Appropriations bill FY2006, Labor, HHS, Education

Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.

12/30/2005--Public Law. (There are 6 other summaries)
(This measure has not been amended since the Conference Report was filed in the House on December 13, 2005. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and more...Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 - Makes appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for FY2006. Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2006 - Makes appropriations for FY2006 to the Department of Labor for:
(1) the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) 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 Employee Benefits Security Administration;
(8) the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation;
(9) the Employment Standards Administration;
(10) certain special benefits, including ones for disabled coal miners;
(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;
(19) the Office of Inspector General; and
(20) a working capital fund for a new core accounting system. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds and transfers of funds appropriated under this title. Rescinds certain amounts under specified federal laws for:
(1) workers compensation programs; and
(2) ETA training and employment services.

(Sec. 101) Prohibits use of Job Corps funds under this title to pay individual compensation at a rate in excess of Executive Level I.

(Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish an Office of Job Corps within the Office on the Secretary in the Department of Labor.

(Sec. 103) Allows not more than 1% of discretionary funds for the current fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this Act to be transferred between appropriations. Prohibits any increase of any such appropriation by more than 3% by any such transfer, but allows that appropriation to be increased by an additional 2% subject to approval by the congressional committees on Appropriations.

(Sec. 104) Prohibits funds under this Act from being obligated or expended to procure goods mined, produced, manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, in whole or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries and host countries already identified by the Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act, in accordance with a specified executive order.

(Sec. 105) Authorizes appropriations to the Denali Commission through the Department of Labor to conduct job training of the local workforce where Denali Commission projects will be constructed.
(Sec. 106) Provides that payments made by the New York Workers' Compensation Board to the New York Crime Victims Board and the New York State Insurance Fund before the date of the enactment of this Act shall be deemed to have been made for workers compensation programs, for purposes of chapter 8 of division B of the Department of Defense and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States Act, 2002.

(Sec. 107) Directs the Department of Labor to submit its FY2007 congressional budget justifications to the congressional committees on Appropriations in the format and level of detail used by the Department of Education in its FY2006 congressional budget justifications.

(Sec. 108) Directs the Secretary of Labor to prepare and submit, by July 1, 2006 to specified congressional committees, an operating plan that outlines the planned allocation by major project and activity of FY2006 funds made available for demonstration, pilot, multiservice, research, and multistate projects under specified provisions of the Workforce Investment Act. Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2006 - Makes appropriations for FY2006 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for:
(1) the Health Resources and Services Administration, for health resources and services, health education assistance loans, and the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund;
(2) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP), for disease control, research, and training;
(3) the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including the John E. Fogarty International Center, the National Library of Medicine, and the Office of the Director;
(4) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration;
(5) the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality;
(6) the Centers 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;
(7) the Administration for Children and Families, for payments to states for child support enforcement and family support programs, low-income home energy assistance, refugee and entrant assistance, payments to states for the child care and development block grant, the social services block grant, children and families services programs, promoting safe and stable families through family preservation and support, payments to states for foster care and adoption assistance;
(8) the Administration on Aging, for aging services programs; and
(9) the Office of the Secretary, for general departmental management, administrative law judges for Medicare hearings and appeals, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, the Office of Inspector General, the Office for Civil Rights, retirement pay and medical benefits for Public Health Service commissioned officers, and medical care of dependents and retired personnel, and the public health and social services emergency fund (for activities related to countering potential biological, disease, and chemical threats to civilian populations, and to developing and implementing rapidly expandable influenza vaccine production technologies and purchasing influenza vaccine as necessary).
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, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 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 use of funds under this title for Head Start to pay an individual, either as direct costs or any proration as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II.

(Sec. 206) 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 the congressional committees on Appropriations detailing the planned uses of such funds.

(Sec. 207) Directs the Secretary of HHS to determine a portion, up to 2.4%, of appropriations for PHSA programs to be made available for evaluation of implementation and effectiveness of such programs.

(Sec. 208) Allows the transfer between appropriations of not more than 1% of discretionary funds in this Act for the current fiscal year for the Department of HHS. Prohibits any increase of any such appropriation by more than 3% by any such transfer, but allows that appropriation to be increased by an additional 2% subject to approval by the congressional committees on Appropriations.

