Child Care
H.R. 4092 —-Rep. Howard McKeon (R-CA) / Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means (04/09/02)—A bill to enhance the opportunities of needy families to achieve self-sufficiency and access quality child care, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4164 —-Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM) / Education and the Workforce (04/10/02)—A bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to increase the amount of funds allocated to activities to improve the quality of child care and to require that some of the funds so allocated be available to pay costs incurred by eligible child care providers to obtain accreditation from nationally recognized organizations.
S. 2117 —-Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (04/11/02)—A bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to reauthorize the Act, and for other purposes.
Education
H.R. 4122 —-Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) / Energy and Commerce (04/09/02)—A bill to extend abstinence education funding under the Maternal and Child Health program through fiscal year 2007 and to extend the authorization of transitional medical assistance for 1 year.
H.R. 4192 —-Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) / Education and the Workforce (04/11/02)—A bill to establish pilot projects to support and evaluate the provision of before-school activities that advance student academic achievement and encourage the establishment of, and increase participation in, school breakfast programs.
International
H.R. 4114 —-Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) / Financial Services, International Relations, Ways and Means (04/09/02)—A bill to increase the United States financial and programmatic contributions to advancing the status of women and girls in low-income countries around the world, and for other purposes.
Miscellaneous
S. 2076 —-Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) / Judiciary (04/09/02)—A bill to prohibit the cloning of humans.
Violence Against Women
H.R. 4089 —-Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D-CA) / Judiciary (04/09/02)—A bill to provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence.
H.R. 4091 —-Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D-CA) / Judiciary (04/09/02)—A bill to authorize the establishment of domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women.
H.R. 4113 —-Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (04/09/02)—A bill to provide for the provision by hospitals of emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault.
S. 2090 —-Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-NJ) / Judiciary (04/11/02)—A bill to eliminate any limitation on indictment for sexual offenses and make awards to states to reduce their DNA casework backlogs.
Welfare
H.R. 4090 —-Rep. Wally Herger (R-CA) / Ways and Means (04/09/02)—A bill to reauthorize and improve the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.
S. 2116 —-Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) / Finance (04/11/02)—A bill to reform the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to help states address the importance of adequate, affordable housing in promoting family progress towards self-sufficiency, and for other purposes.