Child Protection
H.R. 4504—-Rep. Tom Delay (R-TX) / Ways and Means (06/03/04)—A bill to improve protections for children and to hold states accountable for the orderly and timely placement of children across state lines, and for other purposes.
Education
S. 2477—-Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (05/21/04)—A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand college access and increase college persistence, to simplify the process of applying for student assistance, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4497—-Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) / Education and the Workforce (06/03/04)—A bill to establish or expand prekindergarten early learning programs.
Health
H.R. 4493—-Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) / Energy and Commerce (06/02/04)—A bill to establish grant programs to provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated follow-up care once newborn screening has been conducted, and for other purposes.
S. 2487—-Sen. Mark Dayton (D-MN) / Finance (06/02/04)—A bill to ensure that every Medicare beneficiary has access to a Medicare-administered prescription drug plan option, and for other purposes.
S. 2492—-Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) / Finance (06/02/04)—A bill to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services.
H.R. 4498—-Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) / Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means (06/03/04)—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, and for other purposes.
International
S. 2500—-Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) / Foreign Relations (06/03/04)—A bill to provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries, and for other purposes.
S. Con. Res. 114—-Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) / Considered and passed (06/03/04)—A concurrent resolution concerning the importance of the distribution of food in schools to hungry or malnourished children around the world.
Labor
S. 2484—-Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) / Veterans Affairs (06/01/04)—A bill to simplify and improve pay provisions for physicians and dentists, to authorize alternate work schedules and executive pay for nurses.
Violence Against Women
H.R. 4489—-Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) / Judiciary (06/02/04)—A bill to mandate a life sentence for repeat sex offenders.