(Sec. 209) Authorizes the Directors of the NIH and of the Office of AIDS Research (OAR) jointly to transfer up to 3% 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. 210) Requires the amount for research related to HIV (of amounts made available for NIH in this Act), 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. 211) 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. 212) Prohibits use of funds under this Act to carry out the Medicare Advantage 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. 213) 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. 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.
(Sec. 215) Authorizes the Secretary of HHS, in order for the CDCP to carry out international health activities, including those relating to HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other health activities abroad during FY2006, to utilize specified authorities under:
(1) the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956; and
(2) other federal laws 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 NIH Director to use certain available funds to enter into transactions (other than contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out research in support of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research. Authorizes the Director, in entering such transactions, to determine and use appropriate peer review procedures in lieu of the peer review and advisory council review procedures that would otherwise be required under PHSA.

(Sec. 218) Allows funds available for Individual Learning Accounts for employees of CDCP and and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to be transferred to the category of Disease Control, Research, and Training and to be available only for Individual Learning Accounts for full-time equivalent employees while they employed either by CDCP or ATSDR.

(Sec. 219) Allows funds under this Act to be used to continue operating the Council on Graduate Medical Education.
(Sec. 220) Rescinds a specified amount of the unobligated balance under the heading of Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund appropriated by the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003.

(Sec. 221) Renames the following at CDCP:
(1) Headquarters and Emergency Operations Center Building (Building 21) as the Arlen Specter Headquarters and Emergency Operations Center; and
(2) Global Communications Center Building (Building 19) as the Thomas R. Harkin Global Communications Center.
(Sec. 222) Prohibits the use of any funds under this Act to implement or enforce the interim final rule (relating to motorized or powered wheelchairs) published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on August 26, 2005, before April 1, 2006.
(Sec. 223) Authorizes the Secretary of HHS, for FY2006, to waive transportation safety requirements pertaining to child restraint systems and bus monitors, for one or more vehicles used by a Head Start agency or its designee in transporting children enrolled in a Head Start or Early Head Start program, if the agency demonstrates that compliance will result in a significant disruption to the program, and if the waiver is in the best interest of the child. Prohibits issuance of such a waiver after the earlier of:
(1) the end of FY2006; or
(2) the enactment of a statute that authorizes appropriations for FY2006 to carry out the Head Start Act.

(Sec. 224) Delays until June 30, 2006, applicability of certain federal transportation safety regulations to any Head Start agency or its designee that provides transportation services for children enrolled in a Head Start or Early Head Start program, if that agency or designee places such children in child restraint systems.
(Sec. 225) Rescinds a specified amount of the unobligated balance of the Health Professions Student Loan program under PHSA.

(Sec. 226) Rescinds a specified amount of the unobligated balance of the Nursing Student Loan program under PHSA.

(Sec. 227) Authorizes the Secretary of HHS and the CDC Director to use for their travel certain amounts available for purchase, hire, maintenance, or operation of aircraft by CDC.
Title III: Department of Education - Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2006 - Makes appropriations for FY2006 to the Department of Education for:
(1) education for the disadvantaged;
(2) impact aid;
(3) school improvement programs;
(4) Indian education;
(5) innovation and improvement activities;
(6) safe schools and citizenship education;
(7) English language acquisition and language enhancement;
(8) special education;
(9) rehabilitation services and disability research;
(10) 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;
(11) vocational and adult education;
(12) certain student financial assistance programs, as well as federal administrative expenses for such programs (setting a maximum individual Pell Grant amount);
(13) specified higher education programs;
(14) Howard University;
(15) the college housing and academic facilities loans program;
(16) the historically Black college and university capital financing program account;
(17) the Institute of Education Sciences; and
(18) departmental management, including program administration, the Office for Civil Rights, and the Office of the Inspector General. Sets the maximum individual Pell Grant amount at $4,050 during award year 2006-2007.
Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title.

(Sec. 301) Prohibits the use of funds 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 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 1% of discretionary funds for the current fiscal year for the Department of Education in this Act. Prohibits any increase of any such appropriation by more than 3% by any such transfer.
(Sec. 305) Provides an additional specified amount to carry out the Federal Pell Grant Program under the Higher Education Act of 1965, for the purpose of eliminating the estimated accumulated shortfall of budget authority for such program for Pell Grant awards made through the award year 2005-2006 (pursuant to section 303 of H. Con. Res. 95 in the 109th Congress, the concurrent resolution on the budget for FY2006).

(Sec. 306) Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise provisions for certain programs under the Fund for the Improvement of Education to add provisions for cultural and educational programs relating to any federally-recognized Indian tribe in Mississippi, through grants and contracts to the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in Choctaw, Mississippi. Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2006 to the:
(1) Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled;
(2) Corporation for National and Community Service, for domestic volunteer service programs and operating expenses, administrative expenses and salaries, and the Office of Inspector General;
(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; and
(14) Social Security Administration, for payments to the Social Security trust funds, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program, administrative expenses, and the Office of Inspector General. 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. 503) Prohibits any part of an appropriation in this Act from being used:
(1) other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or video presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress or a state legislature, except in presentation to Congress or a state legislature itself; or
(2) to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed to influence legislation or appropriations pending before Congress or a state legislature.
(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. 507) 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 508 of this Act.

(Sec. 508) Provides that the prohibition in section 507 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 507 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. 509) 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, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero under specified federal regulations and the PHSA. Defines "human embryo or embryos" to include any organism, not protected as a human subject under specified federal regulations as of the date of the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more human gametes or human diploid cells.

(Sec. 510) 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. 511) 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 availability of funds under the Library Services and Technology Act for assistance to purchase computers or Internet access for any covered library (under specified provisions of such Act as amended by the Children's Internet Protections Act) unless the library has certified its compliance with certain requirements for Internet safety.

(Sec. 515) Prohibits the availability of funds under the Enhancing Education Through Technology Act of 2001 (part D of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Children's Internet Protections Act and the No Child Left Behind Act) to any covered elementary or secondary school, unless its local educational agency has certified the school's compliance with certain requirements for Internet safety.

(Sec. 516) Prohibits the use of funds to enter into an arrangement under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 with a nongovernmental financial institution to serve as disbursing agent for benefits payable under such Act.

(Sec. 517) Requires a 15-day advance notice of specified types of reprogramming of funds to be given the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress.

(Sec. 518) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the continuous residency requirement to be reduced to three years for an applicant for naturalization if:
(1) applicant is the beneficiary of an approved petition for classification;
(2) applicant has been approved for adjustment of status; and
(3) such reduction is necessary for the applicant to represent the United States at an international event. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to adjudicate such an application within 30 days after submission, upon an applicant's request and demonstration of necessity, unless the Secretary determines that such expedited adjudication poses a national security risk. Requires collection of a $1,000 premium processing fee to offset additional costs incurred to expedite processing of such applications. Repeals the amendment made by this section on January 1, 2006.

(Sec. 519) Prohibits funds under this Act from being used to request that a candidate for appointment to a federal scientific advisory committee disclose his or her political affiliation or voting history or the position that the candidate holds with respect to political issues not directly related to and necessary for the work of the committee involved. Prohibits funds under this Act from being used to disseminate scientific information that is deliberately false or misleading.
(Sec. 520) Reduces by a specified amount funds made available to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under the heading of Program Management. Prohibits such reduction from being taken from research, demonstration, and evaluation activities or from state survey and certification activities. Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to reduce the amounts specified under such heading for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services System Revitalization Plan and for contract costs for the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System.

Sponsor

• Rep. Ralph Regula [R, OH-16]

