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S. 100 Access to Affordable Health Care Act
S. 599 Access to Diabetes Screening Services Act of 2003
H.R. 328 Access to Hospitals Act of 2003
H.R. 4598 Accutane Safety and Risk Management Act
S. 2741 Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act
H.R. 2717 Affordable Medicine Safety and Access Act
H.R. 690 Alien Child Organ Transplant Act of 2003
H.R. 1138 Alzheimer's Disease Research, Prevention, and Care Act of 2003
S. 566 Alzheimer's Disease Research, Prevention, and Care Act of 2003
H.R. 3451 Alzheimer's Treatment and Caregiver Support Act
H.R. 1200 American Health Security Act of 2003
H.R. 815 Aneurysm Awareness Act
H.R. 4610 Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act of 2004
H.R. 817 Assure Access to Mammography Act of 2003
H.R. 2018 Asthma Act
S. 231 Automatic Defibrillation in Adam's Memory Act
H.R. 389 Automatic Defibrillation in Adam's Memory Act #
H.R. 1241 Better Screening Test for Women Act
S. 15 Biodefense Improvement and Treatment for America Act
S. 2083 Bipartisan Patient Protection Act of 2004
S. 286 Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Prevention Act of 2003 #
H.R. 398 Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Prevention Act of 2003
S. 983 Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2003
S. 1684 Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2003
H.R. 896 Breast Cancer Prescription Drug Fairness Act of 2003
H.R. 3714 BSE and Other Prion Disease Prevention and Public Health Protection Act
S. 2007 BSE and Other Prion Disease Prevention and Public Health Protection Act
H.R. 1386 Building Better Health Centers Act of 2003
H.R. 3811 Cancer and Terminal Illness Patient Health Care Act of 2004
H.R. 3362 Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 2003
S. 1496 Cancer Survivorship Research and Quality of Life Act of 2003
H.R. 1868 Cancer Testing, Education, Screening, and Treatment Act
S. 389 Caring for Children Act
H.R. 3602 Children's Access to Vision Act of 2003
S. 2749 Children's Access to Vision Act of 2004
S. 1629 Children's Compassionate Care Act of 2003
H.R. 4622 Children's Dental Health Improvement Act of 2004
H.R. 4031 Children's Express Lane to Health Coverage Act of 2004
S. 1710 Children's Health Insurance Accountability Act of 2003
S. 264 Children's Health Protection and Eligibility Act of 2003
H.R. 4578 Children's Hospitals Education Equity and Research (CHEER) Act of 2004
H.R. 3063 Children's Mental Health Screening and Prevention Act of 2003
S. 1010 Christopher Reeve Paralysis Act
H.R. 5311 Clinical Laboratory Compliance Improvement Act of 2004
H.R. 4779 Clinical Research Act of 2004
S. 2924 Clinical Research Act of 2004
S. 81 Clinical Social Workers' Recognition Act of 2003
S. 2217 Closing the Health Care Gap Act of 2004
S. 740 Colon Cancer Screen for Life Act of 2003
H.R. 1422 Colon Cancer Screen for Life Act of 2003
H.R. 321 Common Sense Medical Malpractice Reform Act of 2003
S. 2913 Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act
H.R. 4215 Community Environmental Equity Act
S. 1564 Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act
H.R. 2527 Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act
H.R. 1287 Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act of 2003
S. 178 Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Transplant Patients Act of 2003
S. 1559 Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2003
H.R. 2507 Conquering Pain Act of 2003
S. 415 Consumer Involvement in Breast Cancer Research Act
S. 2953 Coordinated Environmental Health Network Act of 2004
H.R. 5335 Coordinated Environmental Health Network Act of 2004
H.R. 2852 Cord Blood Stem Cell Act of 2003
S. 1717 Cord Blood Stem Cell Act of 2003
S. 1809 Counseling in Shelters Act of 2003
H.R. 4360 Country of Origin Healthcare Accountability Act
S. 2740 Dental Health Provider Shortage Act
H.R. 894 Diamond-Blackfan Anemia Act
H.R. 3203 Diabetic Foot Complication and Lower Extremity Amputation Reduction Act of 2003
H.R. 3377 Dietary Supplement Access and Awareness Act
H.R. 4747 Dietary Supplement Regulatory Implementation Act of 2004
S. 722 Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2003
H.R. 3634 Drug Addiction Treatment Expansion Act of 2003
H.R. 4790 Drug Importation Promotion and Safety Act
H.R. 4760 DSHEA Full Implementation and Enforcement Act of 2004 #
H.R. 79 Early Detection of Dyslexia in Children Act of 2003
H.R. 3513 Elder Fall Prevention Act of 2003
S. 333 Elder Justice Act
H.R. 2490 Elder Justice Act
H.R. 4097 Eliminate Colorectal Cancer Act of 2004
S. 2265 Eliminate Colorectal Cancer Act of 2004
H.R. 4993 Emergency Care Liability Relief Act
H.R. 4992 Ensuring Access to Emergency Rooms Act of 2004
H.R. 4993 Emergency Care Liability Relief Act
S. 2968 Emergency Flu Response Act of 2004
H.R. 4831 Emergency Medical Services Support Act
H.R. 5350 Enhancing Nutrition in Medical Education Act of 2004
H.R. 852 Environmental Health Research Act of 2003
H.R. 1075 Ephedra Public Protection Act
S. 1509 Eric and Brian Simon Act of 2003
S. 1811 Expanding Research for Women in Trauma Act of 2003
S. 2933 FACT Act
H.R. 5252 Fair Access to Clinical Trials Act
H.R. 583 Fair Care for the Uninsured Act of 2003
S. 1570 Fair Care for the Uninsured Act of 2003
S. 2594 Faircare Act
H.R. 1430 Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act
H.R. 3431 Firefighters Medical Monitoring Act of 2003
S. 2038 Flu Protection Act of 2004
H.R. 3758 Flu Protection Act of 2004
H.R. 5155 Free Market Drug Act
S. 1883 Frontier Healthcare Access Act of 2003
H.R. 3668 Frontier Health Care Access Act of 2003
H.R. 102 Geriatric Care Act of 2003
H.R. 3401 Generic Drugs Access Act of 2003
S. 51 Generic Pharmaceutical Access and Choice for Consumers Act of 2003
H.R. 3636 Genetic Privacy and Nondiscrimination Act of 2003
H.R. 81 Give a Kid a Chance Omnibus Mental Health Services Act of 2003
S. 54 Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act of 2003
H.R. 2491 Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act
S. 607 HEALTH Act of 2003
H.R. 3704 HEALTH Care Act of 2004
H.R. 848 Health Benefits Claims Prompt Payment Act of 2003
S. 906 Health Care Access for Small Businesses Act of 2003
H.R. 1120 Health Care Antitrust Improvements Act of 2003
S. 2570 Health Care Assurance Act of 2004
H.R. 4662 Health Care Choice Act
H.R. 256 Health Care Coverage Assistance for the Unemployed Act of 2003
S. 10 Health Care Coverage Expansion and Quality Improvement Act of 2003
H.R. 53 Health Care Freedom of Choice Act
H.R. 1117 Health Care Freedom of Choice Act
S. 2421 Health Care Modernization, Cost Reduction, and Quality Improvement Act
S. 423 Health Care Parity for Legal Transportation and Recreational Activities Act
S. 2576 Health Care Reform Expedited Procedures Act of 2004
H.R. 5355 Health Care Relief Act of 2004
H.R. 3038 Health Care Safety Net Amendments Technical Corrections Act of 2003 #
S. 1775 Health Care Safety Net Amendments Technical Corrections Act of 2003
H.R. 198 Health Care Tax Deduction Act of 2003
S. 581 Health Care That Works for All Americans Act of 2003
S. 2003 Health Information for Quality Improvement Act
H.R. 4004 Health Information Independence Act
H.R. 2292 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for Persons with Disabilities Act
S. 1030 HealthCARE Act of 2003
S. 1833 Healthcare Equality and Accountability Act
H.R. 3459 Healthcare Equality and Accountability Act
H.R. 4575 Healthy Families Act
S. 2061 Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act of 2003
H.R. 4072 Healthy People, Healthy Choices Act of 2004
S. 2798 Health Promotion FIRST Act
H.R. 5 Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2003 *
H.R. 4280 Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2004 *
H.R. 2256 Help Expand Access to Recovery and Treatment (HEART) Act of 2003
H.R. 4241 Helping America Hear Act of 2004
H.R. 3539 Hepatitis C Epidemic Control and Prevention Act
H.R. 5157 High Risk Pool Flexibility Act of 2004
H.R. 2258 Hispanic Health Improvement Act of 2003
S. 1956 HOPE Youth Pregnancy Prevention Act
S. 191 Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage Act of 2003
H.R. 716 IMPACT Act
S. 754 Improved Vaccine Affordability and Availability Act
S. 2595 Improving Access to Assistive Technology for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004
H.R. 4127 Improving Efficiency and Quality in Hospitals Act of 2004
H.R. 290 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Act
S. 491 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Act
S. 2959 Influenza Preparation and Vaccination Act
H.R. 5243 Influenza Vaccine Emergency Act
S. 2907 Information Technology for Health Care Quality Act
H.R. 195 Informed Choice Act
S. 340 Informed Choice Act
H.R. 2652 Internet Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act
H.R. 3880 Internet Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act
S. 2739 Investing in America's Future Act of 2004
H.R. 3243 Keeping Families Together Act
S. 1704 Keeping Families Together Act
H.R. 1004 Kidney Patient Daily Dialysis Quality Act of 2003
H.R. 5339 La Cura Act of 2004
H.R. 322 Legal Immigrant Health Restoration Act of 2003
H.R. 5236 Let Parents Raise Their Kids Act of 2004
S. 538 Lifespan Respite Care Act of 2003 *
S. 412 Local Emergency Health Services Reimbursement Act of 2003
H.R. 819 Local Emergency Health Services Reimbursement Act of 2003
H.R. 736 Mammogram Availability Act of 2003
S. 1879 Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization Act of 2003 *
H.R. 4555 Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization Act of 2004
H.R. 5322 Managing Our Medicare and Medicaid Services and Protecting Our Parents Act
S. 1881 Medical Devices Technical Corrections Act *
H.R. 3493 Medical Devices Technical Corrections Act of 2003
