HEALTH related term(s) Diseases

Addresses

Indiana Right to Life Oratory Contest: Laura Wegmann, E1469 [15JY]

State of the Union: President Bush, H472-H476 [28JA]

Amendments

Crime: provide grants for improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses (S. 2304), S9595, S9596, S9730 [26SE]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (H.R. 1343), S9426 [24SE]

———authorize appropriations for the health centers program (S. 901), S6977, S6978 [21JY]

Dept. of Labor: issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), H2914, H2915 [30AP]

———issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), consideration (H. Res. 1157), H2893 [30AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 6599), H7309, H7311, H7312, H7313, H7314, H7330 [29JY], H7630, H7631 [30JY], H7725, H7743, H7749, H7751, H7752, H7755, H7757, H7758, H7761, H7762, H7763, H7764, H7765, H7766, H7772, H7773 [31JY], H7793, H7794, H7797 [1AU]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 6599), consideration (H. Res. 1384), H7658 [31JY]

Discrimination: prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), S3311 [23AP], H2961 [1MY]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1156), H2960 [1MY]

Diseases: establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (S. 1382), S9230, S9323, S9324 [23SE]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (H.R. 1283), H10168 [27SE]

———provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (H.R. 5265), S9731 [26SE], H10176 [27SE]

Families and domestic relations: increase provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally diagnosed conditions (S. 1810), S9326, S9341, S9342 [23SE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (H.R. 2537), H2071, H2072 [8AP], H2152, H2162, H2164 [9AP], H2199, H2202 [10AP], H2399, H2412, H2414, H2416, H2419, H2420, H2421, H2423 [16AP]

Hazardous substances: prohibit sale, distribution, or transfer of mercury, and prohibit the export of mercury (S. 906), S9848 [26SE]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (H.R. 1328), H5483, H5484 [17JN]

———revise and extend (S. 1200), S38, S42, S46, S59, S109, S110, S111, S153 [22JA], S212, S213 [23JA], S746 [6FE], S800 [7FE], S851 [11FE], S959, S960, S961, S986, S987, S988, S989 [13FE], S997, S998, S1004, S1006, S1010, S1014, S1015, S1025, S1030, S1037, S1040, S1076, S1077, S1078, S1079, S1080, S1081 [14FE], S1113 [25FE], S1208 [26FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (S. 3101), S5634, S5635 [12JN]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), S10234, S10295, S10340, S10386, S10388 [1OC], H10712 [3OC]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), consideration (H. Res. 1014), H1271 [5MR]

Minority AIDS Initiative: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 426), H10228, H10229 [27SE]

National objectives: provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage (S. 334), S3410 [24AP]

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network: funding (H.R. 6469), S10421, S10491 [2OC], H10807 [3OC]

Pharmaceuticals: improve regulation of Internet pharmacies (S. 980), S2301, S2307 [1AP]

Poison: reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain poison center funding, and enhance public health (S. 2932), S9325, S9340 [23SE]

Transatlantic Slave Trade 200th Anniversary Commission: establish (H.R. 3432), H370 [22JA]

U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act: reauthorize (H.R. 5501), H1934, H1935, H1936, H1937 [2AP], H7097 [24JY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 5501), consideration (H. Res. 1065), H1902 [2AP]

———reauthorize (H.R. 5501), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1362), H7070 [24JY]

———reauthorize (S. 2731), S6621, S6642, S6655, S6668, S6669 [14JY], S6692, S6694, S6699, S6730, S6731, S6732 [15JY], S6809, S6811, S6817, S6828, S6830, S6876 [16JY]

Women: reduce maternal mortality (S. Res. 616), S10423, S10491 [2OC]

Appointments

Commission on the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, S9557 [25SE], S10186 [30SE], S10191 [1OC], H5841 [23JN], H7835 [8SE], H10088 [26SE]

Articles and editorials

As Gas Prices Soar, Elderly Face Cuts in Aid, S6601 [11JY]

Barack Obama, Listen to Dr. Ted, S10636 [19NO]

CARICOM Summit on Economic Integration, E1595 [30JY]

Carloss Standing Down—After a Reluctant Withdrawal, Combatant in War on Cancer Looks Back on Campaign, S2119 [13MR]

Clinical Equivalence of Generic and Brand-Name Drugs Used in Cardiovascular Disease—A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, S10863-S10875 [10DE]

Debra Fraser-Howze—Making a Difference, E2317 [20NO]

Diaspora and the Rollings Heads of State, E1432 [10JY]

Dysfunctional Federally Mandated Proficiency Test in Cytopathology—A Statistical Analysis, H2030-H2034 [8AP]

Following the Amnesty Trail, E654-E656 [17AP]

Health Care System I Want Is in France, H2534 [22AP]

Keeping New Mothers Alive—In Haiti and Rwanda, Reducing Tragedy in Childbirth, E908 [14MY]

Let's Work To Avoid Long-Term Care Crisis, E44 [17JA]

Lifespan Shorter in Parts of U.S.—Obesity, Smoking Cited; State Not Immune to Trend, H2533 [22AP]

Looking to 2008 for Improved Economic and Social Conditions, Caribbean Region Expects To Consolidate Gains of Recent Years, E447-E449 [31MR]

Lowering the Drinking Age Is Not a Good Idea, S8938 [17SE]

Many Turned Away From Free Dental Care Clinic, H2250 [14AP]

Myth of `Best in the World'—A Spate of New Research Shows the U.S. Behind Other Countries in Cancer Survival and Diabetes Care, S4126 [14MY]

New Rules on Stroke—Care Center Networks May Save Lives, S3021 [15AP]

Options for Slowing the Growth of Health Care Costs, S2811-S2813 [9AP]

Organ Donations a Crisis Among Minorities, E917 [14MY]

Reducing the Burden of Depression—Building Villages for Coordinated Care, H1294 [5MR]

System of Neglect—As Tighter Immigration Policies Strain Federal Agencies, the Detainees in Their Care Often Pay a Heavy Cost, S5497-S5500 [11JN]

Taking on the Attack—Lessons From Tim Russert's Death, E1503 [17JY]

Truth About McCain and Insurance Taxes, S10164 [30SE]

United States' Triple-A Credit Rating `Under Threat', H1399 [6MR], H1596 [12MR]

Who Really Pays for Health Care?—The Myth of Shared Responsibility, S3075 [16AP]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion (see H.R. 5032), H348 [17JA]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see S. 3111), S5523 [11JN]

Agriculture: prohibit importation of ruminants, swine, and their products from Argentina until the Dept. of Agriculture certifies that Argentina is free of foot and mouth disease (see S. 3238), S6559 [10JY] (see H.R. 6522), H6673 [16JY]

———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. 6635), H7306 [29JY]

———protect 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. 6637), H7306 [29JY]

———provide emergency financial assistance to producers and first handlers of fresh tomatoes for losses incurred as a result of the FDA public health advisory regarding tomatoes (see H.R. 6581), H7057 [23JY]

Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Day: designate (see S. Res. 659), S8528 [15SE]

Alcoholic beverages: observe anniversary of State-based regulation and recognize State officials, public health community, and industry members for creating a successful regulatory and distribution system (see S. Res. 551), S3790 [6MY] (see H. Con. Res. 341), H3050 [5MY] (see H. Con. Res. 415), H8275 [16SE]

American Heart Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 972), H870 [12FE]

Apple Crunch: support goals and ideals of healthy food choice event (see H. Res. 1143), H2658 [23AP]

Armed Forces: allow members to sue the U.S. for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care (see H.R. 6093), H4321 [20MY]

———authorize extended benefits for autistic dependents of certain retirees (see H.R. 6930), H8396 [17SE]

———clarify and improve information on upgrades of discharge and prohibit personality disorder discharges in case of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury (see S. 2644), S1054 [14FE]

———clarify effective date of active duty of Reserves members receiving an alert order anticipating a call or order to active duty for purposes of entitlement to medical and dental care (see S. 2854), S2977 [14AP] (see H.R. 5791), H2354 [15AP]

———commend service in Iraq, require congressional approval of any long-term strategic U.S.-Iraq agreement, provide for redeployment from Iraq, and provide health care for returning members (see H. Con. Res. 319), H1771 [14MR]

———eliminate requirement for dependents to reside with members to be eligible for TRICARE Prime Remote (see H.R. 5832), H2485 [17AP]

———ensure fair treatment of members discharged early due to being the only surviving child in a family in which an immediate family member was killed, MIA, or disabled in the line of duty (see S. 2874), S3080 [16AP] (see H.R. 5825), H2442 [16AP] (see H.R. 6580), H7057 [23JY]

———expand certain bonus special pay authorities to enhance the recruitment and retention of psychologists, social workers, mental health nurses, and other mental health professionals (see S. 2778), S2133 [13MR]

———improve and enhance mental health benefits available to veterans and members and enhance counseling and other benefits available to survivors of veterans and members of the Armed Forces (see S. 2963), S3698 [1MY] (see S. 3008), S4028 [12MY] (see H.R. 6268), H5407 [12JN]

———improve certain death and survivor benefits (see H.R. 6774), H7805 [1AU]

———investigate suicides committed by members (see S. 2772), S2133 [13MR]

———permit members assigned to a congressional liaison office of the Dept. of Defense at the House of Representatives to obtain membership in the House exercise facility (see H. Res. 1068), H1889 [1AP]

———prohibit discrimination and acts of reprisal against persons who receive treatment for illnesses, injuries, and disabilities incurred in or aggravated by service in the uniformed services (see H.R. 7003), H9083 [23SE]

———provide additional respite care for spouses of members who deploy overseas (see S. 3657), S10176 [30SE]

———provide for continuity of TRICARE Standard coverage for certain members of the retired Reserve (see H.R. 6185), H4974 [4JN]

———provide for transitional health care for members separated from active duty who agree to serve in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve (see H.R. 5609), H1700 [13MR]

———provide travel and transportation allowances for family members of members of the uniformed services with serious inpatient psychiatric conditions (see S. 2689), S1521 [4MR]

———recognize service of members and support wounded warriors (see H. Res. 1020), H1220 [4MR]

———require report on inclusion of severe and acute post-traumatic stress disorder among the conditions covered by traumatic injury protection coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (see S. 2965), S3699 [1MY]

———retain certain active members otherwise retired or separated for a combat-related disability, but still medically able to perform noncombat-related specialties or duties (see H.R. 5868), H2552 [22AP]

Bankruptcy: provide protection for medical debt homeowners, restore protections for caregivers to ill or disabled family members, and exempt from means testing debtors whose financial problems were caused by medical problems (see H.R. 5138), H479 [28JA]

Bicycles: recognize importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation (see H. Con. Res. 305), H1183 [28FE]

Business and industry: recognize importance of workplace wellness as a strategy to help maximize employees' health and well being (see S. Res. 673), S9204 [22SE]

California: address health and economic development impact of nonattainment of federally mandated air quality standards in the San Joaquin Valley by designating air quality empowerment zones (see S. 3496), S8855 [16SE] (see S. 3565), S9415 [24SE]

Canandaigua VA Medical Center, Canandaigua, NY: anniversary (see H. Res. 946), H557 [29JA]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a Wellness Trust (see S. 3674), S10324 [1OC] (see H.R. 7287), H10844 [19NO]

Children and youth: assist foster children in developing or maintaining connections to family, community, support, health care, and school (see H.R. 6307), H5728 [19JN]

———establish a task force to address the environmental health and safety risks posed to children (see S. 3502), S8856 [16SE]

———establish and implement concussion management guidelines for student athletes (see H.R. 7274), H10844 [19NO]

———establish as a national priority the prevention of mental disorders and substance abuse among children, youth, and young adults, and the promotion of mental health and wellness (see H. Res. 1217), H4453 [21MY]

———examine and improve the child welfare workforce (see S. 2944), S3594 [30AP]

———improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions (see H.R. 5192), H556 [29JA]

———improve vaccination rates (see S. 2911), S3401 [24AP]

———prohibit preexisting condition exclusions for children in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see S. 3115), S5524 [11JN]

———provide for the establishment of pediatric research consortia (see S. 2773), S2133 [13MR] (see H.R. 6089), H4320 [20MY]

———provide States with incentives, flexibility, and resources to develop child welfare services that focus on improving circumstances of children (see S. 2900), S3257 [22AP]

———recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs (see S. Res. 474), S1597 [5MR] (see H. Res. 1013), H1220 [4MR]

———support efforts to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure through computed tomography scans for children (see H. Res. 1216), H4321 [20MY]

———support the We Don't Serve Teens campaign (see H. Res. 1023), H1341 [5MR] (see H. Res. 1042), H1618 [12MR]

Citizens Congressional Health Benefits Program: establish (see H.R. 6806), H7807 [1AU]

Civil rights: restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (see S. 2918), S3401 [24AP] (see H.R. 5896), H2758 [24AP]

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 302), H1031 [25FE]

Commission on Affordable Health Care: establish (see H.R. 6319), H5729 [19JN]

Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs (Senate, Select): anniversary (see S. Res. 634), S7780 [30JY]

Computers: provide financial incentives to encourage adoption and use of interactive personal health records and to encourage health information exchange networks to link clinical data to such records (see H.R. 6345), H5864 [23JN]

———use the Internet to provide patients and health care practitioners coordinated information on diseases and conditions and provide patients and practitioners freedom in the choice of medical treatments (see H.R. 7200), H10330 [28SE]

———use the Internet to provide patients and health care practitioners coordinated information on diseases and other conditions (see H.R. 7199), H10330 [28SE]

Congress: address the costly obesity epidemic by identifying opportunities to increase access to and promotion of nutrition, physical activity, and health care in legislation (see H. Res. 1244), H5044 [5JN]

Consumers: provide information and education to consumers on health care services and health insurance coverage (see S. 3402), S7904 [31JY]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 3068), S4793 [22MY]

Controlled Substances Act: address use of intrathecal pumps (see S. 3568), S9415 [24SE] (see H.R. 7304), H10856 [20NO]

Courts: restrict protective orders, sealing of cases, and disclosures of discovery information in civil actions if such actions prevent disclosures relevent to public health or safety (see H.R. 5884), H2657 [23AP]

CPSC: require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (see S. 3660), S10323 [1OC]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see S. 2543), S94 [22JA]

———protect civil rights of victims of gender-motivated violence and create employer liability for negligent conduct resulting in gender-motivated crimes on employer-controlled premises (see H.R. 6927), H8396 [17SE]

Dental Health Improvement Act: reauthorize (see S. 3067), S4793 [22MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize the ordering of a recall of meat and poultry that is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise unsafe (see H.R. 5518), H1183 [28FE]

———improve food safety through mandatory meat and poultry recall authority and improve communication about recalls with national school lunch and breakfast program participants (see S. 2952), S3698 [1MY]

———provide grants to certain health care institutions and social services programs for the acquisition of local nutritious agricultural products (see S. 3588), S9492 [25SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorize permanent treatment for participants in chemical and biological testing conducted by Deseret Test Center and a health impact study of Project Shipboard Hazard and Defense (see S. 2937), S3507 [29AP]

———enhance suicide prevention programs (see S. 2585), S543 [31JA] (see H.R. 5223), H620 [6FE]

———ensure that personal protective equipment undergoes survivability testing before full-scale production (see H.R. 5875), H2657 [23AP]

———establish a National Trauma Institute (see H.R. 6010), H3402 [8MY]

———implement a pain care initiative (see H.R. 5465), H994 [14FE]

———require an electronic database of information on the incidence of suicide among members of the Armed Forces (see S. 2780), S2133 [13MR]

———take steps to appoint doctors of chiropractic as commissioned officers in the Armed Forces (see S. Con. Res. 75), S2945 [10AP] (see H. Con. Res. 294), H942 [13FE]

Dept. of HHS: carry out a demonstration grants program to provide for certain patient coordination, outreach, and assistance services to reduce barriers to health care and improve outcomes (see H.R. 7079), H9972 [25SE]

———directly administer Ryan White part A and B grants for eligible areas, States, or territories that failed to make appropriate use of previous Ryan White part A and B grants (see H.R. 5292), H812 [7FE]

———educate the public on the importance of adequate iodine intake (see H. Con. Res. 347), H3403 [8MY]

———encourage dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology (see H.R. 5885), H2758 [24AP]

———enhance public health activities relative to stillbirth and sudden unexpected infant death (see S. 3142), S5697 [17JN]

———establish a drug discount program for individuals without prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 6619), H7164 [24JY]

———establish a grant program to improve mental and behavioral health services on college campuses and develop a campaign to educate campus communities about mental health (see S. 3311), S7148 [23JY] (see H.R. 6948), H8475 [18SE]

———establish a Multiple Sclerosis National Surveillance System (see H.R. 5874), H2552 [22AP]

———establish a small house nursing home loan program (see S. 3732), S10946 [11DE]

———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (S. 1858), technical corrections (see S. Con. Res. 76), S2977 [14AP] (see H.R. 5919), H2852 [29AP]

———expand authority to impose debarments in order to ensure the integrity of drug, biological product, and device regulation (see H.R. 6376, 6378), H6173 [26JN]

———implement a National Neurotechnology Initiative (see S. 2989), S3891 [7MY] (see H.R. 5989), H3186 [7MY]

———increase planning and funding for health promotion programs (see H.R. 5835), H2485 [17AP]

———make grants to eligible States to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in elementary and secondary schools and kindergarten (see H.R. 6201), H5043 [5JN]

———prohibit implementation or enforcement of proposed rule limiting patients' access to basic reproductive health care services and information (see S. 20), S10742 [20NO] (see H.R. 7310), H10867 [9DE]

———provide for national collection of data on stillbirths in a standardized manner (see H.R. 5979), H3108 [6MY]

———reauthorize and extend the fetal alcohol syndrome prevention and services program (see H.R. 6215), H5110 [9JN]

———require publishing of physical activity guidelines for the general public (see S. 2748), S1999 [12MR] (see H.R. 5639), H1701 [13MR]

———revise the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (see H.R. 6391), H6174 [26JN]

———temporarily delay application of proposed changes to the Departmental Appeals Board (see S. 2849), S2945 [10AP] (see H.R. 5763), H2223 [10AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish procedures for the timely and effective delivery of medical and mental health care to immigration detainees in custody (see S. 3005), S4028 [12MY] (see H.R. 5950), H3018 [1MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish a State grant program to establish ``Silver Alert'' notification systems to locate missing individuals suffering from Alzheimer's disease and other dementia-related illnesses (see H.R. 5898), H2758 [24AP]

———reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program (see H.R. 6503), H6576 [15JY]

Dept. of Labor: issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (see H.R. 5522), H1219 [4MR]

———issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), consideration (see H. Res. 1157), H2852 [29AP]

———prohibit issuance, administration, or enforcement of any rule, regulation, or requirement derived from a proposal submitted to OMB on occupational health risk assessments (see S. 3566), S9415 [24SE] (see H.R. 6660), H7627 [30JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist veterans suffering from combat stress by increasing the number of mental health professionals through the Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 7214), H10331 [28SE]

———authorize major medical facility projects and leases (see S. 2797), S2345 [2AP] (see H.R. 5856), H2551 [22AP]

———authorize major medical facility projects and leases and extend certain authorities (see H.R. 6832), H7853 [8SE]

———carry out a pilot program to establish standards of access to care for veterans seeking health care from certain departmental medical facilities (see H.R. 5622), H1701 [13MR]

———conduct a study on suicides among veterans (see S. 2899), S3257 [22AP]

———display in each prosthetic and orthotic clinic an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights (see H.R. 5730), H2069 [8AP]

———enhance capacity to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health care professionals (see S. 2969), S3699 [1MY] (see H.R. 6153), H4830 [22MY]

———establish a pain care initiative in health care facilities (see H.R. 6122), H4453 [21MY]

———establish a pilot program for providing legal services to assist servicemembers and veterans in obtaining health care, benefits, and services (see H.R. 6414), H6175 [26JN]

———establish a presumption of service connection for veterans with certain cancers who served in Vietnam and were exposed to certain herbicide agents (see H.R. 6798), H7807 [1AU]

———establish a presumption of service connection of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 5454), H993 [14FE]

———establish licensure requirements for employees and contractors performing orthotics, pedorthics, or prosthetics services in States with private practice requirements (see H.R. 5623), H1701 [13MR]

———expand access to hospital care for veterans in major disaster areas (see H.R. 6945), H8475 [18SE]

———expand and improve health care services available to veterans for substance use disorders (see H.R. 5554), H1417 [6MR]

———expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. 2799), S2346 [2AP]

———expand authority to provide counseling for family members of veterans receiving non-service-connected treatment (see H.R. 6439), H6229 [8JY]

———expand availability of health care by adjusting the income level for certain priority veterans (see H.R. 6471), H6406 [10JY] (see H.R. 7167), H10131 [26SE]

———expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished in a non-departmental facility (see H.R. 5888), H2758 [24AP]

———extend and modify the Health Professional Scholarship Program (see H.R. 6430), H6228 [8JY]

———improve disability compensation evaluation procedure for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and the diagnosis and treatment of such disorders (see H.R. 5448), H993 [14FE]

———improve quality of life in the objectives of training and rehabilitation for veterans with service-connected disabilities (see S. 2864), S3026 [15AP]

———include participation in clean-up operations at Enewetok Atoll as a radiation-risk activity (see H.R. 4931), H293 [16JA]

———introduce pay-for-performance compensation mechanisms into contracts with community-based outpatient health care clinics (see S. 3216), S6286 [26JN]

———modernize disability benefits claims processing system to ensure accurate and timely delivery of compensation to veterans and their families and survivors (see S. 3419), S8034 [1AU] (see H.R. 5892), H2758 [24AP] (see H.R. 6236), H5327 [11JN]

———prohibit collection of certain copayments from catastrophically disabled veterans (see H.R. 6445), H6341 [9JY]

———provide a dental insurance plan for certain veterans and their survivors and dependents (see S. 3178), S5962 [23JN] (see H.R. 6277), H5481 [17JN]

———provide a minimum disability rating for veterans receiving medical treatment for a service-connected disability (see S. 2825), S2636 [7AP]

———provide assistance to the Paralympic Program of the U.S. Olympic Committee (see S. 3376), S7904 [31JY]

———provide comprehensive health care to children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida (see S. 3332), S7279 [24JY] (see H.R. 5729), H2069 [8AP]

———provide dental care to veterans with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 5595), H1617 [12MR]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see S. 3527), S9025 [18SE] (see H.R. 6939), H8475 [18SE]

———provide wartime disability compensation for certain veterans with Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 6032), H3776 [13MY]

———reform veterans' disability determination process by requiring payment of disability compensation based on concurring diagnosis of two physicians (see H.R. 5089), H389 [22JA]

———require pilot program on the use of community-based organizations to ensure that veterans receive the care and benefits they need (see S. 2796), S2345 [2AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (see S. 3301), S7030 [22JY] (see H.R. 6599), H7163 [24JY]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 6599), consideration (see H. Res. 1384), H7306 [29JY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: make payments for certain treatments of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 7299), H10856 [20NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 3230), S6441 [8JY]

Disability Pride Day: designate (see S. Res. 628), S7479 [25JY]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1355), H6727 [17JY]

Disasters: enhance disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation capabilities (see H.R. 6658), H7627 [30JY]

———ensure victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services (see S. 3312), S7148 [23JY] (see H.R. 6569), H6824 [22JY]

Discrimination: prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex or race (see H.R. 7016), H9084 [23SE]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 1156), H2851 [29AP]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), technical corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 340), H3018 [1MY]

Diseases: develop comprehensive national HIV/AIDS strategy (see S. Con. Res. 98), S8528 [15SE] (see H. Con. Res. 413), H8127 [15SE]

———ensure that the highest priority for HIV/AIDS-related funding is saving lives most immediately and urgently threatened by HIV/AIDS, including babies at risk of being infected at birth (see S. 2749), S1999 [12MR]

———establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see S. 3187), S6158 [25JN]

———establish a National Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Registry and authorize research on acquired bone marrow failure diseases (see H.R. 6884), H8049 [11SE]

———establish a program to evaluate HIV/AIDS programs in order to improve accountability, increase transparency, and ensure the delivery of evidence-based services (see S. 2584), S543 [31JA] (see H.R. 5485), H1031 [25FE]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 6567), H6824 [22JY]

———express that availability of adequate housing is an essential component of an effective strategy to prevent and treat HIV (see S. Con. Res. 102), S9415 [24SE]

———improve and enhance research and programs on cancer survivorship (see S. 2877), S3144 [17AP]

———improve surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions (see S. 3476), S8383 [11SE] (see H.R. 6905), H8127 [15SE]

———increase Alzheimer's disease research funding and promote public awareness and risk reduction relative to Alzheimer's disease with particular emphasis in Hispanic populations (see S. 3092), S5204 [5JN] (see H.R. 6203), H5043 [5JN]

———increase awareness of and research on autoimmune diseases (see H.R. 7078), H9972 [25SE]

———increase housing, awareness, and navigation demonstration services (HANDS) for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (see S. 2950), S3595 [30AP] (see H.R. 6282), H5481 [17JN]

———issue commemorative postage stamp on the subject of inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 6753), H7787 [31JY]

———permit Federal funding for syringe exchange programs to reduce transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral hepatitis (see H.R. 6680), H7628 [30JY]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see S. 2983), S3790 [6MY]

———promote research, awareness, and education about cerebral cavernous malformations (see H. Res. 1193), H3777 [13MY]

———provide assistance to in-need countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria (see S. 2762), S2132 [13MR]

———provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see S. 2618), S815 [8FE] (see H.R. 5265), H811 [7FE]

———recognize importance of autism awareness, increase funding for research into causes and treatment of autism, and improve training and support for individuals with autism and their caretakers (see H. Con. Res. 303), H1031 [25FE]

———reduce incidence, progression, and impact of diabetes and its complications and establish position of National Diabetes Coordinator (see S. 2742), S1876 [11MR]

———support efforts to raise awareness, improve education, and encourage research of inflammatory breast cancer (see H. Res. 1300), H6009 [24JN]

———support international health and education grant programs related to autism spectrum disorders (see H. Res. 1472), H8577 [22SE]

Drugs: allow for medicinal use of marijuana in accordance with State laws (see H.R. 5842), H2486 [17AP]

———eliminate most Federal penalties for possession of marijuana for personal use (see H.R. 5843), H2486 [17AP]

———ensure a sufficient supply of vaccines (see H.R. 4991), H294 [16JA]

———establish a drug-free workplace information clearinghouse, support residential treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women, and improve prevention and treatment of methamphetamine addiction (see H.R. 6901), H8127 [15SE]

———improve safety (see H.R. 5839), H2486 [17AP]

———increase availability of vaccines (see H.R. 4993), H294 [16JA]

———mandate early access by patients to new drugs under clinical investigation for a serious or immediately life-threatening condition for which no comparable or satisfactory drug or other therapy is available (see H.R. 6047), H3884 [14MY]

Ecology and environment: enhance environmental justice education in middle and high schools that serve disadvantaged students (see H.R. 5902), H2759 [24AP]

———stimulate social policy and community environments to improve health by encouraging policies and programs to improve community health by policy and design (see S. 3571), S9415 [24SE]

Economy: reform health care, Social Security, tax code for individuals and small businesses, and the budget process (see H.R. 6110), H4453 [21MY]

Education: authorize grants to local educational agencies to develop and implement coordinated services programs (see H.R. 6504), H6576 [15JY]

———establish a health and education grant program related to autism spectrum disorders (see S. 2798), S2345 [2AP] (see H.R. 5446), H993 [14FE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see S. 3520), S9025 [18SE]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: expand individuals eligible for compensation, enhance provision of information to claimants, and improve compensation procedures (see S. 3329), S7278 [24JY] (see H.R. 6766), H7787 [31JY]

