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Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to obesity in the United States.

Bill: 108-hconres-303
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2003-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Child health
Clinical trials
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional tributes
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to research
Genetic research
Health education
Medical research
Medical tests
Obesity
Physical education and training
Preventive medicine
School health programs
Science, Technology, Communications
Special months
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) national and community organizations and health care providers should be recognized for their role in promoting obesity awareness; (2) the Federal Government has a responsibility to raise awareness about obesity's medical complications, and to increase funding for related research, prevention, and treatment, including activities aimed at children and adolescents; and (3) a National Obesity Awareness Month should be established.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that Major League Baseball officials should select Monterrey, Mexico, to host 25 percent of the total number of Montreal Expos games in the 2004 season as a gesture of goodwill between the United States and Mexico.

Bill: 108-hconres-305
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2003-10-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Baseball
Canada
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Latin America
Mexico
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: 
&quot;If You Build It They Will Come&quot; Baseball Friendship Resolution - Expresses the sense of Congress that Major League Baseball officials should select Monterrey, Mexico, to host 25 percent of the total number of the Montreal Expos' home games in the 2004 season as a show of goodwill between the United States and Mexico. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2121)
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Honoring the service of American Indians in the United States Armed Forces.

Bill: 108-hconres-306
Sponsor: Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2003-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional tributes
History
Military history
Military personnel
Minorities
Native Americans
Special days

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: 
Honors the service of Native American Indians in the Armed Forces and recommends the establishment of a National Native American Indian Veterans Day.

action_date: 2004-10-05
text: 
Honors the service of American Indians in the Armed Forces and recommends the establishment of a National American Indian Veterans Day.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-06
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8115)
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8115)
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 306.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8115-8117)
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Mr. Cole moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
action_date: 2003-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the deep concern of Congress regarding the failure of the Islamic Republic of Iran to adhere to its obligations under a safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency and the engagement by Iran in activities that appear to be designed to develop nuclear weapons.

Bill: 108-hconres-307
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7]
Introduced: 2003-10-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Arms control agreements
Arms control verification
Diplomacy
Energy
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Imports
International agencies
International cooperation
Iran
Middle East and North Africa
Nuclear facilities
Nuclear fuels
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear weapons
Russia
Sanctions (International law)
United Nations
Uranium enrichment

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-20
text: 
Deplores the development by Iran of a nuclear weapons program and its failure to report material, facilities, and activities to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in contravention of its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
 
Calls on the President to use all appropriate means to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, including specified measures.
 
Calls on Russia to suspend all nuclear cooperation with Iran until Iran fully and completely complies with the IAEA resolution. 
 
 Calls on the IAEA to find Iran in violation of its commitments as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and refer the matter to the United Nations Security Council if Iran fails to meet its obligations to the IAEA. 
Calls on the United Nations Security Council to consider the passage of a Security Council resolution or other actions that may be necessary to impose diplomatic and economic sanctions against Iran if it fails to meet its obligations.
 
Calls on Iran to cease all efforts to acquire nuclear fuel cycle capabilities. 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-20
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the members of AMVETS for their service to the Nation and supporting the goal of AMVETS National Charter Day.

Bill: 108-hconres-308
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2003-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional tributes
Special days
Veterans' organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Recognizes the members of AMVETS (American Veterans) for their service to the Nation and supports the goal of AMVETS National Charter Day (July 23).
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Recognizes the members of AMVETS (American Veterans) for their service to the Nation and supports the goal of AMVETS National Charter Day (July 23). 

action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Recognizes the members of AMVETS (American Veterans) for their service to the Nation and supports the goal of AMVETS National Charter Day (July 23). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-23
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8802)
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8802)
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text:  CR H6081)
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text:  CR H6081)
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 308.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration:  CR H6081-6082)
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Mr. Smith (NJ) moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the improvement of combined sewer overflow control programs.

Bill: 108-hconres-309
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2003-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Civil engineering
Depressed areas
Drainage
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water pollution control
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Local finance
Sewage disposal
Sewage treatment
Sewerage
Urban affairs
Urban areas
Waste water treatment

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Declares that Congress should: (1) increase Federal funding and resources for combined sewer overflow control to levels sufficient to cover at least 80 percent of the costs incurred by financially distressed communities; (2) provide the Environmental Protection Agency with additional resources to improve nationwide tracking of progress in combined sewer overflow control programs; and (3) expressly authorize the Army Corps of Engineers to assist communities with assessment and design work associated with upgrades of combined sewer systems.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Requiring the posting of the Ten Commandments in the Capitol.

Bill: 108-hconres-310
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2003-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Bible
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Church and state
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Ethics
Government Operations and Politics
Religion
Religious liberty
Signs and symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: 
Declares that the Ten Commandments are a declaration of fundamental principles and are the cornerstones of a fair and just society. Requires the Architect of the Capitol to place an appropriate copy of them in the U.S. Capitol Building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that the international community should recognize the plight of Jewish refugees from Arab countries and that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East should establish a program for resettling Palestinian refugees.

Bill: 108-hconres-311
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2003-10-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Antisemitism
Arab countries
Arab-Israeli conflict
Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economic assistance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Immigration
International agencies
Israel
Jews
Middle East and North Africa
Palestinians
Peace treaties
Political violence
Refugees
Religion
Secondary education
Teaching materials
Terrorism
Textbooks
United Nations
United Nations finances

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the plight of Jewish refugees from Arab countries should be recognized and included in any settlement of the Middle East conflict or as part of any agreement regarding the issue of refugees; (2) the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) should establish a program and timetable for resettling all of the Palestinian refugees; (3) the UNRWA should immediately replace anti-Semitic and anti-Israel educational materials used in the UNRWA education system and take steps to ensure that UNRWA facilities are not being used to store weapons; and (4) Arab countries should accept a meaningful number of refugees and take a larger role in financing UNRWA. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the valuable contributions of higher education faculty in the education of our Nation's students.

Bill: 108-hconres-312
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2003-10-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
College teachers
Colleges
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional tributes
Employee rights
Graduate education
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Part-time employment
Public demonstrations
Student employment

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: 
Recognizes the contributions of over three-quarters of a million part-time and adjunct faculty, full-time non-tenure-track faculty, and graduate employees who teach in colleges and universities across the United States.
 
Supports: (1) the efforts of organizations to raise public awareness of the conditions in which these contingent employees work; and (2) solutions which provide fair and equitable treatment for contingent employees in higher education and promote the return to a significant and stable corps of full-time, tenure-track faculty in U.S. institutions of higher education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding women with bleeding disorders.

Bill: 108-hconres-314
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2003-10-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Blood diseases
Child health
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Genetic counseling
Health education
Hemophilia
Hormones
Hysterectomy
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical tests
Menstruation
Preventive medicine
Science, Technology, Communications
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Federal Government has a responsibility to further research on von Willebrand's disease, improve access to treatment centers for all individuals with bleeding disorders, and increase funding for research; (2) the Director of the National Institutes of Health should develop a 5-year research plan concerning women with bleeding disorders; (3) the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should continue to improve outreach, treatment, and prevention of the complications of women's bleeding disorders; (4) physicians should screen all adolescents and all adult women presenting with severe menorrhagia for von Willebrand's disease; (5) hysterectomy for excessive menstrual bleeding should not be performed without the consideration of a bleeding disorder; (6) referral of women with bleeding disorders to a federally sponsored hemophilia treatment center is critical to comprehensive treatment; (7) physicians should be encouraged to conduct clotting factor assays for carrier diagnosis and to facilitate genotyping of the disorder and patients should be referred for genetic counseling when appropriate; and (8) patient advocate organizations and medical specialty societies should continue to collaborate on public education campaigns to educate women about bleeding disorders.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that construction by the Russian Federation of a dam in the Kerch Strait region raises major concerns for the territorial integrity of Ukraine, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hconres-315
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7]
Introduced: 2003-10-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Aggression
Armed Forces and National Security
Boundaries
Collective security
Dams
Democracy
Energy
Europe
Government Operations and Politics
Military agreements
NATO countries
Russia
Sovereignty
Treaties
Ukraine
Water Resources Development
Water rights

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the independence and sovereignty of Ukraine within its borders should not be challenged in any form; (2) the Russian Federation should desist from any actions that may infringe upon the territorial integrity and borders of Ukraine; and (3) the United States should support the accession of Ukraine to NATO membership. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing that November 2, 2003, shall be dedicated to "A Tribute to Survivors" at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Bill: 108-hconres-316
Sponsor: Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2003-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Congress
Congressional tributes
Crime and Law Enforcement
District of Columbia
Genocide
History
International Affairs
Jewish holocaust (1939-1945)
Museums
Special days
Victims of crimes
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: 
Recognizes a day dedicated to A Tribute to Survivors at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and devoted to programs about and for the survivors of the Holocaust.
 
Commends the Museum for its first decade of education dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust.
 
Endeavors to continue to support the Museum's vital work. Requests that this resolution be duly recorded in the Museum's official records.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the form of cancer known as mesothelioma.

Bill: 108-hconres-317
Sponsor: Rep. Hoeffel, Joseph M. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2003-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Asbestos
Environmental Protection
Health
Health education
Lung cancer
Special days

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: 
States that Congress supports the goals and ideas of National Mesothelioma Awareness Day.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress that American colleges and universities should adopt an Academic Bill of Rights to secure the intellectual independence of faculty members and students and to protect the principle of intellectual diversity.

Bill: 108-hconres-318
Sponsor: Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2003-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic freedom
Arts
Arts, Culture, Religion
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
College teachers
Colleges
Curricula
Discrimination in education
Discrimination in employment
Dismissal of employees
Employee selection
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Pluralism (Social sciences)
Private schools
Promotions
Religion
Religious liberty
Social sciences
Student activities
Students' rights
Teachers' tenure
Textbooks

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: 
Encourages all public and private colleges and universities in the United States to adopt an Academic Bill of Rights and observe specified principles and procedures to secure the intellectual independence of faculty members and students and protect the principle of intellectual diversity.
 
Recognizes that such principles and procedures fully apply only to public universities and to private universities that present themselves as bound by the canons of academic freedom.
 
Expresses the sense of the Congress that private institutions choosing to restrict academic freedom on the basis of creed have an obligation to be as explicit as possible about the scope and nature of these restrictions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the grave concern of Congress regarding the continuing repression of the religious freedom and human rights of the Iranian Baha i community by the Government of Iran.

Bill: 108-hconres-319
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2003-10-30 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Democracy
Discrimination in education
Discrimination in employment
Education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Human rights
International agencies
International cooperation
Iran
Labor and Employment
Middle East and North Africa
Minorities
Political persecution
Religion
Religious education
Religious liberty
Treaties
Unemployment insurance
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: 
Urges the Government of Iran to eliminate religious, educational, and employment discrimination against the members of the Bahai Faith. 
 
Urges the reestablishment of Bahai institutions and the return of all confiscated Bahai properties.
 
 
 
Urges the United States and other countries, including the United Nations, to pursue an end to human rights violations in Iran.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2004-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and Central Asia.
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Introduced in House