Amendments

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Amendments to H.R.3010

Number	Status	Purpose
H.Amdt343	Pass	An amendment to add a new section reducing appropriations for the Department of Labor-Employment and Training Administration- Training and Employment Services by $58 million; the Department of Labor-Departmental Management-Salaries and Expenses by $4,640,000; the Department of Health and Human Services-Health Resources and Services Administration-Health Resources and Services by $2,920,000; the Department of Education-Higher Education by $27 million; and Department of Education-Departmental Management-Program Administration by $8,380,000. The amendment also prohibits use of funds in the bill to carry out the rescission under the heading "Corporation for Public Broadcasting".
H.Amdt344	Withdrawn	An amendment to eliminate the rescission of $125 million in workers' compensation and worker-retraining funds intended to aid 9/11 first responders. The amendment designates this $125 million as emergency funding.
H.Amdt345	Withdrawn	An amendment numbered 22 printed in the Congressional Record to increase the bill's appropriation for the Health Resources and Services Administration by $37,336,000. The amendment offsets this increase by cutting the bill's appropriation for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration by $37,336,000.
H.Amdt346	Fail	An amendment to strike the proviso in the bill which prohibits funds in the bill from enforcing annual fit testing (after the initial fit testing) of respirators for occupational exposure to tuberculosis.
H.Amdt347	Fail	Amendment seeks to increase funding for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by $50,000,000 for use as Part B grants to states and will be offset by taking administrative and program management funds from OSHA and the Department of Education.
H.Amdt348	Withdrawn	An amendment to increase funds for Health Resources and Services by $11,200,000.
H.Amdt349	Withdrawn	Amendment seeks to increase by $5,000,000 and decrease by the same amount funds for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Disease Control, Research, and Training.
H.Amdt350	Fail	An amendment numbered 24 printed in the Congressional Record to increase funding for School Improvement Programs by $35,600,000. The increase would be offset by reducing funds for carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles.
H.Amdt351	Fail	An amendment to increase funding for the Teacher Incentive Fund by $70,000,000. To offset the increase, the funds for AmeriCorps were reduced by the same amount.
H.Amdt352	Pass	An amendment to prohibit funds appropriated by the Act from being used by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to enforce or implement the "Settlement Agreement By and Among UAL Corporation and all Direct and Indirect Subsidiaries and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation", dated April 22, 2005.
H.Amdt353	Fail	An amendment to prohibit any of the funds made available in the Act from being used to fund 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).
H.Amdt354	Offered	An amendment to prohibit funds made available in the Act from being used to require a local educational agency to provide student information to military recruiters pursuant to section 503(c) or title 10, United States Code, or section 9528(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7908(a)) without parental consent.
H.Amdt355	Pass	An amendment numbered 10 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit funds made available in the Act from being used to enforce Determination ED-OIG/A05-D0008 of the Department of Education.
H.Amdt356	Withdrawn	An amendment to prohibit funds made available in the Act from being used to enforce the portion of the proprosed rule (published in the Federal Register on May 4, 2005, at page 23466) insofar as proposed section 485.610(d)(1)of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, requires, for new construction of a critical access hospital (CAH) to be considered a replacement facility, that "the construction is undertaken within 250 yards of the current building or contiguous to the current CAH on land owned by the CAH prior to December 8, 2003".
H.Amdt357	Fail	An amendment numbered 2 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the Act from being used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out the provisions of section 1011 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173).
H.Amdt358	Pass	An amendment numbered 8 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit funds made available in the Act from being used to place social security account numbers on identification cards issued to beneficiaries under the Medicare Program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act.
H.Amdt359	Pass	An amendment to prohibit funds made available in the Act from being used to reimburse, or provide reimbursement, for Viagra, Levitra, or Cialis.
H.Amdt360	Fail	An amendment numbered 16 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce the total funding in the bill by 1% across-the-board.
H.Amdt361	Fail	An amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill for exercising direction, supervision, or control over the content or distribution of public telecommunications programs and services in violation of the Communications Act of 1934.
H.Amdt362	Offered	An amendment comprised of several amendments offered en bloc.
H.Amdt363	Fail	An amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill by the NLRB to exert jurisdiction over any organization or enterprise pursuant to the standard adopted by the NLRB in San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino and Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC and Communication Workers of America, AFL-CIO, CLC, Party in Interest, and State of Connecticut, Intervenor, 341 NLRB No. 138 (May 28, 2004).
H.Amdt364	Pass	An amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill to administer or pay any special allowances under the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to certain loans.
H.Amdt365	Offered	An amendment numbered 15 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit use of funds in the bill by the Commissioner of Social Security or the Social Security Administration to pay the compensation of employees of the SSA to administer Social Security benefit payments under a totalization agreement with Mexico which are inconsistent with federal law.
H.Amdt366	Fail	An amendment numbered 11 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit use of funds in the bill to create or implement any universal mental health screening program.
H.Amdt367	Fail	An amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill to enforce or carry out item 6B of the settlement agreement between the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
H.Amdt368	Fail	An amendment numbered 1 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit funds from being used to carry out section 1860D-1(b)(4) of the Social Security Act.
H.Amdt369	Withdrawn	An amendment to continue unexpended amounts provided as grants under part A or B of title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act through the end of fiscal year 2006.
S.Amdt.1733	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2193	Offered	To provide funding for telehealth programs.
S.Amdt.2194	Offered	To provide for appropriations for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
S.Amdt.2195	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2196	Pass	To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit to Congress a plan for changing the numerical identifier used to identify Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare program.
S.Amdt.2197	Pass	To reduce administrative costs in the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services.
S.Amdt.2198	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2199	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2200	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2201	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2202	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2203	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2204	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2205	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2206	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2207	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2208	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2209	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2210	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2211	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2212	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2213	Offered	To increase the maximum Federal Pell Grant award by $200 to $4,250.
S.Amdt.2214	Offered	To provide for the funding of the Low-Vision Rehabilitation Services Demonstration Project.
S.Amdt.2215	Offered	To increase funding for community health centers.
S.Amdt.2216	Pass	To provide for a limitation on funds.
S.Amdt.2217	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2218	Offered	To increase funding for advanced placement programs.
S.Amdt.2219	Offered	To increase funding for school dropout prevention.
S.Amdt.2220	Offered	To provide stop gap coverage for low-income Seniors and disabled individuals who may lose benefits or suffer a gap in coverage due to the implementation of the Medicare part D prescription drug benefit.
S.Amdt.2222	Pass	To rename certain buildings of the centers within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
S.Amdt.2223	Offered	To increase funding for the safe and drug-free schools and communities program.
S.Amdt.2224	Pass	To require the Secretary of Education to conduct a study to evaluate the effectiveness of violence prevention programs receiving funding under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act.
S.Amdt.2225	Pass	To provide for a study of national service programs in the rural United States.
S.Amdt.2226	Pass	To provide that certain local educational agencies shall be eligible to receive a fiscal year 2005 payment under section 8002 or 8003 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
S.Amdt.2227	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2228	Pass	To ensure the scientific integrity of Federally-funded scientific advisory committees and their findings.
S.Amdt.2229	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2230	Offered	To limit funding for travel and conferences.
S.Amdt.2231	Pass	To require that any limitation, directive, or earmarking contained in either the House of Representatives or Senate report accompanying this bill be included in the conference report or joint statement accompanying the bill in order to be considered as having been approved by both Houses of Congress.
S.Amdt.2232	Fail	To increase funding for the AIDS drug assistance program.
S.Amdt.2233	Withdrawn	To prohibit the use of funds for HIV Vaccine Awareness Day activities.
S.Amdt.2234	Offered	To ensure fiscal integrity of the payments made by Federal agencies and to prohibit the use of funds until the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education have reported specific actions taken to estimate improper payments under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Foster Care and Adoption Assistance, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Programs, the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, and programs and activities under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as required under the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002.
S.Amdt.2235	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2236	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2237	Offered	To provide grants to promote healthy marriages.
S.Amdt.2238	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2239	Pass	To provide funding for the purchase of rapid oral HIV tests.
S.Amdt.2240	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2241	Offered	To establish a Congressional Commission on Expanding Social Service Delivery Options.
S.Amdt.2242	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2243	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2244	Pass	To provide for the production and mailing of a corrected Medicare and You handbook.
S.Amdt.2245	Withdrawn	To fully fund the Federal Government's share of the costs under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
S.Amdt.2246	Offered	To ensure that the Current Employment Survey maintains the content of the survey issued prior to August 2005 with respect to the collection of data for the women worker series.
S.Amdt.2247	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2248	Offered	To increase appropriations for the Federal TRIO programs.
S.Amdt.2249	Offered	To require that any additional community health center funding be directed, in part, to centers in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita.
S.Amdt.2250	Offered	To provide funding to carry out the Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act.
S.Amdt.2251	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2252	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2253	Fail	To increase appropriations for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program by $1,276,000,000, with an across-the-board reduction.
S.Amdt.2254	Offered	To increase appropriations for Head Start programs.
S.Amdt.2255	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2256	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2257	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2258	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2259	Offered	To provide funding for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program within the Health Resources and Services Administration.
S.Amdt.2260	Pass	To permit an alien to remain eligible for a diversity visa beyond the fiscal year in which the alien applied for the visa, and for other purposes.
S.Amdt.2261	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2262	Offered	To increase funding for education programs serving Hispanic students.
