HEALTH related term(s) Diseases

Addresses

Karen Hospital Dedication in Kenya: Betty Gikonyo (excerpt), E1216 [20JN]

Presentation of the Founders of Africare (organization): Jeannine B. Scott, E165 [15FE]

Amendments

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 852), S775 [7FE], S786, S869, S870 [8FE], S880, S957, S968, S982, S983, S1022, S1028, S1035, S1036, S1037 [9FE], S1074, S1075 [10FE], S1183, S1184, S1185, S1186, S1187, S1192, S1193, S1194, S1199, S1200, S1231, S1264, S1265, S1266, S1267, S1268, S1269, S1270, S1271, S1272, S1273, S1274, S1306, S1307, S1308, S1309, S1310, S1311, S1312, S1313, S1315, S1316, S1317, S1318 [14FE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 5385), H2918, H2920, H2922, H2925, H2927, H2930, H2940, H2962 [19MY]

———making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 5385), consideration (H. Res. 821), H2900 [19MY]

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), H742, H744, H746, H747, H748, H751 [8MR]

———provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), consideration (H. Res. 702), H527 [2MR]

———provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), consideration (H. Res. 710), H734 [8MR]

Insurance: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4225, S4226, S4230, S4231, S4232, S4234, S4237, S4238, S4239 [9MY], S4262, S4285, S4286, S4294, S4295, S4343, S4344, S4345, S4347, S4356, S4357, S4358, S4361, S4365, S4368, S4369, S4370, S4371, S4372, S4373, S4374, S4375, S4377, S4378 [10MY], S4479, S4480, S4481, S4494, S4497, S4498, S4499, S4500, S4501, S4502 [11MY]

Analyses

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act Potential Claims: CBO, S895 [9FE]

HSA Improvement and Expansion Act (S. 3585), S6583 [27JN]

Articles and editorials

Accutane Blamed in Suicide, H138 [1FE]

Aiming at Asbestos Bill, S753 [7FE]

Another $10 Billion, E1097 [9JN]

Asbestos Debate, S1049, S1069 [10FE]

CARICOM's Need for Universal Access in HIV/AIDS Fight, E1227 [21JN]

Colombians Rediscover Their African Roots, E1095 [9JN]

Compare and Contrast, S4312 [10MY]

Emergency in the Emergency Rooms, E1233 [21JN]

Evacuee Study Finds Declining Health, E673 [2MY]

Forward on Asbestos, S1049, S1069 [10FE]

GAO Says Government Pesters Wounded Soldiers Over Debts, S6514 [27JN]

Gaucher Disease—Learning the Truth, E1367 [11JY]

Get Ready for Health Wars, E35 [31JA]

Health Care for Veterans $1 Billion Short, S1092 [13FE]

Heart Buddies, E132 [14FE]

Help Is Here Express Visits Sulphur, E529 [6AP]

High Cost of Drug Caps, S7425 [12JY]

Holtz-Eakin Delivers Blow on Asbestos, S6553 [27JN]

How a Harlem Hospital Healed Itself, E1311 [28JN]

Invisible People, E1059 [8JN]

Iraq War May Add Stress for Past Vets—Trauma Disorder Claims at New High, S6515 [27JN]

Justice for Asbestos Victims, S754 [7FE]

Limbs Lost to Enemy Fire—Women Forge a New Reality, E871 [18MY]

Looming Specter, S854 [8FE]

Measure of a Man—Lobbyist Michael Berman Comes to Terms With Size and Self in ``Living Large'', S2119 [14MR]

Military Fails Some Widows Over Benefits, S6512-S6514 [27JN]

New Program Will Help Uninsured Get Cheaper Prescriptions, E537 [6AP]

Open the Door To Curing Alzheimer's—Why This Research Must Become an Urgent Priority, E1372 [11JY]

Prisoners, Public at Health Risk, E1311 [28JN]

Sleep Apnea Test Advised for Down's Children, E656 [27AP]

Soros Infiltrates Conservative Movement, E95 [8FE]

U.S. Budget Cuts Worry Hospitals, E135 [14FE]

Veterans Angered by File Scandal—VA Has Consistently Scored Poorly on Information Security, S6514 [27JN]

Weighing in on Weight, S2118 [14MR]

World Health—A Lethal Dose of U.S. Politics, H4204 [19JN]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy (see S. 2593), S3212 [6AP] (see H.R. 5151), H1678 [6AP]

Advertising: prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services (see H.R. 5688), H4679 [27JN]

Agriculture: ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits and vegetables and other specialty crops by enhancing competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (see S. 2487), S2689 [31MR]

———prohibit open-air cultivation or use of human food or animal feed as host plant and establish tracking system to regulate genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops (see H.R. 5267), H1979 [2MY]

———promote the humane treatment of farm animals (see H.R. 5557), H3641 [8JN]

———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. 5266), H1979 [2MY]

———require air carriers that ship live animals as cargo to ship certain live animals as mail (see S. 2395), S1965 [9MR]

American Dental Association: commend Give Kids a Smile program, emphasize need to improve access to dental care for children, and thank dentists for volunteering time to provide needed dental care (see S. Res. 369), S769 [7FE]

Armed Forces: authorize coverage for anesthesia and other costs related to dental care for children and certain other patients (see H.R. 5050), H1388 [30MR]

———enhance services available to members returning from deployment in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to assist such members in transitioning to civilian life (see S. 3517), S5949 [15JN]

———improve colorectal cancer screenings for certain TRICARE beneficiaries (see S. 2915), S4836 [19MY]

———limit increase in the cost of TRICARE health care services for military retirees (see S. 2617), S3378 [7AP]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H972 [14MR]

———require the phased recovery of overpayments made to members and delay the start of overpayment recovery from members who are wounded, injured, or incur illness in a combat operation or zone (see H.R. 4730), H224 [8FE]

———tribute to military medical professionals serving in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 416), H3226 [24MY]

Automated Defibrillation in Adam's Memory (ADAM) Act: reauthorize (see S. 2428), S2312 [16MR]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: require child care providers to provide parents information on whether such providers carry current liability insurance (see H.R. 5694), H4794 [28JN]

Childhood Stroke Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 693), H389 [16FE]

Children and youth: authorize grants to carry out educational projects on preventing teen pregnancies (see S. 2508), S2901 [5AP]

———encourage school-based programs to reduce and prevent childhood obesity, promote increased physical activity, and improve nutritional choices (see H.R. 4860), H564 [2MR]

———update definition of ``food of minimal nutritional value'' to conform to current nutrition science and protect Federal investment in national school lunch and breakfast programs (see S. 2592), S3212 [6AP] (see H.R. 5167), H1679 [6AP]

Coastal zones: recognize the effects of harmful algal blooms on the environment (see H. Res. 824), H2961 [19MY]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see S. 2206), S249 [27JA]

Courts: assign liability for injury caused by genetically engineered organisms (see H.R. 5271), H1979 [2MY]

CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see S. 3458), S5598 [7JN]

Crime: prohibit unauthorized removal or use of personal information contained in a database owned, operated, or maintained by the Federal Government (see S. 3506), S5779 [13JN] (see H.R. 5661), H4423 [21JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve safety of meat and poultry products through retrieval of history, use, and location of products using a recordkeeping and audit system or registered identification (see S. 3601), S6786 [29JN] (see H.R. 5727), H4915 [29JN]

Dept. of Energy: ensure equitable provision of pension and medical benefits to contractor employees (see S. 2794), S4469 [11MY] (see H.R. 5362), H2584 [11MY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize an Indian youth telemental health demonstration project (see S. 2245), S728 [6FE]

———authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H1851 [26AP] (see H.R. 5573), H3723 [9JN]

———change numerical identifier used to identify Medicare beneficiaries (see S. 2312), S1414 [16FE]

———establish a Biodefense Injury Compensation Program (see S. 2291), S1353 [15FE]

———establish a dental education loan repayment program to encourage dentists to serve at facilities with a critical shortage of dentists in areas with a high incidence of HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 5243), H1916 [27AP]

———establish an Office of Health Information Technology (see H.R. 4832), H508 [1MR]

———establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 5624), H4133 [15JN]

———establish comprehensive prevention, education, research, and medical management program to reduce liver cirrhosis and liver cancer caused by chronic hepatitis B infection (see S. 3558), S6419 [22JN]

———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see S. 2663), S3703 [27AP] (see H.R. 5397), H2641 [16MY]

———establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 4903), H790 [8MR]

———expand and intensify research programs concerning elder falls (see H.R. 5608), H4008 [14JN]

———improve residential treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women and programs to reduce substance abuse among nonviolent offenders (see S. 3055), S5226 [25MY] (see H.R. 5493), H3307 (see H.R. 5493), H3359 [25MY]

———promulgate regulations on protections for residents of certain facilities relative to the use of restraints and involuntary seclusion (see H. Con. Res. 363), H1129 [16MR]

———reauthorize the HIV Health Care Services Program (see S. 2339), S1540 [28FE] (see H.R. 5009), H1129 [16MR]

———require Senate confirmation for appointees to position of Assistant Sec. for Public Health Emergency Preparedness (see H.R. 5109), H1562 [5AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: carry out certain activities with respect to delivering training in age-appropriate basic life-supporting first aid skills to school children (see S. 3533), S6013 [16JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: abolish term limits for the Under Sec. for Health and the Under Sec. for Benefits and simplify appointment process (see S. 2634), S3420 [24AP]

———authorize a major medical facility project in Denver, CO (see S. 2547), S2901 [5AP] (see H.R. 5101), H1562 [5AP]

———authorize approprations for medical care and to improve the security for personal data of veterans (see S. 3531), S6013 [16JN]

———authorize major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases (see S. 3421), S5490 [6JN]

———employ additional categories of mental health professionals (see H.R. 5396), H2641 [16MY]

———establish a Hospital Quality Report Card Initiative to report on health care quality in hospitals (see S. 2358), S1644 [2MR]

———establish a personal identification number for each veteran to help preserve confidentiality of information on veterans (see H.R. 5490), H3307 (see H.R. 5490), H3359 [25MY]

———establish an Assistant Sec. for Rural Veterans and improve care provided to veterans living in rural areas (see S. 2433), S2312 [16MR]

———establish centers to provide enhanced services to veterans with amputations and prosthetic devices (see S. 2736), S4051 [4MY]

———increase assistance for disabled veterans for specially adapted housing and provide for annual increases in such assistance (see H.R. 4791), H388 [16FE]

———provide enrollment priority in health care services for veterans who are recipients of certain medals for valor (see S. 2708), S3984 [3MY]

———provide mental health services in languages other than English, as needed, for veterans and family members with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 5007), H1129 [16MR]

———publish a strategic plan for long-term care (see H.R. 5774), H5128 [12JY]

———require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see H.R. 5202), H1851 [26AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (see H.R. 5385), H2596 [15MY]

———making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 5385), consideration (see H. Res. 821), H2832 (see H. Res. 821), H2889 [18MY]

Developing countries: provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see S. 2765), S4211 [9MY]

Diseases: advance medical research and treatments of pediatric cancers, ensure access to current treatments and information, establish a national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness (see S. 2375), S1833 [7MR] (see S. 2393), S1965 [9MR] (see H.R. 4927), H867 [9MR]

———call for the declaration of lung cancer as a public health priority and the implementation of a comprehensive interagency program to reduce lung cancer mortality (see S. Res. 408), S2467 [28MR] (see H. Res. 739), H1196 [28MR]

———establish comprehensive and integrated HIV prevention strategy emphasizing the needs of women and girls in countries for which assistance is provided to combat HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 5674), H4520 [22JN]

———expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 5390), H2640 [16MY]

———increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see S. 2465), S2467 [28MR] (see H.R. 5022), H1195 [28MR]

———increase Federal commitment to supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment (see H. Res. 863), H3787 [12JN]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of, and additional research relating to Crohn's disease (see H. Con. Res. 420), H3308 (see H. Con. Res. 420), H3360 [25MY]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 5225), H1915 [27AP]

———promote research and development of drugs related to neglected and tropical diseases (see S. 2699), S3893 [2MY]

———provide grants to conduct research toward the development of a vaccine against valley fever (see H.R. 5416), H2832 (see H.R. 5416), H2890 [18MY]

———provide life-saving care for individuals with HIV/AIDS (see S. 2823), S4695 [17MY]

Drug abuse: reduce deaths occurring from overdoses of drugs or controlled substances (see S. 3557), S6419 [22JN]

Drugs: establish a federally-supported education and awareness campaign for the prevention of methamphetamine use (see S. 2315), S1414 [16FE]

———impose requirements on Internet pharmacies, require manufacturers to implement chain-of-custody procedures, and restrict exemption on importation of controlled substances for personal use (see H.R. 4769), H387 [16FE]

———provide for a comprehensive Federal response to problems relative to methamphetamine abuse (see H.R. 4763), H332 [15FE]

Ecology and environment: require Federal agencies to support health impact assessments and take other actions to improve health and the environmental quality of communities (see S. 2506), S2799 [4AP] (see H.R. 5088), H1452 [4AP]

Education: establish a student loan forgiveness program for nurses (see H.R. 5349), H2502 [10MY]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: include certain additional former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort compensation program (see S. 2439), S2313 [16MR] (see H.R. 5021), H1195 [28MR]

Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act: amend relative to availability of contact lenses (see S. 2480), S2533 [29MR] (see H.R. 5762), H5046 [11JY]

Families and domestic relations: provide grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families (see S. 3607), S6786 [29JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: eliminate an hours of service requirement for benefits (see H.R. 5364), H2584 [11MY]

———expand (see H.R. 5625), H4133 [15JN]

FDA: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 426), H3787 [12JN]

———conduct consumer testing to determine appropriateness of labeling requirements for indoor tanning devices and whether the requirements provide sufficient information on the risks such devices pose (see H.R. 4767), H387 [16FE]

———provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see S. 3128), S5228 [25MY]

———provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), consideration (see H. Res. 702), H508 [1MR] (see H. Res. 710), H644 [7MR]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit assistance to entities for course material development or instruction on human development and sexuality, if such material includes medically inaccurate information (see H.R. 5598), H3907 [13JN]

Federal aid programs: authorize grants to carry out projects to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies (see H.R. 5332), H2338 [9MY]

Federal employees: increase maximum age up to which an individual may be afforded health coverage as a dependent child (see H.R. 5087), H1452 [4AP]

———use information technology in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to increase efficiency and reduce costs (see S. 2247), S728 [6FE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to distribution of the drug dextromethorphan (see H.R. 5280), H2101 [3MY]

———increase penalties relative to counterfeit drugs (see H.R. 5156), H1678 [6AP]

———require serious adverse event reporting for dietary supplements and nonprescription drugs (see S. 3546), S6283 [21JN]

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: improve safety of mines and mining (see S. 2803), S4617 [16MY] (see H.R. 5432), H2961 [19MY] (see H.R. 5481), H3306 (see H.R. 5481), H3359 [25MY]

