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Health, Human Services And Education

  • 153. H.R. 366, Vocational and Technical Education for the Future Act. Motion to recommit the bill to the House Education and the Workforce Committee with instructions to include a provision to prohibit the use of Education Department funds to pay journalists or commentators to espouse points of view and require on-air disclosure if prepackaged news segments were paid for with federal funds. No. Failed 197-224. 5/4/05.
  • 154. H.R. 366. On passage of the bill to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education program for $1.3 billion in FY 2006 and merge Perkins funding with Tech- Prep, a program that provides specialized math and science courses to ease the transition of high school students to vocational school or community college, and provide federal grants to states for supplemental programs such as courses in emerging technologies. Yes. Passed 416-9. 5/4/05.
  • 204. H.R. 810, to allow the use of federal funds in research on embryonic stem cell lines derived from surplus embryos at in-vitro fertilization clinics provided that the donors give their consent and are not paid for the embryos, and authorize the secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct and support research involving human embryonic stem cells that meet certain criteria, regardless of when the stem cells were derived from a human embryo. No. Passed 238-194. 5/24/05.
  • 205. H.R. 2520, to authorize $156 million over five years to create a new federal program to collect and store umbilical-cord blood stem cells and reauthorize and expand the current bone- marrow registry program to both bone-marrow and cord-blood transplants. Yes. Passed 431-1, under suspension of rules. 5/24/05.
  • 305. H.R. 3010, FY 2006 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education appropriations. Amendment to restore $100 million for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and offset the addition with cuts to the Department of Labor departmental management and pilot programs, Health Resources and Services Administration program management and Department of Education departmental management and demonstration projects. Yes. Passed 284-140. 6/23/05.
  • 306. H.R. 3010. Amendment to strike a provision in the bill to prohibit funds from enforcing an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirement for hospitals to conduct annual fit testing of respirators for occupational exposure to tuberculosis. No. Failed 206-216. 6/23/05.
  • 307. H.R. 3010. Amendment to increase funding in the bill for special education by $50 million and offset the increase by cutting administrative and program management funds from OSHA and the Department of Education. No. Failed 161-262. 6/23/05.
  • 308. H.R. 3010. Amendment to increase funding for the Teacher Incentive Fund by $70 million and offset the increase by reducing funds for AmeriCorps operations by the same amount. No. Failed 102-298. 6/24/05.
  • 309. H.R. 3010. Amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to terminate the United Airlines employees’ pension plan. Yes. Passed 219-185. 6/24/05.
  • 310. H.R. 3010. Amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill for the operations of the Medicaid Commission (established on May 19, 2005, and chartered under section 222 of the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act). No. Failed 170-237. 6/24/05.
  • 311. H.R. 3010. Amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill to place Social Security account numbers on identification cards issued to beneficiaries under the Medicare Program. No. Passed 314-94. 6/24/05.
  • 312. H.R. 3010. Amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill to pay for drugs prescribed for the treatment of impotence. Yes. Passed 285-121. 6/24/05.
  • 313. H.R. 3010. Amendment to cut discretionary spending in the bill by 1 percent across-the-board. No. Failed 84-323. 6/24/05.
  • 314. H.R. 3010. Amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill by any federal department, agency, officer or employee to exercise direction, supervision, or control over the content or distribution of public telecommunications programs and services. No. Failed 187-218. 6/24/05.
  • 315. H.R. 3010. Amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill by the National Labor Relations Board to exert jurisdiction over any tribally owned or operated enterprises on tribal land. No. Failed 146-256. 6/24/05.
  • 316. H.R. 3010. Amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill to pay certain lenders a rate of return on student loans that is 6 percent higher than the return lenders receive on regular student loans. No. Passed 224-178. 6/24/05.
  • 317. H.R. 3010. Amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill to create or implement any universal mental health screening program. No. Failed 97-304. 6/24/05.
  • 318. H.R. 3010. Amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill to enforce or carry out a settlement agreement between the Department of Labor and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. which would provide Wal-Mart with 15 days’ advance notice of any investigation or audit of possible child labor violations. No. Failed 165-234. 6/24/05.
  • 319. H.R. 3010. Amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill to distribute the personal information of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries to private companies for marketing Medicare prescription drug plans. No. Failed 192-210. 6/24/05.
  • 320. H.R. 3010. Motion to recommit the bill to the Appropriations Committee. No. Failed 185- 216. 6/24/05.
  • 321. H.R. 3010. On passage of the bill to provide $601.6 billion in FY 2006 appropriations for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related agencies. Yes. Passed 250-151. 6/24/05.