S.Amdt.2263	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2264	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2265	Offered	To fund grants for innovative programs to address dental workforce needs.
S.Amdt.2266	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2267	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2268	Pass	To amend section 316 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, to reduce the residency requirement and limit the adjudication period for the naturalization of aliens with extraordinary ability so that such aliens may represent the United States at international events.
S.Amdt.2269	Pass	To prohibit the use of funds to provide abstinence education that includes information that is medically inaccurate.
S.Amdt.2270	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2271	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2272	Pass	To express the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of the Treasury should ensure that existing Federal employment preferences for disabled veterans and Federal policies promoting opportunities for other disabled persons are carried forward as a part of any tax collection contract program.
S.Amdt.2273	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2274	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2275	Offered	To provide additional funding for title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
S.Amdt.2276	Offered	To provide appropriations for the National Youth Sports Program, a private, nonprofit organization to provide recreational activities for low-income youth, primarily in the summer months, which employs college and university athletic facilities.
S.Amdt.2277	Withdrawn	To increase the amount of appropriated funds available for Community-Based Job Training Grants.
S.Amdt.2278	Pass	To increase funding for suicide prevention activities.
S.Amdt.2279	Offered	To provide funding for the Automatic Defibrillation in Adam's Memory Act.
S.Amdt.2280	Offered	To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to temporarily waive certain vehicle safety regulations relating to the Head Start program and to postpone the effective date of section 1310.12(a) of the Code of Federal Regulations under certain conditions.
S.Amdt.2281	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2282	Pass	To create a national family reunification initiative.
S.Amdt.2283	Offered	To make available funds for influenza preparedness.
S.Amdt.2284	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2285	Withdrawn	To insert provisions related to an investigation by the Inspector General.
S.Amdt.2286	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2287	Offered	To increase appropriations for after-school programs through 21st century community learning centers.
S.Amdt.2288	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2289	Offered	To increase funding for disabled voter access services under the Help America Vote Act of 2002.
S.Amdt.2290	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2291	Pass	To restrict the use of funds to implement or enforce the interim rule with respect to power mobility devices.
S.Amdt.2292	Offered	To provide additional funding for part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
S.Amdt.2293	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2294	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2295	Offered	To prohibit certain action with respect to redesignation of local areas.
S.Amdt.2296	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2297	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2298	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2299	Pass	To provide additional public health funding.
S.Amdt.2300	Fail	To prohibit funding for the support, development, or distribution of the Department of Education's e-Language Learning System (ELLS).
S.Amdt.2301	Pass	To increase funds to the Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program and to the Office of Special Education Programs of the Department of Education for the purposes of expanding positive behavioral interventions and supports.
S.Amdt.2302	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2303	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2304	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2305	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2306	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2307	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2308	Offered	To provide funding for a National Assessment of Educational Progress test in United States history.
S.Amdt.2309	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2310	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2311	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2312	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2313	Pass	To provide for payments to the New York State Uninsured Employers Fund for reimbursement of claims related to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and payments to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for treatment for emergency services personnel and rescue and recovery personnel.
S.Amdt.2314	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2315	Pass	To designate a port of entry.
S.Amdt.2316	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2317	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2318	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2319	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2320	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2321	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2322	Withdrawn	To prohibit payments for administrative expenses under the Medicaid program if more than 15 percent of applications for medical assistance, eligibility redeterminations, and change reports are processed by individuals who are not State employees meeting certain personnel standards.
S.Amdt.2323	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2324	Pass	To express the Sense of the Senate concerning the treatment of physician costs in the calculation of the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital uncompensated cost limit by the State of Virginia.
S.Amdt.2325	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2326	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2327	Pass	To develop a strategic plan for increasing the number of foreign students attending institutions of higher education in the United States.
S.Amdt.2328	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2329	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2331	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2332	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2333	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2334	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2335	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2336	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2337	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2338	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2339	Offered	Amendment information not available.
S.Amdt.2342	Offered	Amendment information not available.

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