Education
H.R. 3085—-Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX) / Education and the Workforce (09/16/03)—A bill to improve graduation rates by authorizing the Secretary of Education to make grants to improve adolescent literacy.
S. 1619—-Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/16/03)—A bill to amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to ensure that children with disabilities who are homeless or are wards of the state have access to special education services.
S. 1620—-Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/16/03)—A bill to condition the implementation of assessment procedures in connection with the Head Start National Reporting System on Child Outcomes.
H.R. 3120—-Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) / Education and the Workforce (09/17/03)—A bill to provide for the dissemination of information on irradiated foods used in the school lunch programs and to ensure that school districts, parents, and students retain the option of traditional, non-irradiated foods through such programs.
H.R. 3130—-Rep. John Sullivan (R-OK) / Education and the Workforce (09/17/03)—A bill to amend the Head Start Act to require parental consent for non-emergency intrusive physical examinations.
S. 1638—-Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/22/03)—A bill to increase teacher familiarity with the educational needs of gifted and talented students.
H. Res. 378—-Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) / Education and the Workforce (09/24/03)—A resolution recognizing Independent 529 Plan for launching a prepaid tuition plan that will benefit our Nation’s families who want to send their children to private colleges and universities.
H.R. 3180—-Rep. George Miller (D-CA) / Education and the Workforce (09/25/03)—A bill to provide greater access to college education for low and middle-income students by increasing federal college scholarships, eliminating the current student loan tax, simplifying the student aid application process, and other measures.
Health
H.R. 3091—-Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ) / Ways and Means (09/16/03)—A bill to restore child’s insurance benefits in the case of children who are 18 through 22 years of age and attend postsecondary schools.
H.R. 3100—-Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) / Armed Services, Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Government Reform, Ways and Means (09/16/03)—A bill to provide health benefits for workers and their families.
H. R. 3127—-Rep. Deborah Pryce (R-OH) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (09/17/03)—A bill to improve the palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions.
S. 1629—-Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/17/03)—A bill to improve the palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions.
H.R. 3189 —-Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) / Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (09/25/03)—A bill to improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals ages 55 to 65 to be fully funded through premiums and anti-fraud provisions, and to provide financial assistance for those individuals who are too poor to afford the premiums.
International
H. Con. Res.281—-Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) / International Relations (09/16/03)—Concurrent resolution urging observance of Global Family Day.
Labor
H.R. 3139—-Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA) / Education and the Workforce, Budget, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (09/23/03)—A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to reform the provisions relating to child labor.
Miscellaneous
H. Res. 373—-Rep. Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D-NY) / Government Reform (09/17/03)—A resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA).
H.R. 3162—-Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ) / Energy and Commerce (09/24/03)—A bill to require cigarette products to be placed under or behind the counter in retail sales.
Small Business
H.R. 3099—-Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA) / Small Business (09/16/03)—A bill to establish a pilot program for lending to small, nonprofit child care businesses.
Social Security
H.R. 3192—-Rep. Vic Snyder (D-AR) / Energy and Commerce (09/25/03)—A bill to permit states to cover low-income youth up to age 23 with an enhanced matching rate.
Welfare
H.R. 3146—-Rep. William M. Thomas (R-CA) / Budget, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (09/23/03)—A bill to extend the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program, and certain tax and trade programs.
