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Amendment redirects funding for the Bureau of Labor Statistics Salaries and Expenses account by $1 for the purpose of instructing BLS to accept a wider and more forward-looking range of inputs into its range of projections for its workforce of the future.
Amendment redirects $6,250,000 in funding for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences under the National Institute of Health in order to support research into the impact of red tide and other Harmful Algal Blooms on human health.
Amendment sought to strike language that prevents the implementation of the Administration's rule requiring all Title X grant recipients to be "physically and financially separate from abortion-providing facilities.".
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2740) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Heath and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2740) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Heath and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
Amendment increases funding to the Birth Defects, Development Disabilities, Disabilities and Health account by $2 million and decreases the administration account in the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services account by a similar amount.
Amendment increases funding for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) by $900,000 and decrease the General Departmental Management for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by a similar amount.
Amendment redirects $10 million in funding to support programs providing outreach and support services targeting program participants at greatest risk of not completing a college degree.
Amendment redirects $10 million in funding to support greater diversity in the pool of diabetes research professionals and patients participating in clinical trials.
Amendment prohibits any funds appropriated to the Job Corps program from being used to either alter or terminate the Interagency Agreement between the U.S. Departments of Labor and Agriculture that governs the Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center (CCC) program.
An amendment numbered 12 printed in Part B of House Report 116-109 to prohibit the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) from using funds appropriated in this Act to finalize or implement a proposed rule to weaken health protections in OSHA's existing beryllium standards that cover construction and maritime workers.
Amendment transfers $1 million from the Departmental Management General Departmental Management account to the Emerging and Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases account for the control and prevention for Lyme Disease.
Amendment redirects funding for Children's Mental Health Services Grants by $5 million to support school-based, early childhood mental health interventions.
Amendment increases and decreases funding for Innovation and Improvement at the Department of Education by $1 million to encourage the Department to ensure that Statewide Family Engagement Center grantees receive full and adequate funding.
Amendment increases and decreases funding for the National Cancer Institute by $1 million to support a National Cancer Institute study on how to improve communication between cancer care providers, cancer patients, and survivors.
Amendment increases and decreases funding for the Bureau of Labor Statistics by $1 million to allow the Bureau of Labor Statistics to collect data on job loss.