NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

Amendments

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), H4530, H4531, H4532, H4533, H4534, H4535, H4536, H4537, H4538, H4540, H4541, H4543, H4545, H4547, H4548, H4559, H4560, H4561, H4562, H4563, H4564, H4565, H4566, H4567, H4568, H4569, H4570, H4571, H4573, H4574, H4575, H4577, H4578, H4579, H4580, H4604, H4605, H4606, H4607, H4608, H4609, H4610, H4611, H4612, H4613, H4614, H4615, H4616, H4617, H4618, H4619, H4620, H4621, H4622, H4623 [12JN], H4633, H4634, H4635, H4636, H4638, H4639, H4646 [13JN], H4789 [19JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2740), consideration (H. Res. 431), H4409 [11JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2740), consideration (H. Res. 436), H4452 [12JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2740), consideration (H. Res. 445), H4787 [19JN]

Articles and editorials

Clinical Trials Shed Light on Minority Health, H4544 [12JN]

Bills and resolutions

Brain Awareness Week: support (see H. Res. 209), H2647 [11MR]

Children and youth: study health and developmental effects of technology and media on infants, children, and adolescents (see S. 558), S1492 [26FE] (see H.R. 1367), H2233 [26FE]

CPSC: conduct a study on safety and efficacy of tasers and firearms (see H.R. 4740), H8257 [18OC]

Dept. of Energy: provide for a low-dose radiation basic research program (see H.R. 4733), H8257 [18OC]

Dept. of HHS: award cooperative agreements to improve care for individuals with advanced illnesses (see S. 829), S1899 [14MR]

——— conduct study on unintended impacts of sex trafficking legislation and loss of online services and platforms on the health and safety of sex workers (see H.R. 5448), H10608 [17DE]

——— consolidate activities of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality into NIH as National Institute for Reseach on Safety and Quality (see H.R. 5295), H9255 [4DE]

——— develop a national strategic action plan and program to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (see S. 523), S1383 [14FE] (see H.R. 1243), H2030 [14FE]

——— enhance national strategy for combating and eliminating tuberculosis (see S. 834), S1899 [14MR] (see H.R. 3080), H4312 [4JN]

——— ensure medications are affordable through increasing transparency, allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prices and importation of certain drugs, spurring innovation, and protecting competition (see S. 1801), S3363 [12JN]

——— establish Eye Bond Pilot Program to fund translational research and advance treatments and cures for blindness and other severe vision impairments (see H.R. 2620), H3678 [9MY]

——— expand and improve programs and activities for awareness, education, research, surveillance, diagnosis, and treatment of rare diseases and conditions (see H.R. 4228), H7534 [6SE]

——— expand and intensify programs on translational research and related activities relative to cerebral cavernous malformations (see S. 2010), S4628 [27JN] (see H.R. 3573), H5257 [27JN]

——— provide for a national strategy to address and overcome Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases (see H.R. 220), H209 [3JA]

——— provide for research, surveillance, treatment, prevention, awareness, development of rules of play, standards, and dissemination of information relative to sports-related and other concussions (see H.R. 280), H281 [8JA]

——— provide for research and improvement of cardiovascular health among South Asian population of the U.S. (see H.R. 3131), H4342 [5JN]

——— reauthorize and increase funding for Special Diabetes Program for Type 1 Diabetes (see H.R. 2668), H3726 [10MY]

——— reauthorize autism-related research and programs (see S. 427), S1133 [7FE] (see H.R. 1058), H1460 [7FE]

——— reduce violence and health disparities by addressing social determinants of health, enhancing health care recruitment, and improving delivery of quality, coordinated care services (see S. 2721), S6189 [28OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: create a task force to address threat of foreign government influence and threats to academic research integrity on college campuses (see S. 1879), S3651 [18JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish Biomedical Innovation Fund (see H.R. 5400), H10123 [11DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enter into an agreement with National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine or National Cancer Institute to study the correlation between radiation exposure and prostate cancer (see H.R. 5020), H8738 [8NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 2740), H3840 [15MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), consideration (see H. Res. 431), H4387 [10JN] (see H. Res. 436), H4431 [11JN] (see H. Res. 445), H4769 [18JN]

Diseases and disorders: ensure that a fair percentage of Federal cancer research funds are dedicated to pediatric cancer research (see H.R. 4429), H7864 [20SE]

——— expand research activities for functional gastrointestinal and motility disorders (see H.R. 3396), H5006 [20JN]

——— facilitate effective research on, and treatment of, neglected tropical diseases through coordinated international efforts (see S. 2481), S5539 [17SE] (see H.R. 3460), H5165 [25JN]

——— facilitate effective research on, and treatment of, neglected tropical diseases, including Ebola, through coordinated domestic and international efforts (see H.R. 826), H1242 [28JA]

——— issue semipostal stamp to support diabetes prevention (see H.R. 4914), H8677 [30OC]

——— reauthorize Mosquito Abatement Safety and Health Act and epidemiology laboratory capacity grants and require a GAO study on existing mosquito and other vector-borne surveillance and control programs (see H.R. 345), H284 [8JA]

Drugs: decriminalize marijuana, use tax revenues to assist certain small businesses, research effects on driving and health, restrict advertising to protect children, and expunge certain marijuana-related convictions (see S. 1552), S2962 [20MY] (see H.R. 2843), H4009 [20MY]

——— develop national cannabis research agenda, collect data on cannabis use and impacts on health outcomes, change controlled substance classification of cannabis, and streamline DEA approval of research (see S. 2400), S5248 [31JY] (see H.R. 4322), H7705 [12SE]

——— encourage development and use of new antimicrobial drugs in order to treat antibiotic-resistant infections (see S. 1712), S3215 [4JN] (see H.R. 4100), H7479 [30JY]

——— provide assistance to States and localities affected by the opioid epidemic and improve delivery of essential services to individuals with substance use disorders and their families (see S. 1365), S2742 [8MY] (see H.R. 2569), H3499 [8MY]

——— require National Academy of Medicine study on determining reasonable drug prices and establish Drug Affordability and Access Committee to issue reasonable pricing determination for each drug (see S. 2387), S5248 [31JY]

Federal agencies and departments: improve reporting about animal testing and alternative test method use by Federal agencies (see H.R. 249), H228 [4JA]

Health: galvanize U.S. programs in support of brain health for global victims of autism, hydrocephalus, Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia (see H.R. 2077), H3068 [3AP]

——— prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in biomedical research (see S. 1250), S2515 [30AP] (see H.R. 2401), H3338 [30AP]

——— require certain drug manufacturers entering into settlement agreements for violations of law to make supplemental payments to be used to increase medical research funding (see H.R. 5031), H8739 [8NO]

Influenza: conduct or support further comprehensive research for creation of a universal influenza vaccine (see S. 570), S1493 [26FE] (see H.R. 1371), H2233 [26FE]

Mental health: strengthen mental health infrastructure and firearm prohibitions for at-risk individuals, and improve reporting of mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 4199), H7511 [20AU]

Mining and mineral resources: place a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 2050), H3067 [3AP]

Morality and ethics: prohibit sale or transactions relative to human fetal tissue (see H.R. 4800), H8387 [22OC]

National Commission on Fibrotic Diseases: establish (see S. 2477), S5474 [12SE] (see H.R. 3446), H5075 [24JN]

National Down Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 425), S6605 [14NO]

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: provide for further comprehensive research on unruptured intracranial aneurysms (see S. 864), S1939 [25MR] (see H.R. 594), H674 [16JA]

National Institute of Nutrition: establish (see H.R. 1887), H2827 [26MR]

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities: provide that authority to make certain research endowments applies to both current and former centers of excellence (see S. 2927), S6755 [21NO] (see H.R. 4499), H8052 [26SE]

NSF: support multidisciplinary research on the science of suicide (see H.R. 4704), H8198 [16OC]

——— support research on opioid addiction (see S. 2354), S5247 [31JY] (see H.R. 3153), H4348 [6JN]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: provide for Federal coordination of activities supporting sustainable chemistry to improve efficiency of chemical production while reducing health and environmental risks (see S. 999), S2239 [3AP] (see H.R. 2051), H3067 [3AP]

One Health Program: establish an interagency program to collaborate on the concept that human, animal, and ecosystem health intertwine to make ‘‘one health’’ to prevent and respond to disease outbreaks (see S. 1903), S3844 [19JN] (see H.R. 3771), H5910 [16JY]

Research: ensure that non-animal methods are prioritized, where applicable and feasible, in proposals for all research conducted or supported (see H.R. 1209), H1583 [13FE]

——— intensify stem cell research showing evidence of substantial clinical benefit to patients (see S. 2308), S5141 [29JY] (see H.R. 64), H203 [3JA]

