Child Protection
S. Res. 430—-Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) / Judiciary (09/21/04)—A resolution designating November 2004 as “National Runaway Prevention Month.”
Civil Rights
H.R. 5126—-Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) / Judiciary (09/22/04)—A bill to protect private medical records from being used in court.
S. 2827—-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) / Judiciary (09/22/04)—A bill to protect private medical records from being used in court.
Crime
H.R. 5107—-Rep. James F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI) / Judiciary (09/21/04)—A bill to protect crime victims’ rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of federal, state, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, and to improve the performance of counsel in state capital cases.
Education
S. 2819—-Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/21/04)—A bill to provide education to students in grades 8, 9, and 10 about the importance of higher education.
Health
H.R. 5110—-Rep. Stephanie Herseth (D-SD) / Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means (09/21/04)—A bill to allow individuals a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums and a credit for individuals who care for those with long-term care needs.
International
S. Res. 431—-Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) / Foreign Relations (09/21/04)—A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United Nations Security Council should immediately consider and take appropriate actions to respond to the growing threats posed by conditions in Burma under the illegitimate rule of the State Peace and Development Council.
Miscellaneous
S. 2830—-Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) / Read for the first time (09/22/04)—A bill to promote healthy marriages and responsible fatherhood.
Small Business
H.R. 5108—-Rep. Donald A. Manzullo (R-IL) / Small Business (09/21/04)—A bill to reauthorize certain programs of the Small Business Administration.
S. 2821—-Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) / Small Business (09/21/04)—A bill to reauthorize certain programs of the Small Business Administration.
Tax Policy
S. 2824—-Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) / Finance (09/21/04)—A bill to exclude from income certain wages of spouses of members of the Armed Forces serving in combat zones.
