Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993

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Introduced

23 July 1992

Last action

6 October 1992 · President

Status

Became Public Law No: 102-394.

Summary

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 - Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1993 - Makes appropriations for FY 1993 for the following agencies within the Department of Labor: (1) Employment and Training Administration; (2) Labor-Management Services; (3) Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration; (4) Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (5) Employment Standards Administration; (6) Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (7) Mine Safety and Health Administration; (8) Bureau of Labor Statistics; and (9) 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. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to accept, employ, or dispose of gifts on behalf of the Department. Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 1993 - Makes appropriations for FY 1993 for the following agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): (1) Health Resources and Services Administration; (2) Centers for Disease Control; (3) National Institutes of Health; (4) Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration; (5) Assistant Secretary for Health; (6) Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; (7) Health Care Financing Administration; (8) Social Security Administration; (9) Administration for Children and Families; (10) Administration on Aging; and (11) Office of the Secretary. Establishes the Health Care Financing Administration Survey and Certification Fund to finance the costs of carrying out Federal and State survey and certification activities. 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 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 $125,000 per year. 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. Authorizes the Secretary, when providing services or conducting activities for a State with respect to such program for which the Secretary is entitled to reimbursement by the State, to obtain such reimbursement as an offset against Federal payments to which the State would otherwise be entitled under such program from funds appropriated for the same or any subsequent fiscal year. Requires States and political subdivisions which accept funds or data from the HHS to report data on deaths and workers' compensation. Limits the amount to be obligated for contracts with Utilization and Quality Control Peer Review Organizations. Prohibits the use of funds to implement the model comprehensive program for the treatment of substance abuse in the national capital area. Title III: Department of Education - Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1993 - Makes appropriations for FY 1993 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) educational excellence; (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; (18) departmental management; and (19) special education. 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 1993 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) White House Conference on Library and Information Services; (8) National Commission on Responsibilities for Financing Postsecondary Education; (9) National Council on Disability; (10) National Labor Relations Board; (11) National Mediation Board; (12) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; (13) Physician Payment Review Commission; (14) Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; (15) Railroad Retirement Board; (16) Soldiers' and Airmen's Home; (17) United States Institute of Peace; and (18) United States Naval Home. 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 a 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. 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

