Child Abuse
H.R. 5601 —-Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) / Education and the Workforce (10/10/02)—A bill to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to make improvements to and reauthorize programs under that Act, and for other purposes.
Child Care
H.R. 5695 —-Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA) / Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means (10/17/02)—A bill to support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care.
Child Protection
S. 3101 —-Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) / Judiciary (10/10/02)—A bill to provide for increased funding for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and for other purposes.
Education
H.R. 5636 —-Rep. Thomas G. Tancredo (R-CO) / Education and the Workforce (10/10/02)—A bill to establish a student loan forgiveness program for nurses.
Family Support
H.R. 5600 —-Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-MO) / Judiciary (10/10/02)—A bill to provide for permanent resident status for certain long-term resident workers and college-bound students, to modify the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants in order to promote family unification, and for other purposes.
Health
H.R. 5606 —-Rep. Joe Baca (D-CA) / Energy and Commerce (10/10/02)—A bill to promote careers in nursing and diversity in the nursing workforce.
H.R. 5613 —-Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) / Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce (10/10/02)—A bill to establish a demonstration project to implement evidence-based preventive-screening methods to detect mental illness and suicidal tendencies in school-age youth at selected facilities.
H.R. 5656 —-Rep. Ken Bentsen (D-TX) / Energy and Commerce (10/16/02)—A bill to permit the use of unexpended allotments under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program through fiscal year 2006.
H.R. 5659 —-Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-DE) / Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce (10/16/02)—A bill to establish a comprehensive program for the prevention of obesity.
H.R. 5662 —-Rep. Jennifer Dunn (R-WA) / Energy and Commerce (10/16/02)—A bill to permit the use of unexpended allotments under the State Children’s Health Insurance program for an additional fiscal year, and for other purposes.
H.R. 5674 —-Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) / Energy and Commerce (10/16/02)—A bill to authorize formula grants to states to provide access to affordable health insurance for certain child care providers and staff, and for other purposes.
S. 3119 —-Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (10/16/02)—A bill to ensure the guaranteed renewability of individual health insurance coverage regardless of the health status-related factors of an enrollee.
H. Con. Res. 513 —-Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA) / Government Reform (10/17/02)—A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Mammography Day.
International
H.R. 5681 —-Rep. Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA) / International Relations (10/16/02)—A bill to provide assistance for the prevention, treatment, and control of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, polio, and other infectious diseases as such diseases affect children in the countries of Central Asia.
Miscellaneous
H. Con. Res. 510 —-Rep. J.C. Watts (R-OK) / Financial Services, Small Business (10/10/02)—A concurrent resolution commending the Minority Business Development Agency for its history of achievement in helping to create minority business enterprises and in helping those enterprises effectively compete in the national and global marketplace.
H. Res. 593 —-Rep. Lamar S. Smith (R-TX) / Government Reform (10/16/02)—A resolution commemorating the 90th birthday of former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson.
Violence Against Women
H. Res. 584 —-Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM) / Judiciary (10/10/02)—A resolution supporting the goals and ideas of a National Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
