104th Congress > House > Vote 605
Clerk session vote number: 619
Description: Kolbe of Arizona amendment
Bill summary: TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Department of Labor
Title II: Department of Health and Human Services
Title III: Department of Education
Title IV: Related Agencies
Title V: General Provisions
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 -
Title I: Department of Labor
- Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1996 - Makes appropriations for FY 1996 for agencies within the Department of Labor. Rescinds unobligated advances to
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the Employment Security Administration account of the Unemployment Trust Fund.
Title II: Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 1996 - Makes appropriations for FY 1996 for agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services. Rescinds appropriations made to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for immunization activities. Rescinds existing and makes new appropriations for low income home energy assistance, designating certain of the new appropriations as emergency requirements under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and making those funds available only on a formal Presidential budget request that designates the request as an emergency requirement under that Act.
Provides limitations on the use of appropriated funds.
(Sec. 207) Requires a transfer of funds for the security protection of the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(Sec. 210) Cancels a specified amount of budgetary resources available to the Department of Health and Human Services under the heading "National Institutes of Health" for administrative expenses.
Title III: Department of Education
- Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1996 - Makes appropriations for FY 1996 for agencies and programs within the Department of Education.
Sets forth general provisions relating to the use of appropriated funds.
(Sec. 301) Prohibits appropriated funds from being used to transport teachers or students in order to: (1) overcome racial imbalance in any school or school system; or (2) carry out a racial desegregation plan.
(Sec. 303) Prohibits the use of funds to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools.
Title IV: Related Agencies
- Makes appropriations for FY 1996 for the following agencies or programs: (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) National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; (7) National Council on Disability; (8) National Education Goals Panel; (9) National Labor Relations Board; (10) National Mediation Board; (11) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; (12) Physician Payment Review Commission; (13) Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; (14) Social Security Administration; (15) Railroad Retirement Board; and (16) United States Institute of Peace.
Title V: General Provisions
- Sets forth provisions on the use of the appropriated funds.
(Sec. 505) Prohibits the use of funds to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug unless the Surgeon General determines that such programs are effective in preventing the spread of HIV and do not encourage the use of illegal drugs.
(Sec. 506) Expresses the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased under this Act should be American-made.
(Sec. 507) Imposes a disclosure requirement on grantees receiving Federal funds.
(Sec. 508) Prohibits the use of funds to perform abortions except to save the life of the mother or where the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest.
(Sec. 514) Sets forth limitations on the use of appropriated funds.
(Sec. 520) Imposes limitations on the use of funds for cash performance awards.
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Bill titles: Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.
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