational diseases for public safety officers (H.R. 709), E187 [14FE]

Los Angeles, CA: VA West Los Angeles Healthcare Center funding, H4844 [30JY]

Louisville, KY: tribute to first successful totally implantable artificial heart transplant, E1759 [2OC]

Mahler, Carol: Hudson County, NJ, United Way Congresswoman Mary T. Norton Memorial Award recipient, E1687 [21SE]

Manhattan, NY: anniversary of Gouveneur Hospital, E1544 [3AU]

Marlette, MI: anniversary of Marlette Coummunity Hospital, E1183 [21JN]

McLaren Health Care Corp.: American Lung Association of the Michigan-Genesee Valley Region Corporate Health Advocate of the Year Award recipient, E1982 [2NO]

Medicaid: clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (S. 1741), H10904-H10906 [19DE], E2400 [20DE]

———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (H.R. 854), H637 [6MR]

———permit children covered under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to be eligible for the Federal Vaccines for Children Program (H.R. 2701), E1509 [2AU]

———permit State waiver authority to provide medical assistance in cases of congenital heart defects (H.R. 1793), E779 [10MY]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (H.R. 2063), H2865 [5JN]

———remove the cap on payments for Puerto Rico and certain other territories and adjust the statutory matching rate (H.R. 48), H3690, H3691 [27JN]

———require States that provide prescription drug coverage to cover drugs that treat obesity (H.R. 1641), E660 [26AP]

———revise and simplify the transitional medical assistance program (H.R. 2775), E1535 [3AU]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (H.R. 1604), H1609 [26AP]

———State requirements for financial recovery from an individual's estate relative to any medical assistance under a State health plan (H.R. 1001), E345 [13MR]

Medicare: accelerate reduction on the amount of beneficiary copayment liability for outpatient services (H.R. 3284), E2066 [13NO]

———allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (H.R. 3363), E2150, E2161 [28NO]

———comprehensive financing for graduate medical education (H.R. 2178), E1115 [14JN]

———coverage for qualified World War II Filipino veterans (H.R. 594), E169 [13FE]

———coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (H.R. 822), E260 [1MR]

———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (H.R. 2220), E1147 [19JN]

———coverage of adult day care services (H.R. 3585), E2393 [20DE]

———coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (H.R. 595), E154 [13FE]

———coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (H.R. 3278), E2062 [13NO]

———coverage of coordinated lifestyle changes program relative to heart attack prevention, E1464 [27JY]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (H.R. 2117), E1053 [7JN]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H309-H311 [13FE], H820 [8MR], H1160, H1175 [27MR], H1471-H1475 [4AP], H1507-H1515 [24AP], H1575, H1594, H1596 [25AP], H1702, H1705, H1707 [1MY], H1835-H1842 [2MY], H2005 [8MY], H2862, H2866-H2870 [5JN], H3032-H3038 [12JN], H3690 [27JN], H5383 [5SE]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (H.R. 2632), H6413 [5OC]

———determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (H.R. 3388), E2184 [30NO]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (H.R. 3569), H10939, H10948 [20DE]

———exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (H.R. 2294), E1175 [21JN]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services, E535 [4AP]

———expand benefits, establish payment incentives for furnishing quality services, and develop an effective national policy to care for individuals with chronic conditions (H.R. 3188), E1943 [30OC]

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (H.R. 3027), E1796 [4OC]

———funding, H1203 [28MR], H1507-H1515 [24AP]

———improve reimbursement, H1594 [25AP]

———improve reimbursement policies relative to service payment sites, E287 [6MR]

———increase payments for ambulance services in rural areas, determine rural areas based on population density, and require the use of recent data in determining payment adjustments (H.R. 3545), E2344 [20DE]

———increase payments for ambulance services in rural areas (H.R. 2346), E1228 [27JN]

———limit hospital ownership exception to physician self-referral restrictions to interests purchased on terms generally available to the public (H.R. 2490), E1322 [12JY]

———make permanent the health coverage for certain disabled individuals that go back to work (H.R. 481), E116 [6FE]

———make the social HMO a permanent option under Medicare+Choice program (H.R. 2953), H6046 [25SE]

———payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education programs in critical need specialty areas (H.R. 1928), E871 [21MY]

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (H.R. 2058), E1008, E1017 [5JN]

———protection of certain trust funds in coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H1507-H1515 [24AP]

———provide for continuous open enrollment and disenrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (H.R. 3267), E2044 [8NO]

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (H.R. 868), E1309 [11JY]

———provide incentive payments for multi-year contracts entered into by Medicare+Choice organizations (H.R. 274), H1586 [25AP]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (H.R. 2768), E1533, E1548 [3AU]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (H.R. 3391), H8778-H8801 [4DE]

———reductions in home health care payment rates under the Balanced Budget Act, E1557 [3AU]

———reductions in prescription drug prices for beneficiaries and women with breast cancer (H.R. 758), H1110 [22MR]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R. 1400), H1584, H1587 [25AP], H1838 [2MY], H2867 [5JN], E1315 [11JY]

———reform, H1225, H1284 [28MR], H2933-H2936 [6JN], E295 [7MR]

———reimbursement for use of base hospitals by military retirees, H5775 [20SE], H6014 [25SE]

———reimbursement of prescription drug costs at the average wholesale price, E44 [30JA]

———require universal product numbers on claims forms for reimbursement for durable medical equipment and other items (H.R. 186), E1 [3JA]

———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees, H6036 [25SE]

———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (H.R. 2073), E1031 [6JN]

Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force: establish (H.R. 67), E9 [3JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: Nursing Home Oversight Improvement Program funding, H6649, H6650 [11OC]

———waive certain nurse aide training requirements (H.R. 1510), E578 [5AP]

Mehta, Gunvantray B.: Toledo, OH, International Institute Key to the Golden Door Award recipient, E715 [3MY]

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

———clarify application of certain mental health parity provisions to annual and lifetime visit, benefit, and dollar limits (H.R. 2992), E2146 [28NO]

———increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (H. Con. Res. 91), H1672-H1680 [1MY], H2175 [15MY], E663 [27AP], E734 [4MY]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (H.R. 2805), E1521 [3AU]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (H.R. 2380), E1278 [29JN]

———provide insurance coverage, H1704 [1MY]

Miami, FL: tribute to Children's Hospital, H7534 [31OC]

———tribute to Jackson Plaza Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, H882 [14MR]

———tribute to La Liga Contra el Cancer, H3078 [13JN]

Milwaukee, WI: anniversary of Community Care for the Elderly (organization) Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, E715 [3MY]

Mining and mineral resources: reform and improve programs for the reclamation of abandoned coal mine sites (H.R. 297), E67 [30JA]

Minorities: impact of economy on minority communities, H8908-H8914 [5DE]

———impact of HIV/AIDS epidemic, E1079 [12JN]

Montgomery-Autauga-Elmore Medical Alliance: tribute, E769 [10MY]

Naples, FL: tribute to Barron Collier High School Key Club for efforts in Costa Rica, E1048 [7JN]

Narco Freedom, Inc.: anniversary, E2199 [4DE]

National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month: observance (H. Con. Res. 190), H4809-H4811 [30JY], E1588 [5SE]

National Alcohol Awareness Month: observance, E684 [1MY]

National Alliance for Autism Research: tribute to Walk Far for NAAR fundraising walk, H3868 [11JY]

National Autism Awareness Month: observance, E656 [26AP]

National Biotechnology Week: observance, E848 [17MY]

National Burn Awareness Week: observance, E206 [26FE]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (H.R. 663), H328 [14FE]

National Commission on Mental Health: establish, H296 [13FE]

National D.O. Day: observance, E570 [5AP]

National Day of Awareness for Sturge-Weber Syndrome: observance, E822 [17MY]

National Donor Day: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation (H. Con. Res. 31), H668-H672 [7MR]

National Eye Institute: funding, H653 [7MR]

———funding (H.R. 590), E166 [13FE]

National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day: observance, E787 [10MY]

National Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasias: anniversary, E1269 [29JN]

National Hansen's Disease Programs Center: designate (H.R. 2441), H8768-H8770 [4DE]

National Health Center Week: establish (H. Con. Res. 179), H5323 [2AU]

National Health Service Corps: include tertiary-care nurses (H.R. 2594), E1397 [23JY]

———reauthorize, amend scholarship and loan programs tax status and repayment rules, and simplify application process (H.R. 1968), E901 [23MY]

