HEALTH related term(s) Diseases

Addresses

Health Care: Representative Capps, E383-E385 [19MR]

National Health Care and Prescription Drug Policies: Robert Ingram, S11720-S11722 [20NO]

Agreements

World Trade Center employers-Service Employees International Union Local 32B-32J Joint Building Service Industry Emergency Preferential Hiring Program, H69 [24JA]

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S408, S419, S430, S431 [6FE], S442, S467, S469, S476, S498, S501, S504, S505, S506, S510 [7FE], S515, S516, S519, S522, S533, S557, S558, S564, S567 [8FE], S578, S590, S591 [11FE], S608, S610, S612, S613, S616, S617, S618, S619, S620, S621, S628, S629, S636, S645, S666, S667, S669, S670, S671, S672 [12FE], S675, S748 [13FE]

Birth Defects Prevention Act: revise and extend (S. 2980), S9859 [2OC]

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), S2504 [10AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish emergency medical preparedness centers (H.R. 3253), S8003, S8005 [1AU], S10452, S10473 [15OC], H8006 [16OC]

Developing countries: strengthen pathogen and infectious disease surveillance to help prevent biological weapons attacks and naturally occurring outbreaks (S. 2487), S8003, S8025 [1AU]

Diseases: improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (H.R. 2069), S6700, S6716, S6727 [12JY]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (H. Con. Res. 36), H3102 [4JN], H3289 [6JN]

Drugs: enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (S. 754), S11316, S11339, S11341 [18NO]

Federal aid programs: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), S2741 [16AP], S10755 [17OC]

Federal employees: adjust certain Federal annuity computations relative to periods of receiving disability payments (S. 2936), S10751 [17OC]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S6909, S6930, S6960, S6961, S6963 [17JY], S6978, S7048, S7049, S7050, S7060 [18JY], S7232, S7233 [23JY], S7284, S7316, S7317, S7318 [24JY], S7382 [25JY], S7435 [26JY], S7589, S7590, S7591, S7592, S7593, S7594, S7598, S7601, S7611 [30JY]

Foreign aid: authorize assistance for individuals with disabilities in foreign countries, including victims of landmines, civil strife, and warfare (S. 1777), S8624 [13SE]

Hazardous substances: reduce quantity of mercury in the environment by limiting use of mercury fever thermometers and improving collection, recycling and disposal of mercury (S. 351), S8316 [5SE]

Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H3929 [25JN], H4226, H4297 [27JN]

Native Americans: authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance abuse programs and services provided by tribal governments (S. 210), S8696 [17SE]

Peace Corps: promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (S. 2667), S10595 [16OC]

Stroke: provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (S. 1274), S431, S432 [6FE]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S841, S870 [14FE], S1659 [7MR], H744, H746 [7MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 360), H743 [7MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), S11060, S11136 [14NO]

Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (S. 969), S10737, S10768 [17OC]

Veterans: enhance compensation for veterans with hearing loss (S. 2237), S9550 [26SE], S11329 [18NO]

Analyses

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Programs Amendments (S. 2526), S4496 [16MY]

Enhance Certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs Programs and Improve Administration of Such Programs (S. 1905), S237 [29JA]

Preservation of Antibiotics for Human Treatment Act (S. 2508), S4283 [13MY]

Quality of Care for Individuals With Cancer Act (S. 2965), S8762 [18SE]

Research Revitalization Act (S. 3060), S9994 [4OC]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 3448, Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Response Act, H641 [28FE]

Parents Advisory Council on Youth Drug Abuse, S5879 [20JN]

Articles and editorials

Abortion Clinic Blocks Mother From Daughter Inside—Girl Was 16—Granite Police Say Law Gives No Voice to Parents of Minors, H1349 [17AP]

African Famine, Made in Europe, H6073 [5SE]

Alzheimer's Disease, S11309 [18NO]

Audit Finds Lapses in Maryland Child Care—Contact Lost With Children; One Placed With Offender, E1501 [5SE]

Bankruptcy and Abortion—II, H8748 [14NO]

Binge Mentality in the Federal Budget, E1357 [25JY]

Brain Storm at Last, Bush Grasps a Medical Fact, S3586 [1MY]

Children in Peril, E1938 [17OC]

D.C. Speeds Group Home Change—Move Follows New Report of Assaults on Boys, E1525 [9SE]

Daschle Blames Bush Tax Cut for Failure on Prescription Drug Reform, S7423 [26JY]

Debate on Human Cloning Turns to Patents, S5525 [13JN]

Delivering Ms. Kline's Baby, S7530 [30JY]

Ecstasy's Brain Drain Possibly Wider Than Thought, S9699 [1OC]

Editorials and Opinions About Medical Malpractice Claims (excerpts), S7517-S7519 [30JY]

Equity for Mental Illness, S8425 [10SE]

Faces of Alzheimer's, H6077 [5SE]

Family's Gift of Life Leaves Enduring Bond, E821 [16MY]

Famine Looms for Southern Africa—Millions Suffering in Crisis Created by Nature, H2639 [20MY]

Finding a Formula for Medicare Drug Benefits, S7623 [31JY]

Foster-Care Tragedy Worthy of Dickens, E1304 [18JY]

From Front Lines to Back Roads—Delta Force Doctor Now Delivers Care in Rural Virginia, E399 [21MR]

GOP Plan To Link Drilling With Steel Aid Falls Through, S2716 [16AP]

Grim Tales Arise From Foster Care, E1778 [8OC]

Health Problems of Latino Children, E1439 [29JY]

Helping Mend Troubled Families—Agency's Innovative Program Keeps Kids at Home or Nearby, E1684 [30SE]

Jesse Helms—We Cannot Turn Away, S5151 [6JN]

Lawsuit To Target Rules for Foster Care by Relatives, E1636 [23SE]

Lower Payments Force FPs To Risk Personal Loss for Their Patients, Practices, S8370 [9SE]

Marijuana Today—Setting the Record Straight, E1545 [11SE]

``MediFair'' Is Workable Answer, S5567 [14JN]

More Are Finding Permanent Cures for Hepatitis C, E1017 [12JN]

Murray's Bill Rights Medicare Inequity, S5567 [14JN]

Murray's Medicare Plan a Step in Right Direction, S5566 [14JN]

My Journey With a Brain Tumor, S4059 [8MY], E761 [10MY]

Neglected to Death—Preventable Deaths in Nursing Homes (Special Report Series Summary), S10607 [17OC]

New Call for Cloning Policy, S5526 [13JN]

Nightmare of a Bill, S5661 [18JN]

Other Half of the Job, E179 [15FE]

Paul Ecke, Jr., Succumbs to Cancer, E822 [16MY]

Please Don't Call It Cloning!, E336 [13MR]

Plug the Flow of ``Incentives'', E1801 [9OC]

President Puts Military Funds Ahead of Those for Health, E237 [28FE]

``Pure'' and Starving Poor—Environmentalists Stifle Modern Agriculture in the Third World, H6073 [5SE]

Rescue the Uninsured From Sea of Uncertainty, E275 [6MR]

Research Cloning? No, S5661 [18JN]

Retirement That Hurts RTP, S11722 [20NO]

Second Opinion—The Perils of Doing Right, S424 [6FE]

Study Finds Potential in Adult Cells—Discovery Will Likely Fuel Ethical Debate, E1274 [16JY]

Tearful Apology in Boy's Death; County—A $1-Million Payout Is OK'd—Molina, Moved by a Mother's Plea, Vows Answers in Foster Care Case, E1569 [12SE]

Toward Mental Health Parity, S3586 [1MY]

U.N. Warns West To Act To Help Southern Africa Avoid Famine, H5067 [22JY]

U.S. Conscience Is Clear, H6072 [5SE]

Unintended Consequences, E1183 [28JN]

University's Cloning Patent Raises a ``Mammal'' Issue, S5525 [13JN]

Unjust Rewards, E890 [23MY]

We Filled the Prescription, E1452 [29JY]

Bills and resolutions

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (see H.R. 3813), H634 [27FE]

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3720 [19JN]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 4965), consideration (see H. Res. 498), H5193 [23JY]

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: conduct a study on health services research (see S. 3084), S10222 [9OC]

Agriculture: promote local farm products by implementing ``Once-a-Day'' programs (see S. Res. 308), S7430 [26JY]

———provide protections for farmers and ranchers that may be harmed economically by genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals and ensure fairness in dealings with certain biotech companies (see H.R. 4812), H2944 [22MY]

Air Force: require a pilot program to assess adoption of the Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support System by the Air National Guard (see S. 1997), S1675 [7MR]

Animals: ensure use of certain antibiotic drugs in agriculture does not compromise human health by contributing to the development of antibiotic resistance (see S. 2508), S4281 [13MY] (see H.R. 3804), H633 [27FE]

Antitrust policy: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H780 [7MR]

Armed Forces: allow receipt of special pay by qualified dental officers while undergoing dental internship or residency training (see H.R. 4924), H3513 [12JN]

———authorize a voluntary leave sharing program (see H.R. 4119), H1153 [9AP]

———require additional special pay received by medical, dental, or veterinary officers be treated as part of basic pay for retirement purposes (see H.R. 5353), H6129 [9SE]

Birth Defects Prevention Act: revise and extend (see S. 2980), S8918 [19SE]

Black Lung Benefits Act: ensure benefit equity for eligible survivors (see S. 2685), S6127 [26JN] (see H.R. 4235), H1333 [16AP]

Boca Raton, FL: cleanup of first anthrax attack site (see S. 2988), S8981 [20SE]

———direct EPA to provide technical assistance for cleanup of first anthrax attack site (see S. 2985), S8980 [20SE]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 502), H7172 [7OC]

Business and industry: promote the development of health care cooperatives that will help businesses to pool the health care purchasing power of employers (see S. 2835), S7899 [1AU]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see S. 2935), S8618 [13SE] (see S. 3105), S10359 [10OC] (see H.R. 4793), H2943 [22MY]

———establish the Center for Bioterrorism Preparedness (see S. 2115), S2578 [11AP]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule that lowers the Medicaid upper payment limit for non-State owned or operated hospitals (see S.J. Res. 37), S4330 [14MY] (see H.J. Res. 92), H2471 [14MY]

Central Asia: provide assistance to prevent, treat, and control HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, polio, and other infectious diseases that affect children (see H.R. 5681), H8022 [16OC]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: make improvements and reauthorize programs (see H.R. 5601), H7892 [10OC]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: amend (see S. 2758), S7033 [18JY]

———increase funding to improve child care quality and require payment of costs for eligible child care providers to obtain nationally recognized accreditation (see H.R. 4164), H1200 [10AP]

———reauthorize (see S. 2117), S2578 [11AP]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H104 [29JA] (see H.R. 5098), H4552 [11JY]

———ensure that children at highest risk for asthma are identified and treated (see H.R. 5633), H7894 [10OC]

———establish a demonstration project to implement evidence-based preventive-screening methods to detect mental illness and suicidal tendencies in school-age youth at selected facilities (see H.R. 5613), H7893 [10OC]

———establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see S. 3158), S11079 [14NO] (see H.R. 5648), H8021 [16OC]

———improve child care quality for children with disabilities or other special needs (see S. 2671), S5956 [24JN]

———meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth (see S. 1965), S1208 [26FE]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 2860), S7899 [1AU]

———prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (see S. 2998), S9116 [24SE] (see H.R. 3839), H686 [5MR]

———prevent teen pregnancy by educating teenagers about the negative consequences of premature sexual activity (see S. Con. Res. 105), S3843 [2MY] (see H. Con. Res. 393), H2019 [1MY]

———tribute to efforts and activities of the National SAFE KIDS Campaign to prevent all unintentional injuries among children, including bicycle-related traumatic brain injuries (see H. Con. Res. 379), H1338 [16AP]

China, Republic of: endorse and obtain observer status at the World Health Assembly summit in Switzerland (see S. 1932), S660 [12FE]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month: designate (see S. Con. Res. 129), S7164 [22JY]

Citizens Health Care Working Group: establish (see S. 3063), S10040 [7OC]

Colleges and universities: provide grants to States to establish partnerships among colleges and universities and surrounding communities to reduce underage and binge drinking and illicit drug use by students (see S. 3167), S11079 [14NO]

Computers: encourage use of web-based enrollment systems in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5233), H5790 [25JY]

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 H. Res. 536), H6374 [18SE]

Contact lens prescriptions: provide for availability (see H.R. 5657), H8021 [16OC]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see S. 1990), S1599 [6MR] (see H.R. 3887), H737 [6MR]

Council on Graduate Medical Education: extend (see S. 3083), S10222 [9OC]

Courts: assign liability for injury caused by genetically engineered organisms (see H.R. 4816), H2944 [22MY]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 476), consideration (see H. Res. 388), H1333 [16AP]

Dart, Justin W., Jr.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 5188), H5194 [23JY]

———tribute (see S. Res. 310), S7430 [26JY] (see H. Res. 460), H4069 [26JN]

Dental health: improve access to oral health care by strengthening the dental workforce in rural and underserved communities (see H.R. 4476), H1410 [17AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify authority to establish performance standards for the reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry processed by establishments receiving inspection services (see S. 2013), S1935 [14MR] (see H.R. 3956), H906 [13MR]

Dept. of Defense: disclose information on projects that included testing of biological or chemical agents involving potential exposure of Armed Forces members to toxic agents (see S. 2704), S6318 [28JN] (see H.R. 5060), H4325 [27JN]

Dept. of Energy: external regulation of nuclear safety and occupational safety and health at facilities (see H.R. 5275), H5995 [26JY]

Dept. of HHS: address health care needs of residents of U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 4063), H1089 [20MR]

———award grants to associate degree schools of nursing and professional nursing organizations to improve nursing education (see H.R. 4665), H2163 [7MY]

———establish a tolerance level for the presence of methylmercury in seafood (see H.R. 3885), H737 [6MR]

———establish an Office of Men's Health (see S. 2616), S5454 [12JN]

———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see S. 2890), S7900 [1AU] (see H.R. 5703), H8044 [28OC]

———establish National Vaccine Authority (see H.R. 4100), H1153 [9AP]

———establish the Medicare Benefits Administration (see H.R. 4988), H3824 [21JN]

———establish the Office of Health Care Competition to administer the National Practitioner Data Bank and to collect and make public more information on medical malpractice insurance (see H.R. 5435), H6558 [24SE]

———expand, intensify, and coordinate activities of the Office on Women's Health relative to autoimmune disease in women (see S. 2234), S3165 [23AP]

———expand and intensify research programs concerning elder falls (see S. 1922), S488 [7FE] (see H.R. 3695), H226 [7FE]

———make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (see S. 1984), S1421 [4MR] (see H.R. 3686), H141 [5FE]

———make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment efforts under State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4764), H2607 [16MY]

———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see S. Con. Res. 138), S8384 [9SE] (see H. Con. Res. 385), H1532 [23AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow payment of certain benefits to begin effective the first day of the month in which hospitalization or treatment begins (see H.R. 4036), H1088 [20MR]

———allow recovery of medical costs from third parties in the same manner as a preferred provider organization (see H.R. 5392), H6302 [17SE]

———amend programs (see S. 2526), S4492 [16MY]

———authorize construction, leasing, or modification of major medical facilities at the site of the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, CO (see H.R. 5042), H4324 [27JN]

———authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (see H.R. 4514), H1483 [18AP]

———authorize the furnishing of health care during major disasters or medical emergencies (see S. 2187), S2829 [17AP]

———conduct a pilot project on medical care outreach for veterans in Washington (see H.R. 5087), H4497 [10JY]

———construct a comprehensive veterans medical center in southern Nevada (see H.R. 5610), H7892 [10OC]

———dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 5286), H5995 [26JY]

———enhance certain veterans programs and improve administration of such programs (see S. 1905), S235 [29JA] (see H.R. 3927), H832 [12MR]

———enhance right to recover payments by third parties for costs of providing non-service-connected care (see H.R. 5530), H6982 [2OC]

———establish a pilot program to assess the benefits of establishing a nurse preceptor program (see H.R. 5576), H7303 [8OC]

———establish an office to coordinate disaster preparedness strategies with other Federal agencies, and State and local governments (see S. 2186), S2829 [17AP] (see H.R. 4559), H1618 [24AP]

———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (see S. 2132), S2722 [16AP]

———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (H.R. 3253), concur with Senate amendment with an amendment (see H. Res. 526), H6303 [17SE]

———expand and improve the provision of specialized mental health services (see S. 2044), S2260 [21MR]

———extend the period for provision of noninstitutional extended care services and required nursing home care (see S. 2043), S2260 [21MR]

———extend time for application for a waiver of recovery of claims of overpayments of veterans benefits and improve administration of such overpayments (see H.R. 3735), H365 [13FE]

———improve allocation of health care resources to different geographic regions in the U.S. (see H.R. 5675), H8022 [16OC]

———improve procurement practices in procuring health-care items (see H.R. 3645), H103 [29JA]

———maintain health care eligibility for veterans being held as a prisoner in a county or city jail (see H.R. 3772), H523 [14FE]

———oppose enactment of any proposal establishing a health care deductible for veterans (see H. Con. Res. 359), H1002 [19MR]

———pilot program to assess benefits of dispensing medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 5332), H6059 [4SE]

———place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category (see S. 2583), S5041 [5JN] (see H.R. 3796), H561 [26FE]

———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see S. 2903), S8300 [5SE] (see H.R. 5250), H5993 [26JY]

———provide service-connected disability benefits for persons disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation provided by the Dept., and for survivors of persons dying from such treatment (see H.R. 3734), H365 [13FE]

———repeal requirement that former POW must have been interred for a specified minimum period of time to be eligible for dental benefits (see H.R. 3826), H650 [28FE]

———require the geographic allocation of funds for medical care better reflect the veterans populations in different regions of the country (see H.R. 4852), H3037 [23MY]

———rescind memorandum in which directors of health service networks are directed to ensure that no marketing activities to enroll new veterans occur within their networks (see H.R. 5359), H6171 [10SE]

———suspend authority to increase drug copayment for treatment of non-service-connected disabilities and increase pension rates for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5082), H4424 [9JY]

———terminate requirement that disability compensation be reduced by payments received under Dept. of Defense separation programs (see H.R. 4842), H3036 [23MY]

Developing countries: strengthen pathogen and infectious disease surveillance to help prevent biological weapons attacks and naturally occurring outbreaks (see S. 2487), S4145 [9MY]

Disabled: advance commitment to community integration by ensuring a stable, quality direct support workforce for individuals with developmental disablities (see S. Con. Res. 151), S10223 [9OC]

———enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see S. 3000), S9116 [24SE] (see H.R. 5458), H6692 [25SE]

———importance of recruiting and retaining direct support professionals to ensure the proper care of individuals with developmental disabilities (see H. Con. Res. 477), H6558 [24SE]

Disasters: make private, nonprofit medical facilities that serve industry specific clients eligible for hazard mitigation and disaster assistance (see H.R. 5690), H8022 [16OC]

Discrimination: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see S. 2008), S1782 [12MR] (see H.R. 4691), H2354 [9MY]

———expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), consideration (see H. Res. 546), H6558 [24SE]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see S. 1995), S1599 [6MR]

Diseases: address the international HIV/AIDS pandemic (see S. 1936), S660 [12FE]

———collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (see S. 2558), S4839 [23MY]

———combat cancer (see S. 1976), S1351 [28FE] (see H.R. 4596), H1673 [25AP]

———combat pulmonary hypertension (see H. Con. Res. 381), H1483 [18AP]

———encourage people in the U.S. to take an active role in the fight against Huntington's disease (see H. Con. Res. 407), H2734 [21MY]

———enhance research, training, and health information dissemination on urologic diseases (see H.R. 5484), H6776 [26SE]

———establish a grant program regarding eating disorders (see S. 2249), S3303 [24AP]

———expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 4963), H3720 [19JN]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (see S. 15), S11736 [20NO] (see S. 2525), S4387 [15MY] (see H.R. 5761), H9036 [19NO]

———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see S. 2562), S4839 [23MY] (see H.R. 5031), H4324 [27JN]

———improve data collection and dissemination between Federal and State registries to enhance the treatment and research of cancer (see S. 2955), S8753 [18SE]

———improve immunization rates by increasing the distribution of vaccines and improving and clarifying the vaccine injury compensation program (see S. 2053), S2260 [21MR] (see H.R. 5282), H5995 [26JY]

———improve quality of care for cancer patients (see S. 2965), S8754 [18SE]

———increase awareness and improve treatment for kidney disease (see H. Con. Res. 426), H3928 [25JN]

———increase public awareness of Scleroderma (see S. Con. Res. 126), S6250 [27JN] (see H. Con. Res. 320), H227 [7FE]

———increase testing of pregnant women and newborn infants for HIV infection (see H.R. 4644), H2099 [2MY]

———international tuberculosis control (see S. 2045), S2260 [21MR]

———payments to individuals who contracted HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion (see S. 2219), S3014 [22AP]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 5482), H6776 [26SE]

———provide assistance for the development of indoor disease prevention and health promotion centers in urban and rural areas (see H.R. 5306), H5996 [26JY]

———provide assistance to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic in developing countries (see S. 2649), S5772 [19JN]

———provide certain caregivers with Medicare benefits, allow long-term care tax credit, and establish programs for patients with fatal chronic illnesses (see H.R. 5139), H4766 [16JY]

———provide compassionate payments to individuals who contracted HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion (see H.R. 5299), H5996 [26JY]

———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (see H.R. 5187), H5194 [23JY]

———respond to the problem of asthma in urban areas (see H.R. 4824), H2944 [22MY]

———tribute to NephCure Foundation for sponsorship of National Kidney Cure Week and encourage Dept. of HHS to make more information available on kidney diseases (see H. Con. Res. 383), H1483 [18AP]

District of Columbia: establish certain legal waivers for physicians who provide assistance in the National Capital Area during any period in which a public health emergency is in effect (see H.R. 4634), H2018 [1MY]

Domestic violence: provide coverage for screening and treatment, improve response of health care systems, and train health care providers and facilities on screening, identification, and treatment for families (see S. 2236), S3303 [24AP]

Drugs: address the problem of pseudoephedrine smuggling into the U.S. from Canada (see H. Con. Res. 317), H201 [6FE]

———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. 5534), H6982 [2OC]

———enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (see S. 2677), S6013 [25JN]

———establish an electronic system for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see S. 3033), S9846 [2OC] (see H.R. 5503), H6783 [30SE]

———establish requirements relative to the sale of, or the offer to sell, prescription drugs through the Internet (see H.R. 4990), H3824 [21JN]

———prohibit opening, maintaining, managing, controlling, renting, leasing, making available for use, or profiting from any place for the purpose of manufacturing, distributing, or using any controlled substance (see S. 2633), S5696 [18JN] (see H.R. 5519), H6926 [1OC]

———provide grants to health care providers to implement electronic prescription drug programs (see H.R. 4989), H3824 [21JN]

———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see S. 2763), S7104 [19JY] (see H.R. 3782), H523 [14FE]

Dyspraxia: increase public awareness (see S. Con. Res. 116), S4703 [22MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: freeze and repeal portions of the tax reduction and apply savings to a comprehensive Medicare outpatient prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 3757), H366 [13FE]

Education: establish a student loan forgiveness program for nurses (see H.R. 5636), H7894 [10OC]

———expand loan forgiveness and loan cancellation programs for teachers and nurses (see S. 3008), S9426 [26SE]

———require medically accurate and objective factual information as part of any sex education course (see H.R. 5668), H8022 [16OC]

Emergency Malpractice Liability Insurance Commission: establish (see H.R. 5434), H6558 [24SE]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: provide benefits to Dept. of Energy contractors exposed to toxic substances, expand coverage to certain individuals, and reform claimant assistance (see S. 3058), S9983 [4OC] (see H.R. 5493), H6776 [26SE]

ERISA: provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see S. 2904), S8300 [5SE]

Families and domestic relations: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see S. 2489), S4145 [9MY] (see H.R. 5241), H5993 [26JY]

———importance of prenatal care for women and children (see S. Res. 209), S732 [13FE] (see H. Res. 346), H230 [8FE]

———increase U.S. commitment to the health of the world's mothers and children (see S. Res. 275), S4840 [23MY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H2471 [14MY]

———provide coverage of domestic violence screening and treatment under Maternal and Child Health Program, Medicaid, and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 4032), H1087 [20MR]

———provide grants for mental health and substance abuse services for women and children who have been victims of domestic or sexual violence (see S. 2203), S2950 [18AP]

Family and Medical Leave Act: expand (see S. 3141), S10676 [17OC]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see S. 2626), S5584 [14JN]

———protect the health and safety of American consumers from seafood contaminated by certain substances (see S. 2759), S7033 [18JY]

———provide authority to recall food when there is a reasonable basis for believing that the food is adulterated and presents health risks (see H.R. 5488), H6776 [26SE]

———require labeling containing information applicable to pediatric patients (see S. 2394), S3505 [29AP] (see H.R. 4730), H2470 [14MY] (see H.R. 5594), H7738 [9OC]

Federal aid programs: consolidate all black lung benefit responsibility under a single official (see H.R. 5542), H7018 [3OC]

———provide assistance to displaced workers by extending unemployment benefits and by providing a tax credit for health insurance costs (see H.R. 3841), H686 [5MR]

Federal employees: adjust certain Federal annuity computations relative to periods of receiving disability payments (see S. 2936), S8618 [13SE] (see H.R. 5481), H6776 [26SE]

———allow the spouse or annuitant to obtain health benefits coverage for self alone (see H.R. 4997), H3825 [21JN]

———increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see S. 1982), S1421 [4MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: add requirements relative to reprocessing and reuse of medical devices (see S. 3130), S10676 [17OC]

———amend relative to the development of products for rare diseases (see H.R. 4014), H1087 [20MR]

———ensure competition in pharmaceutical industry and increased access to affordable drugs (see S. 2818), S7469 [29JY]

———improve regulation of medical devices (see H.R. 5651), H8021 [16OC]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 5272), H5994 (see H.R. 5311), H5996 [26JY] (see H.R. 5350), H6129 [9SE]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (H.R. 1862), consideration (see H. Res. 517), H6085 [5SE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to public health pesticides (see H.R. 5329), H6059 [4SE]

Federal-State relations: authorize formulation of State and regional emergency telehealth network testbeds and a telehealth task force within the Dept. of Defense (see S. 2748), S6947 [17JY]

Food: ensure safety of genetically engineered foods (see H.R. 4813), H2944 [22MY]

———ensure that efforts to address world hunger through the use of genetically engineered animals and crops actually help developing countries and peoples while protecting human health and the environment (see H.R. 4815), H2944 [22MY]

———recognize significance of bread in American history, culture, and daily diet (see S. Con. Res. 148), S9426 [26SE] (see H. Con. Res. 466), H6229 [11SE]

———require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see S. 2499), S4145 [9MY] (see S. 3001), S9229 [25SE] (see H.R. 4704), H2355 [9MY] (see H.R. 5747), H9023 [14NO]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 4814), H2944 [22MY]

Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see S. 2803), S7430 [26JY] (see H.R. 4834), H3036 [23MY] (see H.R. 5230), H5790 [25JY]

———improve safety of meat and poultry products (see S. 2532), S4568 [20MY]

———require FDA premarket review and oversight of all genetically engineered foods (see S. 3095), S10359 [10OC]

Foreign policy: recognize diplomatic importance of U.S. foreign assistance programs in fighting global terrorism and promoting national security (see S. Res. 204), S348 [5FE]

FTC: amend trade regulation rule on ophthalmic practice to require the release of prescriptions for contact lenses (see S. 2609), S5366 [11JN]

Government regulations: establish a system independent of the FDA for the review of health claims and to define health claims (see H.R. 3811), H633 [27FE]

Hazardous substances: phase-out use of mercury in dental fillings (see H.R. 4163), H1200 [10AP]

———protect human health from toxic mold (see H.R. 5040), H4324 [27JN]

———reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing products (see S. 2641), S5696 [18JN]

Health care facilities: authorize grants to carry out organ recovery rate improvement programs in eligible hospitals (see H.R. 4086), H1152 [9AP]

———increase availability of language-assistance services for patients of migrant health centers (see H.R. 4134), H1199 [10AP]

Health care professionals: authorize a demonstration program to recruit and train physicians to serve in rural areas (see S. 2597), S5205 [6JN]

———improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4858), H3160 [4JN]

———improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (see S. 2674), S6013 [25JN]

———improve coordination between Federal agencies and local emergency medical service providers (see S. 2014), S1935 [14MR]

———improve training in prevention, recognition, and treatment of substance abuse and addiction (see S. 1966), S1208 [26FE]

———issue postage stamp in commemoration of registered nurses (see S. Res. 314), S7744 [31JY]

———permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any method of medical treatment such individual requests (see S. 2207), S2950 [18AP]

———permit criminal background checks for nursing facility and home health agency personnel involved in indirect patient care (see H.R. 4872), H3229 [5JN]

———provide grants to hire community health workers to improve access to health education and services for women and families in medically underserved areas (see S. 2139), S2828 [17AP]

———provide programs to improve nurse retention, the nursing workplace, and the quality of care (see H.R. 4654), H2100 [2MY]

———voluntary reporting of medication error information to assist in developing and disseminating recommendations and information on preventing medication errors (see H.R. 4673), H2164 [7MY]

Hispanic Americans: provide programs and activities to improve health (see S. 2990), S9033 [23SE] (see H.R. 5449), H6558 [24SE]

Homeless: revise certain grants for continuum of care assistance (see H.R. 3699), H227 [7FE]

Immigration: extend and modify reimbursement of State and local funds expended for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see S. 3013), S9426 [26SE]

———facilitate entry of nonimmigrant aliens into the U.S. for temporary stays due to certain family obligations (see H.R. 3714), H283 [12FE]

———provide direct Federal payment to hospitals and emergency ambulance service providers of emergency medical care and certain emergency ambulance services for illegal immigrants (see H.R. 3776), H523 [14FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: establish a method to provide outcome-based funding increases to States (see H.R. 5001), H3825 [21JN]

Infertility: provide for the development and operation of centers to conduct research on infertility prevention (see S. 2923), S8506 [11SE]

Insurance: coverage of certain reconstructive surgery (see H.R. 4959), H3668 [18JN]

———coverage of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and alternative treatments for hormone replacement therapy (see H.R. 5204), H5452 [24JY]

———coverage of prescription drugs (see H.R. 3913), H780 [7MR]

———encourage health care facilities, group health plans, and health insurance issuers to reduce administrative costs, and to improve access, convenience, quality, and safety (see S. 2638), S5696 [18JN]

———encourage private health insurance companies to take a proactive role in promoting healthy lifestyles (see H. Con. Res. 474), H6418 [19SE]

———ensure guaranteed renewability of individual health insurance coverage regardless of health status-related factors (see S. 3119), S10571 [16OC] (see H.R. 5682), H8022 [16OC]

———establish health plan purchasing alliances (see S. 2035), S2183 [20MR]

———extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools (see H.R. 5471), H6775 [26SE]

———extend mental health coverage parity (see H.R. 5716), H8731 [13NO]

———modify antitrust exemption for medical malpractice insurance, address current health care provider issues, and reform medical malpractice litigation process and insurance market (see H.R. 5253), H5993 [26JY]

———provide health care coverage for qualified caregivers (see S. 3179), S11574 [19NO]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see S. 2793), S7372 [25JY] (see H.R. 4600), H1673 [25AP]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), consideration (see H. Res. 553), H6692 [25SE]

———require coverage of hair prostheses under Federal health programs for individuals with scalp hair loss as a result of alopecia areata (see H.R. 5106), H4552 [11JY]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide prompt payment for health benefits claims (see H.R. 4983), H3824 [21JN]

———require group and individual health plans provide coverage for second opinions (see H.R. 5325), H6059 [4SE]

———stabilize medical malpractice premiums (see H.R. 5140), H4766 [16JY]

John J. McGuirk Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, New London, CT: designate (see S. 2997), S9116 [24SE]

Libby, MT: establish a trust fund to make medical benefit payments to current and former residents (see S. 3136), S10676 [17OC]

Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see S. 2591), S5041 [5JN] (see H.R. 4888), H3291 [6JN]

Medicaid: allow payment for dialysis, chemotherapy, pregnancy-related services, communicable diseases testing and treatment, and other emergency care to certain aliens (see S. 2449), S3843 [2MY]

———allow States to enter into drug rebate agreements to make prescription drugs available to individuals who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance (see S. 2536), S4623 [21MY]

———apply the disproportionate share hospital payment transition rule to public hospitals (see S. 2391), S3505 [29AP]

———clarify the circumstances under which a ``hold harmless'' provision does not exist relative to broad-based health care taxes (see S. 1947), S852 [14FE]

———coverage of organ transplant procedures as an emergency medical procedure for certain alien children (see H.R. 5225), H5790 [25JY]

———expand coverage of certain uninsured women for breast or cervical cancer to also cover ovarian and uterine cancer (see H.R. 5068), H4350 [8JY]

———extend the transitional medical assistance program (see H.R. 4584), H1619 [24AP]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (see S. 2110), S2577 [11AP] (see S. 2221), S3014 [22AP] (see S. 2570), S4839 [23MY]

———permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (see S. 2199), S2950 [18AP]

———provide American Samoa with treatment similar to that provided to States (see H.R. 4631), H2018 [1MY]

———provide States with the option of covering intensive community mental health treatment (see S. 2072), S2326 [22MR]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H35 [23JA]

———require HMO's and other managed care plans providing medical assistance to beneficiaries to pay for assistance by health centers in federally-assisted housing for the elderly (see H.R. 3949), H833 [12MR]

———revise disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 4991), H3824 [21JN]

Medical Education Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 4856), H3159 [4JN]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see S. 2386), S3505 [29AP]

———area wage adjustments under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facility services (see S. 1955), S853 [14FE]

———assure fair and adequate payment for high-risk beneficiaries and establish payment incentives for furnishing quality services to people with serious chronic conditions (see S. 2970), S8918 [19SE]

———assure that enrollment in any prescription drug program is voluntary (see H.R. 5236), H5790 [25JY]

———clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see S. 2085), S2485 [10AP] (see S. 2848), S7899 [1AU]

———clarify right of beneficiaries to enter into private contracts with physicians and other health care professionals for services not payable under Medicare (see H.R. 4702), H2355 [9MY]

———conduct demonstration program to examine the clinical and cost effectiveness of providing medical adult day care center services (see H.R. 4153), H1200 [10AP]

———consolidate and restate Federal laws relative to social health maintenance organization projects, make such projects permanent, and require a study on ways to expand such projects (see S. 2782), S7308 [24JY]

———coverage of certain self-administered intramuscular and subcutaneous drugs (see H.R. 5719), H8731 [13NO]

———coverage of chronic disease prescription drugs and disease management services (see H.R. 5219), H5790 [25JY]

———coverage of compression sleeves and stockings for the treatment of lymphedema (see H.R. 4154), H1200 [10AP]

———coverage of diabetes laboratory diagnostic tests and other diabetes screening services (see S. 3086), S10223 [9OC] (see H.R. 5666), H8021 [16OC]

———coverage of drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 5167), H4931 [18JY]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 3899), H780 [7MR]

———coverage of medication therapy management services, including disease specific management services, for certain high-risk patients (see H.R. 5539), H6982 [2OC]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 2625), S5584 [14JN] (see S. 2757), S7033 [18JY] (see H.R. 3626), H78 [24JA] (see H.R. 3684), H141 [5FE] (see H.R. 4751), H2607 [16MY] (see H.R. 4984), H3824 [21JN] (see H. Con. Res. 328), H366 [13FE]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs for low-income beneficiaries and provision of stop-loss protection for outpatient prescription drug expenses (see H.R. 4741), H2511 [15MY]

———coverage of paramedic intercept ambulance support services (see H.R. 5511), H6926 [1OC]

———eliminate the geographic physician work adjustment factor used to adjust payments under the physician fee schedule (see S. 1953), S853 [14FE]

———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (see S. 2067), S2326 [22MR] (see H.R. 4000), H1002 [19MR]

———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (see S. 3018), S9714 [1OC]

———ensure reimbursement for certain FDA-approved cancer drug therapies administered in hospital outpatient settings (see S. 2795), S7372 [25JY] (see H.R. 5218), H5789 [25JY]

———ensure the quality of, and access to, skilled nursing facility services (see S. 2490), S4145 [9MY]

———establish a comprehensive centers for medical excellence demonstration program (see H.R. 3746), H366 [13FE]

———establish a continuous quality improvement program for providers that furnish services to individuals with end stage renal disease (see H.R. 5141), H4766 [16JY]

———establish a demonstration project under which incentive payments are made in certain areas to improve access to primary care services (see S. 2542), S4702 [22MY] (see H.R. 4845), H3036 [23MY]

———establish a prescription drug discount card endorsement program (see H.R. 4930), H3561 [13JN]

———establish a program for the competitive acquisition of items and services (see S. 3098), S10359 [10OC]

———establish a subvention demonstration project for veterans (see S. 2233), S3165 [23AP]

———establish demonstration programs to improve health care quality (see S. 2752), S7033 [18JY]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 4215), H1283 [11AP]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see S. 2, 2729), S6808 [15JY] (see H.R. 4954), H3668 [18JN] (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (see H. Res. 465), H4068 [26JN]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (H. Res. 465), same-day consideration (see H. Res. 464), H4067 [26JN]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program (see S. 2736), S6867 [16JY]

———exclude brachytherapy devices from the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient services (see H.R. 5508), H6925 [1OC]

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (see S. 2057), S2260 [21MR]

———express importance of modernization, ensure solvency, and provide coverage options and prescription drug coverage (see S. Res. 269), S4330 [14MY]

———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5411), H6417 [19SE]

———extend authorization for appropriations for certain rural grants (see S. 2135), S2723 [16AP] (see H.R. 4452), H1337 [16AP]

———extend the Social Health Maintenance Organization Demonstration Project (see S. 3043), S9901 [3OC]

———freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see S. 2447), S3843 [2MY]

———geographically adjust the amount of premiums based on the use of health care items and services in the State in which the beneficiary resides (see S. 2605), S5285 [10JN]

———improve access to benefits for certain individuals and provide financial assistance to individuals who are too poor to afford premiums (see H.R. 4684), H2235 [8MY]

———improve access to health care and extend solvency of trust fund by reforming the health care liability system (see H.R. 4942), H3561 [13JN]

———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries (see S. 2557), S4839 [23MY]

———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries by targeting enrollment (see H.R. 5727), H8732 [13NO]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see S. 2615), S5454 [12JN] (see H.R. 4515), H1483 [18AP]

———improve disproportionate share payments to hospitals serving vulnerable populations (see S. 2854), S7899 [1AU]

———improve Medicare Incentive Payment Program (see S. 2529), S4492 [16MY]

———improve outpatient vision services (see S. 1967), S1208 [26FE]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see S. 1931), S586 [11FE] (see H.R. 3710), H230 [8FE]

———improve payments for home health services and for direct graduate medical education (see H.R. 4987), H3824 [21JN]

———improve payments for physicians' services and other outpatient services (see H.R. 4986), H3824 [21JN]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see S. 2555, 2568), S4839 [23MY] (see H.R. 4850), H3037 [23MY] (see H.R. 4962), H3720 [19JN]

———improve the qualified beneficiary and special low-income beneficiary programs (see S. 2855), S7899 [1AU] (see H.R. 5276), H5995 [26JY]

———improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (see S. 2750), S7033 [18JY]

———include new medical technologies under the inpatient hospital prospective payment system (see S. 3042), S9901 [3OC]

———make a technical correction in the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services (see H.R. 4927), H3513 [12JN]

———prepare audit reports based upon financial auditing of Medicare+Choice organizations and make such reports available to the public (see H.R. 5171), H5086 [22JY]

———prohibit health care providers from charging membership or extraneous fees as a prerequisite to service to a patient (see H.R. 4752), H2607 [16MY]

———promote access to health care services in rural areas (see H.R. 4112), H1153 [9AP]

———provide a direct supplemental insurance option (see H.R. 3976), H931 [14MR]

———provide access to kidney disease health care, management, and end stage renal disease prevention services (see H.R. 4729), H2470 [14MY]

———provide appropriate incentive payments for physicians' services furnished in underserved areas (see S. 2914), S8384 [9SE]

———provide beneficiaries with access to prescription drugs at Federal Supply Schedule prices (see H.R. 5154), H4872 [17JY]

———provide coverage for kidney disease education services (see S. 2218), S3014 [22AP] (see H.R. 3770), H523 [14FE]

———provide coverage of certain tests to screen for ovarian cancer upon NIH certification that such tests are effective (see H.R. 3910), H780 [7MR]

———provide equity in payments (see H.R. 5045), H4324 [27JN]

———provide fair payments under the hospital outpatient department prospective payment system (see S. 2547), S4702 [22MY] (see H.R. 5234), H5790 [25JY]

———provide for equitable payments for health care services furnished to beneficiaries in hospital outpatient departments (see H.R. 5450), H6558 [24SE]

———provide for equitable reimbursement rates for thin prep pap smears tests (see H.R. 3835), H655 [4MR]

———provide incentives to attract educators and clinical practitioners to underserved areas (see S. 1954), S853 [14FE]

———reclassify certain counties for purposes of equitable hospital payment rates (see H.R. 4745), H2511 [15MY]

———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (see S. 2614), S5454 [12JN]

———reductions in prescription drug prices for beneficiaries and women with breast cancer (see S. 2747), S6947 [17JY]

———reform (see H.R. 5451), H6558 [24SE]

———reform payments to rural and other health care providers (see H.R. 5246), H5993 [26JY]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 3882), H737 [6MR]

———reimburse Medicare+Choice plans located in the same metropolitan statistical area the same payment rate (see H.R. 3696), H227 [7FE]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see S. 2232), S3165 [23AP] (see H.R. 4890), H3291 [6JN] (see H.R. 4939), H3561 [13JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H655 [4MR]

———require any reductions in payment rates for home respiratory medication nebulizer drugs to be offset by an equal increase in reimbursement for home respiratory medication professional services (see H.R. 4901), H3452 [11JN]

———require Dept. of HHS study on new technology payments under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (see S. 3041), S9901 [3OC]

———require home health agencies to conduct criminal background checks for all applicants for employment as patient care providers (see H.R. 5170), H5086 [22JY] (see H.R. 5565), H7171 [7OC]

———revise and improve payments to certain health care service providers (see H.R. 5729), H9023 [14NO]

———revise payment methodology for extra-depth shoes with inserts or custom molded shoes with inserts for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 5430), H6558 [24SE]

———revitalize the Medicare+Choice program, establish a Medicare+Choice competition program, and improve payments to hospitals and other providers (see H.R. 4985), H3824 [21JN]

———reward and expand the number of health care providers delivering high-quality cost-effective health care to beneficiaries (see S. 1948), S852 [14FE]

———use estate tax revenue to finance an outpatient prescription drug program (see H.R. 4136), H1199 [10AP]

———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see S. 2688), S6249 [27JN]

———waive waiting period for coverage of certain disabled individuals (see H.R. 5667), H8022 [16OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: conduct studies on comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of prescription drugs that account for high levels of expenditures or use by individuals (see H.R. 4832), H3036 [23MY]

———establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (see S. 3091), S10359 [10OC] (see H.R. 3933), H832 [12MR]

———improve access to long-term care services (see S. 2655), S5851 [20JN]

———improve advance directive requirements to ensure compliance with individual health care decisions (see S. 2857), S7899 [1AU]

———improve availability of accurate nursing facility staffing information (see S. 2879), S7900 [1AU]

———reform Federal survey and certification process for nursing facilities (see H.R. 4030), H1087 [20MR]

———require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 4715), H2470 [14MY]

———streamline regulatory processes for home health agencies (see H.R. 4659), H2100 [2MY]

Medicine Equity and Drug Safety Act: implementation (see H. Res. 478), H4497 [10JY]

Members of Congress: deny eligibility for coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and make eligible for coverage under Medicare (see H.R. 5500), H6783 [30SE]

Meningitis Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 340), H737 [6MR]

Mental health: award grants to prevent and treat depression (see S. 2427), S3560 [30AP]

———increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Res. 400), H1674 [25AP]

———increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 5078), H4424 [9JY]

———protect individuals who need mental health services (see S. 2393), S3505 [29AP]

———provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 4728), H2470 [14MY]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1089 [20MR]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (see S. 2271), S3434 [25AP]

———require that sexual predators start treatment on release and remain in treatment and incarcerated until cured or determined no longer to be a threat to society (see H.R. 4862), H3160 [4JN]

Minnesota: encourage the use of medical savings accounts by certain current and retired public employees (see H.R. 5415), H6417 [19SE]

Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation: tribute to contributions to District of Columbia metropolitan area (see H. Con. Res. 373), H1200 [10AP]

National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 103), S3560 [30AP] (see H. Con. Res. 358), H1002 [19MR]

National Biotechnology Week: designate (see S. Res. 243), S2723 [16AP]

National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 4961), H3720 [19JN]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 3814), H634 [27FE]

National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 5047), H4325 [27JN]

National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 418), H3562 [13JN]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 270), S4387 [15MY]

National Donor Day: designate (see S. Res. 210), S853 [14FE]

———emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation (see H. Con. Res. 329), H366 [13FE]

National Drug Control Strategy: support (see H. Res. 569), H6983 [2OC]

National Epilepsy Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 322), S8300 [5SE]

National Epilepsy Month: designate (see H. Res. 484), H4605 [15JY]

National Fragile X Research Day: observance (see H. Res. 398), H1674 [25AP]

National Health Center Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 121), S5535 [13JN]

National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program: count fellowship training in geriatric medicine or psychiatry as obligated service (see S. 1975), S1351 [28FE]

National Hunger Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 280), S4967 [4JN]

National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (see S. Con. Res. 94), S100 [24JA]

National Inhalants and Poison Prevention Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 206), S545 [8FE]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: conduct and coordinate a research program on hormone disruption (see H.R. 4709), H2355 [9MY]

National Institutes of Health Police: establish (see H.R. 5391), H6302 [17SE]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 326), S8565 [12SE] (see H. Con. Res. 513), H8028 [17OC]

