DISEASES see also Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Health

Addresses

Prevent Cancer Foundation Excellence in Cancer Awareness Award: Andrew J. Sussman, CVS Health Corp., E1482 [19SE]

Amendments

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (H.R. 1281), S6394, S6395 [8DE], H8994 [10DE]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (S. 1417), S605 [29JA]

Ebola: express that current outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (S. Res. 541), S5878 [18SE]

Growth Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 489), S4840, S4845 [23JY]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (H.R. 2901), H8854 [8DE]

World AIDS Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 314), S3040, S3044 [14MY]

Articles and editorials

Everyone Deserves Clean Air and Equal Protection From Pollution, S6038 [18NO]

In Chicago, Piles of Petroleum Coke Suggest the Future of Canadian Tar Sands Oil, S6040 [18NO]

Study Ties Diabetic Crises to Dip in Food Budgets, H231 [15JA]

Texas Toxic Town Lures Industry While Residents Wheeze, S6038 [18NO]

Bills and resolutions

African Americans: recognize and address disparity in breast cancer treatment and mortality rates for African-American women (see H. Res. 554), H3197 [10AP]

Armed Forces: provide that members performing hazardous humanitarian services in West Africa to combat the spread of the ebola outbreak shall be entitled to tax benefits as if serving in a combat zone (see S. 2965), S6205 [20NO] (see H.R. 5804), H8867 [8DE]

Asthma: improve asthma management, education, and research (see S. 2804), S5588 [15SE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer (see S. 2655), S4903 [24JY] (see H.R. 5185), H6813 [24JY]

Courts: prohibit recovery of damages in certain wrongful birth and wrongful life civil actions (see H.R. 4698), H4783 [21MY]

Death and dying: improve end-of-life care (see S. 3009), S6788 [12DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: support country-of-origin labeling, ban imports of fresh meats from countries with foot-and-mouth disease, and reform certain livestock programs (see S. 2764), S5217 [31JY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for Alzheimer’s disease research (see H.R. 4798), H5068 [2JN]

——— define care coordination under the Older Americans Act, include care coordination as a fully restorative service, and detail such departmental functions (see H.R. 5200), H6814 [24JY]

——— develop a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (see S. 2864), S5782 [18SE]

——— ensure effectiveness of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program by ensuring funding allocations are evidence-based and by promoting greater utilization of patient-centered care (see H.R. 4260), H2484 [14MR]

——— establish a Hospital Fund for the treatment of individuals with ebola or other specified infectious diseases (see S. 2942), S6148 [19NO]

——— establish grant programs to improve health of border area residents and for hazards preparedness in border areas including bioterrorism, infectious disease, and noncommunicable emerging threats (see S. 2268), S2470 [29AP] (see H.R. 5221), H6976 [28JY]

——— make grants to train elementary and secondary school nurses how to respond to a biological or chemical attack or an outbreak of pandemic influenza in a school building or on school grounds (see H.R. 5840), H9044 [10DE]

——— provide for enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families (see H.R. 4010), H1686 [6FE]

——— reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (see S. 2449), S3507 [9JN] (see H.R. 4631), H4058 [9MY]

——— reauthorize sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and provide for sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 5124), H6351 [16JY]

——— revise and extend program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent deaths from chronic liver disease and liver cancer (see S. 2538), S4153 [26JN]

——— submit report on parasitic disease among poor Americans (see H.R. 4944), H5723 [24JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making supplemental appropriations to establish and maintain mobile hospital units for responding to an epidemic (see H.R. 5738), H8132 [19NO]

Dept. of Labor: ensure that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner and protect miners from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) (see S. 2959), S6205 [20NO] (see H.R. 5751), H8169 [20NO]

Dept. of State: restrict passports for travel to or use in certain countries (see H.R. 5692), H7937 [12NO]

Dept. of the Interior: identify and declare wildlife disease emergencies and coordinate rapid response to these emergencies (see H.R. 5156), H6398 [17JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a task force on Agent Orange exposure (see H.R. 4408), H2961 [4AP]

——— improve research of Gulf War Illness and provide for the independent operation of the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses (see H.R. 4261), H2484 [14MR]

——— review the dialysis pilot program and submit a report to Congress before expanding such program (see H.R. 3831), H134 [9JA]

Ebola: authorize assistance on an emergency basis for countries affected by or at risk of being affected by the ebola virus outbreak to effectively address such outbreak at its source (see H.R. 5710), H7995 [14NO]

——— ban new visas to citizens from ebola-affected countries and ban travel to the U.S. for any person who is not a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident who traveled through an ebola-affected country (see H.R. 5688), H7937 [12NO]

——— ban new visas to residents of ebola-affected countries and require the President to report on the status of the ebola outbreak (see S. 2953), S6204 [20NO] (see H.R. 5746), H8169 [20NO]

——— direct the President to take action to protect against transmission of ebola virus from individuals traveling to the U.S. from abroad (see H.R. 5707), H7979 [13NO]

——— express that current outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (see S. Res. 541), S5508 [10SE] (see H. Res. 701), H7184 [31JY]

