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1. [110th] S.CON.RES.31 : A concurrent resolution expressing support for advancing vital United States interests through increased engagement in health programs that alleviate disease and reduce premature death in developing nations, especially through programs that combat high levels of infectious disease improve children's and women's health, decrease malnutrition, reduce unintended pregnancies, fight the spread of HIV/AIDS, encourage healthy behaviors, and strengthen health care capacity.
Sponsor: Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] (introduced 5/3/2007)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 5/3/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

2. [110th] S.CON.RES.42 : A concurrent resolution recognizing the need to pursue research into the causes, treatment, and eventual cure for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, supporting the designation of a National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Coleman, Norm [MN] (introduced 7/24/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 7/25/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

3. [110th] S.CON.RES.93 : A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month".
Sponsor: Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] (introduced 7/15/2008)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 9/23/2008 Held at the desk.

4. [110th] S.RES.108 : A resolution designating the first week of April 2007 as "National Asbestos Awareness Week".
Sponsor: Sen Baucus, Max [MT] (introduced 3/15/2007)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/15/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

5. [110th] S.RES.131 : A resolution designating the first week of April 2007 as "National Asbestos Awareness Week".
Sponsor: Sen Baucus, Max [MT] (introduced 3/28/2007)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

6. [110th] S.RES.163 : A resolution designating the third week of April 2007 as "National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week".
Sponsor: Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] (introduced 4/20/2007)      Cosponsors (14)
Latest Major Action: 4/20/2007 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

7. [110th] S.RES.241 : A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should reaffirm the commitments of the United States to the 2001 Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health and to pursuing trade policies that promote access to affordable medicines.
Sponsor: Sen Brown, Sherrod [OH] (introduced 6/20/2007)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 6/20/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Finance.

8. [110th] S.RES.316 : A resolution designating the week of October 21 through October 27, 2007 as "National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week".
Sponsor: Sen Reed, Jack [RI] (introduced 9/11/2007)      Cosponsors (26)
Latest Major Action: 9/11/2007 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

9. [110th] S.RES.335 : A resolution recognizing that the occurrence of prostate cancer in African American men has reached epidemic proportions and urging Federal agencies to address that health crisis by designating funds for education, awareness outreach, and research specifically focused on how that disease affects African American men.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 9/27/2007)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 9/27/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

10. [110th] S.RES.381 : A resolution remembering and commemorating the lives and work of Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel, and Cleveland Lay Mission Team Member Jean Donovan, who were executed by members of the Armed Forces of El Salvador on December 2, 1980.
Sponsor: Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] (introduced 11/14/2007)      Cosponsors (6)
Latest Major Action: 11/14/2007 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

11. [110th] S.RES.462 : A resolution designating the first week of April 2008 as "National Asbestos Awareness Week".
Sponsor: Sen Baucus, Max [MT] (introduced 2/27/2008)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/5/2008 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

12. [110th] S.RES.509 : A resolution recognizing the week of April 7, 2008 to April 13, 2008, as "National Public Health Week".
Sponsor: Sen Sanders, Bernard [VT] (introduced 4/9/2008)      Cosponsors (10)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 4/9/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

13. [110th] S.RES.571 : A resolution recognizing the 100th birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President, designer of the Great Society, politician, educator, and civil rights enforcer.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 5/20/2008)      Cosponsors (99)
Latest Major Action: 5/20/2008 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

14. [110th] S.RES.616 : A resolution reducing maternal mortality both at home and abroad.
Sponsor: Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. [AR] (introduced 7/21/2008)      Cosponsors (17)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 10/2/2008 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

15. [110th] S.RES.667 : A resolution designating September 2008 as "National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month".
Sponsor: Sen Sessions, Jeff [AL] (introduced 9/18/2008)      Cosponsors (43)
Latest Major Action: 9/18/2008 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

16. [110th] S.J.RES.22 : A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services within the Department of Health and Human Services relating to Medicare coverage for the use of erythropoiesis stimulating agents in cancer and related neoplastic conditions.
Sponsor: Sen Baucus, Max [MT] (introduced 10/22/2007)      Cosponsors (30)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 10/22/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

17. [110th] S.J.RES.44 : A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule set forth as requirements contained in the August 17, 2007, letter to State Health Officials from the Director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the State Health Official Letter 08-003, dated May 7, 2008, from such Center.
Sponsor: Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV [WV] (introduced 7/17/2008)      Cosponsors (49)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 7/17/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

18. [110th] S.5 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (41)
Latest Major Action: 6/20/2007 Vetoed by President.

