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Union Calendar No. 34 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1214 
[Report No. 112–66, Part I] 
To repeal mandatory funding for school-based health center construction. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2011 
Mr. BURGESS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
APRIL 27, 2011 
Additional sponsors: Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, Mr. PEARCE, 
and Mr. BRADY of Texas 
APRIL 27, 2011 
Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
APRIL 27, 2011 
The Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered 
to be printed 
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A BILL 
To repeal mandatory funding for school-based health center 
construction. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 
1. 
REPEALING 
MANDATORY 
FUNDING 
FOR 
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER CONSTRUC-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 4101 of 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 
U.S.C. 280h–4) is repealed. 
(b) RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—Of the 
funds made available by section 4101(a) of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 280h– 
4(a)), the unobligated balance is rescinded. 
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Union Calendar No. 34 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1214 
[Report No. 112–66, Part I] 
A BILL 
To repeal mandatory funding for school-based 
health center construction. 
APRIL 27, 2011 
Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
APRIL 27, 2011 
The Committee on Education and the Workforce dis-
charged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1215 
To amend title V of the Social Security Act to convert funding for personal 
responsibility education programs from direct appropriations to an au-
thorization of appropriations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2011 
Mr. LATTA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title V of the Social Security Act to convert 
funding for personal responsibility education programs 
from direct appropriations to an authorization of appro-
priations. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CONVERTING FUNDING FOR PERSONAL RE-
SPONSIBILITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS FROM 
DIRECT APPROPRIATIONS TO AN AUTHOR-
IZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 513(f) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 713(f)), as added by section 2953 of 
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the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 
Law 111–148) and as amended by section 10201(h) of 
such Act, is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘APPROPRIA-
TION’’ and inserting ‘‘AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘appropriated, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘authorized to be appropriated’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’; 
and 
(4) by striking the second sentence. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 513 of the 
Social Security Act is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking 
‘‘amount’’ and inserting ‘‘amounts’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B) and re-
designating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph 
(B); and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) 
in 
paragraph 
(1), 
by 
striking 
‘‘amount’’ and inserting ‘‘amounts’’; and 
(B) 
in 
paragraph 
(2), 
by 
striking 
‘‘amount’’ and inserting ‘‘amounts’’. 
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(c) RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—Of the 
funds made available under such section 513, the unobli-
gated balance is rescinded. 
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IV
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 241
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the railroad retirement
system.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 20, 1994
Mr. PETE GEREN of Texas submitted the following concurrent resolution;
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the railroad
retirement system.
Whereas the railroad industry is acknowledged as the origina-
tor of private company pensions in the United States;
Whereas, in the 1930s, the United States Congress assumed
the responsibility for developing a federally administered
retirement program to place the various railroad pension
plans on a solid financial basis;
Whereas the railroad retirement system today covers over
1,500,000 individuals who have contributed over the
years in good faith and who have legitimate expectations
of receiving their benefits;
Whereas the National Performance Review in its report,
‘‘From Red Tape to Results: Creating a Government
•HCON 241 IH
That Works Better and Costs Less’’, proposes to transfer
the functions of the Railroad Retirement Board to the
Social Security Administration, to other Federal agencies,
and to ‘‘private section service providers’’;
Whereas this proposal would privatize and terminate a pro-
gram that has worked well and provided retirement secu-
rity to millions of people for nearly 60 years;
Whereas current and future railroad retirement beneficiaries
vehemently oppose the transfer;
Whereas this action threatens to disrupt earned and needed
benefits for 1,500,000 active, retired, and disabled rail
workers and their families; and
Whereas this proposal would adversely affect all active and
retired railroad employees and their families in the great
State of Texas and nationwide: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that—
(1) a continued Federal commitment to the rail-
road retirement system is essential to assure the in-
tegrity of the railroad retirees’ benefits; and
(2) the preservation of the present structure of
the railroad retirement system, including the admin-
istrative framework of the Railroad Retirement
Board, is necessary to fulfill the time-honored re-
sponsibility of the Federal Government.
Æ
•HCON 243 IH
Whereas closing poison control centers increases the cost of
health care, and needlessly places the lives of millions of
children at risk;
Whereas poison control centers are cost efficient and eco-
nomical because over 70 percent of the cases assisted by
poison centers are resolved over the telephone while the
patient is in the patient’s own home, which avoids unnec-
essary emergency room visits, ambulance use, and hos-
pital admissions;
Whereas every $1.00 spent on poison control centers saves at
least $7.75 in health care costs;
Whereas, if poison control centers were not available,
600,000 additional poisoning victims would be unneces-
sarily treated in hospitals each year, at a much higher
cost than the cost of assistance by a poison control cen-
ter;
Whereas health care for Americans will cost $545,000,000
less each year if access to quality poison control centers
is provided to all Americans than if no such access is pro-
vided, even after the costs of providing poison control
center services are considered; and
Whereas Federal leadership in the funding plight of the Na-
tion’s poison control centers has been nonexistent: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) any legislation that is enacted to provide for
national health care reform should contain provi-
sions that ensure that qualified poison control cen-
ters that meet national standards and are certified
IV
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 242
To express the sense of the Congress that if nominated by the Governor
of New York as an estuary of national significance, the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency should select and convene a
management conference under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
for the lands and waters comprising the South Shore Estuary Reserve
on Long Island, New York.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 21, 1994
Mr. KING (for himself, Mr. LEVY, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. LAZIO, and Mr.
HOCHBRUECKNER) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which
was referred jointly to the Committees on Public Works and Transpor-
tation and Merchant Marine and Fisheries
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
To express the sense of the Congress that if nominated
by the Governor of New York as an estuary of national
significance, the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency should select and convene a manage-
ment conference under the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act for the lands and waters comprising the South
Shore Estuary Reserve on Long Island, New York.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring),
•HCON 242 IH
SECTION 1. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING SOUTH
SHORE ESTUARY RESERVE ON LONG ISLAND,
NEW YORK.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that if the Governor of the State of New York, in
accordance with requirements applicable under section
320 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
U.S.C. 1330), nominates the area described in subsection
(b) as an estuary of national significance, then the Admin-
istrator of the Environmental Protection Agency should
select and convene a management conference for the area
under that section.
(b) AREA DESCRIBED.—The area referred to in sub-
section (a) is the lands and waters comprising the South
Shore Estuary Reserve established by the State of New
York, located on Long Island, New York.
Æ
SECTION 1. CONVERTING FUNDING FOR GRADUATE MED-
ICAL EDUCATION IN QUALIFIED TEACHING 
HEALTH CENTERS FROM DIRECT APPRO-
PRIATIONS TO AN AUTHORIZATION OF AP-
PROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 340H of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h), as added by section 
5508(c) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
(Public Law 111–148), is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘under 
subsection (g)’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘pursuant to subsection (g)’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘in sub-
section (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘pursuant to subsection 
(g)’’; and 
(3) by amending subsection (g) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated $46,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through 
2015.’’. 
(b) RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—Of the 
amounts made available by such section 340H (42 U.S.C. 
256h), the unobligated balance is rescinded. 
(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—The second subpart 
XI of part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 256i), as added by section 10333 of the Pa-
tient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 
111–148), is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subpart XI as subpart XII; 
and 
(2) by redesignating section 340H of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256i) as section 340I. 
(d) PROHIBITION
AGAINST
ABORTION.—Section 
340H of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(k) PROHIBITION AGAINST ABORTION.— 
‘‘(1) None of the funds made available pursuant 
to subsection (g) shall be used to provide any abor-
tion or training in the provision of abortions. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an abor-
tion— 
‘‘(A) if the pregnancy is the result of an 
act of rape or incest; or 
‘‘(B) in the case where a woman suffers 
from a physical disorder, physical injury, or 
physical illness, that would, as certified by a 
physician, place the woman in danger of death 
unless an abortion is performed including a life
endangering physical condition caused by or 
arising from the pregnancy itself. 
‘‘(3) None of the funds made available pursuant 
to subsection (g) may be provided to a qualified 
teaching health center if such center subjects any in-
stitutional or individual health care entity to dis-
crimination on the basis that the health care entity 
does not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or 
refer for abortions. 
‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘health care 
entity’ includes an individual physician or other 
health care professional, a hospital, a provider-spon-
sored organization, a health maintenance organiza-
tion, a health insurance plan, or any other kind of 
health care facility, organization, or plan.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 25, 2011. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1216 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to convert 
funding for graduate medical education in quali-
fied teaching health centers from direct appro-
priations to an authorization of appropriations.
IV
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 243
Expressing the sense of the Congress that any legislation that is enacted
to provide for national health care reform should provide for compensa-
tion for poison control center services, and that a commission should
be established to study the delivery and funding of poison control serv-
ices.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 26, 1994
Mr. TOWNS (for himself, Mrs. BYRNE, Miss COLLINS of Michigan, Ms.
MARGOLIES-MEZVINSKY, Mrs. MORELLA, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. PAYNE
of New Jersey) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that any legislation
that is enacted to provide for national health care reform
should provide for compensation for poison control center
services, and that a commission should be established
to study the delivery and funding of poison control serv-
ices.