——— make awards to outstanding scientists, including physician-scientists, to support researchers focusing on pediatric research, including basic, clinical, translational, or pediatric pharmacological research (see S. 3023), S6992 [11DE] (see H.R. 4519), H8053 [26SE]

——— reauthorize innovation projects (see H.R. 4667), H8111 [11OC]

Taxation: allow for contributions to Alzheimer’s Research and Caregiving Trust Fund through Federal income tax returns (see S. 3125), S7208 [19DE] (see H.R. 3453), H5076 [24JN]

——— terminate Presidential Election Campaign Fund and transfer remaining funds to NIH 10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund (see H.R. 2234), H3253 [10AP]

Teachers: conduct study to add to scientific knowledge on reducing teacher stress and increasing teacher retention and well-being (see H.R. 4221), H7528 [30AU]

Tourette syndrome: expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities (see H.R. 1131), H1492 [8FE]

Women: 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. 3865), H7157 [19JY]

World Tuberculosis Day: support goals (see S. Res. 119), S1900 [14MR]

Cloture motions

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), motion to proceed, S5486 [16SE], S5561 [18SE], S5881 [17OC], S6188 [28OC], S6326 [31OC]

Letters

Protect Our Universities Act: Senators Burr and Warner, Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S4522 [25JN]

Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act: Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), E1571 [10DE]

——— Representative Yarmuth, Committee on the Budget (House), E1571 [10DE]

Motions

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), S5486 [16SE], S5562 [18SE], S5881 [17OC], S6187 [28OC], H4731 [18JN], H4795 [19JN]

Remarks in House

Brain Awareness Week: observance, H2513 [7MR], E284 [11MR]

Building and facilities maintenance: funding, H4532 [12JN]

CPSC: conduct a study on safety and efficacy of tasers and firearms (H.R. 4740), H8547 [29OC]

Dept. of Defense: triple-negative breast cancer research funding, H5671, H5672 [11JY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize a pilot program to develop, expand, and enhance commercialization of biomedical products, H10204, H10205 [12DE]

——— Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative funding, E755 [12JN]

——— expand and improve programs and activities for awareness, education, research, surveillance, diagnosis, and treatment of rare diseases and conditions (H.R. 4228), E1107 [9SE]

——— prohibit certain research on human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to an abortion, H4385 [10JN]

——— prohibit funding to convene an ethics advisory board to review research projects seeking grants that propose use of human fetal tissue, H4638, H4639 [13JN]

——— provide for a national strategy to address and overcome Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases, H10594 [17DE]

——— reauthorize autism-related research and programs (H.R. 1058), H7303–H7308 [24JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H4577, H4578 [12JN]

——— making appropriations, H10590, H10591, H10593, H10594 [17DE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2740), H3911 [16MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), H4332, H4333 [5JN], H4399 [11JN], H4452–H4625 [12JN], H4632–H4670, H4673–H4687 [13JN], H4710–H4767 [18JN], H4776, H4777, H4789–H4797 [19JN], H4922, H4928, H4998 [20JN], H5027 [21JN], H5175 [26JN], H8790 [13NO], E755 [12JN], E825 [24JN], E833 [25JN], E849 [26JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2740), consideration (H. Res. 431), H4402–H4411 [11JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2740), consideration (H. Res. 436), H4445–H4452 [12JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2740), consideration (H. Res. 445), H4779–H4789 [19JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2740), corrections in engrossment, H4797 [19JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2740), motion to recommit, H4795 [19JN]

Diseases and disorders: Alzheimer’s disease research funding, H1398 [7FE], H2973 [2AP], H4111 [22MY], H4445 [12JN]

——— expand research activities for functional gastrointestinal and motility disorders (H.R. 3396), H5087 [25JN], E1091 [6SE]

——— facilitate effective research on, and treatment of, neglected tropical diseases through coordinated international efforts, H10594 [17DE]

——— facilitate effective research on, and treatment of, neglected tropical diseases through coordinated international efforts (H.R. 3460), H9194–H9197 [3DE]

——— nervous system disorders research funding, H8942 [18NO]

——— support greater diversity in the pool of diabetes research professionals and patients participating in clinical trials, H4543–H4545 [12JN]

Drugs: address prescription opioid and heroin abuse, H548 [15JA]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices, E41 [14JA]

National Cancer Institute: funding to conduct study on improving communication between cancer care providers, patients, and survivors, H4534, H4535 [12JN]

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: Consortium of Food Allergy Research funding, H4574, H4575 [12JN]