19. [110th] S.60 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a means for continued improvement in emergency medical services for children.
Sponsor: Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (13)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

20. [110th] S.117 : A bill to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and services for members of the Armed Forces, veterans of the Global War on Terrorism, and other veterans, to require reports on the effects of the Global War on Terrorism, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (15)
Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

21. [110th] S.147 : A bill to empower women in Afghanistan, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] (introduced 1/4/2007)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

22. [110th] S.211 : A bill to facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services. volunteer services, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 1/9/2007)      Cosponsors (48)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 1/9/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

23. [110th] S.242 : A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] (introduced 1/10/2007)      Cosponsors (36)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/7/2007 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism. Hearings held.

24. [110th] S.329 : A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services.
Sponsor: Sen Crapo, Mike [ID] (introduced 1/18/2007)      Cosponsors (48)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/18/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

25. [110th] S.358 : A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.
Sponsor: Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] (introduced 1/22/2007)      Cosponsors (45)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Senate Reports: 110-48
Latest Major Action: 4/10/2007 By Senator Kennedy from Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions filed written report. Report No. 110-48.
Note: For further action, see H.R.493 , which became Public Law 110-233 on 5/21/2008.

26. [110th] S.367 : A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit the import, export, and sale of goods made with sweatshop labor, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] (introduced 1/23/2007)      Cosponsors (25)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 10/25/2007 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism. Hearings held.

27. [110th] S.382 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a State family support grant program to end the practice of parents giving legal custody of their seriously emotionally disturbed children to State agencies for the purpose of obtaining mental health services for those children.
Sponsor: Sen Collins, Susan M. [ME] (introduced 1/24/2007)      Cosponsors (21)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 1/24/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

28. [110th] S.399 : A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services under the Medicaid program.
Sponsor: Sen Bunning, Jim [KY] (introduced 1/25/2007)      Cosponsors (32)
Committees: Senate Finance; Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/16/2007 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-472.

29. [110th] S.400 : A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Sununu, John E. [NH] (introduced 1/25/2007)      Cosponsors (34)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 1/25/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Note: For further action, see H.R.2851 , which became Public Law 110-381 on 10/9/2008.

30. [110th] S.401 : A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to eliminate funding shortfalls for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) for fiscal year 2007.
Sponsor: Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV [WV] (introduced 1/25/2007)      Cosponsors (17)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/25/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

31. [110th] S.432 : A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for kidney disease education services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. [AR] (introduced 1/30/2007)      Cosponsors (13)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/30/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

32. [110th] S.450 : A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.
Sponsor: Sen Ensign, John [NV] (introduced 1/31/2007)      Cosponsors (45)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/31/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

33. [110th] S.459 : A bill 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.
Sponsor: Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] (introduced 1/31/2007)      Cosponsors (20)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 1/31/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

34. [110th] S.465 : A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act and title III of the Public Health Service Act to improve access to information about individuals' health care options and legal rights for care near the end of life, to promote advance care planning and decisionmaking so that individuals' wishes are known should they become unable to speak for themselves, to engage health care providers in disseminating information about and assisting in the preparation of advance directives, which include living wills and durable powers of attorney for health care, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Nelson, Bill [FL] (introduced 1/31/2007)      Cosponsors (10)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/31/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

35. [110th] S.467 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the clinical trials drug data bank.
Sponsor: Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] (introduced 1/31/2007)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 1/31/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

36. [110th] S.479 : A bill to reduce the incidence of suicide among veterans.
Sponsor: Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] (introduced 2/1/2007)      Cosponsors (31)
Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs
Senate Reports: 110-132
Latest Major Action: 7/23/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 279.
Note: For further action, see H.R.327 , which became Public Law 110-110 on 11/5/2007.

