HEALTH related term(s) Diseases

Addresses

Society for Leadership in Health Care Social Work Leader of the Year Award Acceptance: Sarah Starnes, E710 [29AP]

State of the Union: President Obama, S263-S268 [27JA], H415-H420 [27JA]

Amendments

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), S1815 [22MR], S1826, S1832, S1854, S1860, S1862, S1879, S1882, S1883, S1884, S1885, S1886, S1887 [23MR], S1934, S1942, S1944, S1957, S1958, S1965, S1966, S1972, S1975, S1978, S1980, S2006, S2007, S2008, S2009, S2010, S2028, S2029, S2030, S2031, S2032, S2033, S2034, S2035, S2036, S2037, S2038, S2039, S2040, S2041, S2044, S2045, S2046, S2047, S2050, S2051, S2065, S2066 [24MR], S2069, S2070, S2071, S2072, S2073, S2074, S2075, S2076, S2077, S2078, S2131, S2132, S2133 [25MR], H2429 [25MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), consideration (H. Res. 1203), H1851 [21MR]

Children and youth: protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint (H.R. 4247), H1048, H1062 [3MR]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), S6911 [5AU]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), consideration (H. Res. 1742), H7772 [1DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make certain improvements in insurance and health care programs (H.R. 3219), S7640, S7649, S7665 [28SE], H7321 [29SE]

———provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans (S. 1963), H2703 [21AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S9025, S9262 [14DE], S10308 [15DE], S10413, S10415 [16DE], S10742, S10745, S10771 [19DE], H8152, H8160 [8DE], H8905 [21DE]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 5822), H6235, H6236, H6237, H6238, H6241, H6242, H6243, H6245 [28JY]

Disabled: enhance early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (S. 3199), S8602 [7DE]

Diseases: reauthorize and enhance programs to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers (H.R. 2941), S8809 [10DE], H8541 [16DE]

Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), S967 [2MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S2228, S2246 [13AP], S2266, S2276, S2281, S2302, S2309, S2316 [14AP], S2351, S2391 [15AP], H2615 [15AP]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), S559, S560, S575, S586, S587 [11FE], S626, S628, S629, S634, S640 [22FE], S712 [23FE], S1476, S1479, S1480 [11MR], S1531, S1532 [15MR], H1125 [4MR]

Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of the National Alzheimer's Project (S. 3036), S8654 [8DE]

FDA: improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (S. 510), S7980, S7981, S7986, S7989, S7990 [17NO], S8067, S8068, S8069 [18NO], S8131, S8202 [19NO]

Foreign trade: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program and certain trade preference programs and amend Harmonized Tariff Schedule to modify temporarily certain rates of duty (H.R. 6517), S11051 [22DE], H8982 [22DE]

Hazardous substances: reduce emissions of formaldehyde from composite wood products (S. 1660), S4888, S4891 [14JN]

Medicare: reform payments and coverage for hospice care (H.R. 3454), S7639 [28SE], S10308 [15DE]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), S737, S752 [24FE], H895 [25FE]

National Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 427), S2165, S2167 [26MR]

National Autoimmune Diseases Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 372), S1205, S1206 [4MR]

National Day of Recognition for Long-Term Care Physicians: designate (S. Con. Res. 52), S7762, S7771 [29SE]

National Foundation on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition: establish (S. 1275), S8691 [9DE]

National objectives: policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), H1920 [21MR]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), consideration (H. Res. 1203), H1851 [21MR]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), S5154, S5161 [18JN], H4829 [24JN]

National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 541), S5379 [23JN]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), S11039 [22DE], H8947 [22DE]

———extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), consideration (H. Res. 1674), H7227 [29SE]

Social Security: provide for certain clarifications and extensions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 5712), S8046, S8068 [18NO], H7618 [29NO]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: amend (S. 3751), S7650 [28SE]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (S. 624), S7218 [20SE]

World Veterinary Year: designate (S. Res. 583), S7425, S7426 [23SE]

Analyses

America's Managed Care—10 Years of Health Reform: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., S1301 [9MR]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act Amendments (S. 3751), S7652 [28SE]

Appointments

Commission on Key National Indicators, H8852 [21DE]

Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy Committee, S4949 [15JN], S5999 [19JY]

National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, H8852 [21DE]

Articles and editorials

Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation, S149-S151 [22JA]

Add It Up—On Health-Care Vote, Lawmakers Should Pay Heed to the People, H1866 [21MR]

All or Nothing = Nothing, H8501 [15DE]

Anthem Blue Cross Dramatically Raising Rates for Californians With Individual Health Policies, S1691 [18MR]

Axe Falls on NHS Services, S6371 [28JY]

Democrat's View From the House—Senate Bill Isn't Health Reform, H1742 [19MR]

Dems Retreat on Health Care Cost Pitch, S7075 [14SE]

Dems Tap Drug Maker Millions for PhRMA-Friendly Bill, H1606 [18MR]

Dissecting the Real Cost of ObamaCare, S1135 [4MR]

End Run by Dems Is a Travesty, S1706 [18MR]

End Run Denies Public a Debate on Health Care, S5770 [13JY]

Europeans Should Not Forget Their Most Pressing Moral Issue—Abortion, E2228 [21DE]

Fact Check—Premiums Would Rise Under Obama Plan, S1726 [18MR]

Fact Check—Tax Cut Math Doesn't Add Up for Some, S6870 [5AU]

FDA Lax on Conflicts of Interest, E474 [24MR]

Food Bill We Need, S6701 [4AU]

Forging Ahead—Embracing the ``Reconciliation'' Option for Reform, S1250 [8MR]

Goldman to Private Insurers—No Health Care Reform at All Is Best, S1301 [9MR]

Health Tops Pennsylvania Business Woes—State's Small Businesses Also See the Recession as a Severe Obstacle, S1689 [18MR]

Health-Care Reform's Sickeningly Sweet Deals, S1423 [11MR]

Historic and Dangerous Senate Mistake—Using `Reconciliation' To Ram Through Health Reform Would Only Deepen Partisan Passions, S1442 [11MR]

Hospital Infection Deaths Caused by Ignorance and Neglect, Survey Finds, S5769 [13JY]

How To Solve Healthcare Accountability, E66 [21JA]

Kagan and ObamaCare, S5814 [14JY]

Latest National Security Threat—Obesity, E769 [6MY]

Life-Saving Trip for Earthquake Victims `Life-Changing' for Surgical Team—Spinal Surgery Unit Inspired by Resolve of Haitians, E353 [11MR]

Mainers Wait and Wonder—How Will Reform Affect Us?, S1951 [24MR]

Mandatory Health Insurance—Is It Constitutional?, S1984 [24MR]

More Government Won't Work, H1422 [15MR]

Nationwide Pattern of Death, H1055 [3MR]

Next Steps on Dems' Health Care Road, S1944 [24MR]

``No Place Like This for Soothing Care'', S3406 [7MY]

Now, Can We Have Health-Care Reform?, S1936 [24MR]

Obama Wields Analysis of Insurers in Health Battle, S1298 [9MR]

ObamaCare's Worst Tax Hike, S1960 [24MR]

Obama's Good for GOP, Boehner Says, H5214 [30JN]

Principles for Economic Revival, S7189 [20SE]

Proposed Medicare Policy May Reduce Physical Therapy Services, S7200 [20SE]

Pushback—State AGs Say Ben Nelson's Medicaid Deal Is Unconstitutional, S9 [20JA]

Say No—Health-Care Overhaul Won't Reduce Costs, Will Drive Up U.S. Debt,, H1867 [21MR]

Senate's Important Lunch Date, S6702 [4AU]

Seniors Must Scrutinize Medicare Mailer, E1075 [10JN]

Short Takes, H1866 [21MR]

Small Business Slow To Embrace Health Tax Credits, Brokers Say, S6869 [5AU]

State Tells Employees Health Insurance Will Rocket, S6155 [22JY]

States and the Stimulus—How a Supposed Boon Has Become a Fiscal Burden, S9 [20JA]

Using Humor in a Campaign Supporting Disabled People, E167 [4FE]

Very Productive Congress, Despite What the Approval Ratings Say, E127 [2FE]

Wake Up, America, E974 [28MY]

Walgreens—No New Medicaid Patients as of April 16, S1727 [18MR]

Washington and the Fiscal Crisis of the States, S6566 [2AU]

Washington and the Fiscal Crisis of the States—The Strings on Federal Stimulus Money Are Making It Harder for States To Cut Spending and Balance Their Budgets, S8 [20JA]

Washington Rule Makers Out of the Shadows, S8666 [9DE]

Who Pays for ObamaCare? What Donald Berwick and Joe the Plumber Both Understand, S5756 [13JY]

Why Obama Can't Move the Health-Care Numbers, S1424 [11MR]

Why the Health-Care Bills Are Unconstitutional—If the Government Can Mandate the Purchase of Insurance, It Can Do Anything, H179 [19JA]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see S. 14), S7786 [29SE] (see H.R. 5276), H3310 [11MY]

———prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (see H.R. 5939), H6403 (see H.R. 5939), H6455 [29JY]

———prohibit taxpayer funding of insurance plans or health care programs that cover abortion (see S. 3723), S6883 [5AU]

Advertising: prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services and require identification of the license of health care professionals (see H.R. 5295), H3482 [13MY]

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see S. 4007), S8477 [3DE]

———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. 5578), H4779 [23JN]

———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. 5579), H4779 [23JN]

American Diabetes Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 676), S7899 [15NO] (see H. Res. 1690), H7395 [29SE]

American Heart Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1039), H387 [26JA]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: extend period for which certain nutrition assistance may be provided under the Food and Nutrition Act (see H.R. 5656), H5303 [30JN]

———rescind all stimulus funds that remain unobligated (see H.R. 6403), H7453 [15NO]

———rescind unobligated appropriations and repeal certain health care-related provisions to reduce the national debt (see H.R. 4500), H326 [21JA]

Antitrust policy: restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (see H.R. 4626), H646 [22FE]

———restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (H.R. 4626), consideration (see H. Res. 1098), H753 [23FE]

Armed Forces: authorize adoption of a military working dog by the family of a deceased or seriously wounded member who was the handler of the dog (see H.R. 4639), H647 [22FE]

———authorize health care for individuals exposed to environmental hazards at Camp Lejeune, NC, and Atsugi Naval Air Facility, Japan and establish an advisory board to examine such exposures (see S. 3378), S3831 [17MY]

———conduct a comprehensive review of the health care services available for female members (see H.R. 5224), H3201 [5MY]

———distribute to members, upon discharge or release from active duty, information on a compact disk listing and explaining health, education, and other benefits for which veterans are eligible (see H.R. 5719), H5545 [13JY]

———establish a temporary prohibition on termination of TRICARE coverage to certain dependents under the age of 26 (see S. 3846), S7507 [27SE] (see H.R. 6227), H7153 (see H.R. 6227), H7211 [28SE]

———extend TRICARE coverage to certain dependents under the age of 26 (see S. 3201), S2295 [14AP] (see H.R. 4923), H2318 [24MR]

———improve access to mental health counselors under TRICARE (see S. 3371), S3716 [13MY]

———provide members of Individual Ready Reserve who served in Afghanistan or Iraq with information on counseling to prevent suicide (see H.R. 5170), H3013 [28AP]

———provide members of the Reserve components upon mobilization and demobilization with a comprehensive statement of medical care to which they are entitled (see S. 3422), S4212 [25MY]

———recognize service of medical and air crews in helping transport wounded warriors back to the U.S. and commend Air Force aeromedical evacuation personnel (see H. Res. 1605), H6572 [30JY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 4551), H423 [27JA]

Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program (organization): recognize contributions to community health and fight against racial health disparities (see H. Res. 1591), H6572 [30JY]

Blood Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1433), H4387 [10JN]

Bodai, Balazs (Ernie): award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 6073), H6571 [30JY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (see H.R. 4872), H1595 [17MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), consideration (see H. Res. 1203), H1817 [20MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 1225), H2456 [25MR]

Business and industry: provide for transparency in health care pricing (see H.R. 4700), H932 [25FE]

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. 3373), S3716 [13MY] (see H.R. 5296), H3482 [13MY]

Campbell, Robert M., Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 1499), H5502 [1JY]

Cargo transportation: invest in and improve the U.S. freight transportation system (see H.R. 6291), H7390 [29SE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program (see S. 3479), S4849 [10JN] (see H.R. 5462), H4214 [28MY]

Cervical Health Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1011), H139 [13JA]

Charities: encourage pharmaceutical manufacturers and health care providers to donate prescription medications to nonprofit organizations that fill prescriptions for low-income individuals (see H. Res. 1311), H3078 [29AP]

Chiari Malformation Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1454), H4636 [17JN]

Chiari Malformation Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1454), H4636 [17JN]

Child Advocacy Center Month: designate (see H. Res. 1313), H3078 [29AP]

Child Nutrition Act: establish Healthy Habits School Challenge Program to reduce childhood obesity by recognizing schools promoting good nutrition and physical activity (see H.R. 5113), H2842 [22AP]

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1679), H7395 [29SE]

Children and youth: address childhood obesity (see H.R. 6258), H7389 [29SE]

———establish a pilot program to reduce the increasing prevalence of overweight/obesity among 0-5 year-olds in child care settings (see S. 3298), S3091 [4MY]

———establish a task force to address the environmental health and safety risks posed to children (see S. 3873), S7787 [29SE]

———examine and improve the child welfare workforce (see S. 3328), S3358 [6MY] (see H.R. 5246), H3272 [6MY]

———promote minimum State requirements for prevention and treatment of concussions caused by participation in school sports (see H.R. 6172), H6879 [22SE]

———protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint (see S. 3895), S7787 [29SE]

———protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint (H.R. 4247), consideration (see H. Res. 1126), H1026 [2MR]

———provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see S. 4027, 4027), S10304 [15DE] (see H.R. 6241, 6241), H7388 [29SE]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs (see S. 3307), S3164 [5MY] (see H.R. 5504), H4386 [10JN]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), consideration (see H. Res. 1742), H7757 [30NO]

———revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see S. 4043), S10514 [17DE]

Children's Dental Health Month: support (see S. Res. 434), S1169 [4MR]

Colleges and universities: invest in urban universities and create innovation and economic prosperity for the U.S. (see H.R. 5567), H4676 [22JN]

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Res. 1114), H933 [25FE]

Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program: review prior to collection of premiums, notify individuals prior to enrollment, and terminate program in the event of actuarial unsoundness (see H.R. 5853), H6042 [26JY]

Consumers: ensure health care consumer and provider access to certain benefits plan information and provide transparency in hospital price and quality information under Medicaid (see H.R. 4803), H1322 [10MR]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see S. 3504), S5112 [17JN] (see H.R. 5561), H4635 [17JN]

Controlled Substances Act: address use of intrathecal pumps (see S. 3274), S2758 [28AP]

Correctional institutions: authorize appropriations of U.S. assistance to help eliminate inhumane conditions in foreign prisons and other detention facilities (see S. 3798), S7175 [16SE] (see H.R. 6153), H6803 [16SE]

Council on Integration of Health Care Education: establish (see H.R. 5392), H3823 [25MY]

Courts: restrict protective orders and sealing of cases, and allow disclosure of discovery information in civil actions to ensure disclosures relevant to public health or safety (see H.R. 5419), H3870 [26MY]

CPSC: prohibit manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of children's jewelry containing cadmium, barium, or antimony (see S. 2975), S439 [2FE] (see H.R. 4428), H138 [13JA]

———promulgate consumer product safety standard requiring child-proof closures on remote controls and other electronic products that use button cell batteries (see S. 3896), S7787 [29SE]

Craniofacial anomalies: incease awareness (see H. Res. 1418), H4215 [28MY]

Credit: exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (see S. 3419), S4212 [25MY]

Crime: combat trafficking in human organs (see H.R. 6148), H6803 [16SE]

———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. 4885), H1656 [18MR]

Critical care health services: improve understanding and coordination (see H.R. 6306), H7391 [29SE]

Culture of Safety Hospital Accountability Study and Demonstration Program: establish (see S. 3596), S5964 [15JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: award grants for projects that leverage community resources and support student access to physical activity, nutrition education, and nutritious food during school (see H.R. 5430), H4021 (see H.R. 5430), H4083 [27MY]

———award grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with States to carry out comprehensive and innovative strategies to end childhood hunger (see H.R. 5480), H4246 [8JN]

———carry out a pilot program to reduce the amount of processed food served each day under the school breakfast or school lunch programs (see H.R. 5738), H5617 [14JY]

———develop an effective sampling and testing program to test for E. coli in boneless beef manufacturing trimmings and other raw ground beef components (see H.R. 6024), H6569 [30JY]

———ensure effective encouragement of local agricultural production and increased availability of fresh food in urban areas (see H.R. 4971), H2458 [25MR]

———enter into interagency agreement with the Corp. for National and Community Service to support a Nutrition Corps (see S. 3449), S4529 [27MY] (see H.R. 5432), H4021 (see H.R. 5432), H4083 [27MY]

———establish a demonstration project to promote collaborations to improve school nutrition (see S. 3342), S3536 [11MY]

———establish a Healthy Food Financing Initiative (see S. 3986), S8298 [30NO] (see H.R. 6462), H7757 [30NO]

———establish a weekend and holiday feeding program to provide nutritious food to at-risk school children on weekends and extended school holidays during the school year (see S. 3292), S2803 [29AP] (see H.R. 5012), H2503 [13AP]

———increase amount of fruits and vegetables purchased for school breakfast and lunch programs (see S. 3144), S1750 [18MR]

———issue guidance to school food authorities on indirect costs (see H.R. 5202), H3123 [4MY]

———promote health and wellness in child care (see H.R. 5431), H4021 (see H.R. 5431), H4083 [27MY]

———promote nutrition and increase access to food (see H.R. 6539), H8598 [16DE]

———provide commodity assistance to States participating in the school breakfast program (see H.R. 4638), H647 [22FE]

———require milk served in school lunch programs be consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, expand eligibility for Special Milk Program, and provide low-fat cheeses for breakfast and lunch (see H.R. 4963), H2457 [25MR]

———require semiannual indexing of certain child nutrition programs (see S. 3093), S1311 [9MR]

Dept. of Defense: establish a center of excellence for the study of tinnitus (see H.R. 5203), H3123 [4MY]

———establish a commission on urotrauma (see H.R. 5106), H2798 [21AP]

———establish an office responsible for implementing all recommendations and requirements regarding military medical facilities in the National Capital Region (see H.R. 4949), H2457 [25MR]

———establish medical surveillance system identifying Armed Forces members exposed to chemical hazards from waste disposal in Iraq and Afghanistan and prohibit disposal producing toxic levels (see H.R. 4477), H265 [20JA]

———improve Transition Assistance Program (see S. 3905), S7788 [29SE]

———recognize work in identifying dangers of tinnitus for members of the Armed Forces subjected to blast injuries and high decibel equipment (see H. Res. 1683), H7395 [29SE]

———temporarily adjust reimbursement rates for TRICARE claims in Alaska (see H.R. 5403), H3869 [26MY]

Dept. of Education: carry out a grant program on how the camp experience promotes physical activity and healthy lifestyles among children, reduces summer learning loss, and promotes academic achievement (see H.R. 5963), H6404 (see H.R. 5963), H6456 [29JY]

———establish a pilot program that utilizes community, innovation, and technology to improve physical fitness education and curriculum in elementary schools and secondary schools (see H.R. 5946), H6403 (see H.R. 5946), H6455 [29JY]

———improve 21st Century Community Learning Centers (see S. 3061), S1017 [3MR]

———make grants to institutions of higher education for the expansion of master's degree in physical education programs that emphasize technology and innovative teaching practices (see H.R. 5022), H2578 [14AP]

———make grants to local educational agencies to provide for the services of registered dieticians in schools (see H.R. 6324), H7392 [29SE]

———make grants to State and local educational agencies for abatement, removal, and interim controls of polychlorinated biphenyls in public school facilities (see H.R. 6551), H8785 [17DE]

Dept. of HHS: carry out programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the information and skills needed to reduce teenage pregnancies (see H.R. 5033), H2639 [15AP]

———conduct programs to screen adolescents, and educate health professionals, with respect to bleeding disorders (see H.R. 4846), H1440 [15MR]

———design, construct, and operate facilities to develop and produce biological products used to respond to potential bioterrorist attacks or naturally occurring pathogens (see S. 3140), S1750 [18MR]

———develop a strategic plan to retrain displaced workers to become health care professionals serving areas with a shortage of such professionals (see H.R. 4799), H1220 [9MR]

———disapprove rule relating to ``Health Insurance Issuers Implementing Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Requirements Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act'' (see H.J. Res. 103), H8286 [9DE]

———enhance Federal efforts focused on increasing public awareness of risks and dangers associated with Shaken Baby Syndrome (see S. 3003), S482 [4FE] (see H.R. 4642), H647 [22FE]

———ensure health service programs or surveys provide for voluntary collection of data on sexual orientation and gender identity of participants in such programs or surveys (see H.R. 6109), H6681 [14SE]

———establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for viral hepatitis infection to reduce chronic viral hepatitis and liver cancer (see S. 3711), S6883 [5AU]

———establish a commission to construct a comprehensive national strategy on how to increase the affordability, accessibility, and effectiveness of long-term care and community services (see H.R. 5187), H3077 [29AP]

———establish a program to award grants to, and enter into contracts with, medical-legal partnerships to assist patients to navigate health-related programs and activities (see S. 3668), S6520 [29JY] (see H.R. 5961), H6404 (see H.R. 5961), H6456 [29JY]

———establish an America Rx drug discount program for individuals without access to prescription drugs at discounted prices (see H.R. 5888), H6163 [27JY]

———establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see S. 3320), S3358 [6MY]

———establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 4601), H601 [4FE]

———include problem and pathological gambling in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration programs and establish grant program to address consequences of problem gambling (see S. 3418), S4212 [25MY]

———increase access to health care for disabled individuals and increase awareness of the need for health care facilities and examination rooms to be accessible for disabled individuals (see S. 3907), S7788 [29SE]

———integrate mental health services for older adults into primary care settings and provide grants for geriatric mental health treatment outreach teams (see S. 3698), S6736 [4AU]

———make grants to eligible local educational agencies to reduce the student-to-nurse ratio in public elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 5335), H3540 [18MY]

———prohibit precluding of patients from entering into any contract with their health care providers (see H.R. 6170), H6879 [22SE]

———promote optimal maternity outcomes by making evidence-based maternity care a national priority (see H.R. 5807), H5919 [21JY]

———provide a comprehensive approach to preventing and treating obesity (see H.R. 5209), H3200 [5MY]

———provide for a national program to conduct and support activities toward reducing the number of cases of overweight and obesity in the U.S. (see H.R. 4452), H139 [13JA]

———provide for participation in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program of certain specialists needed to respond to environmental public health emergencies (see S. 3647), S6245 [26JY]

———provide for use of unobligated discretionary stimulus funds to address AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) waiting lists and other cost containment measures impacting State programs (see S. 3401), S4143 [24MY] (see S. 4006), S8477 [3DE]

———provide grants for community-based mental health infrastructure improvements (see S. 4035), S10410 [16DE]

———provide grants to eligible medical schools for constructing, renovating, or improving facilities to increase the supply of physicians (see S. 3133), S1670 [17MR] (see H.R. 4875), H1595 [17MR]

———reauthorize Administration on Aging Lifespan Respite Care Program (see H.R. 6350), H7392 [29SE]

———reauthorize and extend the fetal alcohol syndrome prevention and services program (see S. 3154), S1873 [23MR]

———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see S. 3058), S945 [2MR]

———reauthorize telehealth and telemedicine grant programs (see H.R. 6110), H6681 [14SE]

———reimburse States through the National Disaster Medical System for expenses incurred in providing treatment for health conditions and illnesses resulting from the earthquake in Haiti (see H.R. 4577), H554 [3FE]

———renew authority to approve demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies in State child welfare programs (see H.R. 6156), H6803 [16SE]

———review uptake and utilization of diabetes screening benefits and establish an outreach program with respect to such benefits (see H.R. 6012), H6568 [30JY]

———submit report on parasitic disease among poor Americans (see H.R. 5986), H6567 [30JY]

———transmit to House of Representatives documents, records, or communications relative to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see H. Res. 1561), H6163 [27JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: ensure detainees are treated humanely, provided adequate medical care, and granted certain specific rights (see H.R. 4470), H193 [19JA]

———make emergency preparedness planning and implementation grants to local educational agencies in areas under high threat of terrorism, disasters, or health emergencies (see H.R. 4898), H1890 (see H.R. 4898), H2173 [21MR]

Dept. of HUD: authorize use of subpoenas by Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control in investigation of Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act violations (see H.R. 5835), H5984 [22JY]

Dept. of Justice: improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (see S. 3224), S2423 [19AP] (see H.R. 5119), H2842 [22AP]

Dept. of Labor: establish an Office of Worker's Compensation Programs in Anchorage, AK (see H.R. 5316), H3483 [13MY]

Dept. of the Interior: carry out programs and activities for connecting children and families with the outdoors (see H.R. 6426), H7613 [18NO]

———identify and declare wildlife disease emergencies and coordinate rapid response to such emergencies (see H.R. 6276), H7390 [29SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: authorize issuance of U.S. bonds to fund Alzheimer's disease research (see H.R. 6169), H6879 [22SE]

Dept. of Transportation: carry out an active transportation investment program to encourage a mode shift within selected communities by providing safe and convenient options to bicycle and walk for routine travel (see H.R. 4722), H1026 [2MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: acquire and utilize the Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette, LA, as a full-service hospital to better serve veterans throughout the Acadiana region (see H. Res. 1647), H6880 [22SE]

———authorize waiver of collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of veterans (see S. 3325), S3358 [6MY] (see H.R. 5768), H5675 [15JY]

———clarify eligibility of certain veterans who serve in Iraq following the end of U.S. military combat operations for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care (see H.R. 6154), H6803 [16SE]

———clarify level of health care that constitutes minimum essential coverage (see S. 3162), S2019 [24MR] (see H.R. 5014), H2578 [14AP]

———designate certain medical facilities as health professional shortage areas (see S. 3179), S2115 [25MR] (see H.R. 4654), H754 [23FE]

———display in each facility a Women Veterans Bill of Rights (see H.R. 5953), H6404 (see H.R. 5953), H6455 [29JY]

———educate staff and inform veterans about the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights (see H.R. 5428), H4021 (see H.R. 5428), H4083 [27MY]

———establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at Fort McClellan, AL (see H.R. 6238), H7154 (see H.R. 6238), H7211 [28SE]

———establish a transition program for new veterans, improve disability claims system, reform pensions and medal programs, and modify adjudication of mental incompetence (see H.R. 6132), H6762 [15SE]

———establish child-care centers for children of veterans receiving treatment and other individuals (see H.R. 4656), H754 [23FE]

———establish pilot program to evaluate effectiveness of treating veterans with spinal, back, and musculoskeletal injuries and pain using non-invasive techniques (see H.R. 6211), H6989 [23SE]

