Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996

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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 Title VI: Political Advocacy 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. (Sec. 102) Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to repeal the prohibition on using appropriated funds to carry out any contract with a nongovernmental entity to administer or manage a Civilian Conservation Center of the Jobs Corps. 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. 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. 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. (Sec. 308) Prohibits appropriated funds from being used to enforce provisions of the Education Amendments of 1972 concerning gender equity in intercollegiate athletic programs, unless updated policy guidance has been issued to institutions of higher education. 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 Labor Relations Board; (9) National Mediation Board; (10) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; (11) Physician Payment Review Commission; (12) Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; (13) Social Security Administration; (14) Railroad Retirement Board; and (15) 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 funds 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. 509) Permits States to not perform abortions, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term. (Sec. 511) Prohibits appropriated funds being used to: (1) create a human embryo for research; or (2) research in which a human embryo is destroyed or knowingly subjected to a risk greater than that allowed under specified regulations and law. (Sec. 512) Prohibits appropriated funds being used by any Federal program or to assist any State when such Federal program or State discriminates against any health care entity that refuses to undergo training in the performance of abortions. (Sec. 513) Expresses the sense of the Congress concerning the appropriate length of a hospital stay following a birth. Title VI: Political Advocacy - Sets forth: (1) limitations on the use of appropriated funds for political advocacy; (2) enforcement provisions with respect to such limitations; and (3) disclosure requirements concerning such advocacy by grantees.

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  Reported to Senate · EN · 15 September 1995

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 15 September 1995

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• Referred in Senate (text)

  Referred in Senate · EN · 7 August 1995

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  Referred in Senate · EN · 7 August 1995

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• Engrossed in House (text)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 4 August 1995

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  Engrossed in House · EN · 4 August 1995

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 27 July 1995

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• Introduced in House

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