NSF: support research on opioid addiction (H.R. 3153), H7172, H7173 [23JY], E1010 [30JY]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: provide for Federal coordination of activities supporting sustainable chemistry to improve efficiency of chemical production while reducing health and environmental risks (H.R. 2051), H9359–H9362, H9384 [9DE]

Water pollution: health impact of red tide and other harmful algal blooms research funding, H4559 [12JN]

Remarks in Senate

Budget: allocation of funds, S1785 [12MR], S1810 [13MR]

——— discretionary spending levels, S5086–S5088 [25JY]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize autism-related research and programs (H.R. 1058), S5609 [19SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: create a task force to address threat of foreign government influence and threats to academic research integrity on college campuses (S. 1879), unanimous-consent agreement, S4522 [25JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), S4739 [9JY], S4744 [10JY], S5485 [16SE], S5583, S5586, S5588 [19SE], S5618 [23SE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2740), motion to proceed, S5487 [16SE], S5499, S5500 [17SE], S5547–S5549, S5551, S5553–S5556, S5559–S5562 [18SE], S5809 [16OC], S5860, S5880, S5881 [17OC], S5911 [21OC], S5931, S5933 [22OC], S6187 [28OC], S6205, S6207 [29OC], S6262–S6265, S6287–S6290 [30OC], S6309, S6315, S6323–S6326, S6348–S6350, S6352 [31OC], S6366, S6369 [5NO], S6434, S6439 [6NO], S6455, S6456, S6457 [7NO], S6490 [12NO], S6522, S6529, S6530 [13NO], S6579 [14NO], S6615 [18NO], S6633, S6640 [19NO], S6799 [3DE], S6844 [4DE], S6912 [10DE], S7007 [12DE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2740), unanimous-consent agreement, S5553 [18SE], S5951 [22OC]

Diseases and disorders: Alzheimer’s disease research funding, S1318 [13FE], S2599 [2MY]

——— Parkinson’s disease research funding, S5786 [15OC]

Foreign countries: address threats to federally-funded research from foreign governments, S3299 [11JN]

Funding, S5288 [1AU], S5555 [18SE]

Health: medical research funding, S1785 [12MR], S4751 [10JY]

National Down Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 425), S6614 [14NO]

Senior citizens: prevent mail, telemarketing, and Internet fraud targeting seniors, increase public awareness of the impact of such fraud, and provide education on how to identify and combat fraudulent activity, S6209 [29OC]

Reports filed

Advancing Research To Prevent Suicide Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 4704) (H. Rept. 116–342), H10257 [12DE]

Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support (Autism CARES) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1058) (H. Rept. 116–177), H7239 [23JY]

Consideration of H.R. 2740, Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 431) (H. Rept. 116–109), H4387 [10JN]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 436) (H. Rept. 116–111), H4431 [11JN]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 445) (H. Rept. 116–119), H4769 [18JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2740) (H. Rept. 116–62), H3840 [15MY]

Expanding Findings for Federal Opioid Research and Treatment (EFFORT) Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 3153) (H. Rept. 116–131), H5255 [27JN]

NIMHD Research Endowment Revitalization Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2927), S7113 [17DE]

Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 2051) (H. Rept. 116–312), H9178 [26NO]

Studies

Economic Burden and Future Impact of Parkinson’s Disease, S5786 [15OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 431, consideration of H.R. 2740, Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development appropriations, H4402 [11JN]

H. Res. 436, consideration of H.R. 2740, Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development appropriations, H4445 [12JN]

H. Res. 445, consideration of H.R. 2740, Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development appropriations, H4779 [19JN]

H.R. 1058, Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support (Autism CARES) Act, H7303 [24JY]

H.R. 2051, Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act, H9359–H9361 [9DE]

H.R. 2740, Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development appropriations, H4461–H4530 [12JN]

H.R. 3153, Expanding Findings for Federal Opioid Research and Treatment (EFFORT) Act, H7172 [23JY]

H.R. 3460, End Neglected Tropical Diseases Act, H9194 [3DE]

S. 1250, American Cures Act, S2521 [30AP]

S. 1552, Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act, S2971 [20MY]

S. 2400, Expanding Cannabis Research and Information Act, S5253 [31JY]

S. 2721, Healing Communities Through Health Care Act, S6191–S6193 [28OC]

S. Res. 119, support goals of World Tuberculosis Day, S1909 [14MR]

S. Res. 425, National Down Syndrome Awareness Month, S6612 [14NO]