———establish public-private partnerships for the treatment and research of post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 5841), H5984 [22JY]

———extend temporary authority for performance of medical disability examinations by contract physicians (see S. 3609), S5993 [19JY]

———furnish hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC, when the well water was contaminated (see H.R. 4555), H470 [2FE]

———improve continuing professional education reimbursement provided to health professional employees (see H.R. 5145), H2935 [27AP]

———improve efficiency of processing certain claims for disability compensation by veterans (see H.R. 5928), H6403 (see H.R. 5928), H6454 [29JY]

———improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of veterans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (see H.R. 5996), H6568 [30JY]

———improve processing of claims for disability compensation (see S. 3517), S5268 [22JN]

———improve provision of rehabilitative services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 6123), H6681 [14SE]

———include a definition of ``loss of use'' for purposes of evaluating disabilities and providing adapted housing and automobiles (see H.R. 5550), H4635 [17JN]

———make certain improvements in administration of medical facilities (see S. 3330), S3407 [7MY]

———provide certain abused dependents of veterans with health care (see H.R. 6466), H7854 [1DE]

———provide expedited procedures for consideration of certain veterans claims (see H.R. 5549), H4635 [17JN]

———provide for certain requirements relative to immunization of veterans (see H.R. 5516), H4386 [10JN]

———provide for continued provision of health care services to certain veterans who were exposed to sodium dichromate while serving at or near water injection plant at Qarmat Ali, Iraq (see H.R. 6127), H6762 [15SE]

———provide veterans with information on service-connected disabilities at health care facilities (see H.R. 6220), H7153 (see H.R. 6220), H7211 [28SE]

———report on establishment of a Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center or Polytrauma Network Site in the northern Rockies or Dakotas (see S. 3035), S742 [24FE]

———take into account each child a veteran has when determining the veteran's financial status when receiving hospital care or medical services (see H.R. 4465), H193 [19JA]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (see S. 3615), S5993 [19JY] (see H.R. 5822), H5983 [22JY]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 1755), H8263 [8DE] (see H. Res. 1782), H8940 [21DE]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 5822), consideration (see H. Res. 1559), H6162 [27JY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: make payments for certain treatments of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 4568), H471 [2FE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 3686), S6584 [2AU]

Developing countries: ensure affordable and equitable access to safe water and sanitation (see H.R. 6565), H8940 [21DE]

———promote sexual and reproductive health of individuals and couples (see H.R. 5121), H2842 [22AP]

———provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see H.R. 5268), H3310 [11MY]

Disabled: enhance early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (see S. 3199), S2295 [14AP]

———enhance existing adult day programs for people with multiple sclerosis or other similar diseases and improve access to respite services for family caregivers who are taking care of such people (see H.R. 6208), H6989 [23SE]

Disasters: provide child safety, care, and education continuity in the event of a Presidentially declared disaster (see H.R. 5240), H3272 [6MY]

Diseases: address HIV/AIDS in the African-American community (see S. 3011), S569 [11FE]

———commend progress made by anti-tuberculosis programs (see H. Res. 1140), H1169 [4MR] (see H. Res. 1155), H1323 [10MR]

———ensure U.S. global HIV/AIDS assistance prioritizes saving lives by focusing on access to treatment (see S. 3627), S6078 [21JY]

———establish research advisory committee and provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see H.R. 5354), H3701 [20MY]

———expand and intensify programs of research and related activities regarding the population of older individuals living with or at risk for HIV (see H. Res. 1100), H755 [23FE]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see S. 3703), S6736 [4AU]

———honor those killed and those who continue to struggle with bacterial meningitis and support all work to eradicate disease in the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 324), H7394 [29SE]

———improve diagnosis and treatment and promote public and clinician awareness of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) (see H. Res. 1438), H4424 [14JN]

———improve prostate cancer screening and treatment, particularly in medically underserved communities (see S. 3775), S7089 [14SE]

———improve quality of cancer care and quality of life for patients and survivors (see H.R. 5560), H4635 [17JN]

———increase gestational diabetes research and lower the rate of gestational diabetes (see S. 3966), S8062 [18NO]

———modernize cancer research, increase access to preventative cancer services, and provide cancer treatment and survivorship initiatives (see H.R. 6224), H7153 (see H.R. 6224), H7211 [28SE]

———provide for prostate cancer imaging research and education (see H.R. 4756), H1167 [4MR]

———provide grants and assistance to improve services for individuals with autism and their families and expand the number of University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education (see H.R. 5756), H5675 [15JY]

———provide grants to schools for the development of asthma management plans and the purchase of asthma inhalers and spacers for emergency use (see H.R. 4836), H1396 [12MR]

———reauthorize and enhance programs to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers (see S. 3493), S4938 [15JN]

———recognize affects of colon cancer on women, and urge regular screenings, regular exercise, and a healthy diet to reduce risk of colon cancer (see H. Res. 1053), H471 [2FE]

———reduce disparities and improve access to diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer for underserved populations and men with a family history of prostate cancer (see H.R. 6389), H7394 [29SE]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage of screening for breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer (see H.R. 4563), H470 [2FE]

———support raising awareness and educating the public about Alper's disease (see H. Res. 1700), H7395 [29SE]

District of Columbia: disapprove legalization of marijuana for medical treatment (see H.J. Res. 93), H4779 [23JN]

Domestic policy: fully offset extension of emergency unemployment compensation, enhanced Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage reimbursements, and summer youth jobs programs (see S. 3551), S5699 [30JN]

———provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (see S. 3153), S1873 [23MR] (see S. 3173), S2115 [25MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (see S. 3420, 3421), S4212 [25MY] (see H.R. 4691), H931 [25FE] (see H.R. 4851), H1517 [16MR] (see H.R. 5453), H4213 [28MY]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), same-day consideration of rule and consideration under suspension of the rules (see H. Res. 1248), H2578 [14AP]

Drugs: allow the resell or transfer of covered outpatient drugs to individuals with HIV/AIDS in connection with medication regimen adherence services being provided by a licensed health care professional (see H.R. 6176), H6879 [22SE]

———improve safety (see H.R. 6543), H8785 [17DE]

———more effectively regulate anabolic steroids (see S. 4032), S10304 [15DE]

———provide for the mandatory recall of adulterated or misbranded drugs (see H.R. 5740), H5617 [14JY]

———provide grants for treatment of methamphetamine abuse (see H.R. 5678), H5501 [1JY]

———restore application of the 340B drug discount program to orphan drugs for children's hospitals (see S. 11), S7618 [28SE]

Eating disorders: enhance and further research of prevention and treatment and improve access to treatment (see S. 3260), S2642 [26AP]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 1137), H1167 [4MR]

———modernize and reform monetary system and restore exclusive and sovereign authority of U.S. Government to create and regulate money to rebuild the economy (see H.R. 6550), H8785 [17DE]

———reform health care, Social Security, tax code for individuals and small businesses, and the budget process (see H.R. 4529), H421 [27JA]

Education: ensure schools have physical education programs that meet minimum requirements for physical education (see H.R. 4557), H470 [2FE]

———support and encourage the health and well-being of elementary school and secondary school students by enhancing school physical education and health education (see S. 3683), S6584 [2AU]

———support establishment of Doctor of Nursing Practice and Doctor of Pharmacy dual degree programs (see S. 3859), S7618 [28SE]

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1477), H4872 [24JN]

Employment: create jobs by reducing tax and regulatory burdens on businesses, promoting foreign trade, and repealing certain health care reform laws (see H.R. 6367), H7393 [29SE]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: establish Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health for the contractor employee compensation program (see H.R. 6189), H6879 [22SE]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: exclude external power supplies for certain security or life safety alarms and surveillance system components from energy efficiency standards (see H.R. 5470), H4214 [28MY]

EPA: establish a program that tests chemicals found in drinking water to determine whether they are endocrine disruptors and the extent of their ability to interfere with human hormones (see H.R. 5210), H3200 [5MY]

———investigate and address cancer and disease clusters, including in infants and children (see S. 3861), S7618 [28SE]

———reduce or eliminate the risk of releases of hazardous chemicals from public water systems and wastewater treatment works (see S. 3598), S5964 [15JY]

ERISA: ensure health care coverage value and transparency for dental benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 5000), H2503 [13AP]

Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1343), H3310 [11MY]

Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of the National Alzheimer's Project (see S. 3036), S742 [24FE] (see H.R. 4689), H931 [25FE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend certain exemptions for direct care workers and improve systems for collection and reporting of data on the direct care workforce (see S. 3696), S6651 [3AU] (see H.R. 5902), H6282 [28JY]

Families and domestic relations: support and recognize achievements of certain Public Health Service Act family planning services programs (see S. Res. 565), S5439 [24JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see S. 3680), S6548 [30JY]

FDA: create a three-tiered approval system for drugs, biological products, and devices that is responsive to the needs of seriously ill patients (see H.R. 4732), H1026 [2MR]

———ensure autonomy and eliminate conflicts-of-interest relative to drug company fees and advisory panels, improve postmarket drug safety, regulate off-label uses, and clarify liability for approved drugs (see H.R. 4816), H1323 [10MR]

———ensure safe use of cosmetics (see H.R. 5786), H5818 [20JY]

———ensure that the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act and other requirements for dietary supplements are fully implemented and enforced (see S. 3414), S4211 [25MY]

———establish a nanotechnology program (see S. 2942), S122 [21JA]

———establish and enforce a maximum somatic cell count requirement for fluid milk (see S. 3758), S6884 [5AU]

———help prevent occurrence of cancer resulting from the use of ultraviolet tanning lamps by imposing more stringent controls on the use of such devices (see H.R. 4520), H386 [26JA]

———improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food without creating new Government bureaucracy (see S. 3832), S7420 [23SE]

———improve priority review voucher incentive program for expedited review of treatments for tropical and rare pediatric diseases (see S. 3697), S6736 [4AU]

———modify approval of any drug containing controlled-release oxycodone hydrochloride to limit such approval to use for relief of severe-only pain (see H.R. 4956), H2457 [25MR]

———prevent approval of genetically-engineered fish (see S. 3971), S8062 [18NO] (see H.R. 6265), H7389 [29SE]

———require dentists to provide patients with a factsheet before performing any dental restoration work (see H.R. 4615), H602 [4FE]

———require labeling of genetically-engineered fish (see S. 3969), S8062 [18NO] (see H.R. 6264), H7389 [29SE]

———strengthen regulation of dietary supplements that may pose safety risk unknown to consumers (see S. 3002), S482 [4FE]

Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 470), S2116 [25MR]

Federal employees: clarify coverage for congressional staff through health insurance exchanges (see H.R. 4982), H2458 [25MR]

———ensure Federal Employees Health Benefit Program integrity, transparency, and cost savings in the pricing and contracting of prescription drug benefits (see H.R. 4489), H325 [21JA]

———extend eligibility for coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to certain adult dependents of Federal employees and annuitants (see S. 3341), S3536 [11MY] (see H.R. 5179), H3077 [29AP] (see H.R. 5200), H3123 [4MY]

———provide for a voluntary, non-work-related disability insurance program (see H.R. 6368), H7393 [29SE]

———require the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, political appointees, and congressional staff to purchase health insurance through the exchanges (see S. 3174), S2115 [25MR] (see H.R. 4951), H2457 [25MR]

Federal Employees' Compensation Act: cover services provided to injured workers by physician assistants and nurse practitioners (see H.R. 5270), H3310 [11MY]

Federal Meat Inspection Act: revise definition of term ``adulterated'' to include E. coli contamination (see S. 3435), S4528 [27MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: ensure safe and proper use of dispersants in the event of an oil spill or release of hazardous substances (see S. 3661), S6397 [28JY] (see H.R. 6119), H6681 [14SE]

FEMA: authorize the Metropolitan Medical Response System Program (see H.R. 4580), H554 [3FE]

———ensure continuation of the Metropolitan Medical Response System Program (see H.R. 4492), H326 [21JA]

Field emergency medical services: improve (see H.R. 6528), H8597 [16DE]

Food: ensure the safety of imported seafood and seafood products (see S. 2934), S51 [20JA]

———establish appropriate criminal penalties for certain knowing violations relating to food that is misbranded or adulterated (see S. 3767), S7033 [13SE]

———improve communication to consumers when there is a food recall (see S. 3114), S1516 [15MR]

———increase criminal penalties for certain knowing violations relating to food that is misbranded or adulterated (see S. 3669), S6520 [29JY]

———provide children from rural areas with better access to meals served through the summer food service program for children and certain child care programs (see S. 3040), S795 [25FE]

———provide children from underserved areas with better access to meals served through the summer food service program for children and certain child care programs (see H.R. 4734), H1027 [2MR]

———provide plant-based commodities under the school lunch program and the school breakfast program (see H.R. 4870), H1595 [17MR]

———require food containing bioengineered products be labeled (see H.R. 6325), H7392 [29SE]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 5577), H4778 [23JN]

———strengthen Federal consumer product safety programs and activities relative to commercially-marketed seafood (see S. 3928), S7788 [29SE]

Food industry: improve food safety by supporting efforts by entities that purchase beef, pork, or poultry products to further examine the products and prohibit interference with such examination (see H.R. 4750), H1103 [3MR]

———require tracing of meat and meat food products that are adulterated or contaminated by enteric foodborne pathogens to the source of the adulteration or contamination (see S. 3163), S2019 [24MR]

Food Safety Administration: establish (see H.R. 6552), H8785 [17DE]

Foreign aid: coordinate all health-related assistance, assist developing countries in improving delivery of health services, and assist developing countries in strengthening their indigenous health workforces (see H.R. 4933), H2318 [24MR]

———prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 4879), H1656 [18MR]

———provide assistance for the prevention and treatment of obstetric fistula (see H.R. 5441), H4022 (see H.R. 5441), H4083 [27MY]

Foreign trade: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program and certain trade preference programs and amend Harmonized Tariff Schedule to modify temporarily certain rates of duty (see H.R. 6517), H8291 [13DE]

———support increased market access for exports of U.S. beef and beef products (see S. Res. 544), S4529 [27MY]

———support increased market access for exports of U.S. beef and beef products to Japan (see H. Res. 1196), H1656 [18MR]

Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology: anniversary of EyeCare America program (see S. Res. 557), S4989 [16JN] (see H. Res. 1226), H2459 [25MR]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see S. 3554), S5699 [30JN] (see H.R. 5652), H5303 [30JN]

Government regulations: prohibit conditioning licensure of a health care provider upon participation in a health plan (see H.R. 6171), H6879 [22SE]

Gulf of Mexico: ensure Government access to independent, peer-reviewed scientific data and information to assess health of oil spill clean-up workers and vulnerable residents resulting from Deepwater Horizon oil spill (see H.R. 6017), H6569 [30JY]

Haiti: express condolences and support to citizens in aftermath of earthquake, support relief efforts, and commend crews of USNS Comfort and other naval vessels for medical relief efforts (see H. Res. 1048), H423 [27JA]

———recognize importance of recovery, rehabilitation, and rebuilding following humanitarian crisis due to earthquake (see S. Res. 414), S536 [9FE]

Hazardous substances: ensure the public and environment are protected from risks of chemical exposure (see H.R. 5820), H5983 [22JY]

———establish standards limiting the amounts of arsenic and lead contained in glass beads used in pavement markings (see S. 3670), S6520 [29JY]

———reduce emissions of formaldehyde from composite wood products (see H.R. 4805), H1322 [10MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 5882), H6163 [27JY]

———repeal (see H.R. 5421), H4021 (see H.R. 5421), H4082 (see H.R. 5424), H4021 (see H.R. 5424), H4082 (see H.R. 5444), H4022 (see H.R. 5444), H4083 [27MY] (see H.R. 6555), H8785 [17DE]

———repeal tax on unearned investment income Medicare contribution (see S. 3712), S6883 [5AU]

Health care facilities: improve quality of care in nursing homes and help families make informed decisions (see S. 3407), S4211 [25MY]

Health care professionals: enhance global healthcare by implementing immigration policies that encourage foreign workers in the U.S. to assist with health care in their home countries (see S. 3135), S1670 [17MR]

———extend changes to requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in certain health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 5687), H5501 [1JY]

———increase number of primary care physicians and medical residents serving health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 5889), H6163 [27JY]

Health Insurance Rate Authority: establish (see S. 3078), S1169 [4MR] (see H.R. 4757), H1167 [4MR]

Herrick, James B.: anniversary of the discovery of sickle cell disease (see S. Res. 685), S8063 [18NO]

Higher Education Act: provide for refinancing of certain private education loans for primary care physicians (see H.R. 6374), H7393 [29SE]

House of Representatives: oppose usage of certain legislative tactics to further passage of health care reform legislation (see H. Res. 1194), H1656 [18MR]

———return several measures to the Senate (see H. Res. 1653), H6989 [23SE]

Housing: revitalize distressed housing, reform public housing demolition and disposition rules, provide agencies with resources to preserve units, and train residents to provide home-based health services (see H.R. 5814), H5983 [22JY]

Hypertension: raise awareness and reverse prevalence in U.S. through education, community programs, culturally competent strategies, research, and efforts to reduce salt content in foods (see H. Res. 1656), H6989 [23SE]

Immigration: create an exemption from the presumption that an alien is an immigrant for an alien seeking to enter the U.S. as a nonimmigrant to care for a relative with a serious health issue (see H.R. 5595), H4871 [24JN]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see S. 3901), S7787 [29SE]

Information technology: extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see S. 3709), S6882 [5AU] (see H.R. 5025), H2578 [14AP] (see H.R. 5040), H2640 [15AP]

Insurance: ensure transparency and proper operation of pharmacy benefit managers (see H.R. 5234), H3272 [6MY]

———expand health savings account availability, eliminate medical expense deduction restrictions, and provide cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 4696), H932 [25FE]

———express that a Government imposed mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance is unconstitutional (see H. Res. 1063), H555 [3FE]

———extend temporarily the period of COBRA continuation health coverage (see S. 3548), S5538 [29JN]

———extend temporarily the period of COBRA continuation health coverage until coverage is otherwise available through an employment-based health plan or a health benefit exchange (see S. 3393), S4082 [20MY] (see H.R. 5324), H3540 [18MY]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5690), H5501 [1JY]

———increase maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program (see S. 3356), S3716 [13MY] (see S. 3801), S7175 [16SE] (see H.R. 5206), H3123 [4MY]

———increase maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the TRICARE and CHAMPVA programs (see H.R. 5185), H3077 [29AP]

———prohibit use of funds for implementation or enforcement of any Federal mandate to purchase health insurance (see H.R. 4904), H2215 [22MR]

———provide for coverage of medically necessary food under Federal health programs and private health insurance (see H.R. 4926), H2318 [24MR]

———provide for equal access to COBRA continuation health coverage (see S. 3182), S2115 [25MR]

———provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see H.R. 4944), H2456 [25MR]

———provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (H.R. 3400), pass (see H.R. 4910), H2215 [22MR]

———provide parity under group health plans and insurance coverage in the provision of benefits for prosthetics and custom orthotics and benefits for other medical and surgical services (see S. 3220), S2377 [15AP] (see S. 3223), S2423 [19AP]

———reform provision of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 5890), H6282 [28JY]

———repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees (see S. 3501), S5112 [17JN]

———repeal mandate that individuals purchase health insurance (see S. 3502), S5112 [17JN] (see H.R. 4995), H2502 (see H.R. 4999), H2503 [13AP]

———support efforts to extend the Health Coverage Tax Credit to provide access to affordable healthcare for Delphi Corp., retirees and other eligible individuals (see H. Res. 1628), H6803 [16SE]

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS): provide further study (see H. Res. 1309), H3078 [29AP]

IRS: prohibit hiring of additional employees to implement, administer, or enforce health insurance reform (see H.R. 5054), H2640 [15AP] (see H.R. 5066), H2694 [20AP] (see H.R. 5570), H4677 [22JN]

Law enforcement: provide for criminal liability for the denial of health care coverage of a treatment or an individual (see H.R. 6000), H6568 [30JY]

Local government: establish community health improvement councils and State health improvement technical assistance center grants (see S. 3796), S7175 [16SE]

Malaria Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 499), S2587 [22AP]

Male Breast Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see H. Res. 1575), H6405 (see H. Res. 1575), H6457 [29JY]

Malignant Hyperthermia Awareness and Training Month: designate (see H. Res. 1200), H1744 [19MR]

Marshall Islands: provide supplemental ex gratia compensation for impacts of the U.S. nuclear testing program (see S. 2941), S51 [20JA]

———relief of the peoples of Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utrik and other citizens (see H.R. 6470), H7854 [1DE]

———relief of the peoples of Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utrik and other citizens (H.R. 6470), refer to the Court of Federal Claims (see H. Res. 1744), H7855 [1DE]

Medicaid: clarify treatment of electronic health record incentive payments for federally qualified health centers (see H.R. 6348), H7392 [29SE]

———enhance quality through nursing facility survey system improvements (see H.R. 6074), H6571 [30JY]

———ensure access to resin-based dental fillings that is at least equal to the level of access to mercury-based dental fillings (see H.R. 4731), H1026 [2MR]

———extend the period of temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see S. 3000), S482 [4FE] (see H.R. 5471), H4214 [28MY]

———improve access to advanced practice nurses and physicians' assistants (see H.R. 6373), H7393 [29SE]

———improve and protect rehabilitative and case management services to improve the health and welfare of the most vulnerable seniors and children (see H.R. 4787), H1219 [9MR]

———provide 100 percent reimbursement for medical assistance provided to Native Hawaiians through a federally-qualified health center or a Native Hawaiian health care system (see H.R. 6489), H8030 [2DE]

———require States to provide oral health services to aged, blind, or disabled individuals (see H.R. 5364), H3702 [20MY]

———revise regulations implementing statutory reporting and auditing requirements for the disproportionate share hospital payment program to be consistent statutorily and avoid policy changes (see S. 2984), S481 [4FE]

Medical devices: recognize life-saving role of ostomy care and prosthetics in the lives of people in the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 245), H1027 [2MR]

Medicare: allow individuals to opt out of certain benefits (see S. 3094), S1311 [9MR]

———apply a consistent part B premium for all beneficiaries (see S. 3950), S7968 [17NO]

———clarify application of secondary payer rules (see H.R. 4796), H1220 [9MR]

———clarify policy relative to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services (see H.R. 6376), H7393 [29SE]

———count period of observation in a hospital exceeding 24 hours toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5950), H6404 (see H.R. 5950), H6455 [29JY]

———eliminate contributing factors to disparities in breast cancer treatment through development of a uniform set of consensus-based treatment performance measures for reporting and purchasing system (see S. 3318), S3164 [5MY]

———eliminate lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services (see S. 3028), S742 [24FE] (see H.R. 6143), H6763 [15SE]

———ensure beneficiary access to physicians, ensure equitable reimbursement for all rural States, and eliminate sweetheart deals for frontier States (see S. 3216), S2377 [15AP]

———ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 4993), H2502 [13AP]

———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 S. 3978), S8128 [19NO]

———establish a cancer center construction loan program (see H.R. 5861), H6042 [26JY]

———establish a fraud, waste, and abuse detection and mitigation program (see H.R. 5546), H4597 [16JN]

———establish an extended special enrollment period for part B (see H.R. 4473), H265 [20JA]

———exempt blood glucose self-testing equipment and supplies furnished by small retail community pharmacies from competitive acquisition programs (see H.R. 5235), H3272 [6MY]

———expand access to medication therapy management services (see S. 3543), S5538 [29JN]

———extend the exceptions process relative to caps on payments for therapy services (see S. 2987, 2988), S481 [4FE]

———improve access of beneficiaries to intravenous immune globulins (IVIG) (see H.R. 5597), H4871 [24JN]

———improve diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema and reduce costs relative to treatment of complications of lymphedema (see H.R. 4662), H754 [23FE]

———improve recruitment and retention of physicians (see S. 3915), S7788 [29SE]

———include screening computed tomography colonography as a colorectal screening test (see H.R. 5461), H4214 [28MY]

———increase payment for chest radiography (x-ray) services that use computer aided detection technology for early detection of lung cancer (see S. 3527), S5439 [24JN]

———permit physicians and suppliers a new election to become participating physicians and suppliers if physician fee schedule rates are extended (see H.R. 5290), H3440 [12MY]

———preserve integrated care for durable medical equipment under the competitive bidding program for qualified hospital-related durable medical equipment entities (see H.R. 6095), H6627 [10AU]

———prevent the catastrophic loss of wage index reclassification (see H.R. 6512), H8286 [9DE]

———prohibit mid-year changes in the formularies of Part D plans (see H.R. 4917), H2261 [23MR]

———protect access to home health services for beneficiaries (see S. 3315), S3164 [5MY] (see H.R. 5803), H5919 [21JY]

———provide a transition period for reductions in relative value units for certain newly bundled services to allow physicians time to adjust to new payment rates (see H.R. 6459), H7757 [30NO]

———provide an option for any citizen or permanent U.S. resident to buy into Medicare (see H.R. 4789), H1219 [9MR]

———provide coverage of clinical pharmacist practitioner services under part B (see H.R. 5389), H3822 [25MY]

———provide coverage of comprehensive Alzheimer's disease and other dementia diagnosis and services to improve care and outcomes by increasing detection, diagnosis, care, and planning (see S. 3674), S6520 [29JY] (see H.R. 5926), H6402 (see H.R. 5926), H6454 [29JY]

———provide coverage of custom fabricated breast prostheses following a mastectomy (see S. 3255), S2587 [22AP] (see H.R. 5447), H4022 (see H.R. 5447), H4083 [27MY]

———provide for additional opportunities to enroll under part B (see H.R. 5588), H4779 [23JN]

———provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see S. 3491), S4938 [15JN] (see H.R. 5527), H4505 [15JN]

———provide for timely access to post-mastectomy items (see H.R. 5593), H4871 [24JN]

———provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 6147), H6803 [16SE]

———reclassification of hospitals as rural referral centers (see H.R. 5474), H4214 [28MY]

———recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (see S. 3211), S2377 [15AP]

———reduce costs of prescription drugs for beneficiaries and guarantee access to comprehensive prescription drug coverage (see S. 4024), S8786 [10DE]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 1109), H931 [25FE]

———repeal the unearned income contribution provision in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (see H.R. 6385), H7394 [29SE]

———require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see S. 3413, 3415), S4211 [25MY] (see H.R. 4752), H1103 [3MR]

———treat certain provider taxes as allowable costs for purposes of reimbursements to critical access hospitals (see H.R. 6346), H7392 [29SE]

———update physician fee schedule (see H.R. 6427), H7613 [18NO]

———update physician fee schedule and sunset application of sustainable growth rate formula (see S. 2997), S481 [4FE]

———waive part B premiums for certain military retirees (see H.R. 4593), H555 [3FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: amend disproportionate share hospital payment program (see H.R. 5417), H3870 [26MY]

———clarify application of electronic health record payment incentives in cases of multi-campus hospitals (see S. 3708), S6882 [5AU] (see H.R. 6072), H6571 [30JY]