Food: ensure safety of genetically engineered foods (see H.R. 5268), H1979 [2MY]

———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. 5270), H1979 [2MY]

———extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (see S. 3484), S5659 [8JN] (see H.R. 5563), H3641 [8JN]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 5269), H1979 [2MY]

Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see S. 3615), S6786 [29JN] (see H.R. 5729), H4915 [29JN]

———reform State inspection of meat and poultry (see S. 3519), S5949 [15JN]

Foreign Assistance Act: provide contraceptives in developing countries in order to prevent unintended pregnancies, abortions, and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 4736), H224 [8FE]

FTC: restore authority to issue regulations on marketing and advertising to children (see H.R. 5737), H4915 [29JN]

Government regulations: improve oversight and regulation of tissue banks and the tissue donation process (see S. 2609), S3378 [7AP] (see H.R. 5209), H1852 [26AP]

Hawaii: monitor off-shore sites where chemical munitions were disposed by the Army, research the impact of chemical munition disposal in the ocean, and report on remediation of such sites (see S. 2295), S1413 [16FE] (see H.R. 4778), H388 [16FE]

Hazardous substances: phase out use of mercury in manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda (see S. 3631), S7331 [11JY]

Health care facilities: commend hospice care providers for allowing people with life-limiting illness or injury to die pain-free and with dignity (see H. Res. 667), H154 [1FE]

Health care professionals: authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students (see S. 3588), S6634 [28JN]

———permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any method of medical treatment such individual requests (see S. 2618), S3378 [7AP]

———provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 5134), H1677 [6AP]

Health care providers: establish a volunteer corps to aid in dissemination and distribution of vaccines and other countermeasures during a public health emergency (see S. 3482), S5659 [8JN]

———increase physician manpower in the areas of primary care, psychiatric care, and emergency medicine in federally designated physician shortage areas (see H.R. 5770), H5127 [12JY]

History: acknowledge African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade, recognize injustices suffered, and work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean (see S. Con. Res. 90), S3801 [1MY]

Huerta, Dolores: tribute (see H. Res. 787), H1916 [27AP]

Hurricanes: restore health care-related services in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 4858), H564 [2MR]

Immigration and Nationality Act: provide medical services in underserved areas (see S. 2425), S2202 [15MR]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 5312), H2337 [9MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2185), S123 [25JA]

Infertility: establish an interagency task force to develop a national strategy to combat the increase in infertility in the U.S. (see H.R. 5284), H2101 [3MY]

Insurance: allow employees of federally-qualified health centers to obtain health coverage (see H.R. 4980), H1128 [16MR]

———encourage enactment of compehensive health care reform legislation (see H. Con. Res. 410), H2961 [19MY]

———implement a system of electronic health records under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 4859), H564 [2MR]

———improve access to emergency medical services through medical liability reform and additional Medicare payments (see S. 2750), S4051 [4MY]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see S. 22), S3984 [3MY] (see H.R. 4838), H508 [1MR]

———permit health insurance issuers an alternative to guaranteed coverage in the small group market to promote affordable access to portable health insurance (see H.R. 5475), H3226 [24MY]

———provide for community projects that will reduce the number of uninsured individuals (see H.R. 5171), H1741 [25AP]

———recognize rising cost of health care and encourage greater patient empowerment, choice, and responsibility in health care decisions (see H. Res. 876), H4189 [16JN]

———remove month limitation on period of COBRA continuation coverage (see H.R. 5740), H4915 [29JN]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide prompt payment for health benefits claims (see S. 2551), S2901 [5AP]

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (nonprofit organization): anniversary (see H. Res. 844), H3308 (see H. Res. 844), H3361 [25MY]

James Jordan Foundation: express gratitude for improving lives of inner city youth in the U.S. and initiating a public-private collaborative to establish a women and children's hospital in Nairobi, Kenya (see H. Res. 812), H2502 [10MY]

Japan: authorize appropriate action against Japan for failing to resume the importation of U.S. beef in a timely manner (see S. 3364), S5430 [5JN]

———respond to prohibition on the importation of U.S. beef by prohibiting importation of Japanese beef into the U.S. (see H.R. 5696), H4794 [28JN]

Magen David Adom (organization): congratulate for achieving full membership in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (see H. Con. Res. 435), H4554 [26JN]

Medicaid: delay effective date of requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance (see S. 3590), S6634 [28JN]

———expand access to contraceptive services for low-income women and men (see S. 2916), S4836 [19MY]

———expand the county organized health insuring organizations authorized to enroll Medicaid beneficiaries (see H.R. 5721), H4915 [29JN]

———increase Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia (see H.R. 5508), H3307 (see H.R. 5508), H3360 [25MY]

———permit States to obtain reimbursement for care or services provided under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act in a private mental health facility (see H.R. 5400), H2704 (see H.R. 5400), H2757 [17MY]

———provide medical assistance for certain men screened and found to have prostate cancer under a federally funded screening program (see H.R. 5686), H4554 [26JN]

———repeal requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance (see S. 2305), S1413 [16FE] (see H.R. 5023), H1195 [28MR]

Medicare: amend the application of secondary payer rules to workers' compensation settlement agreements and set-asides under such agreements (see H.R. 5309), H2174 [4MY]

———coverage of, as supplies for the injection of insulin, home needle destruction devices and the disposal of needles and lancets through a sharps-by-mail or similar program (see S. 3604), S6786 [29JN]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see H.R. 5324), H2338 [9MY]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see S. 2342), S1579 [1MR]

———eliminate adjustments in payments for imaging services (see H.R. 5238), H1916 [27AP]

———eliminate months from calculation of any late enrollment penalty under the prescription drug program and provide additional funding for State health insurance counseling programs and area agencies on aging (see S. 2810), S4617 [16MY]

———eliminate prescription drug late enrollment penalty (see H.R. 5399), H2704 (see H.R. 5399), H2757 [17MY]

———eliminate the Medicare Advantage Regional Plan Stabilization Fund and extend health status adjustment (see H.R. 5064), H1389 [30MR]

———encourage eligible beneficiaries who have not enrolled in the prescription drug benefit to review available options and determine whether enrolling best meets their prescription drug needs (see H. Res. 802), H2338 [9MY]

———enhance disproportionate share hospital treatment for sole community hospitals (see S. 3624), S6787 [29JN]

———ensure adequate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 5179), H1741 [25AP]

———establish a hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (see H.R. 5465), H3225 [24MY]

———establish a Hospital Quality Report Card Initiative to assess and report on health care quality in hospitals (see S. 2359), S1644 [2MR]

———establish a pilot project to demonstrate the impact of payment for more frequent hemodialysis treatment (see H.R. 5321), H2338 [9MY]

———exempt complex rehabilitation and assistive technology products from competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 4994), H1128 [16MR]

———extend annual, coordinated election period under the prescription drug program and provide for a refund of excess premiums paid (see S. 2811), S4617 [16MY]

———extend annual coordinated election period for prescription drug plans (see H.R. 4715), H223 [8FE]

———extend certain payment methodologies provided for rural health care providers (see H.R. 5118), H1677 [6AP]

———extend eligibility period for ``Welcome to Medicare'' physical examination and eliminate coinsurance for screening mammography and colorectal cancer screening tests (see H.R. 5437), H2961 [19MY]

———extend employer subsidy payment provisions under the prescription drug program to State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs (see S. 2344), S1579 [1MR] (see H.R. 4996), H1129 [16MR]

———extend enrollment period for prescription drug benefits and Medicare Advantage plans, negotiate fair prices for prescription drugs, and improve outreach and educational efforts with respect to such benefits (see H.R. 5297), H2173 [4MY]

———extend initial enrollment period for prescription drug benefits, waive penalties for late enrollment, allow prescription drug plan enrollment changes during the first year of enrollment, and limit drug formulary changes (see H.R. 5263), H1979 [2MY]

———extend initial enrollment period for prescription drug benefits, waive penalties for late enrollment, allow prescription drug plan enrollment changes once a year, and limit drug formulary changes (see H.R. 5116), H1677 [6AP]

———extend open enrollment period for prescription drug plans and eliminate penalties for late enrollment in such plans (see H.R. 4938), H867 [9MR]

———extend open enrollment period for prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans (see H.R. 4723), H224 [8FE]

———extend open enrollment period for prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans without any late enrollment penalty (see H.R. 5387), H2640 [16MY]

———improve access to pharmacies under part D (see S. 2664), S3703 [27AP]

———improve implementation of prescription drug program (see H.R. 4796), H388 [16FE]

———improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H1679 [6AP]

———improve payments under the clinical laboratory fee schedule (see H.R. 5369), H2585 [11MY]

———include costs incurred by certain agencies, health centers, or drug assistance programs toward the out-of-pocket treshold of the prescription drug program (see S. 3650), S7415 [12JY]

———increase per resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments to hospitals (see S. 2289), S1353 [15FE]

———limit the penalty for late enrollment in the prescription drug program (see H.R. 5750), H4957 [10JY]

———make publicly available on the official Medicare Internet site payment rates for frequently reimbursed hospital inpatient procedures, hospital outpatient procedures, and physicians' services (see S. 2606), S3378 [7AP]

———permanently extend the floor on the work geographic adjustment under the fee schedule for physicians' services (see S. 3516), S5949 [15JN]

———permit beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare or Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans that change their formularies or increase prices to enroll in other plans (see S. 2313), S1414 [16FE]

———permit eligible seniors to elect to receive vouchers for health savings accounts and/or premiums for high deductible health insurance plan and suspend certain late enrollment penalties (see S. 2601), S3378 [7AP]

———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see S. 2340), S1540 [28FE]

———prohibit removal of covered drugs from prescription drug plan formularies during the plan year (see S. 2255), S864 [8FE] (see H.R. 5102), H1562 [5AP]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see S. 3500), S5779 [13JN]

———provide a special enrollment period for enrollment under the prescription drug program (see H.R. 5596), H3907 [13JN]

———provide a special enrollment period for enrollment under the prescription drug program and waive the late enrollment penalty for low-income individuals who enroll during such period (see H.R. 5691), H4679 [27JN]

———provide additional funding for State health insurance counseling programs (see H.R. 4737), H224 [8FE]

———provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services (see H.R. 4824), H508 [1MR]

———provide coverage for lung cancer screening tests for certain high-risk individuals (see H.R. 5514), H3307 (see H.R. 5514), H3360 [25MY]

———provide fair payments for care provided in a hospital emergency department (see S. 3606), S6786 [29JN]

———provide for a budget-neutral two-year moratorium on certain physician payment reductions for imaging services (see H.R. 5704), H4794 [28JN]

———provide for a Medicare Prescription Drug Ombudsman (see H.R. 5433), H2961 [19MY]

———provide for a minimum payment rate by Medicare Advantage organizations for services furnished by critical access hospitals and rural health clinics (see S. 2819), S4695 [17MY]

———provide for a permanent hold harmless provision for sole community hospitals under the prospective payment system for covered outpatient department services (see H.R. 4757), H332 [15FE]

———provide for additional outreach and education and provide a special enrollment period for individuals who qualify for an income-related subsidy under the prescription drug program (see S. 2759), S4155 [8MY]

———provide for counting expenses for nonformulary drugs against the annual out-of-pocket threshold for costs for covered drugs (see H.R. 4928), H867 [9MR]

———provide for same treatment of all individuals who applied for low-income subsidies for enrollment and waiver of late enrollment penalties under the Medicare part D program (see H.R. 5629), H4134 [15JN]

———provide residents of long-term facilities with assistance relative to prescription drug coverage (see S. 2184), S123 [25JA]

———provide special treatment of certain cancer hospitals (see H.R. 5496), H3307 (see H.R. 5496), H3359 [25MY]

———reduce coverage gap in prescription drug coverage through savings resulting from negotiation of prescription drug prices (see S. 2354), S1644 [2MR]

———reform the prescription drug program (see S. 2240), S510 [2FE] (see H.R. 4792), H388 [16FE]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 4992), H1128 [16MR]

———repeal income-related increase in part B premiums (see H.R. 5147), H1678 [6AP]

———replace the prescription drug benefit with a revised and simplified program for all beneficiaries (see H.R. 4697), H154 [1FE]

———require prescription drug plans to provide enrollee notice of less expensive part D covered drugs that may be substituted for dispensed drugs (see H.R. 4743), H273 [14FE]

———require prompt payment to pharmacies, restrict pharmacy co-branding on prescription drug cards, and provide guidelines for Medication Therapy Management Services programs under prescription drug program (see S. 2563), S3211 [6AP]

———require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims (see S. 2723), S4050 [4MY] (see H.R. 5182), H1741 [25AP] (see H.R. 5307), H2174 [4MY]

———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see S. 2990), S4967 [23MY] (see H.R. 5246), H1916 [27AP] (see H.R. 5348), H2502 [10MY]

———simplify and improve the prescription drug program (see S. 2665), S3703 [27AP]

———stabilize amount of part B premium (see S. 2687), S3801 [1MY]

———suspend prescription drug late enrollment penalty (see H.R. 5173), H1741 [25AP] (see H.R. 5336), H2501 [10MY]

———treatment of certain physician pathology services (see S. 3609), S6786 [29JN]

———waive monthly beneficiary premium under prescription drug plan or Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan during months in which an enrollee has a gap in coverage (see S. 3647), S7415 [12JY]

———waive waiting period for coverage of individuals disabled with distant stage cancer (see H.R. 5615), H4008 [14JN]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: repeal cost containment provisions (see H.R. 5518), H3307 (see H.R. 5518), H3360 [25MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: assure uninterupted access to necessary medicines under the prescription drug benefit (see S. 2238), S446 [1FE] (see H.R. 4685), H153 [1FE]

———dual eligible benefits continuity, off-label uses of certain prescription drugs and biological products, and determinations denying coverage and certain costs incurred by pharmacies (see H.R. 5193), H1741 [25AP]

———eliminate cost-sharing for certain dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see S. 2234), S446 [1FE] (see H.R. 4722), H224 [8FE]

———eliminate cost-sharing for dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see S. 2203), S211 [26JA]

———make improvements to payments to Medicare Advantage plans and reinstate protections in Medicaid against excessive out-of-pocket costs, inadequate benefits, and health care coverage loss (see S. 2260), S864 [8FE] (see H.R. 4719), H223 [8FE]

———provide for continuity of coverage of prescription drugs under the prescription drug plans for full-benefit dual eligible individuals (see H.R. 4937), H867 [9MR]

———provide for necessary dual eligible beneficiary protections in order to ensure access to the prescription drug benefit program (see S. 2183), S19 [20JA] (see S. 2183), S123 [25JA] (see H.R. 4660), H23 [31JA]

———reduce cost-sharing for certain dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see S. 2409), S2122 [14MR]

———reimburse States for costs incurred by covering dual eligible populations under the Medicare prescription drug benefit plan (see S. 2181), S19 [20JA] (see S. 2181), S123 [25JA] (see H.R. 4663, 4665), H23 (see H.R. 4675), H24 [31JA] (see H.R. 4721), H223 [8FE]

