Child Protection
H.R. 2582—-Rep. Peter Deutsch (D-FL) / Education and the Workforce (06/24/03)—A bill to amend the state eligibility provisions for grants under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to ensure that state foster care agencies meet certain requirements if the agencies have knowledge that foster children under the responsibility of the state are missing.
S. 1327—-Sen. Jon Corzine (D-NJ) / Commerce, Science, and Transportation (06/25/03)—A bill to reduce unsolicited commercial electronic mail and to protect children from sexually oriented advertisements.
Child Safety
S. 1337—-Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR) / Commerce, Science, and Transportation (06/25/03)—A bill to establish an incentive program to promote effective safety belt laws and increase safety belt use.
Crime
S. 1322—-Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) / Judiciary (06/24/03)—A bill to require states to make certain information regarding sexually violent predators accessible on the Internet.
Education
H.R. 2556—-Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA) / Government Reform (06/23/03)—A bill to provide low-income parents residing in the District of Columbia, particularly parents of students who attend elementary or secondary schools identified for improvement, corrective action, or restructuring under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, with expanded opportunities for enrolling their children in higher-performing schools in the District of Columbia.
H.R. 2561—-Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ) / Education and the Workforce, Education and the Workforce (06/23/03)—A bill to provide grants to states to establish, expand, or enhance pre-kindergarten programs for children who are not yet enrolled in kindergarten.
S. 1321—-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (06/24/03)—A bill to authorize resources to foster a safe learning environment that supports academic achievement for all students by improving the quality of interim alternative educational settings, providing more behavioral supports in schools, and supporting whole school interventions.
S. Res. 185—-Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) / (06/25/03)—A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to raising awareness and encouraging education about safety on the Internet and supporting the goals and ideals of National Internet Safety Month.
Health
S. 1304—-Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (06/20/03)—A bill to improve the health of women through the permanent establishment of Offices of Women’s Health within the Department of Health and Human Services.
H. Con. Res. 228—-Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA) / Education and the Workforce (06/24/03)—A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the National Family Caregiver Support Program should be fully funded to continue efforts to provide relief and necessary services to individuals who perform informal or unpaid care for the elderly and care for children under 18 years of age.
H.R. 2592—-Rep. Adam H. Putnam (R-FL) / Agriculture, Education and the Workforce (06/24/03)—A bill to promote improved nutrition for needy Americans, including women, infants, children, and students, by revising and enhancing federal nutrition programs to incorporate a greater role for fruits, vegetables, and 100 percent juice products.
S. Res. 182—-Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (06/24/03)—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. 1—-Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (06/25/03)—A bill to provide for a voluntary program for prescription drug coverage under Medicare, to modernize Medicare, and for other purposes.
Retirement
H.R. 2583—-Rep. John J. Duncan (R-TN) / Ways and Means (06/24/03)—A bill to allow remarried widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses to become or remain entitled to widow’s or widower’s insurance benefits if the prior marriage was for at least 10 years.
Tax Policy
H.R. 2596—-Rep. William M. Thomas (R-CA) / Ways and Means (06/25/03)—A bill to allow a deduction to individuals for amounts contributed to health savings security accounts and health savings accounts, to provide for the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and for other purposes.
