Crime
S. 2329—-Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) / Considered and passed (04/21/04)—A bill to protect crime victims’ rights.
H.R. 4204—-Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) / Judiciary (04/22/04)—A bill to provide federal assistance to states and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes.
Education
H. Res. 598—-Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) / Armed Services, Education and the Workforce (04/20/04)—A resolution recognizing the valuable contributions of military impacted schools, teachers, administration, and staff for their ongoing contributions to the education of military children.
H. Res. 600—-Rep. Jon Porter (R-NV) / Education and the Workforce (04/21/04)—A resolution congratulating charter schools and their students, parents, teachers, and administrators across the United States for their ongoing contributions to education.
S. 2335—-Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (04/22/04)—A bill to enhance teacher training and teacher preparation programs.
S. 2340—-Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (04/22/04)—A bill to reauthorize title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
S. 2345—-Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (04/22/04)—A bill to improve the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Health
S. 2325—-Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (04/21/04)—A bill to strengthen telehealth programs.
International
H.R. 4191—-Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA) / International Relations (04/21/04)—A bill to provide for the establishment of a network of pediatric centers in certain developing countries to provide treatment and care for children with HIV/AIDS.
Miscellaneous
S. Res. 338—-Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) / Considered and passed (04/08/04)—A resolution calling on the President to designate April 16, 2004, as National Youth Service Day.
S. Res. 342—-Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) / Judiciary (04/20/04)—A resolution designating April 30, 2004, as “Dia de los Ninos: Celebrating Young Americans.”
Reproductive Health
H.R. 4182—-Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) / Energy and Commerce (04/21/04)—A bill to provide for the reduction of adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases.
H.R. 4192—-Rep. Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D-NY) / Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (04/21/04)—A bill to expand access to preventive health care services and education programs that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce infection with sexually transmitted disease, and reduce the number of abortions.
H. Res. 603—-Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) / Judiciary (04/22/04)—A resolution commending the marchers, expressing the belief that each individual has the right to manage his or her own fertility, recognizing that the expression of sexuality is a lifelong aspect of human development, trusting individuals to make responsible choices related to having children, supporting loving families in all of their relationship forms, and celebrating the March for Women’s Lives in which individuals make their voices heard through collective pro-choice power.
S. 2336—-Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (04/22/04)—A bill to expand access to preventive health care services and education programs that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce infection with sexually transmitted disease, and reduce the number of abortions.
Tax Policy
S. 2303—-Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) / Finance (04/08/04)—A bill to help American families save, invest, and build a better future.
H.R. 4181—-Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-PA) / Ways and Means (04/21/04)—A bill to permanently extend the increased standard deduction and the fifteen percent individual income tax rate bracket expansion for married taxpayers filing joint returns.
H.R. 4207—-Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) / Ways and Means (04/22/04)—A bill to increase the refundability of the child tax credit.