29 January 1992
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor - Health and Human Services, and Education.
Source: Committee
29 January 1992
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Source: IntroReferral
19 February 1992
Committee
First Day of Subcommittee Hearings.
Source: Committee
19 May 1992
Committee
Final Day of Subcommittee Hearings.
Source: Committee
2 July 1992
Committee
First Day of Subcommittee Mark-up.
Source: Committee
23 July 1992
Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 400.
Source: Calendars
23 July 1992
Reported
The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 102-708, by Mr. Natcher.
Source: Committee
23 July 1992
Reported
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Source: Committee
23 July 1992
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
23 July 1992
Reported
The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 102-708, by Mr. Natcher.
Source: Committee
23 July 1992
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
28 July 1992
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
28 July 1992
Floor
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 5677.
Source: Floor
28 July 1992
Vote
On motion to rise and report Failed by recorded vote: 181 - 215 (Roll no. 321).
Source: Floor
28 July 1992
Floor
Mr. Natcher moved for the Committee of the Whole to rise and report.
Source: Floor
28 July 1992
Vote
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 345 - 54 (Roll no. 322).
Source: Floor
28 July 1992
Vote
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 345 - 54 (Roll no. 322).
Source: Floor
28 July 1992
Failed
On motion to recommit Failed by voice vote.
Source: Floor
28 July 1992
Floor
The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered without objection.
Source: Floor
28 July 1992
Floor
Mr. Miller (OH) moved to recommit to Appropriations.
Source: Floor
28 July 1992
Passed
The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Source: Floor
28 July 1992
Floor
The previous question was ordered without objection.
Source: Floor
28 July 1992
Floor
Mr. Hall (TX) raised a point of order against the content of the measure. The language beginning on page 31, line 22, and ending on page 34, line 3, regarding the creation of a Health Care Financing Administration survey and certification fund constitutes legislation on an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.
Source: Floor
28 July 1992
Floor
The Speaker designated the Honorable Philip R. Sharp to act as Chairman of the Committee.
Source: Floor
28 July 1992
Passed
On motion to resolve into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union Agreed to by voice vote.
Source: Floor
28 July 1992
Passed
Pending the foregoing motion, Mr. Natcher asked unanimous consent that general debate on the bill be limited to not to exceed thirty minutes, equally divided and controlled. Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
28 July 1992
Floor
Mr. Natcher moved to resolve into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Source: Floor
28 July 1992
Floor
Considered as privileged matter.
Source: Floor
30 July 1992
Introduced
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Source: IntroReferral
10 September 1992
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 662.
Source: Calendars
10 September 1992
Committee
Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education. Approved for full committee consideration with amendments favorably.
Source: Committee
10 September 1992
Reported
Committee on Appropriations. Reported to Senate by Senator Harkin with amendments. With written report No. 102-397.
Source: Committee
15 September 1992
Floor
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
Source: Floor
16 September 1992
Vote
Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 56-38. Record Vote No: 207.
Source: Floor
17 September 1992
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
18 September 1992
ResolvingDifferences
Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Harkin; Byrd; Hollings; Inouye; Bumpers; Reid; Adams; Conrad; Specter; Hatfield; Stevens; Rudman; Cochran; Gramm; Gorton.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
18 September 1992
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
18 September 1992
Vote
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 82-13. Record Vote No: 219.
Source: Floor
22 September 1992
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
22 September 1992
ResolvingDifferences
The Speaker appointed conferees: Natcher, Smith (IA), Obey, Roybal, Stokes, Early, Hoyer, Mrazek, Whitten, Pursell, Porter, Young (FL), Weber, and McDade.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
22 September 1992
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
22 September 1992
Floor
The previous question was ordered without objection.
Source: Floor
22 September 1992
Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to instruct conferees on the part of the House be instructed to insist on the House position with respect to Senate amendment numbered 234.
Source: Floor
22 September 1992
ResolvingDifferences
Mr. Pursell moved that the House instruct conferees.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
22 September 1992
Passed
On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
22 September 1992
ResolvingDifferences
Mr. Natcher asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
23 September 1992
Floor
Message on House action received in Senate.
Source: Floor
30 September 1992
Passed
Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
30 September 1992
Passed
Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
1 October 1992
ResolvingDifferences
Conference report H. Rept. 102-974 filed with 56 amendments in disagreement.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
1 October 1992
ResolvingDifferences
Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 102-974 filed with 56 amendments in disagreement.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
1 October 1992
Passed
Mr. Natcher asked unanimous consent that managers on the part of the House have until midnight on Oct. 1 to file a conference report on H.R. 5677. Agreed to without objection.
Source: Committee
3 October 1992
ResolvingDifferences
Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
3 October 1992
Passed
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed To the House amendment to the Senate amendments nos. 4, 12, 18, 24, 45, 52, 55, 60, 62, 65, 68, 69, 70, 73, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 87, 88, 95, 103, 112, 125, 135, 137, 138, 154, 163, 170, 171, 184, 191, 213, 214, 217, 236, 237, 238, and 239 by Voice Vote.
Source: NotUsed
3 October 1992
Passed
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
3 October 1992
Passed
Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
3 October 1992
ResolvingDifferences
Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendments en bloc.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
3 October 1992
Passed
Mr. Natcher asked unanimous consent to consider enbloc the Senate amendments Nos. 25, 40, 63, 84, 130, 136, 147, 148, 152, 164, 165, 176, 216, 218 and 224. Agreed to without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
3 October 1992
Passed
On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 4 Agreed to without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
3 October 1992
ResolvingDifferences
Mr. Natcher moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 4.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
3 October 1992
Passed
Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 4 Agreed to without objection.
Source: NotUsed
3 October 1992
Vote
On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 363 - 47 (Roll no. 457).
Source: ResolvingDifferences
3 October 1992
Vote
Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 363 - 47 (Roll no. 457).
Source: ResolvingDifferences
3 October 1992
Floor
DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report.
Source: Floor
3 October 1992
Passed
Mr. Natcher brought up conference report H. Rept. 102-974 by previously agreed to special order.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
3 October 1992
ResolvingDifferences
The previous question was ordered without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
5 October 1992
Floor
Presented to President.
Source: Floor
5 October 1992
President
Presented to President.
Source: President
6 October 1992
Became law
Became Public Law No: 102-394.
Source: President
6 October 1992
Became law
Signed by President.
Source: BecameLaw
6 October 1992
President
Signed by President.
Source: President

Votes

18 September 1992 · Bill Passed · On Passage of the Bill H.R. 5677 · Bill Passed · Official source

Yes 82 · No 13 · Abstain — · Absent/not voting 5

Showing the first 8 recorded positions. Vote totals above are complete.

16 September 1992 · Cloture Motion Rejected · On the Cloture Motion H.R. 5677 · Cloture Motion Rejected · Official source

Yes 56 · No 38 · Abstain — · Absent/not voting 5

Showing the first 8 recorded positions. Vote totals above are complete.

Versions

Engrossed Amendment Senate · undated · Official file
Engrossed in House · undated · Official file
Enrolled Bill · undated · Official file
Public Print · undated · Official file
Referred in Senate · undated · Official file
Reported in House · undated · Official file
Reported to Senate · undated · Official file

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Public Law (PDF)
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House receded and concurred with amendment
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Passed Senate amended
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Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
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Passed House amended
summary · EN · 28 July 1992
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Introduced in House
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