37. [110th] S.507 : A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services.
Sponsor: Sen Conrad, Kent [ND] (introduced 2/6/2007)      Cosponsors (24)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/6/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

38. [110th] S.543 : A bill to improve Medicare beneficiary access by extending the 60 percent compliance threshold used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility under the Medicare program.
Sponsor: Sen Nelson, E. Benjamin [NE] (introduced 2/12/2007)      Cosponsors (61)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/12/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

39. [110th] S.558 : A bill to provide parity between health insurance coverage of mental health benefits and benefits for medical and surgical services.
Sponsor: Sen Domenici, Pete V. [NM] (introduced 2/12/2007)      Cosponsors (57)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; House Energy and Commerce; House Education and Labor
Senate Reports: 110-53
Latest Major Action: 10/17/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Note: For further action, see H.R.1424 , which became Public Law 110-343 on 10/3/2008.

40. [110th] S.573 : A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women.
Sponsor: Sen Stabenow, Debbie [MI] (introduced 2/13/2007)      Cosponsors (47)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 2/13/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

41. [110th] S.578 : A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve requirements under the Medicaid program for items and services furnished in or through an educational program or setting to children, including children with developmental, physical, or mental health needs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] (introduced 2/13/2007)      Cosponsors (23)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/13/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

42. [110th] S.579 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 2/14/2007)      Cosponsors (70)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 4/3/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 628.
Note: For further action, see H.R.1157 , which became Public Law 110-354 on 10/8/2008.

43. [110th] S.586 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to promote positive health behaviors in women and children.
Sponsor: Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM] (introduced 2/14/2007)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 2/14/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

44. [110th] S.593 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Burr, Richard [NC] (introduced 2/14/2007)      Cosponsors (11)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 2/14/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

45. [110th] S.600 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the School-Based Health Clinic program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Smith, Gordon H. [OR] (introduced 2/14/2007)      Cosponsors (20)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 2/14/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

46. [110th] S.604 : A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to limit increases in the certain costs of health care services under the health care programs of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ] (introduced 2/15/2007)      Cosponsors (29)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

47. [110th] S.606 : A bill to improve Federal contracting and procurement by eliminating fraud and abuse and improving competition in contracting and procurement and by enhancing administration of Federal contracting personnel, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] (introduced 2/15/2007)      Cosponsors (22)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

48. [110th] S.616 : A bill to promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational activities or legal transportation activities.
Sponsor: Sen Collins, Susan M. [ME] (introduced 2/15/2007)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

49. [110th] S.625 : A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products.
Sponsor: Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] (introduced 2/15/2007)      Cosponsors (59)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 8/1/2007 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

50. [110th] S.626 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for arthritis research and public health, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] (introduced 2/15/2007)      Cosponsors (54)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

51. [110th] S.630 : A bill to amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a minimum payment rate by Medicare Advantage organizations for services furnished by a critical access hospital and a rural health clinic under the Medicare program.
Sponsor: Sen Coleman, Norm [MN] (introduced 2/15/2007)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

52. [110th] S.634 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs to provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted, to reauthorize programs under part A of title XI of such Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] (introduced 2/15/2007)      Cosponsors (16)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Note: For further action, see S.1858 , which became Public Law 110-204 on 4/24/2008.

53. [110th] S.651 : A bill to help promote the national recommendation of physical activity to kids, families, and communities across the United States.
Sponsor: Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] (introduced 2/15/2007)      Cosponsors (11)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

54. [110th] S.661 : A bill to establish kinship navigator programs, to establish guardianship assistance payments for children, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 2/16/2007)      Cosponsors (31)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/16/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

55. [110th] S.667 : A bill to expand programs of early childhood home visitation that increase school readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental and health delays, including potential mental health concerns, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Bond, Christopher S. [MO] (introduced 2/16/2007)      Cosponsors (32)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 2/16/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

56. [110th] S.674 : A bill to require accountability and enhanced congressional oversight for personnel performing private security functions under Federal contracts, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 2/16/2007)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 2/16/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

57. [110th] S.691 : A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the benefits under the Medicare program for beneficiaries with kidney disease, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Conrad, Kent [ND] (introduced 2/27/2007)      Cosponsors (28)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/27/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

58. [110th] S.694 : A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside of light motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 2/27/2007)      Cosponsors (37)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Senate Reports: 110-275
Latest Major Action: 3/13/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 619.
Note: For further action, see H.R.1216 , which became Public Law 110-189 on 2/28/2008.