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]

———authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to women's health and disease prevention (H.R. 183), H911 [14MR], H7290 [24OC], E3 [3JA]

National Institute on Aging: Alzheimer's disease research funding, E449 [27MR]

National Men's Health Week: observance, H3032 [12JN]

National Minority Donor Awareness Day: observance, H4992 [1AU]

National Multiple Sclerosis Society: tribute to Mountain Valley California Chapter Central California Branch honorees, E2184 [30NO]

National Nurses Week: observance, E697 [2MY], E723 [3MY], E782, E783 [10MY]

National Nursing Home Week: observance, E780 [10MY]

National objectives: develop the field of health promotion and disease prevention and develop strategies to integrate health and lifestyle improvement programs into national policy (H. Res. 115), E579 [5AP]

———establish a national program to conduct and support activities to reduce cases of overweight individuals and obesity, H6651 [11OC]

———immunization against diseases for adults and children, H7595 [1NO]

———improve access to prescription drugs under Medicare and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and health care coverage for seniors, the self-employed, and children (H.R. 1387), H1474 [4AP], H1834 [2MY]

———managed care system reform proposal, E875 [21MY]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H309-H311 [13FE], H1587 [25AP], H1706, H1707 [1MY], E226 [27FE], E537 [4AP]

National Osteopathic Medicine Week: observance, E2090 [15NO]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Week: observance, E1444 [26JY]

National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (H. Con. Res. 61), E339 [13MR]

National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans Week: observance, E171 [13FE]

National security: demonstration of portable systems to detect chemical, biological and nuclear agents, H7915 [8NO]

National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (H. Con. Res. 59), H1362-H1364 [3AP], E318 [8MR]

National Stroke Awareness Month: observance, H2390 [22MY], E1053 [7JN]

National Therapeutic Recreation Week: observance, E1351 [18JY]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (H.R. 1287), E488 [29MR]

National Women's Health Week: observance, E824, E831, E843 [17MY]

Native Americans: address high incidences of sudden infant death syndrome, H5330 [2AU]

———improve services and facilities of Federal Indian health programs and encourage maximum participation of Indians in such programs (H.R. 1662), E688, E691 [1MY]

Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (H.R. 562), E170 [13FE]

Natsios, Andrew S.: statement on prevention and treatment of AIDS in Africa, E1164 [20JN]

New Haven, CT: anniversary of Yale-New Haven Hospital, E1160 [20JN]

New Jersey State First Aid Council: anniversary, E1918 [17OC]

New Mexico: tribute to school nurses, E184 [14FE]

New York College of Podiatric Medicine: anniversary, E690 [1MY]

New York State School Food Service Association: anniversary, E1606 [6SE]

Newark, NJ: anniversary of Beth Israel Medical Center, E1699 [21SE]

NIH: biomedical research funding, E449 [27MR]

———funding, E707 [2MY]

———Lyme disease research funding, E449 [27MR]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Lee Hartwell for physiology and medicine, H8426 [28NO], E2028 [7NO], E2096 [15NO], E2114, E2121 [16NO], E2127 [19NO], E2171 [29NO]

NSF: establish grants to encourage research and development programs in plant biotechnology, E1678 [20SE]

Nuclear energy: ensure compensation of Native Americans if reservation lands are rendered inhabitable due to a nuclear incident, H8367 [27NO]

Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board: evaluate technical issues relative to transporting nuclear waste to Nevada disposal site, H3724-H3726 [28JN]

Oakland, CA: anniversary of La Clinica de la Raza, E1634 [11SE]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: prohibit funding to initiate World Trade Organization proceedings challenging policies in developing countries relative to HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals, H4178-H4187 [18JY], E1420 [25JY]

Organ donors: establish congressional commemorative medal (H.R. 708), E190 [14FE]

Organ procurement and transplantation programs: revise and extend, H676 [7MR]

Pastor, William A.: Intel Corp., Science Talent Search finalist, E431 [22MR]

Pawnee, OK: Pawnee Replacement Health Center construction funding, H3373 [21JN]

Peace Corps: authorizing additional appropriations for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment (H.R. 2839), H7391 [30OC]

Petroleum: phase out use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) and encourage production and use of renewable ethanol, E1559, E1562 [3AU]

———prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (H.R. 608), H1042 [21MR]

Pharmaceuticals: approval of generic versions of drugs without pediatric labeling relative to exclusive marketing rights agreements, H8551 [28NO], H10209 [18DE], E2286 [13DE]

———dangers of antibiotic-resistant pathogens, H7392 [30OC], H7561 [31OC], H7726 [6NO]

———expand human clinical trials qualifying for the orphan drug tax credit (H.R. 1298), E488 [29MR]

———improve safety and efficacy for children (H.R. 2887), H7562 [31OC], H7727 [6NO], H8094-H8107 [13NO], H8166 [14NO], H8551 [28NO], E2073 [14NO], E2103 [15NO], E2114 [16NO], E2286 [13DE]

———improve safety and efficacy for children (S. 1789), H10200-H10212 [18DE], E2368, E2389 [20DE]

———provide tax credit to retirement age individuals, remove barriers to importation, and prohibit certain regulation of Internet sites relative to prescription drugs (H.R. 2801), E1537, E1542 [3AU]

Philanthropic Relief Altruistic Service and Development Project (organization): tribute to Children's Dental Health Program, E253 [28FE]

Philip Morris Cos., Inc.: accuracy in advertising, H260 [13FE]

Philippines: address the environmental contamination and health effects emanating from former U.S. military facilities, H2232 [16MY], H3185 [14JN]

———anniversary of Executive order calling the Commonwealth Army into U.S. military service, E1462 [27JY]

Pittsburgh, PA: tribute to hospitals honored by U.S. News & World Report, E1407 [24JY]

Plascencia, Cynthia: Burbank Middle School A Week Without Tobacco essay contest winner, H8164 [14NO]

Postal Service: tribute, H7221 [24OC]

———tribute (H. Con. Res. 257), H8048-H8053 [13NO], E2079 [14NO], E2118 [16NO]

Prairie due Sac, WI: Sauk Prarie Memorial Hospital named a Solucient (business) 100 Top Hospitals program honoree, E747 [8MY]

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day: support (H. Res. 254), H6436-H6438 [9OC]

Price, Tom: AMA Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service recipient, E1248 [29JN]

Privacy: prohibit the establishment of any uniform national health care identifying number or health information database (H.R. 2615), E1417 [24JY]

———protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (H.R. 220), E8 [3JA], E172 [13FE]

Public Health Service: promote organ donation (H.R. 624), H672-H677 [7MR]

Public Health Service Act: establish scholarship and loan repayment programs in veterinarian shortage areas (H.R. 1943), E896 [22MY]

Puerto Rican Association for Human Development, Inc.: tribute, E2085 [15NO]

Pyunic USA (organization): tribute to work with disabled individuals in Armenia, E2034 [8NO]

R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation, Inc.: tribute (H. Res. 35), E180 [14FE]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: funding, H3972-H3979 [12JY], H4092 [17JY], H4198 [18JY], H4365, H4366 [20JY]

———improve application process and compensation criteria for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills and through fallout from nuclear weapons testing, H3293 [20JN]

———provide permanent funding for claims, equalize benefit levels, and reinstate eligibility of certain individuals exposed to radiation working with uranium or nuclear weapons, H8144, H8157 [14NO]

Red Ribbon Week: support goals, E2255 [12DE]

———support goals (H. Con. Res. 84), H5963, H5964 [24SE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H23 [3JA]

Research: 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]

Ridgewood, NJ: anniversary of Valley Hospital, E1106 [14JN]

Riverside, CA: anniversary of Riverside Community Hospital, E2160 [28NO]

ROFEH International (nonprofit organization): tribute, E1707 [24SE]

Rohm and Haas Texas, Inc.: OSHA Voluntary Protection Program Star Site designee, E315 [8MR]

Ronald McDonald House Charities (organization): tribute, E439 [22MR]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services, H203, H204 [7FE]

Rural Health Care Coalition: tribute, H203, H204 [7FE]

Safe Drinking Water Act: assist small communities with achieving or maintaining compliance with drinking water standards (H.R. 3224), E1991 [2NO]

Safe Kids of Savannah Coalition: anniversary, E670 [1MY]

