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Latest Action: 01/09/2007 - Star Print ordered on the bill. Bill TextA bill to expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce abortions, and improve access to women's health care. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Prevention First Act - Title X Family Planning Services Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations for family planning services grants and contracts under the Public Health Service Act (PHSA). Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and PHSA to prohibit a group health plan and a health insurance issuer providing group coverage from excluding or restricting benefits in any way for prescription contraceptive drugs, devices, and outpatient services if the plan or coverage provides benefits for other outpatient prescription drugs, devices, or outpatient services. Applies such prohibitions to coverage offered in the individual market. Emergency Contraception Education Act of 2007 - Directs [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Academic performance, Access to health care, AIDS (Disease), Alcohol and youth, Alcoholism, Ambulatory care, Birth control, Budgets, Business, Child development, Child health, Children, Church and social problems, Citizenship education, Civil rights, Coinsurance, Communications, Community health services, Condoms, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer discounts, Consumer education, Consumers, Contraceptives, Criminal justice, Data banks, Discrimination in insurance, Discrimination in medical care, Drug abuse, Drugs, Drugs and youth, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Employee health benefits, Evaluation research (Social action programs), Families, Federal aid to child health services, Federal aid to health facilities, Federal aid to research, Finance, Generic drugs, Government information, Government publicity, Grants-in-aid, Health education, Health information systems, Health insurance, Health policy, Hospital care, Hospitals, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Immigrant health, Immigration, Insurance companies, Labor, Language and languages, Marriage, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical fees, Medical research, Medical statistics, Medically uninsured, Medicine, Nonprofit organizations, Parent and child, Performance measurement, Politics and government, Pregnant women, Prescription pricing, Preventive medicine, Public service advertising, Rape victims, Rebates, Religion, Research grants, School health programs, School-age child care, Science policy, Service learning, Sex education, Sexual abstinence, Sexually transmitted diseases, Social services, Sociological research, Standards, State and local government, State laws, Technology, Teenage pregnancy, Victims of crimes, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Women, Women's health, Women's health services, Youth services
Latest Action: 05/18/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce abortions, and improve access to women's health care. 2/5/2007--Introduced. Prevention First Act - Title X Family Planning Services Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations for family planning services grants and contracts under the Public Health Service Act (PHSA). Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and PHSA to prohibit a group health plan and a health insurance issuer providing group coverage from excluding or restricting benefits in any way for prescription contraceptive drugs, devices, and outpatient services if the plan or coverage provides benefits for other outpatient prescription drugs, devices, or outpatient services. Applies such prohibitions to coverage offered in the individual market. Emergency Contraception Education Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 11/15/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextA bill to require educational institutions that receive Federal funds to obtain the affirmative, informed, written consent of a parent before providing a student information regarding sex, to provide parents the opportunity to review such information, and for other purposes. 11/15/2007--Introduced. Parents' Rights Empowerment and Protection Act (PREP Act) - Requires each preschool and elementary and secondary school that receives federal funds to obtain the affirmative, informed, written consent of a child's parent before requesting information from, or conveying information to, such child on topics relating to sex or sexuality.Requires parents, upon their request, to be given an opportunity to review such information as well as a description of the context of, and need for, its request or conveyance.Subjects individuals and schools to civil liability and fines for violating these consent and disclosure requirements. Makes noncompliant schools ineligible [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 11/15/2007 - DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the question of passage, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding. Bill TextMaking appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 11/7/2007--Senate receded and concurred with amendment. (There are 4 other summaries) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for FY2008. Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Department of Labor for: (1) the Employment and Training Administration, including training and employment services; (2) community service employment for older Americans; (3) federal unemployment benefits and allowances; (4) state unemployment insurance and employment service operations; (5) advances to the Unemployment [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 01/05/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E32-33) Bill TextTo limit the jurisdiction of the Federal courts, and for other purposes. 1/5/2007--Introduced. We the People Act - Prohibits the Supreme Court and each federal court from adjudicating any claim or relying on judicial decisions involving: (1) state or local laws, regulations, or policies concerning the free exercise or establishment of religion; (2) the right of privacy, including issues of sexual practices, orientation, or reproduction; or (3) the right to marry without regard to sex or sexual orientation where based upon equal protection of the laws.Allows the Supreme Court and the federal courts to determine the constitutionality of federal statutes, administrative rules, or procedures in considering cases arising under the Constitution. Prohibits the Supreme Court and the federal courts from issuing any ruling that appropriates or expends money, imposes taxes, or otherwise interferes with the legislative functions or administrative discretion of the states.Authorizes [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/31/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence. Bill TextA bill to prohibit the use of certain interrogation techniques and for other purposes. 7/31/2008--Introduced. Limitations on Interrogation Techniques Act of 2008 - Prohibits any individual in the custody or control of personnel of an element of the intelligence community or contractor or subcontractor thereof, regardless of nationality or physical location, from being subject to the following interrogation techniques: (1) forcing the individual to be naked, perform sexual acts, or pose in a sexual manner; (2) placing hoods or sacks over the head of the individual or using duct tape over the eyes; (3) applying beatings, electrical shock, burns, or similar forms of physical pain; (4) using the technique known as waterboarding; (5) using military working dogs; (6) inducing hypothermia or heat injury; (7) conducting mock executions; or (8) depriving the individual of adequate food, water, or medical care.
