Subject: Senate Acts to Appropriate $946 Million to Fight AIDS
Date: Published: 10/15/87 33 lines
Source:  WALL STREET JOURNAL. Copyright Dow Jones & Co. Inc. 

    Senate Acts to Appropriate
    $946 Million to Fight AIDS

    WASHINGTON -- The Senate approved legislation calling for
 nearly $1 billion for AIDS research and education.
    The provision is part of a bill appropriating $129 billion
 for labor, health, human resources and education programs for
 the current fiscal year.  The bill, passed 85-15, contains
 $946 million for AIDS education and research.  More than $30
 million in AIDS money is being appropriated separately.
    The measure now goes to a House-Senate conference to be
 reconciled with a similar House bill.
    The Senate bill was amended yesterday to include a
 provision to prevent federally financed materials about
 acquired immune deficiency syndrome from promoting
 homosexuality or drug use, requiring them rather to stress
 abstinence.  The amendment, backed by Sen. Jesse Helms (R.,
 N. C.), was watered down somewhat before being passed
 overwhelmingly.
    The provision was passed after a fiery debate in which
 Sen. Helms's opponents charged that a tougher amendment would
 hinder the government's ability to educate children about the
 threat of AIDS. 

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