Clinton's Presidency By aspensmith Nov 3, 1992 bill clinton was elected Jan 22, 1993 Abolished Restrictions on Medical Research and the Right to Choose Feb 1, 1993 Helped States Take the First Steps Toward Welfare Reform Feb 5, 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act Apr 1, 1993 Childhood Immunizations May 20, 1993 Motor Voter Registration Signed Aug 10, 1993 Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion/Working Family Tax Cut Aug 10, 1993 Student Loan Reform Sep 21, 1993 AmeriCorps Community Service Initiative Enacted Mar 31, 1994 Goals 2000 Education Standards Enacted Sep 13, 1994 Assault Weapons Ban Sep 23, 1994 Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund Created Oct 20, 1994 Improving America’s Schools Act Jan 25, 1995 Called for National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Feb 27, 1995 Federal Child Support Enforcement Expanded Jul 12, 1995 Religious Freedom in Schools Protected Jan 23, 1996 National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Feb 8, 1996 Telecommunications Reform Signed Apr 24, 1996 Antiterrorism Law Jun 16, 1996 Moving Welfare Recipients to Work Aug 3, 1996 Food Quality Protection Act Signed Aug 20, 1996 Minimum Wage Increased Aug 21, 1996 Kennedy-Kassebaum Health Insurance Reform (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) Aug 21, 1996 Requiring Mental Health Parity for Annual and Lifetime Insurance Limits Aug 21, 1996 Eliminating the Discriminatory Tax Treatment of the Self- Employed Aug 21, 1996 Fighting Fraud and Waste in Medicare Aug 22, 1996 Welfare Reform Enacted Feb 19, 1997 Launched Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign Mar 4, 1997 Banned Federal Research on Human Cloning Jun 4, 1997 Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Reauthorized Aug 5, 1997 Children’s Health Insurance Program Created Aug 5, 1997 Modernizing the Medicare Benefit Package Aug 5, 1997 Landmark Education Investments: America Reads, Charter Schools, Education Technology Aug 9, 1997 Created Smoke-Free Federal Workplaces Aug 13, 1997 Required Drug Companies Provide Adequate Testing for Children Nov 21, 1997 FDA Reform Legislation Signed Feb 20, 1998 Implemented the Patients’ Bill of Rights for Federal Health Plans Apr 29, 1998 Education Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999 Signed Dec 12, 1998 Global Warming Protocol Signed in Kyoto, Japan Jun 16, 1999 Leading the World in Eliminating Child Labor Nov 12, 1999 Financial Modernization Legislation Enacted Nov 29, 1999 Leveraged $90 Billion in International Debt Relief May 18, 2000 Africa Growth and Opportunity Act and the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act Signed Jun 30, 2000 Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act Signed Aug 7, 2000 Senior Citizen’s Freedom to Work Act Passed Oct 24, 2000 Providing Health Insurance to Women With Breast Cancer Dec 15, 2000 Passed $1.2 Billion for Emergency School Repairs