Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 Became Public Law No: 107-116. Economics and Public Finance
HR 3061 - 107Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002
Became Public Law No: 107-116.
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related agencies. Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 to the Department of Labor for: (1) the Employment and Training Administration, training and employment services; (2) community service employment for older Americans; (3) Federal unemployment benefits and allowances; (4) State unemployment insurance and employment service operations; (5) advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (6) employment and training program administration; (7) the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration; (8) the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (9) the Employment Standards Administration; (10) certain special benefits; (11) the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund; (12) the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (13) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (14) the Mine Safety and Health Administration; (15) the Bureau of Labor Statistics; (16) the Office of Disability Employment Policy; (17) departmental management; (18) veterans employment and training; and (19) the Office of Inspector General. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds and transfers of funds appropriated under this title. (Sec. 101) Prohibits use of Job Corps funds under this title to pay individual compensation at a rate in excess of Executive Level II. (Sec. 102) Allows not more than one percent of discretionary funds for the current fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this Act to be transferred between appropriations. Prohibits increase of any such appropriation by more than three percent by any such transfer. Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for: (1) the Health Resources and Services Administration, for specified health resources and services activities; (2) health education assistance loans; (3) the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund; (4) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP), for disease control, research, and training; (5) the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including the John E. Fogarty International Center, the National Library of Medicine, and the Office of the Director; (6) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, for substance abuse and mental health services; (7) the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality; (8) the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services for grants to States for Medicaid, payments to health care trust funds, program management, and the Health Maintenance Organization Loan and Loan Guarantee Fund; (9) the Administration for Children and Families for payments to States for child support enforcement and family support programs; (10) low income home energy assistance; (11) refugee and entrant assistance; (12) payments to States for the child care and development block grant; (13) the social services block grant; (14) children and families services programs; (15) promoting safe and stable families, through family preservation and support; (16) payments to States for foster care and adoption assistance; (17) the Administration on Aging; (18) the Office of the Secretary for general departmental management; (19) the Office of Inspector General; (20) the Office for Civil Rights; (21) policy research; (22) retirement pay and medical benefits for Public Health Service commissioned officers; and (23) the public health and social services emergency fund, for expenses related to countering potential biological, disease, and chemical threats to civilian populations, with a specified amounts to be distributed to the Office of Emergency Preparedness and to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (with a specified portion of the latter's amount to remain available for the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile). Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title. (Sec. 202) Directs the Secretary of HHS to make available through assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the Agency for International Development, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, or the World Health Organization. (Sec. 203) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to implement a certain mandatory breast cancer study under the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), or to construct regional centers for primate research under the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993. (Sec. 204) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for the NIH and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to pay an individual's salary, through a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Executive Level I. (Sec. 205) Prohibits the expenditure of funds under this Act pursuant to specified evaluation provisions of PHSA, except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for other taps and assessments made by any office located in the Department of HHS, prior to a report by the Secretary of HHS to specified congressional committees detailing the planned uses of such funds. (Sec. 206) Allows the transfer between appropriations of not more than 1.25 percent of discretionary funds in this Act for the current fiscal year for the Department of HHS. (Sec. 207) Allows the transfer between appropriations of not more than one percent of discretionary funds in this Act for the current fiscal year for the Department of HHS. Prohibits increase of any such appropriation by more than three percent by any such transfer, but allows that appropriation to be increased by an additional two percent subject to approval by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. (Sec. 208) Authorizes the Directors of the (NIH) and of the Office of AIDS Research (OAR) to jointly transfer up to three percent among institutes, centers, and divisions from the total amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). (Sec. 209) Requires the amount for research related to HIV, as jointly determined by the Directors of NIH and of OAR, to be made available to the OAR account. Requires the Director of OAR to transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out certain provisions of PHSA. (Sec. 210) Prohibits funds under this Act from being made available under title X (population research and voluntary family planning) of PHSA, unless the award applicant certifies to the Secretary of HHS that it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services and provides counseling to minors on resisting attempts to coerce them into engaging in sexual activities. (Sec. 211) Prohibits use of funds under this Act to carry out the Medicare+Choice program if the Secretary of HHS denies participation in such program to an otherwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Organization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for abortions. (Sec. 212) Declares that no provider of services under title X (population research and voluntary family planning) of PHSA shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest. (Sec. 213) Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 to extend through FY 2002 certain provisions relating to establishing categories of aliens for purposes of refugee determinations. (Sec. 214) Prohibits funds under by this Act from being used to withhold substance abuse funding from a State pursuant to specified PHSA provisions, if such State certifies to the Secretary of HHS that the State will commit additional State funds to ensure compliance with State laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to individuals under 18 years of age. Requires the amount of such funds to be committed by a State to equal to one percent of its substance abuse block grant allocation for each percentage point by which the State misses the retailer compliance rate goal established by the Secretary of HHS. Requires the State to maintain its expenditures in FY 2002 for tobacco prevention programs and for compliance activities at least at its FY 2001 level, and to add to that level such required additional funds for tobacco compliance activities. Provides that no funds under this Act may be used to withhold such substance abuse funding from a territory that receives less than $1 million of such funding. (Sec. 215) Authorizes the Secretary of HHS, in order for the CDCP to carry out international HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other health activities abroad during FY 2002, to: (1) utilize specified authorities under the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956; and (2) utilize other specified authorities to lease, alter, or renovate facilities in foreign countries to carry out such programs. (Sec. 216) Authorizes the Division of Federal Occupational Health to use personal services contracting to employ occupational health professionals and professionals in management and administration. (Sec. 217) Authorizes the Acting Director of NIH to serve in that position until a new Director of NIH is confirmed by the Senate. (Sec. 218) Donald J. Cohen National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative - Amends the Public Health Service Act to name as the Donald J. Cohen National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative certain provisions for grants to address the problems of children and youth who experience violence-related stress. Title III: Department of Education - Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 to the Department of Education for: (1) education for the disadvantaged; (2) impact aid; (3) school improvement programs; (4) Indian education; (5) bilingual and immigrant education; (6) special education; (7) rehabilitation services and disability research; (8) special institutions for persons with disabilities, including the American Printing House for the Blind, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and Gallaudet University; (9) vocational and adult education; (10) certain student financial assistance programs (setting a maximum individual Pell Grant amount); (11) the Federal Family Education Loan program account; (12) specified higher education programs; (13) Howard University; (14) the college housing and academic facilities loans program; (15) the historically Black college and university capital financing program account; (16) education research, statistics, and improvement; (17) departmental management; (18) the Office for Civil Rights; and (19) the Office of the Inspector General. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title. (Sec. 301) Prohibits funds under in this Act from being used to transport teachers or students in order to: (1) overcome racial imbalance in any school; or (2) carry out a racial desegregation plan. (Sec. 302) Prohibits the use of funds under in this Act to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student to a school other than the school nearest the student's home, except for a student requiring special education, to the school offering such special education, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Declares that such a prohibited indirect requirement of transportation of students includes the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clustering. Exempts the establishment of magnet schools from such prohibition. (Sec. 303) Prohibits funds under in this Act from being used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in public schools. (Sec. 304) Allows the transfer between appropriations of not more than one percent of discretionary funds for the current fiscal year for the Department of Education in this Act. Prohibits increase of any such appropriation by more than three percent by any such transfer. (Sec. 305) Amends the Higher Education Amendments of 1992 to require each center providing student assistance to athletes under the Olympic Scholarships program to make annual reports to the Secretary on the distribution of such assistance among athletes and institutions of higher education. Directs the Secretary to compile and submit such reports to specified congressional committees. (Sec. 306) Authorizes the Secretary of Education reallocate a limited amount, from excess allocations for student financial assistance for FY 2002, to certain higher education institutions to use for HEA programs of Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (FSEOG) or Federal Work Study (FWS) awards. Allows an institution to receive such reallocation if it: (1) is participating in both programs on the enactment date of this Act, and initially began such participation in the period of 1989 through 1999; (2) currently enrolls at least 2,000 students, and offers baccalaureate and graduate degree programs; (3) experienced an actual enrollment increase of 75 percent or more since it began program participation; and (4) charged in-State full-time undergraduate tuition and fees for academic year 2000-2001 that were less than those 1998-1999. Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 to the: (1) Armed Forces Retirement Home; (2) Corporation for National and Community Service, for domestic volunteer service programs and operating expenses; (3) Corporation for Public Broadcasting; (4) Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (5) Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; (6) Institute of Museum and Library Services; (7) Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; (8) National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; (9) National Council on Disability; (10) National Educational Goals Panel; (11) National Labor Relations Board; (12) National Mediation Board; (13) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; (14) Railroad Retirement Board for the dual benefits payments account, Federal payments to the railroad retirement accounts, administration, and the Office of Inspector General; (15) Social Security Administration for payments to the Social Security trust funds, special benefits for disabled coal miners, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program, administrative expenses, and the Office of Inspector General; and (16) U.S. Institute of Peace. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title. Title V: General Provisions - Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this Act. (Sec. 505) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act for programs to distribute sterile needles or syringes for the injection of illegal drugs, unless the Secretary of HHS determines that such programs are effective in preventing the spread of HIV and do not encourage the use of illegal drugs.. (Sec. 506) Sets forth Buy American requirements. (Sec. 508) Prohibits the expenditure of funds appropriated under this Act, or in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated under this Act, for abortions or for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion, with exceptions specified in section 509 of this Act. (Sec. 509) Provides that the prohibition in section 508 shall not apply to an abortion: (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. Provides that nothing in section 508 shall be construed as: (1) prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds); or (2) restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds (other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds). (Sec. 510) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act for: (1) the creation of a human embryo for research purposes; or (2) research in which a human embryo is destroyed or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero under Federal regulations and the Public Health Service Act. (Sec. 511) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act for activities to promote the legalization of a controlled substance unless there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such substance or that federally-sponsored trials are being conducted to determine such advantage. (Sec. 513) Bars the use of funds made available in this Act to promulgate a final standard under the Social Security Act providing for a unique health identifier for an individual (except in an individual's capacity as an employer or health care provider) until legislation is enacted specifically approving the standard. (Sec. 514) Amends the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act and the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to replace certain references to Kamehameha School/Bishop Estate with references to Papa Ola Lokahi. (Sec. 515) Authorizes the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to accept the election of a qualified magistrate judge to receive an annuity and come within the purview of specified Federal law. Requires full-time recall service performed by a qualified magistrate judge to be credited for service in calculating such an annuity. (Sec. 516) Reduces on a pro rata basis by a specified amount certain funds made available under this Act for departmental management of the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Education. Exempts from such reduction the Food and Drug Administration and the Indian Health Service. Title VI: Extension of Mark-to-Market Program for Multifamily Assisted Housing - Mark-to-Market Extension Act of 2001 - Subtitle A: Multifamily Housing Mortgage and Assistance Restructuring and Section 8 Contract Renewal - Amends the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (MAHRAA) to revise and extend the Mark-to-Market program for multifamily assisted housing. Revises provisions relating to multifamily housing mortgage and assistance restructuring and section 8 contract renewal, including: (1) consistency of rent levels under enhanced voucher assistance and rent restructurings; (2) eligible inclusions for renewal rents of partially assisted buildings; and (3) eligibility of restructuring projects for miscellaneous housing insurance. Subtitle B: Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring - Reauthorizes the Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring and extends the Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring program. Sets forth provisions relating to the Office, including its Director and oversight by the Federal Housing Commissioner. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Housing Program Amendments - Amends various Federal housing laws with respect to: (1) extension of the Community Development Block Grant public services cap exception; (2) use of section 8 enhanced vouchers for prepayments; and (3) prepayment and refinancing of loans for section 202 supportive housing. Title VII: Mental Health Equity - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to extend through December 31, 2002, provisions of the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 (which requires health plans, with certain exceptions, to treat equally for mental and physical health coverage their limits on annual payments and on lifetime payments).
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related agencies. Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 to the Department of Labor for: (1) the Employment and Training Administration, training and employment services; (2) community service employment for older Americans; (3) Federal unemployment benefits and allowances; (4) State unemployment insurance and employment service operations; (5) advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (6) employment and training program administration; (7) the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration; (8) the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (9) the Employment Standards Administration; (10) certain special benefits; (11) the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund; (12) the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (13) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (14) the Mine Safety and Health Administration; (15) the Bureau of Labor Statistics; (16) the Office of Disability Employment Policy; (17) departmental management; (18) veterans employment and training; and (19) the Office of Inspector General. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds and transfers of funds appropriated under this title. (Sec. 101) Prohibits use of Job Corps funds under this title to pay individual compensation at a rate in excess of Executive Level II. (Sec. 102) Allows not more than one percent of discretionary funds for the current fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this Act to be transferred between appropriations. Prohibits increase of any such appropriation by more than three percent by any such transfer. (Sec. 103) Expresses the sense of the Senate that amounts should be appropriated to provide dislocated worker employment and training assistance under the Workforce Investment Act to airport career centers (to be located with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey) to enable such centers to provide services to workers in the airline and related industries (including ground transportation and other businesses) who have been dislocated as a result of the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center. (Sec. 104) Expresses the sense of the Senate that amounts should be appropriated to provide adult employment and training activities to assist individuals with disabilities from New York and New Jersey who require vocational rehabilitative services as a result of the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center in order to permit such individuals to return to work or maintain employment. Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for: (1) the Health Resources and Services Administration, for specified health resources and services activities; (2) health education assistance loans; (3) the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund; (4) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP), for disease control, research, and training; (5) the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including the John E. Fogarty International Center, the National Library of Medicine, and the Office of the Director; (6) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, for substance abuse and mental health services; (7) the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality; (8) the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services for grants to States for Medicaid, payments to health care trust funds, program management, and the Health Maintenance Organization Loan and Loan Guarantee Fund; (9) the Administration for Children and Families for payments to States for child support enforcement and family support programs; (10) low income home energy assistance; (11) refugee and entrant assistance; (12) payments to States for the child care and development block grant; (13) the social services block grant; (14) children and families services programs; (15) promoting safe and stable families, through family preservation and support; (16) payments to States for foster care and adoption assistance; (17) the Administration on Aging; (18) the Office of the Secretary for general departmental management; (19) the Office of Inspector General; (20) the Office for Civil Rights; (21) policy research; and (22) retirement pay and medical benefits for Public Health Service commissioned officers. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title. (Sec. 202) Directs the Secretary of HHS to make available through assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the Agency for International Development, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, or the World Health Organization. (Sec. 203) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to implement a certain mandatory breast cancer study under the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), or to construct regional centers for primate research under the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993. (Sec. 204) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for the NIH and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to pay an individual's salary, through a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Executive Level I. (Sec. 205) Prohibits funds under this Act from being expended pursuant to specified evaluation provisions of PHSA, except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for other taps and assessments made by any office located in the Department of HHS, prior to a report by the Secretary of HHS to specified congressional committees detailing the planned uses of such funds. (Sec. 206) Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to make available for program evaluation up to two percent of funds for programs under the PHSA. (Sec. 207) Allows the transfer between appropriation of not more than one percent of discretionary funds in this Act for the current fiscal year for the Department of HHS. Prohibits increase of any such appropriation by more than three percent by any such transfer. (Sec. 208) Authorizes the Directors of the (NIH) and of the Office of AIDS Research (OAR) to jointly transfer up to three percent among institutes, centers, and divisions from the total amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). (Sec. 209) Requires the amount for research related to HIV, as jointly determined by the Directors of NIH and of OAR, to be made available to the OAR account. Requires the Director of OAR to transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out certain provisions of PHSA. (Sec. 210) Prohibits funds under this Act from being made available under title X (population research and voluntary family planning) of PHSA, unless the award applicant certifies to the Secretary of HHS that it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services and provides counseling to minors on resisting attempts to coerce them into engaging in sexual activities. (Sec. 211) Prohibits use of funds under this Act to carry out the Medicare+Choice program if the Secretary of HHS denies participation in such program to an otherwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Organization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for abortions. (Sec. 212) Declares that no provider of services under title X (population research and voluntary family planning) of PHSA shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest. (Sec. 213) Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 to extend through FY 2002 certain provisions relating to establishing categories of aliens for purposes of refugee determinations. (Sec. 214) Prohibits funds under by this Act from being used to withhold substance abuse funding from a State pursuant to specified PHSA provisions, if such State certifies to the Secretary of HHS that the State will commit additional State funds to ensure compliance with State laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to individuals under 18 years of age. Requires the amount of such funds to be committed by a State to equal to one percent of its substance abuse block grant allocation for each percentage point by which the State misses the retailer compliance rate goal established by the Secretary of HHS. Requires the State to maintain its expenditures in FY 2002 for tobacco prevention programs and for compliance activities at least at its FY 2001 level, and to add to that level such required additional funds for tobacco compliance activities. Provides that no funds under this Act may be used to withhold such substance abuse funding from a territory that receives less than $1 million of such funding. (Sec. 215) Authorizes the Secretary of HHS, in order for the CDCP to carry out international HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other health activities abroad during FY 2002, to: (1) utilize specified authorities under the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956; and (2) utilize other specified authorities to lease, alter, or renovate facilities in foreign countries to carry out such programs. (Sec. 216) Authorizes the Acting Director of NIH to serve in that position until a new Director of NIH is confirmed by the Senate. (Sec. 217) Transfers specified amounts, appropriated in this title, to International Assistance Programs, Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis, from the following categories: NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH Buildings and Facilities, and HHS Departmental Management. (Sec. 218) Requires a specified minimum amount of the funds for the Office of the General Counsel to be used to provide legal support for enforcement of the labeling provisions of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994. (Sec. 219) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Department of HHS or its operating divisions should publish a notice of proposed rulemaking with respect to good manufacturing practices for dietary supplements within 15 days after enactment of this Act. (Sec. 220) Directs the Inspector General of the Department of HHS, within six months after enactment of this Act, to audit and report to Congress on all Federal amounts allocated for AIDS prevention programs. (Sec. 221) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of HHS should: (1) fund and reimburse hospitals and medical facilities in States that have tested and treated Federal workers exposed to anthrax; and (2) continue to test and treat Federal workers who have been determined by the CDCP as at risk for exposure to anthrax. (Sec. 222) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of HHS should ensure that each contract between a State and an entity providing medical assistance under a State medicaid plan should provide for: (1) compliance with mandatory blood lead screening requirements consistent with prevailing CDCP guidelines; and (2) coverage of lead treatment services including diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up furnished for children with elevated blood lead levels in accordance with prevailing CDCP guidelines. (Sec. 223) Expresses the sense of the Senate that States should be authorized to use State children's health insurance program funds under title XXI of the Social Security Act to: (1) comply with mandatory blood lead screening requirements consistent with prevailing CDCP guidelines; and (2) cover lead treatment services including diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up furnished for children with elevated blood lead levels in accordance with such guidelines. (Sec. 224) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of HHS should establish a program to improve the blood lead screening rates of States for children under age three enrolled in the Medicaid program under which, using State-specific blood lead screening data, the Secretary would pay a State an annual amount to be determined: (1) for each two-year-old child enrolled in the Medicaid program in the State who has received the minimum required screening blood lead level tests to determine the presence of elevated blood lead levels, as established by the CDCP; and (2) for each such child who has received such minimum required tests. (Sec. 225) Appropriates a specified amount to the Health Resources and Services Administration for grants for education, prevention, and early detection of radiogenic cancers and diseases under Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) provisions of PHSA, of which a certain portion shall be available for a contract for the National Research Council to: (1) review the most recent scientific information related to radiation exposure and associated cancers or other diseases; (2) make recommendations with respect to reducing the length of radiation exposure requirements for any compensable illnesses and including additional illnesses, geographic areas, or classes of individuals under RECA; and (3) report its findings to specified congressional committees. (Sec. 226) Rescinds a certain amount appropriated under specified provisions of the Social Security Act. (Sec. 227) Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Secretary of HHS, through the Director of NIH and the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), should expand and intensify research and related activities of the Institute with respect to post-abortion depression and post-abortion psychosis (post-abortion conditions); (2) the Director of NIMH should coordinate such activities with similar activities conducted by the other national research institutes and agencies of NIH; (3) the Director of NIMH should conduct or support research on causes of and cure for post-abortion conditions, including specified types of basic research, epidemiological studies, diagnostic techniques, clinical research on new treatments, and information and education programs; and (4) the Director of NIMH should conduct and report to Congress on a national longitudinal study with respect to cases of post-abortion conditions. (Sec. 228) Donald J. Cohen National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative - Amends the Public Health Service Act to name as the Donald J. Cohen National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative certain provisions for grants to address the problems of children and youth who experience violence-related stress. Title III: Department of Education - Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 to the Department of Education for: (1) education for the disadvantaged; (2) impact aid; (3) school improvement programs; (4) Indian education; (5) bilingual and immigrant education; (6) special education; (7) rehabilitation services and disability research; (8) special institutions for persons with disabilities, including the American Printing House for the Blind, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and Gallaudet University; (9) vocational and adult education; (10) certain student financial assistance programs (setting a maximum individual Pell Grant amount); (11) the Federal Family Education Loan program account; (12) specified higher education programs; (13) Howard University; (14) the college housing and academic facilities loans program; (15) the historically Black college and university capital financing program account; (16) education research, statistics, and improvement; (17) departmental management; (18) the Office for Civil Rights; and (19) the Office of the Inspector General. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title. (Sec. 301) Prohibits funds under in this Act from being used to transport teachers or students in order to: (1) overcome racial imbalance in any school; or (2) carry out a racial desegregation plan. (Sec. 302) Prohibits funds under in this Act from being used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student to a school other than the school nearest the student's home, except for a student requiring special education, to the school offering such special education, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Declares that such a prohibited indirect requirement of transportation of students includes the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clustering. Exempts the establishment of magnet schools from such prohibition. (Sec. 303) Prohibits funds under in this Act from being used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in public schools. (Sec. 304) Allows the transfer between appropriations of not more than one percent of discretionary funds for the current fiscal year for the Department of Education in this Act. Prohibits increase of any such appropriation by more than three percent by any such transfer. (Sec. 305) Directs the Secretary of Education to make urgent school renovation grants to States and outlying areas on a specified basis. Requires that such grants be awarded to local educational agencies on a competitive basis that includes certain considerations. Limits local uses of such grants. (Sec. 306) Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on: (1) Federal student loan disbursements to students attending foreign schools; and (2) fraud, waste, and abuse in the Federal Family Education Loan Program relating to students receiving funding in order to attend a foreign school. (Sec. 307) Makes inapplicable to State programs during FY 2001 a requirement under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) relating to payment of the Federal share of grants made by qualified programs under the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP) program. Requires the State expenditures under such a State program for FY 2001 to be disregarded in calculating the maintenance of effort requirement for each of FY 2002 through 2004, if the State demonstrates that it: (1) allocated all of the funds that the State appropriated in FY 2001 for need-based scholarship, grant, and work study assistance to LEAP programs; and (2) did not participate in a separate Special LEAP program under HEA in FY 2001. Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 to the: (1) Armed Forces Retirement Home; (2) Corporation for National and Community Service, for domestic volunteer service programs and operating expenses; (3) Corporation for Public Broadcasting; (4) Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (5) Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; (6) Institute of Museum and Library Services; (7) Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; (8) National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; (9) National Council on Disability; (10) National Educational Goals Panel; (11) National Labor Relations Board; (12) National Mediation Board; (13) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; (14) Railroad Retirement Board for the dual benefits payments account, Federal payments to the railroad retirement accounts, administration, and the Office of Inspector General; (15) Social Security Administration for payments to the Social Security trust funds, special benefits for disabled coal miners, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program, administrative expenses, and the Office of Inspector General; and (16) U.S. Institute of Peace. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title. Title V: General Provisions - Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this Act. (Sec. 505) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act for programs to distribute sterile needles or syringes for the injection of illegal drugs, unless the Secretary of HHS determines that such programs are effective in preventing the spread of HIV and do not encourage the use of illegal drugs.. (Sec. 506) Sets forth Buy American requirements. (Sec. 508) Prohibits the expenditure of funds appropriated under this Act, or in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated under this Act, for abortions or for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion, with exceptions specified in section 509 of this Act. (Sec. 509) Provides that the prohibition in section 508 shall not apply to an abortion: (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. Provides that nothing in section 508 shall be construed as: (1) prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds); or (2) restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds (other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds). (Sec. 510) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act for: (1) the creation of a human embryo for research purposes; or (2) research in which a human embryo is destroyed or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero under Federal regulations and the Public Health Service Act. (Sec. 511) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act for activities to promote the legalization of a controlled substance unless there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such substance or that federally-sponsored trials are being conducted to determine such advantage. (Sec. 513) Bars the use of funds made available in this Act to promulgate a final standard under the Social Security Act providing for a unique health identifier for an individual (except in an individual's capacity as an employer or health care provider) until legislation is enacted specifically approving the standard. (Sec. 514) Prohibits the use, except in the case of emergency relief programs, of any funds in this Act for the Departments of Labor, HHS, and Education to make a discretionary grant or cooperative agreement at or above a specified amount unless specified congressional committees are notified beforehand. (Sec. 515) Amends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to set forth requirements relating to State contributions. (Sec. 516) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should immediately release the $300 million in emergency funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) provided by the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2001. (Sec. 517) Amends the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act and the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to replace certain references to Kamehameha School/Bishop Estate with references to Papa Ola Lokahi. (Sec. 518) Directs the Comptroller General to report to specified congressional committees on certain matters with respect to the administrative simplification requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and programs administered by State and local units of government. (Sec. 519) Authorizes the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to accept the election of a qualified magistrate judge to receive an annuity and come within the purview of specified Federal law. Requires full-time recall service performed by a qualified magistrate judge to be credited for service in calculating such an annuity. (Sec. 520) Provides that nothing in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (H.R.2217) shall be construed to overturn or otherwise effect the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in the case of Sac and Fox Nation v. Norton, or to permit gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act on certain lands or any lands contiguous to them that have or have not been taken into trust by the Secretary of the Interior. (Sec. 521) Reduces on a pro rata basis by a specified amount certain funds made available under this Act for departmental management of the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Education. Exempts from such reduction the Food and Drug Administration and the Indian Health Service. Title VI: Extension of Mark-to-Market Program for Multifamily Assisted Housing - Mark-to-Market Extension Act of 2001 - Subtitle A: Multifamily Housing Mortgage and Assistance Restructuring and Section 8 Contract Renewal - Amends the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (MAHRAA) to revise and extend the Mark-to-Market program for multifamily assisted housing. Revises provisions relating to multifamily housing mortgage and assistance restructuring and section 8 contract renewal, including: (1) consistency of rent levels under enhanced voucher assistance and rent restructurings; (2) eligible inclusions for renewal rents of partially assisted buildings; and (3) eligibility of restructuring projects for miscellaneous housing insurance. Subtitle B: Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring - Reauthorizes the Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring and extends the Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring program. Sets forth provisions relating to the Office, including its Director and oversight by the Federal Housing Commissioner. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Housing Program Amendments - Amends various Federal housing laws with respect to: (1) extension of the Community Development Block Grant public services cap exception; (2) use of section 8 enhanced vouchers for prepayments; and (3) prepayment and refinancing of loans for section 202 supportive housing. Title VII: Mental Health Equity - Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 2001 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act, respectively, to prohibit certain employee group health plans or related insurance coverages providing both medical-surgical and mental health benefits from imposing mental health treatment limitations or financial requirements unless comparable limitations and requirements are imposed upon medical-surgical benefits. Declares that the foregoing shall not be construed as requiring a group health plan (or related insurance coverages): (1) to provide any mental health benefits; (2) preventing the medical management of mental health benefits; or (3) requiring the provision of specific mental health services, except to the extent that failure to provide such services would result in a disparity between the coverage of mental health and medical-surgical benefits. (Sec. 702) Exempts from such requirements any small employer who employed an average of at least two but not more than 50 employees on business days during the preceding calendar year. Requires that, in the case of a group health plan that offers a participant or beneficiary two or more benefit package options, the coverage requirements shall be applied separately with respect to each such option. Provides that, in the case of a plan or insurance providing in-network mental health benefits, out-of-network mental health benefits need not be provided at parity to medical-surgical benefits, as long as in-network mental health benefits are provided at parity with medical-surgical benefits and the plan or insurance provides reasonable access to in-network providers and facilities. (Sec. 705) Requires a General Accounting Office study of the effects of the amendments made by this title upon health insurance costs, access, and quality. (Sec. 706) Provides that this title shall have no impact on the Social Security trust fund. Title VIII: Information on Passengers and Cargo - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for mandatory advanced electronic manifest information for air cargo, crew, and passengers entering the United States.
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related agencies. Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 to the Department of Labor for: (1) the Employment and Training Administration, training and employment services; (2) community service employment for older Americans; (3) Federal unemployment benefits and allowances; (4) State unemployment insurance and employment service operations; (5) advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and other trust funds; (6) employment and training program administration; (7) the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration; (8) the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (9) the Employment Standards Administration; (10) certain special benefits; (11) the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program; (12) the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (13) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (14) the Mine Safety and Health Administration; (15) the Bureau of Labor Statistics; (16) the Office of Disability Employment Policy; (17) departmental management; (18) the Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training; and (19) the Office of Inspector General. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds and transfers of funds appropriated under this title. (Sec. 101) Prohibits use of Job Corps funds under this title to pay individual compensation at a rate in excess of Executive Level II. (Sec. 102) Allows not more than one percent of discretionary funds for the current fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this Act to be transferred between appropriations. Prohibits increase of any such appropriation by more than three percent by any such transfer. Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for: (1) the Health Resources and Services Administration, for specified health resources and services activities; (2) health education assistance loans; (3) the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund; (4) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for disease control, research, and training; (5) the National Institutes of Health, including the John E. Fogarty International Center, the National Library of Medicine, and the Office of the Director; (6) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, for substance abuse and mental health services; (7) the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality; (8) the Health Care Financing Administration for grants to States for Medicaid, payments to health care trust funds, program management, and the Health Maintenance Organization Loan and Loan Guarantee Fund; (9) the Administration for Children and Families for payments to States for child support enforcement and family support programs; (10) low income home energy assistance; (11) refugee and entrant assistance; (12) payments to States for the child care and development block grant; (13) the social services block grant; (14) children and families services programs; (15) promoting safe and stable families, through family preservation and support; (16) payments to States for foster care and adoption assistance; (17) the Administration on Aging; (18) the Office of the Secretary for general departmental management; (19) the Office of Inspector General; (20) the Office for Civil Rights; (21) policy research; (22) retirement pay and medical benefits for Public Health Service commissioned officers; and (23) the public health and social services emergency fund, for expenses related to countering potential biological, disease, and chemical threats to civilian populations, with a specified amounts to be distributed to the Office of Emergency Preparedness and to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (with a specified portion of the latter's amount to remain available for the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile). Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title. (Sec. 202) Directs the Secretary of HHS to make available through assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the Agency for International Development, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, or the World Health Organization. (Sec. 203) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to implement a certain mandatory breast cancer study under the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), or to construct regional centers for primate research under the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993. (Sec. 204) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for the National Institutes of Health and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to pay an individual's salary, through a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II. (Sec. 205) Prohibits funds under this Act from being expended pursuant to specified evaluation provisions of PHSA, except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for other taps and assessments made by any office located in the Department of HHS, prior to a report by the Secretary of HHS to specified congressional committees detailing the planned uses of such funds. (Sec. 206) Allows the transfer between appropriation of not more than one percent of discretionary funds in this Act for the current fiscal year for the Department of HHS. Prohibits increase of any such appropriation by more than ten percent by any such transfer. (Sec. 207) Authorizes the Directors of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and of the Office of AIDS Research (OAR) to jointly transfer up to three percent among institutes, centers, and divisions from the total amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus. (Sec. 208) Requires the amount for research related to the human immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Directors of NIH and of OAR, to be made available to the OAR account. Requires the Director of OAR to transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out certain provisions of PHSA. (Sec. 209) Prohibits funds under this Act from being made available under title X (population research and voluntary family planning) of PHSA, unless the award applicant certifies to the Secretary of HHS that it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services and provides counseling to minors on resisting attempts to coerce them into engaging in sexual activities. (Sec. 210) Prohibits use of funds under this Act to carry out the Medicare+Choice program if the Secretary of HHS denies participation in such program to an otherwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Organization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for abortions. (Sec. 211) Declares that no provider of services under title X (population research and voluntary family planning) of PHSA shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest. (Sec. 212) Prohibits funds under by this Act from being used to withhold substance abuse funding from a State pursuant to specified PHSA provisions, if such State certifies to the Secretary of HHS that the State will commit additional State funds to ensure compliance with State laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to individuals under 18 years of age. Requires the amount of such funds to be committed by a State to equal to one percent of its substance abuse block grant allocation for each percentage point by which the State misses the retailer compliance rate goal established by the Secretary of HHS. Requires the State to maintain its expenditures in FY 2002 for tobacco prevention programs and for compliance activities at least at its FY 2001 level, and to add to that level such required additional funds for tobacco compliance activities. Provides that no funds under this Act may be used to withhold such substance abuse funding from a territory that receives less than $1 million of such funding. (Sec. 213) Authorizes the Secretary of HHS, in order for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to carry out international HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other health activities abroad during FY 2002, to: (1) utilize specified authorities under the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956; (2) enter into reimbursable agreements with the Department of State using any funds appropriated to the Department of HHS, for the purposes for which the funds were appropriated in accordance with authority granted to the Secretary of HHS or under authority governing the activities of the Department of State. Requires the Secretary of HHS, in exercising such authority, to: (1) not award contracts for performance of an inherently governmental function; and (2) follow otherwise applicable Federal procurement laws and regulations to the maximum extent practicable. (Sec. 214) Authorizes the Division of Federal Occupational Health to utilize personal services contracting to employ professional management/administrative and occupational health professionals. (Sec. 215) Provides that a specified amount of the funds appropriated for NIH FY 2002 shall not be available for obligation until September 30, 2002. Title III: Department of Education - Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 to the Department of Education for: (1) education for the disadvantaged; (2) impact aid; (3) school improvement programs; (4) Indian education; (5) bilingual and immigrant education; (6) special education; (7) rehabilitation services and disability research; (8) special institutions for persons with disabilities, including the American Printing House for the Blind, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and Gallaudet University; (9) vocational and adult education; (10) certain student financial assistance programs (setting a maximum individual Pell Grant amount); (11) the Federal Family Education Loan program account; (12) specified higher education programs; (13) Howard University; (14) the college housing and academic facilities loans program; (15) the historically Black college and university capital financing program account; (16) education research, statistics, and improvement; (17) departmental management; (18) the Office for Civil Rights; and (19) the Office of the Inspector General. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title. (Sec. 301) Prohibits funds under in this Act from being used to: (1) transport teachers or students in order to overcome racial imbalance in any school; or (2) carry out a racial desegregation plan. (Sec. 302) Prohibits funds under in this Act from being used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student to a school other than the school nearest the student's home, except for a student requiring special education, to the school offering such special education, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Declares that such a prohibited indirect requirement of transportation of students includes the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clustering. Exempts the establishment of magnet schools from such prohibition. (Sec. 303) Prohibits funds under in this Act from being used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in public schools. (Sec. 304) Allows the transfer between appropriations of not more than one percent of discretionary funds for the current fiscal year for the Department of Education in this Act. Prohibits increase of any such appropriation by more than three percent by any such transfer. Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 to the: (1) Armed Forces Retirement Home; (2) Corporation for National and Community Service, for domestic volunteer service programs and operating expenses; (3) Corporation for Public Broadcasting; (4) Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (5) Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; (6) Institute of Museum and Library Services; (7) Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; (8) National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; (9) National Council on Disability; (10) National Labor Relations Board; (11) National Mediation Board; (12) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; (13) Railroad Retirement Board for the dual benefits payments account, Federal payments to the railroad retirement accounts, administration, and the Office of Inspector General; (14) Social Security Administration for payments to the Social Security trust funds, special benefits for disabled coal miners, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program, administrative expenses, and the Office of Inspector General; and (15) U.S. Institute of Peace. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title. Title V: General Provisions - Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this Act. (Sec. 505) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act for programs to distribute sterile needles or syringes for the injection of illegal drugs. (Sec. 506) Sets forth Buy American requirements. (Sec. 508) Prohibits the expenditure of funds appropriated under this Act, or in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated under this Act, for abortions or for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion, with exceptions specified in section 509 of this Act. (Sec. 509) Provides that the prohibition in section 508 shall not apply to an abortion: (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. Provides that nothing in section 508 shall be construed as: (1) prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds); or (2) restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds (other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds). (Sec. 510) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act for: (1) the creation of a human embryo for research purposes; or (2) research in which a human embryo is destroyed or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero under Federal regulations and the Public Health Service Act. (Sec. 511) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act for activities to promote the legalization of a controlled substance unless there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such substance or that federally-sponsored trials are being conducted to determine such advantage. (Sec. 513) Bars the use of funds made available in this Act to promulgate a final standard under the Social Security Act providing for a unique health identifier for an individual (except in an individual's capacity as an employer or health care provider) until legislation is enacted specifically approving the standard. (Sec. 514) Prohibits funds under this Act from being made available to any person or entity that violates the Buy American Act. (Sec. 515) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act for the Department of HHS to grant an exclusive or partially exclusive license pursuant to specified Federal law, except in accordance with specified provisions relating to the availability to the public of an invention and its benefits on reasonable terms. Title VI: Extension of Mark-to-Market Program for Multifamily Assisted Housing - Mark-to-Market Extension Act of 2001 - Subtitle A: Multifamily Housing Mortgage and Assistance Restructuring and Section 8 Contract Renewal - Amends the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (MAHRAA) to revise and extend the Mark-to-Market program for multifamily assisted housing. Revises provisions relating to multifamily housing mortgage and assistance restructuring and section 8 contract renewal, including: (1) consistency of rent levels under enhanced voucher assistance and rent restructurings; (2) eligible inclusions for renewal rents of partially assisted buildings; and (3) eligibility of restructuring projects for miscellaneous housing insurance. Subtitle B: Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring - Reauthorizes the Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring and extends the Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring program. Sets forth provisions relating to the Office, including its Director and oversight by the Federal Housing Commissioner. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Housing Program Amendments - Amends various Federal housing laws with respect to: (1) extension of the Community Development Block Grant public services cap exception; (2) use of section 8 enhanced vouchers for prepayments; and (3) prepayment and refinancing of loans for section 202 supportive housing.
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 to the Department of Labor for: (1) the Employment and Training Administration, training and employment services; (2) community service employment for older Americans; (3) Federal unemployment benefits and allowances; (4) State unemployment insurance and employment service operations; (5) advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and other trust funds; (6) employment and training program administration; (7) the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration; (8) the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (9) the Employment Standards Administration; (10) certain special benefits; (11) the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program; (12) the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (13) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (14) the Mine Safety and Health Administration; (15) the Bureau of Labor Statistics; (16) the Office of Disability Employment Policy; (17) departmental management; (18) the Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training; and (19) the Office of Inspector General. Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for: (1) the Health Resources and Services Administration; (2) health education assistance loans; (3) the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund; (4) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (5) the National Institutes of Health; (6) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; (7) the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality; (8) the Health Care Financing Administration for grants to States for Medicaid, payments to health care trust funds, and the Health Maintenance Organization Loan and Loan Guarantee Fund; (9) the Administration for Children and Families for payments to States for child support enforcement and family support programs; (10) low income home energy assistance; (11) refugee and entrant assistance; (12) payments to States for child care and development block grants; (13) social services block grants; (14) children and families services programs; (15) payments to States for foster care and adoption assistance; (16) the Administration on Aging; (17) the Office of the Secretary for general departmental management; (18) the Office of Inspector General; (19) the Office for Civil Rights; (20) policy research; (21) retirement pay and medical benefits for Public Health Service commissioned officers; and (22) the public health and social services emergency fund, for expenses related to countering potential biological, disease, and chemical threats to civilian populations. Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 to the Department of Education for: (1) education for the disadvantaged; (2) impact aid; (3) school improvement programs; (4) Indian education; (5) bilingual and immigrant education; (6) special education; (7) rehabilitation services and disability research; (8) certain special institutions for persons with disabilities; (9) vocational and adult education; (10) certain student financial assistance programs; (11) the Federal Family Education Loan program account; (12) specified higher education programs; (13) Howard University; (14) the college housing and academic facilities loans program; (15) the historically Black college and university capital financing program account; (16) education research, statistics, and improvement; (17) departmental management; (18) the Office for Civil Rights; and (19) the Office of the Inspector General. Makes appropriations for FY 2002 to the: (1) Armed Forces Retirement Home; (2) Corporation for National and Community Service; (3) Corporation for Public Broadcasting; (4) Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (5) Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; (6) Institute of Museum and Library Services; (7) Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; (8) National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; (9) National Council on Disability; (10) National Labor Relations Board; (11) National Mediation Board; (12) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; (13) Railroad Retirement Board; (14) Social Security Administration; and (15) U.S. Institute of Peace. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this Act. Mark-to-Market Extension Act of 2001 - Amends the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (MAHRAA) to revise and extend the Mark-to-Market program for multifamily assisted housing. Sets forth provisions relating to multifamily housing mortgage and assistance restructuring and section 8 contract renewal. Reauthorizes the Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring and extends the Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring program. Amends various Federal housing laws with respect to: (1) extension of the community development block grant public services cap exception; (2) use of section 8 enhanced vouchers for prepayments; and (3) prepayment and refinancing of loans for section 202 supportive housing.
