Abortion
H.R. 4013—-Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) / Energy and Commerce (03/23/04)—A bill to prohibit the approval of any drug that infringes the right to life.
Child Protection
H. Res. 575—-Rep. Tom Osborne (R-NE) / Education and the Workforce (03/24/04)—A resolution expressing the sense of the House that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) should affirm its commitment to a policy of discouraging alcohol use among underage students by ending all alcohol advertising during radio and television broadcasts of collegiate sporting events.
Discrimination
H. Con. Res. 396—-Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) / Education and the Workforce, Judiciary (03/25/04)—Concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence and encouraging units of local government, states, and school districts to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students, teachers, and school employees from discrimination and harassment.
Education
H.R. 4012—-Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA) / Government Reform (03/23/04)—A bill to permanently authorize the public school and private school tuition assistance programs established under the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999.
H. Res. 578—-Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL) / Government Reform (03/25/04)—A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Financial Literacy Month.
H.R. 4043—-Rep. Rush D. Holt (D-NJ) / Ways and Means (03/25/04)—A bill to establish a national leadership initiative to promote and coordinate knowledge utilization in education, thereby increasing student achievement consistent with the objectives of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Health
S. 2222—-Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) / Finance (03/22/04)—A bill to clarify and ensure that the authority granted to the Secretary of Health and Human Services is used solely to promote the objectives of Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.
H.R. 4020—-Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) / Veterans Affairs (03/24/04)—A bill to establish within the Department of Veterans Affairs a program to assist the states in hiring and retaining nurses at state veterans homes.
H.R. 4028—-Rep. Albert Russell Wynn (D-MD) / Government Reform (03/24/04)—A bill to prohibit the award of a federal contract unless the contractor agrees to offer their employees certain health insurance benefits.
H.R. 4031—-Rep. Julia Carson (D-IN) / Energy and Commerce (03/25/04)—A bill to give states the flexibility to reduce bureaucracy by streamlining enrollment processes for Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program through better linkages with programs providing nutrition and related assistance to low-income families.
S. 2234—-Sen. Thomas Daschle (D-SD) / Finance (03/25/04)—A bill to ensure that prescription drug card sponsors pass along discounts to beneficiaries under the Medicare prescription drug discount card and transitional assistance program.
Tax Policy
H.R. 4025—-Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) / Ways and Means (03/24/04)—A bill to allow individuals a credit against income tax for medical expenses for dependents.
H.R. 4034—-Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) / Ways and Means (03/25/04)—A bill to allow a credit against income tax for teacher classroom supply expenses, for improving elementary and secondary education, and for contributions for scholarships to attend elementary and secondary schools.
Violence Against Women
S. 2219—-Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) / Judiciary (03/22/04)—A bill entitled “Motherhood Protection Act,” which would make it a federal offense to assault a pregnant woman; if convicted, a perpetrator could be subject to up to 20 years in prison for a prenatal injury, or to life in prison for causing the termination of the pregnancy.
Welfare
S. 2231—-Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) / Considered and passed (03/25/04)—A bill to reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program through June 30, 2004.
