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Bill Introduced: S.3475 Women and Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2012

A bill to increase the participation of historically underrepresented demographic groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and industry.

Bill Introduced: S.3478 Uninterrupted Scholars Act

A bill to amend the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 to provide improvements to such Act.

Bill Introduced: S.3472 Uninterrupted Scholars Act

A bill to amend the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 to provide improvements to such Act.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.733 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any deal replacing the Budget Control Act of 2011 should contain serious revenue increases and no Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security benefit cuts.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any deal replacing the Budget Control Act of 2011 should contain serious revenue increases and no Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security benefit cuts.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6230 Grow Your Own Teacher Act

To amend title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a Federal "Grow Your Own Teacher" program, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.3436 Infant and Toddler Care Improvement Act

A bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to improve the quality of infant and toddler care.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6138 Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Act of 2012

To bring an end to the spread of HIV/AIDS in the United States and around the world.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6083 Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2012

To provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6081 Advancing Innovative Manufacturing Act of 2012

To accelerate research, development, and innovation in advanced manufacturing, to improve the competitiveness of American manufacturers, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6173 Protecting Life in Funding Education Act

To amend the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit Federal education funding for elementary schools and secondary schools that provide on-campus access to abortion providers.

Bill Introduced: S.3407 Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, to promote education in palliative care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative medicine.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6155 To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, to promote education in palliative care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative medicine.

To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, to promote education in palliative care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative medicine.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6020 Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2013

Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5975 Workforce Infrastructure for Skilled Employees Investment Act

To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide for the establishment of the Small Business Liaison Pilot Program.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5893 Startup Act 2.0

To jump-start economic recovery through the formation and growth of new businesses, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5996 Mental Health First Aid Higher Education Act of 2012

To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, in coordination with the Secretary of Education, to carry out a 5-year demonstration program to fund mental health first aid training programs at 10 institutions of higher education to improve student mental health.