  • 434. S. 544, to establish a set of procedures for the voluntary and confidential reporting of medical errors to patient safety organizations that would analyze the data and develop ways to improve patient safety and reduce medical errors. Yes. Passed 428-3, under suspension of rules. 7/27/05.
  • 435. S. 45, to eliminate the 30-patient limit for medical group practices for treating drug addicts with narcotic drugs in maintenance or detoxification treatment programs (retains the 30-patient limit for an individual physician). Yes. Passed 429-0, under suspension of rules. 7/27/05.
  • 448. H.R. 5, medical malpractice reform. Motion to recommit the bill to the House Judiciary and Energy and Commerce committees with instructions to add a provision to establish an independent advisory commission on medical malpractice insurance and require plaintiff attorneys in medical malpractice cases to file a certificate of merit. No. Failed 193-234. 7/28/05.
  • 449. H.R. 5. On passage of the bill to regulate lawsuits for health care liability claims concerning the provision of health care goods or services or any medical product affecting interstate commerce; cap non-economic and punitive damage awards in medical malpractice cases; provide that punitive damages can only be awarded if economic damages are found, and maintain state damage caps but allow federal caps on any states that do not have their own caps. Yes. Passed 230-194. 7/28/05.
  • 457. H.R. 3169, to provide the secretary of Education with authority to waive the repayment requirement for Pell Grant recipients whose school attendance is interrupted because of a natural disaster occurring where they were living, working or attending school and which was designated by the president as a major disaster area. Yes. Passed 412-0, under suspension of rules. 9/7/05.
  • 462. H.R. 3668, to provide the secretary of Education with authority to waive the repayment requirement for any federal student grant assistance provided under the Higher Education Act to students whose school attendance is interrupted because of a natural disaster occurring where they were living, working or attending school and which was designated by the president as a major disaster area. Yes. Passed 414-0, under suspension of rules. 9/8/05.
  • 488. H.R. 2123, Head Start program reauthorization. Amendment to allow Head Start program policy councils (which are composed of 51 percent current Head Start parents and 49 percent community representatives) to approve or disapprove most program planning and operation activities along with the board of directors and give the board the discretionary authority to act unilaterally without policy council approval in all cases involving fiscal management, fraud or criminal activity. No. Failed 153-266. 9/22/05.
  • 489. H.R. 2123. Amendment to require that Head Start staff and teachers receive training to support families with children with disabilities. Yes. Passed 411-0. 9/22/05.
  • 490. H.R. 2123. Amendment to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to implement an outreach program to train and recruit African-American and Latino-American men to become Head Start teachers to increase services and instruction to children with diverse backgrounds. Yes. Passed 401-14. 9/22/05.
  • 491. H.R. 2123. Amendment to allow for-profit Head Start providers to retain a portion of administrative savings, providing if they spend under 15 percent of their grant funding on administration they can take as profit the difference between the15 percent and the amount they spend. Yes. Failed 175-241. 9/22/05.
  • 492. H.R. 2123. Amendment to provide non-discrimination protections for faith-based charities who are Head Start providers and allow consideration of religion as a factor in hiring decisions. Yes. Passed 220-196. 9/22/05.
  • 493. H.R. 2123. On passage of the bill to reauthorize the Head Start program through FY 2011 to improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children. Yes. Passed 231-184. 9/22/05.
  • 582. S. 1894, to clarify that federal foster care payments can be made to private, for-profit as well as nonprofit therapeutic foster care agencies. Yes. Passed 408-1, under suspension of rules. 11/9/05.
  • 588. H.R. 856, to establish a Federal Youth Development Council to improve administration and coordination of federal programs serving youth. Yes. Passed 353-62, under suspension of rules. 11/15/05.
  • 590. H.R. 1790, to require states, as a condition of receiving federal education funds, to prohibit schools from requiring a child to be medicated, as a condition of attending school or receiving services. Yes. Passed 407-12, under suspension of rules. 11/16/05.
  • 598. H.R. 3010. To adopt the conference report to the bill to provide $601.7 billion in FY 2006 appropriations for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related agencies. Yes. Failed 209-224. 11/17/05.
  • 628. H.R. 3010. To adopt the conference report to the bill to provide $601.6 billion in FY 2006 appropriations for the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education departments and related agencies. Yes. Passed 215-213. 12/14/05.
  • 664. H.R. 2520, to agree to the Senate amendment to the bill to create a new federal program to collect and store umbilical-cord blood stem cells and reauthorize and expand the current bone- marrow registry program to both bone-marrow and cord-blood transplants. Yes. Passed 413-0, under suspension of rules. 12/17/05.