———enhance penalties to combat fraud, establish a data-mining system and biometric technology program, and support GAO study on Medicare administrative contractors (see H.R. 5044), H2640 [15AP]

———enhance penalties to combat fraud and establish Medicare data-mining system and Beneficiary Verification Pilot Program (see S. 3632), S6200 [22JY]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 6537), H8598 [16DE]

———improve oversight of nursing facilities by ensuring adequate, trained surveyors (see H.R. 6261), H7389 [29SE]

———provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (see H.R. 5795), H5818 [20JY]

———provide for treatment of certain electronic health records as certified EHR technology for purposes of health information technology payment incentives (see H.R. 6005), H6568 [30JY]

———provide supplemental payments to nursing facilities serving beneficiaries and ensure adequate payment levels for services (see H.R. 5457), H4214 [28MY]

Members of Congress: provide that, if comprehensive health care reform legislation is not enacted by a certain date, then Members of Congress may not participate or be enrolled in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see S. 3130), S1619 [16MR]

Mental health: establish federally qualified behavioral health centers and require Medicaid coverage for services provided by such centers (see H.R. 5636), H4974 (see H.R. 5636), H5203 [29JN]

———honor commitment and service of Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Southwest Airlines, and Philadelphia International Airport for helping families dealing with autism gain confidence in public places (see H. Res. 1718), H7499 [16NO]

———increase access to community behavioral health services and improve Medicaid reimbursement for such services (see S. 4038), S10410 [16DE]

———revise and extend substance use disorder and mental health programs (see H.R. 5466), H4214 [28MY]

Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 1258), H2641 [15AP]

Mining and mineral resources: improve mine safety practices and compliance in order to prevent mine accidents (see H.R. 5788), H5818 [20JY]

———improve occupational safety law compliance, empower workers to raise concerns, prevent workplace tragedies, and establish rights for workplace accident victims and families (see S. 3671), S6520 [29JY]

National Aphasia Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 512), S3036 [3MY]

National Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 427), S857 [1MR] (see H. Res. 1138), H1169 [4MR]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1033), H327 [21JA]

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 233), H423 [27JA]

National Bladder Cancer Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 1445), H4506 [15JN]

National Brain Tumor Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 537), S4143 [24MY] (see H. Res. 1410), H4022 (see H. Res. 1410), H4084 [27MY]

National Carbon Monoxide Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1521), H5675 [15JY]

National Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1400), H3870 [26MY]

National Celiac Disease Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 605), S6651 [3AU]

National Child Advocacy Center: anniversary (see H. Res. 1313), H3078 [29AP]

National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 1154), H1220 [9MR]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 650), S7508 [27SE]

National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 412), S536 [9FE]

National Childhood Stroke Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 527), S3782 [14MY]

National Chiropractic Health Month: observance (see H. Res. 1523), H5675 [15JY]

National Choroideremia Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1507), H5503 [1JY]

National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1547), H5920 [21JY]

National Commission on Children and Disasters: reauthorize and extend the final report deadline (see S. 3897), S7787 [29SE] (see H.R. 5266), H3310 [11MY]

National Committee for Quality Assurance: tribute (see S. Res. 490), S2424 [19AP]

National Convenient Care Clinic Week: designate (see S. Res. 585), S5993 [19JY]

National Craniofacial Acceptance Month: designate (see H. Res. 1603), H6572 [30JY]

National Dance Day: designate (see H. Res. 1514), H5546 [13JY]

National Day of Recognition for Long-Term Care Physicians: designate (see S. Con. Res. 52), S945 [2MR] (see H. Con. Res. 244), H1027 [2MR]

National Day of Recognition for Parents of Special Needs Children: establish (see H. Res. 1576), H6405 (see H. Res. 1576), H6457 [29JY]

National Essential Tremor Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1264), H2641 [15AP]

National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 612), S6884 [5AU]

National Health Information Technology Week: designate (see S. Res. 550), S4850 [10JN]

National Healthy Schools Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1280), H2696 [20AP]

National Hepatitis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 531), S3783 [14MY] (see H. Res. 1302), H2936 [27AP]

National Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Week: designate (see H. Res. 1522), H5675 [15JY]

National Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) Month: designate (see S. Res. 508), S2803 [29AP]

National HIV Testing Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1478), H4872 [24JN]

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 561), S5202 [21JN]

National Infant Mortality Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 602), S6549 [30JY] (see H. Res. 1452), H4636 [17JN]

National Influenza Vaccination Week: designate (see H. Res. 1003), H40 [12JA]

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: anniversary (see H. Res. 1444), H4506 [15JN]

National Institute of Nursing Research: anniversary (see S. Res. 642), S7421 [23SE] (see H. Res. 1667), H7154 (see H. Res. 1667), H7212 [28SE]

National Limb Loss Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1056), H471 [2FE]

National Lock Your Meds Day: designate (see H. Res. 1580), H6405 (see H. Res. 1580), H6457 [29JY]

National Men's Health Week: observance (see S. Res. 547), S4745 [9JN] (see H. Con. Res. 288), H4424 [14JN]

National Minority Golf Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 1486), H4974 (see H. Res. 1486), H5203 [29JN]

National MPS Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 528), S3782 [14MY]

National 9-1-1 Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 482), S2295 [14AP]

National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week: designate (see S. Res. 643), S7421 [23SE]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 522), S3643 [12MY] (see H. Res. 1261), H2641 [15AP]

National Nursing Home Week: designate (see S. Res. 518), S3407 [7MY] (see H. Res. 1291), H2843 [22AP]

National objectives: ensure an up or down vote on certain health care legislation (see H. Res. 1188), H1595 [17MR]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 5421), H4021 (see H.R. 5421), H4082 (see H.R. 5444), H4022 (see H.R. 5444), H4083 [27MY]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), consideration (see H. Res. 1203), H1817 [20MR]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 254), H1744 [19MR]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3889), pass (see H.R. 5073), H2695 [20AP]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 4038), pass (see H.R. 5424), H4021 (see H.R. 5424), H4082 [27MY]

———provide for insurance and Medicare Advantage reform, reduce disparities in Medicare, and regulate importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 4813), H1323 [10MR]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 555), S4989 [16JN] (see H. Res. 1488), H4974 (see H. Res. 1488), H5203 [29JN]

National Physical Education and Sport Week: designate (see S. Res. 515), S3407 [7MY] (see H. Res. 1373), H3657 [19MY]

National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 541), S4529 [27MY]

National Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 543), S4529 [27MY]

National Previvor Day: designate (see H. Res. 1522), H5675 [15JY]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 597), S6397 [28JY] (see H. Res. 1485), H4974 (see H. Res. 1485), H5203 [29JN]

National Public Health Week: observance (see H. Res. 1162), H1358 [11MR]

———support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 453), S1458 [11MR]

National Runaway Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1687), H7395 [29SE]

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 262), H2641 [15AP]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 649), S7508 [27SE] (see H. Res. 1481), H4905 [28JN]

National School Lunch Act: improve child health and nutrition and reduce administrative burdens for child care sponsors and providers (see S. 3124), S1619 [16MR]

———improve purchase and processing of healthful commodities for use in school meal programs (see H.R. 4607), H601 [4FE]

———promote health and wellbeing of schoolchildren in the U.S. through effective local wellness policies (see S. 3126), S1619 [16MR] (see H.R. 5090), H2798 [21AP]

National security: enhance security of chemical facilities (see S. 3599), S5964 [15JY]

National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 497), S2587 [22AP]

National STD Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 509), S2803 [29AP]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1250), H2579 [14AP]

National Take a Child to a Park Week: designate (see H. Res. 1536), H5818 [20JY]

National Wear Red Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1039), H387 [26JA]

National Women's Health Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 530), S3782 [14MY] (see H. Con. Res. 268), H2936 [27AP]

National X and Y Chromosomal Variations Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 506), S2803 [29AP]

Natural resources: require use of safe well control technologies and practices for the drilling of high-risk oil and gas wells (see H.R. 5626), H4974 (see H.R. 5626), H5203 [29JN]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), consideration (see H. Res. 1674), H7388 [29SE]

NIH: anniversary of Office of Research on Women's Health (see S. Res. 695), S8554 [6DE] (see H. Res. 1750), H8030 [2DE]

Northwestern University: anniversary of Feinberg School of Medicine (see S. Res. 394), S122 [21JA] (see H. Res. 1004), H40 [12JA]

Nuclear weapons: support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see S. Res. 653), S7618 [28SE] (see H. Res. 1623), H6763 [15SE]

Ogden, UT: anniversary of McKay-Dee Hospital Center (see H. Res. 1136), H1103 [3MR]

Ohio: assist in conducting a bed bug prevention and mitigation program (see H.R. 6383), H7394 [29SE]

Olympic Day: support goals, congratulate Team USA for accomplishments in Vancouver, Canada, and support World Fit program promoting physical fitness to middle school students (see H. Res. 1461), H4677 [22JN]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 688), S8128 [19NO]

Parkinson's Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 474), S2162 [26MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow an earlier start for State health care coverage innovation waivers (see S. 3958), S7968 [17NO] (see S. 4057), S11037 [22DE]

———clarify that standards or procedures in medical malpractice actions are not affected (see H.R. 5243), H3272 [6MY]

———commend efforts of State legislatures, attorneys general, and citizens to resist implementation (see H. Res. 1230), H2459 [25MR]

———deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 5882), H6163 [27JY]

———delay cut-off date relative to self-referrals to physician-owned hospitals (see H.R. 5271), H3310 [11MY]

———disapprove rule imposing mandates on current health plans in order to retain grandfathered status (see S.J. Res. 39), S7267 [21SE]

———eliminate certain provisions pertaining to special Medicaid and Medicare funding for certain States (see H.R. 4960), H2457 [25MR]

———ensure appropriate treatment of Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense health programs (see H.R. 4894), H1817 [20MR]

———establish a public health insurance option (see H.R. 5808), H5920 [21JY]

———expedite application of provision prohibiting rescissions of health insurance coverage (see H.R. 5761), H5675 [15JY]

———modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services (see H.R. 5111), H2842 [22AP]

———permit certain individuals losing their COBRA continuation coverage to have access to the high-risk health insurance pool program (see H.R. 5664), H5500 [1JY]

———permit States to elect not to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange (see H.R. 5425), H4021 (see H.R. 5425), H4083 [27MY]

———promote accountability and transparency concerning implementation (see S. 3924), S7788 [29SE]

———protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services (see H.R. 6570), H8990 [22DE]

———provide for appropriate procedures for verification of citizenship status (see H.R. 6444), H7614 [18NO]

———repeal (see S. 3147), S1812 [22MR] (see S. 3152), S1873 [23MR] (see H.R. 4901, 4903, 4910), H2215 [22MR] (see H.R. 4919), H2318 [24MR] (see H.R. 4944), H2456 (see H.R. 4972), H2458 [25MR] (see H.R. 5005), H2503 [13AP] (see H.R. 5073), H2695 [20AP] (see H.R. 5216), H3201 [5MY] (see H.R. 5421), H4021 (see H.R. 5421), H4082 (see H.R. 5424), H4021 (see H.R. 5424), H4082 (see H.R. 5444), H4022 (see H.R. 5444), H4083 [27MY] (see H.R. 6555), H8785 [17DE]

———repeal certain limitations on tax health care benefits (see S. 3673), S6520 [29JY] (see H.R. 5923), H6402 (see H.R. 5923), H6454 [29JY]

———repeal certain provisions relative to physician referrals for hospitals and physician ownership or investment interests transparency (see H.R. 5433), H4021 (see H.R. 5433), H4083 [27MY]

———repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (see S. 3829), S7420 [23SE]

———repeal limits on health-related tax benefits and treat high deductible plans as qualified health plans (see H.R. 5936), H6403 (see H.R. 5936), H6455 [29JY]

———repeal provision providing funds for a certain health care facility and rescind such funds (see H.R. 5802), H5818 [20JY]

———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see S. 3653), S6302 [27JY] (see H.R. 4985), H2458 [25MR]

———repeal provisions relative to annual period for disenrollment from Medicare Advantage plans to elect to receive original Medicare fee-for-service benefits (see S. 4040), S10514 [17DE] (see H.R. 6303), H7391 [29SE] (see H.R. 6502), H8263 [8DE]

———repeal provisions relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 5126), H2842 [22AP]

———repeal provisions that prohibit establishment of annual limits on health benefits (see H.R. 6452), H7643 [29NO]

———repeal provisions that prohibit establishment of lifetime limits on health benefits (see H.R. 6453), H7643 [29NO]

———repeal provisions that prohibit health coverage rescissions (see H.R. 6454), H7643 [29NO]

———repeal provisions that prohibit preexisting condition exclusions or other discrimination based on health status for adults (see H.R. 6449), H7643 [29NO]

———repeal provisions that prohibit preexisting condition exclusions or other discrimination based on health status for children (see H.R. 6451), H7643 [29NO]

———repeal provisions that require extension of dependent coverage to adult children under age 26 (see H.R. 6450), H7643 [29NO]

———repeal specific provisions (see H.R. 4911), H2215 [22MR]

———repeal unwarranted provisions and more efficiently use taxpayer dollars in health care spending (see S. 3239), S2518 [21AP]

Pennsylvania State University: tribute to IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) to raise money for the Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital Four Diamonds Fund (see S. Res. 488), S2424 [19AP] (see H. Res. 1112), H932 [25FE]

Persian Gulf Conflict: commemorate and reaffirm U.S. commitment to veterans (see H. Res. 1672), H7155 (see H. Res. 1672), H7212 [28SE]

Petroleum: provide equitable means for ensuring that damages for physical and economic injuries caused by oil spills are efficiently secured (see H.R. 5676), H5501 [1JY]

Pharmaceuticals: ensure that rules for approval of pharmaceutical and biological products do not require medical ethics violations in human and vertebrate animal testing (see S. 3921), S7788 [29SE]

———importation of prescription drugs (see S. 3415), S4211 [25MY]

———require mail-order pharmacies to notify customers when generic drugs become available and prevent such pharmacies from substituting drugs without prescriber authorization (see H.R. 6255), H7389 [29SE]

Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 592), S6201 [22JY]

Power resources: provide for expedited response to emergencies relative to oil or gas production or storage (see S. 3964), S8062 [18NO]

Prescription Drug Disposal Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 539), S4143 [24MY]

Product safety: prohibit manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of children's products containing excessive cadmium, chromium, barium, or antimony (see H.R. 5920), H6402 (see H.R. 5920), H6454 [29JY]

Public Health Service: appoint doctors of chiropractic to regular and reserved corps (see H.R. 6032), H6569 [30JY]

Public Health Service Act: ensure a national, coordinated approach to improving maternal and infant health (see H.R. 6318), H7391 [29SE]

Research: encourage use of medical checklists through research (see H.R. 5742), H5674 [15JY]

———expand and accelerate genomics research and initiatives to improve the accuracy of disease diagnosis, increase drug safety, and identify novel treatments (see H.R. 5440), H4022 (see H.R. 5440), H4083 [27MY]

———provide for human stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research (see S. 3766), S7033 [13SE] (see H.R. 4808), H1323 [10MR]

Safety: improve mine and occupational safety law compliance, empower workers to raise concerns, and prevent workplace tragedies (see H.R. 6495), H8034 [3DE]

———improve mine and occupational safety law compliance, empower workers to raise concerns, prevent workplace tragedies, and establish rights for workplace accident victims and families (see H.R. 5663), H5500 [1JY]

———support regenerative medicine through research funding and commercial development of regenerative products and develop a regulatory environment that enables rapid approval of safe and effective products (see H.R. 6173), H6879 [22SE]

Schools: advance health and wellbeing of schoolchildren through technical assistance, training, and support for healthy school foods, local wellness policies, and nutrition promotion and education (see S. 3446), S4529 [27MY]

———end use of corporal punishment (see H.R. 5628), H4974 (see H.R. 5628), H5203 [29JN]

———require educational agencies participating in certain school lunch and child nutrition programs to require students to receive a certain amount of nutrition education per year (see H.R. 4958), H2457 [25MR]

Senior citizens: include information on HIV in certain disease prevention and health promotion services (see H.R. 4657), H754 [23FE]

———provide funding and incentives for caregiver support and long-term care assistance (see S. 2958), S271 [27JA]

———support efforts to guarantee financial security, quality and affordable health care, protection from abuse and scams, and safe and livable communities with adequate housing and transportation (see S. Res. 553), S4939 [15JN] (see H. Res. 1342), H3273 [6MY]

Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1663), H7154 (see H. Res. 1663), H7212 [28SE]

Silver Star Service Banner Day: designate (see S. Res. 534), S3984 [19MY]

Small business: express importance of biotechnology firms meeting small business standards to the U.S., its people, and its economy (see H. Res. 1179), H1396 [12MR]

Social Security: apply an earnings test in determining the amount of monthly insurance benefits for individuals entitled to disability benefits based on blindness (see S. 2962), S340 [28JA]

———eliminate abstinence-only education programs (see S. 3878), S7787 [29SE] (see H.R. 6283), H7390 [29SE]

———ensure continued access to Medicare for seniors and people with disabilities and to TRICARE for military families (see S. 3965), S8062 [18NO]

———establish a procedure to safeguard the surpluses of the Social Security and Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Funds (see H.R. 4939), H2456 [25MR]

———expand permissive exclusion from participation in Federal health care programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities (see H.R. 6130), H6762 [15SE]

———improve quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 6437), H7614 [18NO]

———increase payments for temporary assistance to U.S. citizens returned from foreign countries and provide funding to avoid shortfalls in Medicare cost-sharing program (see S. 2949), S197 [25JA]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 5001), H2503 [13AP]

———prevent fraud, waste, and abuse under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 2964), S340 [28JA] (see S. 3900), S7787 [29SE] (see H.R. 6378), H7393 [29SE]

———prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (see S. 3574), S5786 [13JY] (see H.R. 5714), H5545 [13JY]

———provide for certain clarifications and extensions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5712), H5545 [13JY]

———require citizenship and immigration verification of eligibility for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4708), H932 [25FE]

———waive waiting period for disability insurance benefits for disabled individuals suffering from a terminal illness (see H.R. 6002), H6568 [30JY]

Society for Neuroscience: commemorate annual meeting (see H. Res. 1482), H4905 [28JN]

Spina Bifida Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1664), H7154 (see H. Res. 1664), H7212 [28SE]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: amend (see S. 3751), S6884 [5AU] (see H.R. 6081), H6578 [9AU] (see H.R. 6083), H6626 [10AU]

Stomach Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 655), S7618 [28SE]

Summer Food Service Program Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 578), S5699 [30JN]

Taxation: allow a credit for infant formula rebates paid under WIC (see H.R. 6159), H6878 [22SE]

———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. 6234), H7154 (see H.R. 6234), H7211 [28SE]

———ensure health coverage provided by the Dept. of Defense is treated as minimum essential coverage (see S. 3148), S1812 [22MR] (see H.R. 4887), H1743 [19MR]

———establish tax-free COBRA premium payment accounts (see H.R. 6001), H6568 [30JY]

———exclude from gross income discharge of indebtedness incurred from long-term care expenses (see H.R. 6357), H7393 [29SE]

———exclude from gross income remediation payments for hazardous drywall (see H.R. 4697), H932 [25FE]

———exempt certain emergency medical devices from the excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 6257), H7389 [29SE]

———impose an excise tax on currency transactions and use funds to establish child care, global health care, and climate change adaptation and mitigation trust funds (see H.R. 5783), H5818 [20JY]

———provide a credit for taxpayers with long-term care needs (see H.R. 5491), H4330 [9JN]

———provide deductions for costs incurred to remediate hazardous drywall in principal residences and for living costs due to vacating such residence, and credits for moving expenses (see H.R. 4881), H1656 [18MR]

———provide for active qualified public safety employees to elect to be covered under the hospital insurance tax (see H.R. 5279), H3440 [12MY]

———provide incentives for the development of qualified infectious disease products (see H.R. 6331), H7392 [29SE]

———repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 5095), H2798 [21AP] (see H.R. 5615), H4905 [28JN]

———repeal limitation on health flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 5215), H3201 [5MY]

———repeal taxes on income and improve income security of senior citizens (see H.R. 5725), H5546 [13JY]

Technology: make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see S. 3737), S6883 [5AU]

Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Res. 1449), H4597 [16JN]

U.N. Millennium Declaration: support ideals and objectives and related Millennium Development Goals, and commend progress in poverty and hunger eradication, human rights, and global health initiatives (see H. Con. Res. 318), H6803 [16SE]

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: prohibit recommendations from being used to deny or restrict health insurance coverage of items or services (see H.R. 4794), H1220 [9MR]

U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission: anniversary (see H. Res. 1511), H5546 [13JY]

University of New Mexico: establish the Cavernous Angioma CARE (Clinical Care, Advocacy, Research and Education) Center (see S. 3684), S6584 [2AU]

Utah: transfer administration of Federal education, transportation, and Medicaid programs to the State using Utah's portion of Federal revenues for such programs (see H.R. 5238), H3272 [6MY]

Veterans: deem references to Operation Iraqi Freedom in provisions of Federal law providing benefits for service to include references to Operation New Dawn (see S. 3902), S7788 [29SE]

———establish a commission to review benefits provided by each State to disabled veterans (see H.R. 4559), H470 [2FE]

———provide benefits for children with spina bifida of veterans exposed to herbicides while serving in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era outside Vietnam (see S. 3953), S7968 [17NO]

Water: allow small public water systems to request exemption from national primary drinking water requirements for a naturally occurring contaminant (see H.R. 4798), H1220 [9MR] (see H.R. 6393), H7394 [29SE]

———increase assistance for States, water systems, and disadvantaged communities, strengthen EPA safe drinking water enforcement, reduce lead, and strengthen endocrine disruptor screening program (see H.R. 5320), H3540 [18MY]

———prevent enforcement of certain national primary drinking water regulations unless sufficient funding is available or variance technology has been identified (see S. 3038), S795 [25FE]

———reduce lead in drinking water (see S. 3874), S7787 [29SE] (see H.R. 5289), H3440 [12MY]

Welcome Back Veterans (organization): recognize and support efforts to provide care for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and related psychiatric disorders (see H. Res. 1746), H7855 [1DE]

WIC: allow States to certify children for participation in special supplemental nutrition program for a certain period (see S. 3129), S1619 [16MR]

———require regular updating of the supplemental foods provided under the special supplemental nutrition program (see S. 3127), S1619 [16MR]

Women: expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions, and improve access to women's health care (see H. Con. Res. 305), H6163 [27JY]

———promote and support breastfeeding (see S. 3132), S1670 [17MR]

———reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see S. 3906), S7788 [29SE]

———require that every mammography report contain a summary of the patient's breast density and a statement concerning the benefit of supplementary screening tests for patients with dense breast tissue (see H.R. 6404), H7453 [15NO]

World AIDS Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 333), H7855 [1DE]

World Glaucoma Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 246), H1103 [3MR]

World Hepatitis Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 531), S3783 [14MY] (see H. Res. 1302), H2936 [27AP]

World MRSA Day: designate (see H. Res. 1686), H7395 [29SE]

World Tuberculosis Day: support goals (see S. Res. 454), S1516 [15MR]

World Veterinary Year: designate (see S. Res. 583), S5964 [15JY] (see H. Res. 1531), H5676 [15JY]

World Water Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 466), S1874 [23MR]

Year of the Lung: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 432), S1018 [3MR] (see H. Res. 1122), H971 [26FE]

Cloture motions

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), House amendment, S10771 [19DE], S10853 [21DE]

Domestic policy: provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (S. 3153), motion to proceed, S2091 [25MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S2288 [14AP], S2364 [15AP]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), motion to proceed, S2099 [25MR], S2200 [12AP]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), S559 [11FE]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), House amendment, S610 [22FE], S1479 [11MR], S1501 [15MR]

FDA: improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (S. 510), S8049 [18NO], S8229 [29NO]

———improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (S. 510), motion to proceed, S7730 [29SE], S7929 [17NO]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), motion to proceed, S8552 [6DE], S8669 [9DE]

Cost Estimates

Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act (H.R. 5320): CBO, H6438 [29JY]

Training and Research for Autism Improvements Nationwide (TRAIN) Act (H.R. 5756): CBO, E1737 [23SE]

Descriptions

DEA Authorization of Certain Health Care Professionals in Nursing Homes To Transmit DEA-licensed Practitioners' Orders To Deliver Pain Medications, S11026 [22DE]

Explanations

Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act (S. 1963): Representative Filner, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House), H2719-H2725 [21AP]

———Senator Akaka, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate), S2566-S2572 [22AP]

Constitutionality of Mandate Requiring U.S. Citizens To Have Health Insurance, H1826 [21MR]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans' Services (H.R. 3082): Inouye Amendment (Substitute), S9278-S10227 [14DE]

Veterans' Benefits Act (H.R. 3219), S7657-S7665 [28SE], H7332-H7340 [29SE]

Factsheets

Constitutional Findings Regarding Individual Responsibility Requirement in H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S1985 [24MR]

Democrats Find an Insurance Company They Like . . ., H1697 [19MR]

Experts Call Out GOP on Hypocrisy, GOP Owns Up to Legitimacy of Rule, H1729 [19MR]

Hypocrisy Alert, H1729 [19MR]

Newspaper Editorials Supporting Health Insurance Reform: Representative Pelosi, H1635 [18MR]

Letters

Affordable Health Care for America Act: Douglas J. Mackenzie, E67 [21JA]

Air quality within commercial aircraft: William Harrison, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., S1734 [18MR]

Allow refunds of Federal motor fuel excise taxes on fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles: Anthony Vavasis and Darien DeLorenzo, Mobile Health Clinics Network, S2011 [24MR]

———Jerry W. McLarty, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, S2011 [24MR]

Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act: Perry L. Fowler, Associated General Contractors of America, H6438 [29JY]

Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act: Cindy Brownstein, Spina Bifida Association, E1011 [28MY]

———Judith S. Palfrey, American Academy of Pediatrics, E1010 [28MY]

———Marina L. Weiss, March of Dimes Foundation, E1010 [28MY]

———Mark Ballow, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, E1011 [28MY]

———Sharon Voyer Lavigne, University of Connecticut Health Center, E1010 [28MY]

Black Lung Benefits Act: several individuals, S1789 [22MR]

Budget reconciliation process: Senator Byrd, S1439 [11MR]

Child nutrition programs reauthorization: several Representatives, E769 [6MY]

Clarify level of Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care that constitutes minimum essential coverage: John Rowan, Vietnam Veterans of America (organization), H3333 [12MY]

———Peter S. Gaytan, American Legion, H3333 [12MY]

———Robert E. Wallace, VFW, H3333 [12MY]

Commemorate and reaffirm U.S. commitment to Persian Gulf Conflict veterans: Representative Berman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), E1978 [18NO]

———Representative Filner, Committee on Veterans Affairs (House), E1978 [18NO]

———Representative Skelton, Committee on Armed Services (House), E1978 [18NO]

Continuing Extension Act: Senator Coburn, S2192 [12AP]

Dental Emergency Responder Act: Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H7198 [28SE]

———Representative Oberstar, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H7198 [28SE]

