Abortion
S. 396—-Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) / Judiciary (02/16/05)—A bill to prohibit taking minors across state lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.
S. 403—-Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) / Judiciary (02/16/05)—A bill to prohibit taking minors across state lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.
Child Protection
H.R. 864—-Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) / Energy and Commerce (02/16/05)—A bill to provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking.
S. 408—-Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (02/16/05)—A bill to provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking.
Education
S. 371—-Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) / Finance (02/14/05)—A bill to provide for college quality, affordability, and diversity.
H. Con. Res. 64—-Rep. E. Clay Shaw (R-FL) / Government Reform (02/15/05)—A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that there should be established a National Teacher Appreciation Day.
H.R. 826—-Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY) / Education and the Workforce (02/15/05)—A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to be used to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children.
S. 379—-Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (02/15/05)—A bill to build capacity at community colleges in order to meet increased demand for community college education while maintaining the affordable tuition rates and the open-door policy that are the hallmarks of the community college system.
H.R. 844—-Rep. Joe Baca (D-CA) / Education and the Workforce (02/16/05)—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. 856—-Rep. Tom Osborne (R-NE) / Education and the Workforce (02/16/05)—A bill to establish a federal Youth Development Council to improve the administration and coordination of federal programs serving youth.
S. 409—-Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (02/16/05)—A bill to establish a federal Youth Development Council to improve the administration and coordination of federal programs serving youth.
Health
H.R. 823—-Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN) / Energy and Commerce (02/15/05)—A bill to establish a state family support grant program to end the practice of parents giving legal custody of their seriously emotionally disturbed children to state agencies for the purpose of obtaining mental health services for those children.
S. 380—-Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (02/15/05)—A bill to establish a state family support grant program to end the practice of parents giving legal custody of their seriously emotionally disturbed children to state agencies for the purpose of obtaining mental health services for those children.
H.R. 898—-Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) / Energy and Commerce (02/17/05)—A bill to strengthen education, prevention, and treatment programs relating to stroke.
H.R. 949—-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / Energy and Commerce (02/17/05)—A bill to improve the health of women through the establishment of Offices of Women’s Health within the Department of Health and Human Services.
H.R. 987—-Rep. Lynn C. Woolsey (D-CA) / Energy and Commerce (02/17/05)—A bill to provide funding for programs at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences regarding breast cancer in younger women.
S. 415—-Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV) / Finance (02/17/05)—A bill to require the secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct research on indicators of child well-being.
International
H. Con. Res. 68—-Rep. Lane Evans (D-IL) / International Relations (02/16/05)—A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of Japan should formally issue a clear and unambiguous apology for the sexual enslavement of young women during colonial occupation of Asia and World War II, known to the world as “comfort women.”
H.R. 950—-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / International Relations (02/17/05)—A bill to authorize assistance to support programs to protect children who are homeless or orphaned as a result of the tsunamis that occurred on December 26, 2004, in the Indian Ocean from becoming victims of trafficking.
H.R. 953—-Rep. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) / Financial Services, International Relations (02/17/05)—A bill to authorize the establishment of a Social Investment and Economic Development Fund for the Americas to provide assistance to reduce poverty and foster increased economic opportunity in the countries of the Western Hemisphere.
H.R. 972—-Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) / Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, International Relations, Judiciary, Government Reform (02/17/05)—A bill to authorize appropriations through FY2007 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.
Miscellaneous
H. Con. Res. 58—-Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) / Government Reform (02/14/05)—A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring former Representative Shirley Chisholm, and that the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the postmaster general that such a stamp be issued.
S. Res. 52—-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) / Considered and passed (02/14/05)—A resolution honoring Shirley Chisholm for her service to the nation and expressing condolences to her family, friends, and supporters on her death.
H. Res. 103—-Rep. Mark Udall (D-CO) / Education and the Workforce (02/15/05)—A resolution recognizing the importance of honoring the nation’s children and expressing the sense of the House that a National Children’s Day should be established.
H.R. 822—-Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA) / Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means (02/15/05)—A bill to support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care.
H. Res. 114—-Rep. Mark Green (R-WI) / Government Reform (02/16/05)—A resolution expressing the sense of the House that a postage stamp should be issued honoring American farm women.
H.R. 937—-Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) / Administration (02/17/05)—A bill to direct the Architect of the Capitol to enter into a contract to revise the statue commemorating women’s suffrage located in the rotunda of the United States Capitol to include a likeness of Sojourner Truth.
Reproductive Health
H.R. 810—-Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-DE) / Energy and Commerce (02/15/05)—A bill to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.
H.R. 872—-Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (02/16/05)—A bill to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services.
Small Business
S. 406—-Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (02/16/05)—A bill to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees.
Tax Policy
H.R. 8—-Rep. Kenny C. Hulshof (R-MO) / Ways and Means (02/17/05)—A bill to make the repeal of the estate tax permanent.
H.R. 969—-Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL) / Financial Services, Ways and Means (02/17/05)—A bill to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit.
H.R. 986—-Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM) / Ways and Means (02/17/05)—A bill to provide a tax credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low-income schools.
S. 420—-Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) / Finance (02/17/05)—A bill to make the repeal of the estate tax permanent.
Welfare
H.R. 876—-Rep. Jerry Weller (R-IL) / Ways and Means (02/17/05)—A bill to increase payments to states for expenditures for short-term training of staff of certain child welfare agencies.
S. 456—-Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR) / Finance (02/17/05)—A bill to permit states to receive credit towards the work requirements under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program for recipients who are determined by appropriate agencies working in coordination to have a disability and to be in need of specialized activities.