Mental health: improve quality and availability of mental health services for children and adolescents (see S. 3449), S5490 [6JN]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see S. 3529), S5950 [15JN]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2585 [11MY]

National Academy of Sciences: evaluate certain Federal regulations for potential harmful impacts on public health and the environment and direct Federal agencies to reverse those harmful impacts (see H.R. 5235), H1916 [27AP]

National Asbestos Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 368), S769 [7FE] (see S. Res. 402), S2202 [15MR]

National Association of State Veterans Homes: tribute (see S. Res. 417), S2689 [31MR] (see H. Con. Res. 347), H389 [16FE]

National Blood Reserve: establish (see H. Res. 716), H867 [9MR]

National Childhood Stroke Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 465), S4051 [4MY]

National Cushing's Syndrome Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 423), S2800 [4AP]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 357), H972 [14MR]

National Dysphagia Awareness Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 374), H1390 [30MR]

National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 499), S5430 [5JN]

National Guard: allow members of the Selected Reserve enrolled in the TRICARE program to pay premiums with pre-tax dollars (see S. 3550), S6283 [21JN]

National Health IT Week: designate (see S. Res. 506), S5659 [8JN]

National HIV Testing Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 433), H4520 [22JN]

National Inflammatory Skin Disease Awareness Month: establish (see H. Res. 652), H24 [31JA]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 508), S5779 [13JN]

National MPS Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 378), S1414 [16FE]

National objectives: establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity and eating disorders (see H.R. 5698), H4794 [28JN]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedure (see S. 2229), S370 [31JA] (see H.R. 4683), H153 [1FE]

———promote preventive health care (see H.R. 5657), H4423 [21JN]

National Physical Education and Sports Month: establish (see H. Res. 696), H389 [16FE]

National Physical Education and Sports Week: establish (see H. Res. 696), H389 [16FE]

National Professional Medical Coder Day: designate (see S. Res. 509), S5779 [13JN]

National Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 450), S3704 [27AP]

National School Lunch Act: improve summer food service program for children (see H.R. 5344), H2502 [10MY]

National security: enhance security and protect against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities (see H.R. 4999), H1129 [16MR]

———improve preparedness for and response to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies (see S. 3042), S5226 [25MY]

———prepare and strengthen biodefenses against deliberate, accidental, and natural outbreaks of illness (see S. 2564), S3211 [6AP] (see H.R. 5533), H3423 [6JN]

———take actions to detect, prevent, and minimize consequences of terrorist or criminal attacks on chemical facilities (see S. 2486), S2603 [30MR]

National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 439), S3378 [7AP] (see H. Res. 779), H1852 [26AP]

National Time-Out Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 482), S4696 [17MY] (see H. Res. 825), H2961 [19MY] (see H. Res. 831), H3016 [22MY]

National Vigil for Lost Promise: designate (see S. Res. 462), S3984 [3MY]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 422), H3424 [6JN]

Native Americans: improve health care under Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Programs (see S. 3524), S5950 [15JN]

Nuclear energy: require a licensee to notify the State, county, and public in which a facility is located whenever there is an unplanned release of fission products in excess of allowable limits (see S. 2348), S1579 [1MR] (see H.R. 4825), H508 [1MR]

Occupational safety and health: prohibit promulgation of safety and health standards that do not meet certain requirements for national concensus standards (see H.R. 5554), H3641 [8JN]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend to protect State and local government employees (see H.R. 5320), H2338 [9MY]

Older Americans Act: establish National Long-Term Care Choice Program (see S. 2620), S3378 [7AP]

OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (see S. 2382), S1834 [7MR] (see S. 2510), S2901 [5AP]

Oral health: improve access to services and prevent diseases (see S. Res. 483), S4796 [18MY] (see H. Res. 722), H972 [14MR]

Organ donation: clarify that kidney paired donation and kidney list donations do not involve the transfer of a human organ for valuable consideration (see S. 2306), S1413 [16FE]

———establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors and their families (see S. 2283), S1175 [14FE] (see H.R. 4753), H273 [14FE]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 745), H1320 [29MR]

Pharmaceuticals: enhance research and education in the areas of pharmaceutical and biotechnology science and engineering (see S. 2793), S4469 [11MY]

———expand human clinical trials qualifying for the orphan drug tax credit (see H.R. 5080), H1452 [4AP]

———prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (see S. 3582), S6560 [27JN]

———provide for prices that are fair to the producer and the consumer (see H.R. 4850), H564 [2MR]

Psoriasis: support effective treatment of and access to care for individuals with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see S. Res. 420), S2730 [3AP] (see H. Con. Res. 340), H273 [14FE]

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act: revise and extend (see S. 2792), S4469 [11MY]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (see H.R. 5250), H1916 [27AP]

———amend to transfer the National Disaster Medical System to the Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 5438), H3015 [22MY]

———expand and improve traumatic brain injury programs (see H.R. 5738), H4915 [29JN]

———protection of human subjects in research (see H.R. 5578), H3723 [9JN]

———provide waivers relating to grants for preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers (see H.R. 5472), H3226 [24MY]

Radioactive substances: require suspension of the use, sale, development, production, testing, and export of depleted uranium munitions pending outcome of certain studies of the health effects of such munitions (see H.R. 5303), H2174 [4MY]

Research: derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (see S. 2754), S4107 [5MY] (see H.R. 5526), H3423 [6JN]

———prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes (see S. 3504), S5779 [13JN] (see H.R. 5719), H4914 [29JN]

Ryan White Care Act: prevent any reauthorization from imposing catastrophic losses in funding for States with the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS (see H. Res. 893), H4554 [26JN]

Safe Drinking Water Act: eliminate security risks by replacing the use of extremely hazardous gaseous chemicals with inherently safer technologies (see S. 2855), S4796 [18MY] (see S. 2920), S4891 [22MY]

San Antonio, TX: authorize construction of an advanced training skills facility at Brooke Army Medical Center (see S. 2293), S1413 [16FE]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (see S. 3491), S5717 [12JN] (see H.R. 5552), H3496 [7JN]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see H.R. 4993), H1128 [16MR]

———improve quality of life (see H.R. 5211), H1852 [26AP]

———prevent abuse and exploitation of older individuals (see H.R. 5722), H4915 [29JN]

———provide funding and incentives for caregiver support and long-term care assistance (see S. 2244), S510 [2FE]

Small business: certify programs to provide health coverage to uninsured employees (see S. 2588), S3212 [6AP]

———establish a health benefits program (see H.R. 5288), H2173 [4MY]

———establish a small business health insurance information pilot program (see S. 2607), S3378 [7AP]

Social Security: allow States to expand or add coverage of pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 5728), H4915 [29JN]

———continuation of benefit payment through the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 5189), H1741 [25AP]

———limit service of members of certain trust fund boards of trustees and require the President to consult with Committee on Finance (Senate) prior to nomination of members of such boards (see S. 2752), S4051 [4MY]

———make all uninsured children eligible for the State Children's Health Insurance Program and simplify enrollment and renewal procedures for Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4760), H332 [15FE]

States: provide grants for developing trauma care systems (see H.R. 5555), H3641 [8JN]

———provide innovation in health care through State initiatives that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system (see S. 2772), S4211 [9MY]

Tariff: manicure and pedicure sets (see S. 2717), S4050 [4MY]

Taxation: add meningococcal vaccines to the list of taxable vaccines for purposes of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund (see H.R. 5135), H1677 [6AP]

———add papillomavirus vaccines to the list of taxable vaccines for purposes of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund (see H.R. 5495), H3307 (see H.R. 5495), H3359 [25MY]

———allow a credit for contributions to charities providing assistance for health insurance premiums and drug copayments to transition the uninsured and Medicaid patients into private insurance (see H.R. 5613), H4008 [14JN]

———allow a deduction for health and long-term care insurance costs of individuals not participating in employer-subsidized health plans (see S. 2379), S1833 [7MR]

———allow a refundable credit to subsidize the cost of COBRA continuation coverage for certain individuals (see S. 2270), S979 [9FE]

———allow deduction for high deductible health plan premiums and a credit for certain employment taxes paid relative to such premiums and contributions to health savings accounts (see S. 2494), S2730 [3AP]

———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 4961), H1059 [15MR]

———allow taxpayers to designate income tax refunds for veterans' health benefits (see H.R. 5044), H1319 [29MR]

———deny deduction for certain gifts and benefits provided to physicians by prescription drug manufacturers (see H.R. 4706), H160 [7FE]

———establish long-term care trust accounts and allow a refundable tax credit for contributions to such accounts (see S. 2397), S1965 [9MR]

———expand use of health savings accounts for the payment of health insurance premiums for high deductible health plans purchased in the individual market (see S. 2549, 2554), S2901 [5AP] (see H.R. 5586), H3787 [12JN]

———expand use of health savings accounts to include health insurance payments and increase limits for contributions to, and allow rollover of certain unused funds into, health savings accounts (see S. 3488), S5683 [9JN]

———improve and expand availability of health savings accounts (see S. 3585), S6560 [27JN] (see H.R. 5743), H4916 [29JN]

———increase contribution limits for health savings accounts (see S. 2424), S2202 [15MR]

———modernize treatment of biomedical research corporations (see H.R. 5115), H1676 [6AP]

———provide a credit to certain concentrated animal feeding operations for the cost of complying with environmental protection regulations (see S. 3596), S6786 [29JN] (see H.R. 5775), H5128 [12JY]

———provide a credit to employers for employee catastrophic health care costs and to health insurance companies for insurer catastrophic health care costs (see S. 2558), S3211 [6AP]

———provide a credit to rural primary health providers (see S. 2789), S4469 [11MY]

———provide a refundable credit for high deductible health plans for uninsured individuals (see S. 2701), S3984 [3MY]

———provide incentives for supplying health insurance to employees of small employers (see S. 2457), S2415 [27MR]

———provide incentives to improve research competitiveness (see S. 2720), S4050 [4MY]

———provide tax incentives for the payment of premiums for high deductible health plans (see H.R. 5262), H1979 [2MY]

———provide tax incentives to assist in preparing for the financial impact of long-term care needs (see S. 2281), S1175 [14FE]

———treat certain amounts paid for exercise equipment and physical fitness programs as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 5479), H3306 (see H.R. 5479), H3359 [25MY]

Technology: enhance adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information technology system and improve the quality and reduce the costs of health care (see H.R. 4726), H224 [8FE]

———establish national health information exchange network, encourage creation and use of secure and portable electronic health records, and provide tax incentives to promote participation (see S. 3454), S5490 [6JN] (see H.R. 5559), H3641 [8JN]

———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see S. 2322), S1461 [17FE]

———provide access to telehealth services in the home (see S. 2282), S1175 [14FE]

U.S.-Mexico border: establish grant programs to improve the health of residents and for bioterrorism preparedness in the area (see S. 2825), S4695 [17MY] (see H.R. 5412), H2705 (see H.R. 5412), H2757 [17MY]

Ukraine: anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident (see H. Res. 703), H509 [1MR]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 2385), S1893 [8MR]

———improve health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 5524), H3423 [6JN]

———mental health care funding (see S. 2351), S1579 [1MR]

———provide that World War II merchant mariners who were awarded the Mariners Medal are provided the same eligibility for Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care as Purple Heart recipients (see H.R. 5758), H5046 [11JY]

———require a program to improve the provision of caregiver assistance services (see S. 2753), S4051 [4MY]

Vietnamese Conflict: provide compensation to Federal employees or defense contractors who suffered disability or death due to exposure to Agent Orange (see H.R. 4739), H224 [8FE]

WHO: seek inclusion of certain requirements of the International Health Regulations as obligations under the World Trade Organization (see H.R. 5237), H1916 [27AP]

Women: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the delivery of obstetrical and gynecological services (see S. 23), S3984 [3MY]

———improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see S. 2278), S1175 [14FE] (see H.R. 4747), H273 [14FE]

———recognize benefits of breastfeeding (see S. Res. 403), S2313 [16MR]

———strengthen family planning services (see S. Res. 485), S4891 [22MY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H2705 (see H. Con. Res. 404), H2757 [17MY]

Women's Health Week: observance (see S. Con. Res. 95), S4796 [18MY] (see S. Res. 487), S4891 [22MY] (see H. Con. Res. 403), H2705 (see H. Con. Res. 403), H2757 [17MY] (see H. Res. 833), H3137 [23MY]

Cloture motions

Insurance: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4326 [10MY], S4459 [11MY]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), motion to proceed, S4095 [5MY], S4165 [9MY]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (S. 22), motion to proceed, S4095 [5MY], S4146 [8MY]

Cost Estimates

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act (S. 852): CBO, S888-S894 [9FE]

Excerpts

Dept. of HHS indemnification clause in contract with Chiron Corp., S3778 [1MY]

Dept. of HHS special product liability and indemnification clause in contract with Sanofi Pasteur Inc., S3778 [1MY]

News reports on adult and non-embryonic stem cell research advances and updates, S4006 [4MY], S4202 [9MY]

Factsheets

Border Health Security Act (S. 2825), S4700 [17MY]

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act Transparency, S886 [9FE]

Health Partnership Act (S. 2772), S4221 [9MY]

Letters

Adult stem cell research: Jacki Rabon, S6734 [29JN]

———Mary Schneider, S6733 [29JN]

Announcement of hold on any legislation affecting Oregon's physician-assisted suicide law: Senator Wyden, S7 [18JA]

Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident anniversary: Alexander B. Kuzma, Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund (organization), H1405 [4AP]

———Kathy Ryan, Chernobyl Children's Project International, Inc., H1406 [4AP]

Comprehensive Entitlement Reform Commission: David P. Sloane, AARP, S2253 [16MR]

Democratic Party national agenda: several Senators, S6594 [28JN]

Deny tax deduction for certain gifts and benefits provided to physicians by prescription drug manufacturers: Leana S. Wen and Christopher P. McCoy, American Medical Student Association Foundation, E77 [7FE]

Dept. of HHS appeal of Cookeville v. Thompson decision on Medicare disproportionate share hosital payments: Tennessee congressional delegation, E391 [16MR]

Dept. of HHS participation in National Conference on Methamphetamine, HIV, and Hepatitis: Representative Souder, Committee on Government Reform (House), H829, H830 [9MR]

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: Alan Reuther, UAW, S715 [6FE], S847 [8FE], S1150 [14FE]

———Carter G. Phillips, S949 [9FE]

———Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S714 [6FE], S754 [7FE]

———Donald B. Marron, CBO, S1146 [14FE]

———Douglas Holtz-Eakin, CBO, S894 [9FE]

———Financial Institutions for Asbestos Reform (organization), S1148 [14FE]

———James A. Grogan, International Association of Heat & Frost Insulators & Asbestos Workers, S715 [6FE], S847 [8FE]

———James A. Grogan, Terry Lynch, and James P. McCourt, International Association of Heat & Frost Insulators & Asbestos Workers, S715 [6FE], S847 [8FE]

———James A. Grogan and James P. McCourt, International Association of Heat & Frost Insulators & Asbestos Workers, S1149 [14FE]

———James A. Williams, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, S713 [6FE], S848 [8FE], S1149 [14FE]

———James D. Randles, Military Order of the Purple Heart, S714 [6FE]

———John J. Sweeney, AFL-CIO, S712 [6FE]

———Laurence H. Tribe, S948 [9FE]

———National Governors Association, S714 [6FE]

———Senator Specter, S6553 [27JN]

———several asbestos victims groups, S782 [8FE]

———several military and veterans organizations, S714 [6FE], S754 [7FE]

———several organizations, S755 [7FE]

Health Care Access for Small Businesses Act: Anthony R. Tersigni, Ascension Health (organization), S4883 [22MY]

———Dennis H. Smith, Upper Peninsula Health Plan, Inc., S4883 [22MY]

———Gerald D. Fitzgerald, Oakwood Healthcare, Inc., S4884 [22MY]

———Marsha J. Casey, Trinity Health (organization), S4883 [22MY]

———Robert A. Ficano, Wayne County, MI, S4883 [22MY]

———Stanley Goldberg, CovertheUninsured.org (Internet site), S4884 [22MY]

Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act: Christine Gregoire, Governor of Washington, S4200 [9MY]

———Christopher F. Koller, S4452 [11MY]

———Cleve L. Killingsworth, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, S4458 [11MY]

———Janet Trautwein, National Association of Health Underwriters, S4313 [10MY]

———Mila Kofman, Georgetown University, S4326 [10MY]

———Peter J. Dunbar, Washington State Medical Association, S4200 [9MY]

Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act: Cecil E. Roberts, United Mine Workers of America, H3457 [7JN]

———Kraig R. Naasz, National Mining Association, H3457 [7JN]

———Representative McKeon, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H3457 [7JN]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H3457 [7JN]

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: Chelsey Cogil, S1529 [28FE]

National Uniformity for Food Act: Connie Tipton, International Dairy Foods Association, and Jerry Kozak, National Milk Producers Federation, H742 [8MR]

———Don Ament, Colorado Dept. of Agriculture, H524 [2MR]

———J. Carlton Courter III, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, H728 [8MR]

———Representative Barton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H538 [2MR]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H538 [2MR]

Permit negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs and use resulting savings for budget deficit reduction: David P. Sloane, AARP, S2020 [13MR]

Repeal Medicaid requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance: Beth Giesting, Hawaii Primary Care Association, S1425 [16FE]

———Jeffrey B. Caballero, Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, S1426 [16FE]

———John McComas, AlohaCare (organization), S1426 [16FE]

———Larisa Casillas, Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network, S1426 [16FE]

———Lynn Kersey, Maternal and Child Health Access (organization), S1425 [16FE]

Repeal requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance under the Medicaid program: Georges C. Benjamin, American Public Health Association, S1887 [8MR]

———Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, S1886 [8MR]

———Jeanette Zanipatin, California Immigrant Welfare Collaborative (organization), S1885 [8MR]

———Joseph Villela, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, S1885 [8MR]

———Laurence M. Lavin, National Health Law Program (organization), S1886 [8MR]

———Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund (organization), S1886 [8MR]

———Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA (organization), S1886 [8MR]

Request for a compulsory license for cancer drug Avastin: Respresentative Kucinich, E535 [6AP]

Rural veterans health care improvement: James D. Randles, Military Order of the Purple Heart, E1025 [6JN]

———John Rowan, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., E1025 [6JN]

———Steve Robertson, American Legion, E1025 [6JN]

Safe Blood for Africa Initiative: John Bruton, European Union, H3651 [9JN]

———Kofi Annan, U.N., H3651 [9JN]

———Tony Blair, Prime Minister of Great Britain, H3651 [9JN]

Small Employers Health Benefits Program Act: National Association of Insurance Commissioners, S4312 [10MY]

Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act: Nancy Reagan, S7172 [29JN]

———Paul Berg, S7172 [29JN]

———several Senators, S3999 [4MY]

Veterans health care funding: Dennis Cullinan, VFW, S2094 [14MR]

———several veterans organizations, S2081 [14MR]

———Steve Robertson, American Legion, S494 [2FE], S1090 [13FE]

Lists

Current human clinical applications using adult stem cells, S4005 [4MY], S4203 [9MY]

Groups supporting S. Res. 439, National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week, S3401 [7AP]

Organizations oppposed to S. 1955, Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act, S4197 [9MY]

Organizations supporting H.R. 4167, National Uniformity for Food Act, H522 [2MR], H730 [8MR]

Memorandums

National Uniformity for Food Act: Bill Lockyer, California Attorney General, H532 [2MR]

Messages

National Drug Control Strategy: President Bush, S861 [8FE]

State of the Union: President Bush, S366-S370 [31JA]

Motions

FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), H755 [8MR]

———provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), consideration (H. Res. 702), H528 [2MR]

Insurance: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4095 [5MY], S4286 [10MY]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (S. 22), S4095 [5MY]

Petitions

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: asbestos victims and families, S763 [7FE]

Press releases

Christensen Urges Managed Health Care Execs To Help Close Disparities Gap: Congressional Black Caucus, E698 [3MY]

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: Bates White, LLC, S763 [7FE]

Remarks in House

Abortion: effect of parental notification laws on abortion rates, H877 [14MR]

———pro choice versus right to life, E119-E123 [8FE]

Africa: develop a comprehensive strategy to protect blood supply, E1304 [28JN]

Africa Malaria Day: observance, E593 [25AP], E650 [27AP]

Africare (organization): anniversary, E164 [15FE]

Agriculture: prohibit open-air cultivation or use of human food or animal feed as host plant and establish tracking system to regulate genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops (H.R. 5267), E687 [2MY]

AID: President's Malaria Intitiative funding, H3528 [8JN]

ALS Awareness Month: observance, E915 [19MY]

American Association of Nurse Anesthetists: anniversary, E1167 [16JN]

American Burn Association: tribute, E374 [15MR]

American Heart Association: tribute to Go Red for Women campaign, H336 [16FE]

———tribute to ``Go Red for Women'' campaign, E290 [7MR]

American Heart Month: observance, E239 [1MR]

American Red Cross: tribute to Southern Maryland Red Cross chapter, E294 [7MR]

American Red Cross Month: observance, E166 [15FE], E294 [7MR], E373 [15MR], E473 [30MR]

Animals: create an animal identification system to better track bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and other prion diseases, H942 [14MR]

Armed Forces: commend medical personnel for care of combat casualties (H. Con. Res. 309), H977 [15MR]

———improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (H.R. 2131), H3023 [23MY]

———limit increase in the cost of TRICARE health care services, H2361, H2365 [10MY], H2511, H2513, H2517, H2545 [11MY]

———limit increase in the cost of TRICARE health care services for female military retirees, H1458 [5AP]

———performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, H2448-H2451 [10MY]

———require pre- and post-deployment mental health screening for military personnel, H2916, H2920 [19MY]

———tribute to female soldiers who have become amputees due to war injuries, E870 [18MY]

Asthma Awareness Day: observance, H1986 [3MY]

Aviation: tribute to Mercy Flight, Inc., E1369 [11JY]

Bell, Ray: American Cancer Society Lane W. Adams Quality of Life Award recipient, E297 [7MR]

Berlot, Alma: Wyoming Valley, PA, Women's Club Woman of the Year award recipient, E692 [3MY]

Blair, Patrick: commend effort to bicycle across America to raise awareness of diabetes and support for disabled children in Africa, E1036 [7JN]

Brachman, Leon H.: All Saints Health Foundation Centennial Heritage Award recipient, E413 [28MR]

Brady Kohn Foundation, Inc.: tribute, E288 [7MR]

Brain Awareness Week: observance, H1126 [16MR]

Brain Injury Awareness Day: observance, E331 [9MR]

Bronx Community College: tribute to Annual Hall of Fame 10K Run, E762 [10MY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H162, H220 [8FE]-H382 [16FE], H438 [28FE]-H558, H560 [2MR], H615, H616, H618 [7MR], H650, H759 [8MR], H1957-H1963 [2MY], H3716-H3721 [9JN]

Bureau of Customs and Border Patrol: confiscation and destruction of reimported prescription drugs from Canada, H299 [15FE], H3289 [25MY]

Burkin, Gerald: American Medical Response, Inc., Star of Life award recipient, E763 [10MY]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, H1984, H1988 [3MY]

———State of the Union Message, H304 [15FE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Tourette Syndrome Education and Research Program funding, E66 [1FE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: provide for product specific reimbursement for separate immune globulins and recognize infusion of immune globulins as a biologic response modifier, E52 [1FE]

Chicago, IL: anniversary of Shriners Hospital for Children, E1092 [9JN]

Children and youth: increase awareness of obstructive sleep apnea in children and the need for baseline testing, E656 [27AP]

———link between child vaccinations containing mercury and autism, H357 [16FE]

———provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking, H1436 [4AP]

———provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking (H.R. 864), H1874 [27AP], H3012 [22MY]

———provide humanitarian support for Iraqi children in urgent need of medical care, H2467, H2468 [10MY]

Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons: report, E1311 [28JN]

Congressional Ukrainian Caucus: sponsorship of events relative to anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident, H1711 [25AP]

Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Foundation: anniversary, E1128 [13JN]

Correctional institutions: reduce recidivism of prisoners through improved substance abuse treatment programs, H4635 [27JN]

Courts: assign liability for injury caused by genetically engineered organisms (H.R. 5271), E687 [2MY]

———repeal comprehensive liability protection for manufacturers of avian flu pandemic vaccines and products, H1092, H1093 [16MR]

Cover the Uninsured Week: observance, H1986, H2082 [3MY], H2106 [4MY], E688 [2MY], E707 [3MY], E721 [4MY], E738, E746 [5MY]

Dallas, TX: tribute to UT Southwestern Hospital and Baylor Health Care System, E154 [14FE]

Day of Hearts—Congenital Heart Defect Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 629), H234-H236 [14FE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H3772-H3777 [12JN], H3983, H3986, H3988 [14JN], H4181-H4187 [16JN]

Denton, TX: Denton Regional Medical Center inclusion in Dallas Business Journal ``Top-Ranked Best Places to Work'' list, E847 [17MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service bovine tuberculosis eradication program funding, H3061, H3062 [23MY]

———bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) tracking programs funding, H3066-H3068 [23MY]

Dept. of Defense: anniversary of Uniformed Services Family Health Plan, E626 [26AP], E634 [27AP]

———conduct ballistic tests and evaluation of combat helmets, H4286, H4287 [20JN]

———conduct epidemiological study to determine health impact of ocean disposed chemical munitions on human populations, H2447, H2448 [10MY]

———prosthetic research funding, H4258, H4259 [20JN]

Dept. of Energy: ensure equitable provision of pension and medical benefits to contractor employees, H3163 [24MY]

———ensure equitable provision of pension and medical benefits to contractor employees (H.R. 5362), E824 [12MY]

Dept. of HHS: AIDS Drug Assistance Program funding, H3365 [6JN]

———authorize appropriations for the health centers program (H.R. 5201), E629 [27AP]

———authorize appropriations for the health centers program (H.R. 5573), H4359-H4365 [21JN], E1257, E1263 [23JN], E1286 [27JN]

———encourage dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology (H.R. 4157), H2311 [9MY]

———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (H.R. 5397), H2600 [16MY]

———tribute to Strong Women Stand Tall osteoporosis awareness program, E903 [19MY]

———verify that proposed food safety legislation will pose no additional risk to public health or safety from terrorist attacks on the food supply, H746 [8MR]

Dept. of HUD: Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program funding, H3856 [13JN]

———Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Program funding, H3862 [13JN], E1187 [16JN]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding to prevent certain States from implementing State laws authorizing use of medical marijuana, H4735-H4739 [28JN], E1334 [29JN]

———Safe Return Program for Alzheimer's patients funding, H4639, H4640 [27JN]

Dept. of State: provide assistance to Mexico to prevent the production of methamphetamine and prevent diversion of methamphetamine precursors for illicit use, H3652, H3653 [9JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow anesthesiologist assistants to provide care at departmental medical facilities, H2926 [19MY]

———cooperate with NIH in facilitating research on managing medical issues associated with hepatitis C, H2930 [19MY]

———funding, H3482 [7JN]

———provide mental health services in languages other than English, as needed, for veterans and family members with limited English proficiency (H.R. 5007), H3146 [24MY]

———tribute to health care and services provided to veterans, E484 [30MR]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: establish offsets for funding for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services through reductions in tax cuts, H2931 [19MY]

———making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 5385), H2902-H2944 [19MY], E968 [26MY]

———making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 5385), consideration (H. Res. 821), H2894-H2902 [19MY]

———prohibit funding to promulgate regulations without consideration of effect on competitiveness of U.S. business, H2940 [19MY]

Developing countries: make access to safe water and sanitation a specific policy objective of U.S. foreign assistance programs, H1063 [16MR], H3531, H3535-H3537 [8JN]

Diseases: anniversary of first reported HIV/AIDS case in the U.S., H3627 [8JN], E1097 [9JN]

———combat avian flu, increase local preparedness, and create a program to develop a vaccine, H4537-H4540 [26JN], H5042-H5044 [11JY]

———demographics of HIV/AIDS victims, E1143 [14JN], E1227 [21JN]

———establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (H.R. 4033), E915 [19MY]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in developing countries, H4203 [19JN]

———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic, H1984, H1988 [3MY], H3708 [9JN], E812 [12MY]

———increase Federal commitment to supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment (H. Res. 863), E1122 [12JN], E1256 [23JN]

———increase minority awareness of kidney disease, E553 [7AP]

———medical research funding, H1571 [6AP]

———prevent and cure juvenile diabetes, E996 [26MY]

———provide assistance to countries to combat tuberculosis, H3690 [9JN]

———provide grants to conduct research toward the development of a vaccine against valley fever (H.R. 5416), E876 [18MY]

———support education efforts to increase awareness of the need for folic acid to prevent birth defects, H201 [8FE]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (H. Res. 323), H4368-H4371 [21JN], E1256 [23JN]

Driscoll, Adam: commend effort to bicycle across America to raise awareness of diabetes and support for disabled children in Africa, E1036 [7JN]

Drugs: establish certain restrictions on drugs containing isotretinoin, including the drug marketed as Accutane, H138 [1FE]

———provide for a comprehensive Federal response to problems relative to methamphetamine abuse (H.R. 4763), H1499 [5AP]

———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines, H422 [28FE], H591, H600 [7MR], H650 [8MR], H799, H803 [9MR], H1436 [4AP]

DuBois Circle (organization): anniversary, E669 [1MY]

Economy: increase in household debt, H3646 [9JN]

Education: establish a student loan forgiveness program for nurses (H.R. 5349), H2343 [10MY]