——— prohibit certain flights from landing in the U.S. and prohibit issuance of certain visas to protect the U.S. from the ebola virus disease (see H.R. 5694), H7937 [12NO]

——— tribute to efforts of medical professionals and others to combat and contain the ebola virus and call for development of ways to better protect individuals from ebola and increased commitment to address epidemic (see H. Con. Res. 118), H7995 [14NO]

FDA: create a limited population pathway for approval of certain antibacterial drugs (see S. 2996), S6540 [10DE]

——— expand priority review voucher incentive program to encourage treatments for tropical diseases (see H.R. 5729), H8071 [18NO]

——— incentivize the development of treatments and vaccines for ebola by adding the disease to priority review voucher program (see S. 2917), S5918 [12NO]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see S. 2266), S2470 [29AP]

Food: provide that meat, poultry, and egg products containing certain pathogens or contaminants are adulterated (see H.R. 4966), H5767 [25JN]

Growth Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 489), S4154 [26JN]

Health: authorize grants for the support of caregivers (see S. 2866), S5782 [18SE]

——— continue progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis (see H.R. 5835), H9044 [10DE]

——— create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see S. 2800), S5564 [11SE]

——— enhance efforts to address antimicrobial resistance (see S. 2236), S2378 [10AP]

——— improve understanding and coordination of critical care health services (see S. 2966), S6205 [20NO]

——— require Dept. of HHS to establish a Regenerative Medicine Coordinating Council and GAO to submit report identifying all Federal programs and activities relative to regenerative medicine (see S. 2126), S1652 [13MR]

Health and Fitness Month: designate (see H. Res. 564), H3408 [1MY]

Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 640), H5640 [23JN]

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: improve diagnosis and treatment (see H.R. 4592), H3939 [7MY]

Homeless: modernize formula and terms for allocations to prevent homelessness for individuals living with HIV or AIDS (see H.R. 5640), H7886 [18SE]

Immigration: prohibit issuance of visas to, and the admission into the U.S. of, an alien during a certain period following the presence of the alien in Guinea, Liberia, or Sierra Leone (see H.R. 5693), H7937 [12NO]

International MRSA Testing Week: designate (see H. Res. 760), H8132 [19NO]

International relations: develop international plans of action to address Alzheimer’s disease and dementia (see H. Res. 489), H1937 [25FE]

International Self-Care Day: designate (see S. Res. 515), S4763 [23JY]

Kidney disease: improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see H.R. 4814), H5185 [9JN]

Medicare: establish Medicare Better Care Program to provide integrated care for beneficiaries with chronic conditions (see S. 1932), S372 [15JA] (see H.R. 3890), H472 [15JA]

——— improve Medicare Advantage special needs plans (see H.R. 4484), H3196 [10AP]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3877), H472 [15JA]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see S. 2689), S5134 [30JY] (see H.R. 5644), H7886 [18SE]

——— provide for coverage of home as a site of care for infusion therapy (see H.R. 5435), H7433 [10SE]

——— restore access to diabetic testing supplies for beneficiaries (see S. 1935), S439 [16JA]

——— strengthen rules applied in case of competition for diabetic testing strips (see H.R. 5808), H8868 [8DE]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see S. 2348), S3074 [15MY]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 5294), H7126 [30JY]

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 366), S1234 [27FE] (see H. Res. 500), H2198 [5MR]

Multiple System Atrophy Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 518), H2433 [13MR]

National Aphasia Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 464), S3367 [3JN]

National Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 336), S440 [16JA]

National Asian American and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 586), H4475 [19MY]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 563), H3408 [1MY]

National Bladder Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 538), H2914 [3AP]

National Cancer Prevention Day: designate (see H. Res. 473), H1592 [4FE]

National Cancer Research Month: designate (see S. Res. 445), S3029 [14MY]

National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 396), S1731 [25MR]

National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 673), H6398 [17JY]

National Drug Take-Back Week: designate (see S. Res. 466), S3367 [3JN]

National Men’s Health Week: anniversary (see S. Res. 473), S3668 [12JN]

National Minority Health Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 428), S2470 [29AP] (see H. Res. 560), H3364 [30AP]

National Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 528), H2744 [27MR]

National Osteogenesis Imperfecta Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 513), H2301 [11MR]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 536), S5325 [1AU] (see H. Res. 697), H7126 [30JY]

National Phenylketonuria Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 585), S6205 [20NO]

National Prescription Opioid and Heroin Abuse Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 466), S3367 [3JN]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 575), S5784 [18SE] (see H. Res. 740), H7887 [18SE]

National Prostate Cancer Council: establish (see S. 2813), S5628 [16SE]

National security: recognize importance of biosecurity and agro-defense (see S. Res. 373), S1315 [5MR]

Native Americans: permanently reauthorize the special diabetes programs for Indians (see S. 2830), S5629 [16SE]

Naturopathic Medicine Week: designate (see S. Res. 420), S2379 [10AP] (see H. Res. 508), H2256 [6MR]

Neglected tropical diseases: facilitate effective research on, and treatment of, neglected tropical diseases through coordinated domestic and international efforts (see H.R. 4847), H5318 [11JN]

NIH: expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (see S. 2851), S5781 [18SE] (see H.R. 4221), H2360 [12MR]

——— implement prize competitions with the goal of improving health outcomes and thereby reducing Federal expenditures (see H.R. 5790), H8365 [3DE]

——— prioritize funding to discover treatments and cures, maintain global leadership in medical innovation, and restore purchasing power (see H.R. 5580), H7884 [18SE]

——— prioritize funding to discover treatments and cures, maintain global leadership in medical innovation, restore purchasing power (see S. 2658), S4903 [24JY]

——— research risks posed by dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in feminine hygiene products and urge the FDA to monitor and disclose contaminants in all menstrual hygiene products (see H.R. 4746), H4909 [28MY]

——— submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see S. 2192), S1923 [1AP] (see H.R. 4351), H2801 [1AP]

NOAA: identify, declare, and respond to marine disease emergencies (see H.R. 5546), H7882 [18SE]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: establish a grant program to support U.S.-Israeli cooperation for neuroscience-related research (see H.R. 4472), H3196 [10AP]

Parkinson’s Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 408), S1923 [1AP]

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. 379), S1519 [11MR]

Pharmaceuticals: allow importation, distribution, and sale of investigational drugs and devices intended for use by terminally ill patients (see H.R. 5854), H9302 [11DE]

——— allow manufacture, importation, distribution, and sale of investigational drugs and devices intended for use by terminally ill patients (see H.R. 4475), H3196 [10AP]

——— establish a new class of ‘‘dormant therapy’’ drugs to remove disincentives to the development of certain treatments relative to the length of patent protections (see S. 3004), S6626 [11DE]

Public Health Emergency Fund: make a supplemental appropriation (see H.R. 5797), H8668 [4DE]

Rare Disease Day: designate (see S. Res. 368), S1234 [27FE] (see H. Res. 493), H2065 [27FE]

Safety: ensure certain safety measures are utilized in the interest of public health security relative to labeling and transporting of human tissue specimens or collection of specimens into interstate commerce (see H.R. 5318), H7181 [31JY]

‘‘Smoking and Health—Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the U.S.’’: anniversary (see S. Res. 330), S291 [13JA]

Social Security: provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see H.R. 4930), H5597 [20JN]

Stepanek, Matthew J.T.: tribute (see S. Res. 509), S4662 [21JY]

Summitt, Pat: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1910), S223 [9JA] (see H.R. 3836), H134 [9JA]

Tuberculosis: commend progress made by, and reaffirm commitment to, anti-tuberculosis programs (see S. Res. 393), S1691 [24MR]

Vector-borne diseases: provide for scientific framework (see H.R. 4701), H4783 [21MY]

Women: recognize that cardiovascular disease continues to be an overwhelming threat to women’s health and the importance of providing basic, preventive heart screenings to women (see S. Res. 454), S3237 [21MY] (see H. Res. 619), H5318 [11JN]

——— require breast density reporting to physicians and patients by facilities that perform mammograms (see S. 2622), S4620 [17JY] (see H.R. 5145), H6398 [17JY]

World AIDS Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 597), S6540 [10DE]

World Malaria Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 426), S2470 [29AP] (see H. Res. 570), H3446 [6MY]

World MRSA Day: designate (see H. Res. 760), H8132 [19NO]

World Plumbing Day: designate (see S. Res. 390), S1653 [13MR]

World Tuberculosis Day: support goals (see S. Res. 393), S1691 [24MR]

Letters

Dept. of Defense Defense Health Program multiple sclerosis research funding: several Representatives, H5447 [18JN]

National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month: Alexander Dennis, H4816 [22MY]

Lists

Organizations supporting S. 2658, Accelerating Biomedical Research Act, S4907 [24JY]

Proclamations

World Stroke Day: Representative Nugent, E1622 [18NO]

Remarks in House

African Americans: recognize and address disparity in breast cancer treatment and mortality rates for African-American women (H. Res. 554), H3252 [29AP], E577 [10AP]

AIDS Awareness Month: observance, E1675 [1DE]

Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month: observance, H5649 [24JN], E791 [20MY]

Alzheimer’s disease: develop plan of action to address, H8267–H8272 [2DE]

——— research funding, H5870–H5873 [8JY], H7999 [17NO], H8074 [19NO], H8228, H8267–H8272 [2DE], H8288 [3DE], E1587 [14NO], E1698 [2DE], E1734 [4DE], E1814 [12DE]

American Dental Association: tribute to Action for Dental Health—Dentists Making a Difference campaign to address dental health crisis, H5056 [30MY]

American Nephrology Nurses Association: tribute, E1397 [11SE]

American Society of Clinical Oncology: recognize anniversary and commitment to cancer research, education, prevention, and patient care, H4009–H4014 [8MY], E712 [8MY], E739 [9MY], E843 [28MY], E944 [10JN]

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: observance, E731 [9MY]