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Latest Action: 07/31/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence. Bill TextA bill to prohibit the use of certain interrogation techniques and for other purposes. 7/31/2008--Introduced. Limitations on Interrogation Techniques Act of 2008 - Prohibits any individual in the custody or control of personnel of an element of the intelligence community or contractor or subcontractor thereof, regardless of nationality or physical location, from being subject to the following interrogation techniques: (1) forcing the individual to be naked, perform sexual acts, or pose in a sexual manner; (2) placing hoods or sacks over the head of the individual or using duct tape over the eyes; (3) applying beatings, electrical shock, burns, or similar forms of physical pain; (4) using the technique known as waterboarding; (5) using military working dogs; (6) inducing hypothermia or heat injury; (7) conducting mock executions; or (8) depriving the individual of adequate food, water, or medical care.
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Latest Action: 11/15/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextA bill to require educational institutions that receive Federal funds to obtain the affirmative, informed, written consent of a parent before providing a student information regarding sex, to provide parents the opportunity to review such information, and for other purposes. 11/15/2007--Introduced. Parents' Rights Empowerment and Protection Act (PREP Act) - Requires each preschool and elementary and secondary school that receives federal funds to obtain the affirmative, informed, written consent of a child's parent before requesting information from, or conveying information to, such child on topics relating to sex or sexuality.Requires parents, upon their request, to be given an opportunity to review such information as well as a description of the context of, and need for, its request or conveyance.Subjects individuals and schools to civil liability and fines for violating these consent and disclosure requirements. Makes noncompliant schools ineligible [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Abortion, Accreditation (Education), Administrative procedure, Admission of nonimmigrants, Adult education, Advice and consent of the Senate, Afghanistan, Aged, Alien labor, Aliens, Appropriations, Auditing, Bankruptcy, Birth control, Black colleges, Black lung, Blind, Broadcasting Board of Governors, Budgets, Building construction, Cancer, Case mix (Medical care), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Child abuse, Child health, Child labor, Child sexual abuse, Children, Citizen participation, Citizenship education, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Clinical trials, Collection of accounts, Colleges, Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, Communications, Commuting, Compensation (Law), Compensatory education, Competitive bidding, Computer literacy, Conferences, Conflict of interests, Congress, Congressional budget, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Construction costs, Consultants, Corporation for 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Recreation, Refugees, Religion, Religion in the public schools, Reprogramming of appropriated funds, Research centers, Research grants, Safety measures, Salaries, Scholarships, School buildings, School districts, School health programs, School security, Science and ethics, Science policy, Scientists, Secondary education, Sexually transmitted diseases, Sheltered workshops, Skilled labor, Smoking and youth, Social security, Social Security Administration, Social services, South Asia, Special education, Sports, State and local government, State laws, Stroke, Student aid, Student housing, Student loan funds, Student transportation, Subcontractors, Supplemental security income program, Tax credits, Taxation, Technology, Telecommunication, Trade, Trade adjustment assistance, Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc., Transportation, Travel costs, Treaties, Unemployment insurance, Vaccines, Veterans, Veterans' employment, Visas, Volunteer workers, Waste in government spending, Welfare, Workers' compensation, World health, Youth employment
Latest Action: 11/15/2007 - DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the question of passage, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding. Bill TextMaking appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 11/7/2007--Senate receded and concurred with amendment. (There are 4 other summaries) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for FY2008. Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Department of Labor for: (1) the Employment and Training Administration, including training and employment services; (2) community service employment for older Americans; (3) federal unemployment benefits and allowances; (4) state unemployment insurance and employment service operations; (5) advances to the Unemployment [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/18/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce abortions, and improve access to women's health care. 2/5/2007--Introduced. Prevention First Act - Title X Family Planning Services Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations for family planning services grants and contracts under the Public Health Service Act (PHSA). Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and PHSA to prohibit a group health plan and a health insurance issuer providing group coverage from excluding or restricting benefits in any way for prescription contraceptive drugs, devices, and outpatient services if the plan or coverage provides benefits for other outpatient prescription drugs, devices, or outpatient services. Applies such prohibitions to coverage offered in the individual market. Emergency Contraception Education Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Appellate courts, Appropriations, Budgets, Church and state, Civil liberties, Constitution, Constitutional law, District courts, Equality before the law, Federal mandates, Federal-local relations, Federal-state relations, Homosexuality, Impeachments, Judicial ethics, Judicial tenure, Jurisdiction, Law, Local laws, Medical care, Medicine, Politics and government, Religion, Religious liberty, Reproduction, Right of privacy, Same-sex marriage, Sexual orientation, State and local government, State courts, State laws, States' rights, Supreme Court, Taxation
Latest Action: 01/05/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E32-33) Bill TextTo limit the jurisdiction of the Federal courts, and for other purposes. 1/5/2007--Introduced. We the People Act - Prohibits the Supreme Court and each federal court from adjudicating any claim or relying on judicial decisions involving: (1) state or local laws, regulations, or policies concerning the free exercise or establishment of religion; (2) the right of privacy, including issues of sexual practices, orientation, or reproduction; or (3) the right to marry without regard to sex or sexual orientation where based upon equal protection of the laws.Allows the Supreme Court and the federal courts to determine the constitutionality of federal statutes, administrative rules, or procedures in considering cases arising under the Constitution. Prohibits the Supreme Court and the federal courts from issuing any ruling that appropriates or expends money, imposes taxes, or otherwise interferes with the legislative functions or administrative discretion of the states.Authorizes [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Academic performance, Access to health care, AIDS (Disease), Alcohol and youth, Alcoholism, Ambulatory care, Birth control, Budgets, Business, Child development, Child health, Children, Church and social problems, Citizenship education, Civil rights, Coinsurance, Communications, Community health services, Condoms, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer discounts, Consumer education, Consumers, Contraceptives, Criminal justice, Data banks, Discrimination in insurance, Discrimination in medical care, Drug abuse, Drugs, Drugs and youth, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Employee health benefits, Evaluation research (Social action programs), Families, Federal aid to child health services, Federal aid to health facilities, Federal aid to research, Finance, Generic drugs, Government information, Government publicity, Grants-in-aid, Health education, Health information systems, Health insurance, Health policy, Hospital care, Hospitals, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Immigrant health, Immigration, Insurance companies, Labor, Language and languages, Marriage, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical fees, Medical research, Medical statistics, Medically uninsured, Medicine, Nonprofit organizations, Parent and child, Performance measurement, Politics and government, Pregnant women, Prescription pricing, Preventive medicine, Public service advertising, Rape victims, Rebates, Religion, Research grants, School health programs, School-age child care, Science policy, Service learning, Sex education, Sexual abstinence, Sexually transmitted diseases, Social services, Sociological research, Standards, State and local government, State laws, Technology, Teenage pregnancy, Victims of crimes, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Women, Women's health, Women's health services, Youth services
Latest Action: 01/09/2007 - Star Print ordered on the bill. Bill TextA bill to expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce abortions, and improve access to women's health care. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Prevention First Act - Title X Family Planning Services Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations for family planning services grants and contracts under the Public Health Service Act (PHSA). Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and PHSA to prohibit a group health plan and a health insurance issuer providing group coverage from excluding or restricting benefits in any way for prescription contraceptive drugs, devices, and outpatient services if the plan or coverage provides benefits for other outpatient prescription drugs, devices, or outpatient services. Applies such prohibitions to coverage offered in the individual market. Emergency Contraception Education Act of 2007 - Directs [...] show full description
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