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related agencies. Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 to the Department of Labor for: (1) the Employment and Training Administration, training and employment services; (2) community service employment for older Americans; (3) Federal unemployment benefits and allowances; (4) State unemployment insurance and employment service operations; (5) advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and other trust funds; (6) employment and training program administration; (7) the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration; (8) the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (9) the Employment Standards Administration; (10) certain special benefits; (11) the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program; (12) the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (13) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (14) the Mine Safety and Health Administration; (15) the Bureau of Labor Statistics; (16) the Office of Disability Employment Policy; (17) departmental management; (18) the Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training; and (19) the Office of Inspector General. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds and transfers of funds appropriated under this title. (Sec. 101) Prohibits use of Job Corps funds under this title to pay individual compensation at a rate in excess of Executive Level II. (Sec. 102) Allows not more than one percent of discretionary funds for the current fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this Act to be transferred between appropriations. Prohibits increase of any such appropriation by more than three percent by any such transfer. Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for: (1) the Health Resources and Services Administration, for specified health resources and services activities; (2) health education assistance loans; (3) the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund; (4) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for disease control, research, and training; (5) the National Institutes of Health, including the John E. Fogarty International Center, the National Library of Medicine, and the Office of the Director; (6) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, for substance abuse and mental health services; (7) the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality; (8) the Health Care Financing Administration for grants to States for Medicaid, payments to health care trust funds, program management, and the Health Maintenance Organization Loan and Loan Guarantee Fund; (9) the Administration for Children and Families for payments to States for child support enforcement and family support programs; (10) low income home energy assistance; (11) refugee and entrant assistance; (12) payments to States for the child care and development block grant; (13) the social services block grant; (14) children and families services programs; (15) promoting safe and stable families, through family preservation and support; (16) payments to States for foster care and adoption assistance; (17) the Administration on Aging; (18) the Office of the Secretary for general departmental management; (19) the Office of Inspector General; (20) the Office for Civil Rights; (21) policy research; (22) retirement pay and medical benefits for Public Health Service commissioned officers; and (23) the public health and social services emergency fund, for expenses related to countering potential biological, disease, and chemical threats to civilian populations, with a specified amounts to be distributed to the Office of Emergency Preparedness and to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (with a specified portion of the latter's amount to remain available for the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile). Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title. (Sec. 202) Directs the Secretary of HHS to make available through assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the Agency for International Development, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, or the World Health Organization. (Sec. 203) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to implement a certain mandatory breast cancer study under the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), or to construct regional centers for primate research under the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993. (Sec. 204) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for the National Institutes of Health and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to pay an individual's salary, through a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II. (Sec. 205) Prohibits funds under this Act from being expended pursuant to specified evaluation provisions of PHSA, except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for other taps and assessments made by any office located in the Department of HHS, prior to a report by the Secretary of HHS to specified congressional committees detailing the planned uses of such funds. (Sec. 206) Allows the transfer between appropriation of not more than one percent of discretionary funds in this Act for the current fiscal year for the Department of HHS. Prohibits increase of any such appropriation by more than ten percent by any such transfer. (Sec. 207) Authorizes the Directors of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and of the Office of AIDS Research (OAR) to jointly transfer up to three percent among institutes, centers, and divisions from the total amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus. (Sec. 208) Requires the amount for research related to the human immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Directors of NIH and of OAR, to be made available to the OAR account. Requires the Director of OAR to transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out certain provisions of PHSA. (Sec. 209) Prohibits funds under this Act from being made available under title X (population research and voluntary family planning) of PHSA, unless the award applicant certifies to the Secretary of HHS that it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services and provides counseling to minors on resisting attempts to coerce them into engaging in sexual activities. (Sec. 210) Prohibits use of funds under this Act to carry out the Medicare+Choice program if the Secretary of HHS denies participation in such program to an otherwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Organization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for abortions. (Sec. 211) Declares that no provider of services under title X (population research and voluntary family planning) of PHSA shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest. (Sec. 212) Prohibits funds under by this Act from being used to withhold substance abuse funding from a State pursuant to specified PHSA provisions, if such State certifies to the Secretary of HHS that the State will commit additional State funds to ensure compliance with State laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to individuals under 18 years of age. Requires the amount of such funds to be committed by a State to equal to one percent of its substance abuse block grant allocation for each percentage point by which the State misses the retailer compliance rate goal established by the Secretary of HHS. Requires the State to maintain its expenditures in FY 2002 for tobacco prevention programs and for compliance activities at least at its FY 2001 level, and to add to that level such required additional funds for tobacco compliance activities. Provides that no funds under this Act may be used to withhold such substance abuse funding from a territory that receives less than $1 million of such funding. (Sec. 213) Authorizes the Secretary of HHS, in order for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to carry out international HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other health activities abroad during FY 2002, to: (1) utilize specified authorities under the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956; (2) enter into reimbursable agreements with the Department of State using any funds appropriated to the Department of HHS, for the purposes for which the funds were appropriated in accordance with authority granted to the Secretary of HHS or under authority governing the activities of the Department of State. Requires the Secretary of HHS, in exercising such authority, to: (1) not award contracts for performance of an inherently governmental function; and (2) follow otherwise applicable Federal procurement laws and regulations to the maximum extent practicable. (Sec. 214) Authorizes the Division of Federal Occupational Health to utilize personal services contracting to employ professional management/administrative and occupational health professionals. (Sec. 215) Provides that a specified amount of the funds appropriated for NIH FY 2002 shall not be available for obligation until September 30, 2002. Title III: Department of Education - Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 to the Department of Education for: (1) education for the disadvantaged; (2) impact aid; (3) school improvement programs; (4) Indian education; (5) bilingual and immigrant education; (6) special education; (7) rehabilitation services and disability research; (8) special institutions for persons with disabilities, including the American Printing House for the Blind, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and Gallaudet University; (9) vocational and adult education; (10) certain student financial assistance programs (setting a maximum individual Pell Grant amount); (11) the Federal Family Education Loan program account; (12) specified higher education programs; (13) Howard University; (14) the college housing and academic facilities loans program; (15) the historically Black college and university capital financing program account; (16) education research, statistics, and improvement; (17) departmental management; (18) the Office for Civil Rights; and (19) the Office of the Inspector General. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title. (Sec. 301) Prohibits funds under in this Act from being used to: (1) transport teachers or students in order to overcome racial imbalance in any school; or (2) carry out a racial desegregation plan. (Sec. 302) Prohibits funds under in this Act from being used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student to a school other than the school nearest the student's home, except for a student requiring special education, to the school offering such special education, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Declares that such a prohibited indirect requirement of transportation of students includes the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clustering. Exempts the establishment of magnet schools from such prohibition. (Sec. 303) Prohibits funds under in this Act from being used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in public schools. (Sec. 304) Allows the transfer between appropriations of not more than one percent of discretionary funds for the current fiscal year for the Department of Education in this Act. Prohibits increase of any such appropriation by more than three percent by any such transfer. Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 to the: (1) Armed Forces Retirement Home; (2) Corporation for National and Community Service, for domestic volunteer service programs and operating expenses; (3) Corporation for Public Broadcasting; (4) Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (5) Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; (6) Institute of Museum and Library Services; (7) Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; (8) National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; (9) National Council on Disability; (10) National Labor Relations Board; (11) National Mediation Board; (12) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; (13) Railroad Retirement Board for the dual benefits payments account, Federal payments to the railroad retirement accounts, administration, and the Office of Inspector General; (14) Social Security Administration for payments to the Social Security trust funds, special benefits for disabled coal miners, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program, administrative expenses, and the Office of Inspector General; and (15) U.S. Institute of Peace. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title. Title V: General Provisions - Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this Act. (Sec. 505) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act for programs to distribute sterile needles or syringes for the injection of illegal drugs. (Sec. 506) Sets forth Buy American requirements. (Sec. 508) Prohibits the expenditure of funds appropriated under this Act, or in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated under this Act, for abortions or for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion, with exceptions specified in section 509 of this Act. (Sec. 509) Provides that the prohibition in section 508 shall not apply to an abortion: (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. Provides that nothing in section 508 shall be construed as: (1) prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds); or (2) restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds (other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds). (Sec. 510) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act for: (1) the creation of a human embryo for research purposes; or (2) research in which a human embryo is destroyed or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero under Federal regulations and the Public Health Service Act. (Sec. 511) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act for activities to promote the legalization of a controlled substance unless there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such substance or that federally-sponsored trials are being conducted to determine such advantage. (Sec. 513) Bars the use of funds made available in this Act to promulgate a final standard under the Social Security Act providing for a unique health identifier for an individual (except in an individual's capacity as an employer or health care provider) until legislation is enacted specifically approving the standard. Title VI: Extension of Mark-to-Market Program for Multifamily Assisted Housing - Mark-to-Market Extension Act of 2001 - Subtitle A: Multifamily Housing Mortgage and Assistance Restructuring and Section 8 Contract Renewal - Amends the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (MAHRAA) to revise and extend the Mark-to-Market program for multifamily assisted housing. Revises provisions relating to multifamily housing mortgage and assistance restructuring and section 8 contract renewal, including: (1) consistency of rent levels under enhanced voucher assistance and rent restructurings; (2) eligible inclusions for renewal rents of partially assisted buildings; and (3) eligibility of restructuring projects for miscellaneous housing insurance. Subtitle B: Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring - Reauthorizes the Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring and extends the Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring program. Sets forth provisions relating to the Office, including its Director and oversight by the Federal Housing Commissioner. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Housing Program Amendments - Amends various Federal housing laws with respect to: (1) extension of the Community Development Block Grant public services cap exception; (2) use of section 8 enhanced vouchers for prepayments; and (3) prepayment and refinancing of loans for section 202 supportive housing.
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Timeline
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 107-116.
Became Public Law No: 107-116.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Conference report considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S13773-13830)
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 90 - 7. Record Vote Number: 378.
Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 90 - 7. Record Vote Number: 378.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 107-342 filed.(text of conference report: CR 12/18/2001 H10239-10353)
Conference report H. Rept. 107-342 filed. (text of conference report: CR 12/18/2001 H10239-10353)
Mr. Regula brought up conference report H. Rept. 107-342 by previously agreed to special order. (consideration: CR H10431-10442)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report to accompany H.R. 3061.
Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
The previous question was ordered without objection.
Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 393 - 30 (Roll no. 504).
Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 393 - 30 (Roll no. 504).
Mr. Young (FL) asked unanimous consent that managers on the part of the House have until 6:00 a.m. on Dec. 19 to file a conference report on H.R. 3061. Agreed to without objection.
Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Mr. Regula asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference.
On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H7916-7918, H7941-7942)
Mr. Obey moved that the House instruct conferees.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to instruct conferees. The instructions contained in the motion require the managers on the part of the House to insist on the House position to provide no less than a total of $51,749,756,000 for the Department of Education.
The previous question was ordered without objection.
VOTE POSTPONED - At the conclusion of debate on the motion to instruct conferees, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Obey demanded the Yeas and Nays and pursuant to the rule, the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question until later in the legislative day.
On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 367 - 48 (Roll no. 435).
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The Speaker appointed conferees: Regula, Young (FL), Istook, Miller, Dan, Wicker, Northup, Cunningham, Granger, Peterson (PA), Sherwood, Obey, Hoyer, Pelosi, Lowey, DeLauro, Jackson (IL), and Kennedy (RI).
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S11449-11453, S11458-11475)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay. 89 - 10. Record Vote Number: 324.(text: CR S11458-11475)
Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay. 89 - 10. Record Vote Number: 324. (text: CR S11458-11475)
Senate insists on its amendment, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Harkin, Hollings, Inouye, Reid, Kohl, Murray, Landrieu, Byrd, Specter, Cochran, Gregg, Craig, Hutchison, Stevens and DeWine.
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S11411)
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S11300-1309, S11310-11317, S11320-11329, S11340-11344, S1145-11351)
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S11251-11252, S11255-11266, S11268-11273, S11275-11280)
Measure laid before Senate. (consideration: CR S11154-11185)
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 197.
ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Ms. Pryce of Ohio asked unanimous consent that the Speaker entertain a motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 3061 as in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to the following order: the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with; general debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour; the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule; the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether the Member offering an amendment has caused it to be printed in that portion of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose; during consideration of the bill, points of order against amendments for failure to comply with clause 2(e) of rule XXI are waived; and that the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one
Consideration initiated by previous order of the House.
Considered by previous order of the House. (consideration: CR H6568-6677; text of Ttitle I as reported in House: CR H6637-6640; text of Title II as reported in House: CR H6642, H6644-6647; text of Title III as reported in House: CR H6654, H6660; text of Title IV as reported in House: CR H6660-6661; text of Title V as reported in House: CR H6661-6662; text of Title VI as reported in House: CR H6662-6664)
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union pursuant to previous special order.
The Speaker designated the Honorable Larry Combest to act as Chairman of the Committee.
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 3061.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Istook amendment under the five-minute rule pending reservation of a point of order.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Weldon (FL) amendment under the five-minute rule pending reservation of a point of order.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Schaeffer amendment under the five-minute rule pending reservation of a point of order.
POSTPONED VOTE - At the conclusion of debate on the Sanders amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Stearns demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Sanders amendment under the five-minute rule.
DEBATE LIMITATION - Mr. Regula asked unanimous consent that further debate on the Istook amendment continue for not to exceed 20 minutes, equally divided and controlled. Agreed to without objection.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Istook amendment under the five-minute rule.
DEBATE LIMITATION - Mr. Regula asked unanimous consent that further debate on the Istook amendment continue for not to exceed 24 minutes, equally divided and controlled. Agreed to without objection.
VOTE POSTPONED - At the conclusion of debate on the Istook amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Istook demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 3061 as unfinished business.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6678-6681)
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 3061.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to a previous order of the House.
The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 373 - 43 (Roll no. 381).
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 373 - 43 (Roll no. 381).
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 258 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3061 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments. Makes in order an amendment printed in H. Rept. 107-233 and waives all points of order against the amendment printed in the report.
Introduced in House
The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 107-229, by Mr. Regula.
The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 107-229, by Mr. Regula.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 140.
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