———include certain additional former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort compensation program (see S. 2589), S601 [4FE]

EPA: conduct study on black carbon emissions (see S. 3489), S8528 [15SE]

———establish a working group to assist Federal agencies develop criteria for identifying disproportionately high and adverse health or environmental effects on minority and low-income populations (see S. 2549), S207 [23JA] (see H.R. 5132), H456 [23JA]

———promulgate regulations on management of medical waste (see H.R. 7163), H10131 [26SE]

———provide grants to certain health care institutions for use in improving building and maintenance operations to engage in environmentally sustainable practices (see S. 3587), S9492 [25SE]

———study presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in U.S. drinking water supplies (see H.R. 6820), H7808 [1AU]

Families and domestic relations: allow children in foster care to be placed with their parents in residential family treatment centers that provide safe environments for treating addiction and promoting healthy parenting (see S. 3173), S5941 [20JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow employees to take additional leave, parental leave for educational and extracurricular activities and clarify leave may be used for medical needs or to assist elderly relatives (see H.R. 7233), H10642 [29SE]

———eliminate an hours of service requirement for benefits (see H.R. 6029), H3776 [13MY]

———permit a family member of a wounded veteran to take leave after a lesser period of service with an employer (see H.R. 5090), H389 [22JA]

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act: clarify limits on disclosure of student health records (see S. 2859), S3026 [15AP]

FDA: amend policies relative to postmarket surveillance of devices (see S. 3020), S4282 [15MY]

———authorize appropriations for seafood inspection regime (see H.R. 5219), H557 [29JA]

———create a three-tiered approval system for drugs, biological products, and devices that is responsive to the needs of seriously ill patients (see S. 3046), S4621 [21MY] (see H.R. 6270), H5407 [12JN]

———establish a program to assure the safety of fresh produce intended for human consumption (see H.R. 5620), H1701 [13MR]

———evaluate scientific evidence on whether to add more folic acid to enriched grain products and expand folic acid fortification into cornmeal and corn-based food products to help prevent further serious birth defects (see H. Res. 1487), H9085 [23SE]

———finalize proposed rule on sunscreen product labeling (see S. 3425), S8035 [1AU]

———reverse policy eliminating access to medication containing estriol (see S. Con. Res. 88), S5447 [10JN] (see H. Con. Res. 342), H3108 [6MY]

Federal aid programs: provide for expansion of Federal programs to prevent and manage vision loss (see S. 3534), S9204 [22SE]

———use poverty line determined for Alaska for all States and the District of Columbia for school lunch and supplemental nutrition assistance (food stamps) programs (see H.R. 7085), H9973 [25SE]

Federal employees: increase maximum age up to which an individual may be afforded health coverage as a dependent child under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 5550), H1417 [6MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the safety of the food supply (see S. 3385), S7904 [31JY]

———ensure safety and quality of medical products and enhance authorities of FDA (see S. 3409), S7905 [31JY]

———preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (see S. 3398), S7904 [31JY] (see H.R. 6381), H6173 [26JN]

———require manufacturers of bottled water to submit annual reports (see S. 3475), S8383 [11SE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (see S. 2844), S2945 [10AP]

———modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (H.R. 2537), consideration (see H. Res. 1083), H2068 [8AP]

Firefighter Cancer Support Network (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 1172), H3018 [1MY]

Fish and fishing: establish a Federal grant program to provide increased health care coverage to and access for uninsured and underinsured workers and families in the commercial fishing industry (see S. 2630), S970 [13FE] (see H.R. 5404), H942 [13FE]

———establish a program to strengthen activities for ensuring that seafood sold or offered for sale to the public is fit for human consumption (see S. 2688), S1521 [4MR] (see H.R. 5738), H2150 [9AP] (see H.R. 5956), H3018 [1MY]

Food: ensure safety (see H.R. 5827), H2442 [16AP]

———ensure the safety of imported seafood and seafood products (see S. 2914), S3401 [24AP]

———extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (see S. 2784), S2133 [13MR]

———improve safety by providing for improved information technology to identify high-risk imports and enhanced use of science to identify and address food safety issues (see H.R. 5904), H2759 [24AP]

———prohibit use of nonambulatory livestock for human food and require the publishing of names of retailers and school districts that have purchased meat, poultry, or egg products subject to voluntary recall (see H.R. 5762), H2223 [10AP]

———provide for enhanced food-borne illness surveillance and food safety capacity (see S. 3358), S7629 [29JY]

———require chain restaurants and grocery stores to disclose nutritional information on prepared foods (see S. 3575), S9492 [25SE]

———require disclosure of nutritional information on food offered for sale in food service establishments (see H.R. 7187), H10299 [27SE]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 6636), H7306 [29JY]

———strengthen food safety inspection system by imposing stricter penalties for the slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see S. 2770), S2133 [13MR]

Food industry: establish traceability system for food (see S. 3422), S8035 [1AU]

———improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see S. 3267), S6722 [15JY]

Food Safety Administration: establish (see H.R. 7143), H10130 [26SE]

Foreign trade: eliminate barriers to exports of U.S. goods and services, restore rights under trade remedy laws, and strengthen enforcement of intellectual property rights and health and safety laws at U.S. borders (see H.R. 6530), H6726 [17JY]

———require report on invasive agricultural pests and diseases and sanitary and phytosanitary barriers to trade before beginning negotiations to enter into a free trade agreement (see S. 2906), S3401 [24AP]

Government regulations: protect pregnant women and children from dangerous lead exposures (see S. 3639), S9658 [26SE]

Hazardous substances: establish a registry to ensure that certain individuals who may have been exposed to formaldehyde have an opportunity to register and receive medical treatment (see H.R. 5897), H2758 [24AP]

———exempt health care facilities, schools, and day care centers from laws requiring energy efficient lighting if such lighting contains mercury (see H.R. 5232), H620 [6FE]

———phase out use of mercury in manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda (see H.R. 5580), H1538 [11MR]

———protect pregnant women and children from dangerous lead exposures (see S. 3495), S8855 [16SE]

———reauthorize the Select Agent Program and improve oversight of high containment laboratories (see S. 3127), S5592 [12JN] (see H.R. 6671), H7628 [30JY]

———reduce exposure of children, workers, and consumers to toxic chemical substances (see S. 3040), S4487 [20MY] (see H.R. 6100), H4321 [20MY]

———reduce health risk posed by asbestos-containing products (see H.R. 6903), H8127 [15SE]

Health Care Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute: establish (see S. 3408), S7905 [31JY]

Health care facilities: assist trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, emergency needs, and information technology to prevent further closures and downgrades (see H.R. 5942), H3018 [1MY]

———assure that a nonemergency department physician is available to hospital patients 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week in all non-Federal hospitals with a certain number of beds (see H.R. 5739), H2150 [9AP]

———provide for public disclosure of charges for certain hospital and ambulatory surgical center services and drugs (see H.R. 5033), H348 [17JA]

———provide loans to implement green building technologies and practices to improve employee performance, reduce health care costs, and improve patient outcomes (see S. 3586), S9492 [25SE]

———require certain facilities to disclose charge-related information and to price protect treatments not covered by insurance as conditions for protection from certain legal actions (see H.R. 6015), H3403 [8MY]

———require that agreements to arbitrate nursing home disputes be made after the dispute has arisen (see S. 2838), S2817 [9AP] (see H.R. 6126), H4829 [22MY]

Health care professionals: address health workforce shortages (see H.R. 7065), H9972 [25SE]

———award grants for demonstration programs to enable States to develop health care volunteer indemnity programs (see S. 3354), S7629 [29JY]

———establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members (see H.R. 6652), H7627 [30JY]

———establish a multi-faceted approach to improve access and eliminate disparities in oral health care (see S. 3064), S4793 [22MY]

———expand the dental workforce and improve dental access, prevention, and data reporting (see S. 2723), S1703 [6MR] (see H.R. 5549), H1416 [6MR]

———expand training, improve recruitment and retention, and increase incentives for those serving rural and urban underserved areas (see S. 3708), S10659 [19NO] (see H.R. 7302), H10856 [20NO]

———impose admitting privilege requirements with respect to physicians who perform abortions (see S. 2788), S2231 [31MR]

———increase number of dentists serving health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 6613), H7164 [24JY]

———provide grants or contracts to create prescription drug education and outreach academic detailing programs (see S. 3396), S7904 [31JY] (see H.R. 6752), H7787 [31JY]

———provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities (see S. 2672), S1271 [27FE] (see H.R. 5707), H2011 [3AP]

Housing: improve research on health hazards in housing, enhance capacity of programs to reduce such hazards, and expand national outreach about housing hazards (see S. 3654), S10069 [29SE]

Immigration: allow, and establish conditions for, temporary admission of nonimmigrant aliens to the U.S. to receive medical treatment (see H.R. 6519), H6673 [16JY]

Insects: establish a grant program to assist States in inspecting hotel rooms for bed bugs (see H.R. 6068), H4059 [15MY]

Insurance: ensure access to affordable and quality health care without exacerbating the Federal budget or contributing to market inflation while providing greater choices for consumers (see H. Res. 1228), H4831 [22MY]

———ensure that third party review is available whenever health insurance coverage in the individual market is terminated (see S. 3559), S9415 [24SE]

———establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, and accessible (see S. 2795), S2345 [2AP] (see H.R. 5918), H2852 [29AP] (see H.R. 6210), H5110 [9JN]

———impose a limitation on lifetime aggregate limits imposed by health plans (see S. 2706), S1596 [5MR] (see H.R. 6528), H6725 [17JY]

———prohibit discrimination in group health coverage and individual health insurance coverage (see H.R. 5449), H993 [14FE]

———provide enhanced health insurance marketplace pooling and relating market rating (see S. 2818), S2435 [3AP]

———provide for the offering of health benefit plans to individuals and increase funding and promote best practice protocols for State high risk health insurance pools (see H.R. 6280), H5481 [17JN]

———provide parity under group health plans and insurance coverage in the provision of benefits for prosthetic devices and components and benefits for other medical and surgical services (see S. 3517), S9025 [18SE] (see H.R. 5615), H1701 [13MR]

———require group and individual insurer coverage of individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials (see S. 2999), S3975 [8MY]

———require reinstatement upon payment of all premiums due of group or individual health insurance coverage terminated by reason of nonpayment of premiums (see H.R. 6071), H4060 [15MY]

———require that group health plans provide coverage for pervasive developmental disorders such as autism (see H.R. 5028), H294 [16JA]

———require that limitations and restrictions on coverage under group health plans be timely disclosed to plan sponsors and clearly communicated to plan participants and beneficiaries (see H.R. 6908), H8275 [16SE]

Interagency Council on Healthy Housing: establish (see S. 2735), S1741 [7MR]

Iraq: recognize impact of financial costs of war on U.S. economy and move to redeploy U.S. Armed Forces and refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities (see H. Res. 1019), H1220 [4MR]

Long-Term Care Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 431), H9974 [25SE]

Medicaid: clarify authority of States to use funds as the non-Federal share of expenditures for certain regional medical centers (see H.R. 5657), H1821 [31MR]

———disapprove rule on optional State plan case management services (see S.J. Res. 30), S2133 [13MR] (see H.J. Res. 78), H1701 [13MR]

———establish a disproportionate share hospital (DSH) redistribution pool from unexpended allotments to increase allotments for low DSH States and to provide grants for certain health access networks (see H.R. 5721), H2069 [8AP]

———establish a State plan option to provide an all-inclusive program of care for children medically fragile or with one or more chronic conditions that impedes their ability to function (see S. 3631), S9657 [26SE] (see H.R. 7130), H10130 [26SE]

———extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations (see H.R. 5613), H1700 [13MR]

———extend the MinnesotaCare Medicaid demonstration project (see S. 3467), S8275 [10SE] (see H.R. 6848), H7955 [9SE]

———impose moratorium on implementation of a regulation related to the outpatient clinic and hospital facility services definition and upper payment limit (see H.R. 7219), H10641 [29SE]

———improve rehabilitation services and case management and targeted case management services (see S. 3611), S9657 [26SE]

———improve the State plan amendment option for providing home and community-based services (see S. 3327), S7278 [24JY] (see H.R. 7212), H10331 [28SE]

———include all public clinics for the distribution of pediatric vaccines (see H.R. 4990), H294 [16JA]

———provide a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see S. 2620), S815 [8FE] (see H.R. 5268), H811 [7FE]

———provide additional funds for the Qualifying Individual (QI) program (see S. 3549), S9281 [23SE] (see S. 3560), S9415 [24SE] (see H.R. 7077), H9972 [25SE]

———provide an option for States to cover a children's program of all-inclusive coordinated care (ChiPACC) (see H.R. 6931), H8396 [17SE]

———provide coverage of drugs prescribed for certain NIH research study child participants (see S. 2629), S970 [13FE] (see H.R. 5468), H994 [14FE]

———require asset verification through access to information held by financial institutions to reduce fraud and abuse (see S. 2845), S2945 [10AP] (see H.R. 5757), H2223 [10AP]

———require State plans to continue to cover non-emergency transportation to medically necessary services (see H.R. 7122), H10130 [26SE]

———require States to provide hair prostheses for individuals diagnosed with alopecia areata (see H.R. 5936), H2947 [30AP]

———strengthen State and local government efforts to investigate and prosecute fraud and abuse (see H.R. 6769), H7787 [31JY]

———temporarily delay application of proposed changes to payment rules for case management and targeted case management services (see S. 2578), S492 [30JA] (see H.R. 5173), H555 [29JA]

Medicare: allow early access to benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of premiums for such benefits (see S. 3710), S10742 [20NO]

———amend special needs plans and the alignment of Medicare and Medicaid for dually eligible individuals (see H.R. 6365), H6088 [25JN]

———apply an alternative payment amount for certain graduate medical education programs established to train residents displaced by natural disasters (see S. 3117), S5524 [11JN] (see H.R. 6466), H6406 [10JY]

———apply exceptions process for tiered formulary drugs to specialty tier drugs and limit cost-sharing for specialty tier drugs (see H.R. 6684), H7784 [31JY]

———clarify use of private contracts by beneficiaries for professional services and allow individuals to opt out of certain benefits (see H.R. 7148), H10131 [26SE]

———continue ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health education programs (see S. 3468), S8275 [10SE] (see H.R. 5174), H555 [29JA]

———coverage of clinical pharmacist practitioner services under part B (see H.R. 5780), H2224 [10AP]

———coverage of individuals receiving a heart transplant (see H.R. 6196), H5043 [5JN]

———delay and reform the competitive acquisition program for purchase of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (see S. 3144), S5697 [17JN] (see H.R. 6252), H5406 [12JN]

———delay phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor (see S. 3484), S8479 [12SE] (see H.R. 6873), H8048 [11SE]

———eliminate disparities in breast cancer treatment through development of a uniform set of treatment performance measures for a quality reporting system and value-based purchasing system (see H.R. 5901), H2758 [24AP]

———enhance beneficiary protections under parts C and D (see S. 2687), S1467 [3MR] (see H.R. 6359), H6009 [24JN]

———ensure all physicians are permitted to perform face-to-face examinations and prescribe durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (see H.R. 6119), H4453 [21MY]

———ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 6826), H7808 [1AU]

———ensure that home health agencies assign the most appropriate skilled service to make the initial assessment visit for home health services for beneficiaries requiring rehabilitation therapy (see H.R. 5704), H2011 [3AP]

———enter into negotiated rulemaking to modernize Part B fee schedule for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 6761), H7787 [31JY]

———establish a floor for payment for mammography (see H.R. 5711), H2011 [3AP]

———establish a hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (see S. 2790), S2231 [31MR]

———establish budget neutral demonstration projects to study and improve the quality and cost effectiveness of cancer care services provided to beneficiaries (see H.R. 6725), H7786 [31JY]

———establish Independence at Home Chronic Care Coordination Demonstration Project (see S. 3613), S9657 [26SE] (see H.R. 7114), H10129 [26SE]

———exempt complex rehabilitation and assistive technology products from competitive acquisition program (see S. 2931), S3507 [29AP]

———exempt negative pressure wound therapy pumps and related supplies and accessories from the competitive acquisition program until the clinical comparability of such products can be validated (see S. 3091), S5204 [5JN] (see H.R. 4935), H23 [15JA]

———expand coverage of paramedic intercept services (see H.R. 6082), H4064 [16MY]

———expand development of quality measures for inpatient hospital services and implement a performance-based payment methodology for such services (see H.R. 7067), H9972 [25SE]

———expand Rural Hospital Flexibility Program to increase the delivery of mental health services to veterans (see S. 3095), S5204 [5JN]

———extend and revise incentive payments for physician scarcity areas (see H.R. 6386), H6174 [26JN]

———extend Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 6394), H6174 [26JN]

———extend physician payment rates (see H.R. 6129), H4829 [22MY]

———improve access of beneficiaries to immune globulins (see S. 2990), S3891 [7MY]

———improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see S. 2702), S1521 [4MR]

———improve access to health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (see S. 2786), S2133 [13MR]

———improve fairness and reduce regional inequities in reimbursement payments to providers (see S. 2962), S3698 [1MY]

———improve provision of telehealth services (see S. 2812), S2435 [3AP] (see H.R. 6163), H4830 [22MY]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 5953), H3018 [1MY]

———include vision restoration therapy devices and associated software used to treat impaired visual function due to acquired brain injury within the definition of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 6241), H5327 [11JN]

———increase civil and criminal penalties for acts involving fraud and abuse and amount of surety bond required for suppliers of durable medical equipment (see S. 2603), S784 [7FE]

———increase payments for physicians' services (see H.R. 5445), H993 [14FE]

———increase per resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments to hospitals (see S. 2781), S2133 [13MR]

———increase the per resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 5426), H942 [13FE]

———limit increases in Medicare Advantage payment rates until parity is achieved with fee-for-service programs (see H.R. 7197), H10330 [28SE]

———limit prescription drug program premium increases to no more than Social Security cost-of-living adjustment and require Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 5317), H812 [7FE]

———modify designation of accreditation organizations for orthotics and prosthetics, apply accreditation and licensure requirements to such devices, and modify payment methodology for such devices (see H.R. 6878), H8048 [11SE]

———modify physician reimbursement policies to ensure a future physician workforce (see S. 2729), S1703 [6MR] (see H.R. 5545), H1416 [6MR]

———permit physical therapy services to be furnished to individuals under the care of a dentist (see H.R. 5590), H1538 [11MR]

———preserve access to physicians' services (see S. 2785), S2133 [13MR] (see H.R. 6091), H4320 [20MY]

———preserve access to urban Medicare-dependent hospitals (see H.R. 7105), H9973 [25SE]

———provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education and conduct research to improve cancer symptom management (see H.R. 5585), H1538 [11MR]

———provide coverage for consultations regarding orders for life sustaining treatment and provide grants for development and expansion of programs for such orders (see H.R. 7181), H10299 [27SE]

———provide coverage for the shingles vaccine (see H.R. 5877), H2657 [23AP]

———provide coverage of federally recommended vaccines (see H.R. 4992), H294 [16JA]

———provide coverage of remote patient management services for chronic health care conditions (see H.R. 5765), H2223 [10AP]

———provide coverage of services of qualified respiratory therapists performed under the general supervision of a physician (see S. 2704), S1596 [5MR]

———provide for a disclosure requirement for physicians referring for imaging services (see S. 3343), S7526 [26JY] (see H.R. 6821), H7808 [1AU]

———provide for a geographic adjustment for cap on hospice care payments and require hospice programs to report comprehensive data on hospice care (see H.R. 6158), H4830 [22MY]

———provide for a Medicare Advantage benchmark adjustment for certain local areas with VA medical centers and for certain contiguous areas (see S. 2545), S207 [23JA] (see H.R. 5125), H455 [23JA]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see S. 3505), S8947 [17SE]

———provide for payment of home health services on a reasonable cost basis (see S. 3265), S6722 [15JY]

———provide payments for unscheduled physician telephone consultation services when such payments are cost and quality effective (see H.R. 6380), H6173 [26JN]

———provide temporary improvements to inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals and use the non-wage adjusted PPS rate under the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program (see S. 3300), S7030 [22JY] (see H.R. 6912), H8275 [16SE]

———reduce fraud (see S. 3164), S5832 [19JN]

———reduce inequitable disparities in physician payments in rural areas and revise the practice expense geographic adjustment (see S. 3318), S7148 [23JY]

———reduce variation in Medicare Advantage payment rates among counties within the same State within certain very large metropolitan areas (see H.R. 6174), H4877 [3JN]

———replace the prescription drug benefit with a revised and simplified program for all beneficiaries (see H.R. 6800), H7807 [1AU]

———require continued application of budget neutrality on a national basis in calculation of the urban hospital wage floor (see S. 3582), S9492 [25SE] (see H.R. 6966), H8476 [18SE]

———respond to a funding warning by introducing principles of value-based health care and reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see S. 2662), S1121 [25FE] (see H.R. 5480), H1031 [25FE]

———revise timeframe for recognition of certain designations in certifying rural health clinics (see S. 3367), S7780 [30JY]

———stabilize and modernize the provision of partial hospitalization services (see S. 3116), S5524 [11JN]

———waive Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act requirements relative to action on legislation in response to a funding warning (see H. Res. 1368), H7057 [23JY]

Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act: eliminate certain inappropriate changes in law made to the Medicare Advantage program (see H.R. 6819), H7807 [1AU]

Medicare/Medicaid: amend qualifications of the director of food services of a skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 7139), H10130 [26SE]

———extend expiring provisions (see S. 3236), S6504 [9JY]

———extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (see S. 3101), S5366 [6JN] (see H.R. 6212), H5110 [9JN] (see H.R. 6331), H5796 [20JN]

———improve transparency of information on nursing and skilled nursing facilities and clarify and improve enforcement of requirements on such facilities (see S. 2641), S1054 [14FE] (see H.R. 5799), H2354 [15AP] (see H.R. 7128), H10130 [26SE]

———preserve access to health care (see S. 3656), S10176 [30SE] (see H.R. 7241), H10699 [2OC]

———prevent reduction in physician fee schedule, advance value based purchasing, electronic health records, and electronic prescribing, and maintain and improve access to care in rural areas (see S. 3118), S5524 [11JN]

———promote use of advance directives (see H.R. 5702), H2011 [3AP]

———reduce cost-sharing for certain dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 5604), H1700 [13MR]

Mental health: improve capacity of nongovernmental organizations and individuals in foreign countries to provide appropriate mental disability and mental trauma care training (see S. 2752), S1999 [12MR]

———integrate services with physical health services, improve access to underserved areas, and provide grants to recruit mental health professionals (see H.R. 5176), H555 [29JA]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 6983), H8577 [22SE]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), consideration (see H. Res. 1014), H1219 [4MR]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 1525), H10699 [2OC]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1134), H2658 [23AP]

Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act: technical correction (see S. 3712), S10742 [20NO]

Minority AIDS Initiative: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 103), S9415 [24SE]

Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act: reauthorize for prevention and control of mosquito-borne diseases (see S. 3201), S6285 [26JN]

Motor vehicles: increase standard mileage rate for certain tax deductions for the use of an automobile and temporarily increase reimbursement rate for use of an automobile by Federal employees (see S. 3032), S4375 [19MY] (see H.R. 6283), H5481 [17JN]

MRSA Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 454), S1055 [14FE] (see H. Res. 988), H994 [14FE]

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. 5881), H2657 [23AP]

National Aphasia Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 566), S4182 [14MY] (see H. Res. 1188), H3777 [13MY]

National Apple Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1143), H2658 [23AP]

National Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 462), S1271 [27FE]

National Assisted Living Week: designate (see S. Res. 652), S8179 [9SE]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1191), H3777 [13MY]

National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1439), H8128 [15SE]

National Audiology Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 433), H9974 [25SE]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 481), S2133 [13MR] (see H. Res. 1106), H2266 [14AP]

National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 83), S4621 [21MY] (see H. Con. Res. 352), H4060 [15MY]

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 280), H295 [16JA]

National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1511), H10132 [26SE]

National Brain Tumor Awareness Month: establish (see H. Res. 1124), H2552 [22AP]

National Cancer Institute: make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer (see S. 2569), S445 [29JA]

National Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 363), H4831 [22MY]

National Celiac Disease Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 657), S8479 [12SE]

National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 484), S2133 [13MR]

National Chiari Malformation Month: designate (see H. Res. 1422), H7955 [9SE]

National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network: establish (see H.R. 7153), H10131 [26SE]

National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 563), S4106 [13MY]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 683), S9415 [24SE]

National Childhood Stroke Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 549), S3742 [2MY]

National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1359), H6733 [21JY]

National Community Health Aide, Community Health Practitioner, and Dental Health Aide Week: designate (see S. Res. 526), S3257 [22AP]

National Cushing's Syndrome Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 498), S2346 [2AP]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 510), S2945 [10AP] (see H. Con. Res. 299), H994 [14FE]

National Donate Life Month: designate (see H. Res. 1094), H2151 [9AP]

National Drug Prevention and Education Week: designate (see S. Res. 434), S445 [29JA]

National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 647), S8036 [1AU]

National Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 471), S1521 [4MR] (see H. Res. 994), H1031 [25FE]

National Health Care Decisions Day: support goals and ideals (see S.J. Res. 29), S1999 [12MR] (see S. Con. Res. 73), S2436 [3AP] (see H.J. Res. 77), H1618 [12MR] (see H. Con. Res. 323), H2069 [8AP]

National Health Information Technology Week: designate (see S. Res. 589), S5447 [10JN] (see H. Con. Res. 367), H4877 [3JN]

National Healthy Schools Day: designate (see H. Res. 1056), H1771 [14MR]

———observance (see S. Res. 535), S3442 [28AP]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 6568), H6824 [22JY]

National Heat Stroke Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 296), H942 [13FE]

National Hidradenitis Suppurativa Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1037), H1539 [11MR]

National HIV Testing Day: designate (see S. Res. 606), S6327 [27JN]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 384), H6176 [26JN]

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 581), S4969 [3JN]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of multidisciplinary research centers focusing on women's health and disease prevention (see H.R. 5808), H2355 [15AP]

———authorize development of research program on hormone disruption (see H.R. 5809), H2355 [15AP]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 698), S10176 [30SE]

National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 614), S6869 [16JY]

National Men's Health Week: observance (see S. Res. 585), S5204 [5JN]

National Methamphetamine Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 703), S10486 [2OC]

National MPS Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 559), S4028 [12MY]

National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 477), S1818 [10MR]

National Nurses Week: recognize (see H. Res. 1086), H2069 [8AP]

National Nursing Home Week: designate (see S. Res. 543), S3595 [30AP] (see H. Res. 1203), H4060 [15MY]

National objectives: advance America's priorities (see S. 3297), S7030 [22JY]

———incorporate sustainable wellness programs in national health care system to address underlying causal factors associated with chronic disease (see H. Con. Res. 406), H7788 [31JY]

———increase Federal investment in public and preventive health (see S. Res. 640), S7905 [31JY]

———increase number of primary care physicians and improve patient access to primary care services (see H.R. 7192), H10300 [27SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 6699), H7784 [31JY]

———policy to increase Federal commitment prioritizing disease prevention and public health (see H. Res. 1381), H7307 [29JY]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 3072), S4793 [22MY] (see H.R. 5348), H869 [12FE] (see H.R. 5955), H3018 [1MY] (see H.R. 6444), H6341 [9JY] (see H.R. 7166), H10131 [26SE]

———provide access to comprehensive primary health care services and improve primary health care delivery through expansion of community health center and National Health Service Corps programs (see S. 3412, 3413), S7905 [31JY]

———provide for sex education and substance abuse treatment and prevention (see H.R. 6906), H8127 [15SE]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 678), S9281 [23SE]

