Abortion
H.R. 486 —-Rep. David Vitter (R-LA) / Energy and Commerce (01/29/03)—A bill to require the Food and Drug Administration to establish restrictions regarding the qualifications of physicians to prescribe the abortion drug commonly known as RU-486.
Adoption
H.R. 443 —-Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) / (01/29/03)—A bill to provide equitable access for foster care and adoption services for Indian children in tribal areas.
Child Protection
H.R. 362 —-Rep. Joel Hefley (R-CO) / Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure (01/27/03)—A bill to enhance the operation of the AMBER Alert communications network in order to facilitate the recovery of abducted children, to provide for enhanced notification on highways of alerts and information on such children, and for other purposes.
H. R. 412 —-Rep. Martin Frost (D-TX) / Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure (01/28/03)—A bill to enhance the operation of the AMBER Alert communications network in order to facilitate the recovery of abducted children, to provide for enhanced notification on highways of alerts and information on such children, and for other purposes.
Child Support
H.R. 403 —-Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ) / Ways and Means (01/28/03)—A bill to require that anticipated child support be held in trust on the sale or refinancing of certain real property of an obligated parent.
Crime
H.R. 351 —-Rep. Randy Cunningham (R-CA) / Judiciary (01/27/03)—A bill to provide a maximum term of supervised release of life for sex offenders.
H.R. 352 —-Rep. Randy Cunningham (R-CA) / Judiciary (01/27/03)—A bill to provide enhanced penalties for crimes of violence against children under age 13.
H.R. 374 —-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / Judiciary (01/27/03)—A bill to require the Attorney General to acquire data about crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on gender.
H.R. 394 —-Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) / Judiciary (01/28/03)—A bill to restore the federal civil remedy for crimes of violence motivated by gender.
H.R. 456 —-Rep. Mark Green (R-WI) / Judiciary (01/29/03)—A bill to provide life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children.
Education
S. 227 —-Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (01/28/03)—A bill to extend loan forgiveness for certain loans to certified or licensed teachers, to provide for grants that promote teacher certification and licensing, and for other purposes.
H.R. 438 —-Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) / Education and the Workforce (01/29/03)—A bill to increase the amount of student loans that may be forgiven for teachers in mathematics, science, and special education.
H.R. 501 —-Rep. Thomas G. Tancredo (R-CO) / Education and the Workforce (01/29/03)—A bill to establish a student loan forgiveness program for nurses.
Family Support
H.R. 473—-Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) / Ways and Means (01/29/03)—A bill to credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service.
Health
H.R. 370 —-Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) / Energy and Commerce (01/27/03)—A bill to provide for expanding, intensifying, and coordinating activities with respect to research on autoimmune diseases in women.
H.R. 449 —-Rep. Jennifer Dunn (R-WA) / Energy and Commerce (01/29/03)—A bill to permit the use of unexpended allotments under the state children’s health care program for an additional fiscal year, and for other purposes.
S. 245 —-Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (01/29/03)—A bill to prohibit human cloning.
Housing
S. 258 —-Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) / Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (01/30/03)—A bill to amend the definition of low-income families for purposes of the United States Housing Act of 1937.
International
H.R. 390 —-Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) / International Relations (01/27/03)—A bill to authorize emergency supplemental assistance to combat the growing humanitarian crisis in sub-Saharan Africa.
H. Con. Res. 2 —-Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) / International Relations (01/29/03)—A concurrent resolution condemning the punishment of execution by stoning as a gross violation of human rights, and for other purposes.
S. 250 —-Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (01/30/03)—A bill to address the international HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Miscellaneous
H. Res. 32 —-Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) / Education and the Workforce, Judiciary (01/27/03)—A resolution expressing the sense of the House regarding the ongoing need to provide every qualified American with equal access to opportunity in education, business, and employment and the indispensability of affirmative action programs in securing such equal access.
H.R. 373 —-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / Energy and Commerce (01/27/03)—A bill to establish a program of research regarding the risks posed by the presence of dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in feminine hygiene products, and to establish a program for the collection and analysis of data on toxic shock syndrome.
H. Res. 38 —-Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ) / Judiciary (01/28/03)—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.
H.R. 471 —-Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) / Ways and Means (01/29/03)—A bill to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse’s benefits following the divorce.
H. Res. 41 —-Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) / Education and the Workforce (01/29/03)—A resolution congratulating the University of Portland women’s soccer team for winning the 2002 NCAA Division I national championship.
H.R. 470 —-Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) / Ways and Means (01/29/03)—A bill to repeal the seven year restriction on eligibility for widow’s and widower’s insurance benefits based on disability.
H.R. 472 —-Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) / Ways and Means (01/29/03)—A bill to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse’s benefits following the divorce.
H.R. 476 —-Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) / Armed Services, Veterans Affairs (01/29/03)—A bill to provide that service of the members of the organization known as the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II constituted active military service for purposes of laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
S. 249 —-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) / Veterans Affairs (01/30/03)—A bill to provide that remarriage of the surviving spouse of a deceased veteran after age 55 shall not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation otherwise payable to that surviving spouse.
Reproductive Health
H.R. 398 —-Rep. Mike Ferguson (R-NJ) / Energy and Commerce (01/28/03)—A bill to revise and extend the Birth Defects Prevention Act of 1998.
Retirement
H.R. 474 —-Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) / Ways and Means (01/29/03)—A bill to provide for increases in widow’s and widower’s insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement.
Tax Policy
H.R. 385 —-Rep. John B. Shadegg (R-AZ) / Ways and Means (01/27/03)—A bill to allow a credit against income tax for contributions to charitable organizations which provide scholarships for children to attend elementary and secondary schools.
H.R. 499 —-Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) / Ways and Means (01/29/03)—A bill to allow a refundable credit against income tax for tuition expenses incurred for each qualifying child of the taxpayer in attending public or private elementary or secondary school.
Welfare
S. 261 —-Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) / Finance (01/30/03)—A bill to exclude child care from the determination of the five-year limit on assistance under the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program, and for other purposes.
S. 262 —-Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) / Finance (01/30/03)—A bill to amend the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program to improve the provision of education and job training under that program.
S. 263 —-Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) / Finance (01/30/03)—A bill to require a comprehensive strategic plan for the state Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program and to give states the flexibility to implement innovative welfare programs that have been effective in other states.