———Representative Waxman, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7198, H7199 [28SE]

Dept. of HHS authority to approve demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies in State child welfare programs: American Public Human Services Association and National Association of Public Child Welfare Administrators, H6897 [23SE]

———Mary Jane Wallner and Wes Keller, National Conference of State Legislatures, H6897 [23SE]

———Patrick Lawler, Youth Villages (organization), H6897 [23SE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services: several veterans organizations, H6226 [28JY]

Dietary Supplement Full Implementation and Enforcement Act: DeMaurice F. Smith, National Football League Players Association, S4216 [25MY]

———John Gay, Natural Products Association, S4217 [25MY]

———Linda A. Suydam, Consumer Healthcare Products Association, S4218 [25MY]

———Loren D. Israelsen, United Natural Products Alliance, S4217 [25MY]

———Michael McGuffin, American Herbal Products Association, S4218 [25MY]

———Michael S. Weiner, Major League Baseball Players Association, S4217 [25MY]

———Steve Mister, Council for Responsible Nutrition, S4218 [25MY]

Disapprove rule imposing mandates on current health plans in order to retain grandfathered status under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S7674 [29SE]

———Brewster B. Bevis, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., S7686 [29SE]

———Charles Cowley, S7674 [29SE]

———Ethan Rome, Health Care for America Now! (organization), S7689 [29SE]

———J. Kelly Conklin, Leanne Clarke, and David Borris, Main Street Alliance, S7675 [29SE]

———Janet Trautwein, National Association of Health Underwriters, S7685 [29SE]

———Jeffrey Levi, Trust for America's Health (organization), S7689 [29SE]

———Jennifer L. Eisler, S7674 [29SE]

———Joe Trauger, National Association of Manufacturers, S7685 [29SE]

———John Arensmeyer, Small Business Majority (organization), S7688 [29SE]

———Karen Kerrigan, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, S7686 [29SE]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S7684 [29SE]

———Senator Warner, S7691 [29SE]

———Service Employees International Union, S7689 [29SE]

———Steve Pfister, National Retail Federation, S7686 [29SE]

———Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S7685 [29SE]

———Tressa Girt, S7674 [29SE]

———several organizations, S7688 [29SE]

Ensure appropriate treatment of Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense health programs under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Clarence E. Hill, American Legion, H1848 [21MR]

———David W. Gorman, DAV, H1848 [21MR]

Excise tax on foreign companies that are not members of certain international trade agreements in order to pay for health benefits for first responders to terrorist attacks: several business associations, H8960 [22DE]

Express condolences and support to Haitian citizens in aftermath of earthquake, support relief efforts, and commend crews of naval vessels for medical relief efforts: Representative Berman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H680 [23FE]

———Representative Skelton, Committee on Armed Services (House), H680 [23FE]

FDA Food Safety Modernization Act: Carol L. Tucker-Foreman, Consumer Federation of America, S7920 [17NO]

———Carol L. Tucker-Foreman and Chris Waldrop, Consumer Federation of America, S7402 [23SE]

———David W. Plunkett and Caroline Smith DeWaal, Center for Science in the Public Interest, S7401 [23SE]

———Jean Halloran and Amy V. Gadhia, Consumers Union, S7920 [17NO]

———Jeffrey Levi, Trust for America's Health (organization), S7401 [23SE], S7919 [17NO]

———Jennifer Hatcher, Food Marketing Institute, S7401 [23SE]

———Joel G. Newman, American Feed Industry Association, S7402 [23SE]

———Kathleen Sebelius, Sec. of HHS and Margaret A. Hamburg, FDA, S7921 [17NO]

———Kathleen Sebelius and Margaret A. Hamburg, Dept. of HHS, S7402 [23SE]

———several food and agricultural organizations, S7930 [17NO]

———several food industry, consumers, and public health community organizations, S7920 [17NO]

———several organizations, S7401 [23SE]

———Shelley A. Hearne, Pew Charitable Trusts (organization), S7920 [17NO]

———Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch (organization), S7401 [23SE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: A. Barry Rand, AARP, S1976 [24MR]

———Charles N. Kahn III, Federation of American Hospitals, S1956 [24MR]

———Lawrence E. Smarr, Physician Insurers Association of America, E472 [24MR]

Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act: Noelle Ellerson, American Association of School Administrators, Jeff Simering, Council of the Great City Schools, and Lucy Gettman, National School Boards Association, H7806 [1DE]

———Representative George Miller, Committee on Education and Labor (House), H7811 [1DE]

———Representative Waxman, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7810 [1DE]

HIV vaccine development: Senator Coburn, S3904 [18MY]

Impact of increased Medicaid funding obligations on States: Gary R. Herbert, Governor of Utah, E461 [23MR]

Improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas: several Representatives, H905 [25FE]

Massachusetts expansion of health care coverage to uninsured residents: Lynn Nicholas, Massachusetts Hospital, S8007 [18NO]

Medicare Advantage program: several Senators, S4882 [14JN]

Medicare/Medicaid coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation: David P. Sloane, AARP, E1375 [20JY]

———J. Donald Schumacher, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, E1376 [20JY]

———James Shaw and Tina Picchi, Supportive Care Coalition, E1376 [20JY]

———Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, E1376 [20JY]

National Commission on Children and Disasters reauthorization and final report deadline extension: Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), E1410 [22JY]

———Representative Oberstar, Committee on Transportation and Infrastucture (House), E1410 [22JY]

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform recommendations: several Senators, S8540 [6DE]

National Foundation on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition Establishment Act: Representative George Miller, Committee on Education and Labor (House), H8323 [14DE]

———Representative Waxman, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H8323 [14DE]

National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day: Matthew J. Leaf, S4554 [27MY]

National Save for Retirement Week: Representative George Miller, Committee on Education and Labor (House), H6190 [28JY]

———Representative Levin, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H6190 [28JY]

9/11 Health and Compensation Act: Catherine Schultz, National Foreign Trade Council, Inc., H7251 [29SE]

———Nancy L. McLernon, Organization for International Investment, H7250 [29SE]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H7250 [29SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Alliance of Specialty Medicine, S37 [20JA]

———Anne Stausboll, California Public Employees' Retirement System (organization), E2153 [16DE]

———Cori E. Uccello, American Academy of Actuaries, S833 [1MR]

———David M. Pariser, American Academy of Dermatology and AAD Association, S38 [20JA]

———Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S828 [1MR]

———Gary R. Herbert, Governor of Utah, E409 [18MR]

———J. James Rohack, AMA, S1956 [24MR]

———Janice K. Brewer, Governor of Arizona, S1577 [16MR]

———Peter Fine, Banner Health (company), S1762 [19MR]

———Pharmakon Long Term Care Pharmacy, Inc., and Pharmakon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., E1300-E1302 [13JY]

———Senator Alexander, S827 [1MR]

———Senator Coburn, S39 [20JA]

———several medical organizations, S1426 [11MR]

———several organizations, S36, S37 [20JA]

———Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S830 [1MR]

———Tommy Williams, H1629 [18MR]

———William H. Fleming, III, and Susan Rudd Bailey, Texas Medical Association, H1804 [20MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act potential effects on discretionary spending: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S4639 [8JN]

Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act: Dan Domenech, American Association of School Administrators, H1052 [3MR]

———Jeffrey A. Simering, Council of the Great City Schools, H1052 [3MR]

———Joe McTighe, Council for American Private Education, H1053 [3MR]

———John C. Holmes, Association of Christian Schools International, H1054 [3MR]

———Keith Wiebe, American Association of Christian Schools, H1053 [3MR]

———Larry M. Bell, National Conference of State Legislatures, H1053 [3MR]

———Thomas J. Curry, Committee on Catholic Education (organization), H1054 [3MR]

Prevention and Public Health Fund funding: Partnership To Fight Chronic Disease (organization), S7013 [13SE]

———several organizations, S7013 [13SE], S7060 [14SE]

Recognize Welcome Back Veterans (organization) and support efforts to provide care for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and related psychiatric disorders: Representative Filner, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House), H8103 [8DE]

———Representative Skelton, Committee on Armed Services (House), H8103 [8DE]

Reform Medicare sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians: Louisiana congressional delegation, S469 [4FE]

———Louisiana State Dept. of Health and Hospitals, S468 [4FE]

———Nancy A. Leamond, AARP, H4177 [28MY]

———several physician organizations, H4177 [28MY]

Republic of the Marshall Islands Supplemental Nuclear Compensation Act: Jurelang Zedkaia, President of Marshall Islands, S56 [20JA]

Request the President and the Dept. of HHS to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of documents, records, and communications relative to certain health care reform agreements: Representative Burgess, H29 [12JA]

Restore application of the 340B drug discount program to orphan drugs for children's hospitals: James Mandell and Robert K. Coughlin, S7621 [28SE]

———several Senators, S7621 [28SE]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: Representative Wolf, E974 [28MY]

Small business health care tax credit: Steven D. Yeater, S6871 [5AU]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act amendments: Jeffrey Chell, National Marrow Donor Program (organization), E1569, E1570 [10AU]

TRICARE Affirmation Act: several Representatives, H1849, H1868, H1911 [21MR]

Veterans' Benefits Act: Carl Blake, Paralyzed Veterans of America (organization), H7331 [29SE]

———Clayton Jones, Military Order of the Purple Heart, H7332 [29SE]

———Gerald T. Manar, VFW, H7331 [29SE]

———Jimmie L. Foster, American Legion, H7331 [29SE]

———Joseph A. Violante, DAV, H7331 [29SE]

———Kathryn A. Witt, Gold Star Wives of America, Inc., H7331 [29SE]

———Raymond C. Kelley, AMVETS (organization), H7330 [29SE]

———Thomas Zampieri, Blinded Veterans Association, H7331 [29SE]

Lists

Committee on Finance (Senate) staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S2082, S2085 [25MR]

Committee on the Budget (House) Republican staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, E433 [21MR]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S2082 [25MR]

Health organizations supporting H. Res. 1003, National Influenza Vaccination Week, H347 [26JA]

Organizations supporting FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, H8210 [8DE], H8889 [21DE]

Organizations supporting S.J. Res. 39, disapproval of rule imposing mandates on current health plans in order to retain grandfathered status under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S7684 [29SE]

Physician organizations that oppose H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S36 [20JA], H1716 [19MR]

Proposed points of order against certain provisions in H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, submitted by Senator Grassley, S2084 [25MR]

Savings by States with single-payer health care systems, H2439 [25MR]

Shaken baby syndrome victims, E194 [22FE]

Memorandums

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Richard S. Foster, Dept. of HHS, S832 [1MR]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2011: President Obama, S390 [1FE], H445-H447 [2FE]

Economic Report: President Obama, H621-H623 [22FE]

Interdiction of Aircraft Engaged in Illicit Drug Trafficking: President Obama, S152 [22JA], H337 [26JA]

Motions

Antitrust policy: restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (H.R. 4626), H787 [24FE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), S1821, S1840, S1847 [23MR], S1923, S1937, S1959, S1980, S1993, S1994, S1995, S1996, S1997, S1998, S1999, S2000, S2001, S2002, S2003, S2004, S2005, S2006, S2008, S2009, S2010, S2011 [24MR], S2070, S2071, S2072, S2073, S2074, S2075, S2076, S2077, S2078, S2079 [25MR], H2167 [21MR], H2429 [25MR]

Children and youth: reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), H7814 [1DE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S10770, S10771 [19DE], H8160 [8DE], H8908 [21DE]

Domestic policy: provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (S. 3153), S2091, S2094 [25MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), S933 [2MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S2099 [25MR], S2269, S2282 [14AP], S2345, S2346 [15AP], H2616 [15AP]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), S559 [11FE], S685 [23FE], S1479 [11MR], S1634 [17MR], H1136 [4MR]

FDA: improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (S. 510), S7730 [29SE], S8230 [29NO]

House of Representatives: oppose usage of certain legislative tactics to further passage of health care reform legislation (H. Res. 1194), H1624 [18MR]

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), H895 [25FE]

National objectives: policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), H2152 [21MR]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), S8552 [6DE], H7252 [29SE]

———extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), Senate amendment, H8958 [22DE]

Petitions and memorials

Louisiana: Medicare growth rate payment system for physicians, S469 [4FE]

Utah: national health care reform legislation, E409 [18MR]

Press releases

AARP Statement on Historic Health Insurance Reform Package: AARP, S1956 [24MR]

Health Plans Propose Guaranteed Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions and Individual Coverage Mandate: America's Health Insurance Plans (organization) (2008), H8335 [14DE]

Kraft Foods Announces Plans To Double the Amount of Whole Grain in Nabisco Crackers: Kraft Foods Inc., E1504 [30JY]

National Healthcare Bill Betrays Veterans: VFW, H1848 [21MR]

NSBA Opposes Health Care Reform Bill, With Regret: National Small Business Association, S1951 [24MR]

Senate Health Bill: National Federation of Independent Business, S1951 [24MR]

Senate Resolution Would Weaken New Health Insurance Patient Protections: AARP, S7689 [29SE]

Proclamations

Union Hospital Recipient of Health Grades, Inc., Emergency Medicine Award: Representative Space, E1203 [24JN]

Proposals

Oppose House of Representatives usage of certain legislative tactics to further passage of health care reform legislation, H1623 [18MR]

Remarks in House

AARP: support for national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H1603 [18MR]

———support for national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures relative to tax treatment of executive compensation, H21 [12JA]

Abington, PA: Abington Memorial Hospital recipient of Keystone Alliance for Performance Excellence award, E1888 [15NO]

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, H1342-H1348 [11MR], E2228 [21DE]

———prohibit Federal funding, H6868 [22SE], H7738 [30NO]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, H188 [19JA], H246, H248 [20JA], H309, H311, H314 [21JA], H379 [26JA], H392 [27JA], H825 [24FE], H928 [25FE], H1310, H1311 [10MR], H1346 [11MR], H1388 [12MR], H1433, H1434 [15MR], H1467, H1471, H1516 [16MR], H1604, H1605 [18MR], H1710, H1725, H1741 [19MR], H1749 [20MR], H1820, H1830, H1844, H1845, H1859-H1861, H1892, H1910, H2167, H2168 [21MR], H2210-H2213 [22MR], H2441, H2450 [25MR]

———reject the use of violence to prevent access to reproductive health care or as a response to a difference in beliefs, E1069 [10JN]

AIDS Drug Assistance Programs: funding, H6883 [23SE]

AIDS Foundation of Chicago: anniversary, H2824 [22AP], H2880 [27AP]

Air Force: tribute to creation of post-graduate dentistry program, E1762 [28SE]

Al Barry Foundation: tribute to Barry Basics modular medical apparel, E1504 [30JY]

Alaska: anniversary of Arctic Man Race, E452 [23MR], E480 [24MR]

Alzheimer's Awareness Day: observance, H6814 [22SE]

American Diabetes Month: observance, H7626 [29NO], E1974 [18NO]

———support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1690), H7484 [16NO], H7716-H7720 [30NO], H7899 [2DE]

American Heart Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1039), H617, H618 [22FE]

American Nephrology Nurses' Association: tribute, E1354 [19JY]

American Osteopathic Association: anniversary, E621 [22AP]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact on additional COBRA unemployment health insurance coverage, H2484 [13AP]

———rescind all stimulus funds that remain unobligated (H.R. 2842), H6596 [10AU]

American Red Cross Twin Cities Chapter: tribute to Firefighters Heroes Award recipients, H3297 [11MY]

Anderson, Dave: Multiple Sclerosis Society Volunteer Hall of Fame for Programs and Services inductee, E290 [3MR]

Animals: enhance and increase the number of veterinarians trained in veterinary public health (H.R. 2999), H7178 [28SE], H7379 [29SE]

Antitrust policy: restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers, H1354 [11MR]

———restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (H.R. 4626), H744-H751 [23FE], H758, H771-H791 [24FE], H837, H918-H920 [25FE], E245, E256 [25FE], E263 [26FE], E514 [13AP]

———restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (H.R. 4626), consideration (H. Res. 1098), H761-H769 [24FE]

———restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (H.R. 4626), motion to recommit, H788-H790 [24FE]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H316, H317 [21JA], H372 [26JA], H2315 [24MR], H6630 [14SE]

———revised allocation of spending authority to certain committees of the House, H2171 [21MR]

Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation: tribute, E849 [13MY]

Armed Forces: authorize adoption of a military working dog by the family of a deceased or seriously wounded member who was the handler of the dog (H.R. 4639), H733 [23FE], H1085 [3MR], H1489 [16MR]

———enhance treatment for servicemembers who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injuries and enhance access to mental health counseling, H4007 [27MY]

———extend TRICARE coverage to certain dependents under the age of 26 (H.R. 4923), H2564 [14AP]

———improve and enhance mental health benefits, counseling, and other benefits available to members and survivors, H2731 [21AP]

———improve benefits for troops, veterans, and military families, H3760 [25MY]

———make educational, disability, and therapeutic benefits of a child or dependent of a member transferrable from State to State, H5353 [1JY]

———provide members of Individual Ready Reserve who served in Afghanistan or Iraq with information on counseling to prevent suicide, H4076 [27MY]

———provide vouchers for postal benefits for personal correspondence and small parcels to members serving or hospitalized overseas, and make such vouchers transferable (H.R. 707), E345 [10MR]

———recognize service of medical and air crews in helping transport wounded warriors back to the U.S. and commend Air Force aeromedical evacuation personnel (H. Res. 1605), H7002 [28SE], E1800 [29SE], E1940 [17NO]

———require members to get same pre- and post-deployment cognitive impairment screening, H4018 [27MY], E995 [28MY]

Beach, Diane: HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Altoona Personal Achievement Award recipient, E1690 [22SE]

Behar, Isaac: Miami, FL, Jewish Health Networks Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, H4510 [16JN]

Behar, Raquel Egozi: Miami Jewish Health Systems (organization) Mother of the Year award recipient, H2767 [21AP]

Bell, Tony: ConvaTec Inc., Great Comebacks Award recipient, E296 [3MR]

Bicycles: recognize importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation, H3487 [18MY], H5206 [30JN]

Big Spring, TX: anniversary of Big Spring VA Medical Center, E1322 [14JY]

Biggs, Glenn: Texas Association of Homes and Services for the Aging Philanthropist of the Year award recipient, E800 [11MY]

Binational Health Week: observance, E1723 [23SE]

Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program (organization): recognize contributions to community health and fight against racial health disparities (H. Res. 1591), E1518 [30JY]

Blood Cancer Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 1433), H6854, H6855 [22SE]

Boley Centers of St. Petersburg (organization): anniversary, E757 [5MY]

Boone, Tony: American Red Cross Prince William County, VA, Chapter Dr. Gail Kettlewell Award recipient, E491 [25MR]

Boonville, MO: anniversary of Cooper County Memorial Hospital Home Health Agency, E410 [18MR]

Bouton, Chad: Battelle Memorial Institute Inventor of the Year award recipient, H3425 [12MY]

Bradway, Steve and Susan Hagel: Pierce County, WA, Medical Society Health Care Champions Community Impact Award recipients, E2078 [7DE]

Brain Awareness Week: observance, E394, E405 [17MR]

Brain Injury Services, Inc.: tribute to Kit's Miracle Mile 10k Run/Walk and Brain Injury Awareness Fair, E1758 [28SE]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, E1806, E1834, E1867, E1869 [29SE]

Brinker, Nancy Goodman: Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient (H. Res. 708), H200-H202 [20JA], E59, E60, E64 [21JA]

Budget: allocation of funds, H4078-H4081 [27MY]

———reallocate certain defense programs funds to other domestic priorities, H1262 [10MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), H1597 [18MR], H1777, H1783, H1790, H1795 [20MR], H1854-H2169 [21MR], H2175, H2176, H2177, H2192-H2213 [22MR], H2247, H2248 [23MR], H2276, H2277 [24MR], E437, E440, E441, E444, E447 [22MR], E454, E455, E457, E462 [23MR], E465, E468, E469, E472, E473, E475, E477 [24MR], E506 [25MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), Senate amendments, H2323, H2429-H2440, H2449-H2454 [25MR], H2635 [15AP], H2834 [22AP], E567, E573 [15AP], E618 [22AP]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), consideration (H. Res. 1203), H1824-H1854 [21MR], E508-E510 [25MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 1225), H2418-H2429 [25MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), motion to recommit, H2167, H2168 [21MR]

———use of budget reconciliation process to revise health care reform legislation, H1215-H1217 [9MR], H1225, H1307-H1309 [10MR], H1326, H1340 [11MR], H1376-H1380, H1383, H1386, H1388, H1391 [12MR], H1399, H1400, H1422, H1432, H1434 [15MR], H1470, H1471, H1472, H1474 [16MR], H1665-H1667 [19MR], H1794 [20MR]

Buffalo, NY: anniversary of Olmsted Center for Sight Statler Center, E1373 [20JY]

California: Anthem Insurance Cos., Inc., decision to increase health insurance premiums, H759 [24FE]

Campbell, Robert M., Jr.: tribute (H. Res. 1499), H6192-H6194 [28JY]

Carson, CA: tribute to CrossFit Games, E1521 [30JY]

CBO: tribute to analysis and budget estimates of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, E433 [21MR]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program (H.R. 5462), H7195, H7196 [28SE], H7380 [29SE], E1010 [28MY], E1827 [29SE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid: coverage of virtual colonoscopies, H1380 [12MR]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: impact of Administrator position vacancy, H316 [21JA]

———qualifications for receiving health information technology funding, H2847 [26AP]

———urge testimony from chief actuary on impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H3173 [5MY]

Central California Veterans Home Support Foundation: tribute to groundbreaking ceremony of the Veterans Home of California, Fresno, E922 [24MY]

Cervical Health Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1011), H344, H345 [26JA]

Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) Awareness Week: observance, E1818 [29SE]

Chicago, IL: support initiatives of Chicago Wilderness (organization) and the Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights (H. Res. 860), H60, H61 [13JA], E73 [21JA], E1041 [8JN]

———tribute to campaign to encourage businesses to employ individuals with disabilities, E167 [4FE]

Child Advocacy Center Month: designate (H. Res. 1313), H7712, H7713 [30NO]

Children and youth: authorize funding for creation and implementation of infant mortality pilot programs in standard metropolitan statistical areas with high rates of infant mortality (H.R. 3470), H6842, H6843 [22SE], E1775 [29SE]

———ensure grant program to assist State agencies in protecting students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint uses competitive procedures to award grants, H1062, H1063 [3MR]

———establish and implement concussion management guidelines for school-aged children (H.R. 1347), H7183-H7185 [28SE], H7379 [29SE], E1877 [29SE]

———protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint (H.R. 4247), H1048-H1064 [3MR], E304 [4MR]

———protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint (H.R. 4247), consideration (H. Res. 1126), H1037-H1043 [3MR]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs, E769 [6MY]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs and combat childhood obesity and hunger, H4001-H4003 [27MY]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), H7778-H7815 [1DE], H7870-H7874 [2DE], E2039, E2041, E2042, E2044, E2050 [2DE], E2069, E2073 [7DE], E2083-E2085 [8DE], E2128 [14DE], E2204 [18DE]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), consideration (H. Res. 1742), H7767-H7773 [1DE]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), motion to recommit, H7814, H7815 [1DE]

———support goals and ideals of the National School Lunch Program (H. Res. 362), H995-H997 [2MR]

Children's Dental Health Month: observance, E488 [25MR]

CIGNA Corp.: Eden Prairie, MN, unit recipient of Hennepin County, MN, Wellness by Design Award, E1329 [15JY]

Citizens Congressional Health Benefits Program: establish, H1861 [21MR]

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act: impact on facilities, H742 [23FE]

———impact on patient care, H1312 [10MR]

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H1444 [16MR]

Commerford, Brianna: Hyundai Hope on Wheels' National Youth Ambassador honoree, E1798 [29SE]

Community Health Care, Inc.: tribute, E741 [4MY]

Constitution—U.S.: constitutionality of mandate requiring U.S. citizens to have health insurance, H148, H177-H183 [19JA], H636, H637 [22FE], H1387, H1388 [12MR], H1740 [19MR], H1793 [20MR], H1856, H1876 [21MR], H2218, H2242 [23MR], H2479 [13AP], H5528 [13JY], H5679 [19JY], E506 [25MR]

Copeland, Tim: Scottsdale Healthcare (organization) ``Salute to Military'' honoree, E183 [22FE]

Coudersport, PA: Charles Cole Memorial Hospital recipient of Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania Achievement Award, H4229 [8JN]

Courts: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform, H760, H772, H778-H781, H783, H785, H795, H824 [24FE], H1353 [11MR], H1362 [12MR], H1431 [15MR], H1599 [18MR], H3624 [19MY], H4863 [24JN], E367 [12MR]

CPSC: require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (H.R. 1796), H6190-H6192 [28JY]

Credit: exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (H.R. 3421), H7079-H7081 [28SE], E1791 [29SE]

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. 4885), E411 [18MR]

Dallas, TX: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center recipient of National Cancer Institute designation, E1556 [10AU]

Daly City, CA: anniversary of Daly City Youth Health Center, E711 [29AP]

De Wulf, Marta and Frederic: Michelle Obama Apps for Healthy Kids competition winners, E1954 [17NO]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H657 [23FE], H1177 [9MR], H3806 [25MY], H4411, H4412, H4414-H4416 [14JN], H5295-H5297 [30JN], H5802 [20JY], H6153-H6159 [27JY]

Dentists: enhance roles of dentists and allied dental personnel in the national disaster response framework (H.R. 903), H7197-H7199 [28SE]

Denver, CO: tribute to Denver Health & Hospital Authority, E639 [22AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: carry out a pilot program to reduce the amount of processed food served each day under the school breakfast or school lunch programs (H.R. 5738), E1322 [14JY]

———establish a weekend and holiday feeding program to provide nutritious food to at-risk school children on weekends and extended school holidays during the school year (H.R. 5012), H8112-H8114 [8DE]

———establish certain conditions for receipt of funds under the child and adult care food program and eliminate Federal price floor for paid school lunches, H7814, H7815 [1DE]

———issue guidance to school food authorities on indirect costs (H.R. 5202), H3250 [6MY]

Dept. of Defense: furnish the Dept. of HHS Toxic Substances and Disease Registry with information pertaining to the Camp Lejeune, NC, well water contamination, H4029, H4031 [27MY]

———Gulf War Veterans' Illness Research Program funding, H7514 [17NO]

———implement Institute of Medicine recommendation to allow mental health counselors to operate independently under TRICARE, H4049 [27MY]

———military medical hospital infrastructure improvements funding, H7376 [29SE]

———report additional costs in health care contracts to comply with Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, H2984 [28AP]

———report on incentives for recruitment and retention of health care professionals, H4005 [27MY]

———report the long-term costs of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, H4045 [27MY]

———tribute to the Cadet Nurse Program, E804 [11MY]

———tribute to Walter Reed Medical Center MusicCorps program, E1563 [10AU]

Dept. of HHS: enable States to establish reinsurance programs or high risk pools to ensure that high risk individuals are able to access health insurance (H.R. 4020), H912 [25FE], H6978 [23SE]