National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1328), H6342 [9JY]

National Physical Education and Sports Week: designate (see S. Res. 546), S3699 [1MY]

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see S. Res. 546), S3699 [1MY]

National Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 620), S7149 [23JY]

National Prader-Willi Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1386), H7307 [29JY]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 667), S9025 [18SE]

National Protect Your Hearing Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 436), H10131 [26SE]

National Public Health Coordinating Council: establish (see S. 3570), S9415 [24SE]

National Public Health Week: observance (see S. Res. 509), S2817 [9AP] (see H. Res. 1081), H2016 [4AP]

National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day: designate (see S. Res. 487), S2134 [13MR]

National Runaway Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 646), S8036 [1AU] (see H. Res. 1375), H7164 [24JY]

National Safety Month: designate (see H. Res. 1225), H4831 [22MY]

National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 963), H813 [7FE]

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1149), H2759 [24AP]

National Save for Retirement Week: designate (see S. Res. 601), S6158 [25JN]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1294), H5864 [23JN]

National Scleroderma Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1232), H4832 [22MY]

National security: enhance security and protect against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities (see H.R. 5577), H1538 [11MR]

National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 518), S3080 [16AP] (see H. Res. 1226), H4831 [22MY]

National Spina Bifida Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 661), S8528 [15SE] (see H. Res. 1480), H9084 [23SE]

National STD Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 542), S3595 [30AP]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1131), H2553 [22AP]

National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 93), S6722 [15JY] (see H. Con. Res. 393), H6824 [22JY]

National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 530), S3402 [24AP]

National Tourette Syndrome Day: designate (see H. Res. 1305), H6089 [25JN]

National Wear Red Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 972), H870 [12FE]

National Women's Health Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 81), S3891 [7MY] (see H. Con. Res. 331), H2486 [17AP]

National Workplace Wellness Week: recognize (see H. Con. Res. 405), H7788 [31JY]

Native Americans: improve health care under Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Programs (see S. 2532), S93 [22JA]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see H.R. 6594), H7163 [24JY] (see H.R. 7174), H10299 [27SE]

NIH: enhance public and private research efforts to develop new tools and therapies that prevent, detect, and cure diseases (see S. 2988), S3891 [7MY]

———make a prize payment to the first person who develops a cure for clear cell sarcoma of the tendons and aponeuroses (see H.R. 7121), H10130 [26SE]

———make emergency supplemental appropriations (see S. 3272), S6868 [16JY]

North American Occupational Safety and Health Week: designate (see S. Res. 547), S3699 [1MY]

Nuclear weapons: reduce number and accessibility and prevent proliferation, and direct a portion of the resulting savings towards child survival, hunger and universal education (see H. Res. 1045), H1702 [13MR]

Obesity: establish a comprehensive plan to prevent, treat, and reduce obesity and promote healthy nutritional choices (see S. 3584), S9492 [25SE] (see H.R. 7179), H10299 [27SE]

———establish an interagency task force responsible for creating a national strategy to combat obesity (see S. 3321), S7148 [23JY]

Occupational Safety and Health Professionals Day: designate (see S. Res. 547), S3699 [1MY]

Ohio: tribute to efforts of Ohio Depts. of Mental Health and Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services to address the stigma associated with mental health and substance use disorders (see S.J. Res. 33), S4621 [21MY] (see H.J. Res. 86), H4453 [21MY]

OPM: allow companies who offer non-Governmentwide service benefit health care plans to participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 4932), H293 [16JA]

Organ donation: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors and their families (see S. 3530), S9204 [22SE] (see H.R. 6950), H8475 [18SE] (see H.R. 7198), H10330 [28SE]

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network: funding (see S. 3503), S8947 [17SE] (see H.R. 6469), H6406 [10JY]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 720), S10743 [20NO]

Pharmaceuticals: improve regulation of Internet pharmacies (see H.R. 6353), H6009 [24JN]

Pink Prayer Day: designate (see H. Res. 1412), H7808 [1AU]

Poison: reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain poison center funding, and enhance public health (see S. 2932), S3507 [29AP] (see H.R. 5669), H1888 [1AP]

Postal Service: allow to pay its share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (see H.R. 7313), H10867 [9DE]

Privacy: provide individuals access to their health information, ensure privacy and security in development of health information infrastructure, and impose penalties for unauthorized use of personal health information (see H.R. 5442), H993 [14FE]

Project HOPE (organization): anniversary (see H. Res. 1484), H9085 [23SE]

Public buildings: prohibit smoking near executive, legislative, and judicial branch buildings and entryways (see H.R. 6571), H6824 [22JY]

Public Health Service Act: protection of human subjects in research (see H.R. 7140), H10130 [26SE]

———reauthorize the National Health Service Corps Program (see H.R. 6351), H5864 [23JN]

Public housing: train and employ residents in home-based health services in order to provide Medicaid-covered home-based health services to elderly and disabled residents (see H.R. 6033), H3776 [13MY]

Public safety officers: provide adequate benefits to officers injured or killed in the line of duty (see S. 3397), S7904 [31JY]

———provide enhanced benefits to survivors of Federal officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 7263), H10827 [3OC]

Radioactive substances: upgrade security at civilian nuclear facilities and of nuclear materials that could be used to construct a dirty bomb (see S. 3444), S8035 [1AU] (see H.R. 6816), H7807 [1AU]

Research: address barriers to pain care by enhancing coordination of research, improving healthcare provider education and training, and elevating public awareness of pain and pain management (see S. 3387), S7904 [31JY]

———expand and accelerate genomics research and initiatives to improve the accuracy of disease diagnosis, increase drug safety, and identify novel treatments (see H.R. 6498), H6576 [15JY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research and direct NIH to issue guidelines for such research (see H.R. 7141), H10130 [26SE]

Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act: define environmental intervention blood lead level (see S. 3609), S9657 [26SE]

———define environmental intervention blood lead level and establish additional requirements for certain lead hazard screens (see H.R. 6309), H5728 [19JN]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorize provision of technical assistance to small public water systems (see H.R. 6313), H5728 [19JN]

Schools: prohibit Federal education funding for elementary or secondary schools that provide access to emergency postcoital contraception (see H.R. 6453), H6405 [10JY]

———provide States with resources needed to rid schools of performance-enhancing drug use (see H.R. 6281), H5481 [17JN]

Science: establish a pathway for the licensure of biosimilar biological products (see H.R. 5629), H1701 [13MR]

———establish a process for the management of biospecimen collections by Federal agencies (see H.R. 7158), H10131 [26SE]

———prohibit human-animal hybrids (see H.R. 5910), H2759 [24AP]

Second Annual National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 479), S1876 [11MR]

Senate Rules: allow part-time, voluntary provision of medical services in private medical facilities by certain Senators (see S. Res. 681), S9415 [24SE]

Senior citizens: attract and retain trained health care professionals and direct care workers dedicated to providing quality care to the growing population of older Americans (see S. 2708), S1596 [5MR] (see H.R. 6337), H5796 [20JN]

———authorize additional appropriations for the family caregiver support program and for the National Clearinghouse for Long-term Care Information (see H.R. 7020), H9084 [23SE]

———establish pilot programs that provide for emergency crisis response teams to combat elder abuse (see H.R. 6141), H4830 [22MY]

———expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals (see S. 3730), S10881 [10DE]

———improve research, diagnosis, and treatment of musculoskeletal diseases, conditions, and injuries and conduct a longitudinal study on aging (see H.R. 6478), H6406 [10JY]

———protect seniors from elder abuse by improving prosecution, law enforcement, and assistance to victims (see H.R. 5352), H869 [12FE]

Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1453), H8396 [17SE]

Small business: encourage development of small business cooperatives for healthcare options to improve coverage for employees (CHOICE) including through a small business CHOICE tax credit (see H.R. 6582), H7057 [23JY]

———provide employees of small employers with access to quality, affordable health insurance coverage (see S. 3554), S9414 [24SE]

———provide quality, affordable health insurance for small employers and individuals (see S. 2948), S3595 [30AP]

Social Security: allow certain youths who became inmates of public institutions to re-enroll in Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program upon release (see H.R. 6621), H7164 [24JY]

———authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see S. 2570), S445 [29JA] (see H.R. 5510), H1183 [28FE] (see H.R. 5812), H2355 [15AP]

———disapprove final rule imposing crowd-out strategies on States that expand income eligibility level for children under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S.J. Res. 44), S6937 [17JY]

———encourage use of certified health information technology by providers in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 7191), H10300 [27SE]

———establish a sliding disability benefit scale for individuals with waxing and waning diseases and conditions and ensure income while working is more than work income or benefits (see H.R. 6457), H6405 [10JY]

———expand coverage options under the State Children's Health Insurance Program through premium assistance (see H.R. 6963), H8476 [18SE]

———expand State Child Health Insurance Program coverage through employer buy-ins, regional State arrangements, and State initiatives to expand coverage and access (see H.R. 7129), H10130 [26SE]

———extend funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 6788), H7806 [1AU]

———nullify effectiveness of a guidance letter proposing rules relative to the Federal-State financial partnerships under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5998), H3402 [8MY]

———place a general eligibility ceiling of the poverty level on gross income for eligibility for benefits under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5961), H3050 [5MY]

———preserve access to Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program during an economic downturn (see S. 2819), S2435 [3AP]

———prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (see S. 2908), S3401 [24AP] (see H.R. 6399), H6174 [26JN] (see H.R. 6600), H7163 [24JY]

———promote tobacco use cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the maternal and child health program (see S. 3206), S6285 [26JN] (see H.R. 6393), H6174 [26JN]

———provide for transparency in the relationship between physicians and manufacturers of drugs, devices, or medical supplies for which payment is made under certain programs (see H.R. 5605), H1700 [13MR]

———provide monthly benefits for certain uninsured children living without parents (see H.R. 6607), H7164 [24JY]

———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program and limit income eligibility expansions under that program until the lowest income eligible individuals are enrolled (see S. 2936), S3507 [29AP]

———remove inmate limitations on Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, and State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges (see H.R. 5698), H2010 [3AP]

———report on access to primary care and efforts to avoid displacement of private coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program and urge use of surveys to measure physician access (see H.R. 6506), H6673 [16JY]

———require States to help alien children in the child welfare system apply for all forms of immigration relief (see H.R. 6649), H7307 [29JY]

———revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington's disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington's disease (see H.R. 6259), H5407 [12JN]

States: provide fiscal relief through a temporary increase in the Federal medical assistance percentage and direct payments to States (see S. 2586), S543 [31JA]

Taxation: allow a continuous levy on payments to Medicaid providers and suppliers (see S. 2843), S2945 [10AP] (see H.R. 5764), H2223 [10AP]

———allow a credit against income tax for individuals who care for certain dependents with long-term care needs (see H.R. 6665), H7628 [30JY]

———allow a deduction for long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria and flexible spending plans, and a credit for individuals with long-term care needs (see H.R. 5559), H1417 [6MR]

———allow a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance and a credit for individuals who care for those with long-term care needs (see H.R. 7095), H9973 [25SE]

———allow a full deduction for meals and lodging in connection with medical care (see H.R. 5557), H1417 [6MR]

———allow a refundable credit for health insurance costs of individuals with COBRA continuation coverage by reason of termination of employment (see H.R. 7010), H9083 [23SE]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 5784), H2265 [14AP]

———allow certain public employees a deduction for distributions from governmental plans for health and long-term care insurance (see H.R. 6961), H8476 [18SE]

———allow individuals a credit for health insurance costs and allow employees who elect not to participate in employer subsidized health plans an exclusion from gross income for employer payments (see H.R. 5923), H2852 [29AP]

———allow reimbursement from flexible spending accounts for certain dental procedures (see S. 3717), S10743 [20NO]

———allow small businesses a refundable credit to offset the cost of providing health care coverage for employees (see H.R. 6422), H6175 [26JN]

———allow tax-exempt bond financing for fixed-wing emergency medical aircraft (see H.R. 6546), H6726 [17JY]

———allow the purchase of health insurance with pre-tax dollars (see S. 2835), S2817 [9AP]

———allow veterans a deduction for certain travel expenses to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical centers for examinations or treatments relating to service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 5737), H2149 [9AP]

———establish disability savings accounts (see S. 2741), S1876 [11MR]

———improve ability of medical professionals to practice medicine and provide quality care to patients by providing a tax deduction for patient bad debt (see H.R. 6101), H4321 [20MY]

———improve access to health care through expanded health savings accounts (see S. 3626), S9657 [26SE]

———increase tobacco products excise tax and dedicate revenues to the war on cancer (see H.R. 6791), H7806 [1AU]

———provide a credit for certain caregivers, expand dependent care credit, and increase exclusion limitation for dependent care assistance (see H.R. 6390), H6174 [26JN]

———provide a credit for long-term care insurance premiums and taxpayers with long-term care needs (see H.R. 6237), H5327 [11JN]

———provide a credit for taxpayers with long-term care needs (see H.R. 6448), H6342 [9JY]

———provide a Federal income tax credit for certain stem cell research expenditures (see S. 2863), S3026 [15AP]

———provide a nonrefundable credit for long-term care insurance premiums (see S. 3365), S7780 [30JY]

———provide an exemption from Federal motor fuels excise tax for ground emergency and non-emergency ambulance services (see H.R. 6243), H5327 [11JN]

———provide for tax-favored retirement health savings accounts (see H.R. 6288), H5481 [17JN]

———provide incentives to improve research competitiveness (see S. 2884), S3144 [17AP] (see H.R. 5681), H1972 [2AP]

———provide tax relief to the unemployed (see H.R. 7314), H10867 [9DE]

———provide that elderly and disabled individuals receiving in-home care under certain government programs are not liable for employment taxes for the care providers (see H.R. 5703), H2011 [3AP]

———reduce threshold for the allowance of the deduction for medical expenses (see H.R. 7025), H9084 [23SE]

———reform laws relative to individuals, estate and gift taxes, corporate rates, capital gains and dividends, retirement savings, lifetime savings, life skills, and certain medical care (see S. 2547), S207 [23JA] (see H.R. 5105), H455 [23JA]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 6242), H5327 [11JN]

Tay-Sachs Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 594), S5592 [12JN]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1333), H6406 [10JY]

Technology: enhance adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information technology system to improve health care quality, reduce medical errors, and increase efficiency of care (see H.R. 6179), H4973 [4JN]

———promote adoption of health information technology (see H.R. 6357), H6009 [24JN] (see H.R. 6898), H8127 [15SE]

Telecommunications: improve effectiveness of rural health care support (see S. 3491), S8855 [16SE]

Terrorism: improve Federal response efforts after a terrorist strike or other major disaster affecting homeland security (see H.R. 6852), H7955 [9SE]

U.N.: direct U.S. funding to the U.N. Population Fund for essential women's health services (see S. 2682), S1419 [29FE]

U.S. Fire Administration: provide for the long-term health monitoring of firefighters in disaster areas (see H.R. 6112), H4453 [21MY]

U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act: amend (see H.R. 5237), H621 [6FE]

———reauthorize (see S. 2731), S1741 [7MR] (see H.R. 5501), H1154 [27FE]

———reauthorize (H.R. 5501), consideration (see H. Res. 1065), H1888 [1AP]

———reauthorize (H.R. 5501), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 1362), H6823 [22JY]

U.S.-Mexico border: establish grant programs to improve the health of residents and for bioterrorism preparedness in the area (see H.R. 5592), H1538 [11MR]

University of Maryland: anniversary of School of Medicine (see S. Res. 671), S9204 [22SE]

Veterans: celebrate partnership between the Government and State veterans homes (see H. Res. 1335), H6407 [10JY]

———clarify meaning of ``combat with the enemy'' for purposes of service-connection of disabilities (see H.R. 6732), H7786 [31JY]

———clarify the service treatable as service engaged in combat with the enemy for utilization of non-official evidence for proof of service-connection in a combat-related disease or injury (see H.R. 5985), H3185 [7MY]

———ensure access to services in at least one Veterans Health Administration full-service hospital in their State or comparable contract services in the State (see H.R. 6629), H7306 [29JY]

———establish a commission to oversee services for post-traumatic stress and other mental health disorders, the Heroes-to-Healers Program, and grants for mental health provider recruitment (see S. 3374), S7904 [31JY]

———expand and enhance benefits (see S. 2984), S3790 [6MY]

———extend operations of the Senior Oversight Committee on wounded warrior matters (see S. 2923), S3442 [28AP]

———facilitate emergency medical services personnel training and certification curriculums (see H.R. 6011), H3402 [8MY]

———health care funding (see S. 2639), S1054 [14FE]

———health care funding through reductions in LSC and Title X family planning programs funding (see H.R. 6712, 6712), H7785 [31JY]

———health care funding through reductions in National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities funding (see H.R. 6711), H7785 [31JY]

———improve health care benefits (see S. 2889), S3144 [17AP]

———increase rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 2617), S815 [8FE]

———make technical correction in application of special rules relative to payment of combat-related special compensation to eligible retirees with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 7011), H9083 [23SE]

———presume service-connection for diseases associated with exposure to biological, chemical, or other toxic agents as part of Project 112/Shipboard Hazard and Defense (see H.R. 5954), H3018 [1MY]

Veterans' Benefits and Services Act: amend relative to HIV infection testing (see H.R. 6114), H4453 [21MY]

Veterans Health Administration: establish position of Director of Physical Therapy Service and a fellowship program for physical therapists in geriatrics, rehabilitation, and polytrauma care (see H.R. 6792), H7806 [1AU]

Vietnamese Conflict: amend presumptions of exposure for veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 6562), H6824 [22JY]

Water: protect the health of pregnant women, infants, and children by requiring a health advisory and drinking water standard for trichloroethylene vapor intrusion (see H.R. 5527), H1220 [4MR]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see S. 3642), S10004 [27SE] (see H.R. 7180), H10299 [27SE]

White House Conference on Food and Nutrition: convene (see S. 3108), S5447 [10JN] (see H.R. 6127), H4829 [22MY]

Wildlife: prevent introducton and establishment of nonnative invasive wildlife species that negatively impact the economy, environment, or human or animal health (see H.R. 6311), H5728 [19JN]

Women: assist throughout pregnancy by providing services that will alleviate financial, social, emotional, and other difficulties that may otherwise lead to abortion (see H.R. 7091), H9973 [25SE]

———determine the health risks of dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in feminine hygiene products and collect and analyze data on toxic shock syndrome (see H.R. 5181), H556 [29JA]

———ensure health care for women and health care for all in national health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 400), H7787 [31JY]

———reduce maternal mortality (see S. Res. 616), S6972 [21JY] (see H. Res. 1022), H1341 [5MR]

———support legislation promoting improved health care and access to health care (see S. Res. 638), S7905 [31JY]

World Glaucoma Day: observance (see H. Res. 981), H942 [13FE]

World Hepatitis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1192), H3777 [13MY]

World Water Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 478), S1818 [10MR]

Biographies

Mulliken, John B., E1780 [15SE]

Booklets

``Collapse of the Middle Class—Letters From Vermont and America'', S5438-S5441 [10JN]

———(excerpt), S5570 [12JN]

Cloture motions

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1200), S1045 [14FE], S1108 [25FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (H.R. 6331), motion to proceed, S6224, S6231 [26JN], S6489 [9JY]

———extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (S. 3101), motion to proceed, S5431 [10JN], S5564 [12JN]

National objectives: advance America's priorities (S. 3297), motion to proceed, S7509 [26JY], S7551 [28JY], S8934 [17SE]

U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act: reauthorize (S. 2731), motion to proceed, S6493 [9JY], S6596 [11JY]

Essays

American Diabetes Month: Sophie Baum, E2205 [2OC]

Explanations

Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act (S. 3023), E2051-E2062 [27SE]

Factsheets

Myth v. Facts—Re—Global AIDS Legislation (PEPFAR), S6641 [14JY]

Letters

Add Malawi, Swaziland and Lesotho to list of focus countries in global fight against HIV/AIDS: Hawa O. Ndilowe, Ephraim M.M. Hope, and Mabasia N. Mohobane, H1936 [2AP]

Advancing America's Priorities Act: Peter R. Orszag, CBO, S7510 [26JY], S7543 [28JY]

Ban use of diacetyl in the production of microwave popcorn: several consumer organizations, S1683 [6MR]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services directive to States relative to coverage of children under the State Children's Health Insurance Program: several health care organizations, S5687 [17JN]

Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act: OSHA Fairness Coalition, H2916 [30AP]

Dept. of HHS Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program funding: several health organizations, S1970 [12MR]

Determination of GlaxoSmithKline, PLC, action after receiving study on the potential health risks associated with diabetes drug Avandia: Senator Grassley, Committee on Finance (Senate), S486 [30JA]

Disability Savings Act: Katherine Beh Neas, Easter Seals, Inc., S1882 [11MR]

Disease research funding: Representative Cohen, H4435 [21MY]

Ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage: Carlea Bauman, Colorectal Cancer Coalition, H7545 [30JY]

———Daniel E. Smith and Wendy K.D. Selig, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, H7544 [30JY]

———Karen Ignagni, America's Health Insurance Plans (organization), H7544 [30JY]

———Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, H7545 [30JY]

———Sue Nelson, American Heart Association and American Stroke Assoication, H7544 [30JY]

Establish a program to evaluate HIV/AIDS programs in order to improve accountability, increase transparency, and ensure the delivery of evidence-based services: Pamela W. Barnes, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, S547 [31JA]

Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act: Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H7576 [30JY]

———Representative Dingell, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7576, H7577 [30JY]

———Representative Rahall, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H7577 [30JY]

———Representative Rangel, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H7576 [30JY]

Federal medical assistance percentage increase: Charlie Crist, Governor of Florida, H10055 [26SE]

Foot and Mouth Disease Prevention Act: Burdell Johnson, American Sheep Industry Association, S6563 [10JY]

———Doug Sombke, South Dakota Farmers Union, S6564 [10JY]

———Jodie Hickman, South Dakota Cattlemen's Association, S6564 [10JY]

———R.M. Thornsberry, Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund (R-CALF) United Stockgrowers of America (organization), S6564 [10JY]

———Tom Buis, National Farmers Union, S6563 [10JY]

Fostering Connections to Success Act: Candy Hill, Catholic Charities USA (organization), H5931 [24JN]

———Karen Rousey, Baby Fold (organization), H5931 [24JN]

———Lisa M. Carr and Lisa Hassenstab, Lutheran Services in America (organization), H5930 [24JN]

———Nathan Monell and Misty Stenslie, Foster Care Alumni of America (organization), H5928 [24JN]

GAO feasibility study on providing an insurance benefit to Federal employees which affords partial or total wage replacement with respect to periods of qualified leave: Ralph Dawn, GAO, H5606 [19JN]

Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act: American Dental Education Association and American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, S10673 [19NO]

———Harrison C. Spencer, Association of Schools of Public Health, S10673 [19NO]

———John S. Findley, American Dental Association, S10673 [19NO]

———Lisa V. Rubenstein, Society of General Internal Medicine, S10674 [19NO]

———Michael D. Parkinson, American College of Preventive Medicine, S10672 [19NO]

———Rose M. Yuhos, National Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Organization, S10674 [19NO]

———several health care organizations, S10672 [19NO]

———Wanda D. Lipscomb, National Council for Diversity in the Health Professions, S10674 [19NO]

———Wayne Harris, Association of Minority Health Professions Schools, Inc., S10673 [19NO]

———William F. Leinweber, American Academy of Physician Assistants, S10672 [19NO]

Healthy Americans Act: Peter R. Orszag, CBO and Edward K. Kleinbard, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S3660 [1MY]

Identify constraints encountered by nursing schools in admitting and graduating a sufficient number of nurses to meet health care needs: Carol A. Watson and Pamela A. Thompson, American Organization of Nurse Executives, E152 [7FE]

———Gary S. Carter, New Jersey Hospital Association, E152 [7FE]

———several organizations, E152 [7FE]

Increase per resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments to hospitals under the Medicare program: Coalition for Direct Graduate Medical Education Fairness, S2158 [13MR]

———Douglas Strong, University of Michigan Health System, S2157 [13MR]

———Mark Cummings, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, S2157 [13MR]

———Peter B. Ajluni, American Osteopathic Association, S2158 [13MR]

International affairs funding: Senator Biden, Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S1964-S1966 [12MR]

Limit Medicare exception to prohibition on physician referrals for certain physician-owned hospitals: Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, H1270 [5MR]

Louisiana priorities relative to recovery from effects of Hurricane Gustav: Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana, Mitch Landrieu, Lt. Governor of Louisiana, and Mike Strain, Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture, S8930 [17SE]

Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act: Representatives Christopher H. Smith and Holden, H10175 [27SE]

Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act: Peter R. Orszag, CBO, S5562 [12JN]

Medicare Telehealth Improvement Act: David A. Kakmia, Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards, S2439 [3AP]

———Jonathan D. Linkous, American Telemedicine Association, S2438 [3AP]

———Linda Rosenberg, National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, S2438 [3AP]

———several organizations, S2438 [3AP]

Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act: Anna Burger, Service Employees International Union, E364 [12MR]

———Betty Ford, Betty Ford Center, E362 [12MR]

———Brian Canfield, American Counseling Association, E361 [12MR]

———Carolyn B. Robinowitz, American Psychiatric Association, E360 [12MR]

———David L. Shern, Mental Health America (organization), E367 [12MR]

———E. Clarke Ross, Children and Adults With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders (organization), E361 [12MR]

———Federation of American Hospitals, H1270 [5MR], E361 [12MR]

———Gail Shearer, Consumers Union, E364 [12MR]

———Gary D. Maynard, American Correctional Association, E363 [12MR]

———Jerry Reed, Suicide Prevention Action Network USA, E363 [12MR]

———Karen F. Flippo, National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities, E365 [12MR]

———Katherine Beh Neas, Easter Seals, Inc., E364 [12MR]

———Lee Grossman, Autism Society of America, E364 [12MR]

———Leona Stucky-Abbott, Listening Sage Associates, E365 [12MR]

———Linda Rosenberg, National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, E362 [12MR]

———Marc Lerro, Eating Disorders Coalition, E361 [12MR]

———Mental Health Liaison Group, S9249 [23SE]

———Michael M. Miller, American Society of Addiction Medicine, E362 [12MR]

———Nicholas T. Motu, Hazelden Foundation, E360 [12MR]

———Robert J. Fletcher, National Association for the Dually Diagnosed, E365 [12MR]

———Robert J. Lindsey, National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc., E360 [12MR]

———Robert W. Glover, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, E359 [12MR]

———Rosalynn Carter, Carter Center, Inc., S9251 [23SE]

———Susan H. Connors, Brain Injury Association of America, E362 [12MR]

———Vivian Hanson Meehan, National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, E364 [12MR]

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act: Michael Festa, Thomas Stickrath, Sharon Keller, and Pat Colloton, Council of State Governments Justice Center, H427 [23JA]

National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month: Charles E. Coger and Joan L. Wharton, One Church, One Child of Maryland, Inc., E1121 [3JN]

———James H. Scully, Jr., American Psychiatric Association, E1122 [3JN]

———Linda Rosenberg, National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, E1120 [3JN]

———Linda Wharton-Boyd and Courtney Lang, National Minority Mental Health Task Force, E1121 [3JN]

———Lynn J. Goodloe, National Alliance on Mental Illness, E1121 [3JN]

———Mark A. Nordenberg, University of Pittsburgh, E1121 [3JN]

———Nancy Carter, National Alliance on Mental Illness, E1121 [3JN]

———several individuals, E1120 [3JN]

National Pain Care Policy Act: Jackie S. Rowles, American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, H8676 [23SE]

Native American public safety and water development funding through reductions in U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act reauthorization: Charles E. Johnson, Dept. of HHS, H7117 [24JY]

———Senator Thune, H7117 [24JY]

