Child Protection
H.R. 3972—-Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) / Judiciary, Placed on Calendar (03/16/04)—A bill to ensure that appropriate state social services officers have the authority to access certain federal databases for the purpose of carrying out checks in cases of child abuse and neglect and cases of missing children.
Education
H.R. 3968—-Rep. Rush D. Holt (D-NJ) / Education and the Workforce (03/12/04)—A bill to provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students.
H.R. 3988—-Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA) / Education and the Workforce (03/17/04)—A bill to strengthen and expand the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) in order to facilitate the transition of low-income high school students into post-secondary education.
H.R. 4003—-Rep. George Miller (D-CA) / Education and the Workforce (03/18/04)—A bill to improve the ability of foster care youths to attend and succeed in higher education.
Health
S. 2207—-Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) / Read for the first time (03/12/04)—A bill to improve women’s access to health care services and the access of all individuals to emergency and trauma care services by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the delivery of such services.
S. 2213—-Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV) / Finance (03/12/04)—A bill to require the secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct research on indicators of child well-being.
S. 2215—-Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (03/12/04)—A bill to provide funds for campus mental and behavioral health service centers.
S. 2217—-Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN) / Finance (03/12/04)—A bill to improve health disparities.
S. Res. 320—-Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL) / Considered and passed (03/12/04)—A resolution designating the week of March 7 through March 13, 2004, as “National Patient Safety Awareness Week.”
H. Res. 567—-Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) / Energy and Commerce (03/17/04)—A resolution congratulating the American Dental Association for sponsoring the second annual “Give Kids a Smile” program, which emphasizes the need to improve access to dental care for children, and thanks dentists for volunteering their time to help provide needed dental care.
Tax Policy
H.R. 3977—-Rep. Phil English (R-PA) / Ways and Means (03/16/04)—A bill to allow the work opportunity credit, welfare-to-work credit, and research credit against the alternative minimum tax.
H.R. 4007—-Rep. Edward R. Royce (R-CA) / Ways and Means (03/18/04)—A bill to allow amounts in a health flexible spending arrangement that are unused during a plan year to be carried over to subsequent plan years or deposited into certain health or retirement plans.
