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Bills Introduced

Child Safety
S. 2137 —-Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) / Commerce, Science, and Transportation (04/16/02)—A bill to facilitate the protection of minors using the Internet from material that is harmful to minors, and for other purposes.

Crime
H.R. 4477 —-Rep. James F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI) / Judiciary (04/17/02)—A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to crimes involving the transportation of persons and sex tourism.

Health
S. 2122 —-Sen. John Ashcroft (R-MO) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (04/15/02)—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. Con. Res. 380 —-Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) / Energy and Commerce (04/17/02)—A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding women with bleeding disorders.

S. 2139 —-Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (04/17/02)—A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to promote positive health behaviors in women.

Miscellaneous
S. 2184 —-Sen. John Breaux (D-LA) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (04/17/02)—A bill to provide for the reissuance of a rule relating to ergonomics.

S. 2199 —-Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) / Finance (04/18/02)—A bill to permit additional states to enter into long-term care partnerships under Medicaid in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance.

S. 2205 —-Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV) / Veterans Affairs (04/18/02)—A bill to clarify the entitlement to disability compensation of women veterans who have service-connected mastectomies, to provide permanent authority for counseling and treatment for sexual trauma, and for other purposes.

Reproductive Health
S. 2202 —-Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (04/18/02)—A bill to increase professional and public awareness of the link between periodontal disease in pregnant women and pre-term, low-birth weight babies and the maternal transmission of dental caries.

Violence Against Women
S. 2203 —-Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (04/18/02)—A bill to provide grants for mental health and substance abuse services for women and children who have been victims of domestic or sexual violence.

S. 2204 —-Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (04/18/02)—A bill to improve treatment for the mental health and substance abuse needs of women with histories of trauma, including domestic and sexual violence.