Brain Awareness Week: observance, H2287 [11MR], E366 [12MR]

Breast cancer: provide research and education on triple-negative breast cancer (H.R. 80), H4012 [8MY]

Cancer Support Community (organization): anniversary, E603 [28AP]

Center for Medicine in the Public Interest: tribute to My Life Is Worth It Campaign, E1421 [16SE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer (H.R. 5185), H8889–H8891 [9DE]

Childhood Apraxia of Speech Day: observance, E655 [1MY]

Children’s Cardiomyopathy Awareness Month: observance, H7539 [16SE]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): tribute to 21st Century Cures intiative, H7540 [16SE]

Committee on Foreign Affairs (House): Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations hearing on global impact of autism spectrum disorders, E1293 [31JY]

Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week: observance, E204 [11FE]

Congress: legislative priorities, H8077 [19NO]

CVS Health Corp.: Prevent Cancer Foundation Excellence in Cancer Awareness Award recipient, E1482 [19SE]

Dallas, TX: Children’s Medical Center of Dallas recipient of Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Davies Enterprise Award of Excellence, E617 [29AP]

——— Parkland Health and Hospital System Stroke Program recipient of American Heart Association and American Stroke Association Get With the Guidelines-Stroke Gold-Plus Achievement Award and the Target—Stroke Honor Roll, E509 [3AP]

Debbie’s Dream Foundation: tribute to Dream Makers Gala, H3436 [6MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: citrus greening research funding, H5263 [11JN]

Dept. of Defense: breast cancer research funding, H4724 [21MY], H5461, H5462 [18JN]

——— collaborate with NIH to combat triple negative breast cancer, H5409 [18JN]

——— Defense Health Program Alzheimer’s disease research funding, H5452 [18JN]

——— Defense Health Program multiple sclerosis research funding, H5446, H5447 [18JN]

——— Gulf War Illness Research Program funding, H5456 [18JN]

——— prostate cancer research funding, H5464 [18JN]

——— provide information regarding the types and amounts of munitions used for training exercises on Vieques, PR, and Culebra, PR, and allocate necessary funding to complete cleanup, H2650 [26MR]

——— stomach cancer research funding, E1047 [23JN]

——— treatment for service-connected illnesses and complications caused by exposure to open-air burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan funding, H5443, H5444 [18JN]

——— Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program funding, H2157 [5MR], H2438 [14MR]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for training and support services for Alzheimer’s disease patients and their families (H.R. 2975), H4682 [20MY], H5871–H5873 [8JY], E791 [20MY]

——— raise awareness of breast cancer and encourage women to get mammograms, H1760 [11FE]

——— reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (H.R. 4631), H5688–H5693 [24JN], E1062 [24JN], E1067, E1069 [25JN], E1079 [26JN], E1095 [30JN]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (H.R. 1281), H5696–H5699 [24JN], E1062 [24JN], E1067 [25JN], E1095 [30JN]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (H.R. 1281), Senate amendment, H8994 [10DE]

Dept. of HUD: Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program funding through reductions in information technology funding, H5157 [9JN]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program (H.R. 2976), H4682 [20MY], H5871–H5873 [8JY], E791 [20MY]

Dept. of Labor: ensure that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner and protect miners from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) (H.R. 5751), E1660–E1662 [20NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve research of Gulf War Illness and provide for the independent operation of the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War veterans Illnesses (H.R. 4261), H4863–H4866 [28MY]

——— prohibit funding to implement sole source contracting for the selection of devices and test strips for the self-monitoring of blood glucose, H3354 [30AP]

——— provide transparency and accountability in deaths of veterans from Legionnaires disease at Pittsburgh, PA, VA medical facility, H3339 [30AP]

——— report cases of reportable infectious diseases at departmental medical facilities in accordance with State laws, H1524–H1526 [3FE]

Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month: observance, H2618 [25MR], E452 [26MR]

Diseases: Alzheimer’s disease research funding, E1698 [2DE]

District of Columbia: prohibit funding for needle exchange programs, H6125 [11JY]

Drugs: require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (H.R. 1801), H2699 [27MR]

Ebola: authorize assistance on an emergency basis for countries affected by or at risk of being affected by the ebola virus outbreak to effectively address such outbreak at its source (H.R. 5710), E1632 [19NO]

——— ban new visas to residents of ebola-affected countries and require the President to report on the status of the ebola outbreak (H.R. 5746), H8149, H8150 [20NO]

——— efforts to contain outbreak in Africa, H6865 [28JY], H7614 [16SE], E1346 [8SE], E1459 [19SE]

——— efforts to contain outbreak in Africa funding, H7545 [16SE]

Elmira, NY: tribute to Susan G. Komen Twin Tiers Region Race for the Cure, E831 [22MY]

Endangered Species Act: economic impact of proposal to designate Northern Long-Eared Bat as an endangered species, H7279 [8SE]

EPA: allow proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon nonpublic information science when responding to emergencies and disasters, H8101 [19NO]

——— exempt certain rules that protect children and seniors from cancer-causing pollution or cause small business job loss from certain air quality standards, H8144 [20NO]

