Health
H.R. 5187—-Rep. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) / Energy and Commerce (07/23/02)—A bill to authorize the Health Resources and Services Administration and the National Cancer Institute to make grants for model programs to provide to individuals of health disparity populations prevention, early detection, treatment, and appropriate follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and to make grants regarding patient navigators to assist individuals of health disparity populations in receiving such services.
H.R. 5191—-Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT) / Energy and Commerce (07/23/02)—A bill to provide for expanded dental coverage under Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and to provide for funding for expanded community oral health services.
H.R. 5204—-Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) / Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Government Reform, Veterans Affairs, Ways and Means (07/24/02)—A bill to provide for coverage of hormone replacement therapy and alternative treatments for hormone replacement therapy under Medicare and Medicaid, group health plans and individual health insurance coverage, and other Federal health insurance programs.
International
S. Res. 306—-Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) / Foreign Relations (07/25/02)—A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate concerning the continuous repression of freedoms within Iran and of individual human rights abuses, particularly with regard to women.
Tax Policy
H.R. 5182—-Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) / Ways and Means (07/23/02)—A bill to increase the age limit for the child tax credit.
H.R. 5192—-Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO) / Ways and Means (07/23/02)—A bill to allow a credit for contributions for the benefit of elementary and secondary schools.
H.R. 5193—-Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO) / Ways and Means (07/23/02)—A bill to allow a deduction to certain taxpayers for elementary and secondary education expenses.