———enhance Federal efforts focused on increasing public awareness of risks and dangers associated with shaken baby syndrome, E194 [22FE]

———establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for viral hepatitis infection to reduce chronic viral hepatitis and liver cancer (H.R. 3974), H3651 [19MY], E1038 [8JN]

———establish a commission to construct a comprehensive national strategy on how to increase the affordability, accessibility, and effectiveness of long-term care and community services (H.R. 5187), E718 [29AP]

———establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs (H.R. 914), H912 [25FE]

———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (H.R. 1362), H7185, H7186 [28SE], E1788 [29SE]

———promote optimal maternity outcomes by making evidence-based maternity care a national priority (H.R. 5807), H5895 [21JY]

———provide for a national program to conduct and support activities toward reducing the number of cases of overweight and obesity in the U.S. (H.R. 4452), E26 [13JA]

———renew authority to approve demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies in State child welfare programs (H.R. 6156), H6896-H6898 [23SE], E1676 [16SE], E1751 [28SE]

———review uptake and utilization of diabetes screening benefits and establish an outreach program with respect to such benefits (H.R. 6012), H7185 [28SE], E1521 [30JY]

———submit report on parasitic disease among poor Americans (H.R. 5986), H7191, H7192 [28SE], E1789 [29SE]

———transmit to House of Representatives documents, records, or communications relative to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H. Res. 1561), H6975 [23SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: include medical readiness and community resiliency for health care critical infrastructure in criteria for Homeland Security Centers of Excellence Program, H5774 [20JY]

Dept. of HUD: extend special funds to be used to remediate damage from installation of tainted drywall, H4357 [10JN]

Dept. of Justice: improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (H.R. 5119), E661 [26AP]

Dept. of Transportation: carry out an active transportation investment program to encourage a mode shift within selected communities by providing safe and convenient options to bicycle and walk for routine travel (H.R. 4722), E280 [2MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify level of health care that constitutes minimum essential coverage (H.R. 5014), H3330-H3333 [12MY], E883 [19MY]

———display in each facility a Women Veterans Bill of Rights (H.R. 5953), H7735-H7739 [30NO]

———enhance capacity to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health care professionals, H2730 [21AP]

———establish a transition program for new veterans, improve disability claims system, reform pensions and medal programs, and modify adjudication of mental incompetence (H.R. 6132), H7013-H7017 [28SE], E1780, E1861 [29SE]

———establish Committee on Care of Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury, H2670 [20AP]

———establish position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the Office of the Under Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Health, H2730 [21AP]

———expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, H2727 [21AP]

———implement program to re-label prescription drugs used in VA hospitals to be sent home with discharged patients for outpatient use, H6245 [28JY]

———improve continuing professional education reimbursement provided to health professional employees (H.R. 5145), H3721-H3723 [24MY], E988 [28MY], E1033 [8JN]

———improve the provision of health care to veterans, H6652 [14SE]

———increase amount payable to veterans for improvements and structural alterations furnished as part of home health services, H2725 [21AP]

———long-term care residential brain injury medical facilities construction funding, H6243-H6245 [28JY]

———major health care facility construction projects funding through reductions in general operating expense account, H6243 [28JY]

———make certain improvements in administration of medical facilities (H.R. 4062), E156 [4FE]

———make certain improvements in insurance and health care programs (H.R. 3219), Senate amendments, H7321-H7342 [29SE]

———make certain improvements to laws relative to benefits for severely injured veterans, H2725 [21AP]

———prohibit collection of certain copayments from catastrophically disabled veterans, H2728 [21AP]

———provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans (S. 1963), H2670 [20AP], H2703-H2733, H2767 [21AP], H2925 [27AP], E618, E619, E621, E637 [22AP], E657 [26AP], E935 [25MY]

———provide for certain requirements relative to immunization of veterans (H.R. 5516), E1072 [10JN]

———provide for continued provision of health care services to certain veterans who were exposed to sodium dichromate while serving at or near water injection plant at Qarmat Ali, Iraq (H.R. 6127), E1619 [15SE]

———provide medical care to family members of disabled veterans who serve as caregivers to such veterans, H2728 [21AP]

———require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (H.R. 1017), H3718 [24MY], E1035 [8JN]

———revise certain requirements relative to the pilot program of enhanced contract care authority for health care needs of veterans in highly rural areas, H2725 [21AP]

———suicide outreach prevention program funding, H6235, H6236 [28JY]

———U.S. Paralympic Adaptive Sports Grant Program funding, H6237, H6238 [28JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), Senate amendment, H8152-H8213 [8DE], H8522, H8523 [16DE], H8905, H8908, H8913, H8914 [21DE], E2098 [9DE], E2116 [13DE], E2147 [15DE], E2233 [21DE], E2246 [22DE], E2258 [29DE]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1755), H8147-H8151 [8DE]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1782), H8901-H8905 [21DE]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 5822), H6216, H6245-H6249 [28JY], E1465 [29JY]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 5822), consideration (H. Res. 1559), H6206-H6214 [28JY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: make payments for certain treatments of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder, H3997, H4025, H4048 [27MY], E993 [28MY]

———study incidence of breast cancer among Armed Forces members and veterans, H4066 [27MY]

Di Stefano, Anthony: American Public Health Association Distinguished Service Award recipient, E2065 [7DE]

Disabled: enhance early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (S. 3199), H8372-H8374 [15DE]

Diseases: address HIV/AIDS in the African-American community, E396 [17MR]

———address HIV/AIDS in the African-American community (H.R. 1964), H1523 [17MR]

———address the lack of adequate housing as a barrier to effective HIV prevention, treatment, and care, and commit to providing adequate funding for developing housing as a response to the AIDS pandemic (H. Con. Res. 137), H3715, H3716 [24MY], E998 [28MY]

———commend progress made by anti-tuberculosis programs (H. Res. 1155), H3420, H3421 [12MY], E850 [13MY]

———establish a National Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Registry and authorize research on acquired bone marrow failure diseases (H.R. 1230), H7193 [28SE], H7380 [29SE], E1849 [29SE]

———establish research advisory committee and provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (H.R. 5354), H7178-H7180 [28SE], H7379 [29SE], H7718 [30NO], E1789 [29SE]

———expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (H.R. 2408), H7190, H7191 [28SE], H7380 [29SE]

———express need for further study of the neurological disorder dystonia, H3173 [5MY], H4656 [22JN]

———improve diagnosis and treatment and promote public and clinician awareness of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) (H. Res. 1438), H6860 [22SE]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (H.R. 1740), E1867 [29SE]

———juvenile diabetes awareness and treatment programs, H524 [3FE]

———Lyme disease awareness and treatment programs, E1872 [29SE]

———pediatric cancer research funding, E1871 [29SE]

———prevent, treat, and improve care of individuals with diabetes, and reduce health disparities within racial and ethnic minority groups relative to diabetes (H.R. 1995), H7192 [28SE]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (H.R. 1210), H7196, H7197 [28SE], H7380 [29SE], E1856, E1861 [29SE]

———provide for enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals with autism, H5895 [21JY]

———provide for enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (H.R. 2413), H2920, H2922, H2923 [27AP]

———provide for prostate cancer imaging research and education (H.R. 4756), H7183 [28SE]

———provide grants and assistance to improve services for individuals with autism and their families and expand the number of University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education (H.R. 5756), H6843-H6846 [22SE], E1752 [28SE], E1768 [29SE]

———reauthorize and enhance programs to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers (H.R. 2941), H7194 [28SE], H7380 [29SE], E1789, E1833 [29SE]

———reauthorize and enhance programs to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers (H.R. 2941), Senate amendment, H8541-H8543 [16DE]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than coverage provided for intravenously administered anticancer medications (H.R. 2366), E926 [25MY]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage of screening for breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer (H.R. 4563), E118 [2FE]

District of Columbia: tribute to Children's National Medical Center for inauguration of the Ikaria Distinguished Professorship of Critical Care, E453 [23MR]

Diverse and Resilient, Inc.: anniversary, E1760 [28SE]

Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), H901-H906 [25FE], H938 [26FE], H1227 [10MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), H1548-H1553 [17MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), same-day consideration of rule and consideration under suspension of the rules (H. Res. 1248), H2585-H2593 [15AP]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), Senate amendment, H2615-H2620 [15AP], E582 [20AP]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), Senate amendment—unanimous-consent agreement, H2615 [15AP]

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. 2818), H7180, H7181 [28SE], H7379 [29SE]

Dumfries, VA: tribute to First Mount Zion Baptist Church health fair, E490 [25MR]

Early Detection Month: designate (H. Con. Res. 158), H204-H206 [20JA], H301 [21JA], H3625 [19MY], E61, E66 [21JA]

Eating disorders: increase public awareness and expand research (H. Res. 7), E264 [26FE]

Economy: importance of job creation, H732 [23FE], H1386 [12MR]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), H303 [21JA], H362, H363 [26JA], H393 [27JA], H653, H661, H664, H736 [23FE], H761 [24FE], H954 [26FE], H2649 [20AP], H3315 [12MY], H3469 [13MY], H5601 [14JY]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1137), H1115-H1123 [4MR]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), Senate amendment, H1111, H1125-H1147, H1151, H1152 [4MR], H1451, H1488, H1495 [16MR], H1555 [17MR], H2286 [24MR], E317 [5MR], E368 [12MR]

———national objectives priority assignments, H480 [3FE], H7000 [28SE]

———reform health care, Social Security, tax code for individuals and small businesses, and the budget process (H.R. 4529), H1915 [21MR], E950 [26MY], E1369 [20JY]

Edmeston, NY: anniversary of Pathfinder Village (residential community), E1469 [29JY]

El Paso Diabetes Association: tribute, E111 [29JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: improve academic content standards for physical education (H.R. 1585), H2758-H2762 [21AP], E685 [27AP]

Emergency Nurses Association: anniversary, E545 [14AP]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: exclude external power supplies for certain security or life safety alarms and surveillance system components from energy efficiency standards (H.R. 5470), H8104, H8105 [8DE]

EPA: ensure compliance with safe drinking water regulations within the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, E842 [13MY]

Erie, PA: inclusion of Hamot Medical Center in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ``Best Hosptals'' list, H6287 [29JY]

Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1343), E805 [11MY]

Etheridge-Williams, LaVera: African-American Historical and Cultural Museum of the San Joaquin Valley Trail Blazers Award recipient, E243 [25FE]

Exactech, Inc.: anniversary, E1814 [29SE]

Exceptional Parents Unlimited (organization): anniversary of annual fundraiser, E882 [19MY]

Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of the National Alzheimer's Project (H.R. 4689), E249 [25FE]

———establish the Office of the National Alzheimer's Project (S. 3036), H8369-H8372 [15DE], E2155, E2157 [16DE]

``Face to Face—Children of the AIDS Crisis in Africa'' (book): tribute, E20 [13JA]

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend certain exemptions for direct care workers and improve systems for collection and reporting of data on the direct care workforce (H.R. 5902), E1458 [28JY]

Fairfax, VA: anniversary of Auxiliary of Inova Fairfax Hospital, E598 [20AP]

Fairfax County, VA: Fairfax County Public Schools Food and Nutrition Services Dept., named best in the country by the School Nutrition Association, E1357 [19JY]

———tribute to Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Dept., Muscular Dystrophy Association contributions, E1714 [22SE]

Faisal Amyra: Shriners Hospitals for Children Iowa Shrine Bowl Queen designee, E1465 [29JY]

Families and domestic relations: family leave work reforms, E1701 [22SE]

———improve the lives of working families by providing medical, child care, and educational assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (H.R. 3047), E156 [4FE]

FDA: address potential conflicts of interest in selection of Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee members, E474 [24MR]

———balance innovation and patient safety when approving medical devices, H3514 [18MY]

———help prevent occurrence of cancer resulting from the use of ultraviolet tanning lamps by imposing more stringent controls on the use of such devices (H.R. 4520), E93 [26JA]

———improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food, H8148-H8151, H8207-H8213 [8DE], H8820-H8823, H8861-H8890 [21DE], E2098 [9DE]

———provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1256), E474 [24MR], E1157 [22JN]

Federal employees: ensure Federal Employees Health Benefit Program integrity, transparency, and cost savings in the pricing and contracting of prescription drug benefits (H.R. 4489), E70 [21JA]

———provide for a voluntary, non-work-related disability insurance program (H.R. 6368), E1857 [29SE]

———require the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, political appointees, and congressional staff to purchase health insurance through the exchanges, H3111 [4MY]

———require the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, political appointees, and congressional staff to purchase health insurance through the exchanges (H.R. 4951), H2831 [22AP]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: ban use of dispersants in the event of an oil spill or release of hazardous substances until they are determined to be environmentally safe, H6499 [30JY]

Federal-State relations: State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, H1465 [16MR], H1567 [17MR], H1720 [19MR], H1856 [21MR]

Ferraro Medical Associates, P.A.: anniversary, E2238 [22DE]

Fisher House of the Emerald Coast, Inc.: tribute, E1711 [22SE]

Florida: tribute to American Red Cross South Florida Region chapter, E395 [17MR]

Food: ensure safety of seafood and seafood products, H5307 [1JY]

Ford, Nathan: Cocke County, TN, Education Foundation Celebrate Our Successes Award recipient, H4200 [28MY]

Foreign aid: maternal health programs funding, H1084 [3MR]

———provide assistance for the prevention and treatment of obstetric fistula (H.R. 5441), E978 [28MY]

Foreign trade: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program and certain trade preference programs and amend Harmonized Tariff Schedule to modify temporarily certain rates of duty (H.R. 6517), H8418-H8452 [15DE]

———extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program and certain trade preference programs and amend Harmonized Tariff Schedule to modify temporarily certain rates of duty (H.R. 6517), Senate amendment, H8982 [22DE]

Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology: anniversary of EyeCare America program (H. Res. 1226), H7189 [28SE], E1813 [29SE]

Fountain Hills, AZ: tribute to Arnie Dworkis Memorial Dialysis Awareness Walk, E182 [22FE]

Fragile X Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 611), H5880-H5882 [21JY]

Frick, Joseph A.: National Multiple Sclerosis Society Hope Award recipient, E1520 [30JY]

FRS: clarify exemptions to interchange fees of prepaid cards used for health care and employee benefits programs and transportation accounts, H5225 [30JN]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (H.R. 5652), E1253 [30JN]

Galveston, TX: University of Texas Medical Branch designation as institution of Texas Medical Center, E288 [2MR]

Gemstone Foundation: tribute, E1854 [29SE]

Gordon, Representative: allegations of trading vote on health care reform legislation for appointment to be NASA Administrator, H1681, H1683 [19MR]

Government: role in provision of benefits and services to citizens, H1411 [15MR], H6968 [23SE]

Grey Mare Society: tribute, H4733 [23JN]

Gulf of Mexico: health of workers involved in clean up of oil spill from accidental explosion of oil rig, H4249 [9JN], H4735 [23JN]

Haiti: express condolences and support to citizens in aftermath of earthquake, support relief efforts, and commend crews of USNS Comfort and other naval vessels for medical relief efforts (H. Res. 1048), H679-H683 [23FE], E210 [23FE], E226 [24FE], E291 [3MR]

———recognize importance of recovery, rehabilitation, and rebuilding following humanitarian crisis due to earthquake, E2161 [16DE]

Hall, Representative John J.: personal accomplishments during tenure, E2255 [22DE]

Hazardous substances: ensure the public and environment are protected from risks of chemical exposure (H.R. 5820), H6165 [28JY]

———reduce emissions of formaldehyde from composite wood products (S. 1660), H4701-H4705 [23JN], E1197 [24JN]

Health and Welfare Council of Long Island (organization): tribute, E701 [28AP]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: deauthorize appropriations (H.R. 5882), H6274, H6275 [28JY]

———repeal (H.R. 5444), E985 [28MY]

Health care facilities: prohibit physician ownership in new hospitals and limit the growth of existing physician-owned hospitals, H3111 [4MY]

———support community health center system, H1904 [21MR]

———support physician-owned hospitals, H1795 [20MR]

Health care professionals: address health workforce shortages, H3732 [24MY]

———impact of shortage of physicians and specialists, H2830 [22AP]

Health Occupations Students of America (organization): tribute to Hawaii participants, E1805 [29SE]

Health savings accounts: establish for all citizens, H742, H743 [23FE], H1354 [11MR], H1904 [21MR]

HealthCare Chaplaincy (organization): tribute, E2012 [30NO]

Hebert, Sylvia P.: ConvaTec Inc., Great Comebacks Award recipient, E273 [2MR]

Henschel, Lauren: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Florida, H3086 [4MY]

Horace Wells Club of Connecticut: anniversary, E1979 [18NO]

Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area (organization): anniversary, E1798 [29SE]

House of Representatives: consideration of rule for reconciliation legislation that would deem Senate version of health care reform legislation passed, H1364, H1367 [12MR], H1399, H1434 [15MR], H1443, H1445, H1446, H1447, H1453, H1454, H1455, H1456, H1457, H1458, H1459, H1460, H1461, H1463, H1464, H1465, H1466, H1467, H1468, H1469, H1470, H1471, H1472, H1473, H1503, H1504, H1510 [16MR], H1552, H1567, H1573, H1590 [17MR], H1598, H1599, H1601, H1602, H1604-H1606, H1645-H1648, H1652 [18MR], H1659, H1665-H1667, H1672-H1677, H1715, H1724, H1725, H1728, H1738, H1739 [19MR], H1748, H1770, H1806, H1808 [20MR], H1834 [21MR]

———oppose usage of certain legislative tactics to further passage of health care reform legislation (H. Res. 1194), H1624 [18MR]

———require any conference committee or other meetings held to determine health care legislation be conducted publicly (H. Res. 847), H126 [13JA], H208-H210 [20JA]

———require any conference committee or other meetings held to determine health care legislation be conducted publicly (H. Res. 847), unanimous-consent agreement, H490 [3FE]

———return several measures to the Senate (H. Res. 1653), H6904 [23SE]

———tribute to staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, E505 [25MR]

Hypertension: raise awareness and reverse prevalence in U.S. through education, community programs, culturally competent strategies, research, and efforts to reduce salt content in foods (H. Res. 1656), E1735 [23SE]

Iannitti, Joseph A.: Scottsdale Healthcare (organization) ``Salute to Military'' honoree, E46 [20JA], E63 [21JA]

Illinois: tribute to health care professionals taking part in Haiti relief effort, E353 [11MR]

Immigration: prevent illegal immigrants from receiving public health benefits, H1435 [15MR], H1515 [16MR], H2894 [27AP]

Indiana: assessment of health care costs, H4218 [8JN]

Insurance: allow purchase of health insurance policies across State lines, H172 [19JA]

———allow sharing of historical loss data and performance of actuarial services by health insurance companies, H774-H778, H788 [24FE]

———annual insurance premium cap for married couples, H196 [20JA]

———consult with Federal antitrust enforcement agencies to ensure healthy competitive market incentives relative to health care reform, E455 [23MR]

———create refundable tax credits for low-income citizens purchasing health insurance, H1904 [21MR]

———decisions by States on operation of high risk health insurance pools, H3314 [12MY]

———end practice of rescission by insurance companies, H2941 [28AP]

———ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers (H.R. 3596), H762, H766 [24FE]

———establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of health plans and make health coverage more affordable and accessible (H.R. 2360), H1496 [16MR], H1901, H1904 [21MR]

———extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools, H1352 [11MR]

———extend temporarily the period of COBRA continuation health coverage, H2618 [15AP]

———extend temporarily the period of COBRA continuation health coverage until coverage is otherwise available through an employment-based health plan or a health benefit exchange (H.R. 5324), E870 [18MY]

———Government mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance, H2257 [23MR]

———health insurance premiums rates, H2991-H2996 [28AP]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 1086), H779, H781 [24FE], H1901, H1904 [21MR], E509 [25MR]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5690), H6287 [29JY], H8077 [7DE]

———increase maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, H4067, H4068 [27MY]

———limit pre-existing condition exclusions in the individual health insurance market to those permitted in the group health insurance market (H.R. 4019), H912 [25FE], H6978 [23SE]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions for children in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (H.R. 1619), H6884 [23SE]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions in health insurance coverage, H2256, H2257 [23MR]

———provide a refundable tax credit for medical costs, expand access to health insurance coverage through individual membership associations (IMAs), and assist in the establishment of high risk pools (H.R. 3218), H912 [25FE]

———provide discounts on covered inpatient drugs when patients do not have prescription drug insurance coverage, H4170 [28MY]

———provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce, H1352 [11MR], H1431 [15MR]

———provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (H.R. 3217), H912 [25FE]

———provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (H.R. 3400), H17 [12JA], H254 [20JA], H1457 [16MR], H1748, H1770, H1792 [20MR], H2323 [25MR], H6275 [28JY], H7528 [17NO]

———provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (H.R. 4944), H2582 [15AP], H4599 [17JN]

———provide health care liability reform (H.R. 1468), H912 [25FE], H2830 [22AP]

———repeal mandate that individuals purchase health insurance, H4477, H4478 [15JN], H4599 [17JN]

———repeal mandate that individuals purchase health insurance (H.R. 4995), E529 [13AP]

———require health insurance companies to allow coverage of young adults up to age 26 on their parents' policies, H2256 [23MR]

———require health plans to provide direct access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists without a referral (H.R. 2940), H2891 [27AP]

Intelligence services: educate security clearance adjudicators on the nature of combat-related injuries relative to eligibility for access to classified information, H892, H893 [25FE]

International Myeloma Foundation: tribute to efforts to raise awareness of myeloma, E926 [25MY]

International Taoist Tai Chi Society: anniversary, E1582 [14SE]

IRS: prohibit hiring of additional employees to implement, administer, or enforce health insurance reform (H.R. 5570), H4785, H4786, H4791, H4792 [24JN]

John Wesley Community Health Institute: anniversary, E1756 [28SE]

Kansas: impact of economy on State budget and services, H2311 [24MR]

Kentucky: Appalachian Regional Healthcare recipient of National Rural Health Association Outstanding Rural Health Organization award, E944 [26MY]

Kidney Dialysis Seminars (organization): tribute to KDS Kick-Off event, E772 [6MY]

Kidney Disease Awareness and Education Week: observance, E1541 [9AU]

Kidney Disease Awareness Week: observance, E1354 [19JY]

Kraft Foods Inc.: increased whole grain content in snack crackers, E1504 [30JY]

League Against Cancer (nonprofit organization): tribute, H4399 [14JN]

Louisiana: request for change or realignment of Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage formula, H740 [23FE]

Madison Heights, MI: tribute to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, MI, chapter ``Light the Night'' walk, E1740 [23SE]

Malaria Awareness Day: observance, H2894 [27AP]

Manistique, MI: anniversary of Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital, E1056 [9JN]

Mason Neck, VA: tribute to ``Team Krista'' participation in Race for Hope, E749 [5MY]

Meadowbrook, PA: anniversary of Holy Redeemer Health System, E1762 [28SE]

Medicaid: anniversary, E1511 [30JY]

———exemption of Nebraska from increased funding obligations, H21 [12JA], H126 [13JA], H320 [21JA], H1722 [19MR]

———extend the period of temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage, H6581, H6582, H6583, H6589-H6597, H6604-H6625 [10AU]

———funding, H1704, H1705 [19MR]

———impact of increased funding obligations on States, H20 [12JA], H126, H128 [13JA], H1349 [11MR], H1653 [18MR], H2862, H2864, H2865 [26AP], H2987, H2994, H2995, H2996 [28AP], E461 [23MR]

———increase price transparency of hospital information and provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs (H.R. 2249), H912 [25FE]

———provide 100 percent reimbursement for medical assistance provided to Native Hawaiians through a federally-qualified health center or a Native Hawaiian health care system (H.R. 6489), E2052 [2DE]

———reform reimbursement payment system for physicians, H1705, H1709 [19MR], H3875 [27MY]

———use historical averages to calculate the Federal medical assistance percentage for disaster affected States, H1715 [19MR]

Medicare: anniversary, H5722 [20JY], E1511 [30JY]

———apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (H.R. 3631), H1578 [17MR]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse, H769 [24FE], H1576, H1577 [17MR], H2480 [13AP]

———count period of observation in a hospital exceeding 24 hours toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (H.R. 5950), E1486 [29JY]

———eliminate gap in coverage of prescription drug benefit, H1365 [12MR], H1575 [17MR], H2255 [23MR], H2264 [24MR], H4250 [9JN]

———ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (H.R. 4993), H2699 [21AP]

———ensure oversight of the Independent Payment Advisory Board, E618 [22AP]

———exclude Independent Payment Advisory Board recommendations that would reduce payment rates for providers that receive an additional market basket cut on top of the productivity adjustment, E473 [24MR]

———extension of work geographic adjustment floor, H8271 [9DE]

———funding, H1575-H1580 [17MR], H1703, H1711 [19MR], H1837, H1907 [21MR], H2254, H2259 [23MR]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas, H905 [25FE]

———Medicare Advantage program funding, H4411 [14JN]

———modify physician reimbursement policies to ensure a future physician workforce (H.R. 3693), H912 [25FE], H2831 [22AP], H3841 [26MY], H4837 [24JN]

———provide an option for any citizen or permanent U.S. resident to buy into Medicare (H.R. 4789), H1213 [9MR]

———provide coverage of comprehensive Alzheimer's disease and other dementia diagnosis and services to improve care and outcomes by increasing detection, diagnosis, care, and planning (H.R. 5926), E1477 [29JY]

———reform, H374 [26JA]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, H372 [26JA], H567 [4FE], H1306-H1308 [10MR], H1550, H1551 [17MR], H2618 [15AP], H2830 [22AP], H3754 [25MY], H4091, H4169, H4170, H4176-H4182, H4208 [28MY], H4438 [15JN], H4836-H4841 [24JN], H7489 [16NO], H7619-H7621, H7626 [29NO], H8269-H8273 [9DE], E969 [28MY]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), H2217 [23MR], H4838 [24JN], E1247 [30JN]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 1109), H845-H848 [25FE]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), Senate amendments, H895-H901 [25FE]

———reform the Independent Payment Advisory Board, E465 [24MR]

———release of part D prescription drug benefit rebate checks, H4334, H4335, H4336 [10JN], H4438, H4439, H4442 [15JN]

———repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner (H.R. 3790), H1917 [21MR]

———solvency, H1575, H1576 [17MR], H1857 [21MR], H2254 [23MR]

———update physician fee schedule (H.R. 6427), H7621 [29NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (H.R. 5795), H6287 [29JY], E1375 [20JY]

MEDRAD Inc.: Dept. of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, E2017 [1DE]

MedWish International (organization): tribute, E1923 [16NO]

Members of Congress: negotiation of benefits granted to certain States in exchange for votes for passage of health care reform legislation, H1909 [21MR]

———urge Members favoring a public, federally-run health insurance option to forgo participation in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and agree to enroll in such option (H. Res. 615), H1034 [3MR]

Memphis, TN: tribute to opening of Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, E1110 [15JN]

