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Bills Introduced

Child Abuse
H.R. 2541—-Rep. Dennis Moore (D-KS) / Education and the Workforce (06/19/03)—A bill to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require public disclosure of information about cases of child abuse or neglect which result in child fatality, near fatality, other serious injury, or felony conviction.

Crime
S. 1286—-Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) / Judiciary (06/18/03)—A bill to combat nursing home fraud and abuse, increase protections for victims of telemarketing fraud, enhance safeguards for pension plans and health care benefit programs, and enhance penalties for crimes against seniors, and for other puposes.

H.R. 2539—-Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA) / Education and the Workforce, Judiciary, Ways and Means (06/19/03)—A bill to provide enhanced federal enforcement and assistance in preventing and prosecuting crimes of violence against children.

Health
H.R. 2473—-Rep. William M. Thomas (R-CA) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (06/16/03)—A bill to provide for a voluntary program for prescription drug coverage under Medicare, to modernize Medicare, and for other purposes.

S. 1270—-Rep. Timothy V. Johnson (R-IL) / Finance (06/16/03)—A bill to provide coverage of the medication therapy management services under Part B of Medicare.

H.R. 2498—-Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT) / Ways and Means (06/17/03)—A bill to provide a prescription benefit program for all Medicare beneficiaries.

H.R. 2553—-Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) / Energy and Commerce (06/19/03)—A bill to authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes in minority communities.

Miscellaneous
S. 1266—-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) / Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (06/13/03)—A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Dr. Dorothy Height, in recognition of her many contributions to the nation.

H.R. 2536—-Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) / International Relations (06/19/03)—A bill to make the protection of women and children who are affected by a complex humanitarian emergency a priority of the United States Government, and for other purposes.

Tax Policy
H.R. 2514—-Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL) / Ways and Means (06/18/03)—A bill to freeze and repeal portions of the tax cut enacted in the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and to apply the savings to a comprehensive Medicare outpatient prescription drug benefit.

Violence Against Women
H.R. 2527—-Rep. James C. Greenwood (R-PA) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (06/19/03)—A bill to provide for the provision by hospitals of emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault.