Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriations for 1978: Testimony of Members of Congress

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Page 1538 - None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to perform abortions except when the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term.
Page 1026 - Nation but which for financial and other reasons are struggling for survival and are isolated from the main currents of academic life...
Page 1690 - Currently marking its 31st year of service, NSBA is a federation of State school boards associations, with direct local school board affiliates, constituted to strengthen local lay control of education and to work for the improvement of education. Most of these school board members, like yourselves, are elected public officials.
Page 1136 - Students", of remedial and other special services for students with academic potential (A) who are enrolled or accepted for enrollment at the institution which is the beneficiary of the grant or contract, and (B) who, by reason of deprived educational, cultural, or economic background, or physical handicap, are in need of such services to assist them to initiate, continue, or resume their postsecondary education.
Page 1538 - Provided, That none of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to make indemnity payments to any farmer whose milk was removed from commercial markets as a result of his...
Page 1452 - ... appraise the adequacies and deficiencies of current library and information resources and services and evaluate the effectiveness of current library and information science programs; "4. develop overall plans for meeting national library and informational needs and for the coordination of activities at the Federal, State, and local levels, taking into consideration all of the library and informational...
Page 1440 - ... the systematic and effective coordination of the resources of school, public, academic, and special libraries and special information centers for improved services of a supplementary nature to the special clientele served by each type of library or center...
Page 878 - Secretary to formulate goals and a workable strategy to achieve such goals, and to submit to the President a report for transmittal to Congress on the status of health information and health promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of health care.
Page 1414 - Our objective: total victory. There are millions of Americans— one-fifth of our people— who have not shared in the abundance which has been granted to most of us, and on whom the gates of opportunity have been closed.
Page 1096 - Presidential Resource. The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education represents the historically and predominantly black colleges and universities of this nation. There are some...