NIH disease research funding: Representative Cohen, H5186 [10JN]

NIH extramural funding program oversight and transparency: Senator Grassley, Committee on Finance (Senate), S5030 [4JN]

NIH research programs funding: Elias A. Zerhouni, Dept. of HHS, S10047 [29SE]

Orlando, FL, VA Hospital construction funding: Representative Feeney, E1602 [30JY]

Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act: Brian A. Benczkowski, Dept. of Justice, S1195 [26FE]

Prohibit Indian Health Service funding for abortions except under certain circumstances: Douglas Johnson, National Right to Life Committee, Inc., S43 [22JA]

———Thomas McClusky, Family Research Council, S43 [22JA]

———Wendy Wright, Concerned Women for America (organization), S43 [22JA]

Public Health Emergency Response Act: several health organizations, S7155 [23JY], E1521 [22JY]

Reduce maternal mortality: Representative Berman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H4126 [19MY]

———Representative Dingell, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H4126 [19MY]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission Act: Representative Wolf, E2319 [20NO]

Sewage Overflow Community Right-To-Know Act: Kamil Azoury, California Association of Sanitation Agencies, H5822, H5824 [23JN]

———Ken Kirk, National Association of Clean Water Agencies, H5822 [23JN]

———several environmental organizations, H5822 [23JN]

Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act: Bill Frist, H8702 [23SE], E2120 [28SE]

Sunscreen Labeling Protection (SUN) Act: Daniel E. Smith and Dick Woodruff, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, S8038 [1AU]

———Richard Wiles, Environmental Working Group (organization), S8038 [1AU]

———Robert F. Hurley, Citizens for Sun Protection (organization), S8038 [1AU]

Support further research and activities to increase public awareness, professional education, diagnosis, and treatment of Dandy-Walker syndrome and hydrocephalus: Marina L. Weiss, March of Dimes Foundation, H5942 [24JN]

Suspend immigration enforcement in the event of a emergency: several civil rights organizations, E1082 [23MY]

Transitional health care for Armed Forces members separated from active duty who agree to serve in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve: Dennis M. McCarthy, Reserve Officers Association, S8820 [16SE]

Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act: James B. Peake, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S3800 [6MY]

Veterans Health Care Act: James B. Peake, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S3161 [17AP]

Veterans Pain Care Act: Richard Rosenquist, Pain Care Coalition, H4434 [21MY]

Vision Preservation Act: Michele Haranin, American Optometric Association, S9212 [22SE]

Waive Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act requirements relative to action on legislation in response to a funding warning: Barbara B. Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, H7125 [24JY]

Lists

Congressional staff who worked on H.R. 5501, U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act reauthorization, H7114 [24JY]

Health organizations supporting H.R. 2851, ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage, H7545 [30JY]

Industries that could be impacted by combustible dust, H2917 [30AP]

Organizations supporting Dept. of HHS Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program funding, S1970 [12MR]

Organizations supporting H.R. 1424, Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act, E365-E367 [12MR]

Organizations supporting H.R. 6307, Fostering Connections to Success Act, H5930 [24JN]

Organizations supporting H.R. 6331, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act, S6142 [25JN], S6229 [26JN]

Organizations supporting S. 558, Mental Health Parity Act, H1265-H1267 [5MR]

OSHA standards addressing combustible dust, H2917 [30AP]

Memorandums

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Implementation of Certain Medicaid Regulations: Elicia Herz, Congressional Research Service, S2104-S2107 [13MR]

Messages

State of the Union: President Bush, S390-S394 [28JA]

Veto of H.R. 6331, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act: President Bush, S6705 [15JY], H6520 [15JY]

Motions

Dept. of Labor: issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), H2919 [30AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 6599), H7799, H7801 [1AU]

Discrimination: prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), H2972 [1MY]

Diseases: provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (H.R. 5265), H10176 [27SE]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), H1307, H1308, H1309 [5MR], H10755 [3OC]

National objectives: advance America's priorities (S. 3297), S7509 [26JY], S9220 [22SE]

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network: funding (H.R. 6469), H10807 [3OC]

U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act: reauthorize (H.R. 5501), H1939 [2AP], H7110 [24JY]

———reauthorize (S. 2731), S6685 [15JY]

Notices

Congressional Office of Compliance: proposed rulemaking relative to veterans employment opportunities regulations, S3188-S3191 [21AP], S3971 [8MY], H1811-H1815 [31MR], H3338-H3400 [8MY]

Papers

From Good Intentions to Bad AIDS Policy—Moral Hazards of Redesigning PEPFAR: Daniel P. Moloney, S6640 [14JY]

Press releases

American Psychiatric Association Response to Controversy About DSM-IV and Mental Health Parity—March 2008: American Psychiatric Association, E360 [12MR]

And the Emmy Award Goes to—The US Family Health Plan and the National Military Family Association: Michelle Joyner, National Military Family Association, and Susan Oakland, Marion Montgomery, Inc., E2359 [10DE]

Foot and Mouth Disease Prevention Act: U.S. Cattlemen's Association, S6563 [10JY]

Medicare and Medical Liability Reform: Health Coalition on Liability and Access, H7127 [24JY]

Medicare Trigger Ignores Real Problem-Skyrocketing Health Care Costs: AARP, H7125 [24JY]

Nutrition in schools: ``Snacks 4 Education'' project team, S5388 [9JN]

Proclamations

Lady Baesman Recipient of American Cancer Society Outstanding Advocacy Volunteer Award: Representative Space, E302 [5MR]

National Facial Protection Month: Represenative Carolyn McCarthy, E424 [14MR]

Tribute to George Washington University Cancer Institute: Representative Stearns, E557 [9AP]

Regulations

Veterans Employment Opportunities Regulations: Congressional Office of Compliance, S2221-S2225 [31MR], H1815-H1819 [31MR]

Remarks in House

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, H539 [29JA], H593 [6FE], H796 [7FE], H1020 [25FE], H1317 [5MR], H1433 [10MR], H6320-H6326 [9JY], E166 [12FE]

Abstinence education program: funding, E2072 [27SE]

Africa: improve health care capacity and retention of health professionals in sub-Saharan Africa to treat and prevent HIV/AIDS and other diseases and reduce maternal and child mortality, H1911 [2AP], H7114 [24JY]

———report on congressional delegation trip to Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Liberia, H6388 [10JY]

African Americans: economic opportunities, H1806-H1810 [31MR]

Agriculture: prohibit importation of ruminants, swine, and their products from Argentina until the Dept. of Agriculture certifies that Argentina is free of foot and mouth disease (H.R. 6522), H6678 [17JY]

———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. 6635), E1596 [30JY]

———protect farmers and ranchers that may be harmed economically by genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals and ensure fairness in dealings with certain biotech companies (H.R. 6637), E1596 [30JY]

AIDS Awareness Month: observance, E2079 [27SE]

Aileo, Brenna: International Red Cross Florence Nightingale Medal recipient, E7 [15JA]

Alcoholic beverages: observe anniversary of State-based regulation and recognize State officials, public health community, and industry members for creating a successful regulatory and distribution system (H. Con. Res. 415), H8377-H8379 [17SE], E1840 [18SE]

Allied Veterans of the World, Inc.: tribute, E2103 [28SE]

American Diabetes Month: observance, E2204 [2OC]

American Heart Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 972), H917, H918 [13FE], E201 [14FE]

American Red Cross: tribute, E902 [13MY]

American Society of Hematology: anniversary, E706 [23AP], E1567 [25JY]

Ann Arbor, MI: inclusion of University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ``Best Children's Hospitals'' list, E1215 [12JN]

Apple Crunch: support goals and ideals of healthy food choice event (H. Res. 1143), H7220, H7221 [29JY], H7706 [31JY], E1627 [31JY], E1685 [1AU]

Appletime Childcare Center Inc.: tribute to Trike-a-Thon, E1856 [22SE]

Appropriations: making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), H3951 [15MY]

Armed Forces: allow members to sue the U.S. for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care (H.R. 6093), H6318 [9JY]

———ensure fair treatment of members discharged early due to being the only surviving child in a family in which an immediate family member was killed, MIA, or disabled in the line of duty (H.R. 6580), H7276-H7280 [29JY]

———facilitate the provision of care and services for members with traumatic brain injury, H1958 [2AP]

———impact of the duration of military deployments on members and their families, H2938-H2945 [30AP]

———improve and enhance mental health benefits available to veterans and members and enhance counseling and other benefits available to survivors of veterans and members of the Armed Forces (H.R. 6268), E1220 [12JN]

———mobilization and demobilization dental care for members of the Reserve component funding, H4753 [22MY]

———permit members assigned to a congressional liaison office of the Dept. of Defense at the House of Representatives to obtain membership in the House exercise facility (H. Res. 1068), H2298 [15AP]

———provide for transitional health care for members separated from active duty who agree to serve in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve, H4794 [22MY]

———provide for transitional health care for members separated from active duty who agree to serve in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve (H.R. 5609), E407 [13MR]

———recognize service of members and support wounded warriors (H. Res. 1020), H2024, H2025 [8AP], E540 [8AP], E551 [9AP]

———reduce post-traumatic stress disorder and other combat-related stress disorders among military personnel, E661 [18AP]

———require continuation of pay to members who are retired or separated from service due to combat-related injuries of certain bonuses that they were entitled to before retirement or separation, H4428 [21MY]

Asian American Medical Association: tribute, E2340 [9DE]

Bay Pines, FL: Bay Pines VA Hospital expansion funding, H7718 [31JY]

Beach Protection Act: prohibit use of funds for earmarks, H2202-H2207 [10AP]

Belarus: call for release of U.S. citizen Emanuel Zeltser, E936 [15MY]

Benjamin, Regina: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation MacArthur Fellow award recipient, E2102 [28SE]

Bernard Lown Day: observance, E1280 [19JN]

Bicycles: recognize importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation (H. Con. Res. 305), H1189 [4MR], H4102-H4104 [19MY], H4432 [21MY], E270 [28FE], E977 [20MY]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance (H. Con. Res. 230), E2220 [3OC]

Brookfield, MO: tribute to Pershing Health System new addition, E2005 [25SE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H604-H617 [6FE], H1059-H1065 [26FE], H1321 [5MR], H2428-H2434 [16AP], H3864-H3870 [14MY], H5466-H5470 [17JN], E125 [6FE], E208 [15FE]

———comparison between congressional and Bush administration proposals, H1556-H1559 [12MR]

Burke, William P.: Greater Pittston, PA, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick (organization) Man of the Year award recipient, E331 [6MR]

Burns, Julie Newbill: Florida Governor's Point of Light Award recipient, E1405 [8JY]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, H540 [29JA], H2535 [22AP], H5488, H5490 [18JN]

Cadillac, MI: anniversary of Mercy Hospital Cadillac, E22 [16JA]

California: local government policy to provide medical services to illegal aliens, H3758 [13MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to Office of the Attending Physician, E2387 [3JA]

Caribbean nations: economic and social conditions outlook, E447 [31MR], E1414, E1416 [9JY], E1432 [10JY], E1480 [16JY], E1595 [30JY]

———HIV/AIDS epidemic, E1222 [12JN]

———provide assistance to combat HIV/AIDS, H1898-H1901 [2AP]

Carter BloodCare, Inc.: tribute, E124 [6FE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: funding, H605 [6FE]

———tribute to Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation (WISEWOMAN) program, E2135 [28SE]

Central Valley Health Network (nonprofit organization): anniversary, E392 [13MR]

Children and youth: assist foster children in developing or maintaining connections to family, community, support, health care, and school (H.R. 6307), H5921-H5932 [24JN], E1377 [26JN], E1494 [17JY], E1774 [11SE]

———ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage (H.R. 2851), H7541-H7546 [30JY], E1668 [1AU]

———establish and implement concussion management guidelines for student athletes (H.R. 7274), E2294 [20NO]

———improve emergency medical services for children (H.R. 2464), H2027-H2029 [8AP], E546 [8AP]

———make grants to carry out activities to prevent teen pregnancy in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities (H.R. 468), E2119 [28SE]

———national objectives priorities assignments, H2558 [23AP]

———recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs (H. Res. 1013), H1257-H1259 [5MR]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (H.R. 1653), E1980 [25SE]

———reduce childhood obesity, H6348 [10JY], E1629 [31JY]

———support the We Don't Serve Teens campaign (H. Res. 1042), H8682-H8684 [23SE]

Chillicothe, MO: anniversary of Henrick Medical Center, E1764 [11SE]

Climate: impact of global warming on health, E542 [8AP]

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance (H. Con. Res. 302), H1623 [13MR], H1787-H1789 [31MR], E462, E468 [1AP]

Columbus, GA: tribute to Stork Medical, LLC, and Community Blood Services (business) for partnership providing cord blood storage to Armed Forces members, E1076 [23MY]

Community Health and Counseling Services (organization): anniversary, E2119 [28SE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 110th Congress, H435 [23JA]

———address the costly obesity epidemic by identifying opportunities to increase access to and promotion of nutrition, physical activity, and health care in legislation (H. Res. 1244), E1159 [5JN]

Connecticut State Dental Association: tribute to Connecticut Mission of Mercy free dental clinics, H2249 [14AP]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (H.R. 4133), H6325 [9JY]

Cover the Uninsured Week: observance, H2865 [30AP], H3002, H3006 [1MY]

Cramer, Wendy: Maryland Veterans Advisory Council Congressional Volunteer Recognition Award recipient, E496 [3AP]

Crime: protect civil rights of victims of gender-motivated violence and create employer liability for negligent conduct resulting in gender-motivated crimes on employer-controlled premises (H.R. 6927), E1823 [17SE]

———provide grants for improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses (H.R. 3992), H424-H428, H430 [23JA]

———provide grants for improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses (S. 2304), H10268-H10270 [27SE], H10631 [29SE]

CrisisLink (organization): tribute, E1037 [22MY]

Cropp, Michael: Leukemia and Lymphoma Society New York and Finger Lakes Chapter Service to Mankind award recipient, E241 [26FE]

D'Alessandri, Robert: Lackawanna County, PA, Columbus Day Association Man of the Year award recipient, E2205 [2OC]

Dallas, TX: anniversary of Resource Center of Dallas, E1862 [22SE]

De Wynter, Tala: Napa County, CA, Hispanic Network honoree, E1783 [15SE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H276-H283 [16JA], H2641-H2647 [23AP], H4442-H4446 [21MY], H7148 [24JY], H7961, H7962 [10SE], H8135 [16SE], H8388 [17SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize the ordering of a recall of meat and poultry that is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise unsafe (H.R. 5518), E272 [28FE]

Dept. of Defense: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Research Program funding, E1065 [23MY], E1188 [10JN]

———Army Future Combat Systems Program funding through reductions in Navy research, development, test, and evaluation program, military personnel, and Defense Health Program funding, H4745, H4746 [22MY]

———conduct study to identify the mental health risks associated with individual military duties, E1114 [3JN]

———enhance suicide prevention programs, H4430, H4431 [21MY]

———study feasibility and efficacy of providing a behavioral health care provider locator and appointment assistance service to members of the Reserve component of the Armed Forces, H4754 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense Mental Health Task Force: implement recommendations, E1118 [3JN]

Dept. of HHS: authorize a grant to a qualified youth-serving organization for recruiting and preparing students for careers and volunteer opportunities as health care professionals (H.R. 3618), E764 [29AP]

———authorize appropriations for the health centers program (H.R. 1343), H4891-H4896 [4JN], H9923-H9926 [25SE], E878 [8MY], E2087 [27SE]

———carry out a demonstration grants program to provide for certain patient coordination, outreach, and assistance services to reduce barriers to health care and improve outcomes (H.R. 7079), E2044 [27SE]

———develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and establish school-based food allergy management grants (H.R. 2063), H2036-H2038 [8AP], E546 [8AP]

———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (S. 1858), H2038-H2041, H2058 [8AP], E546 [8AP], E550 [9AP]

———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (S. 1858), technical corrections (H.R. 5919), H2890 [30AP]

———expand and intensify research programs concerning elder falls (H.R. 3701), E1267 [18JN]

———expand and intensify research programs concerning elder falls (S. 845), H2034-H2036 [8AP], E546 [8AP]

———improve residential treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women and programs to reduce substance abuse among nonviolent offenders, H8680 [23SE]

———make grants to community health coalitions to assist in the development of integrated health care delivery (H.R. 3561), E878 [8MY]

———reauthorize Healthy Start Program (S. 1760), H8670, H8671 [23SE]

———require parental consent before dispensing prescription drugs at residential programs, H5961 [24JN]

———require publishing of physical activity guidelines for the general public (H.R. 5639), E408 [13MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: suspend immigration enforcement in the event of a emergency and provide for evacuation, transportation, and health care needs, E1081 [23MY]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program (H.R. 6503), H8097, H8098 [15SE], H8368 [17SE], E2231 [3OC]

Dept. of Labor: award grants to provide rehabilitation services to current and former miners suffering from mental health impairments, H64, H65 [16JA]

———exempt organic dust in food grain from standards relative to worker exposure to combustible dust if standards would increase the domestic price of such food grain, H2919, H2920 [30AP]

———issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), H2736 [24AP], H2909-H2922 [30AP], E793 [1MY], E847 [7MY]

———issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), consideration (H. Res. 1157), H2891-H2894 [30AP]

———issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), corrections in engrossment, H2922 [30AP]

———issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 5522), motion to recommit, H2919, H2920 [30AP]

———personal coal dust monitors funding, H61, H64 [16JA]

———prohibit issuance, administration, or enforcement of any rule, regulation, or requirement derived from a proposal submitted to OMB on occupational health risk assessments (H.R. 6660), E1632 [31JY]

Dept. of the Interior: convey the Alta-Hualapai Site to Las Vegas, NV, for the development of a cancer treatment facility (H.R. 1311), H1193 [4MR]

Dept. of Transportation: Safe Routes to School Program funding, H4929 [4JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow veterans in highly rural areas to receive covered health services through outside providers, H9380, H9381 [24SE]

———allow veterans in highly rural areas to receive covered health services through outside providers (H.R. 1527), H7656 [31JY], H7903, H7907 [9SE], E1760 [10SE]

———authorize major medical facility projects and leases and extend certain authorities (H.R. 6832), H7909-H7913 [9SE], H8038 [11SE]

———authorize major medical facility projects and leases (H.R. 5856), H4199-H4202 [20MY], E1002 [21MY], E1056 [23MY]

———establish a pain care initiative in health care facilities (S. 2160), H4434 [21MY]

———establish Epilepsy Centers of Excellence (H.R. 2818), H5944-H5949, H5966 [24JN]

———establish position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the Office of the Under Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Health (H.R. 2790), H4183-H4185 [20MY], E1002 [21MY]

———expand and improve health care services available to veterans, H2425 [16AP]

———expand and improve health care services available to veterans for substance use disorders (H.R. 5554), H4193-H4196 [20MY], E1002 [21MY], E1056 [23MY]

———expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 4107), H4180 [20MY]

———extend and modify the Health Professional Scholarship Program (H.R. 6430), E1402 [8JY]

———funding, H1566 [12MR]

———increase number of medical centers specializing in post-traumatic stress disorder in underserved urban areas, H7756, H7757 [31JY]

———modernize disability benefits claims processing system to ensure accurate and timely delivery of compensation to veterans and their families and survivors (H.R. 5892), H7256-H7263 [29JY], H7650 [31JY], E1635 [31JY]

———post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury treatment funding, H7757, H7758 [31JY]

———prohibit collection of certain copayments from catastrophically disabled veterans (H.R. 6445), H7240-H7244 [29JY], H7650 [31JY], E1632 [31JY]

———provide a dental insurance plan for certain veterans and their survivors and dependents (H.R. 6277), E1237 [17JN]

———provide assistance to the Paralympic Program of the U.S. Olympic Committee (H.R. 4255), H7246-H7248 [29JY], H7707 [31JY], E1651 [1AU]

———provide comprehensive health care to children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida (H.R. 5729), H4197, H4198 [20MY]

———reimburse veterans receiving emergency treatment in non-departmental facilities for such treatment until such veterans are transferred to departmental facilities (H.R. 3819), H4190, H4191 [20MY], E1002 [21MY], E1056 [23MY]

———State extended care facilities funding through reductions in general operating expenses, H7749, H7750 [31JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: eliminate earmarks, H7768-H7773 [31JY]

———eliminate requirement that funded projects comply with Davis-Bacon Act wage rate requirements, H7773, H7774 [31JY]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 6599), H7709-H7775 [31JY], H7793-H7802 [1AU], E1720 [8SE], E2037 [27SE]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 6599), consideration (H. Res. 1384), H7649-H7658 [31JY]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 6599), earmark declaration, E1579, E1580, E1584, E1585, E1586, E1587, E1588, E1589, E1590, E1591 [29JY], E1593, E1594, E1595, E1596, E1597, E1599, E1600, E1601, E1602, E1603, E1604, E1608, E1613, E1614, E1617, E1618, E1620, E1622 [30JY], E1627, E1634, E1636, E1639, E1640 [31JY], E1674 [1AU], E1767, E1773 [11SE], E1842 [18SE], E1892 [24SE], E2289 [20NO]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 6599), motion to recommit, H7800, H7801 [1AU]

Dillon, Dustin: HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Altoona ``No Limits'' Personal Achievement award recipient, E1889 [24SE]

Disability Pride Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1355), H7038, H7039 [23JY], E1701 [1AU]

Disabled: enhance early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (H.R. 1198), H2025-H2027 [8AP], E546 [8AP]

Disasters: ensure victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services (H.R. 6569), E1521 [22JY]

———provide health benefits to rescue, recovery, and cleanup workers whose health was adversely affected by the 9/11 disaster, H597 [6FE]

Discrimination: prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information, H1261, H1302, H1306 [5MR]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), H2736 [24AP]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), Senate amendment, H2953, H2961-H2980 [1MY], E771, E784 [30AP], E818 [5MY], E849 [7MY]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1156), H2956-H2961 [1MY]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), return to Senate, H2828 [29AP]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), technical corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 340), H2982 [1MY]

Diseases: add safe drinking water to nutrition and income security on list of programs for which direct linkages to HIV/AIDS treatment services are encouraged, H1934, H1935 [2AP]

———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 (H.R. 1553), H5296-H5300 [11JN], E1245 [17JN]

———allow flexibility in the use of HIV prevention funds in the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) by removing abstinence-until-marriage programs funding requirement, H876 [13FE], H1912, H1913, H1920 [2AP]

———develop comprehensive national HIV/AIDS strategy, E2166 [30SE]

———eliminate tuberculosis (H.R. 1532), H8671-H8674 [23SE], E1914, E1980 [25SE]

———establish a grant program to provide screenings for glaucoma to individuals determined to be at high risk for glaucoma (H.R. 3005), E828 [6MY]

———establish a National Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Registry and authorize research on acquired bone marrow failure diseases (H.R. 6884), E1767 [11SE]

———establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (S. 1382), H9916-H9918 [25SE]

———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, H1911 [2AP], H7114 [24JY]

———identify causes and cure, expand data collection, and study access to and quality of care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (H.R. 1188), E389 [13MR], E1652, E1668 [1AU]

———improve and enhance research and programs on cancer survivorship, E1518 [22JY]

———improve support and services for individuals with autism and their families (H.R. 1881), H4121 [19MY]

———improve surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions (H.R. 6905), E1786 [15SE]

———increase Alzheimer's disease research funding, E1583 [29JY]

———increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis, H1909 [2AP], H7117 [24JY]

———increase Federal commitment to supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment (H. Res. 353), H5942-H5944 [24JN], H6121 [26JN], H6311 [9JY]

———link between child vaccinations containing mercury and autism, H1996 [3AP]

———promote research, awareness, and education about cerebral cavernous malformations (H. Res. 1193), E897 [13MY]

———provide education about heart disease within African-American community, E1503 [17JY]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (H.R. 1283), H10165-H10169 [27SE]

———provide for prostate cancer imaging research and education (H.R. 3563), H5943 [24JN]

———provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (H.R. 5265), H8676, H8678 [23SE], E1972 [25SE]

———provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (H.R. 5265), Senate amendment, H10176 [27SE]

———research funding, H3782 [14MY], H4434 [21MY]

———support further research and activities to increase public awareness, professional education, diagnosis, and treatment of Dandy-Walker syndrome and hydrocephalus (H. Con. Res. 163), H5940-H5942 [24JN], H6121 [26JN]

District of Columbia: Providence Hospital doctors inclusion in Washingtonian (publication) list of the region's best doctors, E889 [13MY]

———tribute to Nation's Triathlon, E1756 [10SE]

Drugs: establish a drug-free workplace information clearinghouse, support residential treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women, and improve prevention and treatment of methamphetamine addiction (H.R. 6901), H8678-H8681 [23SE], H9913 [25SE]

Dystonia Awareness Week; observance, E974 [20MY]

East Texas Area Health Education Center: National Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Organization Eugene S. Mayer Program of Excellence Award recipient, E1124 [3JN]

Ecology and environment: enhance environmental justice education in middle and high schools that serve disadvantaged students, H8438 [18SE]

Economy: reform health care, Social Security, tax code for individuals and small businesses, and the budget process (H.R. 6110), H4329 [21MY]

Education: establish a health and education grant program related to autism spectrum disorders (H.R. 5446), H4121 [19MY]

———funding, H606 [6FE]

———temporarily classify medical bill payments as extenuating circumstances which shall not interfere with the ability to receive Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS) loans for tuition, H2465, H2466 [17AP]

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.: anniversary, E1212 [12JN]

Efrain Anthony Marrero Foundation: tribute, E514 [4AP]

Eglin AFB, FL: tribute to opening of Dept. of Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, E717 [24AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (H.R. 4926), H5073-H5075 [9JN]

EMD Serono, Inc.: Computerworld Honors Program Gold Medal award recipient, E1147 [5JN]

Employee Benefit Research Institute: anniversary, E2237 [3OC]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: expand individuals eligible for compensation, enhance provision of information to claimants, and improve compensation procedures (H.R. 6766), E1657 [1AU]

EPA: conduct a study to assess the benefits of using molecular diagnostics for monitoring and assessing the quality of coastal recreation waters, H2414-H2416 [16AP]

———create and maintain a National List of Beaches to provide the public with information on beach conditions, H2420, H2421 [16AP]

———revise formula used to allocate beach monitoring grants to States and provide flexibility in the use of such grants, H2192 [10AP]

———study ecological and health effects of oil spill in Newtown Creek in New York, NY, H2675, H2676 [24AP]

———update existing monitoring protocols and develop updated testing recommendations for the existence of mercury, H2419, H2420 [16AP]

Epstein, Jerry B. and Pat: St. John's Foundation Spirit of St. John's Award recipients, E1879 [24SE], E2124, E2142 [28SE]

Exeter Township, PA: anniversary of Exeter Ambulance Association, E1070 [23MY]

Familia Unida Living with Multiple Sclerosis (organization): tribute, E2208 [2OC]

Families and domestic relations: improve the lives of working families by providing medical, child care, and educational assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (H.R. 2392), H5599 [19JN]

———increase provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally diagnosed conditions (S. 1810), H9918-H9920 [25SE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow employees to take additional leave, parental involvement leave for educational and extracurricular activities and clarify leave may be used for medical needs or to assist elderly relatives (H.R. 7233), E2164 [30SE]

FDA: exempt medical devices from reporting adverse events in clinical trials, E1683 [1AU]

———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1108), H7546-H7577 [30JY], H7636 [31JY], E1663, E1699 [1AU]

Federal employees: increase maximum age up to which an individual may be afforded health coverage as a dependent child under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (H.R. 5550), E328 [6MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (H.R. 6381), E1387 [26JN], E1402 [8JY], E1523 [22JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (H.R. 2537), H2190-H2207 [10AP], H2251 [14AP], H2399-H2424 [16AP]

———modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (H.R. 2537), consideration (H. Res. 1083), H2169-H2174 [10AP]

———modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (H.R. 2537), corrections in engrossment, H2424 [16AP]

Flint, MI: anniversary of Hurley Medical Center, E20 [16JA]

Food: require disclosure of nutritional information on food offered for sale in food service establishments (H.R. 7187), E2135 [28SE]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (H.R. 6636), E1596 [30JY]

Foreign countries: provide assistance to combat HIV/AIDS, H1949 [2AP]

Formosan Association for Public Affairs: tribute to Minnesota chapter for supporting the Republic of China's membership in the World Health Organization, E1421 [9JY]

Foster, Franklin: HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Altoona ``No Limits'' Personal Achievement award recipient, E1889 [24SE]

Fountain Hills, AZ: tribute to Arnie Dworkis Memorial Dialysis Awareness Walk, E321 [6MR]

Fresno, CA: tribute to efforts to establish a burn and trauma survivor family home on the campus of the Community Regional Medical Center, E432 [14MR]

Friedreich's Ataxia Awareness Day: observance, E904 [13MY]

Gambro BCT, Inc.: Golden, CO, Rotary Club Community Service Award recipient, E1158 [5JN]

GAO: submit to Congress a report on feasibility and desirability of providing an insurance benefit to Federal employees which affords partial or total wage replacement with respect to periods of qualified leave, H5605, H5606 [19JN]

Giffords, Representative: tribute to Senior and Aging Issues Advisory Council, E2289 [20NO]

Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: ensure audits include primary recipients and subrecipients of grant funds, H1935, H1936 [2AP]

Grifols USA, LLC: anniversary of East Los Angeles, CA, facility, E1351 [25JN]

Hale, David: Twin Cities Business (publication) Health Care Hero award recipient, E1180 [10JN]

Hazardous substances: exempt schools and day care centers from laws requiring energy efficient lighting if such lighting contains mercury, H4930 [4JN]

———prohibit sale, distribution, or transfer of mercury, and prohibit the export of mercury (S. 906), H10177-H10181 [27SE], H10333 [29SE], E2217 [3OC]

———reauthorize the Select Agent Program and improve oversight of high containment laboratories (H.R. 6671), E1623 [30JY]

———reduce health risk posed by asbestos-containing products (H.R. 6903), E1809 [16SE]

Health care facilities: assist trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, emergency needs, and information technology to prevent further closures and downgrades (H.R. 5942), H3753 [13MY]

———maintain access to specialty hospitals under group health plans, H1292 [5MR]

———require that agreements to arbitrate nursing home disputes be made after the dispute has arisen (H.R. 6126), E1079 [23MY]

Health care professionals: alleviate critical shortages of physicians in the fields of family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, general surgery, and obstetrics-gynecology (H.R. 2584), H602 [6FE]

———designate physical therapists as a national need and eligible for student loan forgiveness, H760, H761 [7FE]

———enhance capacity to recruit and retain nurses, H4430 [21MY]

———establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs (H.R. 2583), H602 [6FE], H8681, H8682 [23SE]

———provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (H.R. 1134), H761 [7FE]

Henry Ford Scholarship Program: establish to provide scholarships to high-achieving students to pursue undergradusate degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, and health-related fields, H7645 [31JY]

History: commemorate anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, E287 [4MR]

Home Health Aide Recognition Day: observance, E2258 [19NO]

Hope and Light Foundation: tribute to efforts to eradicate Spinal Muscular Atrophy, E1641 [1AU]

Hospice of Napa Valley, Inc.: anniversary, E2307 [20NO]

HospiceCare Inc.: anniversary, E1789 [15SE]

Houston, TX: tribute to American Heart Association Greater Lake Houston Heart Walk, E1437 [10JY]

HVAF of Indiana, Inc.: tribute, E560 [9AP]

Immigration and Nationality Act: remove provisions rendering individuals having HIV inadmissible to the U.S., H7114, H7121 [24JY]

Indianapolis, IN: anniversary of Methodist Hospital, E2203 [2OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1896), E1701 [1AU]

———funding, H780, H781 [7FE], H4938, H4942, H4943 [4JN]

Information services: use of electronic medical records to decrease health care costs and improve patient safety, H14 [15JA], H601 [6FE]

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, E152 [7FE]

Insurance: allow medical management practices to determine if a treatment is medically necessary, H1302 [5MR]

———coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (H.R. 758), H8661-H8666 [23SE], E1980 [25SE], E2021 [26SE], E2118 [28SE], E2176, E2183 [30SE]

———establish a Federal definition of medical and surgical benefits that plans must cover, H1302 [5MR]

———establish health savings accounts, H2311-H2319 [15AP]

———impose a limitation on lifetime aggregate limits imposed by health plans (H.R. 6528), E1499 [17JY]

———prohibit discrimination in group health coverage and individual health insurance coverage (H.R. 5449), H975-H977 [14FE]

———provide health care liability reform, H7130 [24JY]

———provide health care liability reform (H.R. 3509), H603 [6FE], H2003 [3AP]

———require that limitations and restrictions on coverage under group health plans be timely disclosed to plan sponsors and clearly communicated to plan participants and beneficiaries (H.R. 6908), H8666-H8668 [23SE]

Iowa River Hospice (organization): anniversary, E1422 [9JY]

Iraq: impact of financial costs of war on U.S. domestic priorities, H1317, H1320 [5MR], H1593 [12MR], H2075 [9AP], H2434-H2440 [16AP], H2455 [17AP], H2952 [1MY], H6327 [9JY], H7996 [10SE]

Jersey City, NJ: anniversary of chlorination of drinking water, E2105 [28SE]

Jhpiego (organization): tribute to efforts to combat malaria, E794 [1MY]

Johns Hopkins University: tribute, H6151 [26JN]

Jones, Helen: West Fresno Health Care Coalition, Inc., Community Health Champions Award recipient, E2273 [19NO]

Kaleidoscope of Hope Foundation: anniversary of Walk-a-thon, E1745 [9SE]

Kerrigan, Patrick: Wilkes-Barre, PA, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick (organization) Man of the Year award recipient, E287 [4MR]

King of Prussia, PA: tribute to Upper Merion Senior Service Center, E85 [28JA]

LaHatte, Charles: Maryland Veterans Advisory Council Congressional Volunteer Recognition Award recipient, E559 [9AP]

Lake County, CA: tribute to Team DUI, E2270 [19NO]

Laredo, TX: anniversary of Sisters of Mercy Casa de Misericordia, E1408 [8JY]

Lifetrack Resources (organization): anniversary, E1891 [24SE]

LiveSTRONG Day: observance, E1028 [22MY]

Lowe, Peter L. and Betsy: Arthritis Foundation Humanitarian Award recipients, E2169 [30SE]

Malaria Awareness Day: observance (H. Res. 389), H10212 [27SE]

Mallard-Warren, Gail: West Fresno Health Care Coalition, Inc., Community Health Champions Award recipient, E2264 [19NO]

Masse, Lydie H.: Maryland Veterans Advisory Council Congressional Volunteer Recognition Award recipient, E577 [10AP]

McCain, Senator: assessment of economic policies, H8587 [23SE]

Meals on Wheels Association of America: tribute, E609 [15AP]

———tribute (H. Res. 259), H2239-H2241 [14AP], E625 [16AP]

Medicaid: establish a disproportionate share hospital (DSH) redistribution pool from unexpended allotments to increase allotments for low DSH States and to provide grants for certain health access networks (H.R. 5721), E544 [8AP]

———extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations, H4043 [15MY]

———extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations (H.R. 5613), H2502-H2508 [22AP], H2558 [23AP], E691, E693, E696, E698, E703, E706, E709 [23AP], E730 [24AP], E744 [25AP], E985 [21MY]

———graduate medical education program funding, E699 [23AP]

———impose moratorium on implementation of a regulation related to the outpatient clinic and hospital facility services definition and upper payment limit (H.R. 7219), E2231 [3OC]

———increase price transparency of hospital information and provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs (H.R. 1666), H602 [6FE]

———provide a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage, H10053, H10055 [26SE]

———provide a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (H.R. 5268), E185 [13FE]

———provide additional funds for the Qualifying Individual (QI) program (S. 3560), H10170-H10176 [27SE]

———provide an option for States to cover a children's program of all-inclusive coordinated care (ChiPACC) (H.R. 6931), E1824 [17SE]

———restore disproportionate share hospital (DHS) payments to Hawaii and Tennessee, H5914 [24JN]

Medicare: bundle reimbursement payments to providers for end-stage renal disease services, H5907 [24JN]

———delay and reform the competitive acquisition program for purchase of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (H.R. 6252), E1220 [12JN]

———delay phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor (H.R. 6873), E1774 [11SE]

———eliminate disparities in breast cancer treatment through development of a uniform set of treatment performance measures for a quality reporting system and value-based purchasing system (H.R. 5901), E726 [24AP]

———ensure that home health agencies assign the most appropriate skilled service to make the initial assessment visit for home health services for beneficiaries requiring rehabilitation therapy (H.R. 5704), E492 [3AP]

———establish Independence at Home Chronic Care Coordination Demonstration Project (H.R. 7114), E2071 [27SE]

———establish new, separate fee schedule areas for physicians' services in States with multiple fee schedule areas to improve physician geographic payment accuracy, H5914 [24JN]

———extend physician payment rates (H.R. 6129), H4868-H4874 [3JN]

———funding, H1653 [13MR]

———improve quality and efficiency in the health care system, E44 [17JA]

———increase the per resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments (H.R. 5426), E187 [13FE]

———limit exception to prohibition on physician referrals for certain physician-owned hospitals, H1262, H1264, H1267, H1269, H1270, H1298, H1299, H1302, H1303, H1305, H1306 [5MR], H5707 [19JN]

———Medicare Advantage funding, H5908 [24JN]

———modify physician reimbursement policies to ensure a future physician workforce, H15 [15JA]

———modify physician reimbursement policies to ensure a future physician workforce (H.R. 5545), H2008 [3AP]

———permit physical therapy services to be furnished to individuals under the care of a dentist (H.R. 5590), E351 [11MR]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (H.R. 154), E878 [8MY]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers, H5914 [24JN], H6202 [8JY]

———provide coverage for consultations regarding orders for life sustaining treatment and provide grants for development and expansion of programs for such orders (H.R. 7181), E2136 [28SE]

———provide coverage for the shingles vaccine (H.R. 5877), E708 [23AP]

———provide for a disclosure requirement for physicians referring for imaging services (H.R. 6821), E1692 [1AU]

———reform physician payment and modernize quality improvement organization (QIO) program, H598, H599, H602 [6FE]

———reform the prescription drug program, H601 [6FE]

———replace the prescription drug benefit with a revised and simplified program for all beneficiaries (H.R. 6800), H10688 [2OC], E1695 [1AU]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits, E1401 [8JY]

———require physician utilization of electronic prescription drug program, H6015 [25JN]

———require physician utilization of electronic prescription drug program (S. 2408), H599 [6FE]

———require public reporting of health care-associated infections data and establish pilot program for incentives to hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to eliminate the rate of occurrence (H.R. 1174), H946 [14FE], H6092 [26JN], H8105 [15SE]

———respond to a funding warning by introducing principles of value-based health care and reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5480), H1210-H1212 [4MR], E228 [25FE]

———waive Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act requirements relative to action on legislation in response to a funding warning (H. Res. 1368), H7122-H7134 [24JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (H.R. 6212), H5181 [10JN], H7132 [24JY]

———extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (H.R. 6331), H5876-H5916 [24JN], H6013, H6015 [25JN], H6092, H6150 [26JN], H6235, H6237 [9JY], H6479 [15JY], H7127 [24JY], H10171 [27SE], E1346, E1352, E1354 [25JN], E1401 [8JY], E1417, E1419 [9JY], E1473, E1477 [16JY], E1490 [17JY]

———extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (H.R. 6331), veto, H6494, H6521-H6531 [15JY], E1480 [16JY]

———improve transparency of information on nursing and skilled nursing facilities and clarify and improve enforcement of requirements on such facilities (H.R. 7128), E2100 [28SE]

Members of Congress: exclude from the Federal employees health benefits program (H.R. 4190), H603 [6FE]

Mental health: clarify use of mental health issues as reasons for coverage of abortions under group health plans, H1295 [5MR]

———extend parity in the application of certain limits to mental health benefits (H.R. 4848), H583-H588 [6FE], E146 [7FE]

———integrate services with physical health services, improve access to underserved areas, and provide grants to recruit mental health professionals (H.R. 5176), E878 [8MY]

———provide parity between health insurance coverage of mental health benefits and benefits for medical and surgical services (S. 558), H1301 [5MR], H8624 [23SE], E326 [6MR]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans, H10790 [3OC]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), H584-H588 [6FE], H1168 [28FE], H1224, H1274-H1316 [5MR], H8618, H8621, H8624 [23SE], E317, E323, E324, E326 [6MR], E338, E339 [10MR], E353, E356, E357 [11MR], E368, E371 [12MR], E390 [13MR], E992 [21MY]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), Senate amendments, H10646, H10647, H10648, H10649, H10650, H10652, H10653, H10678, H10679, H10682-H10693 [2OC], H10701, H10702, H10712-H10806, H10816-H10821 [3OC], E2209, E2212 [2OC], E2293, E2296, E2307 [20NO]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), consideration (H. Res. 1014), H1259-H1272 [5MR]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 1525), H10702-H10710 [3OC]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), motion to recommit, H1308-H1314 [5MR]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 6983), H8614-H8625 [23SE], E1915 [25SE], E2015 [26SE], E2036, E2078, E2085, E2086 [27SE]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1134), H3710-H3712 [13MY], E916, E920, E922 [14MY], E992 [21MY]

Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act: technical correction (S. 3712), H10944 [10DE]

Mercedes, TX: tribute to South Texas High School for Health Professions for participation in the Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) (organization) State competition, E764 [29AP]

Miami Medical Team Foundation: tribute, E405 [13MR]

Middle East: provide assistance to improve the health and economic conditions in Gaza, E763 [29AP], E920 [14MY]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (H.R. 3014), H7132 [24JY]

Minority AIDS Initiative: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 426), H10228 [27SE]

Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month: support goals (H. Res. 339), H4100-H4102 [19MY], H4432 [21MY]

Mount Vernon, WA: anniversary of Skagit Valley Hospital, E658 [17AP]

MRSA Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 988), H8685, H8686 [23SE], H9938 [25SE]

Mulliken, John B.: ROFEH International (organization) International Award recipient, E1780 [15SE]

Multiple Sclerosis Society: tribute, E856 [8MY]

Musunuru, Rao: Florida Governor's Point of Light Award recipient, E1706 [8SE]

National Academy of Sciences: require Center for Education to study teacher education programs to determine if teachers are prepared to meet the needs of students with learning disabilities, H651 [7FE]

National Aphasia Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 1188), E894 [13MY]

National Apple Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1143), H7220, H7221 [29JY], H7706 [31JY], E1627 [31JY], E1685 [1AU]

National Association of Medical Minority Educators, Inc.: anniversary, E1674 [1AU]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 1106), H4120, H4121 [19MY], H4433 [21MY], E970 [20MY]

———observance, H1893 [2AP], E574 [10AP]

National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 1511), E2210 [2OC]

National Brain Cancer Awareness Month: establish (H. Res. 424), E719 [24AP]

National Brain Tumor Awareness Month: establish (H. Res. 1124), H4123, H4124 [19MY], H4433 [21MY], E1054 [23MY]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, E2198 [2OC]

National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Awareness Week: observance, H4862 [3JN]

National Children's Dental Health Month: observance, E118 [6FE]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 299), H6493-H6496 [15JY], E1524 [22JY]

National Disability Awareness Week: observance, E2190 [30SE]

National Dysphagia Awareness Month: establish (H. Con. Res. 195), H5991, H5992 [24JN], H6121 [26JN], E1344 [25JN]

National Emergency Medical Services Week: observance, E979 [20MY]

National Foot Health Awareness Month: observance, E459 [1AP]

National Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia Awareness Day: designate (H. Res. 994), H1020 [25FE], H2230, H2231 [14AP], E779 [30AP]

National Health Care Decisions Day: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 323), H2425 [16AP], H2501, H2502 [22AP], E704 [23AP]

National Health Disparity Conference: anniversary, H10870 [10DE]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (H.R. 6568), H9914-H9916 [25SE]

National Heat Stroke Awareness Month: designate (H. Con. Res. 296), H7531-H7533 [30JY]

National HIV Testing Day: observance, E1410 [8JY]

National Hospital Week: observance, H3753 [13MY]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of multidisciplinary research centers focusing on women's health and disease prevention (H.R. 5808), E615 [15AP]

———authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (H.R. 1157), H9912, H9913 [25SE]

———authorize development of research program on hormone disruption (H.R. 5809), E615 [15AP]

National Institutes of Health: tribute to Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, E1058 [23MY]

National Men's Health Week: observance (H. Con. Res. 138), H4837, H4838, H4860 [3JN]

National Military Family Association: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Public Service Emmy Award recipient, E2359 [10DE]

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: observance, E726 [24AP], E765 [29AP]

National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month: establish (H. Con. Res. 86), H1307 [5MR], E920 [14MY]

———establish (H. Con. Res. 134), H4121-H4123 [19MY], H4433 [21MY], E981 [21MY], E1047 [23MY], E1120 [3JN]

National Multiple Sclerosis Week: observance, H1451 [11MR]

National Nurses Week: recognize (H. Res. 1086), H3064-H3067 [6MY], H3203 [8MY], E551 [9AP], E837, E847, E848 [7MY], E867, E872 [8MY], E999 [21MY]

National objectives: policy to increase Federal commitment prioritizing disease prevention and public health (H. Res. 1381), H7171 [29JY], H8686-H8688 [23SE]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H10-H16 [15JA], H561, H597-H603 [6FE], H627 [7FE], H974-H977 [14FE], H2003-H2009 [3AP], H2140-H2145 [9AP], H2533 [22AP], H2767 [29AP], H3191 [8MY], H4455 [22MY], H4868-H4874 [3JN], H5025-H5029 [5JN], H6346 [10JY], H6550 [15JY], H7961, H8000, H8001 [10SE], H8463-H8467 [18SE], E1097 [23MY], E2019 [26SE]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 5348), H2538-H2543 [22AP]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 676), H3002-H3006 [1MY], H5181-H5186 [10JN], H7132 [24JY], H10688 [2OC], E546 [8AP]

———provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage, H8105 [15SE]

National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 369), H4127, H4128 [19MY], H4433 [21MY]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 671), H8717 [23SE]

National Public Health Week: observance, H2058 [8AP], H2124 [9AP], E537 [8AP], E572 [10AP]

———observance (H. Res. 1081), H2045 [8AP], E579 [10AP]

National Runaway Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1375), H10214 [27SE]

National Safety Month: designate (H. Res. 1225), H5067-H5069 [9JN]

National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 963), H916, H917 [13FE]

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 1149), H2904-H2906 [30AP]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1294), H5932-H5934 [24JN], H6121 [26JN]

National security: enhance security and protect against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities (H.R. 5577), E350 [11MR]

National Spina Bifida Awareness Month: support goals and ideals, E1892 [24SE]

National STD Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1131), H2738 [24AP]

National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 393), H8684, H8685 [23SE], H9938 [25SE], E1523 [22JY]

National Tourette Syndrome Day: designate (H. Res. 1305), H6013 [25JN]

National Urban League: report highlighting African-American women's issues, H1438 [10MR]

National Watermelon Month: designate (H. Res. 578), H2821-H2823 [29AP]

National Wear Red Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 972), H917, H918 [13FE], E201 [14FE]

National Women's Health Week: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 331), H3858, H3859 [14MY]

National Workplace Wellness Week: recognize (H. Con. Res. 405), H10117 [26SE]

Native Americans: health care funding through reductions in U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act reauthorization, H7116 [24JY]

———public safety and water development funding through reductions in U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act reauthorization, H7116 [24JY]

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: observance, E1159 [5JN]

New Haven, CT: anniversary of American Red Cross chapter, E1244 [17JN]

New Jersey: tribute to Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit Program, E1498 [17JY]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 6594), E1553 [24JY], E1560 [25JY], E1768 [11SE]

———tribute to New York Eye and Ear Infirmary Ear Institute, E276 [28FE]

———tribute to St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, E2359 [10DE]

NIH: funding, H605, H606 [6FE], H2579 [23AP], E514 [4AP], E777 [30AP], E1583 [29JY]

———National Institute of Child Health and Human Development funding, E777 [30AP]

———tribute, E2261 [19NO]

———tribute to hearing loss research, E1340 [25JN]

Northwest Kidney Centers (organization): tribute to completion of SeaTac facility in Washington (State), E300 [5MR]

Obama, Senator: views on abortion, H1976 [3AP]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (H.R. 2049), H2662 [24AP]

Ohio: tribute to efforts of Ohio Depts. of Mental Health and Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services to address the stigma associated with mental health and substance use disorders (H.J. Res. 86), E1055 [23MY]

Ohlone College: tribute to opening of Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology, E86 [28JA]

OPM: allow companies who offer non-Governmentwide service benefit health care plans to participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (H.R. 4932), E2 [3JA]

Organ donation: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors and their families (H.R. 6950), H8700-H8703 [23SE], E1849 [18SE], E2120 [28SE]

———establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors and their families (H.R. 7198), H10629 [29SE], E2209 [2OC]

———promote, E916 [14MY]

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network: funding (H.R. 6469), H8668-H8670 [23SE], H9913 [25SE], H10807 [3OC]

Orlando, FL: Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facility project funding, H9381 [24SE]

———VA hospital construction funding, H7655 [31JY], E1602 [30JY]

OSHA: issue a standard regulating worker exposure to diacetyl (H.R. 2693), H2911 [30AP]

Pain care: improve research, education, access, and outreach (H.R. 2994), H8674-H8676 [23SE]

Palestine Children's Relief Fund (organization): tribute, E2253 [19NO]

Paul, Sidney: Rockland Jewish Family Service Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E1783 [15SE]

PeriAnesthesia Nurse Awareness Week: observance, H796 [7FE]

Pharmaceuticals: improve regulation of Internet pharmacies (H.R. 6353), H8691, H8696 [23SE], E1969 [25SE]

Philadelphia, PA: inclusion of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ``Best Children's Hospitals'' list, E1183 [10JN]

———tribute to American Red Cross chapter, E773 [30AP]

Phoenixville Community Health Foundation: anniversary, E1162 [5JN]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: funding, H6320-H6326 [9JY]

Poison: reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain poison center funding, and enhance public health (H.R. 5669), H1943 [2AP], H4896-H4899 [4JN], H9921 [25SE], E512 [4AP]

———reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain poison center funding, and enhance public health (S. 2932), H9920-H9922 [25SE]

Prevent Blindness Wisconsin (organization): anniversary, E2236 [3OC]

Primary Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 896), H7533, H7534 [30JY]

Prince Edward County, VA: tribute to American Cancer Society Longwood University/Prince Edward County Relay for Life, H1872 [1AP]

Privacy: provide individuals access to their health information, ensure privacy and security in development of health information infrastructure, and impose penalties for unauthorized use of personal health information (H.R. 5442), E199 [14FE]

Protection & Advocacy Inc.: anniversary, E1854 [22SE]

Rakestraw, Priscilla: Delaware Dept. of Education Agenda for Delaware Women's Trailblazer Award recipient, E446 [31MR]

Research: adult regenerative stem cell research, H7992 [10SE]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research, H1225, H1226, H1227 [5MR], E877 [8MY]

Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act: define environmental intervention blood lead level and establish additional requirements for certain lead hazard screens (H.R. 6309), H7280-H7282 [29JY], H7706 [31JY], E1654 [1AU]

Rockville, MD: tribute to U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (organization) new headquarters, E267 [28FE]

Rocky Hill, CT: tribute to Stand Down program, H8070 [15SE]

Roma, TX: tribute to Mujes de Ecelencia (organization) women's health care outreach program, E701 [23AP]

Roosevelt, NY: tribute to Ulysses Byis Elementary School for participation in O Ambassador's clubs, H1871 [1AP]

San Antonio, TX: anniversary of American Red Cross chapter, E329 [6MR]

Saratoga Springs, NY: tribute to community blood drive, E1266 [18JN]

Savage, Michael: condemn comments characterizing many diagnosed cases of autism as fraudulent, H7064 [24JY]

Schools: prohibit Federal education funding for abstinence only education, H9872 [25SE]

Science: establish a pathway for the licensure of biosimilar biological products (H.R. 5629), E401 [13MR]

Scottsdale Healthcare (business): tribute to Salute to Military honorees, E1473 [16JY]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (H.R. 3654), H1399 [6MR], H1576, H1595 [12MR], H1706 [14MR], H1829, H1832 [1AP], H1976 [3AP], H2075 [9AP], H2212 [10AP], H4998 [5JN], H6237 [9JY], H10787 [3OC], E615 [15AP], E2319 [20NO], E2368 [10DE]

Senior citizens: protect seniors from elder abuse by improving prosecution, law enforcement, and assistance to victims (H.R. 5352), H8519-H8522 [22SE], E2036 [27SE]

Severus Worldwide (organization): tribute to Operation Iraqi Healing project, E774 [30AP]

Sewage disposal: ensure that sewage treatment plants monitor for and report discharges of raw sewage (H.R. 2452), H5820-H5824 [23JN]

Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1453), H8716 [23SE]

Sister's Journey (organization): anniversary, E2273 [19NO]

Smith, Debbie Brackin: Florida School-Related Employee of the Year award recipient, E408 [13MR]

Social Security: combine coverage of children and pregnant woman under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program into a new All Healthy Children Program (H.R. 1688), H2045 [8AP]

———ensure that every child in the U.S. has access to affordable, quality health insurance coverage (H.R. 1535), H1829 [1AP]

———establish a sliding disability benefit scale for individuals with waxing and waning diseases and conditions and ensure income while working is more than work income or benefits (H.R. 6457), E1429 [10JY]

———extend and improve children's health insurance program and improve beneficiary protections under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3162), H7127 [24JY]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program, H2249 [14AP], H6495 [15JY]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3963), H6332 [9JY]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3963), veto, H267 [16JA], H378 [22JA], H391, H392, H394, H395-H407, H434, H436, H439, H440 [23JA], H2865 [30AP], E83, E84 [28JA]

———extend provisions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 2499), H395, H398, H400, H401, H404, H405 [23JA]

———prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (H.R. 6600), H10200-H10202 [27SE], H10631 [29SE]

———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3864), H396 [23JA]

———remove inmate limitations on Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, and State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges (H.R. 5698), E507 [4AP]

———require States to help alien children in the child welfare system apply for all forms of immigration relief (H.R. 6649), E1603 [30JY]

Sonoma County Medical Association: anniversary, E2158 [29SE], E2170 [30SE]

South Dakota: tribute to direct support professionals participating in the American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR) Governmental Activities Seminiar, E1739 [9SE]

Sports: impact of professional athletes using performance enhancing drugs on children, H1033 [26FE]

Springfield, MO: tribute to St. John's Health System, E2233 [3OC]

St. Paul, MN: anniversary of Bethesda Hospital, E736 [24AP]

Stork Medical, LLC: tribute, E1750 [10SE]