59. [110th] S.708 : A bill to promote labor force participation of older Americans, with the goals of increasing retirement security, reducing the projected shortage of experienced workers, maintaining future economic growth, and improving the Nation's fiscal outlook.
Sponsor: Sen Kohl, Herb [WI] (introduced 2/28/2007)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 2/28/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

60. [110th] S.709 : A bill to promote labor force participation of older Americans, with the goals of increasing retirement security, reducing the projected shortage of experienced workers, maintaining future economic growth, and improving the Nation's fiscal outlook.
Sponsor: Sen Kohl, Herb [WI] (introduced 2/28/2007)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/28/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

61. [110th] S.713 : A bill to ensure dignity in care for members of the Armed Forces recovering from injuries.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 2/28/2007)      Cosponsors (34)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 2/28/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

62. [110th] S.739 : A bill to provide disadvantaged children with access to dental services.
Sponsor: Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM] (introduced 3/1/2007)      Cosponsors (15)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/1/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

63. [110th] S.742 : An act to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing materials and products having asbestos-containing material, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Murray, Patty [WA] (introduced 3/1/2007)      Cosponsors (20)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Senate Reports: 110-189
Latest Major Action: 10/5/2007 Received in the House.

64. [110th] S.746 : A bill to establish a competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research.
Sponsor: Sen Allard, Wayne [CO] (introduced 3/2/2007)      Cosponsors (30)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/2/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

65. [110th] S.764 : A bill to amend title XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/5/2007)      Cosponsors (12)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/5/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

66. [110th] S.771 : A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve the nutrition and health of schoolchildren by updating the definition of "food of minimal nutritional value" to conform to current nutrition science and to protect the Federal investment in the national school lunch and breakfast programs.
Sponsor: Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] (introduced 3/6/2007)      Cosponsors (32)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 3/6/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

67. [110th] S.773 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and to allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums.
Sponsor: Sen Warner, John [VA] (introduced 3/6/2007)      Cosponsors (61)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/6/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

68. [110th] S.793 : A bill to provide for the expansion and improvement of traumatic brain injury programs.
Sponsor: Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] (introduced 3/7/2007)      Cosponsors (20)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; House Energy and Commerce
Senate Reports: 110-140
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 110-206 [GPO: Text, PDF]

69. [110th] S.799 : A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant services and supports, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] (introduced 3/7/2007)      Cosponsors (21)
Committees: Senate Finance; Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 7/10/2007 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

70. [110th] S.823 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to facilitating the development of microbicides for preventing transmission of HIV/AIDS and other diseases, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/8/2007)      Cosponsors (18)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/8/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

71. [110th] S.860 : A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States the option to provide Medicaid coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV.
Sponsor: Sen Smith, Gordon H. [OR] (introduced 3/13/2007)      Cosponsors (38)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/13/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

72. [110th] S.866 : A bill to provide for increased planning and funding for health promotion programs of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Sponsor: Sen Lugar, Richard G. [IN] (introduced 3/13/2007)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/13/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

73. [110th] S.882 : A bill to require a pilot program on the facilitation of the transition of members of the Armed Forces to receipt of veterans health care benefits upon completion of military service, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ] (introduced 3/14/2007)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

74. [110th] S.897 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide more help to Alzheimer's disease caregivers.
Sponsor: Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD] (introduced 3/15/2007)      Cosponsors (25)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/15/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

75. [110th] S.898 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention.
Sponsor: Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD] (introduced 3/15/2007)      Cosponsors (30)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 8/3/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 330.

76. [110th] S.901 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Community Health Centers program, the National Health Service Corps, and rural health care programs.
Sponsor: Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] (introduced 3/15/2007)      Cosponsors (74)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Senate Reports: 110-274
Latest Major Action: 7/22/2008 Held at the desk.
Note: For further action, see H.R.1343 , which became Public Law 110-355 on 10/8/2008.

77. [110th] S.902 : A bill to provide support and assistance for families of members of the National Guard and Reserve who are undergoing deployment, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] (introduced 3/15/2007)      Cosponsors (17)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 3/15/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

78. [110th] S.911 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to the current treatments and information regarding pediatric cancers, establish a population-based national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness of pediatric cancers.
Sponsor: Sen Reed, Jack [RI] (introduced 3/19/2007)      Cosponsors (65)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 12/12/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 535.
Note: For further action, see H.R.1553 , which became Public Law 110-285 on 7/29/2008.

79. [110th] S.921 : A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under part B of the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Thomas, Craig [WY] (introduced 3/20/2007)      Cosponsors (9)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/20/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

80. [110th] S.937 : A bill to improve support and services for individuals with autism and their families.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/20/2007)      Cosponsors (24)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/20/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

81. [110th] S.941 : A bill to increase Federal support for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps in order to ensure access to health care for millions of Americans living in medically-underserved areas.
Sponsor: Sen Sanders, Bernard [VT] (introduced 3/20/2007)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/20/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

82. [110th] S.948 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize funding for the establishment of a program on children and the media within the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to study the role and impact of electronic media in the development of children.
Sponsor: Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT] (introduced 3/21/2007)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/21/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

83. [110th] S.968 : A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide increased assistance for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] (introduced 3/22/2007)      Cosponsors (14)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Senate Reports: 110-193
Latest Major Action: 10/9/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 415.
Note: For further action, see H.R.1532 , which became Public Law 110-392 on 10/13/2008.

84. [110th] S.972 : A bill to provide for the reduction of adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ] (introduced 3/22/2007)      Cosponsors (18)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/22/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

85. [110th] S.1013 : A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to encourage States to provide pregnant women enrolled in the Medicaid program with access to comprehensive tobacco cessation services.
Sponsor: Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] (introduced 3/28/2007)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/28/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

86. [110th] S.1052 : A bill to amend title XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide States with the option to provide nurse home visitation services under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
Sponsor: Sen Salazar, Ken [CO] (introduced 3/29/2007)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

87. [110th] S.1060 : A bill to reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders into the community in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and implementation, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [DE] (introduced 3/29/2007)      Cosponsors (34)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 8/2/2007 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Note: For further action, see H.R.1593 , which became Public Law 110-199 on 4/9/2008.

88. [110th] S.1067 : A bill to require Federal agencies to support health impact assessments and take other actions to improve health and the environmental quality of communities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 3/29/2007)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

89. [110th] S.1070 : A bill to amend the Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] (introduced 3/29/2007)      Cosponsors (33)
Committees: Senate Finance
Senate Reports: 110-470
Latest Major Action: 9/18/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1029.

90. [110th] S.1093 : A bill to reward the hard work and risk of individuals who choose to live in and help preserve America's small, rural towns, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] (introduced 4/12/2007)      Cosponsors (12)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 4/12/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

91. [110th] S.1120 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants for the training of graduate medical residents in preventive medicine and public health.
Sponsor: Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] (introduced 4/17/2007)      Cosponsors (20)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 4/17/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

92. [110th] S.1155 : A bill to treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate.
Sponsor: Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] (introduced 4/18/2007)      Cosponsors (14)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 4/18/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

93. [110th] S.1161 : A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the expansion of medicare coverage of medical nutrition therapy services.
Sponsor: Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM] (introduced 4/19/2007)      Cosponsors (22)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 4/19/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

94. [110th] S.1183 : A bill to enhance and further research into paralysis and to improve rehabilitation and the quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] (introduced 4/23/2007)      Cosponsors (39)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 8/3/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 326.

95. [110th] S.1200 : A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend the Act.
Sponsor: Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] (introduced 4/24/2007)      Cosponsors (31)
Committees: Senate Indian Affairs; House Natural Resources; House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Senate Reports: 110-197
Latest Major Action: 2/28/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

96. [110th] S.1210 : A bill to extend the grant program for drug-endangered children.
Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 4/25/2007)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/22/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 747.
Note: For further action, see H.R.1199 , which became Public Law 110-345 on 10/7/2008.

97. [110th] S.1213 : A bill to give States the flexibility to reduce bureaucracy by streamlining enrollment processes for the Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs through better linkages with programs providing nutrition and related assistance to low-income families.
Sponsor: Sen Lugar, Richard G. [IN] (introduced 4/25/2007)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 4/25/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

98. [110th] S.1226 : A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to establish programs to improve the quality, performance, and delivery of pediatric care.
Sponsor: Sen Bayh, Evan [IN] (introduced 4/26/2007)      Cosponsors (14)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 4/26/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

99. [110th] S.1232 : A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to develop a voluntary policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools, to establish school-based food allergy management grants, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] (introduced 4/26/2007)      Cosponsors (41)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 4/26/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

100. [110th] S.1244 : A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for certain violators, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] (introduced 4/26/2007)      Cosponsors (24)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 4/26/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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