United States · Law · HR
H.R. 5257 (101st)
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991
Introduced
12 July 1990
Last action
5 November 1990 · President
Status
Became Public Law No: 101-517.
Sponsors
Rep. Natcher, William H. [D-KY-2]
Subjects
Education
Source updated
14 January 2025
Summary
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991 - Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1991 - Makes appropriations for FY 1991 for the following agencies within the Department of Labor: (1) Employment and Training Administration; (2) Labor-Management Services; (3) Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (4) Employment Standards Administration; (5) Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (6) Mine Safety and Health Administration; (7) Bureau of Labor Statistics; and (8) Departmental Management. Prohibits the use of funds to grant variances, interim orders, or letters of clarification to employers which will allow exposure of workers to chemicals or other workplace hazards in excess of existing Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards for the purpose of conducting experiments on workers' health and safety. Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 1991 - Makes appropriations for FY 1991 for the following agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services: (1) Health Resources and Services Administration; (2) Centers for Disease Control; (3) National Institutes of Health; (4) Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (including the Federal subsidy for Saint Elizabeths Hospital); (5) Assistant Secretary for Health; (6) Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; (7) Health Care Financing Administration; (8) Social Security Administration; (9) Family Support Administration; (10) Assistant Secretary for Human Development Services; and (11) Office of the Secretary. Prohibits the use of funds to perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make available through assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health service to assist in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the Agency for International Development, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, or the World Health Organization. Prohibits the use of funds by the National Institutes of Health, or any other Federal agency, or recipient of Federal funds on any project that entails the capture or procurement of chimpanzees obtained from the wild. Prohibits the use of funds to pay for any experiment, or other activity that presents a danger to the physical, mental, or emotional well-being of a human participant or subject without the written, informed consent of the participant or subject (or their parents or legal guardian, if they are under 18 years old). Prohibits any of the funds appropriated in this title for the National Institutes of Health and the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration from being used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant or extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of $120,000 per year. Declares that AIDS education programs that receive assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and other education curricula dealing with sexual activity that receive assistance under this Act: (1) shall not be designed to promote or encourage, directly, intravenous drug abuse or sexual activity, homosexual or heterosexual; (2) shall be designated to reduce exposure to and transmission of the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome by providing accurate information; and (3) shall provide information on the health risks of promiscuous sexual activity and intravenous drug abuse. Title III: Department of Education - Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1991 - Makes appropriations for FY 1991 for the following purposes and agencies within the Department of Education: (1) compensatory education for the disadvantaged; (2) impact aid; (3) school improvement programs; (4) bilingual and immigrant education; (5) education for the handicapped; (6) rehabilitation services and handicapped research (including the Helen Keller National Center); (7) special institutions for the handicapped (including the American Printing House for the Blind, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, and Gallaudet University); (8) vocational and adult education; (9) student financial assistance; (10) guaranteed student loans (liquidation of contract authority); (11) higher education; (12) Howard University; (13) higher education facilities loans; (14) college housing and academic facilities loans; (15) college housing loans; (16) education research, statistics, and improvement; (17) libraries; and (18) Departmental Management. Sets forth general provisions relating to auditing of certain institutions and to prohibitions on use of funds for certain forms of busing, other transportation, or transfers of students for purposes of desegregation. 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 1991 for the following agencies: (1) ACTION; (2) Corporation for Public Broadcasting; (3) Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (4) Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; (5) National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; (6) National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; (7) National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality; (8) National Council on Disability; (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) Railroad Retirement Board; and (15) United States Institute of Peace. Title V: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds to pay student assistance or any remuneration to an applicant for admission, student, teacher, or other employee of an institution of higher education if such individual has engaged in conduct on or after August 1, 1969, which involves the use of force (or assistance to others in such use) or the threat of force or the seizure of an property under the control of an institution of higher education, to require or prevent the availability of certain curricula, or to prevent such institution's faculty, administrative officials, or students from engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies. Requires that sums necessary for FY 1991 pay raises for programs funded by this Act be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. Prohibits the use of funds to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug unless the President certifies that such programs are effective in stopping the spread of HIV and do not encourage the use of illegal drugs.
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Timeline
12 July 1990
Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 367.
Source: Calendars
12 July 1990
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
12 July 1990
Reported
The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 101-591, by Mr. Natcher.
Source: Committee
12 July 1990
Reported
The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 101-591, by Mr. Natcher.
Source: Committee
12 July 1990
Floor
Mr. Conte reserved all points of order against consideration of the bill.
Source: Floor
19 July 1990
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
19 July 1990
Vote
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 359 - 58 (Roll no. 252).
Source: Floor
19 July 1990
Floor
The Speaker designated the Honorable Philip R. Sharp to act as Chairman of the Committee.
Source: Floor
19 July 1990
Passed
On motion to resolve into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
19 July 1990
Floor
Mr. Natcher moved to resolve into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Source: Floor
19 July 1990
Floor
Considered as privileged matter.
Source: Floor
19 July 1990
Vote
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 359 - 58 (Roll no. 252).
Source: Floor
19 July 1990
Passed
The House adopted the amendments en gros as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Source: Floor
19 July 1990
Floor
The previous question was ordered without objection.
Source: Floor
19 July 1990
Floor
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 5257.
