To require advance notification of Congress regarding any action proposed to be taken by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the implementation of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
2003-07-24: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
To award congressional gold medals posthumously on behalf of Reverend Joseph A. DeLaine, Harry and Eliza Briggs, and Levi Pearson in recognition of their contributions to the Nation as pioneers in the effort to desegregate public schools that led directly to the landmark desegregation case of Brown et al. v. the Board of Education of Topeka et al.
2003-12-15: Became Public Law No: 108-180.
John Marshall Commemorative Coin Act
2004-08-06: Became Public Law No: 108-290.
Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act of 2003
2003-10-27: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2003
2004-01-30: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Earned Legalization and Family Unification Act of 2003
2003-10-22: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Marine Corps 230th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act
2004-08-06: Became Public Law No: 108-291.
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide permanent authority for the exemption for certain members of the uniformed services from an otherwise-applicable requirement for the payment of subsistence charges while hospitalized.
2003-10-14: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Keeping Families Together Act
2003-10-27: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
To provide for the expansion and coordination of activities of the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to research and programs on cancer survivorship, and for other purposes.
2003-08-08: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. (posthumously) and his widow Coretta Scott King in recognition of their contributions to the Nation on behalf of the civil rights movement.
2003-07-14: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
Holocaust Education and Awareness Act of 2003
2003-06-30: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Children's Mental Health Screening and Prevention Act of 2003
2003-10-06: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2004
2004-11-22: House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 10, 2004.
To amend title 10, United States Code, to increase the military death gratuity from $6,000 to $12,000 and to provide that such death gratuity shall be excluded from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
2003-09-05: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Rachel Granger Act of 2003
2003-07-02: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Foster Child Protection Act of 2003
2003-07-21: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
Firefighters Affordable Housing Act
2003-08-25: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
State Threat Alert Reimbursement (STAR) Act of 2003
2003-09-04: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Native American Veterans Cemetery Act of 2003
2004-07-29: Favorable Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs.