submitted by Mary Langman

Following is a summary legislative update prepared by the American Library Association which describes several of the information issues that the Governmental Relations Committee and Joint MLA/AAHSL Legislative Task Force have followed throughout the 105th Congress. A comprehensive legislative update will appear in the January 1999 issue of the MLA News.

In addition to the information provided below, P.L. 105-277 provides $181,309,000 to the National Library of Medicine for F.Y. 1999, a 12.7% increase over F.Y. 1998.

MLA and AAHSL's priorities for 1998-99 are:

DRIVE

NLM Funding

Appropriations
Reauthorization

Telemedicine

 

INFLUENCE

Computerized Patient Records

Information Access

Title 44 Revision
Federal Depository Library Program Restructuring

Intellectual Property and Copyright

Copyright Reform (domestic and international NII issues)

CONFU Guidelines
Copyright Term Extension

Medical Research Trust Fund
NII/HPCC
Next Generation Internet
Telecommunications

Universal Service
Communications Decency Act

 

MONITOR

Indirect Costs
Health Care Reform
Licensing

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