Abortion
H.R. 3453—-Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) / Energy and Commerce (11/06/03)—–A bill to suspend the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of RU-486 and provide for a Comptroller General review of the process by which the FDA approved the drug.
Business
S. 1800—-Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (10/30/03)—A bill to enhance literacy in finance and economics.
Crime
S. 1828—-Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) / Judiciary (11/05/03)—A bill 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, and to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence.
Education
H.R. 3412—-Rep. Phil English (R-PA) / Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means (10/30/03)—A bill to expand incentives for education.
H.R. 3416—-Rep. George Miller (D-CA) / Education and the Workforce (10/30/03)—A bill to reauthorize and make improvements to child nutrition programs.
S. 1808—-Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) / Energy and Natural Resources (10/31/03)—A bill to provide for the preservation and restoration of historic buildings at historically women’s public colleges or universities.
H.R. 3441—-Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT) / Education and the Workforce (11/05/03)—A bill to phase out reduced price lunches and breakfasts by phasing in an increase in the income eligibility guidelines for free lunches and breakfasts.
H.R. 3450—-Rep. David Wu (D-OR) / Education and the Workforce (11/05/03)—A bill to reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers.
S. 1829—-Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) / Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (11/06/03)—A bill to improve the nutrition and health of children in the United States.
Health
S. 1811—-Sen. Thomas Daschle (D-SD) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (10/31/03)—A bill to expand research for women in trauma.
H.R. 3451—-Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) / Energy and Commerce (11/05/03)—A bill to authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer’s patients and their families.
H. Con. Res. 322—-Rep. E. Clay Shaw (R-FL) / Energy and Commerce (11/06/03)—–A concurrent resolution recognizing November as National Lung Cancer Awareness Month and expressing the sense of Congress that federal efforts need to increase in the areas of lung cancer screening and research.
H.R. 3459—-Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) / Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Judiciary, Resources, Ways and Means (11/06/03)—–A bill to improve the health of minority individuals.
H.R. 3469—-Rep. Steven R. Rothman (D-NJ) / Energy and Commerce (11/06/03)—–A bill to prohibit the use of vending machines to sell tobacco products in all locations in which the presence of minors is permitted.
International
H. Res. 432—-Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) / International Relations (11/04/03)—A resolution expressing the sense of the House that the United States and all other member states of the United Nations should meet their obligations to women as agreed to in the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 relating to women, peace, and security; and that the United States should fully assume the implementation of international law relating to human rights that protects the rights of women and girls during and after conflicts.
S. 1830—-Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) / Foreign Relations (11/06/03)—A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.
Miscellaneous
H.R. 3444—-Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) / Energy and Commerce (11/05/03)—A bill to ensure that consumers receive information about the nutritional content of restaurant foods.
H. Con. Res. 321—-Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) / Armed Services (11/06/03)—–A concurrent resolution honoring the service and achievements of the Women Air Force Service Pilots during World War II.
Reproductive Health
H.R. 3438—-Rep. Sander M. Levin (D-MI) / Energy and Commerce (11/04/03)—A bill to provide for programs to increase the awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers.
Tax Policy
H.R. 3423—-Rep. John B. Shadegg (R-AZ) / Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (10/30/03)—A bill to allow individuals a refundable credit against income tax for health insurance costs, to allow employees who elect not to participate in employer subsidized health plans an exclusion from gross income for employer payments in lieu of such participation.
Violence Against Women
H.R. 3420—-Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) / Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Ways and Means (10/30/03)—A bill to promote the economic security and safety of victims of domestic and sexual violence.
H.R. 3424—-Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D-CA) / Judiciary (10/30/03)—A bill to authorize the establishment of domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women.
H.R. 3425—-Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D-CA) / Judiciary (10/30/03)—A bill to provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minority communities and immigrant communities about domestic violence.
S. 1801—-Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) / Finance (10/30/03)—A bill to promote the economic security and safety of victims of domestic and sexual violence.
S. 1809—-Sen. Thomas Daschle (D-SD) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (10/31/03)—A bill to provide grants for mental health and substance abuse services for women and children who have been victims of domestic or sexual violence.
S. 1810—-Sen. Thomas Daschle (D-SD) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (10/31/03)—A bill to improve treatment for the mental health abuse and substance abuse needs of women with histories of trauma, including domestic and sexual violence.
