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Bills Introduced

Abortion
H.R. 2062 —-Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) / Armed Services (05/09/03)—A bill to restore freedom of choice to women in the uniformed services serving outside the United States.

Child Care
H.R. 2124 —-Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) / Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means (05/14/03)—A bill to establish a Foster Care Reform Commission to study the foster care crisis in the United States.

Crime
H.R. 2110 —-Rep. David Vitter (R-LA) / Judiciary (05/14/03)—A bill to make funding for DNA backlog elimination and self defense training a priority for states and municipalities that are in the midst of combating a serial killer.

Discrimination
S. 1053 —-Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (05/13/03)—A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.

Education
H. Res. 238 —-Rep. Donald M. Payne (D-NJ) / Education and the Workforce (05/14/03)—A resolution expressing support for the Head Start Program, which has had a positive impact on the lives of low-income children and families since its inception and endorsing its administrative structure and program content.

H.R. 2107 —-Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) / Appropriations, Education and the Workforce (05/14/03)—A bill to require full funding of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

Health
H.R. 2049 —-Rep. Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY) / Energy and Commerce (05/09/03)—A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to testing pregnant women and newborn infants for HIV infection.

S. 1037 —-Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) / Finance (05/09/03)—A bill to provide for Medicare coverage of all oral anti-cancer drugs.

H.R. 2068 —-Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) / Energy and Commerce (05/13/03)—A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2069 —-Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) / Energy and Commerce, International Relations (05/13/03)—A bill to provide increased foreign assistance for tuberculosis prevention, treatment, and control, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2089 —-Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) / Education and the Workforce (05/14/03)—A bill to protect children and their parents from being coerced into administering a controlled substance in order to attend school, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2095 —-Rep. Gene Green (D-TX) / Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce (05/14/03)—A bill to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide comprehensive coverage for childhood immunization.

H.R. 2114—-Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (05/14/03)—A bill to expand medical savings accounts and to provide for medical freedom accounts under Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.

International
S. 1067 —-Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) / Foreign Relations (05/13/03)—A bill to facilitate the service of health care professionals in areas of sub-Saharan Africa, and other parts of the world, that are severely affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.

H. Con. Res. 180 —-Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) / International Relations (05/14/03)—A concurrent resolution calling on the President to urge the other members of the Group of Eight (G-8) at the upcoming G-8 meeting from June 1-3, 2003, in Evian, France, to pledge and contribute a substantial amount of new resources to the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.

Miscellaneous
H.R. 2137 —-Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL) / Judiciary (05/14/03)—A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 with respect to the release of alien children in custody.

Reproductive Health
H. Res. 233 —-Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) / Energy and Commerce (05/13/03)—A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to pregnancy resource centers.

Tax Policy
H.R. 2072 —-Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) / Ways and Means (05/13/03)—A bill to eliminate the marriage penalty in the computation of income tax on social security benefits.

H.R. 2096 —-Rep. Nancy L. Johnson (R-CT) / Ways and Means (05/14/03)—A bill to allow individuals a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for individuals with long-term care needs.

Welfare
H.R. 2047 —-Rep. Amo Houghton (R-NY) / Ways and Means (05/09/03)—A bill to modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit.