Abortion
H.R. 1489 —-Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO) / Judiciary (03/27/03)—A bill to provide for parental notification and intervention in the case of a minor seeking an abortion.
Child Care
H.R. 1401 —-Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA) / Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means (03/20/03)—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.
Education
H.R. 1373 —-Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) / Education and the Workforce (03/20/03)—A bill to provide options to states to innovate and improve the education of children with disabilities by expanding the choices for students and parents under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
H.R. 1502 —-Rep. John F. Tierney (D-MA) / Education and the Workforce (03/27/03)—A bill to amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide that certain funds treated as local funds under that Act shall be used to provide additional funding for programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
Family Support
H.R. 1430 —-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / Education and the Workforce, Government Reform, House Administration (03/25/03)—A bill to permit leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent if the domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent has a serious health condition, and for other purposes.
S. 706 —-Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) / Armed Services (03/25/03)—A bill to provide Survivor Benefit Plan annuities for surviving spouses of Reserves not eligible for retirement who die from a cause incurred or aggravated while on inactive-duty training.
S. 730 —-Sen. John Warner (R-VA) / Veterans Affairs (03/27/03)—A bill to permit the transfer to spouses and children of a portion of the entitlement of certain members of the Armed Forces to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill, and for other purposes.
Health
H.R. 1385 —-Rep. Joe Baca (D-CA) / Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Government Reform (03/20/03)—A bill to issue a special postage stamp to benefit breast cancer research.
H. Con. Res. 110 —-Rep. Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D-NY) / Energy and Commerce (03/24/03)—A concurrent resolution recognizing the sequencing of the human genome as one of the most significant scientific accomplishments of the past one hundred years and expressing support for the goals and ideals of Human Genome Month and DNA Day.
H.R. 1422 —-Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (03/25/03)—A bill to improve patient access to, and utilization of, the Medicare colorectal cancer screening benefit.
H.R. 1448—-Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo (R-NJ) / Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (03/26/03)—A bill to require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations.
H.R. 1466 —-Rep. Michael E. Capuano (D-MA) / Ways and Means (03/27/03)—A bill to reduce the health insurance costs for family coverage of military reservists called to active duty.
H.R. 1469—-Rep. Susan A. Davis (D-CA) / Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (03/27/03)—A bill to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans permit enrollees direct access to services of obstetrical and gynecological physician services directly and without a referral.
H.R. 1470 —-Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) / Energy and Commerce (03/27/03)—A bill to reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for additional preventive health services for women.
H.R. 1485 —-Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA) / Appropriations (03/27/03)—A bill to provide additional appropriations for the fiscal year 2003 for the MTCT-Plus Initiative at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.
H.R. 1499 —-Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR) / Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce (03/27/03)—A bill to require health insurance coverage for certain reconstructive surgery.
S. 732 —-Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) / Finance (03/27/03)—A bill to create an independent and nonpartisan commission to assess the health care needs of the uninsured and to monitor the financial stability of the nation’s health care safety net.
S. 740 —-Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) / Finance (03/27/03)—A bill to improve patient access to, and utilization of, the Medicare colorectal cancer screening benefit.
International
H. Con. Res. 114 —-Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) / International Relations (03/25/03)—A concurrent resolution calling on civic groups, women’s groups, and others throughout the world to hold workshops, forums, and other events to speak up for world peace and reaffirm women’s essential role in the peace-building process.
H.R. 1482 —-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / International Relations (03/27/03)—A bill to authorize assistance for women and girls in Afghanistan, and for other purposes.
Violence Against Women
H.R. 1429 —-Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) / Financial Services (03/25/03)—A bill to protect tenants in public housing and assisted housing who are victims from eviction by reason of criminal activity due to domestic violence.
Welfare
H.R. 1438 —-Rep. David Wu (D-OR) / Ways and Means (03/25/03)—A bill to authorize a state to temporarily extend a waiver granted with respect to the state program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children.