National Marrow Awareness Month: emphasize the importance of bone marrow donation and support National Marrow Donor Program (see H. Res. 563), H6777 [26SE]

National Medical Services Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 112), S4568 [20MY]

National Minority Health and Health Disparities Month: establish (see S. Con. Res. 139), S8673 [17SE] (see H. Con. Res. 388), H1674 [25AP]

National objectives: establish a comprehensive program to prevent obesity (see H.R. 5659), H8021 [16OC]

———establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity (see H.R. 5412), H6417 [19SE]

———improve men's health through fitness and reduction of obesity (see H. Res. 438), H3292 [6JN]

———improve the provision of health care in all areas (see S. 2873), S7900 [1AU]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 2042), S2260 [21MR] (see S. 2502), S4145 [9MY] (see S. 2639), S5696 [18JN] (see H.R. 5269), H5994 [26JY] (see H.R. 5321), H6059 [4SE] (see H.R. 5726), H8732 [13NO]

National Organ Donor Registry: establish (see H.R. 5124), H4605 [15JY]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 325), S8565 [12SE]

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: establish (see H. Con. Res. 429), H4069 [26JN]

National School Lunch Act: clarify requirements relative to purchase of domestic commodities and products in Puerto Rico under school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 3997), H1002 [19MR]

———increase number of children participating in summer food service programs (see S. 2660), S5851 [20JN]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 3741), H365 [13FE]

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: establish (see S. Con. Res. 153), S10443 [15OC] (see H. Con. Res. 481), H6559 [24SE] (see H. Con. Res. 509), H7894 [10OC]

NIH: biomedical research funding (see S. Res. 347), S10677 [17OC]

———breast cancer early detection and mortality rate reduction research funding (see H.R. 3989), H937 [18MR]

———establish Office of Rare Diseases (see H.R. 4013), H1087 [20MR]

———provide for Alzheimer's disease research and demonstration grants (see S. 2059), S2261 [21MR] (see H.R. 4606), H1673 [25AP]

———uterine fibroid research funding (see S. 2122), S2675 [15AP]

NIST: assist in development of reliable and valid tests for banned performance-enhancing substances and establish research program on long-term consequences of performance-enhancing substances (see H.R. 3683), H141 [5FE]

North American Occupational Safety and Health Week: support goals and ideas (see H. Res. 356), H687 [5MR]

Nuclear energy: enhance security of transporting high-level nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel (see S. 3162), S11079 [14NO]

Nutrition: establish grants to provide health services for improved nutrition, increased physical activity and obesity prevention (see S. 2821), S7579 [30JY]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: conduct a study of the impact of Federal policies on the innovation process for genomic technologies (see H.R. 3966), H931 [14MR]

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: ensure public safety officers receive benefits (see H.R. 5375), H6250 [12SE]

OPIC: provide health coverage to employees under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see S. 2527), S4492 [16MY]

OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (see S. 3173), S11574 [19NO]

Organ donation: provide health insurance protections for individuals who are living organ donors (see S. 2913), S8384 [9SE]

Organ donors: allow leave for individuals who provide living organ donations (see H.R. 4008), H1002 [19MR]

———authorize demonstration projects to increase the supply of organs donated for human transplant (see H.R. 5224), H5790 [25JY]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 486), H6693 [25SE]

Patents: allow noninfringing uses of patents on genetic sequence information for research and genetic diagnostic testing, and require disclosure of such information in patent applications (see H.R. 3967), H931 [14MR]

Peace Corps: promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (see S. 12), S11736 [20NO] (see S. 2667), S5901 [21JN] (see H.R. 4979), H3774 [20JN]

Pharmaceuticals: eligibility of certain applicants for approval of a generic drug for a competition-free period (see H.R. 4998), H3825 [21JN]

———grant waivers permitting individuals to import prescription drugs from Canada and amend laws relative to sale of prescription drugs through the Internet (see H.R. 5217), H5789 [25JY]

———permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see S. 2244), S3303 [24AP] (see H.R. 4614), H1674 [25AP]

———require that pseudoephedrine be dispensed only upon a written prescription of a licensed practitioner (see H.R. 4690), H2354 [9MY]

Pollution: implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (see S. 2118), S2578 [11AP] (see H.R. 4935), H3561 [13JN]

President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 402), H2471 [14MY]

Privacy: prohibit use of patient databases for marketing without the express consent of the patient (see S. 3064), S10040 [7OC]

———restore certain standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information (see H.R. 5646), H8021 [16OC]

Public Health Service: promote organ donation (see S. 1949), S852 [14FE]

Public Health Service Act: add requirements regarding trauma care (see S. 3048), S9901 [3OC]

———amend relative to mental health services for elderly individuals (see H.R. 5077), H4424 [9JY]

———amend relative to special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Native Americans (see H.R. 5738), H9023 [14NO]

———establish a program for promoting good health, disease prevention, and wellness and for the prevention of secondary conditions for persons with disabilities (see H.R. 4945), H3600 [17JN]

———establish Nationwide Health Tracking Network (see S. 2054), S2260 [21MR] (see H.R. 4061), H1089 [20MR]

———protection of human subjects in research (see H.R. 4697), H2355 [9MY]

Public safety officers: include private firefighters and rescue squad and ambulance crew members for certain benefits (see H.R. 5442), H6558 [24SE]

Public welfare programs: promote secure and healthy families under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2876), S7900 [1AU]

Research: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts and information on transplantation, and move transplantation from an experimental procedure to a standard therapy (see S. 2849), S7899 [1AU] (see H.R. 5462), H6692 [25SE]

Rural areas: authorize loan guarantees for health facilities to buy new, and repair existing, infrastructure and technology (see S. 2046), S2260 [21MR]

———establish demonstration programs to address the shortages of health care professionals (see H.R. 5113), H4574 [12JY]

———promote and improve access to health care services (see S. 2390), S3505 [29AP]

———promote rural development (see H.R. 5579), H7303 [8OC]

Safety: improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (see S. 2590), S5041 [5JN] (see S. 3029), S9846 [2OC] (see H.R. 5478), H6776 [26SE]

———prohibit the therapeutic technique known as rebirthing (see H. Con. Res. 435), H4350 [8JY]

———promote safe and ethical clinical trials of drugs, and other test articles, on people overseas (see H.R. 5249), H5993 [26JY]

———provide protections for human participants in research (see S. 3060), S9983 [4OC]

Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 3805), H633 [27FE]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 1899), S175 [28JA] (see S. 2076), S2412 [9AP]

———prohibit the cloning of humans while preserving important areas of medical research that could provide treatments for diseases (see S. 2439), S3625 [1MY]

———prohibit the cloning of humans while protecting stem cell research (see S. 1893), S100 [24JA]

Senate: authorize Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper to ascertain and settle claims relative to anthrax exposure in Senate complex (see S. Res. 329), S8981 [20SE]

Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see S. 2108), S2577 [11AP] (see H.R. 5107), H4553 [11JY]

———prevent and increase penalties for crimes such as health care, pension, and telemarketing fraud, and nursing home abuse and fraud (see S. 2240), S3303 [24AP]

———promote elder justice (see S. 2933), S8565 [12SE]

———support Federal and State funded in-home care for the elderly (see H. Res. 503), H5790 [25JY]

Social Security: clarify level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death and increase lump sum death benefits to reflect cost-of-living changes (see H.R. 5404), H6373 [18SE]

———credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 4743), H2511 [15MY]

———eliminate the waiting period in the disability insurance program (see S. 2942), S8673 [17SE]

———expand dental coverage and community oral health services under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 5191), H5194 [23JY]

———extend abstinence education funding under maternal and child health programs (see H.R. 4585), H1619 [24AP]

———extend abstinence education funding under maternal and child health programs and reauthorize Medicaid transitional medical assistance (see H.R. 4122), H1153 [9AP]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 3180), S11736 [20NO] (see H.R. 5740), H9023 [14NO]

———extend rural Advanced Life Support intercept services to other areas (see H.R. 3715), H283 [12FE] (see H.R. 5464), H6692 [25SE]

———improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3675), H140 [5FE] (see H.R. 3729), H284 [12FE]

———improve patient safety (see H.R. 4889), H3291 [6JN]

———modify attorney fee assessment system and extend attorney fee direct payment system to improve representation of disabled claimants (see S. 2700), S6318 [28JN]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (see S. 2819), S7579 [30JY] (see S. 3092), S10359 [10OC] (see H.R. 5656, 5662), H8021 [16OC]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5067), H4350 [8JY]

———promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (see H.R. 3676), H140 [5FE]

States: permit requirement of parental consent relative to purchase of prescription drugs or devices for minors (see H.R. 4783), H2734 [21MY]

———provide for cooperative governing of health insurance policies and provide assistance to promote establishment of qualified high risk pools and incentives to encourage health coverage for employees and individuals (see H.R. 4170), H1281 [11AP]

———provide grants to provide access to affordable health insurance for certain child care providers and staff (see H.R. 5674), H8022 [16OC]

———provide incentives to apply certain waivers to use Federal funds to provide affordable employer-based health insurance coverage for uninsured small business workers (see H.R. 4021), H1087 [20MR]

Stem Cell Research Board: establish (see H.R. 4011), H1087 [20MR]

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: increase incentives for States and Indian tribes to achieve reclamation priorities relative to coal mining (see H.R. 4802), H2943 [22MY]

Tariff: HIV/AIDS drug (see S. 2172, 2173), S2828 [17AP]

———rhinovirus drug (see S. 2174), S2828 [17AP]

Taxation: allow a full deduction for meals and lodging in connection with medical care (see H.R. 5228), H5790 [25JY]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see S. 2889), S7900 [1AU] (see H.R. 4604), H1673 [25AP]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 5360), H6171 [10SE]

———allow credit for medical expenses for dependents (see H.R. 4909), H3453 [11JN]

———allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax refunds for use by the Dept. of HHS to improve the health of minorities and women (see H.R. 4937), H3561 [13JN]

———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see S. 2130), S2675 [15AP]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (see S. 2666), S5901 [21JN] (see S. 2710), S6498 [9JY]

———apply excise tax to hepatitis A vaccines (see H.R. 4553), H1532 [23AP]

———decrease the floor for the deduction for medical care (see H.R. 4001), H1002 [19MR]

———exclude from gross income loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see S. 2654), S5851 [20JN]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for individuals (see H.R. 4801), H2943 [22MY]

———increase taxes on certain alcoholic beverages and provide additional funds for alcohol abuse prevention programs (see H.R. 4820), H2944 [22MY]

———permit the deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to be allowed in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 5304), H5996 [26JY]

———provide a credit for offering employer-based health insurance coverage and establish health plan purchasing alliances (see S. 2679), S6013 [25JN]

———provide health care incentives relative to long-term care (see H.R. 4946), H3600 [17JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (see H.R. 3666), H104 [29JA]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment (see H. Res. 360), H736 [6MR]

———provide incentives to small businesses to provide health insurance to their employees (see H.R. 5174), H5086 [22JY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 4789), H2943 [22MY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits and increase the distribution age for certain retirement plans (see H.R. 5568), H7172 [7OC]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 4002), H1002 [19MR]

———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 5705), H8060 [8NO]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 4790), H2943 [22MY]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see S. 3113), S10442 [15OC] (see H.R. 4804), H2943 [22MY]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend and expand (see S. 2714), S6498 [9JY] (see H.R. 5089), H4497 [10JY] (see H.R. 5731), H9023 [14NO]

Terrorism: condemn the publication of instructions on how to create a synthetic human polio virus (see H. Res. 514), H5997 [26JY]

———enhance agricultural biosecurity through increased prevention, preparation, and response planning (see S. 2767), S7164 [22JY]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 427), H2734 [21MY]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), corrections in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 117), S4840 [23MY]

———make grants to train school nurses as ``first responders'' to a biological or chemical attack (see H.R. 3615), H35 [23JA]

———use of illegal drug money to fund terrorist activities (see H. Con. Res. 323), H230 [8FE]

Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 5717), H8731 [13NO]

Tobacco products: eliminate quotas and price support, compensate quota holders and producers, establish Tobacco Quality Board, assess user fees, and grant FDA authority to regulate tobacco (see S. 2764), S7104 [19JY]

———eliminate quotas and price supports, compensate quota holders and producers, and establish a tobacco community reinvestment program (see S. 3004), S9229 [25SE] (see H.R. 5480), H6776 [26SE]

———prevent sale of tobacco products to minors and the circumvention of State tobacco taxes by means of electronic sales (see H.R. 5724), H8731 [13NO]

———prohibit sale of tobacco products to juveniles through the Internet or other indirect means and ensure collection of all cigarette taxes (see S. 3035), S9846 [2OC]

———prohibit use of vending machines other than in locations in which the presence of minors is prohibited (see H.R. 4065), H1089 [20MR]

———require warning labels on tobacco products (see S. 3178), S11574 [19NO] (see H.R. 3907), H780 [7MR]

Transportation: provide incentives to States for development of traffic safety programs to reduce crashes related to driver fatigue and sleep deprivation (see H.R. 5543), H7018 [3OC]

Unemployment: provide health care premium assistance and exclude unemployment compensation in determining food stamps eligibility (see H.R. 5297), H5996 [26JY]

———provide unemployed workers with health coverage assistance (see S. 1916), S487 [7FE]

United Mine Workers of America: provide additional sources of revenue to the Combined Benefit Fund and Benefit Plan (see S. 2637), S5696 [18JN]

Veterans: clarify entitlement to disability compensation of women veterans who have service-connected mastectomies and provide permanent authority for counseling and treatment for sexual trauma (see S. 2205), S2950 [18AP]

———enhance compensation for veterans with hearing loss (see S. 2237), S3303 [24AP]

———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (see S. 2630), S5632 [17JN] (see H.R. 4904), H3453 [11JN]

———improve compensation for veterans in certain cases of loss of paired organs (see H.R. 5477), H6776 [26SE]

———improve procedures for the determination of the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care (see S. 2741), S6947 [17JY]

———payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to survivors of a deceased veteran who had service-connected disabilities that included compensable cold-weather injuries preceding death (see H.R. 5127), H4605 [15JY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 2051), S2260 [21MR]

———repeal waiting period following retirement from active duty during which an individual must have received a disability rating in order to be eligible for certain special disability compensation (see H.R. 3620), H36 [23JA]

Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey: anniversary (see H. Res. 457), H3928 [25JN]

Water: improve financial and environmental sustainability of water programs (see S. 1961), S897 [15FE] (see S. 2813), S7469 [29JY]

———provide assistance to States to support testing of private wells in areas of suspected contamination to limit or prevent human exposure to contaminated groundwater (see S. 3127), S10676 [17OC]

Women: ensure safe pregnancies by increasing research and data collection on treatments and cures for pregnancy complications and providing information to women, practitioners, and the public (see S. 2328), S3435 [25AP] (see H.R. 4602), H1673 [25AP]

———expand, intensify, and coordinate activities relative to research on autoimmune diseases in women (see H.R. 5104), H4552 [11JY]

———expand research for women in trauma (see S. 2559), S4839 [23MY]

———improve treatment for mental health and substance abuse needs of women with histories of trauma, including domestic and sexual violence (see S. 2204), S2950 [18AP]

———increase professional and public awareness of the link between periodontal disease in pregnant women and pre-term, low-birth-weight babies and the maternal transmission of caries (see S. 2202), S2950 [18AP]

———recognize importance of good cervical health and of detecting cervical cancer during its earliest stages (see H. Con. Res. 309), H104 [29JA]

———treatment of women with bleeding disorders (see H. Con. Res. 380), H1410 [17AP]

Wood: prohibit use of arsenic-treated wood in playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, decks, and other residential purposes (see S. 1963), S897 [15FE] (see H.R. 4707), H2355 [9MY]

Zimbabwe: concern over the food security situation, and the failure to take measures to mitigate the impact on the nutritional well-being of the people of Zimbabwe, and other Southern African countries (see H. Con. Res. 453), H5997 [26JY]

Biographies

LaFalce, Representative, E2092-E2102 [19NO]

Chronologies

Centrist Coalition efforts on economic stimulus legislation, S402 [6FE]

Cloture motions

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7299 [24JY], S7462 [29JY], S7633 [31JY]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), motion to proceed, S6798 [15JY], S6883 [17JY]

Colloquies

Permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits: Senators Levin, Reid, and Warner, S5751 [19JN]

Comparisons

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Emergency Preparedness Act: House, Senate, and compromise agreement provisions, H6275-H6277 [17SE]

Conference reports

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act (H.R. 3448), H2691-H2732 [21MY]

Cost Estimates

International Disability and Victims of Landmines, Civil Strife and Warfare Assistance Act (S. 1777): CBO, S8555 [12SE]

Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs: CBO, S7024 [18JY], S7537 [30JY]

Peace Corps Charter for the 21st Century Act (S. 2667): CBO, S10650 [17OC]

Declarations

$10 Billion for AIDS Treatment—2 Million People Worldwide in Treatment by 2004: International AIDS Conference, H4526 [11JY]

Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement and Public Health: World Trade Organization, S4323 [14MY]

Descriptions

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act (H.R. 3448): Amendments Relative to Food Enforcement Authorities Provided Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, H2857 [22MY]

Essays

I Can Breathe: Rachel Spellman, E2089 [19NO]

Excerpts

Freedom of access to abortion clinic entrances legislation, H8743 [14NO]

Legislation on the safety of the reimportation of prescription drugs, S6927 [17JY]

Explanations

Veterans Benefits Act (S. 2237): House Amendment, S11334-S11338 [18NO]

Factsheets

Medicare Incentive Payment Program Improvement Act (S. 2529), S4502 [16MY]

National Cancer Institute Information on the Link Between Breast Cancer and Abortions: National Physicians Center for Family Resources, E2113 [19NO]

Histories

Elwyn, Inc., E616 [24AP]

Letters

Abortion Non-Discrimination Act: Laura W. Murphy and Gregory T. Nojeim, ACLU, H6569 [25SE]

———Michael D. Place, Catholic Health Association of the U.S., E1295 [18JY]

Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act: Galen Miller, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, S7924 [1AU]

———Karen Orloff Kaplan, Partnership for Caring, Inc., S7924 [1AU]

———Robert D. Evans, ABA, S7925 [1AU]

Beneficiary Access to Care and Medicare Equity Act: Senate Rural Health Caucus, S10662 [17OC]

Certify safety and cost savings relative to commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada: Donna E. Shalala, Dept. of HHS, S6910 [17JY]

———Lester M. Crawford, FDA, S6913 [17JY]

———Tommy G. Thompson, Sec. of HHS, S6910 [17JY]

Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Veterans Affairs demonstration project on the integrated management of health care resources: Joseph A. Violante, DAV, H2378 [9MY]

———Richard B. Fuller, Paralyzed Veterans of America (organization), H2378 [9MY]

———Robert E. Wallace, VFW, H2378 [9MY]

———Steve A. Robertson, American Legion, H2378 [9MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs issuance of regulations requiring prioritization of veterans' access to health care: Delatorro L. McNeil, Paralyzed Veterans of America (organization), S8748 [18SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs amendments: Anthony J. Principi, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S4495 [16MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Reorganization Act: Anthony J. Principi, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S2839 [17AP]

Enhance certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs and improve administration of such programs: Anthony J. Principi, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S236 [29JA]

Fire and emergency personnel health and safety funding: Senator Clinton, S8607 [13SE]

Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act: Abbey S. Meyers, National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc., S7641 [31JY]

———Carl B. Feldbaum, Biotechnology Industry Organization, S6994 [18JY], S7570 [30JY]

———Coalition for a Competitive Pharmaceutical Market, S6845 [16JY], S7641, S7648 [31JY]

———D. Michael Fisher, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, S7636 [31JY]

———Dick Wagoner, Jr., General Motors Corp., S7641 [31JY]

———Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of New York, S7636 [31JY]

———James E. Rogan, Patent and Trademark Office, S7571 [30JY]

———Janell Mayo Duncan, Consumers Union, S7642 [31JY]

———Jody Hunter, Business for Affordable Medicine (organization), S6845 [16JY], S7648 [31JY]

———Kathleen D. Jaeger, Generic Pharmaceutical Association, S7641 [31JY]

———Michael K. Kirk, American Intellectual Property Law Association, S7346 [25JY]

———Senator Kennedy, S7026-S7028 [18JY]

———Stephen Mulloney, Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, S6995 [18JY]

Health care liability reform: Michael D. Maves, AMA, S7406 [26JY]

———Steven C. Williams, State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Co., S7408 [26JY]

Health insurance tax credits for workers negatively impacted by trade who participate in trade adjustment assistance programs: Senator Baucus, S10837, S10838 [12NO]

Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act: William McNary, USAction (organization), E1728 [2OC]

Human Cloning Prohibition Act: Alan I. Leshner, American Association for the Advancement of Science, S3635 [1MY]

———David Baltimore, California Institute of Technology, S3634 [1MY]

———Harold Varmus, Joint Steering Committee for Public Policy, S3634 [1MY]

———Nils Hasselmo, Association of American Universities, S3636 [1MY]

———P. Michael Conneally and Joann A. Boughman, American Society of Human Genetics, S3635 [1MY]

———Paul Berg, J. Michael Bishop, and Andrew S. Grove, S3635 [1MY]

Labeling and advertising requirements for dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids and prohibit sales of such supplements to minors: Charles W. Fricke, and Kevin and Debra Riggins, S11675 [20NO]

Liver Research Enhancement Act: Paul D. Berk and Alan P. Brownstein, American Liver Foundation, E1243 [11JY]

———Thelma King Thiel, Hepatitis Foundation International, E1243 [11JY]

Loan forgiveness and loan cancellation programs for teachers and nurses: Americans for Nursing Shortage Relief (organization), S9428 [26SE]

———David Ward, American Council on Education, S9428 [26SE]

———Diane Shust and Randall Moody, National Education Association, S9428 [26SE]

———Rose Gonzalez, American Nurses Association, S9427 [26SE]

Medicaid reimbursements to States: Carolyn Markey, Visiting Nurse Associations of America, S7293 [24JY]

———Paul E. Patton and Dirk Kempthorne, National Governors Association, S7296 [24JY]

———Tommy G. Thompson, Sec. of HHS, S7333 [25JY]

Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act: Tommy G. Thompson, Sec. of HHS, S11551 [19NO]

Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs: several health care organizations, S7545 [30JY]

———William D. Novelli, AARP, S10532 [16OC]

———William D. Novelli, Cecil Malone, and Maria Reynolds-Diaz, AARP, S7100 [19JY]

Medicare demonstration project under which incentive payments are made in certain areas to improve access to primary care services: Samuel W. Cullison, Washington State Medical Association, S4710 [22MY]

Medicare Hospital Outpatient Department Fair Payment Act: Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, S4719 [22MY]

Medicare hospital reimbursement rates: several Members of Congress, E752 [8MY]

Medicare Incentive Payment Program Improvement Act: Kenneth Brummel-Smith, American Geriatrics Society, S4502 [16MY]

———Richard G. Roberts, American Academy of Family Physicians, S4502 [16MY]

———Sara E. Walker, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, S4502 [16MY]

Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act: William D. Novelli, AARP, H4288 [27JN]

Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Act: Barbara Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S5586 [14JN], S7021 [18JY]

———Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, S5586 [14JN], S7021 [18JY]

———Edward F. Coyle, Alliance for Retired Americans, S5587 [14JN], S7021 [18JY]

———James Firman, National Council on the Aging, S5585 [14JN], S7020 [18JY]

———Kathleen Jaeger, Generic Pharmaceutical Association, S5587 [14JN], S7020 [18JY]

———Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA (organization), S5586 [14JN], S7021 [18JY]

———William D. Novelli, AARP, S5585 [14JN], S7020 [18JY]

———William Samuel, AFL-CIO, S5586 [14JN], S7021 [18JY]

Medicare voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program: William D. Novelli, AARP, S7210, S7217 [23JY], S7283 [24JY]

Methyl bromide phaseout as a pesticide: Representative Combest, Committee on Agriculture (House), E720 [6MY]

———Representative Tauzin, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), E720 [6MY]

Mothers and Newborns Health Insurance Act: Senators Bingaman and Lincoln, S10058 [8OC]

———Tommy G. Thompson, Sec. of HHS, S9826 [2OC]

Mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission prevention funding: Senator Helms, Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5152 [6JN]

National Cancer Institute information on the link between breast cancer and abortions: several Representatives, E2113 [19NO]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: Elizabeth J. Noyes, Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines, S11178 [15NO]

———Louis Z. Cooper, American Academy of Pediatrics, S11179 [15NO]

NIH Alzheimer's disease research and demonstration grants: Stephen McConnell, Alzheimer's Association, S2284 [21MR]

Nondischargeability of debts incurred as a result of abortion clinic protests: Gail Quinn, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H8745 [14NO]

———Kenneth W. Starr, H8752 [14NO]

———Mary Ann Glendon, H8743-H8745 [14NO]

Patents relative to the cloning of humans: Carl B. Feldbaum, Biotechnology Industry Organization, S5626 [17JN]

Performance of abortions for Armed Forces members at overseas military medical facilities: Claudia Kennedy, S5827 [20JN]

Permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits: George H. Steese, Jr., DAV, S5748 [19JN]

———Karen O. Wadsworth, New Hampshire House of Representatives, S5748 [19JN]

———Michael A. Nelson, Retired Officers Association, S5748 [19JN]

———Military Coalition, S5748 [19JN]

———Steve A. Robertson, American Legion, S5747 [19JN]

———Thomas Taylor, S5748 [19JN]

Prescription Drug User Fee Act authorization: Representatives Tauzin and Dingell, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H2856, H2859 [22MY]

Prescription Drug User Fee Act reauthorization: Tommy Thompson, Sec. of HHS, S5195 [6JN]

Preservation of Antibiotics for Human Treatment Act: Mohammad N. Akhter, American Public Health Association, S4283 [13MY]

Prohibit the cloning of humans: American Society for Cell Biology and several Nobel Prize laureates, S5523 [13JN]

———James Kelly, S5526 [13JN]

———Julie Durler, S5526 [13JN]

Public misunderstanding about autism and vaccines: Neal Halsey, Johns Hopkins University, S11280 [18NO]

———Samuel L. Katz, Duke University, S11281 [18NO]

Research programs for Parkinson's disease: Maya Fielder, S4698 [22MY]

Resolution of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist billing issues: Representative Bereuter, E1601 [18SE]

Senior Nutrition Act: Barb Packett, National Commodity Supplemental Food Program Association, S2582 [11AP]

———Frank Kubik, Focus—HOPE (organization), S2581 [11AP]

Steelworker retiree eligibility for temporary health benefits under trade adjustment assistance programs: Bob Taft, Governor of Ohio, S4464 [16MY]

———Daniel R. DiMicco, Nucor Corp., S4464 [16MY]

Tribute to Irving Guttenberg: Lisa Guttenberg Weiss, S10884 [13NO]

Use Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas revenues to provide health insurance to retired steelworkers: Leo W. Gerard, United Steelworkers of America, S2887 [18AP]

———several Representatives, S2858 [17AP]

Veterans health care funding: several Senators, S4949 [4JN]

———several veterans organizations, S4949 [4JN]

Lists

Amendments to S. 1731, Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act, S473 [7FE]

Cosponsors of S. 170, Retired Pay Restoration Act, S5749 [19JN]

FDA approval of buprenorphine for the treatment of heroin addiction press conference participants, S10658 [17OC]

Opponents and supporters of S. 812, Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act, S7638 [31JY]

Organizations supporting H.R. 4691/S. 2008, Abortion Non-Discrimination Act, E1295 [18JY]

Organizations supporting S. 724, Mothers and Newborns Health Insurance Act, S10061 [8OC]

Organizations supporting S. 2965, Quality of Care for Individuals With Cancer Act, S8762 [18SE]

Supporters of S. 2590, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act, S7368 [25JY]

Supporters of S. 2654, National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Act, S5855 [20JN]

VA Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, S2965 [18AP]

Veterans waiting for initial, or follow-up, primary care appointments, S8748 [18SE]

Memorandums

Child Custody Protection Act: Laurence H. Tribe, Harvard University, and Peter J. Rubin, Georgetown University, H1359-H1362 [17AP]

Nondischargeability of Debts Incurred as a Result of Abortion Clinic Protests: Michael F. Moses, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H8745 [14NO]

Messages

National Drug Control Strategy: President Bush, S658 [12FE], H255 [12FE]

Motions

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 4965), H5371 [24JY]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S609 [12FE]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 476), H1369 [17AP]

Discrimination: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), H6584 [25SE]

Drugs: consideration of legislation to provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals, H6957 [2OC]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7206 [23JY], S7283 [24JY], S7534 [30JY], S7633 [31JY]

Insurance: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), H6741 [26SE]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (H.R. 854), complete congressional action, H7002 [3OC]

Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4297 [27JN]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H746 [7MR]

Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), H638 [28FE]

Petitions and memorials

Colorado: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, E1108 [20JN]

Poems

``Santa Filomena,'' Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, E1826 [11OC]

Proclamations

Dean Kamen Recipient of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, New England Chapter, New Hampshire Branch, Person of the Year Award: Representative Bass, E1131 [21JN]

Tribute to ``DeForest Relay for Life'' Participants: Representative Baldwin, E1353 [25JY]

Proposals

Allow individuals to take time off in event of disasters, E219 [27FE]

Complete congressional action on H.R. 854, Medicaid Safety Net Hospital Continued Preservation Act, H6961 [2OC], H7001 [3OC]

Consideration of legislation to provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals, H6856 [1OC], H6955 [2OC]

Questions and answers

Proposal to provide Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S7624 [31JY]

Remarks in House

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (H.R. 3813), H6864 [1OC], E228 [28FE]

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, H4 [23JA]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions except to avert serious long-term physical health consequences for the mother, H5371, H5372 [24JY]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 4965), H3674 [19JN], H3866 [25JN], H3932 [26JN], H4860 [17JY], H5097 [23JY], H5352-H5374 [24JY], E1096 [19JN], E1370, E1375, E1385 [25JY], E1516 [5SE]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 4965), consideration (H. Res. 498), H5346-H5352 [24JY]

Acworth, GA: Allatoona Elementary School recipient of President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports State Champion award, E1784 [8OC]

Afghanistan: provide educational and health care assistance to children, H2770-H2772 [21MY]

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa, H4925-H4927 [18JY], H5067, H5069 [22JY], H5225, H5226 [23JY], E1312 [22JY], E1393 [25JY], E2133 [22NO]

Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory livestock, H2030 [2MY]

Air pollution: require industrial polluters to reduce small particulate emissions, H1193 [10AP]

Alopecia Areata Awareness Month: observance, E1682 [30SE]

American Burn Association: tribute to assistance given to burn victims of World Trade Center and Pentagon terrorist attacks, E233 [28FE]

American Cancer Society: tribute to Celebration on the Hill for cancer survivors, H4770 [17JY]

American Heart Month: observance, H509, H511 [14FE], E168 [14FE], E171, E172 [15FE]

American Red Cross: tribute to blood drive in memory of Floyd Spence, H5460 [25JY]

AmeriCares Foundation: tribute to relief efforts in Afghanistan, E228 [28FE]

Animals: ensure use of certain antibiotic drugs in agriculture does not compromise human health by contributing to the development of antibiotic resistance (H.R. 3804), H2114 [7MY], E1147 [25JN]

Antitrust policy: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 3897), E293 [7MR]

Appropriations: diversion of Federal funds from public health programs, E236 [28FE]

Armed Forces: performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, H2353, H2359-H2365 [9MY]

———protect health of members deployed in Afghanistan, H17 [23JA]

———require additional special pay received by medical, dental, or veterinary officers be treated as part of basic pay for retirement purposes (H.R. 5353), E1524 [9SE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services, H2253 [9MY]

Asthma Awareness Day: observance, H1772 [1MY]

Asthma Awareness Month: observance, H2110 [7MY]

Athens, GA: Athens Academy recipient of President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports State Champion award, E1784 [8OC]

Ayala, Francisco J.: NSF National Medal of Science recipient, E1069 [17JN]

Baker, Bob: San Diego, CA, Muscular Dystrophy Association Joseph L. Hertel Memorial Award recipient, E180 [15FE]

Bankruptcy: nondischargeability of debts incurred as a result of abortion clinic protests, H6065 [5SE], H6108 [9SE], H6132 [10SE], H6306 [18SE], H6696 [26SE], H8742-H8748, H8750-H8756 [14NO]

Baptist Health South Florida (organization): tribute to efforts to alleviate nursing shortage, H2836 [22MY]

Bayonne, NJ: renaming of Bayonne Hospital to Bayonne Medical Center, E160 [14FE]

Bethesda, MD: anniversary of St. Luke's House mental health service center, E755 [8MY]

Birth Defects Prevention Act: revise and extend (S. 2980), E1986 [12NO]

Black History Month: observance, H268 [12FE]

Black Lung Benefits Act: ensure benefit equity for eligible survivors (H.R. 4235), E536 [16AP]

Boca Raton, FL: effects of anthrax contamination and related clean-up costs, H5244, H5245 [23JY]

Bourdon, Gloria R.: American Lung Association of the Michigan-Genesee Valley Region Individual Health Advocate of the Year award recipient, E1750 [4OC]

Brain Tumor Action Week: observance, E760 [10MY]

Braunwald, Eugene: ROFEH International (nonprofit organization) and New England Chassidic Center honoree, E1648 [25SE]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, E1878 [17OC]

———support (H. Con. Res. 502), H7976 [16OC], E1830 [11OC]

Bronx Community College: tribute to Hall of Fame 10K Run, E796 [14MY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H788 [12MR]

———impact on women's issues, H985 [19MR]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, H40 [24JA]

California: tribute to Blue Cross of California State Sponsored Programs, E1444 [29JY]

———tribute to dairy industry for recognition by the Diabetic Youth Foundation, E454 [9AP]

Canton, GA: tribute to Northside Hospital-Canton, E513 [12AP]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (H.R. 4793), H6785, H6789-H6793 [1OC]

———chronic disease programs funding, E503 [11AP]

———facilities renovation funding, H1023, H1024 [20MR]

———National Pharmaceutical Stockpile Program funding, H6998 [3OC]

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: resolution of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist billing issues, E1601 [18SE]

Central Asia: provide assistance to prevent, treat, and control HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, polio, and other infectious diseases that affect children (H.R. 5681), E1880 [17OC]

Cervical Cancer Awareness Month: observance, E61 [29JA]

Chafetz, Irwin: ROFEH International (nonprofit organization) and New England Chassidic Center honoree, E1648 [25SE]

Cherokee County, GA: Emergency Medical Services recipient of the Region 1 Emergency Medical Services Council Service of the Year award, E842 [17MY]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: encourage agencies and organizations that receive funding to provide appropriate materials and services to families with limited English proficiency, H1510 [23AP]

———make improvements and reauthorize programs (H.R. 5601), H7876, H7882 [10OC], E1862, E1863 [11OC], E1891, E1923 [17OC]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: increase funding to improve child care quality and require payment of costs for eligible child care providers to obtain nationally recognized accreditation (H.R. 4164), E484 [10AP]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (H.R. 3659), E45 [29JA]

———access of disadvantaged children to dental services (H.R. 5098), E1240 [11JY]

———prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (H.R. 3839), H1502-H1514 [23AP], E255 [5MR], E612 [23AP]

———protect infants who are born alive (H.R. 2175), H787, H792-H797 [12MR], H5320 [24JY]

———protect infants who are born alive (H.R. 2175), vacate ordering of yeas and nays, H816 [12MR]

———reform child welfare systems, E1937 [17OC]

———reform foster care systems, E1304 [18JY], E1501 [5SE], E1525 [9SE], E1569 [12SE], E1599 [18SE], E1636 [23SE], E1684 [30SE], E1778 [8OC]

———study link between child vaccinations and autism, E1887 [17OC]

Children With Diabetes Foundation: tribute to ``Friend for Life'' National Children With Diabetes Conference, E1454 [29JY]

Cincinnati, OH: anniversary of Good Samaritan Hospital, E1825 [11OC]

Committee on Appropriations (House): appropriations allocation revisions to H.R. 3090, Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act, H2092 [2MY]

———appropriations allocation revisions to H.R. 4954, Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act, H4322 [27JN]

Computers: encourage use of web-based enrollment systems in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 5233), E1398 [25JY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 107th Congress, H9116 [22NO]

———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 (H. Res. 536), H6408 [19SE], H7976 [16OC]

———legislative priorities, H65 [24JA], H1205 [11AP], H6391 [19SE]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (H.R. 3887), E289 [6MR]

Courts: limit medical malpractice claims, H4567 [12JY]

———prohibit the sealing of records in class action settlements where the health and safety of the public are at risk, H859, H860 [13MR]

Crime: exempt adult siblings, grandparents, and religious persons from prohibition on taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions, H1370-H1372 [17AP]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 476), H1345, H1351 [17AP], E582, E584, E587 [18AP], E655 [29AP]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 476), consideration (H. Res. 388), H1345-H1351 [17AP]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 476), motion to recommit, H1370-H1372 [17AP]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, H5246, H5248, H5299-H5301 [23JY], H5346 [24JY]

Dart, Justin W., Jr.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (H.R. 5188), E1342 [24JY], E1461 [29JY]

———tribute (H. Res. 460), H4707-H4710 [16JY]

Deer Park, NY: tribute to John Quincy Adams Primary School fundraising efforts for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, E856 [20MY]

Defibrillation programs: provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (H.R. 3462), E172 [15FE]

———provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (S. 1275), H509 [14FE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H8026 [17OC]

Denver, CO: National Jewish Medical and Research Center inclusion in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ``America's Best Hospitals'' list, E1288 [17JY]

———tribute to St. Anthony Hospital Flight for Life Program, E1589 [17SE]

Dept. of Defense: eligibility and qualifications for service-connected disability benefits, H8537, H8539 [12NO]

———morale, welfare, and recreation programs funding, H2270 [9MY]

———ThermoMed Instrument clinical evaluation funding, H4085 [27JN]

Dept. of Energy: external regulation of nuclear safety and occupational safety and health at facilities (H.R. 5275), E1462 [29JY]

Dept. of HHS: antimicrobial resistance activities in the interagency public health action plan (H.R. 1771), H2114 [7MY]

———authority to administer smallpox vaccine in the event of a smallpox attack or threat, E2041 [14NO]

———award grants to associate degree schools of nursing and professional nursing organizations to improve nursing education (H.R. 4665), E729 [7MY]

———Community Access Program funding, H6804, H6805, H6807 [1OC]

———establish an Office on Women's Health (H.R. 1784), H6262-H6268 [17SE]

———establish Office of Correctional Health (H.R. 2422), E232 [28FE]

———make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (H.R. 3686), H112 [5FE]

———make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment efforts under State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 4764), E847 [17MY]

———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (H. Con. Res. 385), H5050-H5053, H5065 [22JY], E608 [23AP], E1324, E1330 [24JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: inclusion of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, H5877 [26JY]

———inclusion of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Strategic National Stockpile Program, H5659 [25JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow payment of certain benefits to begin effective the first day of the month in which hospitalization or treatment begins (H.R. 4036), E431 [21MR]

———anniversary of East Orange, NJ, health care system campus, E1756 [4OC]

———authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (H.R. 4514), H2614-H2617 [20MY], E591 [18AP], E874 [22MY]

———enhance right to recover payments by third parties for costs of providing non-service-connected care (H.R. 5530), E1746 [3OC]

———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (H.R. 3253), H2610-H2614, H2630 [20MY], E870 [22MY], E1602 [18SE]

———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (H.R. 3253), Senate amendment, H8006-H8009 [16OC]

———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (H.R. 3253), concur with Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 526), H6271-H6278 [17SE]

———funding, H944 [19MR], H1045 [20MR]

———GAO study of a pilot project with the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN, to provide medical care to veterans, H4881 [18JY]

———improve procurement practices in procuring health-care items (H.R. 3645), H5008-H5013 [22JY], E43 [29JA], E1322 [24JY]

———improve veterans access to health care, H657 [5MR]

———oppose enactment of any proposal establishing a health care deductible for veterans (H. Con. Res. 359), E388 [19MR]

———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (H.R. 5250), E1447, E1449 [29JY]

———suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (H.R. 2820), H566, H611 [27FE], H770 [7MR]

———terminate requirement that disability compensation be reduced by payments received under Dept. of Defense separation programs (H.R. 4842), E903, E927 [24MY]

Discrimination: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), H6574-H6586 [25SE], E1295 [18JY], E1677, E1682, E1683 [30SE]

———expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), consideration (H. Res. 546), H6566-H6574 [25SE]

———expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), motion to recommit, H6584, H6585 [25SE]

Diseases: AIDS epidemic, H2638 [20MY], H4503, H4525, H4526, H4527, H4531, H4533 [11JY], E110 [7FE], E124 [8FE], E1248 [12JY]

———Alzheimer's disease research funding, H3866 [25JN], H6077 [5SE]

———amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research funding, H4566 [12JY], H5097 [23JY]

———asthma research and education programs, H1998 [1MY]

———blood cancer research, information, and education funding (H.R. 2629), E731 [7MY]

———blood cancer research, information, and education funding (S. 1094), H1722-H1725 [30AP]

———collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (S. 2558), H7861 [10OC], E1864 [11OC]

———combat cancer (H.R. 4596), E1878 [17OC]

———combat endometriosis (H. Con. Res. 291), H6810-H6812, H6883 [1OC]

———combat pulmonary hypertension (H. Con. Res. 381), E578 [18AP]

———eliminate tuberculosis (H.R. 1167), E2011 [14NO]

———encourage awareness, research, and treatment of Huntington's disease (H. Con. Res. 407), H3076 [4JN], H3543 [13JN]

———encourage continued research and education into fibroid cancer (H. Con. Res. 165), H2632 [20MY]

———expand assistance to African Americans seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, E110 [7FE], E124 [8FE]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, H4531 [11JY]

———expand research and awareness of cardiovascular diseases, E172 [15FE]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries, H5225 [23JY]

———increase public awareness of Scleroderma (H. Con. Res. 320), H6146 [10SE], E161 [14FE]

———increase public awareness to combat spread of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, H836 [13MR]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes, H4354 [9JY]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (H. Con. Res. 36), H3101-H3103 [4JN], E1003 [7JN]

———international tuberculosis control (H.R. 1168), E2011 [14NO]

———provide certain caregivers with Medicare benefits, allow long-term care tax credit, and establish programs for patients with fatal chronic illnesses (H.R. 5139), E1272 [16JY]

———provide compassionate payments to individuals who contracted HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion (H.R. 5299), E1465 [29JY]

———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (H.R. 5187), E1343 [24JY]

———research and development of new HIV/AIDS treatments, E1612 [19SE]

———sickle cell anemia research funding, H181 [6FE]

———support education and research on dysautonomia, E1295 [18JY]

———support glaucoma screening, E282 [6MR]

———treatment and prevention of breast cancer, H2095 [2MY]

———tribute to NephCure Foundation for sponsorship of National Kidney Cure Week and encourage Dept. of HHS to make more information available on kidney diseases (H. Con. Res. 383), E581 [18AP]

Dolan, Jerome: Hudson County, NJ, United Way Louis T. Scialli Memorial Award recipient, E1639 [25SE]

Drug abuse: national drug control policy, E1183 [28JN], E2075 [15NO]

Drugs: address the problem of pseudoephedrine smuggling into the U.S. from Canada (H. Con. Res. 317), E104 [6FE]

———consideration of legislation to provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals, H6955-H6958 [2OC]

———discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, H659 [5MR], H3207 [5JN], H3427 [11JN], H3495 [12JN], H3581 [17JN], H3645, H3646 [18JN], H3815, H3819 [21JN], H4485-H4491 [10JY], H5068 [22JY]

———use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, E1545 [11SE]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H6962 [2OC]

Education: establish a student loan forgiveness program for nurses (H.R. 5636), E1853 [11OC]

———require medically accurate and objective factual information as part of any sex education course (H.R. 5668), E1919 [17OC]

Elster, Erin: World Chiropractic Alliance Researcher of the Year recipient, E471 [9AP]

Elwyn, Inc.: anniversary, E616 [24AP]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: provide benefits to Dept. of Energy contractors exposed to toxic substances, expand coverage to certain individuals, and reform claimant assistance (H.R. 5493), E1699 [30SE]

Epilepsy Foundation of South Florida: tribute, H3724 [20JN]

Everett, Lynda S.: Texas Council of Community Mental Health Mental Retardation (MHMR) Centers, Inc., Betty Hardwick Best of Texas Award recipient, E1230 [10JY]

Fallon Community Health Plan (organization): anniversary, E1499 [5SE]

Families and domestic relations: correlation between marriage and children's self-esteem, H660 [5MR]

———maternal and child health programs funding, E777 [10MY]

———provide coverage of domestic violence screening and treatment under Maternal and Child Health Program, Medicaid, and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (H.R. 4032), H2208 [8MY], H6932 [2OC]

Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (organization): tribute, H6814 [1OC]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow individuals to take time off in event of disasters, E218 [27FE]

FDA: facilitate the use of irradiation in improving food safety, E1556 [11SE]

Federal aid programs: consolidate all black lung benefit responsibility under a single official (H.R. 5542), H7144-H7146 [7OC], E1763 [4OC]

———improve access to medical treatment and other forms of assistance to individuals with paralysis and other physical disabilities, E1657 [26SE]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (H.R. 3450), H6793-H6808 [1OC], E1860 [11OC]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), H7932-H7947 [16OC]

———recognize importance of programs designed to be safety nets, H63-H70 [24JA]

Federal contractors: require adherence to Federal safety and environmental laws, E890 [23MY]

Federal employees: cost accounting standards for health insurance companies relative to Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, H5260-H5263 [23JY]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing prescription drug coverage, H4915 [18JY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the development of products for rare diseases (H.R. 4014), H6814-H6818, H6883 [1OC]

———improve regulation of medical devices (H.R. 3580), H7153-H7164 [7OC], E1798 [8OC], E1844 [11OC]

———improve regulation of medical devices (H.R. 5651), H7965 [16OC]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (H.R. 1862), H2110 [7MY], H6268 [17SE], H6377, H6387, H6390, H6393, H6394, H6398 [19SE]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (H.R. 5272), H6261, H6268, H6297 [17SE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to public health pesticides (H.R. 5329), E1502 [5SE]

