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Bills Introduced

Child Care
H.R. 1237 —-Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) / Education and the Workforce (03/12/03)—A bill to improve early intervention programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1242 —-Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) / Education and the Workforce (03/12/03)—A bill to establish a program to provide child care through public-private partnerships.

Child Protection
H. Con. Res. 88 —-Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ) / Judiciary (03/11/03)—A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Children’s Internet Protection Act is constitutional as it applies to public libraries.

H.R. 1262 —-Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) / Judiciary (03/13/03)—A bill to implement or enhance consistent AMBER Alert plans throughout the country.

S. 614 —-Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) / Finance (03/13/03)—A bill to create a grant program to promote joint activities among federal, state, and local public child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies.

Discrimination
H. Res. 137 —-Rep. Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D-NY) / Education and the Workforce (03/11/03)—A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that changes to Title IX athletics policies contradict the spirit of athletic equality and gender parity and should not be implemented, and that Title IX should be kept intact.

Education
S. 591 —-Sen. Zell Miller (D-GA) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (03/11/03)—A bill to provide for a period of quiet reflection at the opening of certain schools on every school day.

H. Res. 144 —-Rep. David Wu (D-OR) / Education and the Workforce (03/13/03)—A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives that the maximum Pell Grant should be increased to $5,800.

S. 626 —-Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (03/13/03)—A bill to reduce the amount of paperwork for special education teachers, to make mediation mandatory for all legal disputes related to individualized education programs, and for other purposes.

Family Planning
H.R. 1229 —-Rep. Jo Ann Davis (R-VA) / Energy and Commerce (03/12/03)—A bill to require assurances that certain family planning service projects and programs will provide pamphlets containing the contact information of adoption centers.

Family Support
S. 604 —-Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) / Finance (03/12/03)—A bill to provide grants to promote responsible fatherhood, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1267 —-Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) / Energy and Commerce, Government Reform (03/13/03)—A bill to provide research on the health impact and prevention of family violence; to provide training for health care professionals, behavioral and public health staff, and community health centers regarding identification and treatment for families experiencing family violence; and to provide coverage for domestic violence identification and treatment under the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program, Medicaid, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, and the Community Health Centers Program.

H.R. 1267 —-Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) / Energy and Commerce, Government Reform (03/13/03)—A bill to provide research on the health impact and prevention of family violence; to provide training for health care professionals, behavioral and public health staff, and community health centers regarding identification and treatment for families experiencing family violence; and to provide coverage for domestic violence identification and treatment under the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program, Medicaid, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, and the Community Health Centers Program.

Health
S. 581 —-Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Finance (03/10/03)—A bill to establish a Citizens Health Care Working Group to facilitate public debate about how to improve the health care system for Americans and to provide for a vote by Congress on the recommendations that are derived from this debate.

H. Res. 136 —-Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) / Energy and Commerce (03/11/03)—A resolution congratulating the American Dental Association for establishing the “Give Kids a Smile” program, emphasizing the need to improve access to dental care for children, and thanking dentists for volunteering their time to help provide needed dental care.

H.R. 1170 —-Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) / Education and the Workforce (03/11/03)—A bill to protect children and their parents from being coerced into administering psychotropic medication in order to attend school, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1199 —-Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (03/11/03)—A bill to provide for a voluntary Medicare prescription medicine benefit, to provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1200 —-Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) / Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Government Reform, Ways and Means (03/11/03)—A bill to provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system.

H.R. 1205 —-Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (03/11/03)—A bill to guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children born after 2004.

S. 599 —-Sen. Blanche Lambert Lincoln (D-AR) / Finance (03/11/03)—A bill to provide Medicare coverage for diabetes laboratory diagnostic tests and other services to screen for diabetes.

H.R. 1225 —-Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (03/12/03)—A bill to expand coverage of medical nutrition therapy services under Medicare for beneficiaries with cardiovascular disease.

H.R. 1241 —-Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) / Energy and Commerce (03/12/03)—A bill to authorize additional appropriations to the National Institutes of Health for research on the early detection of, and the reduction of, mortality rates attributed to breast cancer.

H.R. 1243 —-Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) / Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Government Reform, Ways and Means (03/12/03)—A bill to assure equitable treatment in health care coverage of prescription drugs under group health plans, health insurance coverage, Medicare, Medicaid, Medigap insurance coverage, and health plans under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.

H. Res. 142 —-Rep. Michael E. Capuano (D-MA) / Energy and Commerce (03/13/03)—A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives that the federal investment in programs that provide health care services to uninsured and low-income individuals in medically underserved areas should be increased to serve 20 million individuals by 2006.

H.R. 1287 —-Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) / Ways and Means (03/13/03)—A bill to make health care coverage more accessible and affordable.

H.R. 1288 —-Rep. Deborah Pryce (R-OH) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (03/13/03)—A bill to provide for Medicare coverage of all oral anticancer drugs.

S. 621 —-Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) / Finance (03/13/03)—A bill to allow qualifying states to use allotments under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program for expenditures under Medicaid.

International
H.R. 1196 —-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / International Relations (03/11/03)—A bill to provide a United States voluntary contribution to the United Nations Population Fund.

H. Res. 140 —-Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA) / International Relations (03/12/03)—A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the continuous repression of freedoms within Iran and of individual human rights abuses, particularly with regard to women.

Miscellaneous
H.J. Res. 37 —-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / Judiciary (03/12/03)—A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.

H.R. 1219 —-Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) / Energy and Commerce, Judiciary (03/12/03)—A bill to limit frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits, to reform the medical malpractice insurance business in order to reduce the cost of medical malpractice insurance, to enhance patient access to medical care, and for other purposes.

S. 622 —-Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) / Finance (03/13/03)—A bill to provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase Medicaid coverage for such children, and for other purposes.

Reproductive Health
H. Con. Res. 91 —-Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-DE) / Energy and Commerce (03/12/03)—A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the nation should strive to prevent teen pregnancy by encouraging teens to view adolescence as a time for education and growing-up and by educating teens about the negative consequences of early sexual activity.

Violence Against Women
H.J. Res. 36 —-Rep. Mark Green (R-WI) / Judiciary (03/11/03)—A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to raising awareness and encouraging prevention of sexual assault in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.

S.J. Res. 8 —-Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) / Judiciary (03/11/03)—A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to raising awareness and encouraging prevention of sexual assault in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.

Welfare
S. 574 —-Sen. Jon Corzine (D-NJ) / Finance (03/07/03)—A bill to toll the five-year limit for assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program for recipients who live in a state that is experiencing significant increases in unemployment.

S. 603 —-Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) / Finance (03/12/03)—A bill to give states the option to create a program that allows individuals receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families to obtain post-secondary or longer duration vocational education.

S. 605 —-Rep. Lamar S. Smith (R-TX) / Finance (03/12/03)—A bill to extend waivers under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program through the end of fiscal year 2008.