Abortion
H.R. 3719—-Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) / Judiciary (01/21/04)—A bill to prohibit, consistent with Roe v. Wade, the interference by the government with a woman’s right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy.
S. 2020—-Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) / Judiciary (01/22/04)—A bill to prohibit, consistent with Roe v. Wade, the interference by the government with a woman’s right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy.
Child Protection
H. Res. 500—-Rep. Charles W. Pickering (R-MS) / Energy and Commerce (01/21/04)—A resolution expressing the sense of the House that the Federal Communications Commission should vigorously enforce indecency and profanity laws pursuant to the intent of Congress in order to protect children in the United States from indecent and profane programming on broadcast television and radio.
H.R. 3717—-Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) / Energy and Commerce (01/21/04)—A bill to increase the penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language.
Child Safety
S. 2016—-Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) / Commerce, Science, and Transportation (01/22/04)—A bill to provide for infant crib safety.
Crime
H.R. 3703—-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / Education and the Workforce, Judiciary (01/20/04)—A bill to protect the civil rights of victims of gender-motivated violence; to promote public safety and health, and to regulate activities affecting interstate commerce by creating employer liability for negligent conduct that results in an individual’s committing a gender-motivated crime of violence against another individual on premises controlled by the employer.
Education
H.R. 3720—-Rep. John E. Peterson (R-PA) / Education and the Workforce (01/21/04)—A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies and private schools to establish drug-free school demonstration programs.
Health
H.R. 3707—-Rep. Dennis Moore (D-KS) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (01/20/04)—A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate fair prices for Medicare prescription drugs on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries.
H.R. 3702—-Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (01/21/04)—A bill to amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to provide additional beneficiary protections.
Miscellaneous
H. Res. 491—-Rep. Tom Osborne (R-NE) / Education and the Workforce (01/20/04)—A resolution honoring individuals who are mentors and supporting efforts to recruit more mentors.
Social Security
H. J. Res. 85—-Rep. Michael Michaud (D-ME) / Judiciary (01/20/04)—A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the maintenance of a system of social insurance that provides Social Security for its citizens.
