A joint resolution to amend the Public Health Services Act and related health laws to correct printing and other technical errors.
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(Reported to House from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce with amendment, H. Rept. 96-187) Amends the Family Planning provisions of the Public Health Service Act to increase the authorization of appropriations for research related to family planning and population for fiscal year 1980 from $3,600,000 to $120,800,000. Makes technical corrections to the Public Health Service Act and the following public health laws: (1) the Health Maintenance Organization Amendments of 1978; (2) the Rehabilitation, Comprehensive Services, and Developmental Disabilities Amendments of 1978; (3) the Health Services Research, Health Statistics, and Health Care Technology Act of 1978; (4) the Health Services and Centers Amendments of 1978; (5) the Emergency Medical Services Amendments of 1976; and (6) the Community Mental Health Centers Extension Act of 1978.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Reported to House with amendment(s)" stage on May 15, 1979. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Public Law 96-32.
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ROBERT BYRD (D-WV) introduced it on January 18, 1979. No cosponsors are recorded.
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It was introduced on January 18, 1979, 17402 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17229 days ago, on July 10, 1979.
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Vote history
- SenatePublic Law 96-32.
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