Child Care
S. 2887—-Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (10/05/04)—A bill to improve the Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program.
H.R. 5265—-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / Financial Services (10/07/04)—A bill to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction, or substantial rehabilitation of child care and development facilities and to establish the Children’s Development Commission (Kiddie Mac) to certify such facilities for such insurance.
Child Protection
H.R. 5219—-Rep. Sue W. Kelly (R-NY) / Judiciary (10/05/04)—A bill to require the Attorney General to establish a federal register of cases of child abuse or neglect.
Child Safety
H.R. 5214—-Rep. Joe Baca (D-CA) / Transportation and Infrastructure (10/05/04)—A bill to require combination 3-point safety belts on all school buses.
Crime
H.R. 5269—-Rep. Deborah Pryce (R-OH) / Judiciary (10/07/04)—A bill to combat unlawful commercial sex activities by targeting demand, to protect children from being exploited by such activities, to prohibit the operation of sex tours, and to assist state and local governments to enforce laws dealing with commercial sex activities.
S. 2916—-Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) / Judiciary (10/07/04)—A bill to combat unlawful commercial sex activities by targeting demand, to protect children from being exploited by such activities, to prohibit the operation of sex tours, and to assist state and local governments to enforce laws dealing with commercial sex activities.
Education
H.R. 5229—-Rep. Joe Baca (D-CA) / Education and the Workforce (10/06/04)—A bill to provide for automatic eligibility for free school lunch and breakfast programs to children of parents who are enlisted members of the Armed Forces on active duty.
H.R.5257—-Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett (R-MD) / Armed Services, Veterans Affairs (10/07/04)—A bill to provide that members of the Armed Forces and Selected Reserve may transfer certain educational assistance benefits to dependents.
S. 2912—-Sen. Ben Nelson (R-NE) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (10/07/04)—A bill to award grants for the support of full-service community schools.
Health
H.R. 5218—-Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-MO) / Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (10/05/04)—A bill to increase health insurance coverage in America by requiring employers to offer health insurance coverage with greater government assistance and by expanding current safety net programs.
S. 2892—-Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (10/05/04)—A bill to reauthorize and extend certain programs to provide coordinated services and research with respect to children and families with HIV/AIDS.
S. 2894—-Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (10/05/04)—A bill to provide for the coordination of federal government policies and activities to prevent obesity in childhood, to provide for state childhood obesity prevention and control, and to establish grant programs to prevent childhood obesity within homes, schools, and communities.
S. 2940—-Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (10/07/04)—A bill to assist states in preventing, detecting, treating, intervening in, and responding to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
International
H. Res. 838—-Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) / International Relations (10/07/04)—A resolution expressing the sense of the House regarding the creation of refugee populations in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf region as a result of human rights violations.
S. 2939—-Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) / Foreign Relations (10/07/04)—A bill to provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries.
Tax Policy
H.R. 5215—-Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) / Ways and Means (10/05/04)—A bill to allow a nonrefundable tax credit for elder care expenses.
H.R. 5233—-Rep. John B. Larson (D-CT) / Ways and Means (10/06/04)—A bill to help American families save, invest, and build a better future.