Mental health: prohibit use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening of students without parental consent (H.R. 2218), E938 [25MY]

Mental Health Month: designate (H. Res. 1258), H3709-H3712 [24MY], E938 [25MY], E972, E1011 [28MY]

Mesothelioma Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 771), H7622, H7623 [29NO], E2021 [1DE]

Miami, FL: accountability of Miami VA Medical Center management for not properly sterilizing equipment for colonoscopies, H5594 [14JY]

Miami Medical Team Foundation: tribute, E39 [19JA]

Michigan: tribute to March of Dimes Michigan chapter, E1848 [29SE]

Milford, CT: anniversary of Milford Senior Center, E975 [28MY]

Mining and mineral resources: improve mine safety, H2902, H2903 [27AP]

Minnesota: Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota named Leapfrog Group (organization) ``Top Children's Hospital'', H8332 [14DE]

Mobile, AL: anniversary of Mobile Infirmary Medical Center, E1868 [29SE]

Modesto, CA: anniversary of Stanislaus County Medical Society, E999 [28MY]

Molina Healthcare, Inc.: inclusion in Hispanic Business (publication) list of largest Hispanic-owned businesses in the U.S., E1828 [29SE]

Montgomery County, PA: anniversary of Montgomery County Senior Games and Expo, E620 [22AP]

Morrissey, Willard: HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Altoona Personal Achievement Award recipient, E1708 [22SE]

Mount Holly, NJ: anniversary of Servicios Latinos of Burlington County, E802 [11MY]

Mudd, Chuck: American Red Cross Prince William County, VA, Chapter award recipient, E491 [25MR]

Murphy, NC: anniversary of Cherokee County Rescue Squad, E1913 [16NO]

Nascent Solutions, Inc.: anniversary, E1025 [8JN]

Nashville, TN: tribute to Hope Clinic for Women, E865 [18MY]

National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month: observance, H6967 [23SE], E1867 [29SE]

National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month: observance, E1968, E1986 [18NO], E2082 [8DE]

National Arthritis Awareness Month: observance, E1007 [28MY]

National Association of Chain Drug Stores: observance of RxIMPACT Day, E340 [10MR]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 407), H3786-H3788 [25MY], H4200 [28MY]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 1033), H2855 [26AP], H2887, H2920-H2924 [27AP]

———observance, H2822 [22AP]

National Cancer Research Month: observance, E925 [25MY], E977 [28MY]

National Child Advocacy Center: anniversary (H. Res. 1313), H7712, H7713 [30NO]

National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 996), H3599-H3601 [19MY], H3682 [20MY], E898 [20MY]

National Commission on Children and Disasters: reauthorize and extend the final report deadline (H.R. 5266), H5740-H5742 [20JY], E1420 [26JY]

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform: recommendations, H7455, H7485 [16NO]

National Convenient Care Clinic Week: observance, E1449 [28JY]

National Craniofacial Acceptance Month: designate (H. Res. 1603), H7037, H7038 [28SE], H7379 [29SE]

National Dance Day: observance, E1529 [30JY]

National Day of Recognition for Long-Term Care Physicians: designate (H. Con. Res. 244), H1691-H1696 [19MR]

National Day of Recognition for Parents of Special Needs Children: establish (H. Res. 1576), H7711, H7712 [30NO], H7762 [1DE], E1484 [29JY]

National Diabetes Month: observance, E1998 [29NO]

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: observance, H759 [24FE], E285 [2MR]

National Epilepsy Awareness Month: observance, E2011 [30NO], E2035 [2DE]

National Essential Tremor Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 1264), H8043, H8044 [7DE]

National Foundation on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition: establish (S. 1275), H8321-H8324 [14DE]

National Fragile X Advocacy Day: observance, H1086 [3MR]

National Health Center Week: observance, E1505 [30JY]

National Healthy Schools Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1280), H2906, H2907 [27AP], E690 [28AP], E719 [29AP]

National Hepatitis Awareness Month: observance, E1038 [8JN]

National Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Week: designate (H. Res. 1522), H6700-H6703 [15SE], E1668 [16SE]

National Hospice Awareness Month: observance, E2015 [30NO]

National Influenza Vaccination Week: designate (H. Res. 1003), H345-H348 [26JA]

———observance, E28 [13JA]

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: anniversary (H. Res. 1444), E1101 [15JN]

National Marrow Donor Program (organization): tribute, H4654 [22JN]

National Men's Health Week: observance (H. Con. Res. 288), H4640-H4643 [22JN]

National Nurse Anesthetist Week: observance, E97 [27JA]

National Nurses Week: observance, E759 [5MY], E930 [25MY]

———support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1261), H3341-H3344 [12MY], E840 [13MY]

National Nutrition Month: designate (H. Res. 274), H688-H690 [23FE]

National objectives: ensure an up or down vote on certain health care legislation (H. Res. 1188), H1601, H1602-H1604, H1605, H1608 [18MR], H1715, H1719 [19MR]

———ensure no American is penalized for failing to purchase Government-mandated health coverage, H1660 [19MR]

———extend health insurance coverage to certain dependents under the age of 26, H3664 [20MY]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H337 [26JA], H612, H626, H630-H643 [22FE], H653, H654, H655, H656, H659, H660, H661, H662, H663, H664, H665, H667, H731, H736, H738-H744 [23FE], H758, H759, H760, H761, H797, H798, H817-H831 [24FE], H836, H837, H911-H920, H922-H929 [25FE], H952-H962 [26FE], H975, H1005-H1011, H1023 [2MR], H1033, H1034, H1088-H1101 [3MR], H1107, H1108, H1109, H1149, H1151, H1154, H1155, H1161-H1165 [4MR], E257 [25FE], E305 [4MR]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3200), H1644 [18MR]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), H301-H303 [21JA], H1174, H1177, H1213-H1218 [9MR], H1225, H1306-H1313 [10MR], H1326, H1327, H1340, H1348-H1355 [11MR], H1361, H1362, H1363, H1364-H1368, H1376, H1380, H1381, H1383, H1384-H1393 [12MR], H1399, H1400, H1401, H1412, H1413, H1422, H1430-H1439 [15MR], H1443, H1445, H1446, H1447, H1448, H1449, H1450, H1451, H1452, H1453, H1454, H1455, H1456, H1457, H1458, H1459, H1460, H1461, H1462, H1463, H1464, H1465, H1466, H1467, H1468, H1469, H1470, H1471, H1472, H1473, H1474, H1480, H1488-H1491, H1499-H1516 [16MR], H1521, H1522, H1523, H1524, H1551, H1552, H1561, H1562, H1563-H1592 [17MR], H1597, H1598, H1599, H1600, H1601-H1609, H1627, H1628, H1629-H1653 [18MR], H1659, H1660, H1661, H1662, H1665-H1667, H1672-H1677, H1680-H1683, H1691, H1701-H1711, H1714, H1715, H1716-H1742 [19MR], H1747, H1748, H1749, H1763-H1767, H1770, H1775-H1816 [20MR], H1819, H1820, H1821, H1854-H2169 [21MR], H2175, H2176, H2177, H2192-H2213 [22MR], H2217, H2218, H2241, H2242, H2246, H2247, H2248, H2254-H2260 [23MR], H2264, H2265, H2266, H2276, H2277, H2311, H2315 [24MR], H2322, H2323, H2324, H2441, H2445 [25MR], H2464, H2479, H2488-H2495 [13AP], H2627, H2634-H2638 [15AP], H2671 [20AP], H2827-H2834, H2838-H2840 [22AP], H2880, H2884, H2886, H2887, H2888, H2889, H2890, H2891, H2892, H2893, H2894, H2895, H2911 [27AP], H2990-H2997 [28AP], H3108-H3115 [4MY], H3187, H3189, H3191 [5MY], H3265-H3270 [6MY], H3282 [11MY], H3331 [12MY], H3732 [24MY], H3795-H3802, H3813 [25MY], H3829, H3846 [26MY], H4078 [27MY], H4218, H4238 [8JN], H4404-H4409 [14JN], H4447 [15JN], H4512 [16JN], H4670 [22JN], H4749, H4773-H4776 [23JN], H4859-H4864 [24JN], H4912, H4915 [29JN], H5296 [30JN], H5703, H5709 [19JY], H5811 [20JY], H5964 [22JY], H6144-H6147, H6154 [27JY], H6166 [28JY], H6853 [22SE], H6972-H6981 [23SE], H7486-H7492 [16NO], H7528 [17NO], H8021 [2DE], E13 [12JA], E367 [12MR], E402 [17MR], E408, E413 [18MR], E418 [19MR], E437, E440, E441, E444, E447 [22MR], E454, E455, E457, E461, E462 [23MR], E473, E475, E477 [24MR], E533 [13AP], E567 [15AP], E618 [22AP], E1075 [10JN], E1300 [13JY]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), consideration (H. Res. 1203), H1824-H1854 [21MR], E508-E510 [25MR]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), unanimous-consent request, H1892 [21MR]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3889), H180 [19JA], H634 [22FE], H739, H741, H743 [23FE], H829 [24FE], H3798 [25MY], H5964 [22JY]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3889), pass (H.R. 5073), H8075-H8079 [7DE]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12, H13, H15, H17-H30 [12JA], H44, H45, H47, H124-H131 [13JA], H148, H173-H175, H177-H185, H187-H190 [19JA], H196, H197, H198, H243, H246, H248-H262 [20JA], H269, H271, H272, H301-H303, H306, H316-H323 [21JA], H355, H375-H381 [26JA], H392 [27JA], H430 [2FE], H476, H546 [3FE], H565, H566 [4FE], E38 [19JA], E66 [21JA], E90 [26JA]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), Senate amendments, H4829-H4841, H4858 [24JN], E1234, E1247 [30JN]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3970), H246 [20JA], H759 [24FE]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 5444), E985 [28MY]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 676), H8273 [9DE]

———provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage (H.R. 1321), H1915 [21MR]

———request the President and the Dept. of HHS to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of documents, records, and communications relative to certain health care reform agreements, H2828 [22AP]

———request the President and the Dept. of HHS to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of documents, records, and communications relative to certain health care reform agreements (H. Res. 983), H19, H28 [12JA], H3110 [4MY], H6975 [23SE], H7488 [16NO]

National Physical Education and Sport Week: designate (H. Res. 1373), H4694-H4696 [23JN], H4857 [24JN], E1237 [30JN]

National Previvor Day: designate (H. Res. 1522), H6700-H6703 [15SE], E1668 [16SE]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 1485), H7181-H7183 [28SE]

National Runaway Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1687), H8039, H8040 [7DE]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1481), H6189, H6190 [28JY]

National School Lunch Act: promote health and wellbeing of schoolchildren in the U.S. through effective local wellness policies (H.R. 5090), H7769 [1DE]

National VA Research Week: observance, H2886 [27AP]

National Wear Red Day: support goals and ideals, E167 [4FE]

———support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1039), H617, H618 [22FE]

National Women's Health Week: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 268), H3284-H3286 [11MY], E814 [12MY], E838, E841 [13MY]

Natural resources: require use of safe well control technologies and practices for the drilling of high-risk oil and gas wells (H.R. 5626), H5664 [15JY], H6496, H6509 [30JY]

Nesin Therapy Services, Inc.: tribute, E863 [18MY]

New Milford, CT: tribute to Sara Noble Intermediate School walking project, H4251 [9JN]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), H5723 [20JY], H6166, H6167 [28JY], H6286, H6382-H6400, H6409-H6412 [29JY], H6563 [30JY], H6633, H6648 [14SE], H7215, H7230-H7257 [29SE], H8777 [17DE], E1046 [9JN], E1505, E1509, E1511, E1512 [30JY], E1621 [15SE], E1863 [29SE]

———extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), Senate amendment, H8945, H8946, H8947-H8966, H8981 [22DE]

———extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), consideration (H. Res. 1674), H7219-H7230 [29SE]

———extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), motion to recommit, H7255 [29SE]

———tribute to Cutting For A Cure (organization) event, E1269 [1JY]

New York LGBT Health Month: observance, E546 [14AP]

Newark, NJ: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center recipient of American Heart Association Gold Performance Achievement Award, E310 [4MR]

News media: allegations of media bias in coverage of health care issues, H1363 [12MR], E522 [13AP]

———allegations of media bias in coverage of issues based on political affiliation, H2178 [22MR], H2785 [21AP]

Newtown, PA: anniversary of Pennswood Village retirement community, E1032 [8JN]

Next Generation Choices Foundation: tribute, E230 [24FE]

NIH: anniversary of National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network, E586 [20AP]

———anniversary of Office of Research on Women's Health (H. Res. 1750), E2051 [2DE]

———establish a pediatric research consortia (H.R. 758), H7177 [28SE], H7379 [29SE], E1822 [29SE]

9/11 Health and Compensation Act: finance legislation through spending cuts instead of tax increases, H7255 [29SE]

NIST: develop reference materials, standards, instruments, and measurement methods for nanomaterials and compile data to support correlation of nanomaterial properties to environmental, health, or safety risks, H3402 [12MY]

Northern Mariana Islands: tribute to health care professionals, H3301 [11MY]

Northwestern University: anniversary of Feinberg School of Medicine (H. Res. 1004), H157-H159 [19JA]

Norwich, CT: tribute to William W. Backus Hospital, E1359 [19JY]

Oakland County Hospital Association: anniversary, E623 [22AP]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H3115-H3121 [4MY], H3187 [5MY], H5524-H5528 [13JY], H6168 [28JY]

———evaluation of economic policies, H612 [22FE], H651, H652, H654, H655 [23FE], H821, H822 [24FE], H936 [26FE], H2701 [21AP], H3007-H3012 [28AP], H4656 [22JN], H4770-H4773 [23JN], H4960 [29JN], H5550 [14JY], H5964-H5969 [22JY]

———Executive order to allow Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, H1225 [10MR]

———Executive order to ensure enforcement and implementation of abortion restrictions, H1831, H1906, H1908, H1910 [21MR], H2450, H2451 [25MR], H2834 [22AP]

———host of televised bipartisan health care summit, H935 [26FE], H1018 [2MR]

———proposal to host televised bipartisan health care summit, H631-H636 [22FE], H654, H655, H738, H741, H743 [23FE], H758, H760, H817-H822, H825, H827, H829, H830 [24FE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (H.R. 2067), H2902 [27AP]

Occupational Therapy Month: observance, H2855 [26AP]

Ogden, UT: anniversary of McKay-Dee Hospital Center, H2768 [21AP]

Older Americans Act: anniversary, H5722 [20JY]

Olympic Day: support goals, congratulate Team USA for accomplishments in Vancouver, Canada, and support World Fit program promoting physical fitness to middle school students (H. Res. 1461), H8975 [22DE]

OPM: authority to provide oversight and set premiums of multi-State health insurance plans, H1906 [21MR]

———establish a national health plan to offer Federal employee health benefit plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (H.R. 3438), H1461 [16MR]

ORCA House Inc.: anniversary, E1664 [16SE]

Palm Beach County, FL: call for Federal investigation of pediatric cancer cluster in the Acreage area, H1412 [15MR]

Parma, OH: anniversary of Parma Community General Hospital Elder Day Center, E83 [26JA]

———tribute to Westside Vet Center, E1277 [1JY]

Patient Advocate Foundation: tribute to Hampton, VA, facility, E1453 [28JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow States the right to opt out of federally-imposed health insurance mandate, H2449 [25MR]

———Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program funding, H2832 [22AP]

———coverage and treatment of mental health services, H2257 [23MR]

———deauthorize appropriations (H.R. 5882), H6274 [28JY]

———disapprove rule imposing mandates on current health plans in order to retain grandfathered status, H7456 [16NO]

———eliminate certain provisions pertaining to special Medicaid and Medicare funding for certain States, H2835 [22AP]

———eliminate certain provisions pertaining to special Medicaid and Medicare funding for certain States (H.R. 4960), H2804 [22AP]

———ensure appropriate treatment of Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense health programs, H1911 [21MR]

———ensure appropriate treatment of Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense health programs (H.R. 4894), H1766 [20MR], H2180 [22MR], H2730 [21AP]

———filing of lawsuits by States relative to constitutionality of mandate requiring U.S. citizens to have health insurance, H2311 [24MR], H2684-H2687 [20AP], H2828 [22AP], H2859-H2865 [26AP], H3109 [4MY]

———impact of health care reform on employment, H2557 [14AP], H2584 [15AP], H2782-H2786 [21AP], H2894 [27AP], H3488 [18MY]

———impact of requirement for States to establish health insurance exchanges, H2833 [22AP]

———impact on employment, H2492, H2493 [13AP]

———impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H7650 [30NO], H8335 [14DE], E2153 [16DE]

———impact on health care costs, H2889, H2890 [27AP], H3444 [13MY], H6883, H6884 [23SE]

———impact on health care facilities profitability, H2888 [27AP]

———impact on insurance coverage for part-time workers, H4399 [14JN]

———impact on Medicare Advantage program funding, E1793 [29SE]

———impact on Medicare funding, H2855 [26AP], H2883, H2884, H2885, H2886, H2889 [27AP], H2941, H2990-H2996 [28AP]

———impact on senior citizens care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H4250 [9JN]

———impact on small businesses, H2832 [22AP], H4372 [10JN]

———promote accountability and transparency concerning implementation, H7487, H7490 [16NO]

———repeal, H2258 [23MR], H2464 [13AP], H2786 [21AP], H2840 [22AP], H2887, H2889, H2890 [27AP], H2992 [28AP], H3765, H3799 [25MY], H3828 [26MY], H4319 [9JN], H4442 [15JN], H6048 [27JY], H6766 [16SE], H7402, H7427-H7429 [15NO], H7490 [16NO], H7585 [18NO], H8073, H8074, H8079 [7DE], H8252, H8253 [8DE], H8931 [21DE]

———repeal (H.R. 4901), H2311 [24MR]

———repeal (H.R. 4903), H2177 [22MR]

———repeal (H.R. 4944), H2582 [15AP], H4599 [17JN]

———repeal (H.R. 4972), H3270 [6MY], H4775 [23JN], H6146 [27JY], H6275 [28JY], H6867 [22SE]

———repeal (H.R. 5073), H8075-H8079 [7DE]

———repeal (H.R. 5444), E985 [28MY]

———repeal provisions relative to health savings accounts (H.R. 5126), H3131 [5MY], H4251 [9JN], H8077 [7DE]

———repeal specific provisions, H2296, H2297 [24MR]

———rule restricting reproductive health coverage for women who are in certain high-risk insurance pools, H5724 [20JY]

PE4life (organization): tribute to Naperville, IL, chapter, H2761 [21AP]

Pennsylvania State University: tribute to IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) to raise money for the Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital Four Diamonds Fund (H. Res. 1112), H994, H995 [2MR]

Persian Gulf Conflict: commemorate and reaffirm U.S. commitment to veterans (H. Res. 1672), H7512-H7515 [17NO], E1978 [18NO]

Petroleum: provide equitable means for ensuring that damages for physical and economic injuries caused by oil spills are efficiently secured (H.R. 5676), H5492 [1JY], H6508 [30JY]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs, H1365 [12MR]

———prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market, H5386 [1JY]

Pikeville, KY: Pikeville Medical Center recipient of American Alliance of Healthcare Providers Hospital of the Year award, E125 [2FE]

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Inc.: anniversary, E1834 [29SE]

Plattsburgh, NY: anniversary of Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, E1177 [23JN]

Precious Life, Inc.: tribute, E1771 [29SE]

Privacy: protect privacy of medical records, H1413 [15MR], H1488, H1489 [16MR], H5811 [20JY]

Procter & Gamble Co.: tribute to Children's Safe Drinking Water Program, E570 [15AP]

Puerto Rico: improve calculation of fee-for-service costs for Medicare beneficiaries, H2433 [25MR]

Putnam, CT: tribute to Day Kimball Hospital, E1359 [19JY]

Real Men Charities, Inc.: tribute to Real Men Cook for Charity event in Chicago, IL, H4640 [22JN]

Recovery Resources (organization): anniversary, E1970 [18NO]

Red Cross Month: observance, E347 [10MR], E388 [16MR], E398 [17MR], E471 [24MR], E522 [13AP]

———support goals and ideals (H. Res. 311), H1474-H1476 [16MR], E420, E425 [19MR]

Red Project Collective (organization): anniversary of Red Pump Project, E478 [24MR]

Republican Party: evaluation of past health policies, H1704 [19MR]

———national agenda, H189 [19JA], H4494-H4497 [15JN], H5735 [20JY], H6969-H6972 [23SE], H7218 [29SE]

Ridley, PA: anniversary of Taylor Hospital, E1560 [10AU]

Safety: improve mine and occupational safety law compliance, empower workers to raise concerns, and prevent workplace tragedies (H.R. 6495), H8131-H8144 [8DE]

Salud Para La Gente (organization): anniversary, E1912 [16NO]

San Mateo County, CA: tribute to Blue Ribbon Task Force on Adult Health Coverage Expansion, E677 [27AP]

———tribute to ``Streets Alive'' festival, E337 [9MR]

SBA: provide financing to support early-stage small businesses in targeted industries (H.R. 3738), H4516 [16JN]

Seattle Indian Health Board: anniversary, E1736 [23SE]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (H.R. 1557), H247 [20JA], H358 [26JA], H596-H599 [4FE], E973 [28MY]

Self Regional Healthcare (company): South Carolina Governor's Quality Award recipient, E2160 [16DE]

Senior citizens: address needs to improve quality of life, H5550 [14JY]

———establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (H.R. 2365), H8101 [8DE]

———support efforts to guarantee financial security, quality and affordable health care, protection from abuse and scams, and safe and livable communities with adequate housing and transportation (H. Res. 1342), H3841 [26MY]

Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1663), H7083, H7084 [28SE], E1877 [29SE]

Silver Star Service Banner Day: designate (H. Res. 855), H2752, H2753 [21AP]

Sisters Network Inc.: tribute, H2442 [25MR]

Small business: impact from health insurance premiums rates, H1702 [19MR], H2254 [23MR]

———impact of national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H654 [23FE]

Social Security: disregard, for purposes of eligibility for SSI and Medicaid, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (S. 1674), H6891-H6896 [23SE], E1830 [29SE]

———ensure prompt access to SSI, disability, and Medicaid benefits for persons released from certain public institutions (H.R. 2829), H272 [21JA]

———expand permissive exclusion from participation in Federal health care programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities (H.R. 6130), H6837-H6839 [22SE], E1637 [15SE]

———funding, H5206, H5214-H5216 [30JN], H5925, H5926 [22JY], H8500 [15DE]

———increase payments for temporary assistance to U.S. citizens returned from foreign countries and provide funding to avoid shortfalls in Medicare cost-sharing program (S. 2949), H348-H350 [26JA], E98, E103 [27JA]

———provide for certain clarifications and extensions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 5712), H5563-H5565 [14JY], H8278 [9DE], E1308 [13JY]

———provide for certain clarifications and extensions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 5712), Senate amendments, H7618-H7621 [29NO]

———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 (H.R. 678), E771 [6MY], E915 [24MY]

Spectrum Health, Inc.: inclusion in Thomson Reuters (company) ``Best Hospitals'' list, E1431 [27JY]

Spirit of Women (organization): tribute to HeartCaring Meeting, E758 [5MY]

Starnes, Sarah: Society for Leadership in Health Care Social Work Leader of the Year award recipient, E709 [29AP]

States: decision to nullify federally-imposed mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance, H1653 [18MR]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: amend (H.R. 6081), E1569 [10AU]

———amend (S. 3751), H7186-H7189 [28SE], H7380 [29SE], E1853 [29SE]

Stroaker, Ruth: American Red Cross Prince William County, VA, Chapter Elizabeth Smith Davies award recipient, E491 [25MR]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H248 [20JA], H308-H314 [21JA], E65 [21JA]

Sweeny, TX: anniversary of Sweeny Community Hospital, E399 [17MR]

Tacoma, WA: Northwest Physicians Network recipient of Pierce County Health Care Champions Business Award, E1521 [30JY]

Tanner, Representative: allegations of trading vote on health care reform legislation for appointment to be U.S. Ambassador to NATO, H1681, H1687 [19MR]

Targacept, Inc.: tribute to Alzheimer's disease research, E2107 [9DE]

Taxation: allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (H.R. 1470), H1904 [21MR]

———ensure health coverage provided by the Dept. of Defense is treated as minimum essential coverage (H.R. 4887), H1762-H1767, H1784-H1787, H1789-H1792 [20MR], H1843 [21MR], H2180 [22MR]

———impose an excise tax on currency transactions and use funds to establish child care, global health care, and climate change adaptation and mitigation trust funds (H.R. 5783), E1371 [20JY]

———impose an excise tax on foreign companies that are not members of certain international trade agreements in order to pay for health benefits for first responders to terrorist attacks, H8960, H8961 [22DE]

———improve access to health care by allowing a deduction for the health insurance costs of individuals and expanding health savings accounts, H1464 [16MR]

———prevent tax increases on medical devices, H1567, H1570 [17MR], H1707 [19MR], H3189 [5MY]

———rates, H654 [23FE], H2622-H2638 [15AP]

Technology: encourage use of electronic medical records, H1542 [17MR]

Television: encourage transparency in health care reform negotiations by broadcasting them on C-SPAN, H13, H17-H22, H26 [12JA], H124, H126, H131 [13JA], H148 [19JA], H243 [20JA], H460-H465 [2FE], H3110 [4MY], E38 [19JA]

Thousand Oaks, CA: Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center designation as Level II Trauma Center by Ventura County Board of Supervisors, E1256 [30JN]

Tobin, Judith Gedney: Hall of Fame of Delaware Women inductee, E448 [22MR]

U.N. Millennium Declaration: support ideals and objectives and related Millennium Development Goals, and commend progress in poverty and hunger eradication, human rights, and global health initiatives, E1723 [23SE]

United Kingdom: effects of government-run health care, H1175 [9MR]

University of Miami: tribute to Miller School of Medicine research team for identifying a gene that increases a person's risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease, H2986 [28AP]

Valparaiso, IN: tribute to Multiple Sclerosis Society Different Faces of MS award recipients, E1598 [14SE]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits, H4095 [28MY]

———improve and enhance mental health benefits, counseling, and other benefits available to veterans and survivors, H2731 [21AP]

———proposed increase in amount military retirees pay for health insurance under TRICARE, H8278 [9DE]

———provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training, H3880 [27MY]

———provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (H.R. 3199), H6839-H6842 [22SE], E1732 [23SE]

———provide travel expenses for family caregivers accompanying veterans to medical treatment facilities, H2728 [21AP]

Vietnamese Conflict: provide for environmental cleanup and compensation of victims due to Agent Orange exposure, E1452 [28JY]

Virginia: U.S. district court ruling on constitutionality of federally-imposed mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance, H8298, H8335 [14DE], H8356, H8358 [15DE]

Visiting Nursing Association of Western New York, Inc.: anniversary, E1289 [13JY]

Warrington, PA: Neshaminy Manor Long Term Care Facility recipient of My InnerView (company) National Excellence in Action Award, E1035 [8JN]