Flint, MI: Mott's Children's Health Center recipient of American Lung Association of the Michigan-Genesee Valley Region Corporate Health Advocate of the Year award, E1750 [4OC]

Florida: tribute to City of Hope Medical Center's Walk for Hope Against Breast Cancer, H4432 [10JY]

Florida International University: anniversary of School of Nursing, H1771 [1MY]

Food: export of genetically engineered animals and crops to developing countries, H6072 [5SE]

———recognize significance of bread in American history, culture, and daily diet (H. Con. Res. 466), H8983 [14NO]

Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (H.R. 4834), E923 [24MY]

Foreign aid: provide assistance to the Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs, H2751 [21MY]

Foreign policy: congressional delegation trip to the United Kingdom, E1148 [25JN]

———recognize diplomatic importance of U.S. foreign assistance programs in fighting global terrorism and promoting national security, H517 [14FE], E179 [15FE]

Foundation Fighting Blindness: tribute, E677 [2MY]

Friedreich's Ataxia Awareness Day: observance, E800 [14MY], E847 [17MY]

Gann, Joseph and Rae: ROFEH International (nonprofit organization) and New England Chassidic Center honoree, E1648 [25SE]

GlaxoSmithKline (company): tribute to efforts under the WHO Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Program, E1419 [29JY], E1495 [4SE]

Government regulations: establish a system independent of the FDA for the review of health claims and to define health claims (H.R. 3811), E218 [27FE]

Haiti: U.S. policy, H4493-H4495 [10JY], E15 [23JA]

Hall, Lucy: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leadership Award recipient, E1618 [19SE]

Hartman-Stein, Paula: National Academies of Practice inductee, E552 [17AP]

Hazardous substances: investigation of anthrax bacteria outbreak, H3565 [17JN], H3727 [20JN]

———phase-out use of mercury in dental fillings (H.R. 4163), E2086 [15NO]

Health care facilities: prohibit institutions from withholding medically appropriate information from patients, H6584, H6585 [25SE]

Health care professionals: encourage screening of all women for domestic violence, H740 [7MR]

———improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (H.R. 4858), H3865, H3867-H3871 [25JN], E1153 [27JN]

———permit criminal background checks for nursing facility and home health agency personnel involved in indirect patient care (H.R. 4872), E975 [6JN]

———voluntary reporting of medication error information to assist in developing and disseminating recommendations and information on preventing medication errors (H.R. 4673), E726 [7MY]

Heimann, Sandra W.: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Cincinnatian of the Year recipient, E621 [24AP]

Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act: ensure the preservation of State patient liability protections, H6741, H6742 [26SE]

Homeless: eliminate abuse of individuals, H3607 [18JN]

———revise certain grants for continuum of care assistance (H.R. 3699), H253, H254, H263, H265 [12FE]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H147 [6FE], H6475-H6478 [24SE]

Houston, TX: anniversary of DePelchin Children's Center, E549 [17AP]

———dedication of stroke center at Texas Medical Center Methodist Hospital, E667 [30AP]

———tribute to Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services, E792 [14MY]

Huntsville, AL: tribute to American Cancer Society Man to Man Group, E1715 [2OC]

Immigration: moratorium on J-1 visa waiver program, H2144 [7MY]

———national policy, H772-H777 [7MR], H1331 [16AP]

Immunex Corp.: tribute, H2933 [22MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: establish a method to provide outcome-based funding increases to States (H.R. 5001), E1121 [21JN]

———funding, H1034 [20MR]

Insurance: classify multiple employer welfare arrangements as association health plans, E127 [12FE]

———coverage of certain reconstructive surgery (H.R. 4959), H4522 [11JY]

———ensure guaranteed renewability of individual health insurance coverage regardless of health status-related factors (H.R. 5682), E1917 [17OC]

———establish a Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Veterans Affairs demonstration project on the integrated management of health care resources, H2377-H2380 [9MY]

———extend mental health coverage parity (H.R. 5716), H8926 [14NO]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (H.R. 602), H2095 [2MY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H2136 [7MY], E127 [12FE]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), H6697, H6720-H6743 [26SE], E1727 [2OC], E1764, E1765 [4OC]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), consideration (H. Res. 553), H6705-H6720 [26SE]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), motion to recommit, H6741, H6742 [26SE]

———require coverage of hair prostheses under Federal health programs for individuals with scalp hair loss as a result of alopecia areata (H.R. 5106), E1236 [11JY]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide prompt payment for health benefits claims (H.R. 4983), E1127 [21JN]

———require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (H.R. 1809), E1878 [17OC]

———require group and individual health plans provide coverage for second opinions (H.R. 5325), E1490 [4SE]

International AIDS Conference: tribute, H4526, H4527, H4533 [11JY], E1257 [15JY]

Kamen, Dean: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, New England Chapter, New Hampshire Branch, Person of the Year award recipient, E1131 [21JN]

Keller, Joyce: Michigan Assisted Living Association Spirit of Service Honor Award recipient, E1618 [19SE]

Kentucky Nurses Week: observance, E729 [7MY]

Kenya: anniversary of Nyumbani Orphanage, E1483 [4SE]

Kessler, Fred B.: Houston Surgical Society Distinguished Houston Surgeon award recipient, E551 [17AP]

Kirschstein, Ruth: American Association of Immunologists Public Service Award recipient, E1072 [17JN]

Lansing, MI: tribute to Blood of the Martyrs-Martin Luther King, Jr., Blood Drive, E2119 [22NO]

Ligon, Doug: Country Doctor of the Year award finalist, E38 [29JA]

Luth, Roseanne: San Diego, CA, Muscular Dystrophy Association Joseph L. Hertel Memorial Award recipient, E182 [15FE]

Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4888), E988 [7JN]

MCAR, Inc.: anniversary, E230 [28FE]

McKenzie, Clancy D.: Temple University Nelson and Winnie Mandela Humanitarian Award recipient, E10 [23JA]

Medicaid: congressional disapproval of rule that lowers the upper payment limit for non-State owned or operated hospitals, H4571 [12JY]

———coverage of organ transplant procedures as an emergency medical procedure for certain alien children (H.R. 5225), E1390 [25JY]

———expand coverage of certain uninsured women for breast or cervical cancer to also cover ovarian and uterine cancer (H.R. 5068), E1260 [15JY]

———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (H.R. 854), E1928 [17OC]

———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (H.R. 854), complete congressional action, H7001 [3OC]

———provide American Samoa with treatment similar to that provided to States (H.R. 4631), E674 [2MY]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (H.R. 3612), H6289 [17SE], E1469 [29JY], E1929 [17OC]

———require States that provide prescription drug coverage to cover drugs that treat obesity (H.R. 1641), H268 [12FE]

Medicare: coverage of chronic disease prescription drugs and disease management services (H.R. 5219), E1386 [25JY]

———coverage of compression sleeves and stockings for the treatment of lymphedema (H.R. 4154), E488 [10AP]

———coverage of diabetes laboratory diagnostic tests and other diabetes screening services (H.R. 5666), E1888 [17OC]

———coverage of drugs and biologicals (H.R. 5167), E1302 [18JY]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (H.R. 1624), H2095 [2MY], E1878 [17OC]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H83, H85 [29JA], H1027, H1052, H1071, H1084 [20MR], H1690 [30AP], H2109, H2133, H2134, H2135, H2136 [7MY], H2169, H2170, H2227-H2233 [8MY], H2648-H2654 [20MY], H2664, H2665, H2815-H2820 [21MY], H2837, H2916, H2919 [22MY], H3076, H3143-H3150 [4JN], H3165, H3166, H3167, H3206 [5JN], H3299, H3300, H3301, H3397, H3398, H3399, H3437-H3442 [11JN], H3495, H3501-H3507 [12JN], H3548 [13JN], H3566, H3587-H3593 [17JN], H4342 [8JY], H4664-H4670 [15JY], H4678 [16JY], H4771 [17JY], H5093, H5094 [23JY], H6032-H6036 [4SE], H6078, H6079 [5SE], H6258, H6259, H6295-H6298 [17SE], H6352-H6357 [18SE], H8062 [12NO], E689 [3MY], E742 [8MY], E773 [10MY], E878 [22MY], E1014 [12JN], E1582 [17SE], E1611 [19SE]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs for women, H4075, H4150 [27JN]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (H.R. 3626), H740 [7MR], H910 [14MR]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (H.R. 3684), H4291 [27JN], E71 [5FE]

———establish a continuous quality improvement program for providers that furnish services to individuals with end stage renal disease (H.R. 5141), E1264 [16JY]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (H.R. 4215), E507 [12AP]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H3605, H3610, H3613, H3641, H3652-H3659 [18JN], H3673, H3674, H3676, H3677, H3702, H3712-H3719 [19JN], H3725, H3726, H3727, H3728, H3750, H3753-H3760 [20JN], H3779, H3780, H3781, H3812 [21JN], H3827, H3828, H3841, H3842-H3849, H3852-H3854 [24JN], H3861, H3862, H3864, H3866, H3917-H3920 [25JN], H3932, H3933, H3934, H4030, H4031, H4032, H4039-H4045, H4051-H4056 [26JN], H4073, H4074, H4075, H4076, H4078, H4182-H4320 [27JN], H4330 [8JY], H4356 [9JY], H4578, H4664, H4665 [15JY], H4772 [17JY], H5093, H5094 [23JY], H5321 [24JY], H8027 [17OC], H8760 [14NO], E1107 [20JN], E1199, E1201, E1202, E1203 [8JY], E1220, E1223 [9JY], E1226 [10JY], E1913 [17OC]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (H. Res. 465), H4166-H4182 [27JN]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (H. Res. 465), same-day consideration (H. Res. 464), H6241 [12SE]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), motion to recommit, H4318, H4319 [27JN]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 5019), H4029 [26JN], H4338-H4342 [8JY], E1161, E1163 [27JN]

———improve outpatient vision services (H.R. 2484), E612 [23AP]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (H.R. 3710), E123 [8FE]

———improve reimbursement payments to physicians, H2667 [21MY]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (H.R. 4962), E1107 [20JN]

———improve the qualified beneficiary and special low-income beneficiary programs (H.R. 5276), E1449 [29JY]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (H.R. 1354), E1878 [17OC]

———maintain availability of health insurance from HMOs to senior citizens, H2841 [22MY]

———make the social HMO a permanent option under Medicare+Choice program (H.R. 2953), E611 [23AP]

———privatization, H83 [29JA]

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (H.R. 2058), H511 [14FE]

———provide access to kidney disease health care, management, and end stage renal disease prevention services (H.R. 4729), E802 [14MY]

———provide coverage for kidney disease education services (H.R. 3770), E172 [15FE]

———provide coverage of certain tests to screen for ovarian cancer upon NIH certification that such tests are effective (H.R. 3910), E293 [7MR]

———provide fair payments under the hospital outpatient department prospective payment system (H.R. 5234), E1379 [25JY]

———reductions in prescription drug prices, H6295-H6298 [17SE]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R. 1400), H2650, H2651 [20MY], H3145 [4JN]

———reform, H1416 [18AP], H6696 [26SE]

———reform (H.R. 5451), E1643 [25SE]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (H.R. 3882), E286 [6MR]

———revise and improve payments to certain health care service providers, H8758-H8764, H8799-H8801 [14NO]

———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 (H.R. 3351), E2065 [15NO]

———waive waiting period for coverage of certain disabled individuals (H.R. 5667), E1890 [17OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: reform Federal survey and certification process for nursing facilities (H.R. 4030), E433 [21MR]

Meningitis Awareness Month: support (H. Con. Res. 340), H3576-H3578 [17JN]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (H.R. 4066), E397 [21MR], E989 [7JN]

Miami, FL: Children's Hospital inclusion in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ``America's Best Hospitals'' list, H5093 [23JY]

Michigan: tribute to nursing homes in the 10th Congressional District, E790 [14MY]

Mid-South SAFE KIDS Coalition: tribute, E1880 [17OC]

Military Retiree Grassroots Group: tribute, H4657 [15JY]

Minnesota Visiting Nurse Agency: anniversary, E2045 [14NO]

Minorities: expand health care for children, E1439 [29JY]

———increase awareness of cancer treatment, H1670 [25AP]

Mobile Medical Response, Inc.: tribute, E172 [15FE]

Mothers' Voices (organization): anniversary, E214 [27FE]

National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 358), H1713-H1716 [30AP], E693 [3MY]

National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicaid: establish (H.R. 4961), E1107 [20JN]

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: observance, E114, E116 [7FE]

National Burn Awareness Week: observance, E111 [7FE], E155 [14FE]

National Cancer Institute: information on the link between breast cancer and abortions, E2112 [19NO]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (H.R. 3814), E215 [27FE]

National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (H.R. 5047), E1243 [11JY]

National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute: prohibit Federal involvement in management of grant funding, H5242 [23JY]

National Community Health Center Week: observance, E1447 [29JY]

National Community Residential Care Month: observance, E625 [24AP], E678 [2MY]

National D.O. Day: observance, E562 [17AP]

National Disability Employment Awareness Month: observance, E1784 [8OC]

National Drug Control Strategy: support (H. Res. 569), H7038-H7041 [7OC], E1808 [9OC]

National Eye Donor Month: observance, E140 [12FE]

National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day: observance, E752 [8MY]

National Fragile X Research Day: observance (H. Res. 398), H6808-H6810, H6883 [1OC], E1739 [3OC]

National Hospice Month: observance, E1981 [12NO]

National Hospital Week: observance, E797, E804 [14MY], E848 [17MY]

National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (H. Con. Res. 271), H2132-H2137 [7MY], E751 [8MY]

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), H2095 [2MY]

———conduct and coordinate a research program on hormone disruption (H.R. 4709), E776 [10MY]

National Institutes of Health Police: establish (H.R. 5391), H6261 [17SE], E1583 [17SE]

National Men's Health Week: observance, H3304 [11JN], H3494 [12JN]

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: observance, H1670 [25AP]

National Minority Health and Health Disparities Month: establish (H. Con. Res. 388), H1716-H1722 [30AP]

National Nurses Week: observance, E783 [10MY]

National Nursing Home Week: observance, E790 [14MY]

National objectives: improve men's health through fitness and reduction of obesity (H. Res. 438), H3304-H3308 [11JN]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H1053 [20MR], H4540-H4545 [11JY], H5092 [23JY], E274 [6MR], E1108 [20JN], E1240 [11JY]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H. Con. Res. 99), E1255 [15JY]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 1200), H2111 [7MY]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: observance, E502 [11AP]

National Osteopathic Medicine Week: observance, E1622 [19SE]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: observance, E1577 [13SE]

National Radiologic Technology Week: observance, E1641 [25SE]

National Rehabilitation Week: observance, E1611 [19SE]

National security: war on terrorism and homeland security funding, E427 [21MR]

National Stroke Awareness Month: observance, E915, E922 [24MY]

National Therapeutic Recreation Week: observance, E1206 [8JY]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (H.R. 3741), H9093 [22NO], E154 [14FE]

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: establish (H. Con. Res. 481), E1653 [25SE], E1826 [11OC]

Native Americans: 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 (H.R. 2244), H4712 [16JY]

New Alternatives for Children, Inc.: anniversary, E1658 [26SE]

New Jersey: tribute to First Latin Health Ministries Development Project Health Fair, E454 [9AP]

NIH: establish Office of Rare Diseases, H3656 [18JN]

———establish Office of Rare Diseases (H.R. 4013), H6812-H6815, H6883 [1OC]

———funding, H1025 [20MR]

———prostate cancer research funding, E1577 [13SE]

NIST: assist in development of reliable and valid tests for banned performance-enhancing substances and establish research program on long-term consequences of performance-enhancing substances (H.R. 3683), H220 [7FE]

Nobel Prize: recognition of John B. Fenn for chemistry, E1860 [11OC]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: conduct a study of the impact of Federal policies on the innovation process for genomic technologies (H.R. 3966), E353-E355 [14MR]

Oncology Nursing Society: tribute, E546 [16AP], E555 [17AP], E625 [24AP]

Orange County, CA: tribute to Santa Ana, CA, and Anaheim, CA, for prenatal programs to lower underweight birth rates, H6132 [10SE]

Organ donation: importance, E499 [11AP]

Pan American Health Organization: anniversary, E2009 [14NO]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: establish (H. Con. Res. 486), H7885 [10OC]

Paralyzed Veterans of America (organization): tribute, E491 [10AP]

Parca (nonprofit organization): anniversary, E101 [6FE]

Patents: allow noninfringing uses of patents on genetic sequence information for research and genetic diagnostic testing, and require disclosure of such information in patent applications (H.R. 3967), E353-E355 [14MR]

Peace Corps: promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (H.R. 4979), H3778 [21JN], E1113 [20JN]

Pennsylvania: anniversary of Columbia Montour Home Health Services, E1877 [17OC]

———observance of Yellow Ribbon Youth Suicide Awareness and Prevention Week, E1623 [19SE]

Peoria, IL: anniversary of St. Francis Medical Center, E1264 [16JY]

Pesticides: methyl bromide phaseout, E719 [6MY]

Pharmaceuticals: impact of gifts and benefits provided to physicians by prescription drug manufacturers on the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of prescription drugs, E1801 [9OC]

———pediatric vaccine manufacturer liability protection, H9089-H9093 [22NO], E2143 [22NO]

———provide access and choice for use of generic drugs under State Medicaid programs, H539 [26FE]

Pittsburgh, PA: dedication of new building at McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, E1743 [3OC]

Polio Survivors' Month: observance, E1540 [10SE]

Pollution: implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (H.R. 4935), E1054, E1067 [14JN]

Privacy: restore certain standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information (H.R. 5646), E1926, E1927 [17OC]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Native Americans (H.R. 5738), H8926 [14NO], E2105 [19NO]

Public welfare programs: abstinence education funding, H2549-H2552, H2580 [16MY]

———transitional medical assistance funding, H2549 [16MY]

Republican Party: national agenda, H3753 [20JN]

Research: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts and information on transplantation, and move transplantation from an experimental procedure to a standard therapy (H.R. 5462), E1660 [26SE]

———pluripotent stem cell research, E1274 [16JY]

Richard David Kahn Melanoma Foundation: tribute, E531 [16AP]

Rochester, NY: anniversary of Rural/Metro Medical Services, E828 [16MY]

ROFEH International (nonprofit organization): tribute, E1648 [25SE]

Rogers, Judi: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leadership Award recipient, E1633 [23SE]

Ronald McDonald House Charities (organization): anniversary of central New York chapter, E1786 [8OC]

Roxborough Memorial Hospital: tribute to rehabilitation unit, E1611 [19SE]

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (organization): anniversary, E189 [26FE]

Rural areas: importance of public transportation, E1303 [18JY]

———promote rural development (H.R. 5579), E1895 [17OC]

Safety: prohibit the therapeutic technique known as rebirthing (H. Con. Res. 435), H6268, H6269 [17SE]

———use of dental amalgam, E1111 [20JN]

Sapp, Gene and Pat: Huntsville Arthritis Foundation Humanitarian Award recipients, E1509 [5SE]

Schools: prohibit the sale of foods with minimal nutritional value in schools participating in Federal meal programs (H.R. 2129), H1271 [11AP]

———provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in public schools (H.R. 630), H511 [14FE]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans, H637 [28FE], H1161 [10AP], H4681 [16JY], E1118 [20JN]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), H3760-H3766 [20JN]

———research programs funding, H1067 [20MR]

———use of the term ``nuclear transplantation'' in place of ``therapeutic cloning'', E336 [13MR]

Seattle, WA: anniversary of Northwest Kidney Center, E199 [26FE]

Senior citizens: support Federal and State funded in-home care for the elderly (H. Res. 503), E1369 [25JY]

———tribute to adult day care programs, E1810 [9OC]

Shin, Young: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leadership Award recipient, E1633 [23SE]

Silbert, Lynne: Wellness Community of West Los Angeles Human Spirit Award recipient, E531 [16AP]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (H.R. 498), E612 [23AP]

———extend abstinence education funding under maternal and child health programs, H1751-H1757 [30AP]

———extend State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage to low-income pregnant women and their unborn children, E109 [7FE]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures, H7955 [16OC]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (H.R. 5656), E1911 [17OC]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 5067), E1300 [18JY]

Spina Bifida Awareness Month: observance, E1986 [12NO]

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital: anniversary, E613 [23AP]

Staglin, Garen and Shari: tribute to founding of Music Festival for Mental Health, E1660 [26SE]

Stern, Joseph: ROFEH International (nonprofit organization) and New England Chassidic Center honoree, E1648 [25SE]

Stockbridge, GA: New Testament Christian Academy recipient of President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports State Champion award, E1784 [8OC]

Stroke: provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (H.R. 3431), E172 [15FE]

Suffolk County, NY: tribute to school psychologists, E2042 [14NO]

Taxation: allow credit for medical expenses for dependents (H.R. 4909), E1019 [12JN]

———decrease the floor for the deduction for medical care (H.R. 4001), E379 [19MR]

———provide health care incentives relative to long-term care (H.R. 4946), H5107-H5114 [23JY], H5608 [25JY], E1451 [29JY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, H236 [12FE], H468-H477, H494-H508, H512 [14FE], H545-H551 [26FE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H744-H767 [7MR], H939 [19MR], E311 [11MR], E319 [12MR], E329 [13MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 360), H742-H744 [7MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H4 [23JA], H114 [5FE], H216, H217 [7FE], H9109-H9115 [22NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), unanimous-consent request, H9114 [22NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3666), E47 [29JA]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4789), E887 [23MY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (H.R. 4002), E387 [19MR]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (H.R. 4790), E887 [23MY]

Terrorism: 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), E1602 [18SE]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), H638 [28FE]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report, H2803 [21MY], H2844-H2860 [22MY], E915, E916, E919-E921, E930 [24MY]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 427), H2838-H2842 [22MY]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 117), H3101 [4JN]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), motion to instruct conferees, H638-H641 [28FE]

Thornton, CO: tribute to Adams Community Mental Health Center, E1913 [17OC]

Touchpoint Health Plan, Inc.: National Committee for Quality Assurance (nonprofit organization) Excellent Accreditation Status award recipient, E1601 [18SE]

U.S./Mexico Border Counties Coalition: release of report on impact of medical costs of treating undocumented aliens on border communities, E1697 [30SE]

Ukrop, James: Virginia Pharmacists Association Research and Education Foundation Rx for Excellence Award recipient, E478 [10AP]

Unemployment: provide health care premium assistance and exclude unemployment compensation in determining food stamps eligibility (H.R. 5297), E1460 [29JY]

University of Miami: tribute to South Florida Regional Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic, H3781 [21JN]

University of Michigan-Flint: anniversary of Dept. of Physical Therapy, E1701 [30SE]

Veterans: cooperation between U.S. and United Kingdom on Gulf War syndrome research, E1821 [11OC]

———enhance compensation for veterans with hearing loss (S. 2237), H8998-H9007 [14NO]

———establish a comprehensive program for the testing and treatment of the hepatitis C virus, E1016 [12JN]

———health care funding, H2248 [9MY], E935 [24MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, H1046, H1047, H1070 [20MR], H2272, H2274 [9MY], H7854-H7859 [10OC], E1155 [27JN], E1850, E1860 [11OC], E1867 [15OC], E1910 [17OC], E2020, E2021, E2024, E2042 [14NO], E2057, E2068 [15NO]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services, H4657 [15JY]

Viaud, Loune: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Foundation Human Rights Award recipient, E2035 [14NO]

Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey: anniversary (H. Res. 457), E1148 [25JN]

Waddell, Oliver W.: National Multiple Sclerosis Society Silver Hope Award recipient, E1682 [30SE]

Warren, MI: tribute to Commission on Disabilities Disabilities Awareness Fair, E1839 [11OC]

Week of the Young Child: observance, E603 [23AP]

Whitehead Institute: anniversary, E663 [30AP]

Whittier Health Network: anniversary, E1889 [17OC]

Withers, James S.: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leadership Award recipient, E1628 [19SE], E1644 [25SE]

Women: promote research and disseminate information on the health effects of breast implants and encourage FDA review of implant manufacturers, E1798 [8OC]

———recognize importance of good cervical health and of detecting cervical cancer during its earliest stages (H. Con. Res. 309), H2633 [20MY], E61 [29JA]

Wood: prohibit use of arsenic-treated wood in playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, decks, and other residential purposes (H.R. 4707), E780 [10MY]

World Asthma Day: observance, E744 [8MY]

World Blindness Outreach (organization): tribute, E244 [28FE]

World Sight Day: observance, E1825 [11OC]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 4965), S7384 [25JY], S7438 [26JY]

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (H. Con. Res. 102), S1712 [8MR]

———ensure food security, S8914 [19SE]

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: conduct a study on health services research (S. 3084), S10224 [9OC]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S52 [24JA], S115 [25JA], S173 [28JA], S402-S423 [6FE], S441-S479 [7FE], S513-S525, S528-S537, S540 [8FE], S577-S582 [11FE], S597-S653 [12FE], S675-S699, S709 [13FE], S835 [14FE], S7860 [1AU]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), unanimous-consent agreement, S473 [7FE], S592 [11FE]

Air Force: require a pilot program to assess adoption of the Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support System by the Air National Guard (S. 1997), S1677 [7MR]

American Heart Association: tribute, S3622 [1MY]

American Heart Month: observance, S851 [14FE], S999 [25FE]

Animals: ensure use of certain antibiotic drugs in agriculture does not compromise human health by contributing to the development of antibiotic resistance (S. 2508), S4283, S4284 [13MY]

———exclude birds and certain rats and mice from the definition of animals under the Animal Welfare Act, S616, S628 [12FE]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations, S8521 [12SE], S8606, S8607 [13SE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: use oil and gas revenues to sustain and consolidate domestic steel producers, provide health insurance to retired steelworkers, and increase steel production to build natural gas pipeline, S2660, S2664-S2666 [15AP], S2707-S2716 [16AP], S2780, S2793, S2799, S2806, S2815-S2818, S2857, S2861 [17AP], S2872, S2874, S2875, S2879, S2884, S2885, S2887, S2890 [18AP], S3160 [23AP], S4511-S4513 [17MY], S4585, S4586 [21MY]

Armed Forces: performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, S5826-S5834 [20JN], S10871 [13NO]

Army: Food Nutrition Program funding, S7802 [1AU]

Birth Defects Prevention Act: revise and extend (S. 2980), S8931, S8932 [19SE], S9859, S9860 [2OC]

Black Lung Benefits Act: ensure benefit equity for eligible survivors (S. 2685), S6129 [26JN]

Brain Tumor Action Week: observance, S4059 [8MY]

Business and industry: promote the development of health care cooperatives that will help businesses to pool the health care purchasing power of employers (S. 2835), S7903 [1AU]

California: anniversary of Inland Agency, S8080 [3SE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (H.R. 4793), S9681 [1OC], S9860 [2OC]

———authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (S. 2935), S8620, S8621 [13SE]

———authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (S. 3105), S10384 [10OC]

———establish Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Division, S8190 [4SE]

———establish the Center for Bioterrorism Preparedness (S. 2115), S2585 [11AP]

———funding, S8192, S8193 [4SE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule that lowers the Medicaid upper payment limit for non-State owned or operated hospitals (S.J. Res. 37), S4333 [14MY]

CERCLA: continuation of Superfund trust fund for cleanup of toxic waste sites, S5340 [11JN]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: amend (S. 2758), S7042 [18JY]

———reauthorize (S. 2117), S2587-S2591 [11AP]

Children and Healthcare Week: observance, S1777 [12MR]

Children and youth: amend certain laws relative to pediatric studies of drugs, S5192 [6JN]

———establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (S. 3158), S11080 [14NO]

———improve child care quality for children with disabilities or other special needs (S. 2671), S5958, S5959 [24JN]

———meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth (S. 1965), S1210 [26FE]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 2860), S7926-S7929 [1AU]

———prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (S. 2998), S9123-S9135 [24SE], S10635 [17OC]

———protect infants who are born alive (H.R. 2175), S1867 [13MR], S1871 [14MR], S7084 [18JY]

Children's Spine Foundation: tribute, S1534 [5MR]

China, Republic of: endorse and obtain observer status at the World Health Assembly summit in Switzerland (H.R. 2739), S2093 [19MR]

Citizens Health Care Working Group: establish (S. 3063), S10041-S10046 [7OC], S11381-S11384 [19NO]

Clean Water Act: anniversary, S10645, S10646 [17OC]

Colleges and universities: provide grants to States to establish partnerships among colleges and universities and surrounding communities to reduce underage and binge drinking and illicit drug use by students (S. 3167), S11083 [14NO]

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), S2504 [10AP]

———legislative priorities, S8629-S8631 [17SE]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans, S7535 [30JY]

Council on Graduate Medical Education: extend (S. 3083), S10224 [9OC]

Courts: limit medical malpractice claims, S7359 [25JY], S8369 [9SE]

———provide for health care liability reform, S7398-S7413 [26JY], S7448 [29JY], S7516-S7535 [30JY]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, S3490 [29AP]

———lift trade embargo, S4550 [20MY]

Dart, Justin W., Jr.: tribute (S. Res. 310), S7438 [26JY]

Defibrillation programs: provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (S. 1275), S436 [6FE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S4555 [20MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify authority to establish performance standards for the reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry processed by establishments receiving inspection services (S. 2013), S1936 [14MR]

———establish a voluntary organic research and promotion program, S619 [12FE]

Dept. of Defense: Advanced SEAL Delivery System funding, S7725 [31JY]

———Center for Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research war-related illnesses funding, S7723, S7724 [31JY]

———chemical agent warning network and emergency response technologies funding, S7725 [31JY]

———epilepsy research funding, S7723 [31JY]

———establish the Clara Barton Center for Domestic Preparedness as a Government-owned contractor-operated biological weapon vaccine production facility, S6199 [27JN]

———infectious disease tracking system funding, S7723 [31JY]

———investigation into development of a toxin in Florida that would attack and kill wheat crops in the Soviet Union, S5277 [10JN]

———investigation of testing of biological and chemical agents on Navy personnel during the Vietnamese Conflict, S5277 [10JN]

———muscular dystrophy research funding, S7723 [31JY]

———Operating Room of the Future initiative funding, S7725 [31JY]

———preservation of blood products, human organs, and other wound-repairing tissues research funding, S6007, S6008 [25JN]

———prohibit transfer of Medical Free Electron Laser Program, S6076 [26JN]

———Project Alpha funding to predict and assess threats to the U.S. food supply, S93 [24JA]

Dept. of HHS: allow Federal health programs flexibility in providing health care services during emergencies, S4780 [23MY]

———certify safety and cost savings relative to commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada, S6910-S6922, S6925-S6930 [17JY]

———establish an Office of Men's Health (S. 2616), S5460 [12JN]

———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (S. 2890), S7954 [1AU], S8452 [10SE]

———expand, intensify, and coordinate activities of the Office on Women's Health relative to autoimmune disease in women (S. 2234), S3296 [24AP]

———expand and intensify research programs concerning elder falls (S. 1922), S493 [7FE]

———revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (H.R. 3504), S48 [23JA]

———State Children's Health Insurance Program expansion and funding, S10539 [16OC]

———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (S. Con. Res. 138), S8388 [9SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop strategy to coordinate public health, law enforcement, and homeland security officials in a bioterrorism attack, S8191 [4SE]

———inclusion of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Strategic National Stockpile Program, S8192 [4SE]

Dept. of Justice: status of tobacco industry lawsuit relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, S1925 [14MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: amend programs (S. 2526), S4494 [16MY]

———authorize the furnishing of health care during major disasters or medical emergencies (S. 2187), S2840, S2841 [17AP]

———enhance certain veterans programs and improve administration of such programs (S. 1905), S236 [29JA]

———establish an office to coordinate disaster preparedness strategies with other Federal agencies, and State and local governments (S. 2186), S2839 [17AP]

———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (H.R. 3253), S8026 [1AU], S10473-S10476 [15OC]

———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (S. 2132), S2724 [16AP]

———expand and improve the provision of specialized mental health services (S. 2044), S2265 [21MR]

———extend the period for provision of noninstitutional extended care services and required nursing home care (S. 2043), S2265 [21MR], S10797 [28OC]

———improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (S. 612), S10664 [17OC]

———issuance of regulations requiring prioritization of veterans' access to health care, S8747-S8749 [18SE]

———oppose enactment of any proposal establishing a health care deductible for veterans, S10880 [13NO]

———place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category (S. 2583), S5049 [5JN]

———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (S. 2903), S8302 [5SE], S10880 [13NO]

———rescind memorandum in which directors of health service networks are directed to ensure that no marketing activities to enroll new veterans occur within their networks, S10664 [17OC], S10880 [13NO]

———tribute to Medical Research Service for research into oral treatment for smallpox, S2406 [9AP]

Developing countries: strengthen pathogen and infectious disease surveillance to help prevent biological weapons attacks and naturally occurring outbreaks (S. 2487), S4147-S4151 [9MY], S8022-S8025 [1AU]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (S. 3000), S9135 [24SE]

Discrimination: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), S9550 [26SE], S9561 [30SE]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (S. 1995), S1594, S1613, S1614 [6MR]

Diseases: address the international HIV/AIDS pandemic, S7424 [26JY]

———address the international HIV/AIDS pandemic (S. 1936), S664 [12FE]

———AIDS epidemic, S1853 [13MR], S2241-S2243 [21MR]

———authorizing appropriations for international HIV/AIDS control efforts (S. 1120), S11543-S11546 [19NO]

———collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (S. 2558), S4845 [23MY], S8022 [1AU]

———combat cancer (S. 1976), S1361-S1365 [28FE], S4615 [21MY]

———establish national smallpox vaccination policy, S9096 [24SE]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, S2241-S2243 [21MR], S5147-S5162, S5195 [6JN], S11543-S11546 [19NO]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (S. 2525), S4402-S4404 [15MY], S5779 [19JN]

———expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (H.R. 717), S849 [14FE]

———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (S. 2562), S4851 [23MY]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries, S2241-S2243 [21MR]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (H.R. 2069), S6679 [11JY], S6700-S6702 [12JY], S11693 [20NO]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in the Caribbean nations, S3489 [29AP]

———improve data collection and dissemination between Federal and State registries to enhance the treatment and research of cancer (S. 2955), S8757, S8758 [18SE]

———improve immunization rates by increasing the distribution of vaccines and improving and clarifying the vaccine injury compensation program (S. 2053), S2276-S2278 [21MR], S5922 [24JN]

———improve quality of care for cancer patients (S. 2965), S8761 [18SE]

———increased support and funding to combat diabetes, S5847 [20JN]

———international tuberculosis control (S. 2045), S2266-S2268 [21MR]

———provide assistance to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic in developing countries (S. 2649), S5779 [19JN], S5890 [21JN]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease, S4698 [22MY]

———tribute to Italy for issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research, S7869 [1AU]

———tribute to organizations supporting breast cancer survivorship among African American women, S2820 [17AP]

Domestic violence: provide coverage for screening and treatment, improve response of health care systems, and train health care providers and facilities on screening, identification, and treatment for families (S. 2236), S3304 [24AP]

Drug abuse: combat trafficking, distribution, and abuse of ``Ecstasy'' and other club drugs, S9699 [1OC]

———reduce illegal drug use and trafficking and help provide appropriate drug education, prevention and treatment programs (S. 304), S9889 [3OC], S10035 [7OC]

Drugs: correct impediments to allowing importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale, S2637-S2639 [15AP]

———enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs, S7565-S7571 [30JY], S7645 [31JY]

———enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (S. 2677), S6019 [25JN]

———enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (S. 754), S7460 [29JY], S11339-S11342 [18NO]

———pharmaceutical industry research and development costs, S4273 [13MY]

———prohibit opening, maintaining, managing, controlling, renting, leasing, making available for use, or profiting from any place for the purpose of manufacturing, distributing, or using any controlled substance (S. 2633), S5705, S5706 [18JN], S10218 [9OC]

———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (S. 2763), S7107-S7109 [19JY]

———review Federal programs on substance abuse, prevention, treatment, education, and research, S10035 [7OC]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: freeze and repeal portions of the tax reduction to fund certain Federal programs, S1850 [13MR]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S8711-S8718 [18SE], S8889, S8892-S8894, S8913 [19SE], S9005-S9008, S9010, S9011 [23SE], S9099 [24SE], S9179-S9183 [25SE]

Education: expand loan forgiveness and loan cancellation programs for teachers and nurses (S. 3008), S9427 [26SE]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: provide benefits to Dept. of Energy contractors exposed to toxic substances, expand coverage to certain individuals, and reform claimant assistance (S. 3058), S9986-S9992 [4OC]

EPA: provide flexibility within the oxygenate requirements for gasoline, S3405, S3406 [25AP]

Families and domestic relations: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (S. 2489), S4151 [9MY]

———increase U.S. commitment to the health of the world's mothers and children (S. Res. 275), S4873, S4874 [23MY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: expand (S. 3141), S10709 [17OC]

FDA: approval of buprenorphine for the treatment of heroin addiction, S10655-S10658 [17OC]

———authorize oversight of any entity engaged in recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage, or distribution of human tissue or human tissue-based products (S. 2531), S4536 [17MY]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (S. 2626), S5598-S5601 [14JN]

———protect the health and safety of American consumers from seafood contaminated by certain substances (S. 2759), S7043 [18JY]

———require labeling containing information applicable to pediatric patients (S. 2394), S7861 [1AU]

Federal aid programs: consolidate all black lung benefit responsibility under a single official (H.R. 5542), S10601 [16OC]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), S2754 [16AP], S2821 [17AP], S10754-S10767 [17OC]

Federal employees: adjust certain Federal annuity computations relative to periods of receiving disability payments, S9411 [26SE]

———adjust certain Federal annuity computations relative to periods of receiving disability payments (S. 2936), S10751 [17OC]

———increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (S. 1982), S1422 [4MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the development of products for rare diseases (H.R. 4014), S10769 [17OC]

———improve regulation of medical devices (H.R. 5651), S10619, S10752-S10754 [17OC], S11549-S11551 [19NO]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S6802, S6811 [15JY], S6873 [16JY], S6883-S6931 [17JY], S6968-S6972, S6976-S7016, S7019-S7028 [18JY], S7093-S7100 [19JY], S7127, S7134-S7158 [22JY], S7180-S7189, S7194, S7218 [23JY], S7244-S7246, S7249-S7263, S7282-S7299 [24JY], S7327-S7336, S7340, S7342-S7350, S7366 [25JY], S7398-S7413, S7423, S7424 [26JY], S7457, S7460, S7464 [29JY], S7505, S7514-S7551, S7565-S7571, S7614-S7616 [30JY], S7618-S7651 [31JY], S7849-S7851, S7853-S7858, S7875-S7878 [1AU], S8630, S8631 [17SE], S9182 [25SE], S10407 [15OC]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), motion to proceed, S6797-S6801 [15JY], S6818-S6829, S6831-S6858 [16JY], S6878-S6883 [17JY]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), unanimous-consent agreement, S7545 [30JY]

Federal-State relations: authorize formulation of State and regional emergency telehealth network testbeds and a telehealth task force within the Dept. of Defense (S. 2748), S6957 [17JY]

Food: recognize significance of bread in American history, culture, and daily diet (S. Con. Res. 148), S10778 [17OC]

———require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (S. 2499), S4163 [9MY]

———require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (S. 3001), S9231 [25SE]

Food industry: require FDA premarket review and oversight of all genetically engineered foods (S. 3095), S10371 [10OC]

Foreign aid: authorize assistance for individuals with disabilities in foreign countries, including victims of landmines, civil strife, and warfare (S. 1777), S8623 [13SE]

Foreign policy: recognize diplomatic importance of U.S. foreign assistance programs in fighting global terrorism and promoting national security (S. Res. 204), S524 [8FE]

Foreign trade: eligibility of unemployed textile and apparel workers for trade adjustment assistance and health insurance benefits, S4751, S4752 [23MY]

FTC: amend trade regulation rule on ophthalmic practice to require the release of prescriptions for contact lenses (S. 2609), S5370 [11JN]

———study on pharmaceutical industry marketing rules, S7460 [29JY]

Fuels: subject renewable fuels to the same liability standards placed on other fuels and fuel additives, S3343-S3351 [25AP]

GlaxoSmithKline (company): tribute to efforts under the WHO Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Program, S8197 [4SE]

Government regulations: establish labeling and advertising requirements for dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids and prohibit sales of such supplements to minors, S11672-S11675 [20NO]

Harney County, OR: continue operation of Steens Mountain Running Camp, S4828, S4829 [23MY]

Hazardous substances: anniversary of anthrax bacteria outbreak, S10424 [15OC]

———reduce quantity of mercury in the environment by limiting use of mercury fever thermometers and improving collection, recycling and disposal of mercury (S. 351), S8329-S8334 [5SE]

———reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing products (S. 2641), S5708-S5710 [18JN]

Health care facilities: abuse and neglect in nursing homes, S10606 [17OC]

Health care professionals: authorize a demonstration program to recruit and train physicians to serve in rural areas (S. 2597), S5209 [6JN]

———establish a Nurse Corps and address the nursing shortage through recruitment and retention strategies (S. 1864), S7127 [22JY]

———improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates, S9833 [2OC], S9872 [3OC]

———improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (S. 2674), S6015 [25JN]

———improve coordination between Federal agencies and local emergency medical service providers (S. 2014), S1937 [14MR]

———improve training in prevention, recognition, and treatment of substance abuse and addiction (S. 1966), S1210 [26FE]

———increase the grade provided for the heads of the nurse corps of the Armed Forces, S5948 [24JN], S6077 [26JN]

———issue postage stamp in commemoration of registered nurses (S. Res. 314), S7748 [31JY]

———permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any method of medical treatment such individual requests (S. 2207), S2965 [18AP]

———provide grants to hire community health workers to improve access to health education and services for women and families in medically underserved areas (S. 2139), S2830 [17AP]

———provide programs to improve nurse retention, the nursing workplace, and the quality of care, S4195 [10MY]

Hispanic Americans: provide programs and activities to improve health (S. 2990), S9033 [23SE]

Homeless: revise certain grants for continuum of care assistance (H.R. 3699), S986 [25FE]

Huntington, WV: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations accreditation of Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, S658 [12FE]

Illinois: tribute to the American Association on Mental Retardation Direct Service Professional Award recipients, S343 [5FE]

Immigration: extend and modify reimbursement of State and local funds expended for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (S. 3013), S9432 [26SE]

Insurance: encourage health care facilities, group health plans, and health insurance issuers to reduce administrative costs, and to improve access, convenience, quality, and safety (S. 2638), S5706 [18JN]

———ensure guaranteed renewability of individual health insurance coverage regardless of health status-related factors (S. 3119), S10575 [16OC]

———extend mental health coverage parity (H.R. 5716), S11222 [15NO]

———improve access to health care for the uninsured, S3 [23JA]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), unanimous-consent request, S8012, S8013 [1AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 6), S10610 [17OC]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7359 [25JY], S7839-S7843, S7853 [1AU]

International AIDS Conference: tribute, S6815 [16JY]

Iron and steel industry: make certain steelworker retirees eligible for temporary health benefits under trade adjustment assistance programs, S4086, S4112, S4134-S4137 [9MY], S4439, S4459-S4472 [16MY], S4559 [20MY], S4581-S4591 [21MY], S4801-S4803 [23MY]

———remedy certain injurious effects of steel imports by protecting benefits of steelworkers and retirees and strengthening the U.S. steel industry (S. 2189), S4586, S4589, S4590 [21MY]

Kentucky Rural Health Association: tribute, S5254 [7JN]

Las Vegas, NV: tribute to University Medical Center volunteers, S3498 [29AP]

Louisville, KY: Home of the Innocents Pediatric Convalescent Center recipient of American Association of Homes and Services National Organization on Disability Award, S8198 [4SE]

Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (S. 2591), S5054 [5JN]

Maryland Development Disabilities Council: anniversary, S3841 [2MY]

Materials Corridor Partnership Initiative: establish a multiagency program to promote energy efficient and environmentally sound economic development along the Mexican border, S1654 [7MR], S1718, S1725 [11MR]

Medicaid: allow payment for dialysis, chemotherapy, pregnancy-related services, communicable diseases testing and treatment, and other emergency care to certain aliens (S. 2449), S3872 [2MY]

———allow States to enter into drug rebate agreements to make prescription drugs available to individuals who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance (S. 2536), S4626 [21MY]

———clarify the circumstances under which a ``hold harmless'' provision does not exist relative to broad-based health care taxes (S. 1947), S855 [14FE]

———delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals, S270 [4FE]

———increase Federal matching contributions to State programs, S164 [28JA], S204-S207, S216-S219 [29JA], S266 [4FE], S335 [5FE]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States, S5111-S5113 [6JN], S7285-S7299 [24JY], S7328-S7336 [25JY]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (S. 2110), S2582, S2583 [11AP]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (S. 2221), S3018 [22AP]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (S. 2570), S4863, S4864 [23MY]

———permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (S. 2199), S2956 [18AP]

———provide States with the option of covering intensive community mental health treatment (S. 2072), S2330 [22MR]

Medicare: area wage adjustments under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facility services (S. 1955), S860-S862 [14FE]

———assure fair and adequate payment for high-risk beneficiaries and establish payment incentives for furnishing quality services to people with serious chronic conditions (S. 2970), S8927 [19SE]

———clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (S. 2085), S2487 [10AP], S3835 [2MY]

———clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (S. 2848), S7913 [1AU]

———consolidate and restate Federal laws relative to social health maintenance organization projects, make such projects permanent, and require a study on ways to expand such projects (S. 2782), S7311 [24JY]

