Child Protection
H.R. 5389 —-Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX) / Judiciary (09/17/02)—A bill to provide forensic and investigative support of missing and exploited children.
H.R. 5397 —-Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) / Education and the Workforce, Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure (09/18/02)—A bill to protect our children from violence.
H.R. 5422 —-Rep. James F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI) / Armed Services, Education and the Workforce, Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure (09/19/02)—A bill to prevent child abduction, and for other purposes.
Education
H.R. 5402 —-Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) / Ways and Means (09/18/02)—A bill to repeal the limitations on the deduction for interest on education loans and to make the deduction, as amended, permanent.
S. 2954 —-Sen. Russell Feingold (D-WI) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/18/02)—A bill to permit states and local educational agencies to decide the frequency of using high quality assessments to measure and increase student academic achievement, to permit states and local educational agencies to obtain a waiver of certain testing requirements, and for other purposes.
Health
S. Con. Res. 139 —-Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-NJ) / Judiciary (09/17/02)—A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that there should be established a National Minority Health and Health Disparities Month.
S. 2955 —-Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/18/02)—A bill to improve data collection and dissemination, treatment, and research relating to cancer, and for other purposes.
S. 2965 —-Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/18/02)—A bill to improve the quality of care for cancer, and for other purposes.
H. Con. Res. 474 —-Rep. Karen McCarthy (D-MO) / Energy and Commerce (09/19/02)—A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that private health insurance companies should take a proactive role in promoting healthy lifestyles, and for other purposes.
H.R. 5412 —-Rep. Mary Bono (R-CA) / Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (09/19/02)—A bill to establish grants to provide health services for improved nutrition, increased physical activity, obesity prevention, and for other purposes.
Reproductive Health
S. 2980 —-Sen. Christopher Bond (R-MO) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/19/02)—A bill to revise and extend the Birth Defects Prevention Act of 1998.
Violence Against Women
H.R. 5394 —-Rep. Anthony D. Weiner (D-NY) / Judiciary (09/17/02)—A bill to assess the extent of the backlog in DNA analysis of rape kit samples, and to improve investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases with DNA evidence.