Epilepsy Awareness Month: observance, H8147 [20NO]

Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of the National Alzheimer’s Project, E1734 [4DE]

FDA: expedite approval of certain pharmaceuticals and experimental treatments used in cancer treatments, E1424 [16SE]

——— improve priority review voucher incentive program for expedited review of treatments for tropical and rare pediatric diseases, E1321 [1AU]

——— incentivize the development of treatments and vaccines for ebola by adding the disease to priority review voucher program (S. 2917), H8344 [3DE]

Foreign aid: provide assistance for treatment of hydrocephalus in children in developing countries, train health care providers in innovative methods to treat and cure hydrocephalus, and fund related research (H.R. 3525), E468 [28MR]

——— success of U.S. programs helping to lower the number of deaths of children under the age of five, E1084 [26JN]

FTC: study link between eating disorders and unrealistic body images depicted in advertising, H2152 [5MR]

Gehrig, Lou: anniversary of farewell address, H5734 [25JN]

Guerneville, CA: anniversary of the Russian River Health Center, E1287 [31JY]

Hardy, Josh: tribute to support of family and friends relative to appeal to FDA for expedited approval of experimental drug treatment, H2369 [13MR]

Health: cancer awareness, research, and prevention programs funding, H444 [15JA]

——— increase awareness of peripheral autoimmune neuropathies and related conditions, E1475 [19SE]

——— promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (H.R. 3091), H2004 [27FE]

——— promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (H.R. 3116), H4480 [20MY]

Hoffman, Michael C.: Epilepsy Foundation of Northeastern New York Flame of Hope Award recipient, H2287 [11MR]

Hyundai USA, Inc.: tribute to Hope on Wheels program, E564 [9AP]

Insight Memory Care Center (organization): anniversary, E1437 [17SE]

International relations: develop international plans of action to address Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, H2893 [3AP], H9278 [11DE], E126 [28JA]

——— develop international plans of action to address Alzheimer’s disease and dementia (H. Res. 489), H4682 [20MY], H5873 [8JY]

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month: observance, E620, E626 [29AP]

Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation: tribute, H6661 [23JY]

Kimberling, Cleon: Colorado Agriculture Hall of Fame inductee, E345 [11MR]

Live Like Bella Foundation for Childhood Cancer: tribute, H6041 [10JY]

Lupus Awareness Month: observance, H3436 [6MY], H4460 [19MY], E664 [1MY], E871 [29MY]

Lymphedema Awareness Week: observance, E701 [7MY]

Medicare: establish Medicare Better Care Program to provide integrated care for beneficiaries with chronic conditions (H.R. 3890), H1229 [16JA]

——— improve Medicare Advantage special needs plans (H.R. 4484), E571 [10AP]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (H.R. 1507), H4681 [20MY], H5649 [24JN], H5872, H5873 [8JY]

——— provide comprehensive cancer care planning coverage and coordination (H.R. 2477), H3457 [7MY]

——— provide for coverage of home as a site of care for infusion therapy (H.R. 5435), E1378 [10SE]

Melanoma Awareness Day: observance, E664 [1MY]

Mental health: address rising rates of autism, H4482 [20MY]

——— develop plan of action to address Alzheimer’s disease, H4680–H4682 [20MY], H5869–H5873 [8JY]

Middletown Township, NJ: tribute to Girl Scout Troop 1701 for ‘‘Do It for Your Daughter’’ breast cancer awareness campaign, E87 [16JA]

Miller, Shannon: Prevent Cancer Foundation Congressional Families Cancer Prevention Program Excellence in Cancer Awareness Award recipient, E106 [17JA]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (H.R. 5294), H7049, H7052 [30JY]

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month: observance, H2699 [27MR]

National African American Hepatitis C Awareness Action Day: observance, E1273 [30JY]

National Alopecia Areata Foundation: tribute, E468 [28MR]

National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month: observance, E1656 [20NO]

National Autism Awareness Month: observance, H2808, H2812 [2AP], H3249 [29AP], E420 [24MR]

National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H7304 [9SE]

National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc.: Prince William County, VA, Chapter recipient of Potomac Health Foundation grant to educate African-American churches on triple negative breast cancer, E835 [23MY]

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H2246 [6MR], H2659 [26MR]

National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month: observance, H2683 [26MR]

National Gay Blood Drive: tribute, H6039 [10JY]

National HIV Testing Day: observance, E1084 [26JN]

National Inflammatory Bowel Disease Awareness Week: observance, E1653 [20NO], E1732 [4DE]

National Marfan Awareness Month: observance, E261 [27FE]

National Men’s Health Week: anniversary, E987 [13JN]

——— observance, E996 [17JN]

National MPS Awareness Day: observance, E713 [8MY]

National Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 528), H2699 [27MR]

National Preparedness Month: observance, H7539 [16SE]

National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month: observance, H4483 [20MY], H4816 [22MY], H5562 [20JN]

National Wear Red Day: observance, H1649 [5FE]