Sunrise, FL: anniversary of Aigen Haifa chapter of Magen David Adom (organization), E767 [29AP]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H539 [29JA], H1058 [26FE], H1138 [27FE], H1170 [28FE], H1209 [4MR], H1401 [6MR], H1794 [31MR], H1869 [1AP], H1996 [3AP], H2213 [10AP], H2251 [14AP], H2328 [15AP], H2426 [16AP], H2536 [22AP], H2632 [23AP], H2931 [30AP], H3001 [1MY], H3182 [7MY], H3320 [8MY], H3757 [13MY], H4051 [15MY], H4286 [20MY], H4436 [21MY], H4825 [22MY], H4964 [4JN], H5023 [5JN], H5179 [10JN], H5395 [12JN], H5460 [17JN], H5548 [18JN], H5708 [19JN], H5778 [20JN], H7283 [29JY], H7611 [30JY], H7776 [31JY], H7835 [8SE], H7937 [9SE], H7991 [10SE], H10680 [2OC], H10819 [3OC], E55 [22JA], E71 [23JA], E199 [14FE], E322 [6MR], E357 [11MR], E380 [12MR], E432 [14MR], E482 [2AP], E543 [8AP], E565 [9AP], E735 [24AP], E759 [29AP], E818 [5MY], E834 [6MY], E1128 [3JN], E1320 [23JN], E1355 [25JN], E1386 [26JN], E1411 [8JY], E1426 [9JY], E1452 [14JY], E1471 [15JY], E1493 [17JY], E1545 [23JY], E1701 [1AU], E1771 [11SE], E1811 [16SE], E1830 [17SE], E1846 [18SE], E1863 [22SE], E1894 [24SE], E1997 [25SE], E2140 [28SE], E2164 [30SE], E2346 [9DE], E2384 [10DE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for amounts paid for health insurance and prescription drug costs of individuals (H.R. 227), H484 [29JA]

———allow a deduction for long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria and flexible spending plans, and a credit for individuals with long-term care needs (H.R. 5559), E433 [14MR]

———allow tax-exempt bond financing for fixed-wing emergency medical aircraft (H.R. 6546), E1496 [17JY]

———allow unused amounts in a health flexible spending arrangement to be carried over to subsequent plan years or deposited into certain health or retirement plans (H.R. 3306), H8500 [22SE]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (H.R. 1748), E1059 [23MY]

———increase standard mileage rate for charitable purposes to equal the rate for medical and travel while moving purposes, H6042 [25JN]

———provide for tax-favored retirement health savings accounts (H.R. 6288), E1270 [18JN]

———provide incentives to improve research competitiveness (H.R. 1712), E597 [14AP]

———reform laws relative to individuals, estate and gift taxes, corporate rates, capital gains and dividends, retirement savings, lifetime savings, life skills, and certain medical care (H.R. 5105), H392 [23JA]

———treat certain amounts paid for exercise equipment and physical fitness programs as amounts paid for medical care (H.R. 245), E1059 [23MY]

Tay-Sachs Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1333), H9922 [25SE]

Technology: promote adoption of health information technology (H.R. 6898), E1790 [15SE]

Terrorism: improve Federal response efforts after a terrorist strike or other major disaster affecting homeland security (H.R. 6852), E1731 [9SE]

Texas: tribute to children's hospitals, E1180 [10JN]

Tibotec Therapeutics (business): tribute for development of new FDA-approved HIV treatment drug, E64, E66, E71 [23JA]

Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (H.R. 741), H10173, H10180 [27SE]

Ticonderoga, NY: anniversary of Moses-Ludington Hospital, E1844 [18SE]

Transatlantic Slave Trade 200th Anniversary Commission: establish (H.R. 3432), H837 [12FE]

———establish (H.R. 3432), Senate amendment, H370-H372 [22JA]

Traumatic Brain Injury Act: reauthorize, H7799 [1AU]

———reauthorize (S. 793), H2041-H2045 [8AP], E546 [8AP]

Tri-County Mental Health and Mental Retardation (organization): anniversary, E1775 [11SE]

Tzakis, Andreas G.: Pan-Hellenic Federation of Florida award recipient, E978 [20MY]

U.S. Health Service: establish (H.R. 3000), H3006 [1MY]

U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act: add Malawi, Swaziland and Lesotho to list of focus countries in global fight against HIV/AIDS, H1936, H1937 [2AP]

———amend (H.R. 5237), E124 [6FE]

———global food aid and nutrition programs funding, H7066 [24JY]

———integrate food security and nutrition activities into prevention, care, treatment, and support activities, H1907 [2AP]

———prohibit use of funds for any organization or program which supports or participates in the management of coerced abortions or involuntary sterilization, H7116 [24JY]

———reauthorize, H876 [13FE]

———reauthorize (H.R. 5501), H1831 [1AP], H1904-H1942 [2AP], H3114 [7MY], E513 [4AP], E1002 [21MY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 5501), Senate amendment, H7097-H7122 [24JY], E1581 [29JY], E1610 [30JY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 5501), consideration (H. Res. 1065), H1894-H1904 [2AP]

———reauthorize (H.R. 5501), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1362), H7065-H7071 [24JY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 5501), corrections in engrossment, H1942 [2AP]

———reauthorize (H.R. 5501), motion to recommit, H1940, H1941 [2AP]

———require that a certain percentage of funds must go to treatment of patients, H1897 [2AP]

———strengthen health systems of African nations by encouraging collaborations between U.S. and African postsecondary educational institutions, H1937, H1938 [2AP]

———tribute to congressional staff who worked on H.R. 5501, reauthorize, H7119, H7120 [24JY]

University of Maryland: anniversary of School of Medicine (H. Res. 870), H10115 [26SE]

Urbana, IL: anniversary of Prairie Center Health Systems, Inc., E604 [14AP]

US Family Health Plan (organization): Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Public Service Emmy Award recipient, E2359 [10DE]

Veterans: allow care at VA facilities for disesases associated with exposure to biological, chemical, or other toxic agents as part of Project 112/Shipboard Hazard and Defense without proving service connection, H7722, H7723 [31JY]

———benefits funding, H1958 [2AP]

———celebrate partnership between the Government and State veterans homes (H. Res. 1335), H8068-H8071 [15SE]

———ensure access to services in an in-State Veterans Health Administration full-service hospital or comparable in-State contract services, H7745 [31JY]

———health care funding, H609, H610 [6FE], H1564-H1566 [12MR], H4205 [20MY], H4991 [5JN], H7650 [31JY], H9296, H9300 [24SE]

———improve treatment of post-deployment mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, for veterans and members of the Armed Forces, H1293, H1297 [5MR], H8000 [10SE]

———increase in post-traumatic stress disorder, E1067 [23MY]

———increase rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans (S. 2617), H7907-H7909 [9SE], E1777 [11SE]

Village Health Partners (business): Health Care Information and Management System Society Davies Award for Excellence recipient, H1452 [11MR]

Virginia: tribute to Dept. of the Interior Honor Award recipients, E922 [14MY]

Visiting Nurse Service, Inc.: anniversary, E1669 [1AU]

VITAS Hospice Care, Inc.: tribute to volunteers, E722 [24AP]

Walker, Clay: Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc., Artist Humanitarian of the Year award recipient, E1042 [22MY]

Walla Walla, WA: St. Mary Medical Center recipient of Premier-Care Science Select Practice National Quality Award, E323 [6MR]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (H.R. 7180), E2127 [28SE]

Water pollution: require that States or local governments make the existence of a source of pathogenic contamination available to the public on the Internet within a certain time period, H2416, H2417, H2419 [16AP]

WestCare Health System: tribute, E1126 [3JN]

White, Trudy: HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Altoona ``No Limits'' Advocate award recipient, E1889 [24SE]

Wichita, KS: anniversary of Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, E905 [13MY]

———anniversary of Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center, H5176 [10JN]

Wildlife: prevent introducton and establishment of nonnative invasive wildlife species that negatively impact the economy, environment, or human or animal health (H.R. 6311), E1288 [19JN]

Wisconsin: tribute to Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources for beach monitoring standards, H2191 [10AP]

Women: determine the health risks of dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in feminine hygiene products and collect and analyze data on toxic shock syndrome (H.R. 5181), E104 [29JA]

———ensure health care for women and health care for all in national health care reform (H. Con. Res. 400), E1697 [1AU]

———improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (H.R. 1014), H917 [13FE], H8688-H8691 [23SE], E1980 [25SE], E2135 [28SE]

———pregnancy-related deaths, E908 [14MY]

———provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations (H.R. 1237), H2029-H2034 [8AP], E546 [8AP], E553 [9AP]

———reduce maternal mortality (H. Res. 1022), H3781, H3783 [14MY], H4124-H4127 [19MY], H4433 [21MY]

———reduce maternal mortality rates among African American women in the U.S., H3780 [14MY]

World AIDS Orphans Day: observance, H3114 [7MY], E845 [7MY]

World Glaucoma Day: observance (H. Res. 981), H2508-H2510 [22AP], E828 [6MY]

World Hemophilia Day: observance, H2455 [17AP]

World Malaria Day: observance, E794 [1MY]

World Psoriasis Day: observance, E2204 [2OC]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (S. 394), S489 [30JA]

———prohibit importation of ruminants, swine, and their products from Argentina until the Dept. of Agriculture certifies that Argentina is free of foot and mouth disease (S. 3238), S6562, S6563 [10JY]

Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Day: designate (S. Res. 659), S9876 [26SE]

Alcoholic beverages: minimum drinking age, S8938 [17SE]

———observe anniversary of State-based regulation and recognize State officials, public health community, and industry members for creating a successful regulatory and distribution system (S. Res. 551), S9436 [24SE]

American Red Cross Month: observance, S1265 [27FE]

American Society of Hematology: anniversary, S1051 [14FE], S8120 [8SE]

Andrews AFB, MD: anniversary of Malcolm Grow Medical Center, S8125 [8SE]

Animals: establish competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research, S7861 [31JY]

———health research and disease programs funding, S1978 [12MR]

Armed Forces: ensure fair treatment of members discharged early due to being the only surviving child in a family in which an immediate family member was killed, MIA, or disabled in the line of duty (H.R. 6580), S8004, S8005 [1AU]

———facilitate the provision of care and services for members with traumatic brain injury, S9391 [24SE]

———improve and enhance mental health benefits available to veterans and members and enhance counseling and other benefits available to survivors of veterans and members of the Armed Forces (S. 2963), S3715 [1MY]

———improve management of medical care, personnel actions, and quality of life issues for members receiving medical care in an outpatient status, S53 [22JA], S8820 [16SE]

———improve management of medical care, personnel actions, and quality of life issues for members receiving medical care in an outpatient status (H.R. 1538), S1326 [28FE]

———provide for a comprehensive research effort on the physical and mental health and other readjustment needs of members and veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, S7010 [22JY]

———provide for transitional health care for members separated from active duty who agree to serve in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve, S8820 [16SE]

———provide travel and transportation allowances for family members of members of the uniformed services with serious inpatient psychiatric conditions (S. 2689), S1594 [5MR]

———require continuation of pay to members who are retired or separated from service due to combat-related injuries of certain bonuses that they were entitled to before retirement or separation, S1986 [12MR]

Autism: research, treatment, education and intervention funding, S1971 [12MR], S2059 [13MR]

Aviation: provide liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot organizations flying for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of such organizations, S3778 [6MY]

Budget: allocation of funds, S594-S596 [4FE], S620-S622 [5FE], S1409-S1411 [29FE], S1459 [3MR], S1492-S1495, S1509 [4MR], S1550, S1553, S1554, S1563, S1566, S1591 [5MR], S5578 [12JN]

———allocation of funds to programs serving rural areas, S1016 [14FE]

Bush, President: State of the Union Message, S407, S414, S436 [29JA]

Business and industry: recognize importance of workplace wellness as a strategy to help maximize employees' health and well being (S. Res. 673), S9179 [22SE]

Butler University: hosting of Dick Lugar Community Walk, Run, and Health Fair, S8124 [8SE]

California: protect State statutes that prohibit exposure to chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm without a clear and reasonable warning, S1686 [6MR]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish a Wellness Trust (S. 3674), S10337 [1OC]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: implement Medicaid regulations issued relative to graduate medical education, intergovernmental transfers, school-based services, rehabilitation, and targarted case management, S2104-S2109 [13MR]

Children and youth: ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage (H.R. 2851), S9459 [25SE]

———establish a grant program to provide vision care (H.R. 507), unanimous-consent request, S9227, S9228 [23SE]

———examine and improve the child welfare workforce (S. 2944), S3598 [30AP]

———extend grant program for drug-endangered children, S7888 [31JY]

———extend grant program for drug-endangered children (H.R. 1199), S9350 [24SE]

———extend grant program for drug-endangered children (H.R. 1199), unanimous-consent request, S9228 [23SE]

———extend grant program for drug-endangered children (S. 1210), S9188 [22SE]

———improve vaccination rates (S. 2911), S3405 [24AP]

———provide disadvantaged children with dental services, S1116 [25FE], S5010 [4JN]

———recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs (S. Res. 474), S1654, S1655 [5MR]

———revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (S. 1514), S8243 [10SE]

———support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies, S8242-S8244 [10SE]

Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs (Senate, Select): anniversary (S. Res. 634), S7741-S7743 [30JY], S9179 [22SE]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate): accomplishments in the 110th Congress, S7808 [31JY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 110th Congress, S16 [22JA]

———participation in the Congressional Health Screenings, S5689 [17JN]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (S. 3068), S4804 [22MY]

Courts: restrict protective orders, sealing of cases, and disclosures of discovery information in civil actions if such actions prevent disclosures relevent to public health or safety, S1574, S1593 [5MR]

Cover the Uninsured Week: observance, S3462 [29AP]

CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (H.R. 814), S5665 [16JN]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 2543), S107 [22JA]

———provide grants for improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses, S7888 [31JY]

———provide grants for improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses (S. 2304), S9595-S9599 [26SE]

———provide grants for improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses (S. 2304), unanimous-consent request, S9230 [23SE]

Delaware: tribute to health centers, S6717 [15JY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S16, S18 [22JA], S3004 [15AP], S4047 [13MY], S6344-S6346 [7JY], S6614 [14JY]

Dental Health Improvement Act: reauthorize (S. 3067), S4803 [22MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: expand Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, S4153 [14MY]

Dept. of Defense: enhance suicide prevention programs, S8265 [10SE], S8339 [11SE]

———impact of extended deployments on suicide rates among active-duty soldiers, S528, S529 [31JA]

———treatment of injured soldiers and living conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, S1325-S1327 [28FE]

Dept. of Education: 21st Century Community Learning Centers funding, S1378 [28FE]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (H.R. 1343), S9372, S9373 [24SE], S9478 [25SE]

———authorize appropriations for the health centers program (S. 901), S6978, S6979 [21JY]

———develop an antimicrobial resistance research strategic plan (S. 2313), S3847-S3849 [7MY]

———establish a grant program to improve mental and behavioral health services on college campuses and develop a campaign to educate campus communities about mental health (S. 3311), S7150 [23JY]

———establish a small house nursing home loan program (S. 3732), S10947 [11DE]

———establish an Office of Men's Health (S. 640), S5689 [17JN]

———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (S. 1858), technical corrections (H.R. 5919), S3749 [2MY]

———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (S. 1858), technical corrections (S. Con. Res. 76), S2983 [14AP]

———HIV Health Care Services Program funding, S1978 [12MR]

———implement a National Neurotechnology Initiative (S. 2989), S3899, S3900 [7MY]

———Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program funding, S1970-S1972 [12MR]

———prohibit implementation or enforcement of proposed rule limiting patients' access to basic reproductive health care services and information (S. 20), S10745 [20NO]

———reauthorize and extend the fetal alcohol syndrome prevention and services program (S. 2141), S2813 [9AP]

———reauthorize Healthy Start Program (S. 1760), S3644 [30AP]

———Traumatic Brain Injury Program funding, S2090 [13MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish procedures for the timely and effective delivery of medical and mental health care to immigration detainees in custody (S. 3005), S4014 [12MY], S5500 [11JN]

Dept. of Justice: increase local law enforcement funding to enforce prohibition against taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions, S2069, S2070 [13MR]

Dept. of State: international affairs funding, S1964-S1966 [12MR], S2086, S2091 [13MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize major medical facility projects and leases (S. 2797), S2357 [2AP]

———enhance capacity to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health care professionals (S. 2969), S3716 [1MY]

———enhance rehabilitative treatment and services to veterans with traumatic brain injury (S. 1233), S4985 [3JN]

———establish a pain care initiative in health care facilities (S. 2160), S4985 [3JN]

———establish Epilepsy Centers of Excellence (S. 2004), S4985 [3JN]

———funding, S1974 [12MR]

———improve quality of life in the objectives of training and rehabilitation for veterans with service-connected disabilities (S. 2864), S3030 [15AP]

———modify authorities to accept new applications for State home construction projects grants and authorize facility construction grants for non-institutional care programs (S. 1441), S9381 [24SE]

———pilot program to establish, publicize, and operate a national toll-free suicide prevention telephone hotline for veterans, S7010 [22JY]

———provide a dental insurance plan for certain veterans and their survivors and dependents (S. 3178), S5964 [23JN]

———provide a minimum disability rating for veterans receiving medical treatment for a service-connected disability (S. 2825), S2638 [7AP]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (S. 3527), S9037 [18SE]

———reimburse veterans receiving emergency treatment in non-departmental facilities for such treatment until such veterans are transferred to departmental facilities (S. 2142), S4985 [3JN]

———require pilot program on the use of community-based organizations to ensure that veterans receive the care and benefits they need (S. 2796), S2356 [2AP]

———Veterans Benefits Administration funding, S1948, S1990 [12MR], S2050 [13MR]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 3230), S6864 [16JY]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities, S6951 [21JY], S7888 [31JY]

———enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (H.R. 1727), unanimous-consent request, S9227 [23SE]

———enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (S. 1183), S10043-S10048 [29SE]

———enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (S. 1183), unanimous-consent request, S10045 [29SE]

Disasters: ensure victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services (S. 3312), S7153 [23JY]

Discrimination: prevent the use of genetic information from unborn children and children in the process of being adopted, S3370 [24AP]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), S3363-S3375 [24AP], S3420 [28AP]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), request return to Senate, S3415 [28AP]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), technical corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 340), S3727 [1MY]

———prohibit discrimination by group health plans and employers based on genetic information (H.R. 493), unanimous-consent agreement, S3296 [23AP], S3363 [24AP]

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 (H.R. 1553), S6857, S6858, S6860 [16JY], S6931 [17JY]

———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 (S. 911), S1111, S1112 [25FE]

———autism research, treatment, education and intervention funding, S2059 [13MR]

———eliminate tuberculosis (H.R. 1532), S10018 [27SE]

———ensure that the highest priority for HIV/AIDS-related funding is saving lives most immediately and urgently threatened by HIV/AIDS, including babies at risk of being infected at birth (S. 2749), S2428-S2433 [3AP]

———establish a program to evaluate HIV/AIDS programs in order to improve accountability, increase transparency, and ensure the delivery of evidence-based services, S6702 [15JY], S6833 [16JY]

———establish a program to evaluate HIV/AIDS programs in order to improve accountability, increase transparency, and ensure the delivery of evidence-based services (S. 2584), S547 [31JA]

———establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry, S6951 [21JY], S7542, S7562 [28JY], S7888 [31JY]

———establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (S. 1382), S9230 [23SE]

———establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (S. 1382), unanimous-consent request, S9227 [23SE]

———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, S6833 [16JY]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (S. 898), S7855 [31JY]

———identify causes and cure, expand data collection, and study access to and quality of care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (S. 1459), S5518 [11JN]

———improve and enhance research and programs on cancer survivorship (S. 2877), S3146 [17AP]

———improve support and services for individuals with autism and their families (S. 937), S7619 [29JY]

———President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) funding, S5199 [5JN]

———provide additional research into the chronic neurological condition hydrocephalus (S. Con. Res. 63), S155 [22JA]

———provide assistance to in-need countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria (S. 2762), S2148 [13MR]

———provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (H.R. 5265), S9605 [26SE]

———remove barriers hindering cancer research and treatments, improve access to early detection measures and clinical trials, and reduce disparities in treatment, S4564 [21MY]

———require health insurance plans to pay for routine care costs for cancer patients enrolled in a clinical trial, S3769 [6MY]

———support further research and activities to increase public awareness, professional education, diagnosis, and treatment of Dandy-Walker syndrome and hydrocephalus (H. Con. Res. 163), S9179 [22SE]

Drugs: increase in prices for prescription drugs, S7440 [25JY]

———prohibit the sale of prescriptions for human growth hormone for illegitimate purposes (S. 877), S1345 [28FE]

Economy: impact of economic conditions on the middle class, S5727, S5728 [18JN]

———national objectives priority assignments, S5385, S5387 [9JN], S8909 [17SE]

EPA: establish a working group to assist Federal agencies develop criteria for identifying disproportionately high and adverse health or environmental effects on minority and low-income populations (S. 2549), S209 [23JA]

Families and domestic relations: allow children in foster care to be placed with their parents in residential family treatment centers that provide safe environments for treating addiction and promoting healthy parenting (S. 3173), S5941 [20JN]

———increase provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally diagnosed conditions, S7888 [31JY]

———increase provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally diagnosed conditions (S. 1810), S1267 [27FE], S3370, S3373 [24AP], S8983, S8984 [18SE], S9341 [23SE]

———increase provision of sound information and services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally diagnosed conditions (S. 1810), unanimous-consent request, S8984 [18SE]

———increase provision of sound information and support services to patients receiving a diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally diagnosed conditions (S. 1810), unanimous-consent request, S9227 [23SE]

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act: amend, S2960 [14AP]

FDA: create a three-tiered approval system for drugs, biological products, and devices that is responsive to the needs of seriously ill patients (S. 3046), S4625 [21MY], S7620 [29JY], S8021 [1AU]

———finalize proposed rule on sunscreen product labeling (S. 3425), S8037 [1AU]

———food safety program funding, S1986 [12MR]

———increase access to lower-cost, generic versions of drugs, S10862 [10DE]

Federal aid programs: provide for expansion of Federal programs to prevent and manage vision loss (S. 3534), S9210 [22SE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the safety of the food supply (S. 3385), S7933 [31JY]

———ensure safety and quality of medical products and enhance authorities of FDA (S. 3409), S7968 [31JY]

———preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (S. 3398), S7953 [31JY], S8022 [1AU]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: modify provisions relative to beach monitoring, S7545 [28JY]

———modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (H.R. 2537), S2990 [15AP]

Fish and fishing: establish a Federal grant program to provide increased health care coverage to and access for uninsured and underinsured workers and families in the commercial fishing industry (S. 2630), S978 [13FE]

———establish a program to strengthen activities for ensuring that seafood sold or offered for sale to the public is fit for human consumption (S. 2688), S1523 [4MR]

Food: extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (S. 2784), S2159 [13MR]

———strengthen food safety inspection system by imposing stricter penalties for the slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (S. 2770), S2151 [13MR]

Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (S. 3267), S6817 [16JY]

———improve public health and food safety through enhanced food traceability and inspection systems, S7471 [25JY]

———lift ban on interstate distribution of State-inspected meat, S4242 [15MY]

Foreign trade: require report on invasive agricultural pests and diseases and sanitary and phytosanitary barriers to trade before beginning negotiations to enter into a free trade agreement (S. 2906), S3403 [24AP]

Fort Wayne, IN: tribute to ``Snacks 4 Education'' project team as winners of Army eCybermission science, math, and technology Northwest Regional Competition, S5388 [9JN]

GAO: require report on the effectiveness of coordination of health care services provided to Indians using Federal, State, local and tribal funds, S961 [13FE]

Hazardous substances: prohibit sale, distribution, or transfer of mercury, and prohibit the export of mercury (S. 906), S9874 [26SE]

———reauthorize the Select Agent Program and improve oversight of high containment laboratories (S. 3127), S5686 [17JN]

Health Care Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute: establish (S. 3408), S7960-S7968 [31JY]

Health care facilities: provide assistance to hospitals impacted by Hurricane Katrina, S10459 [2OC]

———require that agreements to arbitrate nursing home disputes be made after the dispute has arisen (S. 2838), S2819, S2820 [9AP]

Health care professionals: authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students, S7857 [31JY]

———award grants for demonstration programs to enable States to develop health care volunteer indemnity programs (S. 3354), S7631 [29JY]

———expand the dental workforce and improve dental access, prevention, and data reporting, S1839 [11MR]

———expand the dental workforce and improve dental access, prevention, and data reporting (S. 2723), S1677 [6MR]

———expand training, improve recruitment and retention, and increase incentives for those serving rural and urban underserved areas (S. 3708), S10671 [19NO]

———provide grants or contracts to create prescription drug education and outreach academic detailing programs (S. 3396), S7952 [31JY]

———provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities (S. 2672), S1272 [27FE]

Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) (organization): tribute, S8270 [10SE]

Horizon Health Care, Inc.: anniversary, S8178 [9SE]

Housing: improve research on health hazards in housing, enhance capacity of programs to reduce such hazards, and expand national outreach about housing hazards (S. 3654), S10074 [29SE]

Immigration and Nationality Act: remove provision that prohibits individuals with HIV from being admissible to the U.S., S6837, S6838, S6840 [16JY]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: prohibit funding for firearm programs, gun buyback programs, and programs discouraging or stigmatizing private ownership of firearms for certain purposes, S1104 [25FE]

———revise and extend (H.R. 1328), unanimous-consent agreement, S1082 [14FE]

———revise and extend (S. 1200), S25-S34, S36-S39, S41-S48, S52, S58-S65 [22JA], S158, S161-S163, S167-S174, S177-S179 [23JA], S957-S962 [13FE], S993-S1031, S1037, S1038, S1040-S1043, S1045, S1046 [14FE], S1098, S1101, S1103-S1114, S1116, S1146 [25FE], S1150-S1158, S1197 [26FE], S1264, S1275 [27FE]

———revise and extend (S. 1200), unanimous-consent agreement, S1098 [25FE], S1208 [26FE]

Indian Health Service: authorize use of an area distribution fund to allocate funding for Indian health care facility construction and modernization, S1005 [14FE], S1101, S1110, S1111 [25FE], S1151, S1152 [26FE]

———exclude tribes that receive revenue from casino-style gambling from benefiting from health care funds, S1104 [25FE]

———funding, S42 [22JA], S1937-S1939 [12MR], S2047 [13MR]

———limit charges for contract health services provided by Medicare providers, S37-S39 [22JA]

———prohibit funding for abortions except under certain circumstances, S42, S43 [22JA], S1113, S1114, S1146 [25FE], S1150 [26FE]

———Urban Indian Health Program funding, S44 [22JA]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S2100 [13MR]

Insurance: establish health savings accounts, S3681 [1MY]

———establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, and accessible (S. 2795), S2348-S2356 [2AP], S2425 [3AP]

———link between health insurance policyholders' vital signs and their insurance premiums, S3379 [24AP]

———provide enhanced health insurance marketplace pooling and relating market rating (S. 2818), S2426 [3AP]

———provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (S. 2477), S3681 [1MY], S3970 [8MY]

———provide health care liability reform, S3378 [24AP]

———provide parity under group health plans and insurance coverage in the provision of benefits for prosthetic devices and components and benefits for other medical and surgical services (S. 3517), S9028 [18SE]

Interagency Council on Healthy Housing: establish (S. 2735), S1744 [7MR]

Iraq: impact of financial costs of war on U.S. domestic priorities, S1239 [27FE], S1729 [7MR], S3649, S3654 [1MY], S4581 [21MY]

McCain, Senator: assessment of health insurance tax credit proposal, S10162-S10164 [30SE]

Medicaid: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations, S4721-S4725, S4729-S4732 [22MY]

———extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations (H.R. 5613), S3051 [16AP], S3412 [24AP], S3415 [28AP], S3478 [29AP]

———extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain regulations (H.R. 5613), unanimous-consent request, S3495 [29AP]

