Adoption
S. 672—-Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR) / Finance (03/17/05)—A bill to provide equitable access for foster care and adoption services for Indian children in tribal areas.
Child Care
H.R. 1311—-Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) / Financial Services (03/15/05)—A bill to provide for the construction and renovation of child care facilities.
Child Protection
S. 616—-Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV) / Commerce, Science, and Transportation (03/14/05)—A bill to inform the American public and to protect children from increasing depictions of indecent and gratuitous and excessive violent material on television.
H.R. 1355—-Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) / Judiciary (03/16/05)—A bill to improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program by providing new protections for children.
H.R. 1440—-Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT) / Energy and Commerce (03/17/05)—A bill to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from imposing penalties for indecent broadcasts on providers of video over cable television systems, satellite carriers, the Internet, or non-broadcast providers.
Civil Rights
H. J. Res. 37—-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / Judiciary (03/15/05)—A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.
H. Res. 155—-Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ) / Judiciary (03/15/05)—A resolution requiring the House to take any legislative action necessary to verify the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment as part of the Constitution when the legislatures of an additional three states ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.
S. J. Res. 7—-Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) / Judiciary (03/15/05)—A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.
Education
H.R. 1277—-Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) / Education and the Workforce (03/14/05)—A bill to expand college opportunities by significantly simplifying the federal student aid application process.
H.R. 1293—-Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ) / Education and the Workforce (03/15/05)—A bill to provide access and equity in higher education.
H.R. 1338—-Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) / Education and the Workforce (03/16/05)—A bill to permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and increase Pell Grant maximum awards.
H.R. 1380—-Rep. Phil English (R-PA) / Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means (03/17/05)—A bill to expand incentives for education.
H.R. 1390—-Rep. Rush D. Holt (D-NJ) / Education and the Workforce (03/17/05)—A bill to provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students.
H.R. 1439—-Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) / Education and the Workforce (03/17/05)—A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to enter into a partnership with a qualified local educational agency to conduct a model school-to-work program.
Financial Literacy
S. Res. 88—-Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) / Considered and passed (03/17/05)—A resolution designating April 2005 as “Financial Literacy Month”.
Health
H. Res. 164—-Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) / Government Reform (03/16/05)—A resolution expressing the sense of the House that a National School-Based Health Centers Month should be established to raise awareness of health services provided by school health centers.
H.R. 1399—-Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) / Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means (03/17/05)—A bill to expand the number of individuals and families with health insurance coverage.
H.R. 1443—-Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) / Energy and Commerce (03/17/05)—A bill to provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage under Medicaid for such children.
H.R. 1447—-Rep. Ted Strickland (D-OH) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (03/17/05)—A bill to provide for the coverage of marriage and family therapist services under part B of Medicare.
S. 681—-Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (03/17/05)—A bill to establish a National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Network to prepare, store, and distribute human umbilical cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and to support peer-reviewed research using such cells.
International
H.R. 1408—-Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) / International Relations (03/17/05)—A bill to provide assistance to combat HIV/AIDS in India.
H.R. 1409—-Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) / International Relations (03/17/05)—A bill to provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries.
H.R. 1413—-Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) / International Relations (03/17/05)—A bill to make the protection of vulnerable populations, especially women and children, who are affected by a humanitarian emergency a priority of the United States Government.
H.R. 1424—-Rep. Donald M. Payne (D-NJ) / International Relations (03/17/05)—A bill to impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity and genocide in Darfur, Sudan.
S. 674—-Sen. Jon Corzine (D-NJ) / Foreign Relations (03/17/05)—A bill to provide assistance to combat HIV/AIDS in India.
Miscellaneous
H. Con. Res. 96—-Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) / Science (03/15/05)—A concurrent resolution recognizing the significance of African American women in the United States scientific community.
H. J. Res. 39—-Rep. Daniel Lungren (R-CA) / Judiciary (03/17/05)—A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.
H.R. 1418—-Rep. Martin T. Meehan (D-MA) / Armed Services, Government Reform (03/17/05)—A bill to provide that any health benefits plan that provides obstetrical benefits shall be required also to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility.
Reproductive Health
S. 609—-Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (03/11/05)—A bill to increase the provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally diagnosed conditions.
H.R. 1353—-Rep. James F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI) / Energy and Commerce (03/16/05)—A bill to increase the provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally diagnosed conditions.
H.R. 1357—-Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA) / Judiciary (03/17/05)—A bill to prohibit human cloning.
H.R. 1410—-Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) / Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Government Reform, Veterans Affairs, Ways and Means (03/17/05)—A bill to provide for coverage of hormone replacement therapy for treatment of menopausal symptoms, and for coverage of an alternative therapy for hormone replacement therapy for such symptoms, under Medicare and Medicaid, group health plans and individual health insurance coverage, and other federal health insurance programs.
S. 658—-Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (03/17/05)—A bill to prohibit human cloning.
Tax Policy
H.R. 1275—-Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) / Ways and Means (03/14/05)—A bill to increase the amount which may be excluded from the gross income of an employee for dependent care assistance with respect to dependent care services provided during a taxable year, to adjust such amount each year by the rate of inflation for such year.
H.R. 1352—-Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) / Ways and Means (03/16/05)—A bill to allow employers to claim a work opportunity credit for hiring military service personnel returning from service in Iraq or Afghanistan and for hiring their dependents and dependents of deceased personnel.
H.R. 1435—-Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) / Ways and Means (03/17/05)—A bill to deny the foreign tax credit and the benefits of deferral to companies doing business directly or through subsidiaries in Sudan until the Government of Sudan takes demonstrable steps to end genocide in Sudan.
Welfare
H.R. 1272—-Rep. Jerry Weller (R-IL) / Ways and Means (03/14/05)—A bill to modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit.
S. 667—-Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) / Finance (03/17/05)—A bill to reauthorize and improve the program of block grants to states for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, and to improve access to quality child care.