Source: Floor
19 July 1990
Passed
Pending the foregoing motion, Mr. Natcher asked unanimous consent that the time for general debate on the bill be limited to not to exceed one hour, equally divided and controlled by himself and Mr. Conte. Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
23 July 1990
Introduced
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Source: IntroReferral
12 September 1990
Committee
Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education. Approved for full committee consideration with amendments favorably.
Source: Committee
10 October 1990
Reported
Committee on Appropriations. Reported to Senate by Senator Harkin with amendments. With written report No. 101-516.
Source: Committee
10 October 1990
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 956.
Source: Calendars
10 October 1990
Reported
Committee on Appropriations. Reported to Senate by Senator Harkin with amendments. With written report No. 101-516.
Source: Committee
12 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Harkin; Byrd; Hollings; Burdick; Inouye; Bumpers; Reid; Adams; Specter; Hatfield; Stevens; Rudman; McClure; Cochran; Gramm.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
12 October 1990
Vote
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 76-15. Record Vote No: 269.
Source: Floor
12 October 1990
Floor
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Source: Floor
16 October 1990
Floor
Senate vitiated previous passage of SP 2963 and SP 2964, by unanimous consent.
Source: Floor
17 October 1990
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
17 October 1990
Floor
The previous question was ordered without objection.
Source: Floor
17 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Mr. Conte moved that the House instruct conferees.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
17 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
The chair appointed conferees: Natcher, Smith (IA), Obey, Roybal, Stokes, Early, Dwyer, Hoyer, Whitten, Conte, Pursell, Porter, Young (FL), and Weber.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
17 October 1990
Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to instruct the managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill be instructed to agree to no less than the amount contained in Senate amendent No. 76, concerning Low Income Home Energy Assistance.
Source: Floor
17 October 1990
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
17 October 1990
Passed
On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
17 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Mr. Natcher asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
18 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
18 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
19 October 1990
Passed
Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
19 October 1990
Passed
Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
20 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference report H. Rept. 101-908 filed with 78 amendments in disagreement. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
20 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 101-908 filed with 78 amendments in disagreement. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
20 October 1990
Passed
Mr. Dixon asked unanimous consent that managers on the part of the House have until midnight on Oct. 20 to file a conference report on H.R. 5257. Agreed to without objection.
Source: Committee
22 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Mr. Conte raised a point of order against the motion to recede and concur with an amendment. Mr. Conte stated that the amendments were not germane. Point of order was conceded and sustain.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
22 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference papers: message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
22 October 1990
Passed
Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
22 October 1990
Passed
On motion that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment No. 9 Agreed to without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
22 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 10.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
22 October 1990
Passed
Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment No. 9 Agreed to without objection.
Source: NotUsed
22 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment No. 9.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
22 October 1990
Passed
Mr. Natcher asked unanimous consent to consider enbloc the Senate amendments Nos. 12, 15, 19, 25, 35, 55, 56, 57, 61, 76, 82, 91, 100, 102, 103, 111, 112, 118, 119, 133, 142, 144, 156, 169, 176, 181, 186 and 191. Agreed to without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
22 October 1990
Vote
On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 335 - 74 (Roll no. 504).
Source: ResolvingDifferences
22 October 1990
Vote
Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 335 - 74 (Roll no. 504).
Source: ResolvingDifferences
22 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
The previous question was ordered without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
22 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Mr. Natcher brought up conference report H.Rept. 101-908 for consideration as a privileged matter.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
22 October 1990
Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report.
Source: Floor
25 October 1990
Vote
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 82-15. Record Vote No: 315.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
25 October 1990
NotUsed
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate concurred in the House amendment to Senate amendments nos. 163-164 with an amendment (SP 3163 and SP 3164) by Voice Vote.
Source: NotUsed
25 October 1990
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
25 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement held at the desk in Senate.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
26 October 1990
Passed
On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment No. 14 Agreed to without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
26 October 1990
Passed
Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment No. 14 Agreed to without objection.
Source: NotUsed
26 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Mr. Natcher moved that the House disagree to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment No. 31.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
26 October 1990
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
26 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Senate receded from its amendments to the House amendment to Senate amendments 31 and 163-164. By Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
26 October 1990
NotUsed
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate receded from its amendments to the House amendment to Senate amendments 31 and 163-164. By Voice Vote.
Source: NotUsed
26 October 1990
ResolvingDifferences
Mr. Natcher moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment No. 14.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
27 October 1990
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
5 November 1990
Became law
Signed by President.
Source: BecameLaw
5 November 1990
Floor
Presented to President.
Source: Floor
5 November 1990
President
Presented to President.
Source: President
5 November 1990
Floor
Measure Signed in Senate.
Source: Floor
5 November 1990
Became law
Became Public Law No: 101-517.
Source: President
5 November 1990
President
Signed by President.
Source: President
Votes
25 October 1990 · Conference Report Agreed to · On the Conference Report H.R. 5257 · Conference Report Agreed to · Official source
Yes 82 · No 15 · Abstain — · Absent/not voting 3
- Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA]Yea
- Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL]Yea
- Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY]Yea
- Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN]Yea
Showing the first 4 recorded positions. Vote totals above are complete.
12 October 1990 · Bill Passed · On Passage of the Bill H.R. 5257 · Bill Passed · Official source
Yes 76 · No 15 · Abstain — · Absent/not voting 9
- Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA]Yea
- Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL]Yea
- Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY]Not Voting
- Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN]Yea
Showing the first 4 recorded positions. Vote totals above are complete.
Versions
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Sponsors
- Rep. Natcher, William H. [D-KY-2] · D · Sponsor
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