Water: increase assistance for States, water systems, and disadvantaged communities, strengthen EPA safe drinking water enforcement, reduce lead, and strengthen endocrine disruptor screening program (H.R. 5320), H6431-H6440 [29JY], E1511 [30JY], E1541 [9AU]

———reduce lead in drinking water, E1541 [9AU]

———reduce lead in drinking water (S. 3874), H8617-H8619 [17DE], E2218 [21DE]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (H.R. 2030), H7001 [28SE], H8333 [14DE], E2176 [16DE]

Waterville, ME: anniversary of Kennebec Behavioral Health, E1802 [29SE]

Welcome Back Veterans (organization): recognize and support efforts to provide care for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and related psychiatric disorders (H. Res. 1746), H8102, H8104 [8DE], E2202 [18DE]

West Palm Beach, FL: Foundcare Health Center designation as the first federally qualified health center look-alike in Florida, E2052 [2DE]

Williamson County, TN: tribute to American Cancer Society Relay for Life event, E1035 [8JN]

Women: health care for women, H1598, H1599, H1600, H1627-H1641 [18MR], H1659, H1711, H1719 [19MR]

———improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (H.R. 1032), H7189, H7190 [28SE], H7380 [29SE]

———prevent, remedy, and repair occurrences of obstetric fistula, E298 [3MR]

———tribute to pro-life women in history, H1342-H1348 [11MR]

Worcester, MA: anniversary of AdCare Hospital, E1769 [29SE]

World AIDS Day: observance, E2029 [1DE]

World Malaria Day: observance, E583, E594 [20AP], E620, E637 [22AP]

World Tuberculosis Day: observance, E477 [24MR], E487 [25MR]

World Veterinary Year: designate (H. Res. 1531), H8044-H8046 [7DE]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (S. 14), S7791 [29SE]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, S143 [22JA], S1246 [8MR], S5690 [30JN]

———reject the use of violence to prevent access to reproductive health care or as a response to a difference in beliefs, S4474, S4512 [27MY]

Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.: anniversary, S5099 [17JN]

American Association of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities: tribute to Illinois Direct Support Professional Award recipients, S2637 [26AP]

American Diabetes Month: observance, S7886 [15NO]

———support goals and ideals (S. Res. 676), S8250 [29NO]

American Medical Women's Association: anniversary, S1356 [10MR]

Antitrust policy: restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers, S3626 [12MY]

———restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (H.R. 4626), S824 [26FE], S825 [1MR], S2015 [24MR], S2087 [25MR]

Arizona: increases in health insurance premiums, S6155 [22JY]

Arkansas: tribute to Arkansas Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S1165 [4MR]

———tribute to health care facilities earning trauma care designations, S7750 [29SE]

Armed Forces: extend TRICARE coverage to certain dependents under the age of 26 (H.R. 4923), S2290 [14AP]

———extend TRICARE coverage to certain dependents under the age of 26 (S. 3201), S2297 [14AP]

———require mental health screenings for members deployed in connection with a contingency operation, S3581 [12MY]

———require provision of medical and dental readiness services to certain members of the Selected Reserve and Individual Ready Reserve based on medical need (S. 1106), S3581 [12MY]

Association for Community Affiliated Plans: anniversary, S5694 [30JN]

Bell, Tony: ConvaTec Inc., Great Comebacks Award recipient, S794 [25FE]

Black Lung Benefits Act: ensure benefit equity for eligible survivors, S1789 [22MR], S2083 [25MR]

Boone County, AR: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ``Healthy Kids—Healthy Communities'' program grant recipient, S192 [25JA]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, S7886 [15NO]

Budget: allocation of funds, S4878-S4880 [14JN]

———finance additional unemployment insurance and other Federal programs through certain tax loophole closures, S2341, S2346 [15AP]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), S1783-S1790, S1798, S1799 [22MR], S1819, S1821-S1867 [23MR], S1923-S2012 [24MR], S2069-S2089 [25MR], S2158 [26MR], S2753 [28AP]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), motion to commit, S1838-S1841, S1846-S1849 [23MR], S1924, S1937-S1940, S1959, S1994-S1998, S2000, S2005 [24MR], S2075, S2076 [25MR]

———rescind certain unspent Federal funds to pay for additional emergency unemployment compensation and certain other Federal programs, S2275-S2278, S2281, S2287 [14AP], S2346 [15AP]

———rescind funds from certain Federal programs to pay for additional emergency unemployment compensation, S10249-S10251 [15DE]

———use of budget reconciliation process to revise health care reform legislation, S1131, S1133, S1137 [4MR], S1247, S1248 [8MR], S1275 [9MR], S1321 [10MR], S1423, S1437-S1443 [11MR], S1490 [15MR], S1576, S1580-S1582, S1614 [16MR], S1685-S1688, S1691, S1712, S1716 [18MR]

Business and industry: effect of health care legislation on professional employer organizations, S1989 [24MR]

California: Anthem Insurance Cos., Inc., decision to increase health insurance premiums, S2561 [22AP]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program (S. 3479), S4851 [10JN]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: ban on mailings sent by Medicare Advantage providers relative to the effect of health care reform proposals on the quality and cost of such plans, S3794 [17MY], S4166 [25MY]

Children and youth: examine and improve the child welfare workforce (S. 3328), S4522 [27MY]

———increase in drug use, S11028 [22DE]

———protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint (S. 3895), S7802 [29SE]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), S4547 [27MY], S4846 [10JN], S6287 [27JY], S6357-S6359 [28JY], S6478 [29JY], S6700-S6702 [4AU], S6832-S6835, S6842-S6845, S6849 [5AU]

———revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (S. 4043), S10514, S10515 [17DE]

Children's Dental Health Month: support (S. Res. 434), S1129 [4MR]

Colorado Trust (organization): anniversary, S6582 [2AU]

Committee on Finance (Senate): testimony of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Donald M. Berwick relative to new health care law, S8002 [18NO]

Committee on the Budget (Senate): appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S189 [25JA], S1866 [23MR]

Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program: funding, S1324 [10MR], S6240 [26JY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 111th Congress, S5-S7 [20JA], S11012, S11013, S11024-S11026 [22DE]

———efficacy of comprehensive legislation rather than individual reform to address legislative priorities, S62 [21JA]

———legislative priorities, S10422 [17DE]

Constitution—U.S.: constitutionality of mandate requiring U.S. citizens to have health insurance, S1984, S2012 [24MR], S6599 [3AU]

Conway, AR: inclusion in Kiplinger.com (Internet site) ``Least Expensive Cities for Living in the U.S.'' list, S6582 [2AU]

Correctional institutions: authorize appropriations of U.S. assistance to help eliminate inhumane conditions in foreign prisons and other detention facilities (S. 3798), S7176 [16SE]

Courts: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform, S1132 [4MR], S1276 [9MR], S1506 [15MR]

CPSC: promulgate consumer product safety standard requiring child-proof closures on remote controls and other electronic products that use button cell batteries (S. 3896), S7803 [29SE]

Credit: exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (S. 3419), S4220 [25MY]

Culture of Safety Hospital Accountability Study and Demonstration Program: establish (S. 3596), S5968 [15JY]

DEA: authorize certain health care professionals in nursing homes to transmit DEA-licensed practitioners' orders to deliver pain medications, S10925 [21DE], S11026 [22DE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S1224 [5MR], S5141-S5143 [18JN], S6558 [2AU], S7004-S7008 [13SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a demonstration project to promote collaborations to improve school nutrition (S. 3342), S3541 [11MY]

———establish a weekend and holiday feeding program to provide nutritious food to at-risk school children on weekends and extended school holidays during the school year (S. 3292), S2808 [29AP]

———increase amount of fruits and vegetables purchased for school breakfast and lunch programs (S. 3144), S1753 [18MR]

Dept. of Education: improve 21st Century Community Learning Centers (S. 3061), S1019 [3MR]

Dept. of HHS: design, construct, and operate facilities to develop and produce biological products used to respond to potential bioterrorist attacks or naturally occurring pathogens (S. 3140), S1751 [18MR]

———enhance Federal efforts focused on increasing public awareness of risks and dangers associated with Shaken Baby Syndrome (S. 3003), S495 [4FE]

———establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for viral hepatitis infection to reduce chronic viral hepatitis and liver cancer (S. 3711), S6886 [5AU]

———establish a program to award grants to, and enter into contracts with, medical-legal partnerships to assist patients to navigate health-related programs and activities (S. 3668), S6524 [29JY]

———establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (S. 3320), S6383 [28JY]

———establish Office of the Deputy Sec. for Health Care Fraud Prevention (S. 2128), S767 [25FE], S1333 [10MR], S1508 [15MR]

———include problem and pathological gambling in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration programs and establish grant program to address consequences of problem gambling (S. 3418), S4219 [25MY]

———increase access to health care for disabled individuals and increase awareness of the need for health care facilities and examination rooms to be accessible for disabled individuals (S. 3907), S7810 [29SE]

———integrate mental health services for older adults into primary care settings and provide grants for geriatric mental health treatment outreach teams (S. 3698), S6738 [4AU]

———provide for use of unobligated discretionary stimulus funds to address AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) waiting lists and other cost containment measures impacting State programs (S. 4006), S8510 [3DE], S8513 [4DE]

———provide grants for community-based mental health infrastructure improvements (S. 4035), S10411 [16DE]

———reauthorize and extend the fetal alcohol syndrome prevention and services program (S. 3154), S1875 [23MR], S3533 [11MY]

———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (S. 3058), S7412 [23SE]

Dept. of Justice: improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (S. 3224), S2426 [19AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize waiver of collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of veterans (S. 3325), S3363 [6MY]

———clarify level of health care that constitutes minimum essential coverage (H.R. 5014), S3946, S3947 [18MY]

———clarify level of health care that constitutes minimum essential coverage (S. 3162), S2026 [24MR], S2096, S2107 [25MR], S2165 [26MR]

———clarify level of health care that constitutes minimum essential coverage (S. 3162), unanimous-consent request, S2003 [24MR]

———extend temporary authority for performance of medical disability examinations by contract physicians (S. 3609), S5994 [19JY]

———funding, S4409 [26MY]

———improve processing of claims for disability compensation (S. 3517), S5270 [22JN]

———make certain improvements in insurance and health care programs (H.R. 3219), S7656-S7665 [28SE]

———named J.D. Power and Associates top mail order pharmacy program, S11027 [22DE]

———provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans (S. 1963), S4511 [27MY]

———provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans (S. 1963), House amendment, S2566-S2573 [22AP]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (S. 423), S4511 [27MY]

———require complete congressional review process prior to funding a presumption of service connection between exposure of veterans to Agent Orange and certain medical conditions, S4414 [26MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), House amendment, S8968 [14DE], S10236, S10260, S10274, S10279, S10288 [15DE], S10312-S10316, S10349, S10351, S10373, S10383-S10385, S10401, S10405 [16DE], S10452-S10454 [17DE], S10685 [18DE], S10732-S10734, S10770 [19DE], S10852, S10853, S10867, S10875, S10877-S10884, S10891 [21DE], S11023 [22DE]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: address prescription drug abuse among the Armed Forces and veterans, S7023 [13SE]

Detroit, MI: tribute to World Stem Cell Summit, S7741 [29SE]

Disabled: enhance early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (S. 3199), S8601, S8602 [7DE]

———help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment, S2679 [27AP]

Diseases: cervical cancer awareness, prevention, and treatment, S433 [2FE]

———development of an HIV vaccine, S3904 [18MY]

———ensure U.S. global HIV/AIDS assistance prioritizes saving lives by focusing on access to treatment (S. 3627), S6085 [21JY]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (S. 3703), S6738 [4AU]

———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (S. 1492), S7261 [21SE]

———reauthorize and enhance programs to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers (H.R. 2941), S8809 [10DE]

———reauthorize and enhance programs to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers (S. 3493), S4941 [15JN]

———sickle cell disease research and treatment funding, S7942-S7944 [17NO]

Domestic policy: fully offset extension of emergency unemployment compensation, enhanced Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage reimbursements, and summer youth jobs programs (S. 3551), S5700 [30JN]

———provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (S. 3153), S1819, S1821 [23MR]

———provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (S. 3153), motion to proceed, S2091-S2094 [25MR], S2145 [26MR]

———provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (S. 3173), S2138, S2149-S2152 [26MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs, S836-S838 [1MR], S2008 [24MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), S761, S776-S792, S816 [25FE], S818-S821, S824 [26FE], S825, S826, S852-S854 [1MR], S898-S904, S910-S921, S923, S926-S934 [2MR], S1211 [5MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), unanimous-consent agreement, S926 [2MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), unanimous-consent request, S772, S773, S776, S778, S786, S792, S816 [25FE], S819, S820 [26FE], S826, S844 [1MR], S897, S898, S899 [2MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S1756 [18MR], S1759 [19MR], S2094-S2099 [25MR], S2226-S2230, S2233-S2235 [13AP], S2257, S2265-S2269, S2275-S2282, S2286, S2287 [14AP], S2341, S2351, S2363-S2367, S2396 [15AP]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), motion to proceed, S2099-S2106 [25MR], S2135-S2152 [26MR], S2187-S2189, S2191-S2195, S2197, S2199-S2202 [12AP], S2216, S2226 [13AP]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), unanimous-consent agreement, S2168 [26MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), unanimous-consent request, S1759, S1760 [19MR], S2096, S2098, S2102 [25MR], S2138, S2144 [26MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (S. 3421), S4394 [25MY], S4397 [26MY]

———temporarily extend certain programs (S. 3421), unanimous-consent request, S4870 [14JN], S5097 [17JN], S5164 [21JN]

Downing Grove, IL: tribute to Dupage Medical Group and Reserve Officers Association series of health care programs on Reserve components and military medicine, S2418 [19AP]

Drugs: increased use of K2 herbal incense products, S7344 [22SE]

———more effectively regulate anabolic steroids (S. 4032), S10305 [15DE]

———restore application of the 340B drug discount program to orphan drugs for children's hospitals (S. 11), S7620 [28SE], S8343 [1DE]

Early Detection Month: designate (H. Con. Res. 158), S714 [23FE]

Eating disorders: enhance and further research of prevention and treatment and improve access to treatment (S. 3260), S2650 [26AP]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), S509, S510 [9FE], S559 [11FE]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), House amendment, S600-S613 [22FE], S677-S679, S681-S688, S691-S693 [23FE], S718-S727, S730 [24FE], S784 [25FE], S1212, S1224 [5MR], S1453, S1479 [11MR], S1496, S1500-S1504 [15MR], S1575, S1577-S1579, S1584 [16MR], S1633-S1638 [17MR], S1745 [18MR]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), House amendment—unanimous-consent agreement, S693 [23FE]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), House amendment—unanimous-consent request, S682 [23FE]

Education: support establishment of Doctor of Nursing Practice and Doctor of Pharmacy dual degree programs (S. 3859), S7634 [28SE]

El Dorado, AR: El Dorado School District recipient of Arkansas School Boards Association Arkansas Healthy School Board Gold Award, S4846 [10JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (S. 1197), S4650 [8JN]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: exclude external power supplies for certain security or life safety alarms and surveillance system components from energy efficiency standards (H.R. 5470), S10933 [21DE]

Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of the National Alzheimer's Project (S. 3036), S8597 [7DE], S8654 [8DE], S8709 [9DE]

FAA: study and monitor aircraft cabin air quality, and mandate installation of air cleaning and sensor technology if such study demonstrates that these steps would provide a public health benefit, S1733 [18MR]

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend certain exemptions for direct care workers and improve systems for collection and reporting of data on the direct care workforce (S. 3696), S6653 [3AU]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (S. 3680), S6549 [30JY]

———extend benefits to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees, S5312 [23JN]

FDA: ensure that the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act and other requirements for dietary supplements are fully implemented and enforced (S. 3414), S4215, S4216 [25MY]

———establish a nanotechnology program (S. 2942), S123 [21JA]

———improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food, S10770 [19DE], S10810 [20DE]

———improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (S. 510), S6866 [5AU], S7111 [15SE], S7143 [16SE], S7337 [22SE], S7392-S7405 [23SE], S8046, S8049, S8093, S8094 [18NO], S8111 [19NO], S8211-S8213, S8219-S8239 [29NO], S8259-S8268 [30NO], S8545 [6DE]

———improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (S. 510), motion to proceed, S7730 [29SE], S7877, S7880 [15NO], S7913, S7917-S7923, S7926, S7929-S7932, S7941, S7942 [17NO], S8001, S8008-S8010, S8013-S8017, S8025-S8031 [18NO]

———improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (S. 510), unanimous-consent agreement, S8222 [29NO]

———improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food (S. 510), unanimous-consent request, S7336 [22SE], S7394 [23SE], S8221, S8222 [29NO], S8267 [30NO]

———improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food without creating new Government bureaucracy, S8232 [29NO], S8263 [30NO]

———improve capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to food safety problems and the safety of imported food without creating new Government bureaucracy (S. 3832), S7397 [23SE]

———permit emergency scheduling of designer anabolic steriods, S8028 [18NO]

———strengthen regulation of dietary supplements that may pose safety risk unknown to consumers (S. 3002), S494 [4FE], S613 [22FE]

Federal employees: extend eligibility for coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to certain adult dependents of Federal employees and annuitants, S4641, S4642 [8JN], S4732, S4733 [9JN]

———extend eligibility for coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to certain adult dependents of Federal employees and annuitants (S. 3341), S3633 [12MY]

———require the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, political appointees, and congressional staff to purchase health insurance through the exchanges, S1859-S1862 [23MR], S1996 [24MR]

Federal-State relations: State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, S182 [25JA], S1276 [9MR], S1324 [10MR], S1760-S1763 [19MR], S1971 [24MR]

Food: establish appropriate criminal penalties for certain knowing violations relating to food that is misbranded or adulterated (S. 3767), S7038 [13SE]

———increase criminal penalties for certain knowing violations relating to food that is misbranded or adulterated (S. 3669), S6526 [29JY]

———strengthen Federal consumer product safety programs and activities relative to commercially-marketed seafood, S7922 [17NO]

Foreign trade: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program and certain trade preference programs and amend Harmonized Tariff Schedule to modify temporarily certain rates of duty (H.R. 6517), S10438-S10440 [17DE], S10914 [21DE], S10990, S11011 [22DE]

———extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program and certain trade preference programs and amend Harmonized Tariff Schedule to modify temporarily certain rates of duty (H.R. 6517), unanimous-consent request, S10439 [17DE]

———support increased market access for exports of U.S. beef and beef products (S. Res. 544), S4560 [27MY]

Fort Smith, AR: inclusion in Kiplinger.com (Internet site) ``Least Expensive Cities for Living in the U.S.'' list, S6582 [2AU]

Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology: anniversary of EyeCare America program (S. Res. 557), S5045 [16JN]

Haiti: recognize importance of recovery, rehabilitation, and rebuilding following humanitarian crisis due to earthquake (S. Res. 414), S1127 [4MR]

Hawaii: anniversary of Kuakini Health System, S5108 [17JN]

Hazardous substances: establish standards limiting the amounts of arsenic and lead contained in glass beads used in pavement markings (S. 3670), S6526 [29JY]

———reduce emissions of formaldehyde from composite wood products (S. 1660), S4891, S4892 [14JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: economic impact on Tennessee State budget, S1980 [24MR]

———repeal Patient Center Outcomes Research Institute, CMS Innovation Center, U.S. Preventive Service Task Force, and Independent Payment Advisory Board provisions, S2005 [24MR]

———repeal tax on unearned investment income Medicare contribution (S. 3712), S6887 [5AU]

Health care facilities: Presidential Memorandum on respecting rights of hospital patients to receive visitors and to designate surrogate decisions makers for medical emergencies, S2417 [19AP]

Health care professionals: address critical shortages of primary care physicians, S3579 [12MY]

———enhance global healthcare by implementing immigration policies that encourage foreign workers in the U.S. to assist with health care in their home countries (S. 3135), S1671 [17MR]

———improve access to pro bono health care for medically underserved or indigent individuals by providing limited medical liability protections, S2070 [25MR]

———recognize contribution of pharmacies to U.S. health system, S1515 [15MR]

———reduce cost of health care and ensure patient access to doctors by ending excessive malpractice verdicts through common-sense lawsuit reform, S1935 [24MR]

———tribute, S1665 [17MR], S1810 [22MR]

Health Insurance Rate Authority: establish, S1954 [24MR]

———establish (S. 3078), S1172-S1174 [4MR], S2561 [22AP], S5184-S5186 [21JN], S5533 [29JN]

Heartland Health (company): Dept. of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, S10927 [21DE]

Hebert, Sylvia P.: ConvaTec Inc., Great Comebacks Award recipient, S1015 [3MR]

Herrick, James B.: anniversary of the discovery of sickle cell disease (S. Res. 685), S8107 [18NO]

HIV Vaccine Awareness Day: observance, S3904 [18MY]

House of Representatives: consideration of rule for reconciliation legislation that would deem Senate version of health care reform legislation passed, S1635 [17MR], S1686, S1687, S1705 [18MR], S1767 [19MR]

Illinois: increases in health insurance premiums, S1286 [9MR]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (S. 3901), S7804-S7807 [29SE]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: reauthorize and extend, S6179 [22JY]

Insurance: decisions by States on operation of high risk health insurance pools, S3961 [19MY]

———ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers, S3154 [5MY]

———extend temporarily the period of COBRA continuation health coverage, S736 [24FE], S761, S776 [25FE], S818-S822 [26FE], S852, S853 [1MR], S901-S904, S923, S930 [2MR], S1336 [10MR], S4717-S4719 [9JN], S5077 [17JN], S5194-S5196 [21JN], S5295 [23JN], S5668 [30JN]

———health insurance premiums rates, S827-S836 [1MR], S2080 [25MR]

———increase maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program (S. 3801), S7177 [16SE]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions in health insurance coverage, S2560 [22AP]

———provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce, S2075, S2076 [25MR]

———repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees (S. 3501), S7931 [17NO]

———require citizenship and immigration verification of eligibility for any national health care plan, S2071, S2072 [25MR]

Kagan, Elena: evaluation of nomination to be Supreme Court Justice relative to role in development of Clinton administration policy on partial-birth abortion, S6605, S6625 [3AU], S6741 [4AU], S6756 [5AU]

———involvement in evaluation of health care reform legislation or pending lawsuits in role as Solicitor General relative to possible recusals as Supreme Court Justice, S5812-S5814 [14JY]

Kotzebue, AK: Maniilaq Association funding, S10288 [15DE]

Louisiana: request for change or realignment of Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage formula, S457-S460 [4FE]

Malaria Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 499), S2600 [22AP]

Marshall Islands: provide supplemental ex gratia compensation for impacts of the U.S. nuclear testing program (S. 2941), S54 [20JA]

Medicaid: exemption of Nebraska from increased funding obligations, S8 [20JA]

———extend the period of temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage, S688 [23FE], S6498 [29JY], S6558, S6565-S6567 [2AU], S6605 [3AU], S6678-S6685 [4AU], S6760, S6765, S6766 [5AU]

———extend the period of temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage, unanimous-consent request, S5096 [17JN]

———give States incentives to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse, S2078 [25MR]

———impact of increased funding obligations on States, S7 [20JA], S4953 [16JN]

———maintain rebates on certain pharmaceuticals, S6766 [5AU]

Medicare: allow individuals to opt out of Part A benefits, S2006 [24MR]

———anniversary, S6511 [29JY]

———apply a consistent part B premium for all beneficiaries (S. 3950), S7971 [17NO]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse, S1132 [4MR], S1333 [10MR], S1511 [15MR]

———eliminate gap in coverage of prescription drug benefit, S4572 [28MY], S7932 [17NO]

———eliminate lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services (S. 3028), S744 [24FE]

———ensure beneficiary access to physicians, ensure equitable reimbursement for all rural States, and eliminate sweetheart deals for frontier States (S. 3216), S2387 [15AP]

———ensure transparency of Independent Payment Advisory Board, S2109 [25MR]

———establish a fraud, waste, and abuse detection and mitigation program, S6384 [28JY]

———expand access to medication therapy management services (S. 3543), S5539 [29JN]

———extend the exceptions process relative to caps on payments for therapy services, S977 [3MR]

———funding, S1941 [24MR]

———impact of sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians on outpatient therapy services, S7200 [20SE]

———Medicare Advantage program funding, S1133 [4MR], S1274, S1275 [9MR], S1853 [23MR], S1937-S1940, S1969, S1997 [24MR], S5227 [22JN]

———part D prescription drug benefit funding, S784-S787 [25FE]

———prohibit use of trust fund revenues to establish new entitlement programs and require any savings to be reinvested back into Medicare, S1825-S1829 [23MR], S1993 [24MR]

———protect access to home health services for beneficiaries (S. 3315), S3168 [5MY]

———protect beneficiary access to hospital care in rural areas from recommendations by the Independent Payment Advisory Board, S2004 [24MR]

———recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (S. 3211), S3088 [4MY]

———reduce costs of prescription drugs for beneficiaries and guarantee access to comprehensive prescription drug coverage (S. 4024), S8787, S8788 [10DE]

———reform hospital wage index classification system, S2012 [24MR]

———reform payment policies using Independent Payment Advisory Board recommendations, S2158 [26MR]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, S468 [4FE], S777 [25FE], S976, S995, S998 [3MR], S1135 [4MR], S1275-S1277, S1294 [9MR], S1422 [11MR], S1706, S1707 [18MR], S1971-S1975, S1977, S2002 [24MR], S4641 [8JN], S5063, S5085, S5096 [17JN], S5226, S5253 [22JN], S5416 [24JN]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), S5 [20JA], S736, S737 [24FE], S793 [25FE]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), unanimous-consent request, S559 [11FE]

———require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (S. 3415), S4218 [25MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: coverage of vision rehabilitation specialists and include vision services in health plans offered through the health insurance exchange, S247 [26JA]

Members of Congress: enroll in Medicaid, S1934-S1937, S1940, S1997 [24MR]

Mental Health Month: observance, S4437 [26MY]

Mining and mineral resources: improve mine safety, S2224-S2226 [13AP], S2771 [29AP], S7403 [23SE]

———improve occupational safety law compliance, empower workers to raise concerns, prevent workplace tragedies, and establish rights for workplace accident victims and families (S. 3671), S6527 [29JY], S7593-S7597, S7607 [28SE]

———improve occupational safety law compliance, empower workers to raise concerns, prevent workplace tragedies, and establish rights for workplace accident victims and families (S. 3671), unanimous-consent request, S7595 [28SE]

———improvements in mine safety, S151 [22JA]

Minnesota: tribute to Red River Valley flood mitigation efforts, S1252 [8MR]

Minorities: reduce health disparities within racial and ethnic minority groups, S685 [23FE]

National Aphasia Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 512), S4627 [7JN]

National Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 427), S2167 [26MR]

National Autoimmune Diseases Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 372), S1206 [4MR]

National Brain Tumor Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 537), S4470 [26MY]