———extend student loan forgiveness to include child and adolescent mental health professionals, H1337, H1338 [30MR]

———extend student loan forgiveness to include medical specialists with a residency program of more than five years, H1275 [29MR]

———extend student loan forgiveness to school counselors, social workers, and psychologists, H1356 [30MR]

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Awareness Month: observance, E803 [11MY], E900 [19MY]

Emery, William K.: Berrien County, MI, Health Dept., Friend of Public Health Award recipient, E708 [3MY]

Employment: impact of illegal immigration on U.S. workforce, H3350-H3354 [25MY]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: include certain former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort under the compensation program (H.R. 3481), E1222 [21JN]

Families USA (organization): study on Medicare prescription drug plans, E1254 [23JN], E1310 [28JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: expand (H.R. 5625), E1171 [16JN]

FDA: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 426), H4357-H4359 [21JN]

———Center for Veterinary Medicine animal antibiotic use study funding, H3093 [23MY]

———expedite consideration of State petitions for adoption of food warnings relative to cancer-causing agents, reproductive effects or birth defects, or children's exposure to certain harmful agents, H744-H746 [8MR]

———improve ability to ensure drug safety, H3077 [23MY]

———permit States to maintain or enact food warning laws that require notifications regarding health risks associated with sulfiting agents in bulk foods, H748-H751 [8MR]

———provide for Alzheimer's disease research and demonstration grants, E1372 [11JY]

———provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), H530-H539 [2MR], H574 [7MR], H739-H758 [8MR], E332, E336 [9MR], E467 [30MR]

———provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), consideration (H. Res. 702), H521-H529 [2MR]

———provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), consideration (H. Res. 710), H727-H736 [8MR], E340 [9MR]

———provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (H.R. 4167), motion to recommit, H755, H756 [8MR]

———State notification requirement regarding the presence or potential effects of mercury in fish and shellfish, H751, H752 [8MR]

———withdraw approved application for the drug known as RU-486 and review process by which the FDA approved such drug (H.R. 1079), H1136 [28MR]

Federal employees: health and fitness program programs funding, H3877 [13JN]

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: improve safety of mines and mining, H2769 [18MY]

———improve safety of mines and mining (S. 2803), H3449-H3458 [7JN], H4315 [20JN], E1070 [8JN], E1106 [9JN], E1119 [12JN], E1149 [14JN], E1182 [16JN]

Finn, Daniel and Christina: tribute to Patriotic Pillow Project, E689 [2MY]

Firearms: economic impact of gun violence on society, H1706 [25AP]

Flint, MI: anniversary of Flint Olympian Games, E765 [10MY]

———anniversary of Hurley Medical Center Auxiliary, E171 [15FE]

Food: ensure safety of genetically engineered foods (H.R. 5268), E687 [2MY]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (H.R. 5269), E687 [2MY]

Food industry: allow States to require labeling of meat or fish packaged with carbon monoxide, H574 [7MR], H728, H730, H755, H756 [8MR]

Foreign aid: establish centers for the treatment of obstetric fistula in developing countries, H3528 [8JN], E119 [8FE]

———prohibit funding to assist any country in enforcing religious laws having the effect of punishing a victim of sexual assault or rape, H3690, H3691 [9JN]

FTC: restore authority to issue regulations on marketing and advertising to children (H.R. 5737), E1326 [29JN]

GAO: evaluate and determine reasons for the decline in medical school graduates entering residency programs lasting more than five years, H1274 [29MR]

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Center of Colorado: anniversary, E1179 [16JN]

Gift of Life, Inc.: tribute, E1365 [11JY]

Gift of Life International, Inc.: Project Iraqi Hearts funding, H3528, H3529 [8JN]

Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (organization): funding, H3526 [8JN]

Grace Alice Campbell Foundation: tribute, E132 [14FE]

Harlan County, KY: tribute to miners, H4315 [20JN]

Health care professionals: reform the medical malpractice system, H514 [2MR]

Health Occupations Students of America (organization): anniversary, E934 [23MY]

Hurricanes: declining health of Hurricane Katrina evacuees, E673 [2MY]

———ensure assistance for children impacted by Hurricane Katrina, E1059 [8JN]

———establish a Comprehensive Environmental Sampling and Toxicity Assessment Plan (CESTAP) to assess and monitor air, water, soil and human populations in areas impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (H.R. 4139), H361 [16FE]

———restore health care-related services in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina, H1110 [16MR], H1386 [30MR]

———restore health care-related services in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 4858), H519 [2MR]

Immigration: health care costs related to hospital treatment of illegal immigrants, H4192 [19JN]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (H.R. 5312), E757 [9MY]

Indian Health Service: funding, H2782 [18MY]

Institute of Medicine of the National Academies: identify constraints encountered by nursing schools in admitting and graduating a sufficient number of nurses to meet health care needs (H.R. 2184), E825 [12MY]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (H.R. 1849), H766 [8MR]

———coverage of screening mammography (H.R. 4540), E309 [8MR]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace, H1384 [30MR]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), H2308 [9MY]

———health savings accounts, H259 [14FE], H304 [15FE], H373 [16FE], H457 [1MR], H609, H611, H612 [7MR], H1382 [30MR], H2085 [3MY]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), H609-H611 [7MR], H1384-H1386 [30MR], H1845 [26AP], H2308 [9MY]

———make Federal Employees Health Benefits Program available to families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty (H.R. 4424), E882 [19MY]

Kenya: dedication of Karen Hospital, E1215 [20JN]

Kurtz, Richard J.: Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Touchstone Award recipient, E333 [9MR]

Lexington, MO: 4-Life Project (organization) recipient of the Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph Bishop John J. Sullivan Award, E820 [12MY]

Lowitz, Robin: Sonoma County, CA, Jewish Community Center Tikkun Olam Award recipient, E896 [19MY]

Mankato, MN: Immanuel St. Joseph's Mayo Health System Hospital recipient of National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve's Above and Beyond award, E1215 [20JN]

Mayers-Gerry, Lynn: American Medical Response, Inc., Star of Life award recipient, E763 [10MY]

Medicaid: funding, H55 [1FE], H228 [14FE], H1309, H1313 [29MR], E532 [6AP]

———increase Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia (H.R. 5508), E990 [26MY]

———permit States to provide early and periodic screening diagnostic and treatment services to children through benchmark benefits coverage, H54 [1FE]

———provide medical assistance for certain men screened and found to have prostate cancer under a federally funded screening program (H.R. 5686), E1275 [26JN]

———reform, H45, H48, H49 [1FE]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals, H60 [1FE]

MedicAlert Foundation International: anniversary, E288 [7MR]

Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (H.R. 5324), E764 [10MY]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (H.R. 752), E825 [12MY], E1254 [23JN], E1310 [28JN]

———ensure Medicare providers give accurate and complete information to senior citizens regarding prescription drug coverage, H5095 [12JY]

———extend annual coordinated election period for prescription drug plans and eliminate prescription drug late enrollment penalty, H4965 [11JY]

———extend implementation of prescription drug program, H978, H979 [15MR], H1064, H1065, H1066, H1090-H1092 [16MR], H1133 [28MR], H1203, H1310, H1312 [29MR], H1628 [6AP], H1748 [26AP], H1873 [27AP], H1925 [2MY], H2186, H2187 [9MY], H2345, H2473-H2480 [10MY], H2507, H2559, H2581 [11MY], H2647, H2648 [17MY], E649 [27AP]

———extend initial enrollment period for prescription drug benefits, waive penalties for late enrollment, allow prescription drug plan enrollment changes during the first year, and limit drug formulary changes (H.R. 5263), H2763 [18MY], E825 [12MY]

———extend initial enrollment period for prescription drug benefits and waive penalties for late enrollment (H.R. 4399), H1713 [25AP]

———funding, H48 [1FE], H163 [8FE], H650 [8MR], H1962 [2MY], E135 [14FE]

———impact of budget cuts on senior citizens, H216 [8FE]

———implementation of prescription drug program, H3800 [13JN], H4373 [21JN]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for, and allow the reimportation of, prescription drugs, H4333 [21JN]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs, H4967 [11JY]

———phaseout overpayments to Medicare Advantage plans, H50 [1FE]

———prescription drug benefit coverage, H473 [1MR], H600 [7MR], H794, H795, H848 [9MR], H979 [15MR], H1134, H1135, H1136 [28MR], H1202, H1301-H1307, H1314 [29MR], H1326, H1369 [30MR], H1400, H1401 [4AP], H1455, H1459 [5AP], H1664-H1670 [6AP], H1683, H1684, H1685 [25AP], H1830-H1836 [26AP], H1884 [27AP], H1926 [2MY], H2341, H2344, H2345, H2495-H2499 [10MY], H2644, H2646, H2647 [17MY], H3231 [25MY], H4223 [20JN], H4686, H4687 [28JN], H5032, H5033 [11JY], E303 [8MR]

———provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services (H.R. 4824), E240 [1MR]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (H.R. 3861), H1987 [3MY]

———reform the prescription drug program, H162 [8FE], H277, H278, H279, H300 [15FE], H436 [28FE], H468, H484 [1MR], H551 [2MR], H1164 [28MR], H1367 [30MR], H1425, H1428 [4AP], H1593 [6AP], H2644 [17MY]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (H.R. 4992), H1983 [3MY]

———require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims (H.R. 5182), H1953 [2MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: assure uninterupted access to necessary medicines under the prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4685), E55, E57 [1FE]

Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education, H4534 [26JN]

———combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (H.R. 2421), H5014 [11JY]

Mental Health Month: observance, E1000 [26MY]

Milwaukee, WI: Dept. of Veterans Affairs Zablocki Medical Center spinal cord injury unit upgrades funding, H2927, H2928 [19MY]

Minneapolis/St. Paul City Pages (publication): condemn for publishing article advocating methamphetamine use, H1830 [26AP]

Mobile, AL: Springhill Medical Center recipient of the Computerworld Information Technology Awards Foundation Laureate award, E1356 [10JY]

Monterey County, CA: tribute to Just Run Program, E1164 [15JN]

NASA: submit plan to protect whistleblowers who expose potentially catastrophic risks to health or safety, H4665 [27JN]

National Area Health Education Center Organization: tribute, E1119 [12JN]

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: observance, E91 [8FE], E255 [2MR]

National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (H. Con. Res. 99), H2007-H2009 [3MY]

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship: anniversary, E262 [2MR]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 357), H1695, H1696 [25AP], H1877 [27AP], E634 [27AP]

National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 335), H1201 [29MR]

National Eye Donor Month: observance, E227 [28FE]

National Gaucher Foundation: tribute, E1366 [11JY]

National Heart Month: observance, H336 [16FE], E181 [17FE]

National HIV Testing Day: observance, E1292 [27JN]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (H.R. 2231), H4224 [20JN], E309 [8MR], E805 [11MY], E879 [18MY], E886, E916 [19MY]

National Kidney Month: observance, E247 [1MR], E379 [15MR]

National Marfan Awareness Month: observance, E215 [28FE]

National Methamphetamine Prevention Week: establish (H. Res. 556), H1495-H1500 [5AP]

National Minority Health Month: observance, E550 [6AP], E553 [7AP], E665 [27AP]

National MPS Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 85), H1141, H1142 [28MR]

National Nurses Week: observance, E806 [11MY]

———support goals and ideals (H. Res. 245), H2009-H2011 [3MY], H2555 [11MY], E825 [12MY]

National objectives: improve health care for minority and underserved populations, H1399 [4AP]

———medical research funding, H315 [15FE]

———policy to provide consumer-driven health care and reform insurance procedures, H305 [15FE]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedure (H.R. 4683), H1428 [4AP]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H299 [15FE], H512 [2MR], H606-H612 [7MR], H794 [9MR], H1382-H1387 [30MR], H1843-H1849 [26AP], H1975-H1977 [2MY], H2308 [9MY], H2763 [18MY], E1233 [21JN]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 676), H299 [15FE], H5050 [12JY], E685 [2MY], E707 [3MY], E746 [5MY]

———promote preventive health care (H.R. 5657), E1241 [21JN]

National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month: observance, E927 [23MY]

———support goals and ideals (H. Res. 265), H3393, H3394 [6JN]

National Physical Education and Sports Month: establish (H. Res. 696), E186 [17FE]

National Physical Education and Sports Week: establish (H. Res. 696), E186 [17FE]

National Public Health Week: observance, H1399 [4AP], H1567 [6AP], E498 [4AP]

National Vigil for Lost Promise: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 422), H3403 [6JN]

Nevada Cancer Institute: tribute, E548 [6AP]

New Orleans, LA: tribute to reopening of Tulane University Hospital after Hurricane Katrina, H354 [16FE]

New York, NY: tribute to North General Hospital, E1311 [28JN]

NIH: conduct and support research for the derivation and use of human pluripotent stem cells by means that will not create or harm human embryos (H.R. 3144), H426-H432 [28FE]

———funding, H650 [8MR], H1593, H1594 [6AP]

———research and development funding, H1893 [27AP]

NLRB: ruling to strip certain workers of union rights, H4933 [10JY]

Nuclear energy: spent nuclear fuel storage sites, H3121 [23MY]

Obesity: combat, H3028 [23MY]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: commission reports and establish clearinghouse relative to methamphetamine epidemic, H824-H827 [9MR]

———perform assessment of illicit drug and alcohol use by children, H832, H833 [9MR]

———provide program that advises States on establishing laws and policies to address alcohol and drug issues, H833, H834 [9MR]

———submit comprehensive strategy that addresses the increased threat of methamphetamine, H831 [9MR]

———submit report on Dept. of HHS participation in National Conference on Methamphetamine, HIV, and Hepatitis, H829 [9MR]

Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations for nutrition services (H.R. 1792), H4356 [21JN]

Oncology Nursing Society: tribute, E951 [24MY], E1072 [8JN]

Onondaga County, NY: anniversary of Onondaga County Medical Society, E577 [25AP]

———tribute to Onondaga County Dept. of Aging participation in Medicare Part D enrollment, E1103 [9JN]

Organ donation: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors and their families (H.R. 4753), E141 [14FE]

Patient Assistance Day: observance, E529, E536 [6AP]

Pharmacies: impact of Medicare prescription drug benefit implementation and of Medicaid pharmacy reimbursement cuts, H240 [14FE], H356 [16FE]

Pittsburgh, PA: anniversary of Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Children's Transplant Center, E938 [23MY]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: ``Tell a Friend'' campaign of the San Francisco, CA, affiliate, H1566 [6AP]

Power resources: eliminate methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from U.S. fuel supply, expand production and use of renewable fuel, and increase energy independence, H1842 [26AP]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (S. 655), H5003-H5005 [11JY]

———expand and improve traumatic brain injury programs (H.R. 5738), E1321 [29JN]

Radioactive substances: study health effects of exposure to depleted uranium munitions, H2531, H2532 [11MY]

Republican Party: national agenda, H602 [7MR], H779 [8MR], H4540 [26JN], H4799 [29JN]

