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COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia, Chairman

TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts

JOHN E. MOSS, California

JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan

PAUL G. ROGERS, Florida

LIONEL VAN DEERLIN, California
FRED B. ROONEY, Pennsylvania
JOHN M. MURPHY, New York
DAVID E. SATTERFIELD III, Virginia
BROCK ADAMS, Washington

W. S. (BILL) STUCKEY, JR., Georgia
BOB ECKHARDT, Texas

RICHARDSON PREYER, North Carolina
JAMES W. SYMINGTON, Missouri
CHARLES J. CARNEY, Ohio
RALPH H. METCALFE, Illinois
GOODLOE E. BYRON, Maryland
JAMES H. SCHEUER, New York
RICHARD L. OTTINGER, New York
HENRY A. WAXMAN, California
ROBERT (BOB) KRUEGER, Texas
TIMOTHY E. WIRTH, Colorado
PHILIP R. SHARP, Indiana

WILLIAM M. BRODHEAD, Michigan
W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina
JAMES J. FLORIO, New Jersey

ANTHONY TOBY MOFFETT, Connecticut
JIM SANTINI, Nevada

SAMUEL L. DEVINE, Ohio

JAMES T. BROYHILL, North Carolina
TIM LEE CARTER, Kentucky
CLARENCE J. BROWN, Ohio
JOE SKUBITZ, Kansas

JAMES F. HASTINGS, New York
JAMES M. COLLINS, Texas
LOUIS FREY, JR., Florida

JOHN Y. MCCOLLISTER, Nebraska
NORMAN F. LENT, New York
H. JOHN HEINZ III, Pennsylvania
EDWARD R. MADIGAN, Illinois
CARLOS J. MOORHEAD, California
MATTHEW J. RINALDO, New Jersey

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CONTENTS

Additional material submitted for the record by-

American Association of Retired Persons and the National Retired
Teachers Association, statement..

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American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees,
Martin Gleason, director, department of legislation, letter dated
February 20, 1975, to Chairman Rogers with recommended amend-
ments attached..

American Heart Association, Elliott Rapaport,_ M.D., president,
letter dated February 20, 1975, to Chairman Rogers--

American Hospital Association, statement..

American Medical Association, statement..

American Optometric Association, statement on:

American Psychiatric Association, statement..

Carey, Hon. Hugh L., Governor, State of New York, statement..

Committee To Combat Huntington's Disease, Mrs. Marjorie Guthrie,

president and founder, and Richard Branaghan, executive director,

statement....

Epilepsy Foundation of America, Leonard G. Perlman, D. Ed., asso-

ciate executive director, Government Liaison and Program Devel-

opment, letter dated February 18, 1975, to Chairman Rogers with

attachments..

Statement of James MacDonald Watson, M.D..

Statement of Jack McAllister, director, division of retardation,

Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, State of

Florida..

Health, Education, and Welfare Department:

Abortions and live births in the District of Columbia, calendar

year 1973.

Budget for fiscal year 1976-Department request and President's
budget for developmental disabilities__

DEWH policy with regard to natural family planning-
Letter dated February 19, 1975, from Secretary Weinberger to
Speaker of the House, Carl Albert, forwarding the draft bill,
"To revise and extend the program authorized by the Devel-
opmental Disabilities Services and Construction Act," with
attachments__

Letter dated December 11, 1974, from Secretary Weinberger
to Senator Javits re HEW's concern over several provisions
in the Senate version of H.R. 14215.

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HEW's comments on title II of the Senate-passed
version of H.R. 14215__

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Letter dated February 26, 1975, from Secretary Weinberger to
Speaker of the House, Carl Albert, forwarding the draft bill
entitled, "Health Services Amendments of 1975".

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Additional material submitted for the record by-Continued
Maharishi International University, statement__
National Association of Counties, Jack Walsh, supervisor, San Diego
County, Calif., and chairman, NACO health and education steering
committee, letter dated February 22, 1975, to Chairman Rogers---
National Association of Home Health Agencies Legislative Com-
mittee, statement__.

National Association for Retarded Citizens, statement-
National Cancer Foundation, Inc., Majorie K. Herrmann, president,
and Irene B. Buckley, executive director, letter dated February 20,
1975, to Chairman Rogers with statement on national health
insurance legislation with emphasis on provisions for coverage of
long-term catastrophic illness_

National Council of Community Mental Health Centers, statement..
National Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults,
Edward J. Drake, president, letter dated February 21, 1975, to
Chairman Rogers with statement on position on developmental
disabilities legislation attached_

National Hemophilia Foundation, statement..

National Retired Teachers Association and the American Association
of Retired Persons, statement_ _ _

Natural Family Planning Federation of America, Inc., John J. Mc-
Carthy, Jr., M.D., president, board of directors, statement..
People Concerned for the Unborn Child. (See U.S. Coalition for Life.)
Rogers, Hon. Paul G., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Florida, comments on the statement as submitted by the U.S.
Coalition for Life__

United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc., E. Clarke Ross, assistant
director, governmental activities, statement..

U.S. Coalition for Life, Randy V. Engel, executive director, and also
in behalf of People Concerned for the Unborn Child, statement....
Winn, Hon. Larry J., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Kansas, statement...

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HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAMS

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1975

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT, COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 2 p.m., pursuant to notice, in room 2322, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Paul G. Rogers, chairman, presiding.

Mr. ROGERS. The subcommittee will come to order, please. Our hearing today is on H.R. 2954, the Health Revenue Sharing and Health Services Act of 1975 and H.R. 2955, the Developmental Disabilities Amendments of 1975, and all similar and related bills.

These bills, which were introduced on February 6 by myself and 10 other members of the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, are identical to legislation which was prepared in the 93d Congress by the Subcommittee on Public Health and Environment but failed to become law.

The first, H.R. 2954, is identical to the conference report on H.R. 14214 of the last Congress which was pocket vetoed by President Ford after adjournment of the last Congress because, we are told, its provisions conflicted with administration policy, and its authorizations were excessive.

The second, H.R. 2955, is identical to H.R. 14215 in the 93d Congress as it passed the House of Representatives. In the last Congress this legislation was under consideration in conference at the end of the year.

It is my feeling that these are good pieces of legislation which would continue programs, whose legislative authority has already expired, for an additional 2 years, 1975 and 1976 with modest growth and reasonable evolution in their policy.

With the exception of the administration, it is my understanding and according to testimony, both measures have the support of all associations and organizations known to this committee and have been the subject of very little controversy.

Since they were the subject of extensive hearings and public markup sessions in the last Congress, we have limited this hearing to an oral presentation by the administration during which I expect we will focus on the reasons for their veto of H.R. 14214.

Other organizations and individuals concerned with these programs who feel the need to correct the existing record or enlarge upon it have been encouraged to submit statements for the record which, without objection, will appear with that of the administration and will be available for consideration by members of the subcommittee.

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