Neglected tropical diseases: facilitate effective research on, and treatment of, neglected tropical diseases through coordinated domestic and international efforts (H.R. 4847), E1346 [8SE]

Nephrology Nurses Week: observance, E1397 [11SE]

NIH: childhood cancer research funding, H7304 [9SE]

——— expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (H.R. 4221), H4483 [20MY]

——— funding, H2813 [2AP], H3066 [9AP], H4813 [22MY], E1629 [19NO]

——— prioritize funding to discover treatments and cures, maintain global leadership in medical innovation, and restore purchasing power (H.R. 5580), H8043 [18NO]

——— provide for a pediatric research initiative through use of funds saved by terminating taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 2019), H1551 [4FE], H2994 [8AP]

——— reauthorize and extend Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers (H.R. 594), H6933–H6935 [28JY]

——— research risks posed by dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in feminine hygiene products and urge the FDA to monitor and disclose contaminants in all menstrual hygiene products (H.R. 4746), E847 [28MY]

——— submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (H.R. 4351), H4681, H4682 [20MY], H5872, H5873 [8JY], H8270 [2DE], E1720 [3DE], E1734 [4DE]

——— tribute to Accelerating Medicines Partnership, E332 [6MR]

——— tribute to National Library of Medicine ‘‘Native Voices—Native People’s Concepts of Health and Illness’’ traveling exhibit, E1137 [10JY]

OSHA: proposed rule relative to workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica, H1945 [26FE]

Pancreatic cancer: research funding, H5505 [19JN], H5771 [26JN]

Patron, Renee: Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Leukemia Woman of the Year award recipient, E206 [11FE]

Pennsylvania State University: tribute to IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) to raise money for the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital Four Diamonds Fund, H2055 [27FE]

Personal Care Products Council Foundation: anniversary of the Look Good Feel Better program, E709 [8MY]

Population Council (organization): tribute, E1745 [4DE]

Postal Service: issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research (H.R. 1508), H5871 [8JY], E791 [20MY]

Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month: observance, E1635 [19NO]

Rare Disease Day: observance, H1925 [25FE], H2068 [28FE], E297 [4MR]

Research: science and innovation programs funding, H251 [15JA]

Richard David Kann Melanoma Foundation: tribute, E1304 [1AU]

Rochester, MN: inclusion of Mayo Clinic in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ‘‘Best Hospitals’’ list, H6635 [22JY]

Samaritan’s Purse (organization): tribute, H7057 [30JY]

Sexuality Information and Education Council: anniversary, E616 [29AP]

Stuttering Foundation of America: tribute, H2250 [6MR]

T.J. Martell Foundation: anniversary of 5k walk, E1621 [18NO]

Taiwan: tribute to contribution of money to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Global Distribution Fund and personal protection suits to assist in combating ebola epidemic, E1770 [10DE]

Tuberculosis: commend progress made by, and reaffirm commitment to, anti-tuberculosis programs, E425 [24MR]

University of California, Davis: anniversary of Women’s Cardiovascular Medicine Program, E187 [10FE]

University of Texas at Dallas: tribute to Brain Performance Institute, H8075 [19NO]

Vector-borne diseases: provide for scientific framework (H.R. 4701), H7344–H7347 [9SE]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (H.R. 2901), H174 [13JA], H2370 [13MR], H5191 [10JN], H6225 [15JY], H8848–H8856 [8DE], H8870 [9DE], E1760, E1765 [9DE], E1832 [12DE]

Women: recognize that cardiovascular disease continues to be an overwhelming threat to women’s health and the importance of providing basic, preventive heart screenings to women (H. Res. 619), H5256, H5258 [11JN]

——— require mammography reports contain a breast density summary and a statement on the benefit of supplementary screening tests for patients with dense breast tissue (H.R. 3404), E63 [14JA]

World AIDS Day: observance, H8200 [1DE], H8262 [2DE], E1674, E1675 [1DE]

World Alzheimer’s Day: observance, E1479 [19SE]

World Autism Awareness Day: observance, H2787 [1AP], H2808, H2812 [2AP]

World Cancer Day: observance, H1551 [4FE]

World Pancreatic Cancer Day: observance, H7947 [13NO]

World Plumbing Day: observance, H2263 [11MR]

World Toilet Day: observance, H8073 [19NO]

World Tuberculosis Day: support goals, E425 [24MR]

World Water Day: observance, H2370 [13MR]

Remarks in Senate

Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month: observance, S3470 [5JN]

Birx, Deborah L.: nomination to be Ambassador at Large and Coordinator of U.S. Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS, S2081, S2082 [2AP]

——— nomination to be Ambassador at Large and Coordinator of U.S. Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS, unanimous-consent agreement, S2041 [1AP]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer (H.R. 5185), S6840 [15DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program funding, S722 [4FE]

Dept. of Defense: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program funding, S517 [28JA]

Dept. of HHS: Prevention and Public Health Fund funding, S6287–S6289 [3DE]

——— reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (H.R. 4631), S5312 [31JY]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (H.R. 1281), S6395 [8DE], S6531 [10DE]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (S. 1417), S605 [29JA]