Research: derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (H.R. 5526), H5036-H5042 [11JY]

———derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (S. 2754), H5038 [11JY]

———prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes (S. 3504), H5038 [11JY]

———provide for adult stem cell research, H164 [8FE]

———provide for collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research and authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (H.R. 2520), H2645 [17MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3022, H3023, H3024 [23MY], H3146 [24MY], H4383-H4389 [21JN], H5036, H5038 [11JY], E979, E986, E994, E998 [26MY]

———success of using adult stem cells to treat diseases, H127, H128 [1FE]

Ride for Lorraine (organization): tribute, E1327 [29JN]

Safe Blood for Africa Initiative: support, H3650 [9JN]

Safety: improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors, H793 [9MR]

Samuels, Robert J.: Dept. of HHS, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of Minority Health Minority Health Leadership Award recipient, E10 [31JA]

San Bernardino, CA: anniversary of St. Bernadine Medical Center, E708 [3MY]

Science: prevent exploitation of women while conducting stem cell research, H1065 [16MR]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (H.R. 5552), E1057-E1059 [8JN]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, H4355 [21JN]

Small business: establish a health benefits program (H.R. 5288), H3487 [7JN]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 525), H1065 [16MR], H2084 [3MY], H2185, H2308 [9MY]

Social Security: privatization proposals, H4201 [19JN]

———State Children's Health Insurance Program funding, H1457 [5AP]

South Carolina Leukemia and Lymphoma Society: tribute, H162 [8FE]

St. Paul, MN: tribute to Open Cities Health Center, E219 [28FE]

States: clarify jurisdiction over certain food adulteration standards in absence of a Federal standard and allow further regulation of dietary supplements, H743, H744 [8MR]

———preserve authorities that help defend and respond to bioterrorism attacks on the food supply, H747, H748 [8MR]

Stroke: strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (H.R. 898), H2646 [17MY]

Stump, Jesse: commend effort to bicycle across America to raise awareness of diabetes and support for disabled children in Africa, E1036 [7JN]

Stuttering Foundation: tribute, E1209 [20JN]

Taxation: allow a deduction for qualified long-term care services in computing adjusted gross income (H.R. 4104), H609 [7MR]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance, H1383 [30MR]

———deny deduction for certain gifts and benefits provided to physicians by prescription drug manufacturers (H.R. 4706), E76 [7FE]

———increase deduction for purchase of qualified heath care information technology by medical care providers and allow a credit for telecommunications charges paid or incurred by such providers (H.R. 4641), H164 [8FE], H305 [15FE], H608 [7MR], H3146 [24MY]

Technology: establish national health information exchange network, encourage creation and use of secure and portable electronic health records, and provide tax incentives to promote participation (H.R. 5559), H4014 [15JN]

Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (H.R. 3427), H5050 [12JY]

U.N.: U.S. contribution to U.N. Population Fund, H3697 [9JN]

U.S. Health Service: establish (H.R. 3000), E707 [3MY]

Ukraine: anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident, H1711 [25AP], E740 [5MY]

———anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident (H. Res. 703), H1403-H1407, H1421 [4AP], E527 [6AP], E561 [7AP]

University of Rochester Medical Center: tribute to Infectious Diseases Division of the Dept. of Medicine, E1242 [21JN]

Utah: tribute to volunteer dentists and physicians, E48 [1FE]

Veterans: health care funding, H261 [14FE], H1021 [15MR], H1569-H1576, H1589-H1593, H1603 [6AP], H2693, H2743 [17MY], H2914-H2917 [19MY], H2982 [22MY], H3236 [25MY], E247 [1MR]

———health care funding through repeal of certain tax breaks, H2922, H2925 [19MY]

———improve health care for rural veterans (H.R. 5524), E1024 [6JN]

———improve treatment of post-deployment mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, for veterans and members of the Armed Forces, H472 [1MR], H2506 [11MY], E274 [2MR]

———mental health care funding, H2080 [3MY]

———provide for prosthetic and orthotic care for injured soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, H1013 [15MR]

Veterans' Right To Know Commission: establish (H.R. 4259), E982 [26MY]

Westlake, OH: anniversary of St. John West Shore Hospital, E1200 [19JN]

WHO: seek inclusion of certain requirements of the International Health Regulations as obligations under the World Trade Organization (H.R. 5237), E657 [27AP]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (H.R. 1245), E22 [31JA], E309 [8MR], E469 [30MR], E1256 [23JN]

———impact of Bush administration budget proposal, E536 [6AP]

———improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (H.R. 4747), H279 [15FE], E181 [17FE]

Women's Health Week: observance, E905 [19MY]

———observance (H. Res. 833), H3391-H3393 [6JN]

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: observance, E1159 [15JN]

World Health Day: observance, E540 [6AP]

Ypsilanti, MI: anniversary of The Corner Health Center, E36 [31JA]

Zilwaukee, MI: tribute to Lions Club, E820 [12MY]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy (S. 2593), S3242 [6AP]

Agriculture: ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits and vegetables and other specialty crops by enhancing competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (S. 2487), S2690 [31MR]

———require air carriers that ship live animals as cargo to ship certain live animals as mail (S. 2395), S1967 [9MR]

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.: anniversary, S975 [9FE]

American Diabetes Alert Day: observance, S2674 [30MR]

American Heart Month: observance, S1529 [28FE]

American Red Cross: anniversary, S4519 [12MY]

Animals: add non-human primates to the definition of prohibited wildlife species (S. 1509), S7357 [11JY]

Armed Forces: eliminate increased fees and copayments for retired military health care, S2252 [16MR]

———improve collection of survivors' benefits, S6511 [27JN]

———improve colorectal cancer screenings for certain TRICARE beneficiaries, S6273 [21JN]

———improve colorectal cancer screenings for certain TRICARE beneficiaries (S. 2915), S4839 [19MY]

———improve mental health screening and services for military personnel, S6362-S6364 [22JN]

———improve the Transition Assistance Program provided for members being discharged, released from active duty, or retiring, S6453 [23JN]

———limit increase in the cost of TRICARE health care services for military retirees (S. 2617), S3388-S3390 [7AP]

———prevent imposition of excessive TRICARE fees and co-pays on military retirees, S2261 [16MR]

———prohibit increase in copayments for TRICARE prescription drug program, S5740 [13JN], S5837-S5840 [14JN]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service and improve health care benefits for National Guard members and reservists under TRICARE, S6373-S6375 [22JN]

Automated Defibrillation in Adam's Memory (ADAM) Act: reauthorize (S. 2428), S2320 [16MR]

Brookings Institution: tribute to Hamilton Project initiative emphasizing broad-based economic growth, S3979 [3MY]

Budget: allocation of funds, S734-S736 [7FE], S1060-S1064 [10FE], S3973-S3977 [3MY], S5831, S5835 [14JN]

———increase advance appropriations allowance for health, education and training, and low-income programs, S2096-S2100 [14MR], S2184 [15MR], S2254 [16MR]

Bush, President: State of the Union Message, S389 [1FE]

Camp Lejeune, NC: require Marine Corps to notify affected persons of drinking water contamination, provide benefits to those exposed, and require a study on the health effects of such exposure, S6004 [16JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a program on children and the media to study the role and impact of electronic media in the development of children (S. 1902), S1888 [8MR]

———Tourette Syndrome Education and Research Program funding, S9 [18JA]

Children and youth: authorize grants to carry out educational projects on preventing teen pregnancies (S. 2508), S2903 [5AP]

———combat obesity, S5593 [7JN]

———encourage school-based programs to reduce and prevent childhood obesity, promote increased physical activity, and improve nutritional choices, S108 [25JA]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children through repealing certain tax breaks, S433 [1FE]

Coal: provide tax incentives to coal industry to make investments in safety equipment, emergency breathing apparatuses, and emergency training, S424 [1FE], S489 [2FE], S1139 [14FE]

Comprehensive Entitlement Reform Commission: establish, S2252, S2253 [16MR]

Concept2, Inc.: tribute, S116 [25JA]

Congress: accomplishments of the 109th Congress, S6599 [28JN]

———establish an expedited procedure for congressional consideration of health care reform legislation (S. 934), S4425 [11MY]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (S. 2206), S250 [27JA]

Courts: cost-estimates for claims of personal injury and wrongful death due to asbestos exposure to be paid from a trust fund established for such claims, S884, S886-S888 [9FE]

———establish medical criteria for asbestos exposure victims seeking compensation, S944-S957 [9FE]

———limit asbestos victims trust fund contributions from companies with annual gross revenues of less than $1 billion or if full contributions would force bankruptcy, S959, S960 [9FE]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 852), S38, S40 [25JA], S506 [2FE], S766, S774 [7FE], S781, S825-S853 [8FE], S875-S877, S879-S898, S944-S968 [9FE], S1047-S1050, S1054, S1058, S1065-S1067 [10FE], S1078, S1121 [13FE], S1140-S1170 [14FE], S1372, S1373 [15FE]

———provide liability protection to manufacturers of pandemic vaccines, S3778, S3779 [1MY]

———set caps on noneconomic damages in medical liability lawsuits, S4130-S4138 [8MY]

Cover the Uninsured Week: observance, S4045 [4MY]

Covington, KY: tribute to St. Elizabeth Medical Center, S5116 [24MY]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions, S6051 [19JN]

———prohibit unauthorized removal or use of personal information contained in a database owned, operated, or maintained by the Federal Government (S. 3506), S5810 [13JN]

Day of Hearts—Congenital Heart Defect Day: support goals and ideals (S. Con. Res. 69), S777 [7FE]

Death and dying: protect rights of the incapacitated and improve end-of-life care and decisionmaking, S358 [31JA]

Dept. of Defense: Defense Health Program funding for force protection work and medical care at the Vaccine Health Care Centers, S6361 [22JN]

Dept. of Energy: ensure equitable provision of pension and medical benefits to contractor employees (S. 2794), S4477 [11MY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize an Indian youth telemental health demonstration project (S. 2245), S729 [6FE], S4504 [11MY]

———establish a Biodefense Injury Compensation Program (S. 2291), S1360 [15FE]

———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (S. 2663), S3706-S3708 [27AP]

———Geriatric Education Centers funding, S2184 [15MR]

———Global Avian Influenza Network for Surveillance (GAINS) Program funding, S3888 [2MY], S4017, S4018 [4MY], S5907 [15JN]

———provide assistance to State and local governments for health care and educational costs related to immigration, S4771-S4774 [18MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prevent Bureau of Customs and Border Protection seizure of imported prescription drugs for personal use, S7295-S7302, S7304, S7305 [11JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: abolish term limits for the Under Sec. for Health and the Under Sec. for Benefits and simplify appointment process (S. 2634), S3424 [24AP]

———authorize major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases (S. 3421), S5492 [6JN]

———establish a Hospital Quality Report Card Initiative to report on health care quality in hospitals (S. 2358), S1651 [2MR]

———establish an Assistant Sec. for Rural Veterans and improve care provided to veterans living in rural areas (S. 2433), S2324 [16MR], S6556 [27JN]

———establish centers to provide enhanced services to veterans with amputations and prosthetic devices (S. 2736), S4057-S4059 [4MY]

———provide enrollment priority in health care services for veterans who are recipients of certain medals for valor (S. 2708), S3989 [3MY]

———research funding, S5425 [5JN]

Developing countries: provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (S. 2765), S4213 [9MY]

———anniversary of first reported HIV/AIDS case in the U.S., S5486 [6JN], S5594 [7JN]

———call for the declaration of lung cancer as a public health priority and the implementation of a comprehensive interagency program to reduce lung cancer mortality (S. Res. 408), S3918 [2MY]

———combat avian flu, increase local preparedness, and create a program to develop a vaccine, S2226, S2227, S2231 [16MR]

———improve and secure an adequate supply of influenza vaccine (S. 1828), S5629-S5631 [8JN]

———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic, S969 [9FE]

———increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (S. 2465), S2472 [28MR]

———pandemic influenza vaccine injury compensation funding, S3778, S3779 [1MY], S3942, S3948 [3MY]

———promote research and development of drugs related to neglected and tropical diseases (S. 2699), S3900 [2MY]

———provide assistance to countries to combat avian influenza, S1887 [8MR]

Domestic policy: national objectives priority assignments, S3435-S3437 [25AP]

Drug abuse: reduce deaths occurring from overdoses of drugs or controlled substances (S. 3557), S6422 [22JN]

Drugs: delay implementation of voluntary prescription drug benefit program, extend Medicare prescription drug discount card and transitional assistance programs, and Medicaid coverage of prescription drugs, S404 [1FE]

———establish a federally-supported education and awareness campaign for the prevention of methamphetamine use (S. 2315), S1433 [16FE]

———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines, S1385 [16FE], S1512 [28FE], S1593, S1610, S1614, S1619 [2MR], S2084 [14MR], S2567, S2596 [30MR], S2889, S2890 [5AP], S3493 [25AP]

Dry Eye Awareness Month: observance, S6150 [20JN]

Ecology and environment: require Federal agencies to support health impact assessments and take other actions to improve health and the environmental quality of communities (S. 2506), S2805 [4AP]

Economy: develop agenda to enhance competitiveness of the U.S. economy, S425-S427 [1FE]

Employment: provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (S. 1085), S6628 [28JN]

———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (S. 932), S6628 [28JN]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: include certain additional former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort compensation program, S5937 [15JN]

———include certain additional former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort compensation program (S. 2439), S2328 [16MR]

EPA: clean water and drinking water State revolving funds funding, S2006, S2007 [13MR]

Families and domestic relations: provide grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families (S. 3607), S6793 [29JN]

———support community-based efforts to support girls' education, discourage early marriage, and assist young girls and women already in marriage, S7409 [12JY]

FDA: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 426), S7180, S7181 [29JN]

———condemn delay of decision on the approval of over-the-counter emergency contraceptives, S7181 [29JN]

Federal employees: use information technology in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to increase efficiency and reduce costs (S. 2247), S730 [6FE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: require serious adverse event reporting for dietary supplements and nonprescription drugs (S. 3546), S6285-S6287 [21JN]

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: improve safety of mines and mining (S. 2803), S4619-S4621 [16MY], S4861, S4862 [22MY], S5045-S5050, S5062, S5093 [24MY], S5738-S5740, S5746 [13JN]

Food: extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (S. 3484), S5669 [8JN]

Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (S. 3615), S6801 [29JN]

———reform State inspection of meat and poultry (S. 3519), S5957 [15JN]

Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (organization): funding, S2268, S2269 [16MR]

Government regulations: allow Congress, State legislatures, and regulatory agencies to determine appropriate laws, rules, and regulations to address problems of weight gain, obesity, and associated health conditions (S. 908), S6056 [19JN]

Health care professionals: authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students (S. 3588), S6635 [28JN]

———permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any method of medical treatment such individual requests (S. 2618), S3390 [7AP]

