FERTILITY CLINICS SUCCESS RATE AND CERTIFICATION ACT Requires fertility clinics to provide information on pregnancy success rates; strengthens accreditation programs for embryo laboratories. [P.L. 102-493 (enacted 10/24/92), Fertility Clinics Success Rate and Certification Act (H.R. 4773).] TERRY BEIRN COMMUNITY-BASED AIDS RESEARCH ACT Enables NIH to fund community-based clinical trials to bring new therapies to individuals and families with HIV. [P.L. 102-96 (enacted 8/14/91), Terry Beirn Community-Based AIDS Research Initiative Act (S. 1594).] REAUTHORIZATION OF THE AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE POLICY AND RESEARCH Enables the agency to continue its work in areas such as medical practice guidelines, technology assessment, outcomes research, and health services research. [P.L. 102-410 (enacted 10/13/92), Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Reauthorization (H.R. 5673).] ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH TRAINING AND EDUCATION Authorizes such sums as necessary for fiscal years 1992-97 to expand research on Alzheimer's disease at the National Institute of Mental Health and the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; reauthorizes the Federal Advisory Council which coordinates Alzheimer's research, services and related issues among Federal agencies. [P.L. 102-507 (enacted 10/24/92), Alzheimer's Disease Research Training and Education Amendments (S. 1577).] II. VETOED LEGISLATION REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH Reauthorizes and strengthens key NIH programs, including research on breast and cervical cancer, prostate cancer and AIDS; repeals the moratorium on fetal tissue transplantation research [H.R. 2507, Reauthorization of the National Institutes of Health-reported by committee 3/13/92]. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE Provides workers with 12 weeks of unpaid leave on the birth or adoption of a child, or to deal with the serious illness of an immediate family member [S. 5, Family and Medical Leave Act-reported by committee 5/30/91]. ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY PREVENTION AND FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION Reauthorizes the Title X Family Planning program for 5 years; repeals the Gag Rule (S. 323, Title X Pregnancy Counseling Actreported by committee 6/20/91]. III. LISTING OF PUBLIC LAWS OF THE 102d CONGRESS FROM THE LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE P.L. 102-10 [enacted 3/12/91], National and Community Service Technical. Amendments Act of 1991 (S. 379). P.L. 102-26 [enacted 4/9/91], Higher Education Technical Amendments of 1991 (H.R. 1285). P.L. 102-29 [enacted 4/18/91], to Provide for a Settlement of the Railroad Labor- P.L. 102-52 [enacted 6/2/91], Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1991 (H.R. 2127). P.L. 102-95 [enacted 8/14/91], National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Act Amendments of 1991 (S. 1593). P.L. 102-96 [enacted 8/14/91], Terry Beirn Community-Based AIDS Research Initiative Act (S. 1594). P.L. 102-103 [enacted 8/17/91), National Dropout Prevention Act of 1991 (H.R. 2313). P.L. 102-108 [enacted 8/17/91], Technical Amendments to Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (S. 1608). P.L. 102-119 [enacted 10/7/91], Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments (S. 1106). P.L. 102-132 [enacted 10/18/91], to authorize appropriations for drug abuse education and prevention programs relating to youth gangs and runaway and homeless youth (H.R. 3259). P.L. 102-159 [enacted 11/13/91], Dropout Prevention Technical Correction Amendments of 1991 (S. 1848). P.L. 102-166 [enacted 11/21/91], Civil Rights Act of 1991 (S. 1745). P.L. 102-167 [enacted 11/26/91], to extend the United States Commission on Civil Rights (H.R. 3350). P.L. 102-168 [enacted 11/26/91], Health Information, Health Promotion, Vaccine Injury Compensation Amendments of 1991 (H.R. 3402). P.L. 102-173 [enacted 11/27/91], Protection and Advocacy for the Mentally Ill (S. 1475). P.L. 102-186 [enacted 12/4/91], National Sea Grant College Program Authorization Act (S. 1563) P.L. 102-221 [enacted 12/11/911, to improve the operational efficiency of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation (H.R. 3932). P.L. 102-222 [enacted 12/11/91], to ensure that the ceiling established with respect to health education assistance loans does not prohibit the provision of Federal loan insurance to new and previous borrowers under such loan program (S. 2050). P.L. 102-235 [enacted 12/12/91], Non-traditional Employment for Women Act (S. 367). P.L. 102-236 [enacted 12/12/91], Abandoned Infants Assistance Act Amendments of 1991 (S. 1532). P.L. 102-239 [enacted 12/17/91], to permit the Secretary of HHS to waive certain recovery requirements with