Dept. of Justice: improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (S. 773), S3960 [25JN]

Dept. of State: conduct comprehensive human health study on impact of tar sands transported through proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, S3921–S3923 [24JN]

Ebola: efforts to contain outbreak in Africa, S5596, S5597 [16SE]

——— express that current outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (S. Res. 541), S5531, S5550 [11SE], S5878 [18SE]

FDA: incentivize the development of treatments and vaccines for ebola by adding the disease to priority review voucher program (S. 2917), S6271 [2DE]

Gehrig, Lou: anniversary of farewell address, S4614 [17JY]

Gilmanton, NH: tribute to ‘‘Kick for Cancer’’ charity martial arts tournament, S2092 [2AP]

Growth Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 489), S4845 [23JY]

Hardy, Josh: tribute to support of family and friends relative to appeal to FDA for expedited approval of experimental drug treatment, S1646 [13MR]

Harkin, Senator: impact of Senate achievements on Lyon County, IA, S2607 [1MY]

Health: tribute to global child health programs, S4001 [25JN]

International Self-Care Day: designate (S. Res. 515), S4846 [23JY]

Louisiana Gray Day: observance, S2860 [8MY]

Medicare: establish Medicare Better Care Program to provide integrated care for beneficiaries with chronic conditions (S. 1932), S373 [15JA], S1847 [31MR]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (S. 2689), S5137 [30JY]

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 366), S1252 [27FE]

National Aphasia Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 464), S3384 [3JN]

National Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 336), S458 [16JA]

National Brain Cancer Awareness Month: observance, S2860 [8MY]

National Cancer Research Month: designate (S. Res. 445), S3243, S3244 [21MY]

National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 396), S1739 [25MR]

National Drug Take-Back Week: designate (S. Res. 466), S5518 [10SE]

National Institute on Aging: Alzheimer’s disease research funding, S2303 [9AP]

National Men’s Health Week: anniversary (S. Res. 473), S3673 [12JN]

National Minority Health Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 428), S2524 [29AP]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 536), S5330 [1AU]

National Phenylketonuria Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 585), S6307 [3DE]

National Prescription Opioid and Heroin Abuse Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 466), S5518 [10SE]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 575), S5880 [18SE]

National Prostate Cancer Council: establish (S. 2813), S5630 [16SE]

National security: recognize importance of biosecurity and agro-defense (S. Res. 373), S1326 [5MR]

National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month: observance, S3178 [20MY]

Naturopathic Medicine Week: designate (S. Res. 420), S5877 [18SE]

NIH: expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (S. 637), S3178 [20MY]

——— funding, S708 [4FE], S2743 [7MY]

——— medical reseach funding, S2553 [30AP]

——— prioritize funding to discover treatments and cures, maintain global leadership in medical innovation, restore purchasing power (S. 2658), S4906 [24JY]

——— provide for a pediatric research initiative through use of funds saved by terminating taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 2019), S3 [6JA], S1491, S1492 [11MR]

——— reauthorize and extend Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers (H.R. 594), S5862 [18SE]

Oncology Nursing Society: anniversary of Columbus, OH, chapter, S1917 [1AP]

Parkinson’s Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 408), S2041 [1AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: improvement in treatment of patients with certain cancers and in preventative cancer testing and screenings, S1353–S1355 [6MR]

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. 379), S1527 [11MR]

Pipelines: human health impact of tar sands transported through proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, S5735 [18SE]

Rare Disease Day: designate (S. Res. 368), S1252 [27FE]

Remote Area Medical (organization): tribute, S3286 [22MY]

Scripps Research Institute: symposium on theraputic approaches for extending healthspan, S2644 [5MY]

‘‘Smoking and Health—Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the U.S.’’: anniversary, S342, S358–S360, S363 [15JA], S434 [16JA]

Stepanek, Matthew J.T.: tribute (S. Res. 509), S4664 [21JY]

U.N.: tribute to International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People, S755 [4FE]

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, S6283 [3DE]

University of Florida: tribute to College of Public Health and Health Professions Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) study, S518 [28JA]

——— tribute to Institute on Aging diabetes study, S4453 [14JY]

University of South Florida: tribute to Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, S2324 [9AP]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (H.R. 2901), S6867 [15DE], S6911 [16DE]

Women: recognize that cardiovascular disease continues to be an overwhelming threat to women’s health and the importance of providing basic, preventive heart screenings to women (S. Res. 454), S3244 [21MY]

——— require breast density reporting to physicians and patients by facilities that perform mammograms (S. 2622), S4621 [17JY]

World AIDS Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 314), S3043 [14MY]

World Autism Awareness Day: observance, S2090 [2AP]

World Immunization Week: observance, S2552 [30AP]

World Plumbing Day: designate (S. Res. 390), S1669 [13MR]

World Polio Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 270), S833 [6FE], S2553 [30AP]

World Water Day: observance, S1866 [31MR]

Yousaf, Mohammad: West Virginia American Heart Association Heart of Gold Award recipient, S1044 [25FE]