Healthy Schools, Inc: General Mills, Inc., Champions for Healthy Kids Award recipient, S7412 [12JY]

Hunger: encourage effective use of community resources to combat hunger and the root causes of hunger by creating opportunity through food recovery and job training (S. 1885), S5584, S5591 [7JN]

Immigration: allow health care workers applying for legal permanent residency to honor service contracts to home country and to provide health services in developing countries without jeopardizing residency status, S2772-S2774 [4AP], S5071 [24MY]

———require payment of a supplemental application fee by aliens seeking citizenship to assist States with health care and educational costs of noncitizens, S4773, S4774 [18MY]

Immigration and Nationality Act: provide medical services in underserved areas (S. 2425), S2207 [15MR]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1057), S5988-S5990 [16JN]

Indiana: anniversary of St. Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center, Inc., S3503 [25AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2185), S3206 [6AP]

Information services: use of electronic medical records to decrease health care costs and improve patient safety, S4518 [12MY]

Insurance: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4241, S4242, S4247-S4327, S4382 [10MY], S4415, S4425-S4430, S4434, S4446-S4462 [11MY], S4518 [12MY]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), motion to proceed, S4095, S4096 [5MY], S4127, S4137, S4140, S4147-S4149 [8MY], S4163-S4185, S4187-S4204 [9MY]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), unanimous-consent agreement, S4390 [11MY]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), unanimous-consent request, S4426, S4427 [11MY]

———extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools (H.R. 4519), S460 [1FE]

———health savings accounts, S722 [6FE], S1099 [13FE], S4518 [12MY]

———improve access to emergency medical services through medical liability reform and additional Medicare payments (S. 2750), S4073 [4MY]

———reform the medical malpractice insurance business, limit frivolous lawsuits, and enhance patient access to medical care, S4036-S4042 [4MY]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide prompt payment for health benefits claims (S. 2551), S2911 [5AP]

Japan: authorize appropriate action against Japan for failing to resume the importation of U.S. beef in a timely manner (S. 3364), S6737 [29JN]

Medicaid: delay effective date of requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance (S. 3590), S6726 [28JN], S6736, S7176 [29JN]

———delay effective date of requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance (S. 3590), unanimous-consent request, S6737 [29JN]

———funding, S723 [6FE], S2000 [13MR]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (S. 311), S5486 [6JN]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage, S723 [6FE]

———repeal requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance (S. 2305), S1424-S1427 [16FE], S1885 [8MR], S4446 [11MY]

Medicare: eliminate months from calculation of any late enrollment penalty under the prescription drug program and provide additional funding for State health insurance counseling programs and area agencies on aging (S. 2810), S4645 [16MY], S4725 [17MY]

———establish a Hospital Quality Report Card Initiative to assess and report on health care quality in hospitals (S. 2359), S1651 [2MR], S4139 [8MY]

———extend annual, coordinated election period under the prescription drug program and provide for a refund of excess premiums paid (S. 2811), unanimous-consent request, S4579, S4580 [16MY]

———extend implementation of prescription drug program, S2148-S2154, S2177, S2178 [15MR], S4176 [9MY], S4247-S4250, S4256, S4298, S4382 [10MY], S4427-S4430, S4434, S4447, S4451, S4454, S4455 [11MY], S4543 [15MY]

———extend initial enrollment period for prescription drug benefits, waive penalties for late enrollment, allow prescription drug plan enrollment changes during the first year, and limit drug formulary changes, S4568-S4570 [15MY]

———extend initial enrollment period for prescription drug benefits and provide other additional beneficiary protections, S422 [1FE]

———extend open enrollment period for prescription drug plans and eliminate penalties for late enrollment in such plans, S4325 [10MY]

———improve access to pharmacies under part D (S. 2664), S3710 [27AP]

———improve implementation of the prescription drug benefit, S482-S484, S490, S491 [2FE], S1086 [13FE]

———include costs incurred by certain agencies, health centers, or drug assistance programs toward the out-of-pocket treshold of the prescription drug program (S. 3650), S7424 [12JY]

———increase per resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments to hospitals (S. 2289), S1359 [15FE]

———permanently extend the floor on the work geographic adjustment under the fee schedule for physicians' services (S. 3516), S5952 [15JN]

———permit beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare or Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans that change their formularies or increase prices to enroll in other plans (S. 2313), S1526-S1528 [28FE]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for, and allow the reimportation of, prescription drugs, S4101 [5MY], S6470 [26JN]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for, and allow the reimportation of, prescription drugs (S. 239), S358 [31JA]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs, S4174, S4175, S4194 [9MY], S4249, S4256, S4298 [10MY]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs and use resulting savings for budget deficit reduction, S2020 [13MR], S2165-S2168, S2178, S2179 [15MR]

———prescription drug benefit coverage, S111 [25JA], S358 [31JA], S857-S859 [8FE], S1055 [10FE], S1493 [27FE], S1514 [28FE], S4190 [9MY]

———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (S. 2340), S1547 [28FE]

———prohibit removal of covered drugs from prescription drug plan formularies during the plan year (S. 2255), S865, S866 [8FE]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (S. 3500), S5789-S5794 [13JN], S5868 [14JN]

———provide a prescription drug benefit program which is administered directly through Medicare, S2266 [16MR]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (S. 1841), S4123 [8MY], S4324 [10MY], S4543 [15MY]

———provide fair payments for care provided in a hospital emergency department (S. 3606), S6791 [29JN]

———reduce coverage gap in prescription drug coverage through savings resulting from negotiation of prescription drug prices (S. 2354), S1645 [2MR]

———reform the prescription drug program, S1340-S1342 [15FE]

———reform the prescription drug program (S. 2240), S512 [2FE]

———require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims (S. 2723), S4454 [11MY]

———simplify and improve the prescription drug program (S. 2665), S3710 [27AP]

———State health insurance assistance programs funding, S4456 [11MY]

———waive monthly beneficiary premium under prescription drug plan or Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan during months in which an enrollee has a gap in coverage (S. 3647), S7421 [12JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: eliminate cost-sharing for dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (S. 2203), S230 [26JA]

———funding, S1083-S1086 [13FE], S1137 [14FE]

———provide for necessary dual eligible beneficiary protections in order to ensure access to the prescription drug benefit program, S482-S485, S491 [2FE]

———reduce cost-sharing for certain dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (S. 2409), S2124, S2125 [14MR]

———reimburse States for costs incurred by covering dual eligible populations under the Medicare prescription drug benefit plan (S. 2181), S23-S25 [20JA], S130, S131 [25JA]

Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (S. 843), S3206 [6AP]

———extend provisions requiring parity in the application of certain limits to mental health benefits, S2275 [16MR]

———improve quality and availability of mental health services for children and adolescents (S. 3449), S5495-S5497 [6JN]

———increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals, S1575 [1MR]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (S. 3529), S5945, S5966 [15JN]

Mine Safety and Health Administration: mine safety inspector hiring funding, S2108, S2109 [14MR]

———strengthen and enforce penalties for mining safety and health violations, S58-S60 [25JA]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (S. 1580), S1070 [10FE]

National Asbestos Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 368), S704 [6FE], S774 [7FE]

———designate (S. Res. 402), S2222 [15MR]

National Association of State Veterans Homes: tribute (S. Res. 417), S2696 [31MR]

National Autism Awareness Month: observance, S3206 [6AP]

National Childhood Stroke Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 465), S4090 [4MY]

National Children's Study: funding, S2286 [16MR]

National Cushing's Syndrome Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 423), S2844 [4AP]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 357), S5134 [24MY]

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: observance, S1529 [28FE]

National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 499), S7442 [12JY]

National Health IT Week: designate (S. Res. 506), S5674 [8JN]

National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 236), S5283 [25MY]

National Mammography Day: designate (S. Res. 508), S5812 [13JN], S7442 [12JY]

National Methamphetamine Prevention Week: establish (S. Res. 313), S4567 [15MY]

National MPS Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 378), S1446 [16FE]

National objectives: improve health care for minority and underserved populations, S2674 [30MR]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedure, S6556 [27JN]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedure (S. 2229), S371-S373 [31JA]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2007), S4453 [11MY]

National Professional Medical Coder Day: designate (S. Res. 509), S5813 [13JN]

National Safety Month: designate (S. Res. 450), S3722 [27AP], S5027 [23MY]

National security: take actions to detect, prevent, and minimize consequences of terrorist or criminal attacks on chemical facilities (S. 2486), S2606-S2612 [30MR]

National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 439), S3400, S3401 [7AP]

National Time-Out Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 482), S5985 [15JN]

National Vigil for Lost Promise: designate (S. Res. 462), S3990 [3MY]

Native Americans: health care, housing, and education funding, S2257 [16MR]

Nevada: tribute to State Health Insurance Assistance Program volunteers, S6409 [22JN]

New York: tribute to YMCAs, S1533 [28FE]

NIH: conduct and support research for the derivation and use of human pluripotent stem cells by means that will not create or harm human embryos, S1050-S1053 [10FE]

———research and development funding, S2284 [16MR], S5831 [14JN]

NOAA: National Marine Fisheries Service seafood promotion strategies funding, S3669, S3670, S3672, S3673 [27AP], S3873 [2MY]

———spent nuclear fuel storage sites, S702 [6FE]

Older Americans Act: establish National Long-Term Care Choice Program (S. 2620), S3390 [7AP]

OPM: administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees, S4252, S4254, S4295-S4303, S4306, S4321-S4325 [10MY], S4447, S4451, S4456 [11MY]

———administer a national health program to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (S. 2510), S4181-S4185, S4187-S4189 [9MY], S4446 [11MY], S6596 [28JN]

Organ donation: clarify that kidney paired donation and kidney list donations do not involve the transfer of a human organ for valuable consideration (S. 2306), S1427, S1428 [16FE]

———establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors and their families (S. 2283), S1178 [14FE]

Paducah Park Services: General Mills, Inc., Champions for Healthy Kids Award recipient, S7412 [12JY]

Pendleton County Education Foundation, Inc.: General Mills, Inc., Champions for Healthy Kids Award recipient, S7412 [12JY]

Pharmaceuticals: enhance research and education in the areas of pharmaceutical and biotechnology science and engineering (S. 2793), S4476 [11MY]

———importation of prescription drugs, S4194 [9MY]

———importation of prescription drugs (S. 334), S7301 [11JY]

———permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada, S1514 [28FE]

———prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (S. 3582), S6577-S6579 [27JN]

Psoriasis: support effective treatment of and access to care for individuals with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (S. Res. 420), S2736 [3AP]

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act: revise and extend (S. 2792), S4476 [11MY]

Research: derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (S. 2754), S4151 [8MY], S7170-S7173 [29JN]

———derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (S. 2754), unanimous-consent agreement, S7169, S7170 [29JN]

———prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes (S. 3504), S7170-S7173 [29JN]

———prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes (S. 3504), unanimous-consent agreement, S7169, S7170 [29JN]

———provide for adult stem cell research, S4005, S4006, S4039 [4MY], S4201-S4204 [9MY], S6731-S6735 [29JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research, S4128 [8MY], S4177 [9MY], S4298 [10MY], S4428, S4434 [11MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), S1668, S1669 [3MR], S3998-S4002 [4MY], S4124 [8MY], S4189, S4190, S4194, S4195 [9MY], S4249, S4256, S4382 [10MY], S4447, S4452, S4453, S4455 [11MY], S4572 [16MY], S5467 [6JN], S6449 [23JN], S6596, S6612-S6615 [28JN], S6731-S6736, S7170-S7173 [29JN], S7261 [10JY], S7364-S7366 [12JY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), unanimous-consent agreement, S7169, S7170 [29JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (S. 471), S7279 [10JY]

Roads and highways: establish a safe routes to school program, S3373 [7AP]

Safe Drinking Water Act: eliminate security risks by replacing the use of extremely hazardous gaseous chemicals with inherently safer technologies (S. 2855), S4805 [18MY]

———eliminate security risks by replacing the use of extremely hazardous gaseous chemicals with inherently safer technologies (S. 2920), S4894 [22MY]

San Antonio, TX: authorize construction of an advanced training skills facility at Brooke Army Medical Center (S. 2293), S1415 [16FE]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (S. 658), S1050-S1053 [10FE]

———prohibit the cloning of humans while protecting stem cell research (S. 876), S1053 [10FE]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (S. 3491), S5719 [12JN]

Senate: legislative agenda, S3405-S3408 [24AP]

———legislative priorities, S1170 [14FE], S5446-S5449, S5451, S5465, S5467-S5470 [6JN], S5626 [8JN], S7363-S7366 [12JY]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (S. 2010), S5946 [15JN]

———provide funding and incentives for caregiver support and long-term care assistance (S. 2244), S513 [2FE]

Small business: certify programs to provide health coverage to uninsured employees (S. 2588), S4883 [22MY]

———establish a small business health insurance information pilot program (S. 2607), S3383 [7AP]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care, S4415 [11MY]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (S. 406), S4173 [9MY]

———require small business health plans to comply with the benefits adopted by a majority of States, S4449 [11MY]

Smithsonian Institution: migratory bird surveillance program funding, S3875, S3876 [2MY], S4017, S4018 [4MY]

Social Security: limit service of members of certain trust fund boards of trustees and require the President to consult with Committee on Finance (Senate) prior to nomination of members of such boards (S. 2752), S4107 [5MY]

———reform, S7293 [11JY]

States: provide innovation in health care through State initiatives that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system (S. 2772), S4215, S4219 [9MY], S4252 [10MY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for health and long-term care insurance costs of individuals not participating in employer-subsidized health plans (S. 2379), S1835 [7MR]

———allow a deduction for premiums for high deductible health plans and a credit for certain employment taxes paid with respect to premiums for such plans and contributions to health savings accounts (S. 2494), S2732 [3AP]

———allow a refundable credit to subsidize the cost of COBRA continuation coverage for certain individuals (S. 2270), S982 [9FE]

———establish long-term care trust accounts and allow a refundable tax credit for contributions to such accounts (S. 2397), S1967 [9MR]

———expand use of health savings accounts for the payment of health insurance premiums for high deductible health plans purchased in the individual market (S. 2554), S3380 [7AP]

———improve and expand availability of health savings accounts (S. 3585), S6580 [27JN]

———increase contribution limits for health savings accounts (S. 2424), S2206 [15MR]

———provide a credit to rural primary health providers (S. 2789), S4472, S4473 [11MY]

———provide a refundable credit for high deductible health plans for uninsured individuals (S. 2701), S3986 [3MY]

———provide a refundable credit to small businesses for the costs of qualified health insurance, S2248 [16MR]

———provide incentives for supplying health insurance to employees of small employers (S. 2457), S2417 [27MR]

———provide incentives to improve research competitiveness (S. 2720), S4054-S4056 [4MY]

———improve the quality and efficiency of health care delivery through improvements in health care information technology, S358 [31JA]

———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (S. 2322), S1462 [17FE]

