CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
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]
Bills and resolutions
American Diabetes Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 431), S6669 [19NO]
Asthma: collaborate with State and local health departments to provide information and education to the public on asthma (see H.R. 4622), H8101 [8OC] (see H.R. 5230), H9168 [21NO]
Children and youth: award grants to eligible counties for use of mobile clinics and distance learning and telemedicine to diagnose and treat children with asthma in rural areas and medically underserved communities (see H.R. 4548), H8079 [27SE]
——— develop program to prevent use of electronic nicotine delivery systems among students in middle and high schools and award grants to implement such program (see S. 3096), S7156 [18DE] (see H.R. 5482), H12210 [18DE]
Climate and Health Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 3819), H7149 [18JY]
CPSC: conduct a study on safety and efficacy of tasers and firearms (see H.R. 4740), H8257 [18OC]
Dept. of HHS: abolish Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (see H.R. 70), H203 [3JA]
——— carry out Health in All Policies Demonstration Project and direct National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to report on eliminating health disparities while improving health equity (see H.R. 5246), H9169 [21NO]
——— 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]
——— develop a guide on evidence-based strategies for building and maintaining effective obesity prevention and control programs (see S. 1805), S3363 [12JN]
——— 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]
——— establish State insulin assistance programs, hold manufacturers accountable for excessive insulin price increases, and promote market competition to drive down prices (see S. 2004), S4628 [27JN] (see H.R. 4010), H7464 [25JY]
——— 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]
——— improve health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (see S. 1130), S2386 [10AP] (see H.R. 2271), H3255 [10AP]
——— improve health outcomes in communities through community-relevant health information and new health supporting incentives and programs (see H.R. 660), H717 [17JA]
——— improve maternal health care and training of health care providers to reduce or prevent discrimination in provision of certain health care services, and enhance perinatal, pregnancy, and postpartum services (see H.R. 4215), H7528 [30AU]
——— provide assistance to combat escalating burden of Lyme disease and other tick and vector-borne diseases (see S. 1657), S3105 [23MY] (see H.R. 3073), H4216 [3JN]
——— 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]
——— provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see H.R. 3109), H4341 [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]
——— reauthorize grant programs and other initiatives to promote expanded screening of newborns and children for genetic diseases and disorders (see S. 2158), S4947 [18JY] (see H.R. 2507), H3440 [2MY]
——— reduce maternal deaths and complications by providing funding to States and hospitals to develop and implement standardized maternal safety best practices and review pregnancy-related deaths and complications (see S. 116), S219 [15JA]
Dept. of HUD: award grants to eligible entities to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards, lead in drinking water hazards, and lead in soil hazards in certain residential real properties (see H.R. 4416), H7835 [19SE]
Dept. of State: provide reports by U.S. embassies and consulates on deaths of U.S. citizens in foreign countries to the CDC (see S. 1575), S3005 [21MY] (see H.R. 2876), H4063 [21MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: develop a training and counseling session in suicide prevention and lethal means tailored to veterans who served in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001 (see S. 2822), S6475 [7NO]
——— study and report on the prevalence of cholangiocarcinoma and liver disease in veterans of the Vietnam era caused by exposure to certain parasites (see H.R. 2568), H3474 [7MY]
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: award grants to develop programs to increase health care providers’ awareness of coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever) (see H.R. 5438), H10306 [16DE]
——— 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: 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]
EPA: require notice of chemical-related public health risks, publish list of sites requiring additional review when an exposure risk is determined, and reform chemical review process (see S. 451), S1275 [12FE] (see H.R. 1165), H1580 [13FE]
——— update and modernize reporting requirements for contaminants in drinking water and provide assistance to disadvantaged communities to improve water quality testing and compliance with standards (see S. 1613), S3059 [22MY]
FDA: provide authority to investigate animal feeding operations near produce farms where foodborne illness outbreaks occur to better determine the root causes of such outbreaks (see S. 2958), S6756 [21NO] (see H.R. 5415), H10257 [12DE]
Firearms: authorize appropriations for firearms safety or gun violence prevention research (see S. 184), S293 [17JA] (see H.R. 674), H718 [17JA]
Fish and fishing: amend Federal share of fishing safety standards grants (see S. 1410), S2770 [9MY] (see H.R. 4719), H8226 [17OC]
Health: lower health care costs by ending surprise medical bills, reducing drug prices, and improving health care transparency, public health, and exchange of health information (see S. 1895), S3843 [19JN]
——— prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in biomedical research (see S. 1250), S2515 [30AP] (see H.R. 2401), H3338 [30AP]
——— provide for national campaign to raise awarenesss of the importance, and combat misinformation about, vaccines in order to increase vaccination rates (see S. 1619), S3059 [22MY]
——— provide for national system for surveillance of vaccine rates, authorize research on vaccine hesitancy, and increase public understanding of the benefits of immunizations (see H.R. 2862), H4063 [21MY]
——— recognize importance of vaccinations and immunizations (see S. Res. 165), S2435 [11AP]
Information technology: establish a grant program for the purpose of public health data system modernization (see S. 1793), S3362 [12JN]
Insects: award grants to States to implement a tick identification pilot program (see H.R. 3568), H5257 [27JN]
Mental health: conduct a national suicide prevention media campaign and establish National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (see H.R. 4585), H8088 [1OC]
——— ensure provision of high-quality service through National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (see H.R. 4564), H8080 [27SE]
——— improve identification and support of children and families who experience trauma (see S. 1770), S3284 [10JN] (see H.R. 3180), H4388 [10JN]
——— 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]
National Falls Prevention Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 327), S5664 [24SE]
National Violent Death Reporting System: expand and improve incidence of data collection on sexual orientation and gender identity (see H.R. 3280), H4695 [13JN]
Occupational safety and health: include certain respiratory protective devices as covered countermeasures for purposes of targeted liability protections for pandemic and epidemic products and security countermeasures (see H.R. 4982), H8729 [5NO]
OMB: establish an interagency working group to study Federal efforts to collect data on sexual violence and to make recommendations on harmonization of such efforts (see S. 1432), S2786 [13MY]
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]
Prevention and Public Health Fund: fully fund and reaffirm importance of prevention in the U.S. health care system (see S. 1944), S4455 [24JN] (see H.R. 3447), H5075 [24JN]
Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program: anniversary (see H. Res. 570), H7865 [20SE]
Research: conduct research on mass violence (see S. 2554), S5747 [26SE]
SBA: ensure small businesses affected by onset of communicable diseases are eligible for disaster relief (see S. 77), S142 [10JA]
Tobacco products: increase taxes on cigarettes and e-cigarette products, ban flavored tobacco products and e-cigarettes, and increase CDC Office on Smoking and Health funding (see H.R. 4425), H7835 [19SE]
Women: reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and occurrence of breast cancer (see S. 2424), S5311 [1AU] (see H.R. 4078), H7467 [25JY]
World Hepatitis Day: observance (see H. Res. 505), H7151 [18JY]
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
CDC Firefighter Cancer Registry funding: several firefighter organizations, H4547 [12JN]
CDC Public Health Approach to Blood Disorders Program for Sickle Cell Disease funding: Roy L. Silverstein, American Society of Hematology Inc., and Beverly Francis-Gibson, Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc., H4549 [12JN]
Ticks—Identify, Control, and Knockout (TICK) Act: Paula Jackson Jones, Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education (organization), S3112 [23MY]
——— Vector-Borne Disease Network and allied organizations, S3111 [23MY]
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
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances health study funding, H5658 [11JY]
American Diabetes Month: observance, H8814 [13NO], E1510 [26NO]
Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act: implementation, H4928 [20JN]
Children and youth: national standard to investigate childhood deaths from sudden infant death syndrome establishment funding, H4565, H4566 [12JN]
Climate and Health Program: funding, H4399 [11JN]
Coordinated Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Program: colorectal cancer research funding, H4633, H4634 [13JN]
CPSC: conduct a study on safety and efficacy of tasers and firearms (H.R. 4740), H8547 [29OC]
Dept. of HHS: 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]
——— provide assistance to combat escalating burden of Lyme disease and other tick and vector-borne diseases (H.R. 3073), H4539 [12JN], H5273 [9JY]
——— 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]
——— reauthorize grant programs and other initiatives to promote expanded screening of newborns and children for genetic diseases and disorders (H.R. 2507), H3796 [15MY], H7365–H7368 [24JY]
Dept. of Justice: establish interagency working group to study existing Federal surveys and reporting programs on sexual violence and make recommendations on improved coordination and data collection, H3043 [3AP]
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: create a modern infrastructure for the prevention, treatment, and care of Alzheimer’s and related dementias and preservation of brain health, H5044 [24JN], H5090 [25JN]
Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances program: funding, H4566 [12JN]
Drugs: address prescription opioid and heroin abuse, H548 [15JA]
Firearms: authorize appropriations for firearms safety or gun violence prevention research, H1439 [7FE]
——— gun violence prevention in schools and higher education research funding, H4605, H4606 [12JN], H4776 [19JN], H5175 [26JN]
Firefighter Cancer Registry: funding, H4547, H4548 [12JN]
Fish and fishing: amend Federal share of fishing safety standards grants (H.R. 4719), H10278–H10280 [16DE], H10602 [17DE]
Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant Program: funding through reductions in Dept. of HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration funding, H4568, H4569 [12JN]
Health: recognize importance of vaccinations and immunizations, H3287 [29AP]
Lyme disease: prevention, diagnosis, and treatment funding, H4634, H4635 [13JN]
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases: funding, H4538–H4540 [12JN]
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control: suicide awareness, research, and prevention funding, H4613, H4614 [12JN]
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities: Public Health Approach to Blood Disorders Program for Sickle Cell Disease funding, H4548, H4549 [12JN]
Neonatal abstinence syndrome research: funding, H4579 [12JN]
Opioid-Related Infectious Disease program: funding, H4611, H4612 [12JN]
Rape Prevention and Education Grant Program: funding, H4573, H4574 [12JN]
——— report on awardee activities and best practices, H3032 [3AP]
Women: reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and occurrence of breast cancer, H10594 [17DE]
Remarks in Senate
Budget: allocation of funds, S1785 [12MR], S1810 [13MR]
Dept. of HHS: provide assistance to combat escalating burden of Lyme disease and other tick and vector-borne diseases (S. 1657), S3111, S3112 [23MY]
——— reauthorize autism-related research and programs (H.R. 1058), S5609 [19SE]
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: create a modern infrastructure for the prevention, treatment, and care of Alzheimer’s and related dementias and preservation of brain health, S1318 [13FE]
Firearms: authorize appropriations for firearms safety or gun violence prevention research (S. 184), S5519 [17SE]
Health: lower health care costs by ending surprise medical bills, reducing drug prices, and improving health care transparency, public health, and exchange of health information (S. 1895), S4710 [9JY], S4752, S4755 [10JY], S4834 [16JY], S5158, S5165–S5167 [30JY], S5436 [11SE], S6527 [13NO]
——— recognize importance of vaccinations and immunizations (S. Res. 165), S2455 [11AP]
Information technology: establish a grant program for the purpose of public health data system modernization (S. 1793), S3365 [12JN]
National Falls Prevention Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 327), S5669, S5670 [24SE]
Reports filed
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]
Dept. of HHS Grant Programs and Other Initiatives To Promote Expanded Screening of Newborns and Children for Genetic Diseases and Disorders Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2507) (H. Rept. 116–174), H7239 [23JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2740) (H. Rept. 116–62), H3840 [15MY]
Funding Instruction for Safety, Health, and Security Avoids Fishing Emergencies (FISH SAFE) Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 4719) (H. Rept. 116–340), H10257 [12DE]
Lower Health Care Costs Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1895), S4698 [8JY]
Sunshine on Sudden Unexpected Death Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1130), S6391 [5NO]
Ticks—Identify, Control, and Knockout (TICK) Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1657), S6391 [5NO]
Statements
Lower Health Care Costs Act: Senator Alexander, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S4623 [27JN]
Vaccines Saves Lives—What Is Driving Preventable Disease Outbreaks: Senator Alexander, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S2509 [30AP]
Summaries
Tick-Borne Diseases Report: Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, H4538 [12JN]
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. 2507, Dept. of HHS grant programs and other initiatives to promote expanded screening of newborns and children for genetic diseases and disorders reauthorization, H7365–H7367 [24JY]
H.R. 2740, Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development appropriations, H4461–H4530 [12JN]
H.R. 4719, Funding Instruction for Safety, Health, and Security Avoids Fishing Emergencies (FISH SAFE) Act, H10278 [16DE]
S. 1250, American Cures Act, S2521 [30AP]
S. 1770, Resilience Investment, Support, and Expansion (RISE) From Trauma Act, S3288–S3292 [10JN]
S. 2400, Expanding Cannabis Research and Information Act, S5253 [31JY]
S. 3096, Providing Resources To End the Vaping Epidemic Now for Teenagers (PREVENT) Act, S7159 [18DE]
S. Res. 119, support goals of World Tuberculosis Day, S1909 [14MR]
S. Res. 165, recognize importance of vaccinations and immunizations, S2442 [11AP]
S. Res. 327, National Falls Prevention Awareness Day, S5667 [24SE]
S. Res. 431, support goals and ideals of American Diabetes Month, S6674 [19NO]