Salinas, CA: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations accreditation of the Monterey Bay Medical Surgery Center as the first office-based surgery practice, E353 [14MR]

San Antonio, TX: Texas Transplant Institute reunion of transplant patients and living donors, E1861 [12OC]

Sandusky, OH: anniversary of Firelands Community Hospital, E623 [25AP]

Santa Maria, CA: tribute to Marian Medical Center West, E2038 [8NO]

Schools: ensure students who bring guns to school undergo psychological evaluations and receive follow-up treatments, H5762 [20SE]

———prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception, H6568 [11OC]

———provide access to organic and whole foods in school breakfast and lunch programs, H3763, H3764 [28JN]

———provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in public schools, H2519 [22MY]

Science: allow the cloning of certain human tissues for research purposes, H4906-H4915, H4917-H4945 [31JY], E1574 [5SE]

———benefits of biotechnology (H. Res. 173), H3264 [20JN]

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

———prohibit the cloning of humans, H8552 [28NO], H8846 [5DE]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 1644), H1653 [26AP]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), H4766-H4770 [27JY], H4869, H4916-H4945 [31JY], H7856, H7857, H7858 [7NO], H8186 [15NO], H8425, H8426, H8427, H8428 [28NO], H8741 [30NO], E1496 [2AU], E1527-E1529 [3AU], E1574 [5SE], E1613 [10SE], E2157 [28NO], E2194 [4DE]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), consideration (H. Res. 214), H4906-H4916 [31JY]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), motion to recommit, H4943, H4944 [31JY]

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

Seldenright, Paul: National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Champion of Hope award recipient, E409 [21MR]

Senior citizens: recognize need for a White House Conference to discuss and develop national recommendations concerning quality of care in assisted living facilities (H.J. Res. 13), E135 [7FE]

Shriners Hospitals for Children: tribute, E206 [26FE]

Social Security: application of employment criteria under management contracts for certain mental health facilities (H.R. 3147), E1897 [16OC]

———budget treatment of trust funds, H1159-H1161, H1167, H1174 [27MR]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation decreasing Social Security and Medicare benefits, H1575 [25AP]

———create a grant program to promote joint activities between Federal, State, and local child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies (H.R. 1909), E844 [17MY]

———ensure entitled entities comply with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (H.R. 3323), H8772-H8778 [4DE], E2272 [13DE], E2525 [3JA]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families, H1703, H1704 [1MY]

———impact of increased spending on solvency, H2154 [15MY]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (H.R. 1091), E389 [19MR]

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (H.R. 1975), H8777 [4DE]

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 1143), H3264, H3265 [20JN], H3511-H3514 [25JN], E1164 [20JN], E1216 [26JN]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms, H1570, H1571 [25AP]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 2), H261, H262, H268-H276 [13FE], H354, H380-H384 [14FE], H656 [7MR], E185, E194, E200 [14FE], E208 [26FE], E214, E219 [27FE]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 560), H1584 [25AP]

———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (H.R. 3332), E2121, E2122 [16NO]

———treatment of severe spinal cord injuries relative to certain earnings (H.R. 509), E129 [7FE]

South Mountain, PA: anniversary of South Mountain Restoration Center, E675 [1MY]

Spina Bifida Association of America: tribute, E1779 [2OC]

St. Jude Medical Inc.: tribute on invention of sutureless bypass surgery device, E994 [26MY]

States: condition of health services along the U.S.-Mexico border, H4423-H4426 [23JY]

Stroke: provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (H.R. 3431), E2233 [7DE]

Summer Emergency Blood Donor Month: establish (H. Res. 202), H5353-H5355 [5SE]

Sutters, Kim: Central Valley Coalition of Nursing Organizations Advanced Practice Registered Nurse of the Year award recipient, E1991 [2NO]

Taxation: allow a deduction for amounts paid for health insurance and prescription drug costs of individuals (H.R. 1127), H961 [20MR]

———allow a deduction for amounts paid for health insurance and prescription drug costs of individuals (H.R. 383), E94 [1FE]

———allow a refundable tax credit for health insurance costs for COBRA continuation coverage (H.R. 3040), E1816 [5OC]

———allow credit for dry and wet cleaning equipment that uses non-hazardous primary process solvents (H.R. 978), E344 [13MR]

———ensure employees retain hospital insurance tax exemption relative to consolidation of a political subdivision with the State (H.R. 926), E300 [7MR]

———establish incentives to improve the quality of child care and expand alternatives for families with children (H.R. 253), E80 [31JA]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (H.R. 154), E1253 [29JN]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (H.R. 317), E97 [1FE]

———provide for the payment of emergency extended unemployment compensation, H9332 [12DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H6784, H6785 [16OC], H6923 [17OC], H7208 [23OC], H7220, H7221, H7222, H7223, H7236-H7282, H7284, H7285, H7294-H7301, H7307 [24OC], H7311, H7312 [25OC], H7359 [30OC], H7857, H7858, H7888 [7NO], H7913, H7914 [8NO], H8121-H8126 [13NO], H8136, H8137, H8168-H8174 [14NO], H8184, H8185 [15NO], H8408-H8413 [27NO], H8424, H8425, H8426, H8427, H8429, H8535 [28NO], H8636-H8643 [29NO], H8742 [30NO], H8845, H8847, H8890, H8908-H8914 [5DE], H9056 [6DE], H9244, H9246, H9324, H9328, H9332 [12DE], H10057, H10060, H10144-H10148 [13DE], H10177, H10178, H10208, H10226-H10235 [18DE], E1916 [17OC], E1925, E1926, E1929 [25OC], E1942, E1959 [30OC], E2017 [6NO], E2039 [8NO], E2102 [15NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration (H. Res. 270), H7225-H7236 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), motion to recommit, H7256, H7280, H7281 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H10827-H10887 [19DE], E2325 [19DE], E2349, E2355, E2400 [20DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), consideration (H. Res. 320), H10820-H10827 [19DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), consideration (H. Res. 320)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 319), H10495-H10503 [19DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), motion to recommit, H10867, H10885 [19DE]

———provide income tax credit to long-term caregivers (H.R. 2575), E1379 [20JY]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (H.R. 1412), E564 [5AP]

———provide tax incentives to enhance long-term care and convene a National Summit on Long-Term Care, H909 [14MR]

———simplify Internal Revenue Code through revenue neutral proposals (H.R. 2529), E1347 [17JY]

———treatment of certain gifts and benefits provided to physicians by prescription drug manufacturers (H.R. 2641), E1421 [25JY]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts, H4368 [20JY], H4546 [25JY], H5255-H5262 [2AU]

———treatment of charitable contributions to public charities for use in medical research (H.R. 744), E221 [27FE]

———treatment of foods and supplements for dietary use, and medical foods as medical expenses (H.R. 3475), E2288 [13DE], E2293 [14DE]

———treatment of medical savings accounts, E462 [27MR]

———treatment of Social Security payroll tax, H4371 [20JY], H4408 [23JY]

———treatment of welfare benefit funds for certain employer plans (H.R. 2370), E1261 [29JN]

Terrorism: clarify Dept. of HHS responsibilities regarding biological agents and toxins and amend penalties for offenses involving such agents and toxins (H.R. 3160), H7139-H7143 [23OC]

———condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H7220, H7221 [24OC]

———condemn anthrax threats sent to reproductive health centers and abortion providers (H. Con. Res. 285), E2224 [7DE]

———ensure that the U.S. is prepared for an attack using biological or chemical weapons, H6450 [9OC]

———establish a coordinated program of science-based countermeasures to address threats of agricultural bioterrorism (H.R. 3293), H8230 [15NO], E2075 [14NO]

———establish a partnership between the Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense to develop education and training programs on medical responses to consequences of terrorist attacks (H.R. 3254), H7950 [8NO]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), H9195-H9217, H9232-H9234 [11DE], E2270, E2272, E2285 [13DE], E2387, E2410 [20DE]

———mental health impact of terrorist attacks, E2146 [28NO]

———offer reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anthrax terrorists, H7533 [31OC]

———protect children (H.R. 3106), E1866 [12OC]

———provide for interagency preparation and response to consequences of attacks against the Yucca Mountain Project, H8185 [15NO]

Texas: tribute to individuals who provide vital county services to residents, E654 [26AP]

———tribute to public safety officers, E2110 [16NO]

