3.0.0 18 2023-01-15T21:34:09Z 2023-01-15T21:34:09Z Senate S S 2003-01-07 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-01-07T22:12:34Z Right Start Act of 2003 108 2363 HR 2004-06-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Identical bill CRS 2003-01-07 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2003-01-07 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 1/9/2003 S134) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-01-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000064 Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] THOMAS DASCHLE D SD ANDREW N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2003-01-07 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2003-01-07 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2003-01-07 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2003-01-07 True R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2003-01-07 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2003-01-07 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2003-01-07 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2003-01-07 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2003-01-07 True S000064 Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] PAUL SARBANES D MD SPYROS 2003-01-07 True A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2003-01-07 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2003-01-07 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2003-01-07 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2003-01-07 True B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE 2003-01-07 True C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2003-01-07 True D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2003-01-07 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2003-01-07 True R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2003-01-07 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2003-01-09 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2003-09-23 False Health Access to health care Adoption Adult education Agriculture and Food Aid to dependent children Alcoholism Authorization Beverages Bikeways Block grants Cardiovascular diseases Caregivers Cash welfare block grants Child health Child nutrition Chronically ill Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Clinics Commerce Community health services Commuting Conferences Confidential communications Congress Congressional reporting requirements Continuing education Cost effectiveness Court records Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information Curricula Day care Department of Health and Human Services Depressed areas Diabetes Diet Dietary supplements Disability insurance Disciplining of employees Discrimination Discrimination in employment Dismissal of employees Distance education Drug abuse Drug therapy Eating disorders Economics and Public Finance Education Educational accountability Electronic government information Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Employee health benefits Employment subsidies Evaluation research (Social action programs) Evidence (Law) Exercise Families Family leave Family violence Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Federal employees Food relief Food stamps Geriatrics Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Governmental investigations Grocery trade Health counseling Health education Health surveys Higher education Income tax Indian medical care Infants Internet Labor and Employment Law Leave of absence Lifestyle Literacy programs Maternal health services Medical education Medical research Medical screening Medical statistics Medical tests Medicare Mental illness Minorities Minority health Nonprofit organizations Nursing homes Nutrition Obesity Older workers Parent-school relationships Physical education and training Pregnant women Prejudice Preschool education Preventive medicine Public service advertising Public-private partnerships Puerto Rico Quality of life Recreation Restaurants School health programs School lunch program Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Senior centers Sick leave Small business Smoking Social Welfare Sports and Recreation Tax incentives Taxation Teacher education Teleconferencing Trails Transportation and Public Works Unemployment insurance Volunteer workers Walking Web sites Weight loss Whistle blowing Wife abuse Women Health 00 2003-01-07 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Improved Nutrition and Physical Activity Act - IMPACT Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to address issues of overweight and obesity. Expands certain existing grant programs for health professional training to include the treatment of overweight and obesity. Creates grant programs at the local level to promote increased physical activity and improved nutrition. Expands an existing coordinated school health program to include grants for the development of programs which focus on healthy lifestyle, including balanced diet and physical activity. Authorizes the collection and analysis of data concerning the fitness levels of children and youth. Requires a study of the food and nutrition assistance programs run by the Department of Agriculture to determine how they can be improved or altered to help prevent obesity and overweight. Requires an evidence report study on the effectiveness of weight reduction programs. Permits the use of preventive health and health services block grants for community education programs which promote healthy eating and exercise habits. Creates a Medicare demonstration project to reduce obesity and other chronic disease risks in older Americans. Makes grants available to local healthcare delivery systems for overweight and obesity treatment and prevention demonstration programs. Provides grants and contracts for a national youth media campaign to change children's health behaviors.

Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act - Family Income to Respond to Significant Transitions Insurance Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make grants to a State or local government to pay for the Federal share of the cost of carrying out projects that assist families by providing wage replacement for eligible individuals responding to caregiving needs resulting from the birth or adoption of a son or daughter or other family caregiving needs.

Family and Medical Leave Fairness Act of 2003 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to extend coverage to employees at worksites where the employer employs at least 25 (currently 50) employees at the worksite and within 75 miles of that worksite.

Amends FMLA and Federal civil service law to entitle to leave those employees who must address the effects of domestic violence.

Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2003 - Permits the Office of Personnel Management to contract with one or more employing agencies to conduct a demonstration project that provides paid leave for eligible individuals who are responding to caregiving needs resulting from the birth or adoption of a son or daughter or other family caregiving needs. Requires the leave to last for at least six weeks during a 12-month period.

Time for Schools Act of 2003 - Amends FMLA to allow employees covered by such Act to take up to 24 hours, during any 12-month period, of school involvement leave to participate in: (1) an academic activity of their child's school, such as a parent-teacher conference or an interview for a school; or (2) literacy training under a family literacy program. Amends Federal civil service law to provide the same school involvement leave allowance for Federal employees.]]>

Right Start Act of 2003 Display Title Right Start Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve early learning opportunities and promote preparedness by increasing the availability of Head Start programs, to increase the availability and affordability of quality child care, to reduce child hunger and encourage healthy eating habits, to facilitate parental involvement, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Time for Schools Act of 2003 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2003 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Family and Medical Leave Fairness Act of 2003 Short Titles as Introduced Right Start Act of 2003 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Improved Nutrition and Physical Activity Act Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Family Income to Respond to Significant Transitions Insurance Act Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill IMPACT Act Introduced in Senate 2003-01-07T05:00:00Z 2003-01-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.