———coverage of diabetes laboratory diagnostic tests and other diabetes screening services (S. 3086), S10224 [9OC]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S2383 [9AP], S2909 [18AP], S3550-S3552 [30AP], S3589-S3591, S3606, S3607 [1MY], S3793-S3795 [2MY], S4087, S4088 [9MY], S4192 [10MY], S4293 [14MY], S4345 [15MY], S4513 [17MY], S4742-S4744, S4824, S4833 [23MY], S4933 [4JN], S5024 [5JN], S5341 [11JN], S5465-S5468 [13JN], S6802, S6811 [15JY], S6814, S6816-S6818 [16JY], S6887, S6890-S6892, S6894, S6922-S6926 [17JY], S6969-S6971, S6976-S6992, S7019-S7026 [18JY], S7095-S7100 [19JY], S7134-S7158 [22JY], S7180-S7189, S7194-S7207, S7216 [23JY], S7244-S7246 [24JY], S7327, S7359, S7366 [25JY], S7423, S7424 [26JY], S7446, S7464 [29JY], S7505, S7514, S7535-S7551, S7565, S7614-S7616 [30JY], S7618-S7633, S7642, S7646, S7647, S7649-S7651 [31JY], S7840, S7849-S7851, S7853-S7858 [1AU], S10408, S10410 [15OC], S10532-S10546 [16OC], S10637, S10655 [17OC]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 10), S4618 [21MY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 2625), S5585-S5597 [14JN], S5663 [18JN], S5792-S5794 [20JN], S6180-S6182 [27JN], S6600-S6603 [11JY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 2757), S7041 [18JY]

———eliminate the geographic physician work adjustment factor used to adjust payments under the physician fee schedule (S. 1953), S860-S862 [14FE]

———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (S. 2067), S2326 [22MR]

———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (S. 3018), S9715-S9717, S9776 [1OC], S9779, S9840 [2OC], S10531-S10546 [16OC], S10610, S10655, S10661 [17OC], S10884 [13NO]

———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (S. 3018), unanimous-consent request, S9939, S9940 [4OC], S10531, S10532 [16OC]

———ensure reimbursement for certain FDA-approved cancer drug therapies administered in hospital outpatient settings (S. 2795), S7374 [25JY]

———ensure the quality of, and access to, skilled nursing facility services (S. 2490), S4153 [9MY], S10659 [17OC]

———establish a demonstration project under which incentive payments are made in certain areas to improve access to primary care services (S. 2542), S4709 [22MY]

———establish a floor on area wage adjustment factors used under the prospective payment system for hospital services, S5116, S5117 [6JN]

———establish a program for the competitive acquisition of items and services (S. 3098), S10378 [10OC]

———establish a subvention demonstration project for veterans (S. 2233), S3171, S3172 [23AP], S4251 [13MY]

———establish demonstration programs to improve health care quality (S. 2752), S7035 [18JY]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure, S6856-S6858 [16JY], S7001-S7005, S7022-S7026 [18JY], S7093-S7100 [19JY], S7134-S7146, S7157 [22JY], S7180-S7189, S7194-S7207, S7210 [23JY], S7464 [29JY], S7514-S7516, S7543-S7547 [30JY], S7621, S7626, S7627 [31JY]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), S5823 [20JN], S6594 [10JY], S6729 [15JY]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (S. 2), S6811 [15JY], S6873 [16JY]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (S. 2), unanimous-consent request, S10536 [16OC]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (S. 2729), S6873-S6875 [16JY]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program, S6753 [15JY], S6924-S6926 [17JY], S7207-S7218 [23JY], S7249-S7263, S7282, S7283 [24JY]

———express importance of modernization, ensure solvency, and provide coverage options and prescription drug coverage (S. Res. 269), S4334 [14MY]

———extend authorization for appropriations for certain rural grants (S. 2135), S2727 [16AP]

———extend the Social Health Maintenance Organization Demonstration Project (S. 3043), S9907 [3OC]

———geographically adjust the amount of premiums based on the use of health care items and services in the State in which the beneficiary resides (S. 2605), S5286 [10JN]

———impact of reduction of indirect medical education payments on teaching hospitals, S3588, S3591 [1MY]

———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries (S. 2557), S4844 [23MY]

———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (S. 2615), S5458-S5460 [12JN]

———improve disproportionate share payments to hospitals serving vulnerable populations (S. 2854), S7917 [1AU]

———improve Medicare Incentive Payment Program (S. 2529), S4501-S4503 [16MY]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (S. 1931), S589, S590 [11FE]

———improve reimbursement payments to physicians, S8370 [9SE]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (S. 2555), S4843 [23MY]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (S. 2568), S4862 [23MY], S5563-S5566 [14JN]

———improve the qualified beneficiary and special low-income beneficiary programs (S. 2855), S7918 [1AU]

———improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (S. 2750), S7035 [18JY]

———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (S. 839), S3588, S3594 [1MY]

———provide adequate coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for certain transplant patients, S7366 [25JY]

———provide appropriate incentive payments for physicians' services furnished in underserved areas (S. 2914), S8386 [9SE]

———provide fair payments under the hospital outpatient department prospective payment system (S. 2547), S4716-S4720 [22MY]

———provide incentives to attract educators and clinical practitioners to underserved areas (S. 1954), S860-S862 [14FE]

———reduce geographic disparities in payment rates, S8246-S8249 [5SE]

———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (S. 2614), S5456 [12JN]

———reform, S4781 [23MY]

———require Dept. of HHS study on new technology payments under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (S. 3041), S9907 [3OC]

———reward and expand the number of health care providers delivering high-quality cost-effective health care to beneficiaries (S. 1948), S856 [14FE]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (S. 885), S8667 [17SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (S. 3091), S10363 [10OC]

———improve access to long-term care services (S. 2655), S5856 [20JN]

———improve advance directive requirements to ensure compliance with individual health care decisions (S. 2857), S7920-S7926 [1AU]

Mental health: limit preexisting condition exclusions by insurance providers, S423 [6FE]

———protect individuals who need mental health services (S. 2393), S3510 [29AP]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (H.R. 4066), S5129 [6JN]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (S. 543), S3484 [29AP], S3586, S3587 [1MY], S8425-S8427 [10SE]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (S. 2271), S3437 [25AP]

Miles, Anna M. (Missy): University of Cincinnati Medical Center Florence Nightingale Award recipient, S5847 [20JN]

Miller, Alan B.: George Washington University President's Medal recipient, S4383 [15MY]

Morehouse College: tribute to School of Medicine, S8081 [3SE]

Morgantown, WV: Morgantown Veterans Center receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinical Programs of Excellence award, S10354 [10OC]

Morristown, NJ: Morristown Memorial Hospital recipient of the American Hospital Association NOVA award, S4328 [14MY]

National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month: observance, S11309 [18NO]

National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (S. Con. Res. 103), S3578 [30AP], S3789 [1MY]

National Biotechnology Week: designate (S. Res. 243), S2731 [16AP], S2989 [18AP]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 270), S4406 [15MY], S9931 [3OC]

National Donor Day: designate (S. Res. 210), S877 [14FE]

National Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (S. Con. Res. 112), S4544 [17MY]

National Epilepsy Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 322), S8312 [5SE]

National Farmworker Jobs Program: funding, S7030 [18JY]

National Hansen's Disease Programs Center: designate (H.R. 2441), S8022 [1AU]

National Health Center Week: designate (S. Con. Res. 121), S5545 [13JN]

———observance, S7881 [1AU]

National Hunger Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 280), S4982, S4983 [4JN]

National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (S. Con. Res. 94), S103 [24JA], S11149 [14NO]

National Inhalants and Poison Prevention Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 206), S556 [8FE], S1982 [15MR]

National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center: funding, S11710 [20NO]

National Mammography Day: designate (S. Res. 326), S8571 [12SE], S9177 [24SE]

National Minority Health and Health Disparities Month: establish (H. Con. Res. 388), S9930 [3OC]

———establish (S. Con. Res. 139), S9930 [3OC]

National Nurses Week: observance, S3898 [6MY], S4195 [10MY]

National objectives: policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S423 [6FE]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2042), S2262-S2265 [21MR], S2321 [22MR]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2639), S5707 [18JN]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: observance, S3430 [25AP]

National Osteopathic Medicine Week: observance, S9843 [2OC]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: observance, S9112 [24SE]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 325), S8571 [12SE], S9650 [30SE]

National School Backpack Awareness Day: observance, S9032 [23SE]

National School Lunch Act: increase number of children participating in summer food service programs (S. 2660), S5858 [20JN]

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: establish (S. Con. Res. 153), S10450 [15OC]

Native Americans: authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance abuse programs and services provided by tribal governments (S. 210), S8696 [17SE]

Natural gas: assess safety of shallow underground storage structures, S3409 [25AP]

NIH: biomedical research funding (S. Res. 347), S10730-S10732 [17OC]

———establish Office of Rare Diseases (H.R. 4013), S10769 [17OC]

———provide for Alzheimer's disease research and demonstration grants (S. 2059), S2283 [21MR]

———uterine fibroid research funding (S. 2122), S2676 [15AP]

Nuclear energy: enhance security of transporting high-level nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel (S. 3162), S11081-S11083 [14NO]

Older Americans Act: funding, S4833 [23MY]

Oncology Nursing Society: tribute, S2719 [16AP]

OPIC: provide health coverage to employees under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (S. 2527), S4496 [16MY], S10767 [17OC]

OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (S. 3173), S11577 [19NO]

Organ donation: provide health insurance protections for individuals who are living organ donors (S. 2913), S8386 [9SE]

Paralyzed Veterans of America (organization): tribute, S2573 [11AP]

Peace Corps: promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (S. 12), S11771, S11772 [20NO]

———promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (S. 2667), S5902 [21JN], S10594-S10598 [16OC], S10651, S10652 [17OC]

Pharmaceuticals: bioequivalence standards for generic drugs, S6993-S6996 [18JY]

———condemn industry advertising campaign relative to generic drugs, S9182 [25SE]

———pediatric vaccine manufacturer liability protection, S11022, S11025 [14NO], S11164, S11168, S11169, S11175-S11181 [15NO], S11279-S11281, S11286 [18NO], S11360, S11364-S11370 [19NO]

———permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada, S4087 [9MY], S6894-S6922, S6925-S6930 [17JY]

———permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (S. 2244), S3316-S3319 [24AP], S3502 [29AP], S3550-S3552 [30AP], S3793-S3795 [2MY], S5341 [11JN]

———require companies to disclose any gifts or incentives given to doctors or health care providers and require manufacturers to disclose any rebates given to pharmaceutical benefits managers, S7007 [18JY]

Pollution: implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (S. 2118), S2591 [11AP]

Postal Service: Dept. of HHS study on long term effects of anthrax bacteria exposure, S10526 [16OC]

Prescription Drug User Fee Act: reauthorization, S5195 [6JN]

Privacy: ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information, S2311 [22MR]

———prohibit use of patient databases for marketing without the express consent of the patient (S. 3064), S10046 [7OC]

Public Health Service: promote organ donation (S. 1949), S857-S859 [14FE]

Public Health Service Act: add requirements regarding trauma care (S. 3048), S9909 [3OC]

———amend relative to special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Native Americans (H.R. 5738), S11658 [19NO]

Public welfare programs: promote secure and healthy families under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2876), S7941 [1AU]

Red Ribbon Week: support goals (H. Con. Res. 84), S11339 [18NO]

Research: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts and information on transplantation, and move transplantation from an experimental procedure to a standard therapy (S. 2849), S7914 [1AU]

Riverwoods (healthcare facility): New Hampshire Chamber of Commerce and Business New Hampshire (publication) Health Care Business of the Year award recipient, S4563 [20MY]

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital: Mercer County, NJ, Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Corp., of the Year Award recipient, S2073 [19MR]

Rural areas: authorize loan guarantees for health facilities to buy new, and repair existing, infrastructure and technology (S. 2046), S2268 [21MR]

———promote and improve access to health care services (S. 1030), S8667 [17SE]

Safety: improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (S. 2590), S5052, S5053 [5JN], S7367 [25JY]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (S. 3029), S9848 [2OC]

———provide protections for human participants in research (S. 3060), S9993 [4OC]

Schools: establish a program for an information clearinghouse to increase public access to defibrillation (S. 1041), S6173 [26JN]

Science: prohibit patents relative to the cloning of humans, S5514-S5527 [13JN], S5578-S5581 [14JN], S5624-S5626 [17JN]

———prohibit the cloning of humans, S2384 [9AP]

———prohibit the cloning of humans, unanimous-consent request, S5435 [12JN]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (S. 1899), S7862-S7864 [1AU]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (S. 2076), S2414 [9AP], S5448 [12JN]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (S. 2076), star print, S5317 [10JN]

———prohibit the cloning of humans while preserving important areas of medical research that could provide treatments for diseases (S. 1758), S2629 [12AP]

———prohibit the cloning of humans while preserving important areas of medical research that could provide treatments for diseases (S. 2439), S3631-S3634 [1MY], S3833 [2MY]

———provide for a moratorium on the cloning of humans, S5659-S5662, S5667 [18JN]

Senate: authorize Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper to ascertain and settle claims relative to anthrax exposure in Senate complex (S. Res. 329), S8985 [20SE]

———legislative priorities, S8967 [20SE], S9003 [23SE], S10402 [15OC], S10613, S10637 [17OC]

Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (S. 2108), S2580-S2582 [11AP]

———prevent and increase penalties for crimes such as health care, pension, and telemarketing fraud, and nursing home abuse and fraud (S. 2240), S3310-S3316 [24AP]

———promote elder justice (S. 2933), S8592 [13SE], S9899 [3OC]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (S. 858), S4188 [10MY], S9683 [1OC]

———treatment relative to taxation and health care, S4188-S4191 [10MY]

Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 724), S9825-S9828 [2OC]

———allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 724), unanimous-consent request, S10057-S10063 [8OC]

———eliminate the waiting period in the disability insurance program (S. 2942), S8677 [17SE]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 3180), S11278 [18NO], S11738 [20NO]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 3180), unanimous-consent request, S11664 [20NO]

———modify attorney fee assessment system and extend attorney fee direct payment system to improve representation of disabled claimants (S. 2700), S6320 [28JN]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (S. 2819), S7580 [30JY]

———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (S. 3092), S10367 [10OC]

Spina Bifida Association of America: tribute, S11210 [15NO], S11555 [19NO]

Spina Bifida Awareness Month: observance, S10672 [17OC], S11210 [15NO], S11555 [19NO]

States: clarify authority to enter into drug rebate agreements with manufacturers in order to provide prescription drug coverage to individuals not covered by Medicaid, S6978-S6982, S7010-S7016 [18JY]

Stroke: provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (S. 1274), S432-S436 [6FE]

Supreme Court: decision relative to Family and Medical Leave Act notification requirements, S2313 [22MR]

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation: anniversary, S7224 [23JY]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (S. 2889), S7953 [1AU]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (S. 1022), S7464 [29JY]

———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (S. 2130), S2678 [15AP]

———establish health insurance tax credits for workers negatively impacted by trade who participate in trade adjustment assistance programs, S4609 [21MY], S10837-S10839 [12NO]

———exclude from gross income loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (S. 2654), S5854-S5856 [20JN]

———provide a credit for offering employer-based health insurance coverage and establish health plan purchasing alliances (S. 2679), S6026-S6028 [25JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, S16, S17 [23JA], S51, S53-S92 [24JA], S111-S115, S117, S128 [25JA], S153, S154, S158-S165 [28JA], S194-S221 [29JA], S264-S276, S279-S281 [4FE], S321-S341 [5FE], S383-S402 [6FE], S481 [7FE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S841, S842 [14FE], S888 [15FE], S1658-S1671 [7MR], S1689-S1692, S1694, S1698-S1702 [8MR], S1855 [13MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), S19-S21, S48 [23JA], S78 [24JA], S11060, S11061 [14NO], S11699, S11703 [20NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), unanimous-consent request, S4122 [9MY], S10620 [17OC]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (S. 237), unanimous-consent request, S10620 [17OC]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts, S279 [4FE]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend and expand (S. 2714), S6616 [11JY]

Terrorism: commend efforts of news media to provide citizens with the necessary information to prepare and protect against bioterrorism, S5282 [10JN]

———enhance agricultural biosecurity through increased prevention, preparation, and response planning (S. 2767), S7166 [22JY]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report, S4772-S4786 [23MY], S5195 [6JN], S5282 [10JN]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S4761 [23MY]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report—unanimous-consent request, S4760 [23MY]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 117), S4787 [23MY]

———strengthen the preparedness of health care providers within the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and community hospitals to respond to bioterrorism (S. 1561), S2719 [16AP]

Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (S. 969), S10767 [17OC]

Tobacco products: prohibit sale of tobacco products to juveniles through the Internet or other indirect means and ensure collection of all cigarette taxes (S. 3035), S9852 [2OC]

Treaties and agreements: ensure that trade agreements protect national security, Social Security, public health and safety, and education, S4756, S4757 [23MY]

U.N. Population Fund: restore funding, S7446-S7448 [29JY]

U.S. Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st Century: recommendations, S850 [14FE]

University of California, Davis: designation of Cancer Center as National Cancer Institute, S6569 [10JY]

U2 (musical group): tribute, S1347 [28FE]

Veterans: clarify entitlement to disability compensation of women veterans who have service-connected mastectomies and provide permanent authority for counseling and treatment for sexual trauma (S. 2205), S2963 [18AP]

———enhance compensation for veterans with hearing loss (S. 2237), S3305 [24AP], S9550-S9559 [26SE]

———enhance compensation for veterans with hearing loss (S. 2237), House amendment, S11329-S11338 [18NO], S11562 [19NO]

———health care and education programs funding, S2250 [21MR]

———health care funding, S4948 [4JN], S7266 [24JY], S7733 [31JY], S10664 [17OC]

———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (S. 2630), S5698 [18JN]

———improve procedures for the determination of the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care (S. 2741), S6951 [17JY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, S5745-S5755, S5759, S5762, S5790 [19JN], S5834 [20JN], S9703 [1OC], S10014-S10016 [7OC], S10085-S10087 [8OC], S10484, S10546-S10548 [16OC], S10859, S10860, S10867, S10869-S10872, S10880 [13NO]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (S. 2051), S2273, S2274 [21MR]

Water: improve financial and environmental sustainability of water programs (S. 1961), S907 [15FE], S1347 [28FE]

———improve financial and environmental sustainability of water programs (S. 2813), S7470, S7471 [29JY]

———provide assistance to States to support testing of private wells in areas of suspected contamination to limit or prevent human exposure to contaminated groundwater (S. 3127), S10678 [17OC]

Weather: tribute to Defeat the Heat children's safety campaign, S6010 [25JN]

Women: ensure safe pregnancies by increasing research and data collection on treatments and cures for pregnancy complications and providing information to women, practitioners, and the public (S. 2328), S3440 [25AP]

Wood: prohibit use of arsenic-treated wood in playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, decks, and other residential purposes, S5340 [11JN]

———prohibit use of arsenic-treated wood in playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, decks, and other residential purposes (S. 1963), S1928 [14MR]

World Trade Organization: support the Declaration on the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement and Public Health to ensure access to medicine by countries impacted by public health crises, S4319, S4322-S4324 [14MY], S4345 [15MY], S4487 [16MY]

Zerhouni, Elias A.: nomination to be NIH Director, S3886 [2MY]

Reports

Autism—A Novel Form of Mercury Poisoning: Sallie Bernard, Albert Enayati, Lyn Redwood, Heidi Roger, and Teresa Binstock, H9096-H9107 [22NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 5605): Concurrent Receipt of Military Retired Pay With Service-Connected Disability Benefits Provisions, S10547 [16OC]

Food Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa: U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, H5070-H5072 [22JY]

Prescription Drug User Fee Act Reauthorization Performance Goals and Procedures, S5195-S5200 [6JN]

State of the Union for Americans With Disabilities: National Organization on Disability, S222 [29JA], E66 [4FE]

What Do We Know From the Peer-Reviewed Scientific Literature About Thimerosal?, H9093-H9095 [22NO]

Reports filed

Adjust Certain Federal Annuity Computations Relative to Periods of Receiving Disability Payments: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2936), S10442 [15OC]

Alzheimer's Disease Research, Prevention, and Care Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2059), S6361 [8JY]

Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Prevention Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2980), S9713 [1OC]

Child Custody Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 476) (H. Rept. 107-397), H1281 [11AP]

Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act for the 21st Century: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3813) (H. Rept. 107-647), H6128 [9SE]

Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1115) (S. Rept. 107-227), S7430 [26JY]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 3448, Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 427) (H. Rept. 107-483), H2734 [21MY]

Consideration of H.R. 476, Child Custody Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 388) (H. Rept. 107-411), H1333 [16AP]

Consideration of H.R. 4600, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 553) (H. Rept. 107-697), H6692 [25SE]

Consideration of H.R. 4691, Abortion Non-Discrimination Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 546) (H. Rept. 107-683), H6558 [24SE]

Consideration of H.R. 4954, Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 465) (H. Rept. 107-553), H4068 [26JN]

Consideration of H.R. 4965, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 498) (H. Rept. 107-608), H5193 [23JY]

Consideration of Senate Amendment With an Amendment to H.R. 3090, Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 360) (H. Rept. 107-367), H736 [6MR]

Dept. of HHS Medicare Benefits Administration Establishment: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4988) (H. Rept. 107-542), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Emergency Preparedness Act: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 2132) (S. Rept. 107-229), S7742 [31JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Emergency Preparedness Research, Education, and Bio-Terrorism Prevention Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 3253) (H. Rept. 107-471), H2606 [16MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Extension of Period for Provision of Noninstitutional Extended Care Services and Required Nursing Home Care: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 2043) (S. Rept. 107-231), S7898 [1AU]

Drug Competition Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 754) (S. Rept. 107-167), S5850 [20JN]

Elevate Position of Indian Health Service Director to Assistant Sec. of HHS for Indian Health: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 214) (S. Rept. 107-170), S5956 [24JN]

Eliminate Colorectal Cancer Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 710) (S. Rept. 107-245), S8091 [3SE]

Food Allergen Consumer Protection Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2499) (S. Rept. 107-322), S10674 [17OC]

Global Pathogen Surveillance Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 2487), S4838 [23MY]

———Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 2487) (S. Rept. 107-210), S6808 [15JY]

Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 812), S6649 [11JY]

Health Care Providers Grants To Implement Electronic Prescription Drug Programs: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4989) (H. Rept. 107-545), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4600) (H. Rept. 107-693), H6692 [25SE]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4600) (H. Rept. 107-693), H6692 [25SE]

Improve Access to Physicians in Medically Underserved Areas by Extending and Increasing Foreign Country Residency Requirement Waivers for Foreign Medical Graduates: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4858) (H. Rept. 107-528), H3859 [24JN]

Improve the Provision of Items and Services to Medicare Beneficiaries in Rural Areas: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4962) (H. Rept. 107-540), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Improving Access to Long-Term Care Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4946) (H. Rept. 107-572), H4604 [15JY]

International AIDS Treatment and Prevention Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2649), S6361 [8JY]

International Disability and Victims of Landmines, Civil Strife and Warfare Assistance Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1777), S7577 [30JY]

Keeping Children and Families Safe Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2998) (S. Rept. 107-292), S9594 [30SE]

———Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3839) (H. Rept. 107-403), H1281 [11AP]

Labeling Requirement Containing Information Applicable to Pediatric Patients: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2394) (S. Rept. 107-300), S10114 [8OC]

Lifespan Respite Care Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2489), S7226 [23JY]

Mammography Quality Standards Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4888) (H. Rept. 107-601), H5086 [22JY]

Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments Revision: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4991) (H. Rept. 107-547), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Medicaid Transitional Medical Assistance Program Extension: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4584) (H. Rept. 107-461), H2465, H2469 [14MY]

Medical Device Regulation Improvement: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3580) (H. Rept. 107-728), H7171 [7OC]

Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3580) (H. Rept. 107-728), H7928 [15OC]

Medicare Coverage of Outpatient Prescription Drugs: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4984) (H. Rept. 107-551), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4954) (H. Rept. 107-539), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Medicare Payments Improvement for Home Health Services and Direct Graduate Medical Education: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4987) (H. Rept. 107-541), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Medicare Payments Improvement for Physicians' Services and Other Outpatient Services: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4986) (H. Rept. 107-549), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Medicare+Choice Program Revitalization, Medicare+Choice Competition Program Establishment, and Hospitals and Other Providers Payment Improvement: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4985) (H. Rept. 107-550), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Mercury Reduction and Disposal Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 351) (S. Rept. 107-243), S8091 [3SE]

Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4793) (H. Rept. 107-657), H6256 [13SE]

Mothers and Newborns Health Insurance Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 724) (S. Rept. 107-233), S7898 [1AU]

National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicaid: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4961) (H. Rept. 107-544), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 94), S11079 [14NO]

National Inhalants and Poison Prevention Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 206), S1935 [14MR]

Native American Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program Consolidation Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 210) (S. Rept. 107-250), S8091 [3SE]

Nomination of Elias A. Zerhouni To Be NIH Director: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S3842 [2MY]

Nomination of L.D. Britt to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Board of Regents: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S7742 [31JY]

Nomination of Linda J. Stierle to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Board of Regents: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S7742 [31JY]

Nomination of Vinicio E. Madrigal to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Board of Regents: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S7742 [31JY]

Nomination of William C. De La Pena to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Board of Regents: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S7742 [31JY]

OPIC Employees Health Coverage Under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2527), S10442 [15OC]

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4965) (H. Rept. 107-604), H5193 [23JY]

Patient Safety Improvement Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4889) (H. Rept. 107-714), H6925 [1OC]

Peace Corps Charter for the 21st Century Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 2667), S10359 [10OC]

Provide Families of Disabled Children With the Opportunity To Purchase Medicaid Coverage: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 321) (S. Rept. 107-265), S8383 [9SE]

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3448) (H. Rept. 107-481), H2734 [21MY]

Rare Diseases Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4013) (H. Rept. 107-543), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Rare Diseases Orphan Product Development Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4014) (H. Rept. 107-702), H6925 [1OC]

Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy (RAVE) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2633), S6249 [27JN]

Republic of China Observer Status at the World Health Assembly Summit in Switzerland: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (H.R. 2739), S2075 [19MR]

Require Labeling Containing Information Applicable to Pediatric Patients: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2394), S7898 [1AU]

Requirements Relative to the Sale of, or the Offer To Sell, Prescription Drugs Through the Internet: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4990) (H. Rept. 107-546), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Safe Motherhood Act for Research and Treatment (SMART Mom Act): Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2328), S8671 [17SE]

Same-Day Consideration of H. Res. 465, Consideration of H.R. 4954, Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 464) (H. Rept. 107-552), H4067 [26JN]

Social Security Abstinence Education Funding Extension Under Maternal and Child Health Programs: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4585) (H. Rept. 107-462), H2466, H2469 [14MY]

U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 2525) (S. Rept. 107-206), S6361 [8JY]

Veterans Health Care and Procurement Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans Affairs (House) (H.R. 3645) (H. Rept. 107-600), H5086 [22JY]

Veterans Hearing Loss Compensation Act: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 2237) (S. Rept. 107-234), S7898 [1AU]

Veterans' Major Medical Facilities Construction Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 4514) (H. Rept. 107-473), H2606 [16MY]

Water Investment Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1961) (S. Rept. 107-228), S7469 [29JY]

Women's Health Office Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1784) (H. Rept. 107-616), H5789 [25JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Drugs: consideration of legislation to provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals, H6957 [2OC]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (H.R. 854), complete congressional action, H7002 [3OC]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 360), H744 [7MR]

Statements

Abortion: Stephanie Horvath, Katie Blanchard, Cady Merrill, and Jesse Butler, E815 [16MY]

FDA Approval of Buprenorphine for the Treatment of Heroin Addiction: Charles R. Schuster, Wayne State University, S10657 [17OC]

———Chris-Ellyn Johanson, Wayne State University, S10657 [17OC]

———Herbert Kleber, Columbia University, S10658 [17OC]

———James H. Woods, University of Michigan, S10657 [17OC]

Genetically Modified Foods: Travis Buck, E845 [17MY]

Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act: David Beier, S7346 [25JY]

———Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of New York, S7637 [31JY]

Human Cloning Prohibition Act: American Association for the Advancement of Science, S3635 [1MY]

———Association of American Universities, S3636 [1MY]

———Hellen Mueller, S3636 [1MY]

———Lisbeth Dermody, S3636 [1MY]

———Stefanie Sonico, S3636 [1MY]

Impact of Fast Food: Rebecca L. Marquis, H3139 [4JN]

Impact of Tobacco Use: Heidi Neil and Martha Mack, H3143 [4JN]

No Help for Retirees With Employer or Union Coverage From Graham, S7624 [31JY]

Permit Concurrent Receipt of Military Retired Pay With Service-Connected Disability Benefits: Retired Enlisted Association, S5747 [19JN]

Tribute to Herb Yassky: Representative Owens, E2085 [15NO]

U.S. Aid to Third World Countries: Tim Fitzgerald, H3139 [4JN]

U.S.-Russia Partnership—A New Time a New Beginning: Several Representatives, H2828-H2834 [21MY]

Underage Drinking: Jessica Walters and Falinda Hough, E647 [26AP]

———Matt Alden, E726 [7MY]

Veterans Benefits Act: Several Members of Congress, H9003-H9007 [14NO]

Studies

Brachytherapy—A Desirable and Cost Effective Option for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer: Health Policy R&D (organization), E619 [24AP]

Summaries

Access to High Quality Child Care Act (S. 2758), S7043 [18JY]

Beneficiary Access to Care and Medicare Equity Act (S. 3018), S10663 [17OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Emergency Preparedness Research, Education, and Bio-Terrorism Prevention Act (H.R. 3253), S8026 [1AU]

Domestic Violence Screening and Services Act (S. 2236), S3305 [24AP]

Global Access to HIV/AIDS Prevention, Awareness, Education, and Treatment Act (H.R. 2069), S6701 [12JY]

Human Cloning Prohibition Act (S. 2439): Human Subject Regulations Provisions, S3636 [1MY]

Keeping Children and Families Safe Act (S. 2998), S9124 [24SE]

Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (H.R. 5651), S11549-S11551 [19NO]

Quality of Care for Individuals With Cancer Act (S. 2965), S8761 [18SE]

Reform of Energy Workers Compensation Act (H.R. 5493), E1688 [30SE]

Tables

AIDS Program funding level, S5156 [6JN]

CBO projected economic growth, S402 [6FE]

Comparison of State Federal Medicaid assistance percentages and temporary health assistance under several economic stimulus proposals, S205 [29JA]

Cost to States of proposal to provide Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S7623 [31JY]

Coverage gap in proposal to provide Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S7623 [31JY]

Estimated revenue effects of making certain steelworker retirees eligible for temporary health benefits under trade adjustment assistance programs, S4590 [21MY]

Schedule required to achieve goals of Tripling of Biomedical Research Resolution, S10732 [17OC]

Treatment costs for certain medical ailments in North Dakota, California, New York, and the District of Columbia, S8668 [17SE]

Vaccine mercury burden and autism risk in the U.S., H9108 [22NO]

Testimonies

Autism Epidemic: Lee Grossman, Autism Society of America, H9095 [22NO]

Autism Epidemic—Is the NIH and CDC Response Adequate?, E1887 [17OC]

Child Custody Protection Act: Eileen Roberts, H1367 [17AP]

Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Medical Care—Progress and Challenges: Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, H1719 [30AP]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program: Alex Smith, S9991 [4OC]

———Phil Schofield, S9992 [4OC]

Health Care and Pension Issues Affecting Steelworkers: Leo W. Gerard, United Steelworkers of America, S2817 [17AP]

Importance of Public Transportation in Rural Areas: Faye Thompson, E1303 [18JY]

Mental Health Research Funding: Lydia Lewis, National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association, E873 [22MY]

Pension Reform: Betty R. Moss, E151-E153 [14FE]

———Karl V. Farmer, E155 [14FE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 36, support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes, H3102 [4JN], H3289 [6JN]

H. Con. Res. 165, encourage continued research and education into fibroid cancer, H2632 [20MY]

H. Con. Res. 271, National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month, H2132 [7MY]

H. Con. Res. 291, combat endometriosis, H6810 [1OC]

H. Con. Res. 309, recognize importance of good cervical health and of detecting cervical cancer during its earliest stages, H2633 [20MY]

H. Con. Res. 320, increase public awareness of Scleroderma, H6146 [10SE]

H. Con. Res. 340, Meningitis Awareness Month, H3576 [17JN]

H. Con. Res. 358, support goals and ideals of National Better Hearing and Speech Month, H1714 [30AP]

H. Con. Res. 385, support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans, H5050 [22JY]

H. Con. Res. 388, National Minority Health and Health Disparities Month, H1716 [30AP]

H. Con. Res. 435, prohibit the therapeutic technique known as rebirthing, H6268 [17SE]

H. Con. Res. 466, recognize significance of bread in American history, culture, and daily diet, H8983 [14NO]

H. Con. Res. 486, Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, H7885 [10OC], H7927 [15OC], H8027 [17OC], H8038 [24OC]

H. Con. Res. 502, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, H7976 [16OC]

H. Res. 360, consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 3090, Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act, H742 [7MR]

H. Res. 388, consideration of H.R. 476, Child Custody Protection Act, H1345 [17AP]

H. Res. 398, National Fragile X Research Day, H6808 [1OC]

H. Res. 427, consideration of conference report on H.R. 3448, Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act, H2838 [22MY]

H. Res. 438, improve men's health through fitness and reduction of obesity, H3304 [11JN]

H. Res. 460, tribute to Justin W. Dart, Jr., H4707 [16JY]

H. Res. 465, consideration of H.R. 4954, Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act, H4166 [27JN]

H. Res. 498, consideration of H.R. 4965, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, H5346 [24JY]

H. Res. 526, concur with Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 3253, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Emergency Preparedness Act, H6271-H6274 [17SE]

H. Res. 536, 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, H7976 [16OC]

H. Res. 546, consideration of H.R. 4691, Abortion Non-Discrimination Act, H6566 [25SE]

H. Res. 553, consideration of H.R. 4600, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act, H6705 [26SE]

H. Res. 569, support National Drug Control Strategy, H7038 [7OC]

H.R. 476, Child Custody Protection Act, H1351 [17AP]

H.R. 1784, Women's Health Office Act, H6262-H6264 [17SE]

H.R. 2175, Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, H792 [12MR]

H.R. 3090, Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act, S1659-S1670 [7MR]

H.R. 3253, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Emergency Preparedness Research, Education, and Bio-Terrorism Prevention Act, H2610 [20MY]

H.R. 3450, Health Care Safety Net Improvement Act, H6793-H6804 [1OC]

H.R. 3580, Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act, H7153-H7160 [7OC]

H.R. 3645, Veterans Health Care and Procurement Improvement Act, H5008-H5011 [22JY]

H.R. 3699, revise certain grants for continuum of care assistance for the homeless, H253 [12FE]

H.R. 3813, Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act for the 21st Century, H6864 [1OC]

H.R. 3839, Keeping Children and Families Safe Act, H1502-H1509 [23AP]

H.R. 4013, Rare Diseases Act, H6812 [1OC]

H.R. 4014, Rare Diseases Orphan Product Development Act, H6815 [1OC]

H.R. 4514, Veterans' Major Medical Facilities Construction Act, H2614 [20MY]

H.R. 4600, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act, H6720-H6725 [26SE]

H.R. 4691, Abortion Non-Discrimination Act, H6574 [25SE]

H.R. 4793, Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act, H6789 [1OC]

H.R. 4858, improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates, H3867 [25JN]

H.R. 4946, Improving Access to Long-Term Care Act, H5107-H5109 [23JY]

H.R. 4954, Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act, H4182, H4226-H4269 [27JN]

H.R. 4965, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, H5353 [24JY]

H.R. 5542, Black Lung Consolidation of Administrative Responsibility Act, H7144 [7OC]

H.R. 5601, Keeping Children and Families Safe Act, H7876-H7882 [10OC]

H.R. 5651, Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act, H7965-H7974 [16OC]

H.R. 5716, mental health insurance coverage parity extension, H8926 [14NO]

H.R. 5738, Public Health Service Act amendment relative to special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Native Americans, H8926 [14NO]

S. 12, Peace Corps Charter for the 21st Century Act, S11736-S11738, S11771 [20NO]

S. 210, Native American Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program Consolidation Act, S8696-S8699 [17SE]

S. 351, Mercury Reduction and Disposal Act, S8329-S8334 [5SE]

S. 754, Drug Competition Act, S11341 [18NO]

S. 812, Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act, S6884-S6887 [17JY], S8007-S8012 [1AU]

S. 969, Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee, S10768 [17OC]

S. 1041, Automatic Defibrillation in Adam's Memory (ADAM) Act, S6174 [26JN]

S. 1094, Hematological Cancer Research Investment and Education Act, H1722 [30AP]

S. 1274, Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act, S432-S435 [6FE]

S. 1275, Community Access to Emergency Defibrillation Act, S436 [6FE]

S. 1533, reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured, S10755-S10766 [17OC], H7932-H7944 [16OC]

S. 1777, International Disability and Victims of Landmines, Civil Strife and Warfare Assistance Act, S8624 [13SE]

S. 1905, enhance certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs and improve administration of such programs, S236 [29JA]

S. 1922, Elder Fall Prevention Act, S493 [7FE]

S. 1961, Water Investment Act, S901-S907 [15FE]

S. 1966, Health Professionals Substance Abuse Education Act, S1211 [26FE]

S. 1984, make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services, S1422 [4MR]

S. 1990, Emergency Contraception Education Act, S1600 [6MR]

S. 2008, expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions, S1785 [12MR]

S. 2045, International Tuberculosis Control Act, S2266 [21MR]

S. 2046, Rural Health Care Facility Improvement Act, S2268 [21MR]

S. 2051, permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, S2273 [21MR]

S. 2053, Improved Vaccine Affordability and Availability Act, S2278-S2281 [21MR]

S. 2067, Medicare Safety Net Access Act, S2327 [22MR]

S. 2108, Senior Nutrition Act, S2581 [11AP]

S. 2115, Center for Bioterrorism Preparedness, S2586 [11AP]

S. 2130, allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes, S2679 [15AP]

S. 2132, establish Dept. of Veterans Affairs emergency medical preparedness centers, S2724 [16AP]

S. 2139, Community Health Workers Act, S2830 [17AP]

S. 2186, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Reorganization Act, S2839 [17AP]

S. 2187, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Emergency Medical Care Act, S2841 [17AP]

S. 2199, Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership Program Act, S2956 [18AP]

S. 2205, clarify entitlement to disability compensation of women veterans who have service-connected mastectomies and provide permanent authority for counseling and treatment for sexual trauma, S2964 [18AP]

S. 2237, Veterans Benefits Act, S11329-S11333 [18NO], H8998-H9002 [14NO]

S. 2237, Veterans Benefits Improvement Act, S9556-S9559 [26SE]

S. 2237, Veterans Hearing Loss Compensation Act, S3305 [24AP]

S. 2240, Seniors Safety Act, S3311-S3315 [24AP]

S. 2244, Prescription Drug Price Parity for Americans Act, S3316-S3318 [24AP]

S. 2271, Post-Abortion Support and Services Act, S3437 [25AP]

S. 2393, Mental Health Patients' Rights Act, S3512 [29AP]

S. 2439, Human Cloning Prohibition Act, S3632 [1MY]

S. 2449, Federal Responsibility for Immigrant Health Act, S3874 [2MY]

S. 2487, Global Pathogen Surveillance Act, S4148-S4151 [9MY]

S. 2489, Lifespan Respite Care Act, S4151-S4153 [9MY]

S. 2499, Food Allergen Consumer Protection Act, S4164 [9MY]

S. 2526, Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs amendments, S4494 [16MY]

S. 2527, provide health coverage to OPIC employees under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, S4497 [16MY], S10767 [17OC]

S. 2529, Medicare Incentive Payment Program Improvement Act, S4502 [16MY]

S. 2536, Rx Flexibility for States Act, S4627 [21MY]

S. 2547, Medicare Hospital Outpatient Department Fair Payment Act, S4717-S4719 [22MY]

S. 2558, collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries, S4845 [23MY], S8022 [1AU], H7861 [10OC]

S. 2562, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Act, S4852 [23MY]

S. 2568, MediFair Act, S4862 [23MY]

S. 2583, place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category, S5049 [5JN]

S. 2597, Rural Health Training Incentive Act, S5210 [6JN]

S. 2614, Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act, S5457 [12JN]

S. 2615, Rural Community Hospital Assistance Act, S5458-S5460 [12JN]

S. 2616, Men's Health Act, S5461 [12JN]

S. 2625, Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Act, S5587-S5597 [14JN]

S. 2626, Youth Smoking Prevention and Public Health Protection Act, S5601-S5613 [14JN]

S. 2630, Health Care for Filipino World War II Veterans Act, S5698 [18JN]

S. 2641, Ban Asbestos in America Act, S5710-S5712 [18JN]

S. 2655, A First Step to Long-Term Care Act, S5856 [20JN]

S. 2660, increase number of children participating in summer food service programs, S5858 [20JN]

S. 2667, Peace Corps Charter for the 21st Century Act, S5903-S5905 [21JN], S10595-S10598 [16OC]

S. 2677, Consumer Access to Prescription Drugs Improvement Act, S6020-S6025 [25JN]

S. 2685, Black Lung Benefits Survivors Equity Act, S6130 [26JN]

S. 2741, improve procedures for the determination of the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care, S6952 [17JY]

S. 2759, Seafood Safety Enforcement Act, S7044 [18JY]

S. 2764, Tobacco Livelihood and Economic Assistance for Our Farmers Act, S7109-S7126 [19JY]

S. 2767, Agriculture Security Preparedness Act, S7167-S7169 [22JY]

S. 2782, Seniors Health and Independence Preservation Act, S7312-S7314 [24JY]

S. 2854, Medicare Safety Net Hospital Improvement Act, S7917 [1AU]

S. 2855, Medicare Beneficiary Assistance Improvement Act, S7919 [1AU]

S. 2857, Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act, S7921-S7924 [1AU]

S. 2860, Children's Health Improvement and Protection Act, S7926 [1AU]

S. 2914, Medicare Incentive Payment Program Refinement Act, S8387 [9SE]

S. 2935, Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act, S8620 [13SE]

S. 2936, adjust certain Federal annuity computations relative to periods of receiving disability payments, S10751 [17OC]

S. 2942, Social Security Act Improvements for the Terminally Ill Act, S8677 [17SE]

S. 2990, Hispanic Health Improvement Act, S9034-S9048 [23SE]

S. 2998, Keeping Children and Families Safe Act, S9125-S9134 [24SE]

S. 3001, Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act, S9231-S9233 [25SE]

S. 3013, Local Emergency Health Services Reimbursement Act, S9432 [26SE]

S. 3035, Eliminating Profiteering Through Illegal Cigarette Sales (EPICS) Act, S9852-S9854 [2OC]

S. 3058, Energy Workers Compensation Act, S9987-S9991 [4OC]

S. 3063, Health Care That Works for All Americans Act, S10043-S10045 [7OC]

S. 3064, Health Records Confidentiality Act, S10047 [7OC]

S. 3091, Patient Abuse Prevention Act, S10363-S10367 [10OC]

S. 3095, Genetically Engineered Foods Act, S10372-S10375 [10OC]

S. 3127, Private Well Testing Assistance Act, S10679 [17OC]

S. 3173, Offering People True Insurance Options Nationwide Act, S11578 [19NO]

S. 3180, State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments availability extension, S11739 [20NO]

S. Con. Res. 94, National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month, S103 [24JA], S11149 [14NO]

S. Con. Res. 103, support goals and ideals of National Better Hearing and Speech Month, S3573 [30AP]

S. Con. Res. 103, support National Better Hearing and Speech Month goals and ideals, S3789 [1MY]

S. Con. Res. 105, prevent teen pregnancy by educating teenagers about the negative consequences of premature sexual activity, S3882 [2MY]

S. Con. Res. 112, National Emergency Medical Services Week, S4538, S4544 [17MY]

S. Con. Res. 116, increase public awareness of dyspraxia, S4726 [22MY]

S. Con. Res. 117, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 3448, Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act, S4787, S4876 [23MY], H3101 [4JN]

S. Con. Res. 121, National Health Center Week, S5544 [13JN]

S. Con. Res. 126, increase public awareness of Scleroderma, S6264 [27JN]

S. Con. Res. 129, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month, S7172 [22JY]

S. Con. Res. 138, support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans, S8388 [9SE]

S. Con. Res. 139, National Minority Health and Health Disparities Month, S8684 [17SE], S9930 [3OC]

S. Con. Res. 148, recognize significance of bread in American history, culture, and daily diet, S9433 [26SE], S10779 [17OC]

S. Con. Res. 151, Direct Support Professional Recognition Resolution, S10225 [9OC]

S. Con. Res. 153, National Visiting Nurse Associations Week, S10450 [15OC]

S. Res. 187, 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, S2504 [10AP]

S. Res. 204, recognize diplomatic importance of U.S. foreign assistance programs in fighting global terrorism and promoting national security, S351 [5FE]

S. Res. 206, National Inhalants and Poison Prevention Awareness Week, S556 [8FE], S1982 [15MR]

S. Res. 209, importance of prenatal care for women and children, S746 [13FE]

S. Res. 210, National Donor Day, S864 [14FE]

S. Res. 243, National Biotechnology Week, S2731 [16AP], S2989 [18AP]

S. Res. 269, express importance of Medicare modernization, ensure solvency, and provide coverage options and prescription drug coverage, S4334 [14MY]

S. Res. 270, National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week, S4406 [15MY], S9931 [3OC]

S. Res. 275, increase U.S. commitment to the health of the world's mothers and children, S4873 [23MY]

S. Res. 280, National Hunger Awareness Day, S4972, S4983 [4JN]

S. Res. 308, promote local farm products by implementing ``Once-a-Day'' programs, S7433 [26JY]

S. Res. 310, tribute to Justin W. Dart, Jr., S7434, S7438 [26JY]

S. Res. 314, issue postage stamp in commemoration of registered nurses, S7748 [31JY]

S. Res. 322, National Epilepsy Awareness Month, S8311 [5SE]

S. Res. 325, National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, S8570 [12SE], S9650 [30SE]

S. Res. 326, National Mammography Day, S8571 [12SE], S9177 [24SE]

S. Res. 329, Senate Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper ascertainment and settlement of claims relative to anthrax exposure in Senate complex, S8982, S8985 [20SE]

S. Res. 347, Tripling of Biomedical Research Resolution, S10730 [17OC]