Adoption
H.R. 1057 —-Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) / Ways and Means (03/03/03)—A bill to repeal the sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect to the expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs.
Child Protection
S. 448 —-Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) / Finance (02/26/03)—A bill to leave no child behind.
Child Safety
H.R. 1104—-Rep. James F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI) / Education and the Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure (03/05/03)—A bill to prevent child abduction, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1161 —-Rep. Lamar S. Smith (R-TX) / Judiciary (03/06/03)—A bill to prevent trafficking in child pornography and obscenity, to proscribe pandering and solicitation relating to visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, to prevent the use of child pornography and obscenity to facilitate crimes against children, and for other purposes.
Education
S. 506 —-Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) / Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (03/03/03)—A bill to ensure the safety of meals served under the school lunch program and the school breakfast program.
H.R. 1094 —-Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-OR) / Education and the Workforce (03/05/03)—A bill to authorize appropriations for Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to achieve full funding for Part B of that Act by 2008.
Family Planning
H.R. 969 —-Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (02/27/03)—A bill to provide for Medicare coverage of infertility treatment services for individuals entitled to health insurance benefits under that program by reason of a disability.
Family Support
S. 451 —-Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) / Armed Services (02/26/03)—A bill to increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for surviving spouses age 62 and older, to provide for a one-year open season under that plan, and for other purposes.
H.R. 956 —-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / Education and the Workforce, Government Reform, House Administration (02/27/03)—A bill to allow employees to take, as additional leave, parental invlovement leave to participate in or attend their children’s and grandchildren’s educational and extracurricular activities and to clarify that leave may be taken for routine medical needs and to assist elderly relatives, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1083 —-Rep. James R. Langevin (D-RI) / Energy and Commerce (03/05/03)—A bill to establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care, and for other purposes.
S. 538 —-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (03/05/03)—A bill to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care, and for other purposes.
Health
S. 450 —-Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (02/26/03)—A bill to provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis.
S. 453—-Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (02/26/03)—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. Con. Res. 76 —-Rep. Patrick J. Tiberi (R-OH) / Energy and Commerce (02/27/03)—A concurrent resolution recognizing the health risks associated with childhood obesity and encouraging parents to promote healthy weight and increased physical activity to their children.
H.R. 1044 —-Rep. Albert Russell Wynn (D-MD) / Energy and Commerce (02/27/03)—A bill to establish the Commission on Medical Malpractice Insurance.
H.R. 953—-Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) / Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce (02/27/03)—A bill to provide for equal coverage of mental health benefits with respect to health insurance coverage unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits.
S. 486—-Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (02/27/03)—A bill to provide for equal coverage of mental health benefits with respect to health insurance coverage unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits.
H. J. Res. 30 —-Rep. Jesse L. Jackson (D-IL) / Judiciary (03/03/03)—A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right of citizens of the United States to health care of equal high quality.
H.R. 1045 —-Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (03/03/03)—A bill to provide for coverage of outpatient prescription drugs under part B of Medicare, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1138 —-Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA) / Energy and Commerce (03/06/03)—A bill to provide for Alzheimer’s disease research and demonstration grants.
H.R. 1143 —-Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA) / Energy and Commerce (03/06/03)—A bill to permit states to expand Medicaid eligibility to uninsured, poor adults.
H.R. 1144—-Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA) / Energy and Commerce (03/06/03)—A bill to provide, with respect to diabetes in minority populations, for an increase in the extent of activities carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health.
S. 548 —-Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV) / Veterans Affairs (03/06/03)—A bill to improve mental health programs for veterans, and for other purposes.
S. 566 —-Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (03/06/03)—A bill to provide for Alzheimer’s disease research and demonstration grants.
Housing
H.R. 1102 —-Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT) / Financial Services (03/05/03)—A bill to establish the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United States to provide for the development, rehabilitation, and preservation of decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families.
International
H. Con. Res. 57 —-Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL) / International Relations, Judiciary (02/27/03)—A concurrent resolution supporting the goals of International Women’s Day.
S. 571 —-Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) / Foreign Relations (03/06/03)—A bill to establish the Millennium Challenge Account and the Millennium Challenge Corporation in order to reduce global poverty through increased economic growth by supporting a new compact for global development.
Miscellaneous
H. Con. Res. 62 —-Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) / Education and the Workforce (02/27/03)—A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Katherine Dunham should be recognized for her groundbreaking achievements in dance, theater, music, and education, as well as for her work as an activist striving for racial equality throughout the world.
H. Con. Res. 64 —-Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) / Government Reform (02/27/03)—A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Zora Neale Hurston should be recognized for her achievements as a novelist and anthropologist, and for her contributions to the Harlem Renaissance movement.
H. Con. Res. 65 —-Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) / Government Reform (02/27/03)—A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Madame C. J. Walker should be recognized for her achievements in business, her inventions, and her commitment to the African-American community.
H. Con. Res. 66 —-Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) / Government Reform (02/27/03)—A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Shirley Chisholm should be recognized for her activism and groundbreaking achievements in politics during the civil rights era, and for her efforts to reform the nation’s political system and legislatures so that they better represent the needs of a greater number of Americans.
H. Con. Res. 68 —-Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) / Government Reform (02/27/03)—A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Dorothy I. Height should be recognized for her achievements as a civil rights leader, dedicated activist working to fight racial and social prejudice, and for her lifetime commitment to improving the opportunities available to the most vulnerable in society.
H. Con. Res. 69 —-Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) / Government Reform (02/27/03)—A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Althea Gibson should be recognized for her groundbreaking achievements in athletics and her commitment to ending racial discrimination and prejudice within the world of sports.
H. Res. 114—-Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) / Government Reform (02/27/03)—A resolution honoring the life of Betty Shabazz.
Reproductive Health
H. J. Res. 31 —-Rep. Jesse L. Jackson (D-IL) / Judiciary (03/03/03)—A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to equality of rights and reproductive rights.
Social Security
H.R. 1065 —-Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) / Ways and Means (03/03/03)—A bill to allow the Commissioner of Social Security reasonable discretion in applying the 10-year marriage requirement for entitlement of divorced spouses to spousal benefits in cases in which the divorce is in whole or in part the result of severe spousal or child abuse.
Tax Policy
H.R. 1050 —-Rep. Mark Green (R-WI) / Ways and Means (03/03/03)—A bill to increase the age limit for the child tax credit.
Welfare
H.R. 1134 —-Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-LA) / Ways and Means (03/06/03)—A bill to increase the work opportunity credit and welfare-to-work credit.