TMJ Implants, Inc.: conduct investigation into FDA actions relative to the Pre-Market Application for the Fossa-Eminece Prosthesis, H3760 [28JN], E1321 [12JY]

———FDA premarket approval application review process of total and partial joint prostheses, E15 [3JA]

Tobacco products: national policy to reduce tobacco use, H4002-H4006 [12JY]

———tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H4002-H4006 [12JY]

Ukraine: anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident, E650 [26AP], E665 [27AP]

Unemployment: prohibit use of community development funds for any purpose other than wage supplements and health insurance assistance, H8540-H8547 [28NO]

University of Miami: tribute to Transplant Foundation That's Life ball, H5979 [25SE]

University of Texas: anniversary of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, E1201 [26JN]

Upchurch, Gina: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leadership Award recipient, E1282 [29JN]

Verhesen, Anna M.H.: Toledo, OH, International Institute Key to the Golden Door Award recipient, E714 [3MY]

Veterans: exempt prescription drugs and medical supplies dispensed by Dept. of Veterans Affairs pharmacies from interest and administrative cost charges (H.R. 890), E290 [6MR]

———expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with respect to radiation-exposed veterans (H.R. 134), E58 [30JA]

———health care and housing programs funding, H2961 [7JN]

———health care funding, H1211, H1224 [28MR], H2032, H2037, H2038 [9MY], H4374 [20JY], H4687 [26JY], H4859, H4860 [30JY]

———improve benefits, E2055, E2056 [13NO]

———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans, H4674, H4679, H4687, H4700-H4702 [26JY], E1462 [27JY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, H5781 [20SE], H6014 [25SE], H10078 [13DE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (H.R. 303), H1280 [28MR]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (H.R. 609), E181 [14FE]

———prohibit funding to implement proposal forcing military retirees to choose between VA and TRICARE health care plans, H4699 [26JY]

———repeal manifestation period for a presumption of service-connection for respiratory cancers occurring in Vietnam veterans, H9143 [11DE], E2365 [20DE]

Visalia, CA: tribute to Mount Whitney High School students for developing anti-smoking CD-ROM, E607 [24AP]

Vision Services Plan (business): tribute to Sight for Students program assisting children in need of eyecare services, E1722 [25SE]

Vitiligo Awareness Month: observance, E409 [21MR]

VNACare Network, Inc.: tribute to Extra Mile Award recipients, E658 [26AP]

Water: authorize use of certain Federal funding programs to remove arsenic from drinking water when the EPA promulgates a new national primary drinking water regulation for arsenic (H.R. 2112), E1052 [7JN]

———terminate the effectiveness of certain drinking water regulations on arsenic levels (S. 223), H1932, H1934 [8MY]

Wilford, Dan S.: B'nai B'rith National Health Care Award recipient, E1090 [13JN]

Williamsburg, NY: anniversary of Borinquen Senior Center, E2035 [8NO]

Winkenwerder, William, Jr.: confirmation as Assistant Sec. of Defense for Health Affairs, E2167 [29NO]

Winnebago, NE: construction of Indian Health Service hospital, H3373 [21JN], H7107 [17OC]

Women: AIDS epidemic, H5376 [5SE]

———cardiovascular disease prevention programs, H913 [14MR]

———health, education, and quality of life issues for women and their families, H5375 [5SE]

———protect breastfeeding by new mothers, establish performance standard for breast pumps, and allow tax credit for enabling mothers to breastfeed or express milk at work (H.R. 285), E360 [14MR]

———raise public awareness of effects of heart disease and cancer, H5376 [5SE]

———tribute to health care professionals, E437 [22MR]

Wood: EPA and CPSC study of safety of arsenic-treated wood used in playground equipment, H7937 [8NO]

World AIDS Day: observance, H8569, H8570, H8571, H8572, H8631-H8636 [29NO], H8743 [30NO], E2165, E2169 [29NO]

XAIDS Act NOW Parnership Council: tribute, H2953 [6JN]

Remarks in Senate

Aberdeen, SD: tribute to Aberdeen Community Based Outpatient Clinic, S3337 [3AP]

Abortion: prohibit gender-based occurrences (S. 76), S332, S335, S423 [22JA]

Afghanistan: provide educational and health care assistance to women and children (S. 1573), S10989, S11105-S11110 [25OC], S11153 [30OC], S11921, S11922 [15NO], S11974 [16NO], S12073, S12074 [28NO]

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (S. Con. Res. 53), S6621 [21JN], S6984 [27JN], S7887, S7888 [18JY]

Agricultural Research Service: Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center funding, S11087 [25OC]

Agriculture: continue certain programs, S11988-S11990 [16NO]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S12030, S12031 [27NO], S12069, S12070 [28NO], S12137, S12138 [29NO], S12409-S12426, S12434-S12436 [5DE], S12756, S12757, S12762-S12768 [10DE], S12821, S12826-S12853 [11DE], S12989-S12996, S13000-S13041 [12DE], S13079-S13099, S13101-S13112, S13116-S13118, S13138-S13140 [13DE], S13245-S13275, S13286 [14DE], S13422-S13459, S13643, S13644 [18DE], S13647-S13664 [19DE], S13915-S13918, S14044 [20DE]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), motion to proceed, S12271 [30NO], S12400-S12406 [5DE]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), unanimous-consent agreement, S12439 [5DE], S12852 [11DE], S13092 [13DE]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), unanimous-consent request, S12768 [10DE]

———prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory livestock (S. 267), S1087 [6FE]

———strengthen producers' safety net, enhance resource conservation and rural development, fund farm credit, agricultural research, nutrition, and related programs, and ensure consumers abundant food and fiber (S. 1628), S11413 [2NO]

AID: congressional disapproval of rule restoring international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (S.J. Res. 9), S2595 [20MR]

Al-Anon Family Groups, Inc.: anniversary, S9193 [6SE]

American College of Neuropsychopharmacology: recognition of members who have won the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine, S7326 [9JY]

American Heart Month: observance, S1369-S1371 [14FE]

Ames, IA: animal disease research facilities funding, S12670 [7DE]

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]

Armed Forces: carry out study on the extent of coverage of members of the Selected Reserves under health benefits plans (S. 1119), S7087, S7088 [28JN], S7190 [29JN]

———eliminate requirement that covered beneficiaries obtain nonavailability-of-health-care statements relative to obstetrics and gynecological care for pregnancies (S. 1096), S6863, S6864 [25JN]

———improve pay, health care, and family housing for active duty personnel, S1246-S1249 [13FE], S1446, S1447 [15FE], S3412, S3413 [4AP]

———integrate Individual Case Management Program beneficiaries into the TRICARE program (S. 1402), S9079 [4SE]

———provide families of disabled children enrolled in TRICARE health coverage similar to Medicaid, S9793 [25SE]

———provide health care coverage to National Guard and reserve components members following an extended deployment, S9962 [1OC], S11654 [9NO]

———provide health care coverage to National Guard and reserve components members following an extended deployment (S. 1250), S8282, S8283 [26JY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (S. 278), S1135 [7FE], S2384 [15MR]

Army Nurse Corps: centennial (S. Con. Res. 5), S786 [30JA]

Aviation: facilitate the voluntary provision of emergency services during commercial air flights, S10535 [11OC]

———facilitate the voluntary provision of emergency services during commercial air flights (S. 1458), S9744 [24SE]

———provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures, S10352-S10355 [9OC], S10489, S10493-S10500, S10515, S10517 [11OC]

———provide for monitoring of aircraft air quality and require air carriers to address complaints and maintain records associated with aircraft air quality (S. 1019), S6137 [12JN]

Bankruptcy: create an exemption for certain debtors demonstrating medical expenses as the reason for filing, S1928-S1937, S1955-S1961 [7MR]

———include allowance for health care insurance when calculating debtors income, S2147-S2149 [12MR]

———protection of nursing home patients, S2021 [8MR]

Bayer Corp.: tribute to donation of antibiotic for use by Federal employees, S11189 [30OC]

Beaulac, Tim: Pharmacist of the Year award recipient, S6444 [19JN]

Belknap Landscape Co., Inc.: Business New Hampshire Magazine Business of the Year designee, S4821 [10MY]

Bipartisan Patient Protection Act: application of effective date to collective bargaining agreement plans, S7064-S7066 [28JN], S7130 [29JN]

———application of individual market rules to health insurance coverage consisting of excepted benefits, S7173 [29JN]

