Child Care
H.R. 3912—-Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) / Education and the Workforce (03/07/02)—A bill to assist states in establishing a universal pre-kindergarten program to ensure that all children ages 3, 4, and 5 have access to a high-quality full-day, full-calendar-year pre-kindergarten education.
Child Safety
H.R. 3839—-Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) / Education and the Workforce (03/05/02)—A bill to reauthorize the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, and for other purposes.
Discrimination
S. 1995—-Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (03/06/02)—A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.
Health
H.R. 3910—-Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (03/07/02)—A bill to provide for coverage under Medicare of certain tests to screen for ovarian cancer upon certification by the Director of the National Institutes of Health that such tests are effective.
H.R. 3913—-Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) / Energy and Commerce, Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means (03/07/02)— A bill to require equitable treatment in health care coverage of prescription drugs under group health plans, health insurance coverage, Medicare and Medicaid managed care arrangements, Medigap insurance coverage, and health plans under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
International
H. Con. Res. 344—-Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL) / Judiciary, International Relations (03/07/02)—A concurrent resolution supporting the goals of International Women’s Day.
H.R. 3916—-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / International Relations (03/07/02)—A bill to provide a United States voluntary contribution to the United Nations Population Fund.
Miscellaneous
H.R. 3841—-Rep. William M. Thomas (R-CA) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Budget (03/05/02)— A bill to provide assistance to displaced workers by extending unemployment benefits and by providing a credit for health insurance costs, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3899—-Rep. Brad Carson (D-OK) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (03/07/02)— A bill to provide for the coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3915—-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / Government Reform (03/07/02)—A bill to provide that, of the total amount of family leave available to a federal employee based on the birth of a child or the placement of a child with the employee for adoption or foster care, at least one-half of that time shall be leave with pay.
Reproductive Health
S. 1984—-Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (03/04/02)— A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3887—-Rep. Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D-NY) / Energy and Commerce (03/06/02)—A bill to establish a public education and awareness program relating to emergency contraception.
S. 1990—-Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (03/06/02)—A bill to establish a public education awareness program relating to emergency contraception.
