Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Maternal and infant welfare

Bill Introduced: S.Res.616 A resolution reducing maternal mortality both at home and abroad.

2008-07-20T20:00:00Z

A resolution reducing maternal mortality both at home and abroad.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.1022 Reducing maternal mortality both at home and abroad.

2008-03-04T19:00:00Z

Reducing maternal mortality both at home and abroad.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5181 Robin Danielson Act

2008-01-28T19:00:00Z

To amend the Public Health Service Act 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.

Bill Introduced: S.429 Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization Act of 2007

2007-01-29T19:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act.

Bill Introduced: H.R.20 Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act

2007-01-03T19:00:00Z

To provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis.

Bill Signed by President: H.R.3057 Appropriations bill FY2006, Foreign Operations

2005-11-13T19:00:00Z

Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.

November 13, 2005: Signed by President.

Bill Enacted: H.R.3057 Appropriations bill FY2006, Foreign Operations

2005-11-13T19:00:00Z

Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.

November 13, 2005: Became Public Law No: 109-102.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.3057 Appropriations bill FY2006, Foreign Operations

2005-11-09T19:00:00Z

Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.

November 09, 2005: Presented to President.

Bill Introduced: S.1780 CARE Act of 2005

2005-09-27T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses, to improve the public disclosure of activities of exempt organizations, and to enhance the ability of low-income Americans to gain financial security by building assets, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3411 Robin Danielson Act

2005-07-21T20:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: H.R.3171 VAWA 2005 Reauthorization Act

2005-06-29T20:00:00Z

To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3057 Appropriations bill FY2006, Foreign Operations

2005-06-23T20:00:00Z

Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2876 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2005

2005-06-13T20:00:00Z

To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.311 Recognizing the importance of the decision of the Supreme Court, Griswold v. Connecticut, which 40 years ago held that married couples have a constitutional right to use contraceptives, thereby recognizing the legal right of women to control their fertility through birth control and providing for vast improvements in maternal and infant health and for significant reductions in the rate of unintended pregnancy, and for other purposes.

2005-06-08T20:00:00Z

Recognizing the importance of the decision of the Supreme Court, Griswold v. Connecticut, which 40 years ago held that married couples have a constitutional right to use contraceptives, thereby recognizing the legal right of women to control their fertility through birth control and providing for vast improvements in maternal and infant health and for significant reductions in the rate of unintended pregnancy, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.Res.162 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate concerning Griswold v. Connecticut.

2005-06-06T20:00:00Z

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate concerning Griswold v. Connecticut.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1940 Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act

2005-04-26T20:00:00Z

To provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis.

Bill Introduced: S.215 Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization Act of 2005

2005-01-30T19:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act.

Bill Introduced: S.6 Needy Families Assistance bill

2005-01-23T19:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide permanent family tax relief, to reauthorize and improve the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families and to improve access to quality child care, and to provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses, to improve the public disclosure of activities of exempt organizations, and to enhance the ability of low-income Americans to gain financial security by building assets, and for other purposes.