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Bills Introduced

Child Safety
H.R. 2105—-Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) / Transportation and Infrastructure (05/04/05)—A bill relating to the use of safety belts and child restraint systems by children.

Education
H.R. 2108—-Rep. Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D-NY) / Veterans Affairs (05/04/05)—A bill to prevent the disruption of the education of children who change residence based on the military service of a reserve component parent who is deployed overseas.

H.R. 2123—-Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-DE) / Education and the Workforce (05/05/05)—A bill to reauthorize the Head Start Act to improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children.

H.R. 2178—-Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA) / Education and the Workforce (05/05/05)—A bill to provide for adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in state public school systems.

Health
H.R. 2071—-Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI) / Energy and Commerce (05/04/05)—A bill to provide for FamilyCare coverage for parents of enrolled children.

H.R. 2122—-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (05/05/05)—A bill to protect breastfeeding by new mothers, to provide for a performance standard for breast pumps, and to provide tax incentives to encourage breastfeeding.

H.R. 2133—-Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (05/05/05)—A bill to guarantee for all Americans quality, affordable, and comprehensive health insurance coverage.

H.R. 2184—-Rep. Rush D. Holt (D-NJ) / Energy and Commerce (05/05/05)—A bill to provide for a study by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to identify constraints encountered by schools of nursing in admitting and graduating the number of nurses sufficient to meet the health care needs of the United States.

H.R. 2197—-Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) / Armed Services, Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Government Reform, Ways and Means (05/05/05)—A bill to provide health benefits for workers and their families.

Tax Policy
H.R. 2073—-Rep. John Barrow (D-GA) / Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (05/04/05)—A bill to provide tax subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualified health pooling arrangements, and to encourage the establishment and operation of these arrangements.

H.R. 2126—-Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA) / Ways and Means (05/05/05)—A bill to reduce from 60 to 55 the age at which an individual who is otherwise eligible may be paid widow’s or widower’s insurance benefits.

H.R. 2176—-Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH) / Ways and Means (05/05/05)—A bill to provide a 100 percent deduction for the health insurance costs of individuals.

H.R. 2189—-Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) / Ways and Means (05/05/05)—A bill to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse’s benefits following the divorce.

H.R. 2190—-Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) / Ways and Means (05/05/05)—A bill to provide for increases in widow’s and widower’s insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement.

H.R. 2191—-Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) / Ways and Means (05/05/05)—A bill to provide for full benefits for disabled widows and widowers without regard to age.

H.R. 2192—-Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) / Ways and Means (05/05/05)—A bill to repeal the 7-year restriction on eligibility for widow’s and widower’s insurance benefits based on disability.