———clarify State compliance with new Federal regulations relative to existing State health insurance laws, S6968-S6983 [27JN], S7012-S7016 [28JN], S7173 [29JN]

———include Federal health benefits programs, S7142-S7145 [29JN]

———repeal liability provisions if the number of uninsured individuals reaches a certain level, S6895-S6901 [26JN]

———require a cause of action brought by claimants be governed by the law of the State in which the plaintiff resides, S7156, S7160-S7162 [29JN]

———tribute to efforts of Senators, S7293 [9JY]

———tribute to efforts of Senators and staff, S7287, S7288 [29JN]

———tribute to efforts of staff, S7162 [29JN]

Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act: anniversary, S10977 [24OC]

Bristol, VA: Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center named to Solucient Leadership Institute Top 100 Intensive Care Unit list, S6121 [12JN]

Bryan, Richard H.: health status, S6415 [19JN], S6866 [25JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, S1660-S1669 [28FE], S1732-S1734 [1MR], S1923-S1925 [7MR], S2141 [12MR], S3227-S3230 [30MR], S3290-S3302 [3AP], S3826-S3828 [24AP], S4785-S4787 [10MY], S4853-S4855 [14MY], S4923-S4926 [15MY], S8147-S8152 [25JY]

———require a three-fifths majority vote in the Senate to waive the point of order against considering spending of certain Medicare trust funds, S3665, S3666, S3667 [6AP]

Burns, Senator: appreciation for get well card, S4167 [2MY]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, S3802-S3805 [24AP]

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

Center Point, Inc.: anniversary, S11609 [8NO]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: smallpox vaccination for first responders funding, S13786 [20DE]

———tribute to National Summit on Safe Motherhood, S11345 [1NO]

Children and Healthcare Week: observance, S2657 [21MR]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (S. 1626), S11380-S11386 [1NO]

———efforts to combat dental decay, S3982 [26AP]

———ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (S. 940), S5549 [23MY]

———ensure that children at highest risk for asthma, vision, hearing, and other health problems are identified and treated (S. 1012), S6057 [11JN]

———establish national policy on youth development (S. 1005), S5983-S5985 [7JN]

———establish standards to improve children's health quality in managed care plans and other health plans (S. 1070), S6523 [20JN]

———Federal aid programs funding, S2890 [26MR], S3488, S3489, S3519 [5AP]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (S. 1000), S5979 [7JN]

———protect infants who are born alive, S7062-S7064 [28JN], S7128 [29JN]

———protect infants who are born alive (S. 1050), S6329 [14JN]

———provide assistance to local education agencies to reduce and prevent underage drinking, S4385, S4386 [4MY]

———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (S. 866), S4842 [10MY]

———reduce impact and provide appropriate services for children experiencing or exposed to domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking (S. 1483), S10064 [2OC]

———require lead poisoning screening and treatment for enrollees in Head Start programs and WIC (S. 1469), S9877, S9879 [26SE]

———require lead poisoning screening and treatment for enrollees in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 1471), S9877, S9879 [26SE]

———suicide prevention activities funding, S5953 [7JN]

China, Republic of: participation in WHO (H.R. 428), S4584, S4585 [9MY]

Citizens Against Government Waste (organization): release of list of objectionable provisions in Federal budget, S2297-S2299 [14MR]

Concord Hospital: Business New Hampshire Magazine Business of the Year designee, S4820 [10MY]

Congress: commend the staffs of Members of Congress, the Capitol Police, the Office of the Attending Physician, and others for their response to the release of anthrax in Senator Daschle's office (S. Res. 187), S12457 [5DE]

———legislative priorities, S71-S82 [22JA]

Consumers: include disenrollment information in information provided to managed care plan and HMO patients, S7043 [28JN]

———permit health plans to offer participants coverage which ties premium costs to a specified level of benefits, S7164-S7167, S7172, S7173 [29JN]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (S. 104), S375-S377 [22JA]

Contracts: ensure that health insurance contracts are binding, S7045, S7046 [28JN]

Correctional institutions: authorize funding for successful reentry of criminal offenders into local communities (S. 194), S638 [29JA]

———jail-based substance abuse treatment programs funding (S. 146), S457 [23JA]

Courts: allow clinical social workers to perform psychiatric examinations on certain criminals (S. 59), S322 [22JA]

———disallow punitive damages in Federal courts relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S7163 [29JN]

———limit class action litigation relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S7056 [28JN], S7129 [29JN]

Coverdell, Paul: tribute through authorizing Paul Coverdell Health Care Corps, S7838 [18JY]

———tribute through authorizing Paul Coverdell Stroke Disease Registry, S7838 [18JY]

Cuba: condition the financing of agricultural and medical exports on certification that convicted felons living as fugitives in Cuba are returned to the U.S., S13103-S13110 [13DE]

———condition the financing of agricultural and medical exports on certification that the Cuban government is not a sponsor of international terrorism, S13102-S13110 [13DE], S13455, S13456 [18DE]

———exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, S11073 [25OC]

———lift travel restrictions and certain trade sanctions (S. 171), S550-S552 [24JA]

———lift travel restrictions and certain trade sanctions (S. 239), S1014, S1015 [1FE]

———make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines, and goods and services intended for children, lift travel restrictions, and provide scholarships for certain Cuban nationals (S. 1017), S6135, S6136 [12JN]

———make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, lift travel restrictions, and allow cash remittances to Cuban citizens (S. 402), S1632 [27FE]

DEA: enforcement of Controlled Substances Act relative to assisted suicide and euthanasia, S11564 [7NO]

Defibrillation programs: provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (S. 1275), S8469, S8474 [31JY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S5577 [24MY]

Dental health: improve access to oral health care by strengthening the dental workforce in rural and underserved communities (S. 971), S5701-S5704 [25MY]

———improve access to oral health care by strengthening the dental workforce in rural and underserved communities (S. 998), S5977 [7JN]

Denver, CO: transfer the Denver Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center to Aurora, CO (S. 1411), S9201 [6SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service funding for border inspections and monitoring of emerging animal and plant diseases, S7412 [10JY]

———consolidate and revise authority on animal health protection (S. 1482), S10060 [2OC]

———prohibit the issuance of quality grade labels on imported meat products (S. 544), S2396 [15MR]

———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]

———review of Federal agency actions affecting agricultural producers, S13035 [12DE], S13080-S13087, S13091 [13DE]

Dept. of Defense: health care staff hiring revisions, S9843 [26SE]

———making urgent supplemental appropriations for the Defense Health Program (S. 394), S1620 [27FE]

———medical technology and research funding, S9792 [25SE]

———Project Alpha funding to predict and assess threats to the U.S. food supply, S12668 [7DE]

———review of secrecy oaths and policies at nuclear weapons facilities where workers may have had their health compromised by radioactive or other hazardous substances, S13296 [14DE]

Dept. of Energy: coverage of kidney cancer under compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, S7412 [10JY]

Dept. of HHS: address health care needs of residents of U.S.-Mexico border area (S. 1878), S13966 [20DE]

———establish a tolerance level for the presence of methylmercury in seafood (S. 555), S2409 [15MR]

———establish an Office on Women's Health (S. 946), S5618-S5620 [24MY]

———Health Community Access Program funding, S11457 [6NO]

———Healthy Start Program funding, S11345 [1NO]

———make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment efforts under State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 1390), S8966 [3AU]

———require certification for possession of dangerous biological agents and toxins by research facilities (S. 1661), S11615 [8NO]

———revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (S. 1833), S13317 [14DE], S13322 [17DE]

Dept. of Justice: Center for Leadership in Education and Applied Research funding, S9245 [10SE]

———Office of Justice Programs Justice Assistance Account funding, S13845 [20DE]

———status of tobacco industry lawsuit relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, S9367 [13SE]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations, S2276-S2278 [14MR]

———congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), S1801-S1805, S1811 [5MR], S1831-S1888 [6MR]

Dept. of Transportation: authorize emergency mail and freight waivers for certain shipments during national emergencies resulting in certain aviation system restrictions, S10492 [11OC]

———enhance authorities relating to emergency preparedness grants (S. 1820), S13148-S13150 [13DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: add amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to diseases presumed to be service connected when incurred by Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, S13833 [20DE]

———authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (S. 1280), S8478 [31JY]

———Civilian Health and Medical Program funding, S3050 [28MR]

———clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (S. 409), S1701 [28FE]

———enhance authority to recruit and retain nurses, establish an additional basis for determining inability of veterans to defray expenses of medical care, and enhance certain health care programs (H.R. 3447), S13930, S14075, S14080 [20DE]

———enhance authority to recruit and retain qualified nurses for the Veterans Health Administration (S. 1188), S7819 [17JY], S7875 [18JY], S13931 [20DE]

———enhance provision of specialized treatment and rehabilitation for disabled veterans (S. 1598), S11287 [31OC]

———enhance the assurance of efficiency, quality, and patient satisfaction in the furnishing of health care to veterans (S. 456), S1826 [5MR]

———extend health care eligibility for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (S. 1576), S11111 [25OC]

———improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (S. 612), S2898 [26MR]

———motor vehicle reimbursement rates for veterans traveling to VA health care facilities (S. 984), S5836 [5JN]

———provide benefits to children of Vietnam-era veterans for diseases associated with parental exposure to a herbicide agent, S8671, S8672 [2AU]

———recognize for purposes of employing physicians, board certifications from the American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc. (S. Res. 61), S2674 [21MR]

———retain Civilian Health and Medical Program eligibility for Medicare-eligible beneficiaries, S5574-S5576 [24MY]

———standardize copayment exemption levels for outpatient medications (S. 1408), S9198 [6SE]

———tribute to efforts in pain management and end-of-life care, S1389 [14FE]

———tribute to health care programs, S7801 [17JY]

———tribute to pain management and end-of-life care programs, S3914 [25AP]

Developing countries: disease monitoring and surveillance programs funding, S13908 [20DE]

Disasters: ensure continuity of medical care following a major disaster by making private for-profit medical facilities eligible for Federal disaster assistance, S13902, S14030 [20DE]

———ensure continuity of medical care following a major disaster by making private for-profit medical facilities eligible for Federal disaster assistance (S. 1708), S11943 [15NO]

Diseases: AIDS epidemic, S5821-S5825 [5JN], S6886 [26JN]

———authorizing appropriations for international HIV/AIDS control efforts (S. 1120), S7088-S7090 [28JN]

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

———develop and provide information on bacterial meningitis and the availability and effectiveness of vaccinations (S. 1009), S6056 [11JN]

———develop simple HIV/AIDS testing for developing countries, S10959 [24OC]

———eliminate tuberculosis (S. 1115), S7000 [27JN]

———establish a national registry and improve the treatment for persons affected by Spina Bifida, S8671 [2AU]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, S6886 [26JN]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (S. 1032), S6226 [13JN]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (S. 1230), S8132 [24JY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis through reductions in the V-22 Osprey aircraft program, S7384-S7387, S7407, S7411 [10JY]

———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]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (S. 1256), S8292 [26JY]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries, S3479-S3481, S3520 [5AP], S6886 [26JN]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (S. 463), S1902 [6MR]

———increase public awareness of tuberous sclerosis (H. Con. Res. 25), S13078 [12DE]

———increase public awareness of tuberous sclerosis (S. Con. Res. 69), S9632 [21SE]

———increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease, S5607 [24MY]

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

District of Columbia: needle exchange programs funding, S12583 [7DE]

———prohibit needle exchange programs funding, S11507-S11515 [7NO]

Drug abuse: combat ``Ecstasy'' production, abuse, and imports, and increase education and awareness on dangers, S5262 [21MY]

———combat trafficking, distribution, and abuse of ``Ecstasy'' and other club drugs (S. 1208), S7966 [19JY]

———national drug control policy, S13355 [17DE]

———reduce illegal drug use and trafficking and help provide appropriate drug education, prevention and treatment programs (S. 304), S1314-S1321 [13FE], S8458 [31JY]

———treatment and rehabilitation programs, S13355 [17DE]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, S7440 [11JY], S7871 [18JY], S11071 [25OC]

———discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, S7871 [18JY], S11071 [25OC]

———enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (S. 754), S3760 [6AP]

———extend and modify the Drug-Free Communities Support Program and authorize a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute (H.R. 2291), S9410 [13SE], S12216 [29NO]

———extend and modify the Drug-Free Communities Support Program and authorize a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute (H.R. 2291), unanimous-consent agreement, S9412 [14SE]

———extend and modify the Drug-Free Communities Support Program and authorize a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute (S. 1075), S6526-S6530 [20JN]

———permit individuals to import prescription drugs in limited circumstances (S. 1229), S8131 [24JY]

Ecology and environment: protect children from exposure to certain environmental pollutants (S. 855), S4608 [9MY]

Economic Recovery and Homeland Defense Act: emergency designation relative to enforcement of budget caps, S11748, S11752, S11757-S11762, S11768, S11782 [14NO]

Economy: provide incentives for economic recovery and relief for victims of terrorism (S. 1732), S12059 [27NO], S12065 [28NO]

Education: establish a mental health community education program (S. 859), S4824-S4827 [10MY], S4852 [14MY]

———establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program specializing in underserved treatment areas (S. 67), S325 [22JA]

———expand access to counseling and mental health services for elementary and secondary school students (S. 620), S2904 [26MR]

———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs (S. 68), S326 [22JA]

———make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program (S. 65), S324 [22JA]

Egnell, Stefani: American Automobile Association School Safety Patrol Lifesaving Medal Award recipient, S4499 [8MY]

Emergency services: firefighting and emergency medical services funding, S9956-S9960 [1OC]

EPA: designate chromium-6 as a drinking water contaminant and establish a maximum contaminant level, S3816 [24AP]

———designate chromium-6 as a drinking water contaminant and establish a maximum contaminant level (S. 698), S3450 [4AP]

———establish a grant program to support research on critical infrastructure protection for water supply systems, S13903, S13910, S13911 [20DE]

———establish a grant program to support research on critical infrastructure protection for water supply systems (S. 1593), S11214 [30OC]

———establish a national primary drinking water standard for arsenic and restore requirement to notify the public of risks posed by arsenic in drinking water, S8552-S8561 [1AU], S8896 [3AU]

———provide grants to drinking water and wastewater facilities to meet immediate security needs, S13903, S13910, S13911 [20DE]

———provide grants to drinking water and wastewater facilities to meet immediate security needs (S. 1608), S14061, S14062 [20DE]

ERISA: Federal courts jurisdiction over traditional plaintiff's medical malpractice claims, S6384-S6386 [18JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: improve implementation and clarify definition of ``serious medical condition'' (S. 489), S2072 [8MR]

FDA: dietary supplement regulations enforcement funding, S11092-S11094 [25OC], S11272 [31OC]

———ensure protection of the U.S. food supply, S13902, S13903 [20DE]

———food safety initiative activities funding, S3662 [6AP]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (S. 247), S1063 [6FE], S2972 [27MR]

———improve safety of imported foods (S. 1634), S11443 [5NO], S11592-S11594 [8NO]

———New Mexico State University Physical Science Laboratory food inspection systems funding, S11085, S11086 [25OC]

———permit import of prescription medications sold in certain foreign countries and correct impediments in implementation of the Medicine Equity and Drug Safety Act (S. 215), S775 [30JA], S7440 [11JY]

———response to shortage of betamethasone drugs relative to premature delivery of babies, S5528 [23MY]

———timely evaluation of medical device technologies funding, S11190, S11191 [30OC]

Federal aid programs: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance, S11645-S11651 [9NO], S11701-S11707, S11713, S11715 [13NO], S11757-S11762, S11771, S11778-S11781 [14NO], S12023 [27NO], S12071, S12072, S12073 [28NO], S12121, S12122 [29NO], S13836, S14038-S14040 [20DE]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), S11281 [31OC]

Federal employees: authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses (S. 46), S319 [22JA]

———reform long-term care insurance (H.R. 2559), S13360 [17DE]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of bone mass measurements (S. 263), S1085 [6FE]

———coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing prescription drug coverage, S9495 [19SE]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (S. 1845), S13469 [18DE]

Financial institutions: strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (S. 30), S303-S307 [22JA]

———strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (S. 450), S1788 [1MR], S3987 [26AP]

Food Safety Administration: establish as independent agency to consolidate food safety, labeling, and inspection functions (S. 1501), S10295 [4OC]

Food Stamp Act: amend to improve food stamp informational activities in those States with the greatest rate of hunger (S. 1098), S6921, S6922 [26JN]

