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H.R. 3361 (100th)

National Research Institutes Reauthorization Act of 1988

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Introduced

29 September 1987

Last action

28 October 1988 · Committee

Status

For Further Action See S.1727.

Sponsors

Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-18], Rep. Gray, William H., III [D-PA-2], Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS], Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18], Rep. Yates, Sidney R. [D-IL-9], Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8], Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1], Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10], Rep. Wortley, George C. [R-NY-27], Rep. Kemp, Jack [R-NY-31], Rep. Crockett, George W., Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Borski, Robert A. [D-PA-3], Rep. Penny, Timothy J. [D-MN-1], Rep. Lowry, Mike [D-WA-7], Rep. Smith, Lawrence [D-FL-16], Rep. Foglietta, Thomas M. [D-PA-1], Rep. Lagomarsino, Robert J. [R-CA-19], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9], Rep. Fascell, Dante B. [D-FL-19], Rep. Coleman, Ronald D. [D-TX-16], Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD], Rep. Ravenel, Arthur, Jr. [R-SC-1], Rep. English, Glenn [D-OK-6], Rep. Wheat, Alan [D-MO-5], Rep. Stratton, Samuel S. [D-NY-23], Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6], Rep. Bentley, Helen Delich [R-MD-2], Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Rep. Meyers, Jan [R-KS-3], Del. Fauntroy, Walter E. [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11], Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-31], Rep. Buechner, Jack [R-MO-2], Rep. Mrazek, Robert J. [D-NY-3], Rep. Quillen, James H. (Jimmy) [R-TN-1], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA], Rep. Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. [D-IN-10], Rep. Bates, Jim [D-CA-44], Rep. Lancaster, H. Martin [D-NC-3], Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2], Rep. Levine, Mel [D-CA-27], Rep. Feighan, Edward F. [D-OH-19], Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-11], Rep. McCloskey, Frank [D-IN-8]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

3 June 2026

Healthcare

Summary

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Act - Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (Institute) as an agency of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Removes communicative disorders from the title and purpose of the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke. Requires the Director of the Institute, with the advice of the Institute's advisory council, to establish a National Deafness and Other Communications Disorders Program (Program). Requires the Director to prepare and transmit to the Director of NIH a plan to initiate, expand, intensify, and coordinate activities of the Institute respecting disorders of hearing, balance, voice, speech, taste, and smell. Requires activities under the Program to be coordinated with other national research institutes and describes the minimum activities of the Program. Requires the Director to establish a National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Data System for the collection, storage, analysis, retrieval, and dissemination of data and a National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Information Clearinghouse. Requires the Director, after consultation with the advisory council, to provide for the development, modernization, and operation of new and existing centers for studies of disorders of hearing and other communication processes. Sets forth requirements for the centers, including conducting research, training programs and information and continuing education programs for health professionals, and public information programs. Authorizes centers to provide stipends for health professionals in their training programs. Describes other programs the centers may undertake. Requires the Director to provide for an equitable geographical distribution of centers and to give appropriate consideration to the need for centers for the elderly and for children. Limits support of a center to seven years, with one or more additional periods of not more than five years, if recommended by a peer review group established by the Director, with the advice of the advisory council. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth transitional and savings provisions.

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Timeline

  1. 29 September 1987

    Introduced

    Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 29 September 1987

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 29 September 1987

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 20 October 1987

    Referred

    Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

    Source: Committee

  5. 4 March 1988

    Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    Source: Committee

  6. 14 June 1988

    Committee

    Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).

    Source: Committee

  7. 14 June 1988

    Committee

    Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  8. 29 June 1988

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

    Source: Committee

  9. 29 June 1988

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  10. 8 July 1988

    Calendars

    Placed on Union Calendar No: 462.

    Source: Calendars

  11. 8 July 1988

    Reported

    Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Report No: 100-761.

    Source: Committee

  12. 8 July 1988

    Reported

    Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Report No: 100-761.

    Source: Committee

  13. 11 July 1988

    Floor

    Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.

    Source: Floor

  14. 12 July 1988

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 409 - 2 (Record Vote No: 226).

    Source: Floor

  15. 12 July 1988

    Vote

    Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 409 - 2 (Record Vote No: 226).

    Source: Floor

  16. 13 July 1988

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate.

    Source: IntroReferral

  17. 14 July 1988

    Introduced

    Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 801.

    Source: Calendars

  18. 3 August 1988

    ResolvingDifferences

    Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Kennedy; Harkin; Adams; Hatch; Weicker.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  19. 3 August 1988

    Floor

    Measure laid before Senate.

    Source: Floor

  20. 3 August 1988

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.

    Source: Floor

  21. 6 October 1988

    Passed

    House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  22. 6 October 1988

    Passed

    Resolving differences -- House actions: House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: NotUsed

  23. 7 October 1988

    ResolvingDifferences

    Speaker Appointed Conferees: Dingell, Waxman, Wyden, Lent, Madigan.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  24. 28 October 1988

    Committee

    For Further Action See S.1727.

    Source: Committee

Votes

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  • Passed Senate amended

    summary · EN · 3 August 1988

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  • Passed House amended

    summary · EN · 12 July 1988

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  • Reported to House with amendment(s)

    summary · EN · 8 July 1988

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  • Introduced in House

    summary · EN · 29 September 1987

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