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Bills Introduced

Civil Rights
H. J. Res. 40—-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / Judiciary (03/22/01)—A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.

H. Res. 98—-Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ) / Judiciary (03/22/01)—A resolution requiring the House to take any legislative action necessary to verify the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment as part of the Constitution when the legislatures of an additional three States ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.

S. J. Res. 10—-Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) / Judiciary (03/22/01)—A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.

Crime
H. Con. Res. 69—-Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX) / International Relations (03/19/01)—A resolution expressing the sense of the Congress on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

S. 570—-Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) / Judiciary (03/19/01)—A bill to establish a permanent Violence Against Women Office at the Department of Justice.

Education
H.R. 1096—-Rep. Christopher John (D-LA) / Education and the Workforce (03/19/01)—A bill to provide for improved educational opportunities in low-income and rural schools and districts.

H.R. 1103—-Rep. Robert A. Brady (D-PA) / Education and the Workforce (03/19/01)—A bill to provide safer schools and a better educational environment.

H.R. 1118—-Rep. Ed Case (D-HI) / Education and the Workforce (03/19/01)—A bill to establish comprehensive early childhood education programs.

H.R. 1119—-Rep. Ed Case (D-HI) / Education and the Workforce (03/19/01)—A bill to help states finance one-half of the salary of any teacher using approved sabbatical leave to pursue a course of study that will improve his or her classroom teaching.

H.R. 1—-Rep. John A. Boehner (R-OH) / Education and the Workforce (03/22/01)—A bill to close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice in elementary and secondary education.

H.R. 1162—-Rep. George Miller (D-CA) / Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Resources (03/22/01)—A bill to authorize increased appropriations under the Higher Education Act.

H.R. 1163—-Rep. Todd W. Akin (R-MO) / Education and the Workforce (03/22/01)—A bill to place certain limits on the use of federal funds appropriated for conducting testing in elementary or secondary schools.

H.R. 1188—-Rep. Ken Lucas (D-KY) / Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means (03/22/01)—A bill to encourage the use of technology in the classroom.

Family Planning
H. Con. Res. 70—-Rep. Tom Sawyer (D-OH) / Energy and Commerce, International Relations (03/19/01)—A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should develop, promote, and implement policies to slow global population growth by voluntary means.

S. J. Res. 9—-Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) / Foreign Relations (03/20/01)—A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the United States Agency for International Development relating to the restoration of the Mexico City Policy.

Health
S. 573—-Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) / Finance (03/20/01)—A bill to allow children enrolled in the State Children’s Health Insurance Program to be eligible for benefits under the pediatric vaccine distribution program.

S. 574—-Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) / Finance (03/20/01)—A bill to allow states to provide health benefits coverage for parents of children eligible for child health assistance under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.

S. 575—-Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (03/20/01)—A bill entitled the Hospital Length of Stay Act.

H.R. 1144—-Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) / Energy and Commerce (03/21/01)—A bill to authorize increased federal spending on research on cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and asthma by $2 billion for FY2002.

S. 583—-Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) / Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (03/21/01)—A bill to improve nutrition assistance for working families and the elderly with food stamps.

H.R. 1202—-Rep. E. Clay Shaw (R-FL) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (03/22/01)—A bill to provide for coverage of annual screening pap smears and screening pelvic exams under the Medicare Program.

Labor
S. 598—-Sen. John Breaux (D-LA) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (03/22/01)—A bill to provide for the reissuance of a rule relating to workplace ergonomics.

Miscellaneous
H. Con. Res. 71—-Rep. Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA) / Education and the Workforce (03/19/01)—A concurrent resolution recognizing the importance of families and children and expressing support for the goals and ideas of National Family Day.

H. Res. 97—-Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) / Government Reform (03/21/01)—A resolution recognizing the contributions, achievements, and work of Shirley Anita Chisholm.

Tax Policy
H.R. 1107—-Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ) / Ways and Means (03/19/01)—A bill to allow married individuals who are legally separated and living apart to exclude, for income tax purposes, the income from United States savings bonds used to pay higher education tuition and fees.

H.R. 1126—-Rep. Jim Ryun (R-KS) / Ways and Means (03/19/01)—A bill to make taxpayers who maintain households with dependents eligible for a dependent tax credit.

H.R. 1153—-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / Ways and Means (03/21/01)—A bill to increase the dependent child tax credit to $2,000 per child and make such credits refundable.

H.R. 1190—-Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT) / Ways and Means (03/22/01)—A bill to permit spouses to file combined tax returns in which separate tax rates apply.