Hazardous substances: investigation of anthrax bacteria outbreak, S10673, S10674 [15OC], S10759 [16OC], S10779-S10783 [17OC], S10829, S10830, S10850 [18OC], S11075 [25OC]

———reduce quantity of mercury in the environment by limiting use of mercury fever thermometers and improving collection, recycling and disposal of mercury (S. 351), S1491 [15FE]

Health: dedicate certain civil monetary penalties to a trust fund to provide assistance to individuals without health insurance, S7149-S7154 [29JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7011 [28JN]

Health care facilities: community health centers funding, S3484 [5AP]

———importance of children's hospitals, S6004 [8JN]

———provide grants to health centers for facility construction, modernization, replacement, and major equipment purchases (S. 523), S2224 [13MR]

Health care professionals: admission requirements for nonimmigrant nurses (S. 1259), S8355 [27JY]

———alleviate nursing profession shortage by inproving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (S. 706), S3534 [5AP]

———alleviate nursing profession shortage by inproving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (S. 721), S3546-S3552 [5AP]

———allow access to drugs and medical devices recommended and provided by health care practitioners that are not approved by the FDA (S. 1378), S8951 [3AU]

———establish a demonstration program to address physician shortage, recruitment, and retention problems in rural areas (S. 1387), S8961 [3AU]

———establish a Nurse Corps and address the nursing shortage through recruitment and retention strategies (S. 1864), S13946-S13950, S14065 [20DE]

———establish grant and scholarship programs to enable hospitals to retain and further educate their nursing staffs (S. 1585), S11199 [30OC]

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatrics (S. 1362), S8931 [3AU]

———immunity from liability for physicians providing free medical care to medically underserved or indigent patients, S7073, S7074 [28JN], S7131, S7135 [29JN], S8199 [25JY]

———increase the grade provided for the heads of the nurse corps of the Armed Forces (S. 44), S318 [22JA]

———provide practitioners in rural areas with training in preventive health care (S. 69), S326 [22JA]

———provide programs to improve nurse retention, the nursing workplace, and the quality of care (S. 1594), S11215 [30OC]

———revise and extend certain education programs for physical and occupational therapy (S. 66), S324 [22JA]

———revise certain provisions relative to the appointment of professional psychologists in the Veterans Health Administration (S. 62), S323 [22JA]

———training of students relative to identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (S. 518), S2220 [13MR]

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: extend date for compliance by certain entities with administrative simplification standards for electronic transactions and code sets (S. 1588), S11206 [30OC]

Heart Failure Society of America: tribute, S9249 [10SE]

Homeless: substance abuse prevention and treatment services funding, S11347 [1NO]

Housing: establish demonstration program to modernize and increase access to health services in public housing for elderly and disabled persons (S. 1885), S13973 [20DE]

Immigration: increase State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding and provide Federal reimbursement for treatment of illegal aliens (S. 169), S540, S541 [24JA]

———national policy, S8039-S8041 [23JY]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 212), S735 [30JA]

Indian Health Service: elevate position of Director to Assistant Sec. of HHS for Indian Health (S. 214), S774 [30JA]

———funding, S3655 [6AP], S7566, S7567 [12JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 466), S1889, S1906, S1907 [6MR]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 496), S2079 [8MR]

———funding, S3523 [5AP], S3821 [24AP], S4198, S4205, S4206-S4215, S4224, S4226 [3MY], S4384 [4MY], S4437 [7MY], S4784 [10MY], S4917-S4919 [15MY], S5026 [17MY], S12307 [3DE], S13337, S13344 [17DE], S13366-S13382, S13388, S13396, S13417 [18DE], S13778 [20DE]

Influenza: availability of vaccine, S11990, S11991 [16NO]

Insurance: clarify liability of employers relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S6409-S6411, S6421-S6432 [19JN], S6470, S6475, S6479-S6482, S6492 [20JN], S6537, S6539, S6547 [21JN], S6634-S6637, S6639-S6657 [22JN], S6835-S6849 [25JN], S6870-S6885, S6894 [26JN], S6938 [27JN], S7019, S7027-S7044, S7053, S7054 [28JN], S7168-S7171, S7178, S7180 [29JN]

———clarify liability of small businesses relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S6909-S6913 [26JN], S6939-S6944 [27JN], S7139-S7142, S7145 [29JN]

———clarify rights of injured patients forced into mandatory binding arbitration to seek legal redress, S7174, S7175 [29JN]

———clarify that independent reviewers are not empowered to order health plans to provide services that are specifically excluded or expressly limited by the plan's contract, S6964-S6967 [27JN]

———coverage of certain reconstructive surgery (S. 576), S2590 [20MR]

———coverage of colorectal cancer screening (S. 710), S3537 [5AP]

———coverage of infertility treatment (S. 874), S4892 [14MY]

———coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (S. 255), S1077 [6FE]

———dedicate certain civil monetary penalties to a trust fund to provide assistance to individuals without health insurance, S7149-S7154 [29JN]

———establish a clear definition of medical necessity and other standards for independent reviewers to use in the arbitration of coverage determinations by managed care plans and HMO's, S6892, S6902-S6909 [26JN], S6947-S6958 [27JN]

———establish grants for States to establish health insurance consumer assistance programs (S. 651), S3163 [29MR]

———establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient (S. 575), S2589 [20MR]

———guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (S. 827), S4257 [3MY]

———improve access to health care for the uninsured, S3475-S3478 [5AP]

———improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas, S6477 [20JN]

———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums and COBRA coverage premiums (S. 623), S2983 [27MR]

———independent review and arbitration of coverage determinations by managed care plans and HMO's, S6470-S6472 [20JN], S6856-S6858 [25JN], S6887-S6895, S6901 [26JN], S6938 [27JN], S7168, S7179 [29JN]

———liability for actions by health insurance companies and HMO's, S6537, S6547 [21JN]

———limit the administrative expenses and profits of managed care entities to a certain percentage of premium revenues (S. 577), S2591 [20MR]

———make the same health insurance options afforded to Federal employees available to Federal annuitants and Armed Forces members and retirees (S. 561), S2474 [19MR]

———mental health coverage parity, S13779, S13782, S13790, S13791 [20DE]

———permit individuals to continue health plan coverage during participation in approved clinical studies (S. 257), S1078 [6FE]

———prohibit Federal health insurance programs from reimbursing health care providers who charge membership or extraneous fees as a prerequisite to service to a patient (S. 1592), S11213 [30OC]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums, S7072 [28JN], S7131, S7135, S7162 [29JN]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (S. 318), S1340-S1344 [13FE]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (S. 318), star print, S5658 [24MY]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (S. 382), S1524 [15FE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S5999 [8JN], S8061 [23JY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), S9127 [5SE], S9129 [6SE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 6), S425-S427 [22JA]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 283), S1136, S1156 [7FE], S1241 [13FE], S1368 [14FE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 872), S4896 [14MY], S4967 [15MY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 889), S4951-S4953 [15MY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6357 [14JN], S6369-S6372, S6379-S6381, S6384-S6386 [18JN], S6535-S6594 [21JN], S6627-S6657 [22JN], S6835-S6860 [25JN], S6870-S6885, S6887-S6913 [26JN], S6937-S6983 [27JN], S7011-S7076 [28JN], S7127-S7185, S7287, S7288 [29JN], S7293 [9JY], S8196-S8198 [25JY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), motion to commit, S6849-S6854 [25JN], S6870-S6884 [26JN], S7136-S7138 [29JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), motion to proceed, S6398-S6440 [19JN], S6463-S6506, S6508-S6510 [20JN], S6533, S6534 [21JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), unanimous-consent agreement, S6644 [22JN], S6887, S6901 [26JN], S6954 [27JN], S7074 [28JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), unanimous-consent request, S6378, S6379 [18JN], S6403 [19JN], S6538, S6580 [21JN], S7170 [29JN]

———provide coverage for individuals participating in approved clinical trials, S6465, S6469, S6470, S6473, S6501 [20JN], S6583-S6594 [21JN], S6627-S6634 [22JN], S7129, S7130, S7169 [29JN]

———provide coverage of mental health services and prescription drugs, S7179 [29JN]

———provide for interest penalties on late payments of health care claims by HMOs or health insurance companies (S. 1616), S11369 [1NO]

———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (S. 595), S2732 [22MR]

———require claimants who are denied health care benefits by managed care plans and HMO's exhaust all administrative processes prior to litigation, S6959-S6961 [27JN], S7133 [29JN]

———require claims relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's to be heard in Federal court, S7047-S7055 [28JN]

———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (S. 1297), S8593 [1AU]

———require coverage of bone mass measurements and inform women concerning reproductive and post-menopausal health care choices (S. 819), S4247 [3MY]

———require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (S. 868), S4844 [10MY]

Iowa Army Ammunition Plant: study effects of exposure to radioactive or other hazardous substances, S13296 [14DE]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (S. 957), S5633-S5635 [24MY], S7575 [12JY]

Kingston, NV: sale and conveyance of certain lands for use as an emergency medical air evacuation site (S. 809), S4117 [1MY]

Law enforcement: enhance illegal narcotics control activities (S. 89), S347 [22JA]

Lawyers and attorneys: limit fees in lawsuits relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S7017-S7020, S7024-S7027 [28JN], S7155-S7160, S7162 [29JN]

Medicaid: allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (S. 1343), S8764-S8766 [2AU]

———allow States to use their allotment under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to increase the enrollment of children eligible for medical assistance (S. 1625), S11378 [1NO]

———clarify Dept. of HHS authority to treat certain State prescription drug discount demonstration projects as medical assistance for purposes of rebate agreements (S. 1177), S7594, S7595 [12JY]

———clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (S. 1741), S12109, S12111 [28NO], S12153 [29NO]

———clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (S. 535), S2318 [14MR]

———coverage of certain dependent care employees, S3804 [24AP]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (S. 53), S321 [22JA]

———eliminate the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program, S5229 [21MY], S5406 [22MY]

———extend the higher Federal medical assistance payment percentage for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian health programs (S. 1753), S12261 [30NO]

———increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (H.R. 3414), S12438 [5DE]

———permit children covered under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to be eligible for the Federal Vaccines for Children Program (S. 573), S2588 [20MR]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage, S3650 [6AP]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (S. 321), S1346 [13FE]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (S. 1298), S8594-S8596 [1AU]

———reimbursement rates relative to long-term care staffing shortages, S3671, S3672 [6AP]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (S. 776), S3926 [25AP]

Medical Education Trust Fund: establish (S. 743), S3749-S3754 [6AP]

Medicare: accelerate reduction on the amount of beneficiary copayment liability for outpatient services (S. 1679), S11725 [13NO]

———anniversary, S8394 [30JY]

———contractor payment delay, S7058-S7062 [28JN], S7130 [29JN]

———coverage of adult day care services (S. 1619), S11374-S11376 [1NO]

———coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (S. 264), S1085 [6FE]

———coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (S. 1761), S12375 [4DE]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (S. 1760), S12370-S12374 [4DE], S12466 [6DE]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (S. 960), S5636 [24MY]

———coverage of more frequent hemodialysis treatments (S. 1303), S8710 [2AU]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (S. 913), S5125, S5126 [17MY]

———coverage of oral drugs to reduce serum phosphate levels in patients with end stage renal disease (S. 1304), S8710 [2AU]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S1167 [8FE], S1669, S1671 [28FE], S2576 [20MR], S3298-S3326 [3AP], S3474 [5AP], S3666 [6AP], S4789 [10MY], S5083-S5086 [17MY], S5249 [21MY], S5505 [23MY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 10), S155 [22JA]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 925), S5444-S5447 [22MY], S8153 [25JY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 1185), S7718 [16JY], S7809, S7818 [17JY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. Res. 74), S3927 [25AP]

———coverage of pharmacist services (S. 974), S5706 [25MY]

———coverage of remote monitoring services (S. 1607), S11290 [31OC]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (S. 258), S1078 [6FE]

———determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (S. 1066), S6519 [20JN]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (S. 841), S4510 [8MY]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services, S3417-S3421 [4AP], S3462-S3464 [5AP]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (S. 326), S1396-S1399 [14FE], S1581 [26FE]

———ensure that eligible individuals have sufficient time to consider information and make informed choice on enrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (S. 1376), S8950 [3AU]

———ensure that participating hospitals can recognize and respond to epidemics resulting from natural causes and bioterrorism (S. 1574), S11110 [25OC]

———establish a floor on area wage adjustment factors used under the prospective payment system for hospital services, S11257-S11260 [31OC]

———establish a hospice demonstration and grant program for beneficiaries (S. 1425), S9397 [13SE]

———exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (S. 1083), S6616 [21JN]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (S. 690), S3438 [4AP]

———expand benefits, establish payment incentives for furnishing quality services, and develop an effective national policy to care for individuals with chronic conditions (S. 1589), S11206 [30OC]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (S. 554), S2409 [15MR]

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (S. 775), S3925 [25AP]

———extend availability of cost contracts (S. 1224), S8124 [24JY]

———funding, S3294, S3297, S3300 [3AP], S3462-S3464, S3473, S3474 [5AP], S4159 [2MY]

———improve direct graduate medical education payments (S. 135), S409 [22JA]

———improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (S. 1020), S6138 [12JN], S11259 [31OC]

———improve reimbursement for clinical social worker services (S. 52), S321 [22JA]

———increase payments for ambulance services in rural areas (S. 1367), S8939 [3AU]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (S. 548), S2398-S2402 [15MR]

———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (S. 839), S4425 [7MY], S4503 [8MY]

———limit reductions in Federal payments under the prospective payment system for rural or sole community hospital outpatient department services (S. 270), S1125 [7FE]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (S. 357), S1500 [15FE]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (S. 358), S1500 [15FE]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (S. 1350), S8914 [3AU]

———payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs, S3670, S3671 [6AP]

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (S. 982), S5833-S5836 [5JN]

———provide adequate coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for certain kidney transplant patients (S. 880), S4942 [15MY]

———provide for continuous open enrollment and disenrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (S. 1851), S13707 [19DE]

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (S. 452), S1818 [5MR]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (S. 1738), S12106, S12107 [28NO]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (S. 1545), S10694 [15OC]

———reclassify certain Pennsylvania metropolitan statistical areas for purposes of reimbursement, S11890, S11932 [15NO]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (S. 125), S401 [22JA]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (S. 699), S3451 [4AP], S8394 [30JY]

———reform, S70 [22JA]

———reform (S. 1135), S7107 [28JN]

———remove restrictions on clinical psychologists or social workers providing services in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (S. 51), S320 [22JA]

———require providers to disclose staffing and performance data (S. 863), S4835 [10MY]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (S. 885), S4946, S4947 [15MY]

———State accreditation of diabetes self-management training programs (S. 153), S481 [23JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (S. 1054), S6333 [14JN]

———streamline regulatory processes for home health agencies (S. 1169), S7591 [12JY]

———waive certain nurse aide training requirements (S. 728), S3714 [6AP], S3782 [23AP]

Mental health: expand and improve counseling and mental health services for posttraumatic stress syndrome relative to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S9955 [1OC]

———provide assistance to individuals affected by terrorist attacks (S. 1729), S13076, S13077 [12DE]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits, S11165-S11183 [30OC]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (S. 543), S2393-S2396 [15MR], S6477 [20JN], S12397 [5DE]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (S. 1535), S10648 [11OC]

———tribute to role of art therapy in dealing with aftermath of terrorist attacks, S12154 [29NO]

Merck Institute of Aging & Health: tribute, S6373 [18JN]

Michigan: water quality detection device funding, S13844 [20DE]

Missouri: dispute over use of provider taxes to increase Federal contributions to State Medicaid programs, S11181, S11182 [30OC]

Morehouse College: tribute to School of Medicine, S3784 [23AP]

Motor vehicles: use of safety belts and restraint systems by children (S. 956), S5633 [24MY]

NASA: National Space Biomedical Research Institute funding, S8667, S8668 [2AU]

National Academies of Practice: grant Federal charter (S. 58), S322 [22JA]

National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month: designate (S. Res. 147), S8770 [2AU], S9859 [26SE]

National Assisted Living Week: observance, S9249 [10SE]

National Biotechnology Week: designate (S. Res. 75), S3928 [25AP], S4848 [10MY]

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

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (S. 70), S327 [22JA]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (S. Res. 166), S10475 [10OC]

National Community Health Center Week: establish (S. Con. Res. 59), S9000 [3AU]

National D.O. Day: observance, S3433 [4AP]

National Donor Day: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation (S. Con. Res. 12), S1427, S1437 [14FE]