House Legislation: Family Life, Health,

Life

H.R. 618 - Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]
To implement equal protection under the 14th article of amendment to the Constitution for the right to life of each born and preborn human person.

Marriage

H.R. 724 - Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]
To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act.

H.R. 732 - Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to reduce from 10 to 5 the number of years of marriage prior to divorce required for a divorced spouse to be eligible for benefits under such title.

H.R. 820 - Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family therapist services under part B of the Medicare Program, and for other purposes.

Health

H.R. 636 - Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN]
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve health care choice by providing for the tax deductibility of medical expenses by individuals.

H.R. 715 - Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]
To provide funding for programs at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences regarding breast cancer in younger women, and for other purposes.

H.R. 749 - Rep. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
To amend the Social Security Act to improve choices available to Medicare eligible seniors by permitting them to elect (instead of regular Medicare benefits) to receive a voucher for a health savings account, for premiums for a high deductible health insurance plan, or both and by suspending Medicare late enrollment penalties between ages 65 and 70.

H.R. 758 - Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
To require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations.

H.R. 789 - Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of Men's Health, and for other purposes.

H.R. 819 - Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
To expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce abortions, and improve access to women's health care.

H.R. 822 - Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and title 5, United States Code, to require individual and group health insurance coverage and group health plans and Federal employees health benefit plans to provide coverage for routine HIV/AIDS screening.

Drugs

H.R. 780 - Rep. Michael Rogers [R-MI]
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to counterfeit drugs, and for other purposes.

H.R. 788 - Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to drug safety, and for other purposes.

H.R. 806 - Rep. Jo Ann Emerson [R-MO]
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the marketing of authorized generic drugs.