Health
H.R. 5322—-Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) / Energy and Commerce (10/08/04)—A bill to establish a loan repayment program for nurse practitioners and physician assistants serving in underserved nursing homes, to establish a mentoring program for training nursing home administrators, to encourage high family involvement in nursing homes, and to restore payment levels for health care institutions and to increase the federal medical assistance percentage.
H.R. 5324—-Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) / Energy and Commerce (10/08/04)—A bill to authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students.
H.R. 5335—-Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) / Energy and Commerce (10/08/04)—A bill to establish a Coordinated Environmental Health Network.
H.R. 5338—-Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (10/08/04)—A bill to reduce health care disparities and improve health care quality, to improve the collection of racial, ethnic, primary language, and socio-economic determination data for use by healthcare researchers and policymakers, to provide performance incentives for high performing hospitals and community health centers, and to expand current federal programs seeking to eliminate health disparities.
H.R. 5350—-Rep. Tom Udall (D-NM) / Energy and Commerce (10/08/04)—A bill to authorize grants for the integration of innovative curricula on nutrition in medical education.
S. 2953—-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (10/08/04)—A bill to establish a Coordinated Environmental Health Network.
S. 2974—-Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH) / Considered and passed (10/10/04)—A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products.
International
H. Res. 849—-Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) / International Relations (10/08/04)—A resolution congratulating Wangari Maathai for winning the Nobel Peace Prize and commending her for her tireless work to promote sustainable development, democracy, peace, and women’s rights in Africa.
Labor
S. 2975—-Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) / Considered and passed (10/10/04)—A bill to clarify regulations relating to overtime compensation.
Miscellaneous
H.R. 5307—-Rep. Jerry F. Costello (D-IL) / Resources (10/08/04)—A bill to authorize the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, to be illuminated by pink lights in honor of breast cancer awareness month.
S. Res. 456—-Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) / Considered and passed (10/10/04)—A resolution designating October 14, 2004, as “Lights On Afterschool! Day.”
S. Res. 457—-Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) / Considered and passed (10/10/04)—A resolution designating the week of October 24, 2004, through October 30, 2004, as “National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week.”
Tax Policy
H.R. 5355—-Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-IA) / Ways and Means (10/09/04)—A bill to provide tax incentives to encourage small business health plans.
S. 2972—-Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) / Finance (10/09/04)—A bill to permanently increase the maximum annual contribution allowed to be made to Coverdell education savings accounts and to provide for a deduction for contributions to education savings accounts.
Violence Against Women
H.R. 5328—-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / Armed Services (10/08/04)—A bill to provide additional funding to prevent sexual assaults in the military.
