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Supporting the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence.

Bill: 108-hconres-86
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2003-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Discrimination in education
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Homosexuality
Local laws
School districts
School personnel
Sex change
Sex discrimination
Sexual harassment
Sexual orientation
Special days
State laws
Students
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Supports the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence (during which students vow to remain silent to bring attention to the harassment and discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in schools). Requests that the President issue a proclamation calling for observation of April 9, 2003, as such Day.
Encourages each city and State to adopt laws, and each school district to adopt policies, to prohibit such discrimination and harassment.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2003-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding Turkey's claims of sovereignty over islands and islets in the Aegean Sea.

Bill: 108-hconres-87
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2003-03-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Boundaries
Dispute settlement
Europe
Greece
International courts
Islands
Italy
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Netherlands
Peace treaties
Territorial waters
Treaties
Turkey

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the water boundaries established in the 1923 Lausanne Treaty of Peace, the 1932 Convention and Protocol Between Italy and Turkey, and the 1947 Paris Treaty of Peace, under which the Dodecanese islands and adjacent islets were ceded by Italy to Greece, are the borders between Greece and Turkey in the Aegean Sea; and (2) any party, including Turkey, objecting to such boundaries should seek redress in the International Court of Justice at The Hague.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Children's Internet Protection Act is constitutional as it applies to public libraries.

Bill: 108-hconres-88
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2003-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Child safety
Child welfare
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Constitutional law
Families
Freedom of speech
Internet
Law
Legislation
Libraries
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Expresses the sense of Congress that the Children's Internet Protection Act is constitutional as it applies to public libraries.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should respect the sovereign equality of the member states of the United Nations Security Council with respect to each state's position concerning Iraq's compliance with Resolution 1441.

Bill: 108-hconres-89
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2003-03-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Arms control verification
Diplomacy
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Sovereignty
United Nations
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the executive branch should respect the independent decision-making right of member states on the Security Council, as well as the principle set forth in Article 2, Section 1, of the United Nations Charter, in its diplomatic exchanges regarding Security Council resolutions; and (2) members of the executive branch and Members of Congress should refrain from threatening such member states with possible negative consequences with respect to diplomatic, economic, and social relations with the United States as a result of any vote cast in opposition to the U.S. position concerning Iraq's compliance with Resolution 1441.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress that hunting seasons for migratory mourning doves should be modified so that individuals have a fair and equitable opportunity to hunt such birds.

Bill: 108-hconres-90
Sponsor: Rep. Otter, C. L. (Butch) [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2003-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Congress
Game and game birds
Hunting
International Affairs
Law
Legislation
Legislative amendments
Licenses
Migratory bird conservation
Sports and Recreation
Treaties
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife management

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 should be modified to allow for mourning dove hunting during the last week in August in areas north of 37 degrees north latitude; (2) the United States should begin discussions with the appropriate parties to ensure that all Americans have an opportunity to harvest migratory mourning doves in an equitable manner; and (3) hunters and wildlife management agencies in States north of 37 degrees north latitude should support an earlier opening date for the mourning dove hunting season.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2003-03-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E430-431)
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Nation should strive to prevent teen pregnancy by encouraging teens to view adolescence as a time for education and growing-up and by educating teens about the negative consequences of early sexual activity.

Bill: 108-hconres-91
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Education
Elementary and secondary education
Health
Health education
Premarital sex
Sex education
Teenage pregnancy

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-12
text: Expresses the sense of Congress that the Nation should strive to prevent teen pregnancy by encouraging teens to view adolescence as a time for education and growing-up and by educating teens about the negative consequences of early sexual activity.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-12
text: Introduced in House
Military Investment Resolution

Bill: 108-hconres-92
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2003-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Defense budgets
Economics and Public Finance
Gross national product
Military readiness

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Military Investment Resolution - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should invest a minimum of four percent of gross domestic product on national defense in order to reverse the neglect of the 1990s, improve military readiness to necessary defense levels, and promote American values domestically and abroad.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should renegotiate the extradition treaty with Mexico so that the possibility of capital punishment or life imprisonment will not interfere with the timely extradition of criminal suspects from Mexico to the United States.

Bill: 108-hconres-93
Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2003-03-13 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Capital punishment
Crime and Law Enforcement
Extradition
Latin America
Life imprisonment
Mexico
Negotiations
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should renegotiate the Extradition Treaty between the United States of America and the United Mexican States (signed in Mexico City on May 4, 1978 (31UST5059)), so that the possibility of capital punishment or life imprisonment will not interfere with the timely extradition of criminal suspects from Mexico to the United States.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Direct Support Professional Recognition Resolution

Bill: 108-hconres-94
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2003-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Caregivers
Community health services
Disabled
Families
Labor and Employment
Labor supply
Mental health services
Mentally disabled
Paraprofessionals in social service
Psychiatric personnel
Social Welfare
Social work

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Direct Support Professional Recognition Resolution - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Federal Government and the States should make it a priority to ensure a stable, quality direct support workforce for individuals with mental retardation or other developmental disabilities that advances national commitment to community integration for such individuals and personal security for them and their families.
action_date: 2003-11-04
text: 
Direct Support Professional Recognition Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Federal Government and the States should make it a priority to promote a stable, quality direct support workforce for individuals with mental retardation or other developmental disabilities that advances national commitment to community integration for such individuals and personal security for them and their families. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-05
text: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2003-11-04
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 382 - 0 (Roll no. 603). (text: CR H10301)
action_date: 2003-11-04
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-11-04
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 382 - 0 (Roll no. 603).(text: CR H10301)
action_date: 2003-11-04
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10313-10314)
action_date: 2003-11-04
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2003-11-04
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 94.
action_date: 2003-11-04
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10301-10304)
action_date: 2003-11-04
text: Mr. McKeon moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to pulmonary hypertension.

Bill: 108-hconres-97
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2003-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Clinical trials
Commemorations
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to research
Genetic research
Genetics
Health education
Lung diseases
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical tests
Science, Technology, Communications
Special months

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the role played by national and community organizations and health care providers in promoting awareness of the importance of early diagnosis, testing, and ongoing screening for pulmonary hypertension should be recognized and applauded; (2) the Federal Government should raise awareness about the importance of the early detection of and proper treatment for pulmonary hypertension, increase funding for research, and improve access to quality health care services for early detection and treatment; (3) the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute should continue to take a leadership role through the expansion of basic, clinical, and genetic research; (4) the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should give priority consideration to the establishment of a pulmonary hypertension awareness program aimed at the general public and health care providers; and (5) National Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month should be established.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress relating to a free trade agreement between the United States and Taiwan.

Bill: 108-hconres-98
Sponsor: Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2003-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: East Asia
Free trade
International Affairs
Taiwan
Trade agreements
Trade negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should increase trade opportunities with Taiwan by launching negotiations to enter into a free trade agreement with Taiwan.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Directing the Congress to enact legislation by October 2005 that provides access to comprehensive health care for all Americans.

Bill: 108-hconres-99
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2003-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Comprehensive health care
Congress
Cost effectiveness
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health facilities
Health insurance
Health insurance continuation
Housing and Community Development
Legislation
Long-term care
Long-term care insurance
Medical economics
Medical personnel
Medically uninsured
Mental health services
Patients' rights
Preventive medicine
Quality of care
Rural health
Urban affairs
Urban areas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Directs Congress to enact legislation by October 2005 to guarantee that every person in the United States, regardless of income, age, or employment or health status, has access to health care that: (1) is affordable and that removes financial barriers to needed care; (2) is as cost efficient as possible; (3) provides comprehensive benefits; (4) promotes prevention and early intervention; (5) includes parity for mental health and other services; (6) eliminates disparities in access to quality health care; (7) addresses the needs of people with special health care needs and underserved populations in rural and urban areas; (8) promotes quality and better health outcomes; (9) addresses the need to have adequate numbers of qualified health care practitioners; (10) provides adequate and timely payments; (11) fosters a strong network of health care facilities; (12) ensures continuity of coverage and continuity of care; (13) maximizes consumer choice of health care providers and practitioners; and (14) is easy for patients, providers, and practitioners to use and reduces paperwork.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4974-4975)
action_date: 2003-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the 100th anniversary year of the founding of the Ford Motor Company, which has been a significant part of the social, economic, and cultural heritage of the United States and many other nations and a revolutionary industrial and global institution.

Bill: 108-hconres-100
Sponsor: Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2003-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Anniversaries
Automobile industry
Commerce
Congress
Congressional tributes
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Recognizes: (1) the achievements of the Ford Motor Company on the occasion of its 100th anniversary; (2) the Company's impact on the lives of Americans and people of all nations; and (3) that Ford will continue to have an even greater impact and will enhance personal mobility for generations to come.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress that Public Law 107-243, the authorization to use military force against Iraq, is null and void.

Bill: 108-hconres-101
Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]
Introduced: 2003-03-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congress and military policy
Government Operations and Politics
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Legislative resolutions
Middle East and North Africa
Military operations
President and foreign policy

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Expresses the sense of Congress that the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-243) is null and void.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that Congress has the sole and exclusive power to declare war.

Bill: 108-hconres-102
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2003-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional powers
Congressional-executive relations
Constitutional law
Declaration of war
Government Operations and Politics
Law
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Expresses the sense of Congress that, under the Constitution, Congress has the sole and exclusive power to declare war.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress concerning support to members of the United States Armed Forces and allied military forces engaged in the war on terrorism and the war with Iraq.

Bill: 108-hconres-103
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2003-03-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional tributes
Crime and Law Enforcement
Families
International military forces
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military dependents
Military intervention
Military operations
Military personnel
Terrorism
War

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) each member of the U.S. and allied armed forces should be commended for serving with distinction and professionalism; (2) the families of members of the U.S. armed forces should be commended for their support; and (3) all U.S. citizens should pay homage to such members and their families.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E542)
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Introduced in House