National Cancer Research Month: observance, S4513 [27MY]

National Cancer Survivors Day: observance, S4615 [7JN]

National Celiac Disease Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 605), S6668 [3AU]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (S. Res. 650), S7564 [27SE]

National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 412), S2166 [26MR]

National Childhood Stroke Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 527), S3790 [14MY]

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform: recommendations, S8453 [3DE], S8540-S8542 [6DE], S8628, S8630, S8634 [8DE], S8849 [13DE]

National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 204), S2325 [14AP]

National Convenient Care Clinic Week: designate (S. Res. 585), S5996 [19JY], S6225 [22JY]

National Day of Recognition for Long-Term Care Physicians: designate (S. Con. Res. 52), S7771 [29SE]

National Eye Donor Month: observance, S694 [23FE]

National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 612), S6981 [5AU]

National Foundation on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition: establish (S. 1275), S8690 [9DE]

National Health Information Technology Week: designate (S. Res. 550), S4866 [10JN]

National Hepatitis Awareness Month: observance, S3903 [18MY]

National Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) Month: designate (S. Res. 508), S4469, S4470 [26MY]

———observance, S5534 [29JN]

National Home Care & Hospice Month: observance, S7952 [17NO], S10299 [15DE]

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 561), S5212 [21JN]

National Infant Mortality Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 602), S6543 [30JY], S6581 [2AU]

National Institute of Nursing Research: anniversary (S. Res. 642), S7426 [23SE]

National Men's Health Week: observance (S. Res. 547), S4892 [14JN]

National MPS Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 528), S3790 [14MY]

National 9-1-1 Education Month: designate (S. Res. 482), S2326 [14AP]

National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week: designate (S. Res. 643), S7426 [23SE]

National Nurses Week: observance, S3453 [10MY]

———support goals and ideals (S. Res. 522), S3661 [12MY]

National Nursing Home Week: designate (S. Res. 518), S3433 [7MY]

National objectives: policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S547 [11FE], S604, S612 [22FE], S677, S685 [23FE], S717 [24FE], S758-S760, S766-S768, S771 [25FE], S898 [2MR], S974-S978, S991 [3MR], S1125, S1131-S1141, S1154-S1156, S1159, S1163 [4MR]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S7-S10, S12, S30, S36, S39 [20JA], S211 [26JA], S457-S460 [4FE], S529 [9FE], S827-S836 [1MR], S1243, S1246 [8MR], S1273-S1276, S1283, S1286, S1297-S1302, S1306 [9MR], S1321-S1327, S1333 [10MR], S1415, S1421-S1426, S1437-S1443, S1451 [11MR], S1489, S1505-S1512 [15MR], S1565, S1576, S1577, S1580-S1582 [16MR], S1635, S1642 [17MR], S1685-S1693, S1705-S1713, S1716, S1725-S1728 [18MR], S1760-S1763, S1767-S1772 [19MR], S1783-S1790, S1798, S1799 [22MR], S1819, S1820, S1829, S1835, S1841, S1855-S1859, S1864-S1867 [23MR], S2012-S2015 [24MR], S2096 [25MR], S2142, S2157, S2158 [26MR], S2185, S2187, S2200, S2203 [12AP], S2235, S2236 [13AP], S2257 [14AP], S2487-S2489 [21AP], S2560 [22AP], S2678-S2680 [27AP], S3123 [5MY], S3570, S3571, S3579 [12MY], S3853-S3855 [18MY], S3961 [19MY], S4111 [24MY], S4166 [25MY], S4399 [26MY], S4630-S4633, S4639, S4647-S4650 [8JN], S4954-S4956 [16JN], S5165 [21JN], S5226, S5227 [22JN], S5283-S5285, S5302 [23JN], S5661 [30JN], S5723-S5729 [12JY], S5754-S5758 [13JY], S6051 [21JY], S6371-S6373 [28JY], S6511 [29JY], S7200 [20SE], S7391, S7407, S7412-S7414 [23SE], S7438 [24SE], S7477 [27SE], S7932 [17NO], S8268 [30NO]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), S5150, S5151 [18JN], S5226 [22JN]

———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), unanimous-consent request, S5096 [17JN]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 555), S6667 [3AU]

National Physical Education and Sport Week: designate (S. Res. 515), S3433 [7MY]

National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 541), S4554 [27MY], S5309 [23JN]

National Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 543), S4560 [27MY]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 597), S7094 [14SE], S7130 [15SE]

National Public Health Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 453), S1464 [11MR]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 649), S7563 [27SE]

National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 497), S2573 [22AP]

National Women's Health Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 530), S3790 [14MY]

New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), S7774 [29SE], S7871 [15NO], S8550-S8552 [6DE], S10980-S10982, S10990, S10995 [22DE]

———extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (H.R. 847), motion to proceed, S8552 [6DE], S8615 [8DE], S8663, S8664 [9DE], S8968 [14DE], S10475 [17DE]

Newton County, AR: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ``Healthy Kids—Healthy Communities'' program grant recipient, S192 [25JA]

NIH: anniversary of Office of Research on Women's Health (S. Res. 695), S8557 [6DE]

Northwestern University: anniversary of Feinberg School of Medicine (S. Res. 394), S397 [1FE]

Nuclear weapons: make workers from the Cold War Nevada Test Site eligible for automatic compensation, S3157 [5MY]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, S18-S21 [20JA], S170 [25JA]

———State of the Union Message, S318 [28JA], S359-S362 [29JA]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize, S7261 [21SE]

Palestinian Authority: anniversary of Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem, S7746 [29SE]

Parkinson's Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 474), S2167 [26MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow an earlier start for State health care coverage innovation waivers (S. 3958), S8006-S8008 [18NO]

———allow lawfully permanent residents who are ineligible for Medicaid to receive tax credits to purchase health insurance, S2079 [25MR]

———allow States the right to opt out of federally-imposed health insurance mandate, S1945, S1998 [24MR]

———call for GAO study to determine if certain guidelines or standards would result in new causes of legal action or claims, S2079 [25MR]

———condition implementation on Dept. of HHS certification that premiums will not increase higher than projected, S1852-S1855 [23MR], S1995 [24MR]

———disapprove rule imposing mandates on current health plans in order to retain grandfathered status (S.J. Res. 39), S7931 [17NO]

———disapprove rule imposing mandates on current health plans in order to retain grandfathered status (S.J. Res. 39), motion to proceed, S7673-S7678, S7680-S7693 [29SE]

———disapprove rule imposing mandates on current health plans in order to retain grandfathered status (S.J. Res. 39), unanimous-consent agreement, S7605 [28SE]

———eliminate certain provisions pertaining to special Medicaid and Medicare funding for certain States, S1831-S1837, S1845 [23MR], S1993, S1994 [24MR], S2074 [25MR]

———ensure appropriate treatment of Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense health programs, S1952, S1953, S2003 [24MR]

———ensure taxes on Medicare, wages and unearned income are indexed for inflation, S2074 [25MR]

———exempt small businesses from taxes and requirements of health care mandates, S1846-S1849 [23MR], S1960, S1994, S1995 [24MR]

———impact on health care costs, S3570 [12MY], S7075-S7077 [14SE]

———impact on insurance coverage, S8316 [1DE]

———impact on Medicare funding, S4630, S4632, S4647 [8JN], S4727 [9JN], S5283 [23JN]

———impact on small businesses, S4027 [20MY], S5243, S5244 [22JN], S5661 [30JN]

———implementation of Patient's Bill of Rights, S7391, S7412-S7414 [23SE]

———Prevention and Public Health Fund funding, S7012-S7015 [13SE], S7059, S7061 [14SE]

———prohibit implementation of health care reforms until Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services certifies reforms will lower national health care costs, S2072, S2073 [25MR]

———prohibit tax increase for individuals under certain income levels, S1838-S1841 [23MR], S1994 [24MR]

———prohibit tax on net investment income, S1959, S2000 [24MR]

———provide inflation adjustment for additional hospital insurance tax on high-income taxpayers, S2077 [25MR]

———repeal, S1978, S1979, S2004 [24MR], S4727 [9JN], S6369-S6371 [28JY], S6837 [5AU], S7074-S7077 [14SE], S7369 [23SE], S7930, S7931 [17NO]

———repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program, S1958, S2000 [24MR]

———repeal penalty for failure to comply with individual health insurance mandate, S2076 [25MR]

———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (S. 3653), S7931 [17NO]

———repeal (S. 3147), S1847 [23MR]

———repeal (S. 3152), S1819, S1821 [23MR]

———repeal taxable year limitation on small business tax credit, S2078 [25MR]

———repeal unwarranted provisions and more efficiently use taxpayer dollars in health care spending (S. 3239), S2519 [21AP]

———suspend if OMB determines that the CBO deficit reduction targets are not being met, S2075 [25MR]

———tribute to efforts of Members and staff who worked on passage, S2081 [25MR]

———waive penalty on hiring previously unemployed individuals, S1957, S1999 [24MR]

Pennsylvania State University: tribute to IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) to raise money for the Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital Four Diamonds Fund (S. Res. 488), S2427 [19AP]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (S. 3415), S4218 [25MY]

Pink Angels (organization): tribute to participation in Boston, MA, 3-Day Cancer Walk, S5739 [12JY]

Pittsburgh, PA: inclusion in Forbes (publication) ``America's Most Livable Cities'' list, S3354 [6MY]

Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 592), S6221 [22JY], S6538 [29JY], S7023 [13SE], S7117 [15SE]

Prematurity Awareness Day: observance, S7954 [17NO]

Prematurity Awareness Month: observance, S7954 [17NO]

Prescription Drug Disposal Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 539), S4162 [24MY]

Public Health Service Commissioned Corps: tribute, S7262 [21SE]

Puerto Rico: improve calculation of fee-for-service costs for Medicare beneficiaries, S1989 [24MR]

Pujols Family Foundation: tribute, S3983 [19MY]

Red Cross Month: observance, S1308 [9MR], S2110 [25MR], S2159 [26MR]

Religion: recognize religious and spiritual care as a medical expense eligible for tax deduction through health insurance plans in the exchanges, S2235, S2236 [13AP]

Research: provide for human stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research (S. 3766), S7036-S7038 [13SE], S7874 [15NO], S8209 [29NO]

Reuters (news service): investigation of WellPoint Inc., use of computer program to identify breast cancer patients and target their health insurance policies for termination, S2560 [22AP]

Schools: advance health and wellbeing of schoolchildren through technical assistance, training, and support for healthy school foods, local wellness policies, and nutrition promotion and education (S. 3446), S4547 [27MY]

Senate: impact of partisanship, S1992 [24MR], S2673 [27AP]

———tribute to congressional staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S2082, S2085-S2087 [25MR]

———tribute to congressional staff who worked on H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, S2203 [12AP]

Senate Rules: prohibit use of reconciliation to consider changes in Medicare, S1161 [4MR]

Silver Star Service Banner Day: designate (S. Res. 534), S4024 [19MY]

Social Security: apply an earnings test in determining the amount of monthly insurance benefits for individuals entitled to disability benefits based on blindness (S. 2962), S343 [28JA]

———disregard, for purposes of eligibility for SSI and Medicaid, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (S. 1674), S6979 [5AU]

———increase payments for temporary assistance to U.S. citizens returned from foreign countries and provide funding to avoid shortfalls in Medicare cost-sharing program (S. 2949), S202, S203 [25JA]

———prevent fraud, waste, and abuse under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 2964), S345 [28JA]

———prevent fraud, waste, and abuse under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 3900), S7804 [29SE]

———provide for certain clarifications and extensions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 5712), S5977 [19JY], S8046 [18NO]

———State Children's Health Insurance Program reauthorization, S6864 [5AU]

South Dakota State Medical Association Alliance: anniversary, S4440 [26MY]

Springdale, AR: anniversary of Jones Center for Families, S7957 [17NO]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: amend (S. 3751), S6900-S6902 [5AU], S7650-S7653 [28SE]

Summer Food Service Program Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 578), S5716 [30JN]

Supreme Court: anniversary of decision in Harris v. McRae on the prohibition of Federal funding of abortions under Medicaid, S5690 [30JN]

———anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, S142, S148 [22JA]

Tax Extenders Act: strike emergency designation for provisions on additional unemployment compensation, COBRA continuation coverage, and Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage increase, S1007, S1008, S1011 [3MR]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance, S1853 [23MR]

———allow refunds of Federal motor fuel excise taxes on fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles, S2011 [24MR]

———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes, S7151 [16SE]

———ensure health coverage provided by the Dept. of Defense is treated as minimum essential coverage (H.R. 4887), S2213 [12AP]

———ensure health coverage provided by the Dept. of Defense is treated as minimum essential coverage (S. 3148), S1814 [22MR], S2096 [25MR]

———ensure health coverage provided by the Dept. of Defense is treated as minimum essential coverage (S. 3148), unanimous-consent request, S2003 [24MR]

———exempt pediatric medical devices from the medical device tax, S4728, S4733 [9JN]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S677-S679 [23FE], S723 [24FE]

———extend enhancements to health coverage tax credit, S8978 [14DE]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (H.R. 2625), S2417 [19AP]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (S. 1153), S5312 [23JN]

———prohibit tax increases on medical devices, S1965, S2001 [24MR]

———prohibit tax increases on medical devices for soldiers and veterans, S1966, S2002 [24MR]

———prohibit tax increases on pediatric devices and assistive medical devices for individuals with disabilities, S1965-S1968, S2001 [24MR]

———rates, S2340 [15AP]

———repeal limitation on itemized medical expense deductions, S2009 [24MR]

Tourette syndrome: research and education funding, S2371 [15AP]

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: transition Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Program to Doctorate of Nursing Practice, S8342 [1DE]

Vermont: anniversary of Volunteer Center Bone Builders program, S7740 [29SE]

Veterans: establish veterans' treatment courts (S. 902), S2806 [29AP]

———provide benefits for children with spina bifida of veterans exposed to herbicides while serving in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era outside Vietnam (S. 3953), S7971 [17NO]

Vietnamese Conflict: provide for environmental cleanup and compensation of victims due to Agent Orange exposure, S7168 [16SE]

Water: prevent enforcement of certain national primary drinking water regulations unless sufficient funding is available or variance technology has been identified (S. 3038), S797 [25FE]

———reduce lead in drinking water (S. 3874), S10364 [16DE]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (S. 624), S7222-S7224 [20SE]

Women: reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (S. 3906), S7809 [29SE], S7954 [17NO]

World AIDS Day: observance, S8342 [1DE]

World Alzheimer's Day: observance, S7261 [21SE]

World Tuberculosis Day: support goals (S. Res. 454), S2015 [24MR]

World Veterinary Year: designate (S. Res. 583), S7426 [23SE]

World Water Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 466), S1877 [23MR]

Year of the Lung: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 432), S11057 [22DE]

Reports

Estimated Health Care Savings Resulting From the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Geiger-Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative, George Washington University, S1964 [24MR]

Marijuana Smoking and Fungal Sensitization: Representative Kagen, Viswanath P. Kurup, Peter G. Sohnle, and Jordan N. Fink, H8244-H8246 [8DE]

Obama Adminstration's Proposed 2.9% ``HI'' Surtax Would Harm the Economy and Lose Revenue: Stephen J. Entin, Gary Robbins, and Michael Schuyler, Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation, S1961 [24MR]

Potential Impact of Health Reform on the Cost of Private Health Insurance Coverage: PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd., S833 [1MR]

Reports filed

Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Research and Treatment Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1230) (H. Rept. 111-637), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Air and Health Quality Empowerment Zone Designation Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 3373) (S. Rept. 111-218), S5536 [29JN]

American Medical Isotopes Production Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 3276) (S. Rept. 111-120), S340 [28JA]

Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1210) (H. Rept. 111-638), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5320) (H. Rept. 111-524), H5500 [1JY]

Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 5145) (H. Rept. 111-489), H3701 [20MY]

Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5462) (H. Rept. 111-642), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Blowout Prevention Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5626) (H. Rept. 111-581), H6402, H6454 [29JY]

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act (H.R. 1796) (H. Rept. 111-573), H6162 [27JY]

Chemical and Water Security Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2868) (S. Rept. 111-370), S10410 [16DE]

Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1017) (H. Rept. 111-488), H3701 [20MY]

Claims Processing Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 3517) (S. Rept. 111-354), S8244 [29NO]

Clean Coastal Environment and Public Health Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 878) (S. Rept. 111-170), S2476 [20AP]

Concussion Treatment and Care Tools (ConTACT) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1347) (H. Rept. 111-632), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Consideration of H.R. 847, 9/11 Health and Compensation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1674) (H. Rept. 111-648), H7388 [29SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and H.R. 4872, Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1203) (H. Rept. 111-448), H1817 [20MR]

Consideration of H.R. 4247, Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1126) (H. Rept. 111-425), H1026 [2MR]

Consideration of H.R. 4626, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1098) (H. Rept. 111-418), H753 [23FE]

Consideration of H.R. 5822, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans' Services: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1559) (H. Rept. 111-570), H6162 [27JY]

Consideration of S. 3307, Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1742) (H. Rept. 111-665), H7757 [30NO]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 2847, Hiring Incentives To Restore Employment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1137) (H. Rept. 111-426), H1167 [4MR]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 3082, Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extension Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1782) (H. Rept. 111-694), H8940 [21DE]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans' Services: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1755) (H. Rept. 111-675), H8263 [8DE]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 1586, Education Jobs Fund Establishment and Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Temporary Increase Extension: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1606) (H. Rept. 111-584), H6578 [9AU]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 2751, FDA Food Safety Modernization Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1781) (H. Rept. 111-692), H8940 [21DE]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1109) (H. Rept. 111-420), H931 [25FE]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1225) (H. Rept. 111-458), H2456 [25MR]

Dental Emergency Responder Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 903) (H. Rept. 111-647), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Dept. of HHS Document Transmittal Relative to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Regarding Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 1561) (H. Rept. 111-649), H7388 [29SE]

Dept. of Justice Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 908), S5461 [25JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Extension of Temporary Authority for Performance of Medical Disability Examinations by Contract Physicians: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 3609) (S. Rept. 111-288), S7033 [13SE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans' Services: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5822) (H. Rept. 111-559), H5983 [22JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3615) (S. Rept. 111-226), S5993 [19JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3686) (S. Rept. 111-243), S6583 [2AU]

Disaster Response, Recovery, and Mitigation Enhancement Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3377) (H. Rept. 111-562), H6042 [26JY]

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 3199), S8554 [6DE]

Emergency Medic Transition (EMT) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3199) (H. Rept. 111-608), H6803 [16SE]

Enhance and Increase the Number of Veterinarians Trained in Veterinary Public Health: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2999) (H. Rept. 111-634), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Food Safety Accountability Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 3767), S7420 [23SE]

Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 3798), S10929 [21DE]

Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4805) (H. Rept. 111-509), H4676 [22JN]

———Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1660) (S. Rept. 111-169), S2421 [19AP]

Gestational Diabetes (GEDI) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5354) (H. Rept. 111-633), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Health Care for Individuals Exposed to Environmental Hazards at Camp Lejeune, NC, and Atsugi Naval Air Facility, Japan and Advisory Board To Examine Such Exposures: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 3378) (S. Rept. 111-189), S3830 [17MY]

Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 3307) (S. Rept. 111-178), S3162 [5MY]

Heart Disease Education, Analysis Research, and Treatment (HEART) for Women Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1032) (H. Rept. 111-639), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Medical Debt Relief Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3421) (H. Rept. 111-629), H7152, H7210 [28SE]

Methamphetamine Education, Treatment, and Hope Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2818) (H. Rept. 111-641), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Military Medical Accountability Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1478) (H. Rept. 111-466), H2876 [26AP]

Miner Safety and Health Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 5663) (H. Rept. 111-579), H6402, H6454 [29JY]

National Alzheimer's Project Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 3036), S8554 [6DE]

National Commission on Children and Disasters Reauthorization and Final Report Deadline Extension: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 5266) (H. Rept. 111-548), H5711 [19JY]

National Foundation on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition Establishment Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1275), S8599 [7DE]

National Neurological Diseases Surveillance Systems Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1362) (H. Rept. 111-636), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies Through Outreach and Research Now (NEWBORN) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3470) (H. Rept. 111-609), H6803 [16SE]

9/11 Health and Compensation Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 847) (H. Rept. 111-560), H5983 [22JY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 847) (H. Rept. 111-560), H5983 [22JY]

Oceans and Human Health Reauthorization Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1252) (S. Rept. 111-296), S7205 [20SE]

Pediatric Research Consortia Establishment Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 758) (H. Rept. 111-640), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Funding Reform Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1507) (S. Rept. 111-203), S4744 [9JN]

Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 369) (S. Rept. 111-123), S438 [2FE]

Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 4247) (H. Rept. 111-417), H753 [23FE]

Programs To Increase Awareness and Knowledge With Respect to Gynecologic Cancers Reauthorization and Enhancement: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2941) (H. Rept. 111-635), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

———Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (H.R. 2941), S8554 [6DE]

Recognize Importance of Recovery, Rehabilitation, and Rebuilding of Haiti Following Humanitarian Crisis Due to Earthquake: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 414), S740 [24FE]

Reconciliation Act: Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 4872) (H. Rept. 111-443), H1595 [17MR]

Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 3874), S10410 [16DE]

Republic of the Marshall Islands Supplemental Nuclear Compensation Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2941) (S. Rept. 111-268), S6882 [5AU]

Request the President and Dept. of HHS Transmit to House of Representatives Copies of Documents, Records, and Communications on Health Care Reform Agreements: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 983) (H. Rept. 111-408), H426 [29JA]

Same-Day Consideration of Rule and Consideration Under Suspension of the House Rules of H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1248) (H. Rept. 111-463), H2578 [14AP]

Scleroderma Research and Awareness Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2408) (H. Rept. 111-631), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

7th Generation Promise—Indian Youth Suicide Prevention Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1635) (S. Rept. 111-166), S2115 [25MR]

Sewage Overflow Community Right-To-Know Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 937) (S. Rept. 111-170), S2476 [20AP]

Social Security Modernization—Options To Address Solvency and Benefit Adequacy: Committee on Aging (Senate, Special), S3715 [13MY]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act Amendments: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 6081) (H. Rept. 111-643), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

———Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 3751), S7420 [23SE]

Training and Research for Autism Improvements Nationwide (TRAIN) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5756) (H. Rept. 111-617), H6878 [22SE]

Veterans Benefits and Economic Welfare Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 6132) (H. Rept. 111-630), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Veterans Telehealth and Other Care Improvements Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 3325) (S. Rept. 111-286), S7033 [13SE]

Victims of Torture Treatment Programs Funding: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 2839) (S. Rept. 111-186), S3715 [13MY]

Water for the World Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 624) (S. Rept. 111-185), S3715 [13MY]

Resolutions by organizations

Combat-Related Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day: Pennsylvania House of Representatives, E1379 [20JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), S1996, S1997, S2000, S2003, S2008, S2009, S2010 [24MR], S2070, S2071, S2075, S2077, S2086 [25MR]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 5822), consideration (H. Res. 1559), H6206 [28JY]

Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S2269 [14AP]

Statements

Ensure Appropriate Treatment of Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense Health Programs Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Eric K. Shinseki, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, H1849, H1912 [21MR]

Enzi Proposal Would Threaten Market Reforms in Affordable Care Act: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S7688 [29SE]

GOP on Reconciliation: Several Members of Congress, S1692 [18MR]

Patient Perspectives on the Research Gaps in Tick Borne Diseases: Time for Lyme (organization), Lyme Disease Association and California Lyme Disease Association, E1872-E1874 [29SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Lewin Group (organization), S831 [1MR]

———Sonny Perdue, Governor of Georgia, S1978 [24MR]

Pay-as-You-Go Effects of H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act: CBO, S2365 [15AP]

Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures: Representative Burgess, H1592 [17MR]

Stem Cell Research Advancement Act: Senator Specter, S7036-S7038 [13SE]

TRICARE Affirmation Act: AMVETS (organization), H1912 [21MR]

———Eric K. Shinseki, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, H1868 [21MR]

———Vietnam Veterans of America (organization), H1868, H1912 [21MR]

Summaries

Accomplishments of the 111th Congress, E2250 [22DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590): CBO and Committee on Taxation (Joint) Findings on Impact on Health Insurance Premiums, S828 [1MR]

Water for the World Act (H.R. 2030), H8502 [15DE]

Tables

Budget aggregates, H2171, H2172 [21MR]

Changes that disqualify health plans from grandfathered status under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S7680 [29SE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S189 [25JA], S1867 [23MR]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 5822), H6218-H6221 [28JY]

Effect of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, on average premiums for health insurance, S829 [1MR]

Effect of Senate proposal on average premiums for health insurance, S1510 [15MR]

Estimated national job losses caused by passage of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H1918 [21MR]

Estimated revenue effects of revenue provisions of Reid amendment to H.R. 2847, Hiring Incentives To Restore Employment Act, S721 [24FE]

Federal lands construction halted by furlough of Dept. of Transportation inspectors due to Senator Bunning filibuster of H.R. 4691, Temporary Extension Act, S914 [2MR]

Health care reform analysis—CBO v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Tennessee impact and assumptions, S835 [1MR]

Illustrative impact of Federal highway funding reduction by State, S916 [2MR]

Medicare cuts caused by passage of H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, H1918 [21MR]

Pay-as-you-go effects of Brown of Ohio substitute amendment to H.R. 6517, Omnibus Trade Act, S11011 [22DE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 847, 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, S10980 [22DE], H6452 [29JY], H7387 [29SE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 2847, Hiring Incentives To Restore Employment Act, H1165 [4MR]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 3219, Veterans' Benefits Act, S7665 [28SE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 3421, Medical Debt Relief Act, H7148, H7205 [28SE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 3962, Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act, S5150 [18JN]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 4691, Temporary Extension Act, H929 [25FE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act, S2365 [15AP], H1594 [17MR]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 4994, Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act, S8631 [8DE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 5320, Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act, H6452 [29JY]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 6130, Strengthening Medicare Anti-Fraud Measures Act, H6876 [22SE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 6132, Veterans Benefits and Economic Welfare Improvement Act, H7149, H7206 [28SE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 6156, renew Dept. of HHS authority to approve demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies in State child welfare programs, H6986 [23SE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 6495, Mine Safety Protection Act, H8262 [8DE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 6517, Omnibus Trade Act, H8517 [15DE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of Harkin substitute amendment to S. 510, FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, S8267 [30NO]

Pay-as-you-go effects of S. 1963, Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act, H2796 [21AP]

Pay-as-you-go effects of S. 3307, Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, S6832 [5AU]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Education and Labor (House), Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), and Committee on Ways and Means (House), H2172 [21MR]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 137, address the lack of adequate housing as a barrier to effective HIV prevention, treatment, and care, and commit to providing adequate funding for developing housing as a response to the AIDS pandemic, H3715 [24MY]

H. Con. Res. 158, Early Detection Month, H204 [20JA]

H. Con. Res. 244, National Day of Recognition for Long-Term Care Physicians, H1691 [19MR]

H. Con. Res. 268, support goals and ideals of National Women's Health Week, H3284 [11MY]

H. Con. Res. 288, National Men's Health Week, H4640 [22JN]