Reports filed

Adding Ebola to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2917), S6148 [19NO]

Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support (Autism CARES) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4631) (H. Rept. 113–490), H5639 [23JN]

——— Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2449), S4153 [26JN]

Dept. of HHS Grant Programs for Education and Outreach on Newborn Screening and Coordinated Followup Care Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1281) (H. Rept. 113–478), H5556 [19JN]

Express That Current Ebola Outbreak in Africa Is an International Health Crisis: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 541), S5779 [18SE]

Muscular Dystrophy Research Program Reauthorization and Extension: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 315), S4762 [23JY]

NIH Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers Reauthorization and Extension: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 594) (H. Rept. 113–556), H6813 [24JY]

Nomination of Deborah L. Birx To Be Ambassador at Large and Coordinator of U.S. Government Activities To Combat HIV/AIDS: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S1519 [11MR]

Support Goals and Ideals of World AIDS Day: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 597), S6626 [11DE]

Support Goals and Ideals of World Malaria Day: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 426), S3183 [20MY]

Support Goals and Ideals of World Polio Day: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 270), S761 [4FE]

Tick-Borne Disease Research Accountability and Transparency Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4701) (H. Rept. 113–573), H7295 [8SE]

Statements

Alzheimer’s Disease: Michael Ellenbogen, E1479 [19SE]

Ebola in West Africa—A Global Challenge and Public Health Threat: Senator Alexander, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S5689 [17SE]

Support Diabetes Awareness and Efforts To Find a Cure: Taryn Wilcox, E143 [29JA]

Studies

Atmospheric Environment—Air Quality in the Industrial Heartland of Alberta, Canada and Potential Impacts on Human Health: Several Individuals, University of California, Irvine and University of Michigan, S6035–S6038 [18NO]

Texts of

H.R. 594, NIH Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers reauthorization and extension, H6933 [28JY]

H.R. 1281, Dept. of HHS grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted reauthorization, H5696 [24JN]

H.R. 2901, Water for the World Act, H8848–H8854 [8DE]

H.R. 4261, Gulf War Health Research Reform Act, H4863–H4865 [28MY]

H.R. 4631, Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support (Autism CARES) Act, H5688–H5690 [24JN]

H.R. 4701, Tick-Borne Disease Research Accountability and Transparency Act, H7344 [9SE]

H.R. 5185, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer reauthorization, H8889 [9DE]

S. 1417, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act, S605–S607 [29JA]

S. 1932, Better Care, Lower Cost Act, S374–S379 [15JA]

S. 2917, Adding Ebola to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act, S6271 [2DE], H8344 [3DE]

S. Res. 270, support goals and ideals of World Polio Day, S833 [6FE]

S. Res. 314, support goals and ideals of World AIDS Day, S3044 [14MY]

S. Res. 330, ‘‘Smoking and Health—Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the U.S.’’ anniversary, S292 [13JA]

S. Res. 336, National Asbestos Awareness Week, S449 [16JA]

S. Res. 366, support goals and ideals of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week, S1238 [27FE]

S. Res. 368, Rare Disease Day, S1238 [27FE]

S. Res. 373, recognize importance of biosecurity and agro-defense, S1324 [5MR]

S. Res. 379, tribute to Pennsylvania State University IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) to raise money for the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital Four Diamonds Fund, S1521 [11MR]

S. Res. 390, World Plumbing Day, S1664 [13MR]

S. Res. 393, support goals of World Tuberculosis Day and commend progress made by, and reaffirm commitment to, anti-tuberculosis programs, S1694 [24MR]

S. Res. 396, National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day, S1733 [25MR]

S. Res. 408, Parkinson’s Awareness Month, S1937 [1AP]

S. Res. 420, Naturopathic Medicine Week, S2386 [10AP]

S. Res. 426, support goals and ideals of World Malaria Day, S2473 [29AP]

S. Res. 428, support goals and ideals of National Minority Health Month, S2475 [29AP]

S. Res. 445, National Cancer Research Month, S3032 [14MY]

S. Res. 454, recognize that cardiovascular disease continues to be an overwhelming threat to women’s health and the importance of providing basic, preventive heart screenings to women, S3242 [21MY]

S. Res. 464, National Aphasia Awareness Month, S3381 [3JN]

S. Res. 466, National Drug Take-Back Week and National Prescription Opioid and Heroin Abuse Awareness Month, S3382 [3JN]

S. Res. 473, National Men’s Health Week anniversary, S3670 [12JN]

S. Res. 489, support goals and ideals of Growth Awareness Week, S4165 [26JN], S4845 [23JY]

S. Res. 509, tribute to Matthew J.T. Stepanek, S4663 [21JY]

S. Res. 515, International Self-Care Day, S4771 [23JY]

S. Res. 536, National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, S5326 [1AU]

S. Res. 541, express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis, S5512 [10SE], S5879 [18SE]

S. Res. 575, National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, S5800 [18SE]

S. Res. 585, National Phenylketonuria Awareness Day, S6209 [20NO]

S. Res. 597, support goals and ideals of World AIDS Day, S6542 [10DE]