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Bills Introduced

Crime
H.R. 1747—-Rep. Sue W. Kelly (R-NY) / Judiciary (05/08/01)—A bill to prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest.

Education
H.R. 1693—-Rep. Ralph M. Hall (D-TX) / Education and the Workforce, Science (05/03/01)—A bill to improve science, mathematics, and technology education in elementary and secondary schools, advance knowledge on the effective uses of information technologies in education, increase participation in science, mathematics, and engineering careers by groups represented in those fields, and provide for more effective coordination of public and private sector efforts to improve science, mathematics, and technology education.

H.R. 1703—-Rep. David Wu (D-OR) / Education and the Workforce (05/03/01)—A bill to provide technology for tomorrow’s teachers.

H.R. 1743—-Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) / Education and the Workforce (05/07/01)—A bill to extend loan forgiveness for certain loans to Head Start teachers.

Health
H. Con. Res. 122—-Rep. Jim Nussle (R-IA) / Energy and Commerce (05/02/01)—A concurrent resolution encouraging a combination of state legislative efforts and strong health education programs and activities to discourage smoking in children and adolescents.

H.R. 1672—-Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) / Energy and Commerce (05/02/01)—A bill to provide for an increase in funding for research on uterine fibroids through the National Institutes of Health and to provide for a program to provide information and education to the public on such fibroids.

H.R. 1683—-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce (05/02/01)—A bill to require group and individual health plans to provide coverage for qualified individuals for bone mass measurement to prevent fractures associated with osteoporosis and to help women make informed choices about their reproductive and post-menopausal health care.

H.R. 1720—-Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (05/03/01)—A bill to eliminate cost-sharing under Medicare for bone mass measurements.

H.R. 1723—-Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) / Energy and Commerce (05/03/01)—A bill to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.

H.R. 1784—-Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) / Energy and Commerce (05/09/01)—A bill to establish an Office on Women’s Health within the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.

S. 854—-Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) / Finance (05/09/01)—A bill to promote cessation of tobacco use under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.

H.R. 1798—-Rep. Jennifer Dunn (R-WA) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (05/10/01)—A bill to establish procedures for determining payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests for which payment is made under Medicare.

H.R. 1809—-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / Education and the Workforce, Government Reform, Ways and Means (05/10/01)—A bill to require that group and individual health plans provide coverage of cancer screening.

S. 859—-Sen. Craig Thomas (R-WY) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (05/10/01)—A bill to establish a mental health community education program.

S. 868—-Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (05/10/01)—A bill to require that group and individual health plans provide coverage of cancer screening.

Miscellaneous
H. Con. Res. 129—-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / Government Reform (05/08/01)—A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the establishment of Million Mom March Day.

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