respect to the construction of remodeling of facilities (S. 1891). P.L. 102-282 [enacted 5/13/92], Generic Drug Enforcement Act of 1992 (H.R. 2454). P.L. 102-295 [enacted 5/28/92], Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Reauthorization (S. 838). P.L. 102-300 [enacted 6/16/92], Medical Device Amendments of 1992 (S. 2783). P.L. 102-321 [enacted 7/10/92], Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration Reorganization Act (S. 1306). P.L. 102-325 [enacted 7/23/92], Higher Education Amendments of 1991 (S. 1150). P.L. 102-352 [enacted 8/26/92] Public Health Service Act Technical Amendments (S. 3112). P.L. 102-353 [enacted 8/26/92] Prescription Drug Amendments of 1992 (S. 3163). P.L. 102-359 [enacted 8/26/92], to extend the National Commission on Time and Learning (H.R. 5560). P.L. 102-367 [enacted 9/7/92] Job Training Reform Amendments (H.R. 3033). P.L. 102-375 [enacted 9/30/92] Older Americans Act Amendments (H.R. 2967). P.L. 102-384 [enacted 10/5/92] National and Community Service Technical Amendments of 1992 (S. 3175). P.L. 102-401 [enacted 10/7/92] Head Start Improvement Act (H.R. 5630). P.L. 102-408 [enacted 10/13/92] Health Professions Education Extension Amendments (H.R. 3508). SRept 103-227 -94-2 P.L. 102-409 [enacted 10/13/92] DES Education and Research Amendments (H.R. 4178). P.L. 102-410 [enacted 10/13/92] Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Reauthorization Act (H.R. 5673). P.L. 102-411 [enacted 10/14/92] EEOC Education, Technical Assistance, and Training Revolving Fund Act (H.R. 5925). P.L. 102-421 [enacted 10/16/92] Education of the Deaf Act Amendments (H.R. 5483). P.L. 102-476 [enacted 10/23/92] National Advanced Technician Training Act (S. 1146). P.L. 102-493 [enacted 10/24/92], Fertility Clinic Success Rate and Certification Act of 1992 (H.R. 4773). P.L. 102-501 [enacted 10/24/92], Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act of 1992 (H.R. 6183). P.L. 102-507 [enacted 10/24/92] Alzheimer's Disease Research, Training, and Education Amendments of 1992 (S. 1577). P.L. 102-530 [enacted 10/27/92], Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act (H.R. 3475). P.L. 102-531 [enacted 10/27/92], Preventive Health Amendments of 1992 (H.R. 3635). P.L. 102-539 [enacted 10/27/92], Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 (H.R. 6182). P.L. 102-545 [enacted 10/27/92], Ready to Learn Act (S. 3134). P.L. 102-569 [enacted 10/29/92], Rehabilitation Act Amendments (H.R. 5482). IV. MAJOR HEARINGS OF THE LABOR AND HUMAN The Recession and America's Workforce-1/7/91 The Condition of America's Schools and Colleges—1/9/91 The Health Care Crisis and the American Family-1/10/91 Children and Youth: The Crisis at Home for American Families-1/15/91 Lynn Martin, nominated to be Secretary of Labor-1/30/91 Lamar Alexander, nominated to be Secretary of Education-2/6/91 Walter Massey, nominated to be Director of the National Science Foundation-2/ 7/91 Susannah Simpson Kent, nominated to be Director of the Institute of Museum Services-2/8/91 David Kessler, Commissioner of the FDA-3/6/91 Bernadine Healy, nominated to be Director of the National Institutes of Health3/14/91 The Administration's Education Plan-4/23/91 Star Schools for all our Students 4/24/91 20th Anniversary of the National Cancer Act-4/25/91 Meeting the Goals: Collaboration for Youth-5/8/91 David Kearns, nominated to be Deputy Secretary of Education—5/9/91 Advisory Committee on the FDA: Final Report-5/15/91 Title X 1988 Regulations (The Gag Rule): Health Implications for Poor Women— 5/16/91 Office for Civil Rights: Department of Education-5/17/91 Meeting the National Education Goals: Proposals for Federal Action-6/10/91 S. 1074, Safety of Pesticides in Food Act of 1991-7/10/91 Access to Higher Education: Increasing Pell Grants and Widening Opportunities— 7/16/91 91 HealthAmerica: Economic Impact-7/24/91 Personal Care Attendants and Independence for the Disabled-7/25/91 HealthAmerica: Views of Major Interest Groups-7/31/91 Introduction of the High Skills, Competitive Workforce Act of 1991-10/1/91 Drug Price Increases and the Public Health-10/16/91 Americas Best School Teachers and Principals-10/23/91 OSHA Reform: Fulfilling the Promise of a Safe and Healthy Workplace-10/29/ S. 1845, Financial Aid for all Students Act-10/29/91 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: Improving Health Status, Reducing Health Disparities and Achieving Access to Preventative Services by the Year 2000-11/19/91 Finding Medical Cures: The Promise of Fetal Tissue Research-11/21/91 Short-term Stimulus and Long-term Investment in Jobs, Education, Training and Health Care to Rebuild the American Economy-1/16/92 Income Dependent Educational Assistance and Self-Reliance Loans-2/25/92 Comprehensive Health Reform: HealthAmerica and the Administration Proposal-3/4/92 