Abortion
S. 2166—-Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) / Armed Services (03/04/04)—A bill to exempt abortions of pregnancies in cases of rape and incest from a limitation on the use of Department of Defense funds.
Adoption
H.R. 3896—-Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) / Judiciary (03/04/04)—A bill to establish an Office of Intercountry Adoptions within the Department of State, and to reform United States laws governing intercountry adoptions.
Child Protection
S. 2147—-Sen. Zell Miller (D-GA) / Commerce, Science, and Transportation (03/01/04)—A bill to increase the penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language.
S. 2160—-Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) / Commerce, Science, and Transportation (03/03/04)—A bill to regulate interstate commerce by prohibiting the sale of children’s personally identifiable information for commercial marketing purposes.
Crime
S. 2154—-Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) / Judiciary (03/02/04)—A bill to establish a national sex offender registration database.
Education
H. Res. 549—-Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) / Education and the Workforce (03/02/04)—A resolution encouraging the President of the United States to designate a “Read Across America Day.”
H.R. 3869—-Rep. Ric Keller (R-FL) / Education and the Workforce (03/02/04)—A bill to provide for the expanded use of technology and information management systems in the administration of the school lunch and breakfast programs.
H.R. 3904—-Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) / Education and the Workforce (03/04/04)—A bill to establish pilot projects to support and evaluate the provision of before-school activities that advance student academic achievement and encourage the establishment of, and increase participation in, school breakfast programs.
Health
S. 2150—-Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (03/01/04)—A bill to promote better health for young people through federal matching awards for physical education programs of excellence.
H.R. 3873—-Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-DE) / Education and the Workforce (03/02/04)—A bill to provide children with access to food and nutrition assistance, to simplify program operations, to improve children’s nutritional health, and to restore the integrity of child nutrition programs.
H.R. 3880—-Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA) / Energy and Commerce (03/03/04)—A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the sale of prescription drugs through the Internet.
S. 2161—-Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) / Finance (03/03/04)—A bill to establish a national health program administered by the Office of Personnel Management to offer health benefits plans to individuals who are not federal employees.
S. 2163—-Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) / Finance (03/04/04)—A bill to establish a national health program administered by the Office of Personnel Management to offer health benefits plans to individuals who are not federal employees.
Miscellaneous
H.R. 3887—-Rep. Ciro D. Rodriguez (D-TX) / Energy and Commerce (03/03/04)—A bill to provide for the establishment of a National Center for Social Work Research.
S. Res. 309—-Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) / Judiciary (03/03/04)—A resolution designating the week beginning March 14, 2004, as “National Safe Place Week.”
Tax Policy
H.R. 3868—-Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) / Ways and Means (03/02/04)—A bill to phase out the 1993 income tax increase on Social Security benefits.
H.R. 3901—-Rep. Philip M. Crane (R-IL) / Ways and Means (03/04/04)—A bill to allow a deduction for premiums for high deductible health plans required with respect to health savings accounts.
Welfare
H.R. 3897—-Rep. Wally Herger (R-CA) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (03/04/04)—A bill to reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program through June 30, 2004.