———improve the State plan amendment option for providing home and community-based services (S. 3327), S7291-S7299 [24JY]

———provide additional funds for the Qualifying Individual (QI) program (S. 3560), S9459 [25SE], S9638 [26SE]

———provide coverage of drugs prescribed for certain NIH research study child participants (S. 2629), S975-S977 [13FE]

———restore disproportionate share hospital (DHS) payments to Hawaii and Tennessee, S6228 [26JN], S6482 [9JY], S6709 [15JY]

———temporarily delay application of proposed changes to payment rules for case management and targeted case management services, S1005, S1008-S1010, S1041 [14FE]

Medicare: delay and reform the competitive acquisition program for purchase of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies, S6481 [9JY]

———delay and reform the competitive acquisition program for purchase of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (S. 3144), S5699-S5703 [17JN]

———delay phase out of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor (S. 3484), S8480 [12SE]

———enhance beneficiary protections under parts C and D (S. 2687), S5555 [12JN]

———ensure competitive pricing among Medicare Advantage plans, S4780 [22MY]

———establish a hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (S. 2790), S2234 [31MR]

———establish Independence at Home Chronic Care Coordination Demonstration Project (S. 3613), S9676 [26SE]

———execution of durable power of attorney to give doctors the authority to make appropriate end-of-life medical decisions, S3379 [24AP]

———exempt complex rehabilitation and assistive technology products from competitive acquisition program (S. 2931), S3510 [29AP]

———expand part B income test provisions to the part D prescription drug benefit requiring wealthy beneficiaries to pay a greater share of the premium, S1972 [12MR], S2055 [13MR], S5547 [12JN]

———expand Rural Hospital Flexibility Program to increase the delivery of mental health services to veterans (S. 3095), S5215 [5JN]

———extend eligibility period for ``Welcome to Medicare'' physical examination and provide for the coverage and waiver of cost-sharing for preventive services, S5557 [12JN]

———impact of physician reimbursement rates on TRICARE program, S6476 [9JY]

———implementation of Competitive Acquisition Program, S10618 [19NO]

———improve access of beneficiaries to immune globulins (S. 2990), S3900 [7MY]

———improve access to health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (S. 2786), S2159 [13MR]

———improve fairness and reduce regional inequities in reimbursement payments to providers, S6311 [27JN]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit, S5557 [12JN]

———improve provision of telehealth services (S. 2812), S2437-S2439 [3AP]

———increase civil and criminal penalties for acts involving fraud and abuse and amount of surety bond required for suppliers of durable medical equipment (S. 2603), S1221 [27FE]

———increase per resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments to hospitals (S. 2781), S2157, S2159 [13MR]

———modify physician reimbursement policies to ensure a future physician workforce (S. 2729), S1706 [6MR], S5550 [12JN], S6424 [8JY]

———modify physician reimbursement policies to ensure a future physician workforce (S. 2729), unanimous-consent request, S6479 [9JY]

———preserve access to physicians' services (S. 2785), S5515 [11JN]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers, S5569 [12JN]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (S. 1605), S5561 [12JN]

———protect beneficiaries' access to home health services, S6485, S6486 [9JY]

———provide coverage of federally recommended vaccines (S. 2464), S5708 [18JN]

———provide for a disclosure requirement for physicians referring for imaging services (S. 3343), S7531 [26JY]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (S. 3505), S8951 [17SE]

———provide incentives to physicians for writing electronic prescriptions, S1949 [12MR], S2050, S2094 [13MR]

———provide temporary improvements to inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals and use the non-wage adjusted PPS rate under the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program (S. 3300), S7075 [22JY]

———reduce fraud (S. 3164), S5836 [19JN]

———reduce inequitable disparities in physician payments in rural areas and revise the practice expense geographic adjustment (S. 3318), S7156 [23JY]

———reform, S2211 [31MR]

———reform Medicare Advantage Program, S6478 [9JY]

———require physician utilization of electronic prescription drug program, S5512, S5516 [11JN]

———respond to a funding warning by introducing principles of value-based health care and reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (S. 2662), S1127 [25FE]

———revise timeframe for recognition of certain designations in certifying rural health clinics, S9478 [25SE]

———revise timeframe for recognition of certain designations in certifying rural health clinics (S. 3367), S7785 [30JY]

———withhold payment for treatment of certain preventable medical injuries developed during hospital admission, S9355 [24SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the expansion of background check pilot program for nursing facility and other long-term care facility employees, S1991 [12MR], S2061 [13MR]

———extend expiring provisions (S. 3236), S6510 [9JY], S6583 [11JY]

———extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (H.R. 6331), S6004, S6006 [24JN], S6097, S6142, S6143 [25JN], S6212 [26JN], S6713 [15JY]

———extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (H.R. 6331), motion to proceed, S6183, S6200-S6202, S6219, S6220, S6222, S6225-S6231 [26JN], S6310, S6311 [27JN], S6349 [7JY], S6378, S6379, S6420-S6424 [8JY], S6476-S6490, S6494 [9JY]

———extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (H.R. 6331), unanimous-consent agreement, S6223 [26JN]

———extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (H.R. 6331), unanimous-consent request, S6232-S6234 [26JN]

———extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (H.R. 6331), veto, S6698, S6702, S6705-S6710 [15JY]

———extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (S. 3101), S5376 [6JN], S5377 [9JN], S6320 [27JN]

———extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (S. 3101), motion to proceed, S5467, S5506-S5509, S5512, S5514-S5516, S5530 [11JN], S5539, S5546-S5551, S5553-S5564, S5576-S5578 [12JN]

———extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (S. 3101), unanimous-consent request, S5431 [10JN], S5710 [18JN], S5794 [19JN]

———extend provisions to improve access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (H.R. 6331), unanimous-consent agreement, S6451 [9JY]

———improve transparency of information on nursing and skilled nursing facilities and clarify and improve enforcement of requirements on such facilities (S. 2641), S1058, S1059 [14FE], S7145 [23JY]

———preserve access to health care (S. 3656), S10456-S10458 [2OC]

———preserve access to health care (S. 3656), unanimous-consent request, S10623-S10625 [19NO]

———prevent physician fee schedule reduction, advance value based purchasing, electronic health records, and electronic prescribing, maintain and improve care access in rural areas (S. 3118), unanimous-consent request, S5710 [18JN], S6420-S6424 [8JY]

———prevent reduction in physician fee schedule, advance value based purchasing, electronic health records, and electronic prescribing, and maintain and improve access to care in rural areas (S. 3118), S5526, S5530 [11JN], S5535, S5546-S5548, S5550, S5554, S5560, S5562, S5569, S5577 [12JN]

———require background checks for nursing facility and other long-term care facility employees (S. 1577), S10466 [2OC]

Mental health: ensure new mothers and their families are educated about postpartum depression, screened for symptoms, provided with essential services, and increase NIH research, S7888 [31JY]

———ensure new mothers and their families are educated about postpartum depression, screened for symptoms, provided with essential services, and increase NIH research (S. 1375), unanimous-consent request, S9228 [23SE], S9380, S9381 [24SE]

———improve capacity of nongovernmental organizations and individuals in foreign countries to provide appropriate mental disability and mental trauma care training (S. 2752), S2008 [12MR]

———provide parity between health insurance coverage of mental health benefits and benefits for medical and surgical services (S. 558), S1099 [25FE]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans, S7758 [30JY], S8243 [10SE], S9243, S9249-S9254, S9256, S9257 [23SE], S9400 [24SE]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), S1568 [5MR], S1717 [6MR], S1781 [7MR], S10188 [30SE], S10190, S10205, S10215-S10284, S10291-S10295, S10328 [1OC], S10407-S10413, S10415, S10429-S10434 [2OC], S10859 [10DE], S10892 [11DE]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), unanimous-consent agreement, S10187 [30SE], S10220 [1OC]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 6983), S9262 [23SE]

Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act: technical correction (S. 3712), S10769 [20NO]

Minority AIDS Initiative: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 426), S10423 [2OC]

MRSA Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 454), S1072 [14FE]

National Alcohol Awareness Month: observance, S2813 [9AP]

National Aphasia Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 566), S4202 [14MY]

National Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 462), S1273 [27FE], S1654 [5MR]

National Assisted Living Week: designate (S. Res. 652), S9179 [22SE]

National Autism Awareness Month: observance, S2814 [9AP]

National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month: designate, S10166 [30SE]

National Cancer Institute: make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer (S. 2569), S448 [29JA]

National Celiac Disease Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 657), S9179 [22SE]

National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 484), S2164 [13MR], S2250 [31MR]

National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 563), S4845 [22MY]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (S. Res. 683), S9435 [24SE]

National Childhood Stroke Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 549), S3749 [2MY]

National Children's Dental Health Month: observance, S1116 [25FE]

National Community Health Aide, Community Health Practitioner, and Dental Health Aide Week: designate (S. Res. 526), S3267 [22AP]

National Cushing's Syndrome Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 498), S2364 [2AP]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 510), S3412 [24AP]

National Drug Prevention and Education Week: designate (S. Res. 434), S450 [29JA], S671 [5FE], S1087 [15FE]

National Dysphagia Awareness Month: establish (H. Con. Res. 195), S10020 [27SE]

National Eye Donor Month: observance, S1994 [12MR]

National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 647), S8106, S8141 [8SE]

National Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 471), S1546 [4MR]

National Health Care Decisions Day: support goals and ideals (S. Con. Res. 73), S2588 [3AP]

———support goals and ideals (S.J. Res. 29), S2008 [12MR]

National Health Information Technology Week: designate (S. Res. 589), S5457 [10JN]

National Healthy Schools Day: observance (S. Res. 535), S3446 [28AP]

National Heat Stroke Awareness Month: designate (H. Con. Res. 296), S9179 [22SE]

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 581), S4989 [3JN]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (H.R. 1157), S10018 [27SE]

———authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (S. 579), S3177 [21AP]

———authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (S. 579), unanimous-consent request, S3179 [21AP], S3493-S3496 [29AP]

National Mammography Day: designate (S. Res. 698), S10127, S10179 [30SE]

National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 614), S6875 [16JY], S9179 [22SE]

National Men's Health Week: observance (S. Res. 585), S5704 [17JN]

National Methamphetamine Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 703), S10426 [2OC]

National MPS Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 559), S4046 [12MY]

National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 477), S1820 [10MR]

National objectives: advance America's priorities (S. 3297), S6951 [21JY], S6981, S7032 [22JY], S7089, S7090 [23JY], S7270-S7272 [24JY], S9003 [18SE], S9226 [23SE]

———advance America's priorities (S. 3297), motion to proceed, S7509-S7511, S7519, S7520 [26JY], S7542-S7554, S7561-S7564 [28JY], S7757 [30JY], S7883, S7888 [31JY], S10627 [19NO], S10702 [20NO], S10859 [10DE]

———advance America's priorities (S. 3297), unanimous-consent request, S7555, S7561 [28JY], S8984 [18SE], S9172-S9174 [22SE], S9230 [23SE]

———increase Federal investment in public and preventive health (S. Res. 640), S7977 [31JY]

———national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system, S2811 [9AP], S4126, S4127 [14MY]

———policies to improve health care for stroke victims, S3021 [15AP]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S530-S532 [31JA], S628 [5FE], S1220, S1221, S1261-S1264 [27FE], S2328 [2AP], S2792-S2794 [9AP], S3074 [16AP], S3116 [17AP], S3378-S3380 [24AP], S4757 [22MY], S5585 [12JN], S5729, S5730 [18JN], S6860 [16JY], S6911-S6914 [17JY], S9011 [18SE], S10636 [19NO], S10698-S10700 [20NO]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1783), S1158 [26FE], S2426 [3AP], S3417-S3420 [28AP], S9636 [26SE]

———provide access to comprehensive primary health care services and improve primary health care delivery through expansion of community health center and National Health Service Corps programs (S. 3413), S7971-S7973 [31JY]

———provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage (S. 334), S1043 [14FE], S3660-S3662 [1MY], S4301 [19MY], S5506-S5509 [11JN], S6347, S6348 [7JY], S6431 [8JY], S6902 [17JY], S7996-S7998 [1AU], S9373-S9378 [24SE], S9479 [25SE]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: observance, S9636 [26SE]

———support goals and ideals (S. Res. 678), S9346 [23SE]

National Physical Education and Sports Week: designate (S. Res. 546), S3729, S3730 [1MY]

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (S. Res. 546), S3729, S3730 [1MY]

National Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 620), S7178 [23JY], S8141 [8SE]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 667), unanimous-consent agreement, S9164 [18SE]

National Public Health Coordinating Council: establish (S. 3570), S9423 [24SE]

National Public Health Week: observance, S2937 [10AP]

National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day: designate (S. Res. 487), S2188 [13MR]

National Runaway Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 646), S9179 [22SE]

National Save for Retirement Week: designate (S. Res. 601), unanimous-consent agreement, S9164 [18SE]

National School Lunch Act: make permanent the summer food service pilot project for rural areas of Pennsylvania and apply it to rural areas of every State (S. 1755), S7742 [30JY]

National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 518), S3083 [16AP], S3210 [21AP]

National Spina Bifida Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 661), S9346 [23SE]

National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (S. Con. Res. 93), S9179 [22SE]

National Women's Health Week: support goals and ideals (S. Con. Res. 81), S3930 [7MY]

Native Americans: allow tribal members to make their own health care choices, S1000-S1004, S1018-S1021, S1027 [14FE]

———grant rape and sexual assault victims the right to have assailants tested for HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, S1028 [14FE]

———health care funding through reductions in U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act reauthorization, S6811-S6813 [16JY]

———improve mental health services, S43 [22JA]

———prioritize resources for basic medical services at Indian health care facilities, S1027-S1030 [14FE]

———public safety and water development funding through reductions in U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act reauthorization, S6637, S6638 [14JY], S6810-S6813, S6815 [16JY]

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: observance, S5519 [11JN]

NIH: enhance public and private research efforts to develop new tools and therapies that prevent, detect, and cure diseases (S. 2988), S3894 [7MY]

———funding, S1935 [12MR], S2046, S2047, S2100 [13MR], S5010 [4JN]

———make emergency supplemental appropriations (S. 3272), S6872 [16JY]

North American Occupational Safety and Health Week: designate (S. Res. 547), S3730 [1MY]

Nuclear energy: require commercial nuclear utilities to transfer spent nuclear fuel from pools into dry casks and convey to the Dept. of Energy title to all spent nuclear fuel thus safely stored, S10165 [30SE]

Obesity: establish a comprehensive plan to prevent, treat, and reduce obesity and promote healthy nutritional choices (S. 3584), S9498 [25SE]

Occupational Safety and Health Professionals Day: designate (S. Res. 547), S3730 [1MY]

Ohio: tribute to efforts of Ohio Depts. of Mental Health and Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services to address the stigma associated with mental health and substance use disorders (S.J. Res. 33), S4626 [21MY]

Organ donation: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors and their families (H.R. 7198), S10396 [1OC]

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network: funding (H.R. 6469), S10405, S10421 [2OC]

OSHA: issue a standard regulating worker exposure to diacetyl, S1585 [5MR], S1683 [6MR]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 720), S10835 [9DE]

Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices, S6600 [11JY]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs, S2087 [13MR]

———improve regulation of Internet pharmacies (H.R. 6353), S10184, S10185 [30SE]

———improve regulation of Internet pharmacies (S. 980), S2307-S2310 [1AP]

———potential health risks associated with anxiety drug Paxil, S5519 [11JN]

———potential health risks associated with diabetes drug Avandia, S486 [30JA]

Poison: reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain poison center funding, and enhance public health (S. 2932), S9340 [23SE]

President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors: implement recommendations, S2968, S2969 [14AP]

Republican Party: national agenda, S315-S317 [25JA], S1189 [26FE], S6583-S6585 [11JY]

Research: address barriers to pain care by enhancing coordination of research, improving healthcare provider education and training, and elevating public awareness of pain and pain management (S. 3387), S7946 [31JY]

Rialto, CA: tribute to AIDS Walk Rialto, S89 [22JA]

Scranton, PA: anniversary of Holy Family Residence of the Little Sisters of the Poor, S2611 [4AP]

Second Annual National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 479), S1892 [11MR]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (S. 304), S1592 [5MR], S3073 [16AP], S5579 [12JN]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (S. 1070), S4430-S4432 [20MY]

———expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals (S. 3730), S10882 [10DE]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care, S3462 [29AP]

———provide employees of small employers with access to quality, affordable health insurance coverage (S. 3554), S9418 [24SE]

———provide quality, affordable health insurance for small employers and individuals (S. 2948), S3599 [30AP], S3653 [1MY]

Social Security: authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (S. 2570), S448 [29JA]

———codify the unborn child rule allowing States to provide prenatal care to unborn children and their mothers under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S1989 [12MR], S2082, S2084 [13MR]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program, S1989 [12MR]

———disapprove final rule imposing crowd-out strategies on States that expand income eligibility level for children under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S.J. Res. 44), S6942-S6944 [17JY]

———extend and improve children's health insurance program and improve beneficiary protections under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S1849-S1851, S1854 [11MR]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S3462 [29AP]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3963), veto, S197 [23JA]

———extend provisions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S1981-S1983 [12MR]

———facilitate coverage of pregnant women under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S2082 [13MR]

———preserve access to Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program during an economic downturn (S. 2819), S2445 [3AP], S6265 [26JN]

———promote tobacco use cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the maternal and child health program (S. 3206), S6290 [26JN]

———provide for transparency in the relationship between physicians and manufacturers of drugs, devices, or medical supplies for which payment is made under certain programs, S7890 [31JY]

———provide for transparency in the relationship between physicians and manufacturers of drugs, devices, or medical supplies for which payment is made under certain programs (S. 2029), S2319 [2AP], S5029 [4JN], S5956 [23JN], S8165 [9SE], S10467 [2OC], S10641 [19NO]

———provide increased civil and criminal penalties for acts involving fraud and abuse under the Medicare system, S1026 [14FE]

Sports: provide health care to former athletes suffering long-term health problems as result of injuries from playing football, S506 [31JA]

States: allow voluntary development of qualifying best practices for health care and provide differential rates of payment favoring treatment consistent with such practices under Medicare and Medicaid (S. 1471), S759 [7FE]

———provide fiscal relief through a temporary increase in the Federal medical assistance percentage and direct payments to States (S. 2586), S547 [31JA]

Stowe, VT: tribute to Stowe Weekend of Hope event for cancer survivors, S4102 [13MY]

Stroke: strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment, S7888 [31JY]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (H.R. 477), unanimous-consent request, S9228 [23SE]

Suddenly Sleepy Saturday—Day of Narcolepsy Awareness: observance, S1736 [7MR]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance, S2793 [9AP]

———allow reimbursement from flexible spending accounts for certain dental procedures (S. 3717), S10751 [20NO]

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for an above the line Federal income tax deduction for individuals purchasing health insurance outside the workplace, S2080, S2081, S2085 [13MR]

———establish disability savings accounts (S. 2741), S1878 [11MR]

———improve access to health care through expanded health savings accounts (S. 3626), S9708 [26SE]

———make health care coverage more accessible and affordable (H.R. 3343), S9478 [25SE]

———provide incentives to improve research competitiveness (S. 2884), S3155 [17AP]

———reform laws relative to individuals, estate and gift taxes, corporate rates, capital gains and dividends, retirement savings, lifetime savings, life skills, and certain medical care (S. 2547), S2987 [15AP]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits, S1857 [11MR], S1932, S1939 [12MR], S2045, S2046 [13MR]

Tay-Sachs Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 594), S6367 [7JY]

Technology: enhance adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information technology system and improve the quality and reduce the costs of health care (S. 1693), S759 [7FE]

———promote modernization of the health care system through adoption of electronic prescribing technology, S2050 [13MR]

Traumatic Brain Injury Act: reauthorize (S. 793), S2090 [13MR], S2952-S2954 [10AP], S2972 [14AP]

U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act: limit countries to which funds may be targeted, S6643 [14JY], S6682, S6685 [15JY]

———limit the period to make appropriations and provide for a point of order against any appropriation that exceeds the amount authorized for fiscal year 2013, S6692 [15JY], S6832 [16JY]

———prevent new pediatric infections, improve treatment of children, and address mother-to-child transmission relative to HIV/AIDS, S6834 [16JY]

———prohibit use of funds for any organization or program which supports or participates in the management of coerced abortions or involuntary sterilization, S6643 [14JY], S6682, S6685 [15JY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 5501), S6272 [26JN], S6312 [27JN], S6838-S6857 [16JY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 5501), insert S. 2731 language in lieu, S6838 [16JY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 5501), unanimous-consent agreement, S6596 [11JY], S6831 [16JY]

———reauthorize (S. 2731), S1742 [7MR], S3394 [24AP], S4273 [15MY], S6004 [24JN], S6311-S6313 [27JN], S6618-S6644 [14JY], S6682, S6685-S6689, S6692-S6697, S6699-S6705 [15JY], S6809-S6817, S6820, S6826-S6857 [16JY]

———reauthorize (S. 2731), motion to proceed, S6493 [9JY], S6542 [10JY], S6585-S6587, S6593, S6595-S6597 [11JY]

———reauthorize (S. 2731), unanimous-consent agreement, S6831 [16JY]

———reauthorize (S. 2731), unanimous-consent request, S6312 [27JN], S6493 [9JY], S6549, S6550 [10JY]

University of Maryland: anniversary of School of Medicine (S. Res. 671), S9179 [22SE]

University of South Dakota: anniversary of School of Medicine and Health Sciences Center for Disabilities, S2433 [3AP]

Veterans: establish a commission to oversee services for post-traumatic stress and other mental health disorders, the Heroes-to-Healers Program, and grants for mental health provider recruitment (S. 3374), S7910-S7914 [31JY], S8243 [10SE]

———expand and enhance benefits (S. 2984), S3798 [6MY]

———extend operations of the Senior Oversight Committee on wounded warrior matters (S. 2923), S3445 [28AP]

———Gulf War Illness research funding, S10862 [10DE]

———health care funding, S637 [5FE], S1327 [28FE], S1801 [10MR], S1974 [12MR]

———health care funding (S. 2639), S1115 [25FE]

———improve health care benefits (S. 2889), S3160 [17AP]

———improve treatment of post-deployment mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, for veterans and members of the Armed Forces, S4583 [21MY]

———increase rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans (S. 2617), S819 [8FE], S7795-S7797 [30JY]

———provide health care benefits to veterans with a service-connected disability at non-Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities that receive payments under Medicare or TRICARE program (S. 815), S9381 [24SE]

Water: require a national primary drinking water regulation for perchlorate, S5726 [18JN]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (S. 3642), S10004 [27SE]

White House Conference on Food and Nutrition: convene (S. 3108), S5450 [10JN]

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, S1221 [27FE]

———improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women, S5516 [11JN]

———reduce maternal mortality (S. Res. 616), S10423 [2OC]

———support legislation promoting improved health care and access to health care (S. Res. 638), S7975 [31JY]

World Autism Awareness Day: observance, S2339 [2AP]

World Malaria Day: observance, S3394 [24AP]

World Water Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 478), S1821 [10MR], S2250 [31MR]

Reports filed

Air and Health Quality Empowerment Zone Designation Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 3565) (S. Rept. 110-500), S9414 [24SE]

Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Day: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 659), S9492 [25SE]

Beach Protection Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2844) (S. Rept. 110-414), S6559 [10JY]

Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1695), S10659 [19NO]

Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1157) (H. Rept. 110-889), H9972 [25SE]

———Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 579), S2435 [3AP]

Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 758) (H. Rept. 110-868), H9082 [23SE]

Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 5577) (H. Rept. 110-550), H1770 [14MR]

Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 5522) (H. Rept. 110-601), H2551 [22AP]

Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2688) (S. Rept. 110-420), S6722 [15JY]

Community Pharmacy Fairness Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 971) (H. Rept. 110-898), H10330 [28SE]

Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1532) (H. Rept. 110-873), H9083 [23SE]

———Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1551) (S. Rept. 110-329), S3254 [22AP]

Conquer Childhood Cancer Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1553) (H. Rept. 110-706), H5213 [10JN]

Consideration of H.R. 1424, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1525) (H. Rept. 110-907), H10699 [2OC]

Consideration of H.R. 1424, Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1014) (H. Rept. 110-538), H1219 [4MR]

Consideration of H.R. 2537, Beach Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1083) (H. Rept. 110-572), H2068 [8AP]

Consideration of H.R. 5501, U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act Reauthorization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1065) (H. Rept. 110-562), H1888 [1AP]

Consideration of H.R. 5522, Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1157) (H. Rept. 110-613), H2852 [29AP]

Consideration of H.R. 6599, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans' Services: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1384) (H. Rept. 110-800), H7306 [29JY]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 493, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1156) (H. Rept. 110-612), H2851 [29AP]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 5501, U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act Reauthorization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1362) (H. Rept. 110-766), H6823 [22JY]

Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1237) (H. Rept. 110-566), H2068 [8AP]

Dept. of HHS Healthy Start Program Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1760), S3507 [29AP]

Dept. of Justice Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 6503) (H. Rept. 110-846), H8126 [15SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Establishment of Position of Director of Physician Assistant Services Within the Office of the Under Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Health: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 2790) (H. Rept. 110-642), H4059 [15MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Authorization and Lease Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 5856) (H. Rept. 110-648), H4059 [15MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans' Services: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 6599) (H. Rept. 110-775), H7163 [24JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3301) (S. Rept. 110-428), S7029 [22JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3230) (S. Rept. 110-410), S6441 [8JY]

Drug Endangered Children Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1210), S4791 [22MY]

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1198) (H. Rept. 110-565), H2068 [8AP]

Elder Abuse Victims Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5352) (H. Rept. 110-864), H8577 [22SE]

Elder Justice Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1070) (S. Rept. 110-470), S9025 [18SE]

Emergency Medical Services for Children Improvement: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2464) (H. Rept. 110-568), H2068 [8AP]

Ensure That Dependent Students Who Take a Medically Necessary Leave of Absence Do Not Lose Health Insurance Coverage: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2851) (H. Rept. 110-806), H7627 [30JY]

Environmental Justice Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 642) (S. Rept. 110-485), S9414 [24SE]

Environmental Justice Renewal Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2549) (S. Rept. 110-498), S9414 [24SE]

EPA Study on Black Carbon Emissions: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 3489) (S. Rept. 110-489), S9414 [24SE]

Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 6126) (H. Rept. 110-894), H10129 [26SE]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2838) (S. Rept. 110-518), S10323 [1OC]

Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1108) (H. Rept. 110-762), H6725 [17JY]

Federal Firefighters Fairness Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1924), S10323 [1OC]

———Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1924) (S. Rept. 110-520), S10578 [17NO]

Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2063) (H. Rept. 110-571), H2068 [8AP]

Health Centers Renewal Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1343) (H. Rept. 110-680), H4973 [4JN]

———Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 901) (S. Rept. 110-274), S1998 [12MR]

Health Insurance Source of Injury Clarification Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 6908) (H. Rept. 110-870), H9082 [23SE]

Heart Disease Education, Analysis Research, and Treatment (HEART) for Women Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1014) (H. Rept. 110-874), H9083 [23SE]

Improve Sanitation in Rural and Native Villages in Alaska: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 199) (S. Rept. 110-476), S9203 [22SE]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act Revision and Extension: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1328) (H. Rept. 110-564), H2016 [4AP], H5109 [9JN]

Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 6309) (H. Rept. 110-788), H7305 [29JY]

Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 2532) (S. Rept. 110-255), S93 [22JA]

Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1424) (H. Rept. 110-374), H1219 [4MR]

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3992) (H. Rept. 110-514), H389 [22JA]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2304), S2294 [1AP]

Mercury Market Minimization Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 906) (S. Rept. 110-477), S9203 [22SE]

National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 563), S4791 [22MY]

National Pain Care Policy Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2994) (H. Rept. 110-871), H9082 [23SE]

National Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 620), S7903 [31JY]

Nevada Cancer Institute Expansion Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1311) (S. Rept. 110-380), S5656 [16JN]

———Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1311) (H. Rept. 110-533), H1187 [3MR]

Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3825) (H. Rept. 110-570), H2068 [8AP]

———Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1858) (S. Rept. 110-280), S2743 [8AP]

Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 6353) (H. Rept. 110-869), H9082 [23SE]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 980), S1998 [12MR]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 980) (S. Rept. 110-521), S10578 [17NO]

Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1577) (S. Rept. 110-474), S9203 [22SE]

Perchlorate Monitoring and Right-To-Know Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 24) (S. Rept. 110-483), S9414 [24SE]

Permit Members of the Armed Forces Assigned to a Congressional Liaison Office of the Dept. of Defense To Obtain Membership in the House Exercise Facility: Committee on House Administration (House) (H. Res. 1068) (H. Rept. 110-587), H2265 [14AP]

Physician Workforce Enhancement Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2583) (H. Rept. 110-872), H9083 [23SE]

Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5669) (H. Rept. 110-681), H4973 [4JN]

Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1810), S3206 [21AP]

Protect Pregnant Women and Children From Dangerous Lead Exposures Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 3639) (S. Rept. 110-515), S9655 [26SE]

Protecting Pregnant Women and Children From Perchlorate Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 150) (S. Rept. 110-484), S9414 [24SE]

Protecting Records, Optimizing Treatment, and Easing Communication Through Healthcare Technology (PRO(TECH)T) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 6357) (H. Rept. 110-837), H8048 [11SE]

Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5613) (H. Rept. 110-600), H2551 [22AP]

Recognition of Excellence in Aging Research Committee Report: Committee on Aging (Senate, Special) (S. Rept. 110-527), S10880 [10DE]

Recognize Importance of Bicycling in Transportation and Recreation: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Con. Res. 305) (H. Rept. 110-653), H4150 [19MY]

Republic of the Marshall Islands Supplemental Nuclear Compensation Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1756), S8853 [16SE]

Rural Veterans Access to Care Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1527) (H. Rept. 110-817), H7805 [1AU]

Safety of Seniors Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3701) (H. Rept. 110-569), H2068 [8AP]

Sewage Overflow Community Right-To-Know Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2452) (H. Rept. 110-723), H5728 [19JN]

Sewage Overflow Right-To-Know Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2080) (S. Rept. 110-497), S9414 [24SE]

Small Community Drinking Water Funding Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1933) (S. Rept. 110-475), S9203 [22SE]

Stop AIDS in Prison Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 1943), S9492 [25SE]

Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 999), S3079 [16AP]

Sunshine in Litigation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2449) (S. Rept. 110-439), S8034 [1AU]

Support Goals of Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Res. 339) (H. Rept. 110-655), H4150 [19MY]

Tay-Sachs Awareness Month: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 594), S6283 [26JN]

Toxic Chemical Exposure (TCE) Reduction Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1911) (S. Rept. 110-486), S9414 [24SE]

Traumatic Brain Injury Act Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1418) (H. Rept. 110-567), H2068 [8AP]

Tribal Health Promotion and Tribal Colleges and Universities Advancement Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1779) (S. Rept. 110-519), S10323 [1OC]

U.S. Commitment to Global Child Survival Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1418) (S. Rept. 110-282), S2817 [9AP]

U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act Reauthorization: Committee on Foreign Affairs (House) (H.R. 5501) (H. Rept. 110-546), H1444 [10MR], H1538 [11MR]

———Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 2731) (S. Rept. 110-325), S3025 [15AP]

U.S. Olympic Committee Paralympic Program Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 4255) (H. Rept. 110-774), H7163 [24JY]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 2617) (S. Rept. 110-430), S7278 [24JY]

Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 5892) (H. Rept. 110-789), H7305 [29JY]

Veterans Emergency Care Fairness Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 3819) (H. Rept. 110-638), H4059 [15MY]

———Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 2142) (S. Rept. 110-263), S1121 [25FE]

Veterans' Epilepsy Treatment Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 2818) (H. Rept. 110-722), H5728 [19JN]

Veterans' Health Care Policy Enhancement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 6445) (H. Rept. 110-786), H7305 [29JY]

Veterans' Medical Personnel Recruitment and Retention Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 2969) (S. Rept. 110-473), S9025 [18SE]

Veterans Pain Care Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 2160) (S. Rept. 110-267), S1384 [28FE]

Veterans Substance Use Disorders Prevention and Treatment Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 5554) (H. Rept. 110-639), H4059 [15MY]

Waive Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act Requirements Relative to Action on Legislation in Response to a Medicare Funding Warning: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1368) (H. Rept. 110-769), H7057 [23JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Apple Crunch: support goals and ideals of healthy food choice event (H. Res. 1143), H7221 [29JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 6599), H7742, H7744, H7754 [31JY], H7801 [1AU]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (H.R. 2537), H2410 [16AP]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1200), S1109 [25FE]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), consideration (H. Res. 1014), H1259 [5MR]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), motion to recommit, H1308 [5MR]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1134), H3712 [13MY]

National Apple Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1143), H7221 [29JY]

Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act: define environmental intervention blood lead level and establish additional requirements for certain lead hazard screens (H.R. 6309), H7282 [29JY]

Statements

Attorney General's Investigation Reveals Flawed Lyme Disease Guideline Process, IDSA Agrees To Reassess Guidelines, Install Independent Arbiter: Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Attorney General, H10174 [27SE]

Consensus Statement Supporting the Congressional Military Pain Bill and the Veterans Pain Bill: Several Organizations, H4434 [21MY]

Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act: Congressional Black Caucus, H7572 [30JY]

Handicapped Americans: Bob Dole, James B. Pearson, Norris H. Cotton, Roman L. Hruska, and Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., S2963-S2968 [14AP]

Indian Health Service Authorization of Use of an Area Distribution Fund To Allocate Funding for Indian Health Care Facility Construction and Modernization: Navajo Nation, S1151 [26FE]

Lack of Funding Will Result in Lost Opportunities: Senator Specter, S1935 [12MR]

Medical Status of Senator Kennedy: Allan Friedman, S4876 [2JN]

Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act: David Wellstone, S9263 [23SE], H8619 [23SE]

———Rosalynn Carter, Carter Center, Inc., H8620 [23SE]

NIH/LIHEAP/Mentoring Amendment to the Budget Resolution: Senator Specter, S1936 [12MR]

Pennsylvania Economic Snapshot: Committee on Economics (Joint), S324 [25JA]

Researchers Take Hard Line Against UV Exposure—Hundreds Affirm Harmful Effects of Ultraviolet Rays, Discourage Intentional Tanning: Melanoma Research Foundation and Society for Melanoma Research, E1518 [22JY]

U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act Global Food Aid and Nutrition Programs Funding: Several Representatives, H7067 [24JY]

UV Exposure and Tanning: Melanoma Research Foundation and Society for Melanoma Research, E1518 [22JY]

Summaries

Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (S. 3626), S9708 [26SE]

Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Reform Act (H.R. 6252), E1221 [12JN]

Medicare Rural Health Access Improvement Act, S2161-S2163 [13MR]

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70): Vitter Amendment on Importation of Prescription Drugs, S2299 [1AP]

Tables

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 6599), H7712-H7715 [31JY]

Estimated President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Research (PEPFAR) treatment, testing, and prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) costs and benchmarks, S2431 [3AP]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 134, National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, H4121 [19MY]

H. Con. Res. 138, National Men's Health Week, H4837 [3JN]

H. Con. Res. 163, support further research and activities to increase public awareness, professional education, diagnosis, and treatment of Dandy-Walker syndrome and hydrocephalus, S9181 [22SE], H5940 [24JN]

H. Con. Res. 195, National Dysphagia Awareness Month, H5991 [24JN]

H. Con. Res. 296, National Heat Stroke Awareness Month, S9182 [22SE], H7531 [30JY]

H. Con. Res. 299, support goals and ideals of National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month, H6494 [15JY]

H. Con. Res. 302, Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, H1787 [31MR]

H. Con. Res. 305, recognize importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation, H4102 [19MY]

H. Con. Res. 323, support goals and ideals of National Health Care Decisions Day, H2501 [22AP]

H. Con. Res. 331, support goals and ideals of National Women's Health Week, H3858 [14MY]

H. Con. Res. 340, technical corrections in enrollment of H.R. 493, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, H2982 [1MY]

H. Con. Res. 393, support goals and ideals of National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month, H8684 [23SE]

H. Con. Res. 405, National Workplace Wellness Week, H10117 [26SE]

H. Con. Res. 415, observe anniversary of State-based alcoholic beverage regulation and recognize State officials, public health community, and industry members for creating a successful regulatory and distribution system, H8377 [17SE]

H. Con. Res. 426, Minority AIDS Initiative anniversary, H10228 [27SE]

H. Res. 259, tribute to Meals on Wheels Association of America, H2239 [14AP]

H. Res. 339, support goals of Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, H4100 [19MY]

H. Res. 353, increase Federal commitment to supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment, H5942 [24JN]

H. Res. 369, support goals and ideals of National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month, H4127 [19MY]

H. Res. 389, Malaria Awareness Day, H10212 [27SE]

H. Res. 578, National Watermelon Month, H2821 [29AP]

H. Res. 671, support goals and ideals of National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, H8717 [23SE]

H. Res. 870, University of Maryland School of Medicine anniversary, H10115 [26SE]

H. Res. 896, Primary Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month, H7533 [30JY]

H. Res. 963, support goals and ideals of National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans Week, H916 [13FE]

H. Res. 972, support goals and ideals of American Heart Month and National Wear Red Day, H917 [13FE]

H. Res. 981, World Glaucoma Day, H2508 [22AP]

H. Res. 988, MRSA Awareness Month, H8685 [23SE]

H. Res. 994, National Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia Awareness Day, H2230 [14AP]

H. Res. 1013, recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs, H1257 [5MR]

H. Res. 1014, consideration of H.R. 1424, Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act, H1259 [5MR]

H. Res. 1020, recognize service of Armed Forces members and support wounded warriors, H2024 [8AP]

H. Res. 1022, reduce maternal mortality, H4124 [19MY]

H. Res. 1042, support the We Don't Serve Teens campaign, H8682 [23SE]

H. Res. 1065, consideration of H.R. 5501, U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act reauthorization, H1894 [2AP]

H. Res. 1068, permit members of the Armed Forces assigned to a congressional liaison office of the Dept. of Defense at the House of Representatives to obtain membership in the House exercise facility, H2298 [15AP]

H. Res. 1083, consideration of H.R. 2537, Beach Protection Act, H2169 [10AP]

H. Res. 1086, National Nurses Week recognition, H3064 [6MY]

H. Res. 1106, National Autism Awareness Month, H4120 [19MY]

H. Res. 1124, National Brain Tumor Awareness Month, H4123 [19MY]

H. Res. 1134, support goals and ideals of Mental Health Month, H3710 [13MY]

H. Res. 1143, support goals and ideals of National Apple Month and Apple Crunch healthy food choice event, H7220 [29JY]

H. Res. 1149, National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month, H2904 [30AP]

H. Res. 1156, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 493, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, H2956 [1MY]

H. Res. 1157, consideration of H.R. 5522, Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act, H2891 [30AP]

H. Res. 1225, National Safety Month, H5067 [9JN]

H. Res. 1294, support goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week, H5932 [24JN]

H. Res. 1333, support goals and ideals of Tay-Sachs Awareness Month, H9922 [25SE]

H. Res. 1335, celebrate partnership between the Government and State veterans homes, H8068 [15SE]

H. Res. 1355, support goals and ideals of Disability Pride Day, H7038 [23JY]

H. Res. 1362, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 5501, U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act reauthorization, H7065 [24JY]

H. Res. 1368, waive Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act requirements relative to action on legislation in response to a Medicare funding warning, H7122 [24JY]

H. Res. 1375, support goals and ideals of National Runaway Prevention Month, H10214 [27SE]

H. Res. 1381, national policy to increase Federal commitment prioritizing disease prevention and public health, H8686 [23SE]

H. Res. 1384, consideration of H.R. 6599, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, H7649 [31JY]

H. Res. 1453, support goals and ideals of Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month, H8716 [23SE]

H. Res. 1525, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 1424, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, H10702 [3OC]

H.R. 758, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act, H8661-H8664 [23SE]

H.R. 1014, Heart Disease Education, Analysis Research, and Treatment (HEART) for Women Act, H8689 [23SE]

H.R. 1108, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, H7546-H7568 [30JY]

H.R. 1157, Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act, H9912 [25SE]

H.R. 1198, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act, H2026 [8AP]

H.R. 1237, Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act, H2029 [8AP]

H.R. 1283, Arthitis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act, H10165-H10168 [27SE]

H.R. 1311, Nevada Cancer Institute Expansion Act, H1193 [4MR]

H.R. 1343, Health Care Safety Net Act, H9923 [25SE]

H.R. 1343, Health Centers Renewal Act, H4891-H4893 [4JN]

H.R. 1424, Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act, H1274-H1285 [5MR]

H.R. 1527, Rural Veterans Access to Care Act, H7903 [9SE]

H.R. 1532, Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act, H8671-H8673 [23SE]

H.R. 1553, Conquer Childhood Cancer Act, H5296 [11JN]

H.R. 2063, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act, H2036 [8AP]

H.R. 2452, Sewage Overflow Community Right-To-Know Act, H5820 [23JN]

H.R. 2464, emergency medical services for children improvement, H2027 [8AP]

H.R. 2537, Beach Protection Act, H2199 [10AP]

H.R. 2583, Physician Workforce Enhancement Act, H8681 [23SE]

H.R. 2790, establish position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the Office of the Under Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Health, H4184 [20MY]

H.R. 2818, Veterans' Epilepsy Treatment Act, H5944 [24JN]

H.R. 2851, ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage, H7541-H7543 [30JY]

H.R. 2994, National Pain Care Policy Act, H8674 [23SE]

H.R. 3819, Veterans Emergency Care Fairness Act, H4190 [20MY]

H.R. 3992, Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act, H424-H426 [23JA]

H.R. 4255, U.S. Olympic Committee Paralympic Program Act, H7246 [29JY]

H.R. 4848, extend parity in the application of certain limits to mental health benefits, H583 [6FE]

H.R. 4926, Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools (HEARTS) Act, H5073 [9JN]

H.R. 5265, provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy, S9605 [26SE], H8676 [23SE]

H.R. 5352, Elder Abuse Victims Act, H8519-H8521 [22SE]

H.R. 5501, U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act reauthorization, S6842-S6855 [16JY], H1921-H1934 [2AP], H7097-H7110 [24JY]

H.R. 5522, Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act, H2913 [30AP]

H.R. 5554, Veterans Substance Use Disorders Prevention and Treatment Act, H4193 [20MY]

H.R. 5613, Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act, H2502-H2504 [22AP]

H.R. 5669, Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act, H4896 [4JN]

H.R. 5729, Spina Bifida Health Care Program Expansion Act, H4197 [20MY]

H.R. 5856, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Authorization and Lease Act, H4199 [20MY]

H.R. 5892, Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act, H7256-H7261 [29JY]

H.R. 5919, technical corrections to S. 1858, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act, H2890 [30AP]

H.R. 6307, Fostering Connections to Success Act, H5921-H5927 [24JN]

H.R. 6309, Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act, H7280 [29JY]

H.R. 6331, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act, H5876-H5904 [24JN]

H.R. 6353, Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act, H8691-H8694 [23SE]

H.R. 6445, Veterans' Health Care Policy Enhancement Act, H7240 [29JY]

H.R. 6469, Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network funding, S10421 [2OC], H8668 [23SE]

H.R. 6503, Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program reauthorization, H8097 [15SE]

H.R. 6568, Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Education Act, H9914 [25SE]

H.R. 6580, ensure fair treatment of Armed Forces members discharged early due to being the only surviving child in a family in which an immediate family member was killed, MIA, or disabled in the line of duty, H7276-H7278 [29JY]

H.R. 6600, Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act, H10200 [27SE]

H.R. 6832, Dept. of Veterans Affairs major medical facility projects authorization and certain authorities extension, H7909-H7911 [9SE]

H.R. 6901, Meth Free Families and Communities Act, H8678 [23SE]

H.R. 6908, Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act, H8666 [23SE]

H.R. 6950, Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act, H8700 [23SE]

H.R. 6983, Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, H8614-H8618 [23SE]

H.R. 7198, Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act, H10629 [29SE]

S. 793, Traumatic Brain Injury Act reauthorization, S2952 [10AP], H2041-H2043 [8AP]

S. 845, Safety of Seniors Act, H2034 [8AP]

S. 901, Health Care Safety Net Act, S6978 [21JY]

S. 906, Mercury Export Ban Act, S9874-S9876 [26SE], H10178 [27SE]

S. 980, Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act, S2307-S2309 [1AP]

S. 1200, Indian Health Care Improvement Act revision and extension, S1275-S1317 [27FE], S1607-S1653 [5MR]

S. 1382, ALS Registry Act, H9916 [25SE]

S. 1760, Dept. of HHS Healthy Start Program reauthorization, S3644 [30AP]

S. 1760, Healthy Start Program reauthorization, H8670 [23SE]

S. 1810, Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act, S9342 [23SE], H9918 [25SE]

S. 1858, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act, H2038-H2040 [8AP]

S. 2304, Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act, S9596 [26SE], H10268 [27SE]

S. 2586, State Fiscal Relief Act, S548 [31JA]

S. 2617, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, S7795 [30JY], H7907 [9SE]

S. 2629, Medicaid coverage of drugs prescribed for certain NIH research study child participants, S976 [13FE]

S. 2630, Commercial Fishing Industry Health Care Coverage Act, S977 [13FE]

S. 2688, Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act, S1523 [4MR]

S. 2731, U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act reauthorization, S6621-S6632 [14JY]

S. 2735, Healthy Housing Council Act, S1744-S1746 [7MR]

S. 2741, Disability Savings Act, S1879-S1882 [11MR]

S. 2790, Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act, S2234-S2236 [31MR]

S. 2795, Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Act, S2348-S2355 [2AP]

S. 2797, Dept. of Veterans Affairs major medical facility projects and leases authorization, S2357 [2AP]

S. 2819, Economic Recovery in Health Care Act, S2446-S2448 [3AP]

S. 2825, Veterans' Compensation Equity Act, S2638 [7AP]

S. 2859, clarify Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act limits on disclosure of student health records, S3030 [15AP]

S. 2864, Training and Rehabilitation for Disabled Veterans Enhancement Act, S3031 [15AP]

S. 2889, Veterans Health Care Act, S3160 [17AP]

S. 2906, Agriculture Smart Trade Act, S3404 [24AP]

S. 2923, Senior Oversight Committee Extension Act, S3445 [28AP]

S. 2932, Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act, S9340 [23SE], H9920 [25SE]

S. 2969, Veterans' Medical Personnel Recruitment and Retention Act, S3717-S3719 [1MY]

S. 2984, Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act, S3798-S3800 [6MY]

S. 2988, Accelerating Cures Act, S3894-S3899 [7MY]

S. 2990, Medicare IVIG Access Act, S3901 [7MY]

S. 3095, Relief for Rural Veterans in Crisis Act, S5216 [5JN]

S. 3144, Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Reform Act, S5699-S5702 [17JN]

S. 3173, Keeping Families Safe Act, S5941 [20JN]

S. 3206, Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Tobacco Cessation Promotion Act, S6291 [26JN]

S. 3216, Veterans Health Care Improvement Act, S6294 [26JN]

S. 3236, Medicare and Medicaid Extension Act, S6506-S6509 [9JY]

S. 3238, Foot and Mouth Disease Prevention Act, S6563 [10JY]

S. 3272, NIH emergency supplemental appropriations, S6873 [16JY]

S. 3297, Advancing America's Priorities Act, S7032-S7075 [22JY]

S. 3311, Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act, S7151-S7153 [23JY]

S. 3312, Public Health Emergency Response Act, S7153-S7155 [23JY]

S. 3318, Medicare Physician Payment Equity Act, S7157 [23JY]

S. 3327, Empowered at Home Act, S7292-S7298 [24JY]

S. 3354, Volunteer Health Care Program Act, S7632 [29JY]

S. 3367, revise timeframe for recognition of certain designations in certifying rural health clinics, S7786 [30JY]

S. 3374, Healing Our Nation's Heroes Act, S7910-S7914 [31JY]

S. 3385, FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, S7934-S7946 [31JY]

S. 3408, Comparative Effectiveness Research Act, S7961-S7966 [31JY]

S. 3517, Prosthetics Parity Act, S9028-S9030 [18SE]

S. 3527, Veterans Health Care Budget Reform Act, S9038 [18SE]

S. 3534, Vision Preservation Act, S9211 [22SE]

S. 3560, QI Program Supplemental Funding Act, S9460 [25SE], H10170 [27SE]

S. 3584, Obesity Prevention, Treatment, and Research Act, S9499-S9502 [25SE]

S. 3613, Independence at Home Act, S9676-S9680 [26SE]

S. 3642, Water for the Poor Enhancement Act, S10005 [27SE]

S. 3654, Research, Hazard Intervention, and National Outreach for Healthier Homes Act, S10075-S10078 [29SE]

S. 3712, Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act technical correction, S10769 [20NO], H10944 [10DE]

S. 3732, Promoting Small House Nursing Homes Act, S10948 [11DE]

S. Con. Res. 63, provide additional research into the chronic neurological condition hydrocephalus, S155 [22JA]

S. Con. Res. 73, support goals and ideals of National Health Care Decisions Day, S2485, S2588 [3AP]

S. Con. Res. 75, take steps to appoint doctors of chiropractic as commissioned officers in the Armed Forces, S2951 [10AP]

S. Con. Res. 76, technical corrections to S. 1858, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act, S2980, S2983 [14AP]

S. Con. Res. 81, support goals and ideals of National Women's Health Week, S3907, S3930 [7MY]

S. Con. Res. 83, support goals and ideals of National Better Hearing and Speech Month, S4627 [21MY]

S. Con. Res. 88, reverse FDA policy eliminating access to medication containing estriol, S5455 [10JN]

S. Con. Res. 93, support goals and ideals of National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month, S6729 [15JY], S9182 [22SE]

S. Con. Res. 98, comprehensive national HIV/AIDS strategy development, S8533 [15SE]

S. Con. Res. 102, express that availability of adequate housing is an essential component of an effective strategy to prevent and treat HIV, S9425 [24SE]

S. Con. Res. 103, Minority AIDS Initiative anniversary, S9425 [24SE]

S. Res. 720 support goals and ideals of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, S10835 [9DE]

S. Res. 434, National Drug Prevention and Education Week, S449 [29JA], S671 [5FE]

S. Res. 454, MRSA Awareness Month, S1072 [14FE]

S. Res. 462, National Asbestos Awareness Week, S1273 [27FE], S1654 [5MR]

S. Res. 471, National Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia Awareness Day, S1530, S1546 [4MR]

S. Res. 474, recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs, S1599, S1655 [5MR]

S. Res. 477, support goals and ideals of National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month, S1820 [10MR]

S. Res. 478, support goals and ideals of World Water Day, S1821 [10MR], S2250 [31MR]

S. Res. 479, Second Annual National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, S1882, S1892 [11MR]

S. Res. 481, National Autism Awareness Month, S2163 [13MR]

S. Res. 484, National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day, S2164 [13MR], S2250 [31MR]

S. Res. 487, National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day, S2166, S2188 [13MR]

S. Res. 498, National Cushing's Syndrome Awareness Day, S2363, S2364 [2AP]

S. Res. 509, National Public Health Week, S2821 [9AP]

S. Res. 510, support goals and ideals of National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month, S2950 [10AP], S3412 [24AP]

S. Res. 518, National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week, S3082 [16AP], S3210 [21AP]

S. Res. 526, National Community Health Aide, Community Health Practitioner, and Dental Health Aide Week, S3262, S3267 [22AP]

S. Res. 530, National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Week, S3408 [24AP]

S. Res. 535, National Healthy Schools Day, S3446 [28AP]

S. Res. 542, National STD Awareness Month, S3599 [30AP]

S. Res. 543, National Nursing Home Week, S3600 [30AP]

S. Res. 546, National Physical Fitness and Sports Month and National Physical Education and Sports Week, S3720, S3730 [1MY]

S. Res. 547, North American Occupational Safety and Health Week and Occupational Safety and Health Professionals Day, S3720, S3730 [1MY]

S. Res. 549, National Childhood Stroke Awareness Day, S3748, S3749 [2MY]

S. Res. 551, observe anniversary of State-based regulation and recognize State officials, public health community, and industry members for creating a successful regulatory and distribution system, S9436 [24SE]

S. Res. 551, observe anniversary of State-based regulation and recognize State officials, public health community, and industry members for creating a successful regulatory and distribution system for alcoholic beverages, S3801 [6MY]

S. Res. 559, National MPS Awareness Day, S4032, S4046 [12MY]

S. Res. 563, National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day, S4114 [13MY], S4845 [22MY]

S. Res. 566, National Aphasia Awareness Month, S4186, S4202 [14MY]

S. Res. 581, National Huntington's Disease Awareness Day, S4973, S4989 [3JN]

S. Res. 585, National Men's Health Week, S5217 [5JN], S5704 [17JN]

S. Res. 589, National Health Information Technology Week, S5455, S5457 [10JN]

S. Res. 594, Tay-Sachs Awareness Month, S5634 [12JN], S6367 [7JY]

S. Res. 601, National Save for Retirement Week, S6169 [25JN], S9165 [18SE]

S. Res. 606, National HIV Testing Day, S6330 [27JN]

S. Res. 614, National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month, S6875 [16JY], S9180 [22SE]

S. Res. 616, reduce maternal mortality, S6976 [21JY], S10423 [2OC]

S. Res. 620, National Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Week, S7178 [23JY], S8142 [8SE]

S. Res. 628, Disability Pride Day, S7483 [25JY]

S. Res. 634, Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs (Senate, Select) anniversary, S7791 [30JY], S9182 [22SE]

S. Res. 638, support legislation promoting improved health care and access to health care for women, S7975 [31JY]

S. Res. 640, increase Federal investment in public and preventive health, S7976 [31JY]

S. Res. 646, support goals and ideals of National Runaway Prevention Month, S8049 [1AU], S9180 [22SE]

S. Res. 647, National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day, S8049 [1AU], S8141 [8SE]

S. Res. 652, National Assisted Living Week, S8186 [9SE], S9181 [22SE]

S. Res. 657, National Celiac Disease Awareness Day, S8498 [12SE], S9183 [22SE]

S. Res. 659, Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Day, S8531 [15SE], S9876 [26SE]

S. Res. 661, support goals and ideals of National Spina Bifida Awareness Month, S8533 [15SE], S9346 [23SE]

S. Res. 667, National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, S9039, S9165 [18SE]

S. Res. 671, University of Maryland School of Medicine anniversary, S9184, S9213 [22SE]

S. Res. 673, recognize importance of workplace wellness as a strategy to help maximize employees' health and well being, S9184, S9214 [22SE]

S. Res. 678, support goals and ideals of National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, S9284, S9346 [23SE]

S. Res. 681, allow part-time, voluntary provision of medical services in private medical facilities by certain Senators, S9424 [24SE]

S. Res. 683, National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, S9425, S9435 [24SE]

S. Res. 698, National Mammography Day, S10128, S10179 [30SE]

S. Res. 703, National Methamphetamine Awareness Month, S10427, S10490 [2OC]

S. Res. 720, support goals and ideals of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, S10756 [20NO]

S.J. Res. 29, support goals and ideals of National Health Care Decisions Day, S2008 [12MR]

S.J. Res. 30, disapprove Medicaid rule on optional State plan case management services, S2163 [13MR]

S.J. Res. 44, disapprove final rule imposing crowd-out strategies on States that expand income eligibility level for children under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S6943 [17JY]