Secretary Martin on Department of Labor Regulatory Policy-3/10/92 S. 2191, Health Students, Healthy Schools Act-3/19/92 OSHA Regulatory Policy-3/25/92 Long-term Care Insurance Improvement and Accountability Act 4/29/92 Comprehensive OSHA Reform-5/6/92 Live Performing Arts Labor Relations Amendments-5/6/92 Health Care Reform for Small Employers-5/7/92 High Skills, Competitive Workforce Act: Business, Labor and Community Perspectives 5/12/92 S. 25, The Freedom of Choice Act-5/13/92 The Need for Improved Regulatory Authority for the Food and Drug Administration-5/19/92 S. 1790, the High Skills, Competitive Workforce Act: The School-to-Work Transition 5/20/92 Meeting the Challenge of HIV Care: Implementing the Ryan White AIDS Care Act-6/2/92 Implementation of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990-6/9/92 OSHA Reform: Fulfilling the Promise of a Safe and Healthy Workplace 6/10/92 The Legal Services Reauthorization Act of 1992-6/23/92 The Health Care Crisis: Human Impact of Abuses by Health Insurers-6/24/92 Comprehensive Services for America's Youth-7/28/92 Ready to Learn Act-8/5/92 University Responses to Racial and Sexual Harassment on Campus-9/10/92 The Promise of Mental Health Research-9/15/92 User Fees for the Food and Drug Administration-9/22/92 Traumatic Brain Injury-9/23/92 Regulation of Human Tissue Transplantation—9/29/92 Public Investment and Economic Growth-9/29/92 Achieving Effective Cost Control in Comprehensive Health Care Reform: Managed Competition and Regulatory Approaches 12/16/92 Achieving Effective Cost Control in Comprehensive Health Care Reform: Managed Competition and Regulatory Approaches-12/17/92 FULL COMMITTEE FIELD HEARINGS IN THE 102D CONGRESS Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act 4/3/91, Boston, MA The Recession and the Workforce: Prospects for Massachusetts and the Nation6/17/91, Dorchester, MA The Recession and the Workforce: Impacts on Southeastern Massachusetts-7/8/ 91, Fall River, MA The Recession and the Workforce: Impacts on Western Massachusetts-7/15/91, Springfield, MA S. 1227, HealthAmerica Legislation: Implications for Massachusetts and the Nation-7/22/91, Boston, MA S. 1227, HealthAmerica: Implications for Central Massachusetts and the Nation8/14/91, Worcester, MA Health Care Reform-4/23/92, Dundalk, MD Women's Health Issues 5/4/92, Jamaica Plain, MA Women's Health: Ensuring Quality and Equity in Biomedical Research-6/29/92, Boston, MA V. ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES FOR 103D CONGRESS The committee will continue to develop ways to help working families who have been hurt by the continuing recession; invest in the Nation's human capital; and assist those who are all too often overlooked. Key issues which the committee will address include: Investments in jobs and the economy, health care and education to rebuild America's economy and strengthen America's working families. Tentative Agenda for Committee on Labor and Human Resources in the 103d Congress JOBS AND THE ECONOMY (1) Short-term stimulus, anti-recession, jobs initiative -Investments in infrastructure -Physical infrastructure: in addition to roads, bridges and transportation infrastructure, initiative should include construction and renovation of schools, Head Start, job training, and primary health care facilities; also, Star Schools national information technology network, -Human resources infrastructure: expansion of defense adjustment and economic conversion initiatives, and national service, civilian community corps, other public service, and youth summer jobs programs; also jobs to meet human resources requirements in health care, training and education, such as physicians, nurses, school and Head Start teachers, and -Direct investment in programs such as community development corporations, education, health care, early childhood development, job training and enterprise zones, and expanded aid to State and local government for social investment. A. Jobs and Job Training (1) Long term investments in job training -High Skills Competitive Workforce Act, components include: -New educational and occupational standards; -Aid for businesses to achive higher productivity; and -Consolidation and reform of Federal job training programs, including dislocated workers assistance and vocational education. (2) Revitalizing the workplace to stimulate American productivity and strengthen working families -Family and Medical leave provide unpaid leave of up to 12 weeks on birth or adoption of child or to deal with serious illness of immediate family member; -Occupational safety and health reform-including health and safety training, coordination with environmental protections, construction safety; -Child labor reform; -Workplace Fairness Act-prohibit hiring of permanendt replacements for striking workers; |