U.S.-Mexico border: establish grant programs to improve the health of residents and for bioterrorism preparedness in the area (S. 2825), S4698 [17MY]

University of Georgia: dedication of Paul Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, S3369 [7AP]

University of Mississippi: School of Dentistry observance of Give Kids a Smile! National Children's Dental Access Day, S975 [9FE]

Veterans: eliminate phase-in period for concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits for the severely disabled, S6359 [22JN]

———expand and enhance health care, mental health, transition, and disability benefits, S6594 [28JN]

———expand and enhance health care, mental health, transition, and disability benefits (S. 13), S6526 [27JN]

———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits (S. 2385), S1894 [8MR]

———health care funding, S431-S433 [1FE], S493, S494 [2FE], S1116 [13FE], S1831 [7MR], S2075-S2083, S2094, S2095 [14MR], S2244, S2258 [16MR], S3560-S3564 [26AP], S5823, S5830 [14JN], S6511 [27JN]

———health care funding through reductions in National Civilian Community Corps funding, S3874 [2MY], S4013, S4016 [4MY]

———health care funding through repeal of certain tax breaks, S1090-S1094 [13FE]

———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans, S2267 [16MR]

———improve treatment provided to veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, S3787 [1MY]

———mental health care funding (S. 2351), S1582 [1MR]

———require a program to improve the provision of caregiver assistance services (S. 2753), S4075 [4MY]

Women: expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions and improve access to women's health care, S2181 [15MR]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the delivery of obstetrical and gynecological services (S. 23), S3994 [3MY], S4078 [4MY], S4205-S4207 [9MY], S4318 [10MY], S4463, S4464 [11MY]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the delivery of obstetrical and gynecological services (S. 23), motion to proceed, S4095, S4098 [5MY], S4119-S4123, S4125-S4127, S4131, S4136, S4138-S4147 [8MY]

———improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (S. 2278), S1176, S1177 [14FE], S1406 [16FE]

———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (S. 1289), S1172 [14FE]

———recognize benefits of breastfeeding (S. Res. 403), S2376 [16MR]

Women's Health Week: observance (S. Res. 487), S4916 [22MY]

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: observance, S5946 [15JN]

Reports

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Major Construction Projects: Committee on Appropriations (House), H2927 [19MY]

National Policy Concerning Privacy of Health Care Records: National Academies of Practice (organization), E719 [4MY]

New Normal? What Girls Say About Healthy Living: Girl Scout Research Institute, S108 [25JA]

Reports filed

Captive Primate Safety Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1509) (S. Rept. 109-263), S6061 [19JN]

Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2145), S6492 [26JN]

Consideration of H.R. 4167, National Uniformity for Food Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 702) (H. Rept. 109-381), H508 [1MR]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 710) (H. Rept. 109-386), H644 [7MR]

Consideration of H.R. 5385, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction, Quality of Life Functions, and Services: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 821) (H. Rept. 109-472), H2832, H2889 [18MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction, Quality of Life Functions, and Veterans' Services: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5385) (H. Rept. 109-464), H2596 [15MY], H2640 [16MY]

FDA Anniversary: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 426) (H. Rept. 109-511), H4327 [20JN]

Health Centers Renewal Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5573) (H. Rept. 109-509), H4327 [20JN]

Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1955), S3703 [27AP]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act Revision and Extension: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1057) (S. Rept. 109-222), S2311 [16MR]

Indian Youth Telemental Health Demonstration Project Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2245) (S. Rept. 109-248), S3419 [24AP]

Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 3524), S5949 [15JN]

———Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 3524) (S. Rept. 109-278), S7415 [12JY]

Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2803), S4963 [23MY]

National Uniformity for Food Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4167) (H. Rept. 109-379), H449 [28FE]

Public Health Service Act Amendments Relative to the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (S. 655) (H. Rept. 109-510), H4327 [20JN]

Strengthening Disease Surveillance: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H. Rept. 109-436), H1740 [25AP]

Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 265) (S. Rept. 109-215), S510 [2FE]

Rulings of the Chair

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 5385), H2922, H2926, H2929, H2931, H2932, H2936, H2937, H2938 [19MY]

Statements

Africare (organization): Julius E. Coles, E165 [15FE]

Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor Accident Anniversary: Ukrainian American Community of Southeast Michigan, E741 [5MY]

Delivery of Health Care at VA: Jim Nicholson, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, E484 [30MR]

Include Lackawanna, NY, Bethlehem Steel Workers in the Special Exposure Cohort Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program: Representative Higgins, E1222 [21JN]

Increase in Advance Appropriations Allowance for Health, Education and Training, and Low-Income Programs: Senator Specter, S2098 [14MR]

Partnership for Prescription Assistance Launches National ``Patient Assistance Day'' Celebration on April 5, 2006: Partnership for Prescription Assistance (organization), E536 [6AP]

Permit States To Provide Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening Diagnostic and Treatment Services to Children Through Benchmark Benefits Coverage: Mark B. McClellan, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, H54 [1FE]

Principles on Human Stem Cell Research: Senator Frist, S7170 [29JN]

Production of Pluripotent Stem Cells By Oocyte Assisted Reprogramming: Several Scientists, H430 [28FE]

Researchers Offer Proof-of-Concept for Altered Nuclear Transfer, H431 [28FE]

Summaries

Genetically Engineered Crop and Animal Farmer Protection Act (H.R. 5266), E687 [2MY]

Genetically Engineered Food Right To Know Act (H.R. 5269), E687 [2MY]

Genetically Engineered Food Safety Act (H.R. 5268), E687 [2MY]

Genetically Engineered Organism Liability Act (H.R. 5271), E687 [2MY]

Genetically Engineered Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crop Safety Act (H.R. 5267), E688 [2MY]

Hamilton Project, S3979 [3MY]

Real Solutions to World Hunger Act (H.R. 5270), E687 [2MY]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to H. Con. Res. 95, setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010, relative to S. 852, Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act, S1157 [14FE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 5385), H2904-H2911 [19MY]

Total Federal funding for NIH stem cell research, S4005 [4MY], S6735 [29JN]

Testimonies

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Resiliency Act: Several Families, S5495 [6JN]

Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Coverage: Tobey Schule, S858 [8FE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 99, National Brain Injury Awareness Month, H2008 [3MY]

H. Con. Res. 357, support goals and ideals of National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month, H1695 [25AP]

H. Con. Res. 422, support goals and ideals of National Vigil for Lost Promise, H3403 [6JN]

H. Con. Res. 426, FDA anniversary, H4357 [21JN]

H. Res. 85, National MPS Day, H1141 [28MR]

H. Res. 245, support goals and ideals of National Nurses Week, H2009 [3MY]

H. Res. 265, support goals and ideals of National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month, H3393 [6JN]

H. Res. 323, support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, H4368 [21JN]

H. Res. 556, National Methamphetamine Prevention Week, H1495 [5AP]

H. Res. 629, support goals and ideals of Day of Hearts—Congenital Heart Defect Day, H234 [14FE]

H. Res. 702, consideration of H.R. 4167, National Uniformity for Food Act, H521 [2MR]

H. Res. 703, Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident anniversary, H1403 [4AP]

H. Res. 710, consideration of H.R. 4167, National Uniformity for Food Act, H727 [8MR]

H. Res. 802, encourage eligible beneficiaries who have not enrolled in the Medicare prescription drug benefit to review available options and determine whether enrolling best meets their prescription drug needs, H2472 [10MY]

H. Res. 821, consideration of H.R. 5385, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services, H2894 [19MY]

H. Res. 833, Women's Health Week, H3391 [6JN]

H.R. 4167, National Uniformity for Food Act, H739-H741 [8MR]

H.R. 5573, Health Centers Renewal Act, H4359 [21JN]

S. 655, amend Public Health Service Act relative to the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, H5003 [11JY]

S. 852, Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act, S786-S825 [8FE]

S. 1509, Captive Primate Safety Act, S7358 [11JY]

S. 1955, Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act, S4277-S4285 [10MY]

S. 2181, Medicare State Reimbursement Act, S24 [20JA], S130 [25JA]

S. 2183, Requiring Emergency Pharmaceutical Access for Individual Relief (REPAIR) Act, S25-S27 [20JA], S132-S134 [25JA]

S. 2240, Medicare Part D Reform Act, S512 [2FE]

S. 2245, Indian Youth Telemental Health Demonstration Project Act, S729 [6FE], S4504 [11MY]

S. 2283, Gift of Life Congressional Medal Act, S1178 [14FE]

S. 2291, Responsible Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, S1361-S1363 [15FE]

S. 2305, repeal Medicaid requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance, S1425 [16FE]

S. 2312, Social Security Number Protection Act, S1432 [16FE]

S. 2313, Medicare Drug Honest Pricing Act, S1432 [16FE]

S. 2322, Consumer Assurance of Radiologic Excellence Act, S1463 [17FE]

S. 2354, Medicare Prescription Drug Gap Reduction Act, S1645 [2MR]

S. 2382, Small Employers Health Benefits Program Act, S1840-S1844 [7MR]

S. 2385, Combat-Related Special Compensation Act, S1895 [8MR]

S. 2393, Conquer Childhood Cancer Act, S1966 [9MR]

S. 2395, require air carriers that ship live animals as cargo to ship certain live animals as mail, S1967 [9MR]

S. 2428, Automated Defibrillation in Adam's Memory (ADAM) Act reauthorization, S2321 [16MR]

S. 2433, Rural Veterans Care Act, S2324-S2326 [16MR]

S. 2439, Nevada Test Site Veterans' Compensation Act, S2329 [16MR]

S. 2457, Small Business Health Insurance Relief Act, S2418-S2422 [27MR]

S. 2486, Chemical Security and Safety Act, S2606-S2611 [30MR]

S. 2494, allow a tax deduction for premiums for high deductible health plans and a credit for certain employment taxes paid with respect to premiums for such plans and contributions to health savings accounts, S2732 [3AP]

S. 2508, Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Responsibility, and Opportunity Act, S2904 [5AP]

S. 2510, Small Employers Health Benefits Program Act, S2905-S2908 [5AP]

S. 2551, Prompt Payment of Health Benefits Claims Act, S2912-S2914 [5AP]

S. 2563, Pharmacist Access and Recognition in Medicare (PhARM) Act, S3220 [6AP]

S. 2564, Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act, S3222-S3227 [6AP]

S. 2592, Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act, S3241 [6AP]

S. 2593, Freedom of Choice Act, S3242 [6AP]

S. 2607, Small Business Health Education and Awareness Act, S3384 [7AP]

S. 2617, Military Retirees Health Care Protection Act, S3388 [7AP]

S. 2620, Community-Based Choices for Older Americans Act, S3391-S3394 [7AP]

S. 2663, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act, S3708-S3710 [27AP]

S. 2736, establish centers to provide enhanced services to veterans with amputations and prosthetic devices, S4058 [4MY]

S. 2753, require a program to improve the provisions of veteran caregiver assistance services, S4076 [4MY]

S. 2765, Child Health Investment for Long-Term Development (CHILD and Newborn) Act, S4213-S4215 [9MY]

S. 2789, Rural Physicians Relief Act, S4472 [11MY]

S. 2803, Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act, S4707-S4710 [17MY], S5045-S5048 [24MY], H3449-H3452 [7JN]

S. 2810, Medicare Late Enrollment Assistance Act, S4621 [16MY]

S. 2825, Border Health Security Act, S4699 [17MY]

S. 2855, Community Water Treatment Hazards Reduction Act, S4806 [18MY]

S. 2920, Community Water Treatment Hazards Reduction Act, S4895 [22MY]

S. 3274, Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act, S5347-S5388 [26MY]

S. 3421, Dept. of Veterans Affairs major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases authorization, S5493 [6JN]

S. 3449, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Resiliency Act, S5497-S5504 [6JN]

S. 3491, Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission Act, S5719-S5721 [12JN]

S. 3500, Rural Hospital and Provider Equity (HoPE) Act, S5790-S5793 [13JN]

S. 3506, Data Theft Prevention Act, S5810 [13JN]

S. 3516, Rural Equity Payment Index Reform Extension Act, S5952 [15JN]

S. 3557, Drug Overdose Reduction Act, S6422 [22JN]

S. 3582, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act, S6578 [27JN]

S. 3585, HSA Improvement and Expansion Act, S6581-S6583 [27JN]

S. 3588, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act, S6636 [28JN]

S. 3606, Save Our Safety Net Act, S6792 [29JN]

S. 3617, Heroes at Home Act, S5953-S5956 [15JN]

S. 3647, Prescription for Fairness Act, S7422 [12JY]

S. 3650, Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act, S7425 [12JY]

S. Con. Res. 69, support goals and ideals of Day of Hearts—Congenital Heart Defect Day, S777 [7FE]

S. Con. Res. 90, acknowledge African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade, recognize injustices suffered, and work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean, S3805 [1MY]

S. Con. Res. 95, Women's Health Week, S4808 [18MY]

S. Res. 236, support goals and ideals of National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week, S5284 [25MY]

S. Res. 313, National Methamphetamine Prevention Week, S4567 [15MY]

S. Res. 368, National Asbestos Awareness Day, S774 [7FE]

S. Res. 369, commend American Dental Association Give Kids a Smile program, emphasize need to improve access to dental care for children, and thank dentists for volunteering time to provide needed dental care, S775, S779 [7FE]

S. Res. 378, National MPS Awareness Day, S1438, S1447 [16FE]

S. Res. 402, National Asbestos Awareness Day, S2207, S2223 [15MR]

S. Res. 403, recognize benefits of breastfeeding, S2376 [16MR]

S. Res. 408, call for the declaration of lung cancer as a public health priority and the implementation of a comprehensive interagency program to reduce lung cancer mortality, S2473 [28MR], S3918 [2MY]

S. Res. 417, tribute to National Association of State Veterans Homes, S2691, S2697 [31MR]

S. Res. 420, support effective treatment of and access to care for individuals with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, S2735 [3AP]

S. Res. 423, National Cushing's Syndrome Awareness Day, S2806, S2845 [4AP]

S. Res. 439, National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week, S3395, S3401 [7AP]

S. Res. 450, National Safety Month, S3722 [27AP], S5027 [23MY]

S. Res. 462, National Vigil for Lost Promise, S3990 [3MY]

S. Res. 465, National Childhood Stroke Awareness Day, S4076, S4090 [4MY]

S. Res. 482, support goals and ideals of National Time-Out Day, S4710 [17MY], S5985 [15JN]

S. Res. 483, improve access to oral health services and prevent oral health diseases, S4807 [18MY]

S. Res. 485, strengthen family planning services, S4896 [22MY]

S. Res. 487, Women's Health Week, S4897, S4916 [22MY]

S. Res. 499, National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day, S5432 [5JN], S7443 [12JY]

S. Res. 506, National Health IT Week, S5672, S5675 [8JN]

S. Res. 508, National Mammography Day, S5812 [13JN], S7442 [12JY]

S. Res. 509, National Professional Medical Coder Day, S5812 [13JN]