Education
H.R. 4765—-Rep. Lynn C. Woolsey (D-CA) / Education and the Workforce (07/06/04)—A bill to provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage girls to pursue studies and careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology.
H.R. 4776—-Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) / Education and the Workforce (07/07/04)—A bill to amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act to include bullying and harassment prevention programs.
Health
H.R. 4682—-Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-DE) / Energy and Commerce (06/24/04)—A bill to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.
H.R. 4689—-Rep. Gene Green (D-TX) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (06/24/04)—A bill to provide Medicare beneficiaries with access to geriatric assessments and chronic care management, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4692—-Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) / Energy and Commerce (06/24/04)—A bill to permit qualifying States to use a portion of their allotments under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program for any fiscal year for certain Medicaid expenditures, and for other purposes.
S. 2593—-Sen. Blanche Lambert Lincoln (D-AR) / Finance (06/24/04)—A bill to provide Medicare beneficiaries with access to geriatric assessments and chronic care management, and for other purpose.
S. 2594—-Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) / Finance (06/24/04)—A bill to reduce health care disparities and improve health care quality, to improve the collection of racial, ethnic, primary language, and socio-economic determination data for use by healthcare researchers and policymakers, to provide performance incentives for high performing hospitals and community health centers, and to expand current Federal programs seeking to eliminate health disparities.
S. Res. 398—-Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) / Foreign Relations (07/06/04)—A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on promoting initiatives to develop an HIV vaccine.
S. 2634—-Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) / Considered and passed (07/08/04)—An act to support the planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies, to provide funds for campus mental and behavioral health service centers, and for other purposes.
International
H. Con. Res. 465—-Rep. James P. McGovern (D-MA) / International Relations (06/24/04)—A concurrent resolution commending the efforts of women in the Republic of Colombia to promote peace.
S. Res. 392—-Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) / Foreign Relations (06/24/04)—A resolution conveying the sympathy of the Senate to the families of the young women murdered in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, and encouraging increased United States involvement in bringing an end to these crimes
S. 2611—-Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) / Foreign Relations (07/07/04)—A bill to provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries.
Labor
H.R. 4720—-Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) / Education and the Workforce, Government Reform, House Administration (06/25/04)—A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to eliminate an hours of service requirement for benefits under that Act.
Miscellaneous
H.R. 4773—-Rep. Jo Ann Davis (R-VA) / Government Reform (07/07/04)—A bill to define marriage for all legal purposes in the District of Columbia to consist of the union of one man and one woman.
Tax Policy
H.R. 4748—-Rep. Jon Porter (R-NV) / Ways and Means (06/25/04)—A bill to modify and make refundable the credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment.
Violence Against Women
H.R. 4709—-Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) / Armed Services (06/24/04)—A bill to amend the Uniform Code of Military Justice to make sexual assault crimes under military law parallel with sexual assault crimes under federal law, and for other purposes.