Whereas poisoning remains a significant public health prob-
lem in the United States, especially for children;
Whereas, in 1991 alone, more than 13,000 persons died in
the United States due to poisoning, including approxi-
mately 6,400 persons who died from unintentional poi-
soning;
•HCON 243 IH
Whereas 60 percent of the 2,400,000 poison exposure cases
reported to poison control centers in 1992 involved chil-
dren younger than 6 years of age;
Whereas poison control centers save lives by providing free
first-aid advice over the telephone to poison victims,
health care professionals, and frightened parents of
poisoned children;
Whereas physicians, hospitals, public health departments, and
the public depend on poison control centers to provide in-
dispensable emergency advice and treatment information
for poisonings, and to be available 24 hours during each
day of the year;
Whereas no other community health care service has the fa-
cilities and expertise to monitor the hundreds of thou-
sands of consumer products with which children are unin-
tentionally poisoned every day, or to provide the proper
antidote advice when a person has been exposed to such
consumer products;
Whereas poison control centers across the country are closing
or drastically reducing the services they provide, due to
misguided attempts by hospitals and States to save
money;
Whereas approximately 1⁄2 of the 38 poison control centers in
the Nation that meet national standards are in financial
jeopardy, and lack of funding has caused some poison
control centers to stop answering some emergency tele-
phone calls;
Whereas many hospitals have stopped funding poison control
centers because of funding constraints and because most
poison control centers serve a wider geographic area than
is served by any 1 hospital;
(4) In 1990, the United States terminated the
fuel development portion of the Reduced Enrichment
Research and Test Reactors Program of the Depart-
ment of Energy.
(5) Several overseas reactors cannot use the al-
ternative nuclear reactor fuels that have already
been developed.
(6) If the fuel development portion of the Re-
duced Enrichment Research and Test Reactors Pro-
gram of the Department of Energy is not restarted,
the United States will be required under the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) to
withhold exports of highly enriched uranium even to
reactors that cannot use any of the alternative fuels
that so far have been developed.
(7) If the Reduced Enrichment Research and
Test Reactors Program of the Department of En-
ergy is adequately funded, it would likely be able to
develop, within approximately five years, low-en-
riched uranium fuels and targets capable of being
used by all reactors that now depend on United
States exports of highly enriched uranium.
(8) It would be preferable to phase out remain-
ing exports of highly enriched uranium as alternative
nuclear reactor fuels are developed.
•HCON 243 IH
by the American Association of Poison Control Cen-
ters are fairly and adequately compensated by means
that may include—
(A) a fee for service mechanism under
which each health benefit plan would pay a fee
for each service rendered by a poison control
center to a member of the plan;
(B) a per capita mechanism, under which
each health benefit plan would pay a negotiated
or predetermined amount, based on the number
of members in the plan or the amount of poison
control center services used by members of the
plan in the past, to support poison control cen-
ters; or
(C) an expanded public health program, in-
cluding a program of Federal or State matching
grants; and
(2) a national commission should be estab-
lished, under the auspices of the Public Health Serv-
ice or in any other appropriate format, to study the
delivery and funding of poison control services, in-
cluding—
(A) means to maximize the use of informa-
tion technologies in the delivery of poison con-
trol services; and
•HCON 243 IH
(B) possible use of a nationwide, toll-free
telephone number as a means for the public to
receive poison control services.
Æ
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1216 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to convert funding for graduate 
medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appro-
priations to an authorization of appropriations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2011 
Mr. GUTHRIE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to convert funding 
for graduate medical education in qualified teaching 
health centers from direct appropriations to an author-
ization of appropriations. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. CONVERTING FUNDING FOR GRADUATE MED-
ICAL EDUCATION IN QUALIFIED TEACHING 
HEALTH CENTERS FROM DIRECT APPRO-
PRIATIONS TO AN AUTHORIZATION OF AP-
PROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 340H of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h), as added by section 
5508(c) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
(Public Law 111–148), is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘under 
subsection (g)’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘pursuant to subsection (g)’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘in sub-
section (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘pursuant to subsection 
(g)’’; and 
(3) by amending subsection (g) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated $46,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through 
2015.’’. 
(b) RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—Of the 
amounts made available by such section 340H (42 U.S.C. 
256h), the unobligated balance is rescinded. 
(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—The second subpart 
XI of part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
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(42 U.S.C. 256i), as added by section 10333 of the Pa-
tient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 
111–148), is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subpart XI as subpart XII; 
and 
(2) by redesignating section 340H of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256i) as section 340I. 
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•HCON 246 IH
Whereas approximately 81,000,000 Americans under the age
of 65 have preexisting medical conditions;
Whereas Americans with preexisting medical conditions live
each day with the fear that, when they most need health
insurance, either health insurance coverage will be re-
fused to them or their coverage or benefits will be limited
by the terms of their insurance policies or by the unwill-
ingness of insurance providers to offer them full coverage
or benefits; and
Whereas individuals and families are often unable to leave in-
adequate insurance plans because a preexisting medical
condition limits their ability to obtain needed coverage
from other insurance providers: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that any
legislation enacted to provide for national health care re-
form should—
(1) prohibit the denial of health insurance cov-
erage to, or limitation of coverage or benefits for,
any individual or family on the basis of a preexisting
medical condition;
(2) prohibit charging any individual or family
an unreasonable amount for health insurance cov-
erage or benefits on the basis of a preexisting medi-
cal condition; and
(3) include among the individuals and families
protected by the prohibitions referred to in para-
graphs (1) and (2) any individuals and families that