H.R. 2196 Medical Independence, Privacy, and Innovation Act of 2003
H.R. 2544 Medical Independence, Privacy, and Innovation Act of 2003
H.R. 623 Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Act of 2003
H.R. 1124 Medical Malpractice Reform Act of 2003
H.R. 3035 Medication Errors Reduction Act of 2003
S. 1729 Medication Errors Reduction Act of 2003
H.R. 2470 MEDDS Act
H.R. 846 Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act
S. 450 Melanie Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act
S. 583 Meningitis Immunization Awareness Act
S. 1875 Mental Health Parity Reauthorization Act of 2003
S. 1929 Mental Health Parity Reauthorization Act of 2003 #
H.R. 4762 Mercury Health Advisory Act of 2004
S. 859 Microbicide Development Act of 2003
H.R. 62 Military Retiree Health Care Task Force Act of 2003
H.R. 2553 Minority Diabetes Initiative Act
H.R. 1144 Minority Populations Diabetes Prevention and Control Act of 2003
H.R. 38 More Savings, More Choice Prescription Drug Act of 2003
H.R. 342 Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act *
S. 1015 Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act #
H.R. 3034 National Bone Marrow Donor Registry Reauthorization Act *
H.R. 2741 National Cancer Act of 2003
S. 1899 National Cancer Act of 2003
H.R. 3887 National Center for Social Work Research Act of 2004
S. 2710 National Health Information Technology Adoption Act
H.R. 15 National Health Insurance Act
H.R. 1863 National Pain Care Policy Act of 2003
H.R. 1367 National Veterinary Medical Services Act #
S. 702 Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization Act of 2003
H.R. 2597 Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization Act of 2003
H.R. 5306 New War on Cancer Act
H.R. 5324 Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2004
H.R. 399 Organ Donation Improvement Act of 2003 *
S. 573 Organ Donation and Recovery Improvement Act
H.R. 3803 Osteoporosis Education and Prevention Act of 2004
S. 417 Osteoporosis Federal Employee Health Benefits Standardization Act of 2003
H.R. 3750 Pacific Insular Areas Rural Telemedicine Act
H.R. 1068 Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplantation Act of 2003
H.R. 3858 Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplantation Act of 2004
S. 2158 Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplantation Act of 2004
S. 453 Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2003
H.R. 918 Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2003
H.R. 597 Patient Protection Act
H.R. 663 Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act *
H.R. 4628 Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 2004
S. 11 Patients First Act of 2003
H.R. 3423 Patients' Health Care Choice Act of 2003
H.R. 3127 Pediatric Palliative Care Act of 2003
S. 650 Pediatric Research Equity Act of 2003 #
H.R. 2857 Pediatric Research Equity Act of 2003
S. 1781 Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2003
H.R. 2427

Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2003 *

H.R. 608 Pharmaceutical Products Price Equity Act
S. 648 Pharmacy Education Aid Act of 2003
H.R. 2389 Physician Availability Act of 2003
S. 686 Poison Control Center Enhancement and Awareness Act Amendments of 2003
H.R. 2241 Positive Aging Act of 2003
S. 1456 Positive Aging Act of 2003
H.R. 4694 Positive Aging Act of 2004
S. 2572 Positive Aging Act of 2004
H.R. 4974 Post 9/11 Health Protection Act of 2004
S. 1726 PREEMIE Act
H.R. 3350 PREEMIE Act
S. 2207 Pregnancy and Trauma Care Access Protection Act of 2004
S. 418 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Amendments of 2003
H.R. 2640 Prescription Affordability and Medicine Safety Act of 2003
H.R. 3870 Prescription Drug Abuse Elimination Act of 2004
S. 2766 Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2004
S. 1 Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003 *
H.R. 2606 Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003
H.R. 2356 Prescription Drug Comparative Effectiveness Act of 2003
H.R. 2497 Prescription Drug Parity for Americans Act
H.R. 4681 Prescription Drug Price Comparison for Savings Act of 2004
S. 2597 Prescription Drug Price Comparison for Savings Act of 2004
H.R. 3677 Prescription Drug Retail Price Disclosure Act
S. 2288 Prescription Drug Stewardship Act
H.R. 4978 Prescription Plan Preservation Act of 2004
H.R. 2932 Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2003
S. 1460 Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2003
H.R. 847 Preserving Access to Safe, Affordable Canadian Medicines Act of 2003
H.R. 3359 Prevention, Awareness, and Research Auto-Immune Disease Act
S. 39 Promoting Health Care Purchasing Cooperatives Act
S. 2308 Prompt Payment of Health Benefits Claims Act of 2004
S. 416 Providing Annual Pap Tests to Save Women's Lives Act of 2003
S. 79 Psychiatric and Psychological Examinations Act of 2003
S. 2613 Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2004
H.R. 1316 Pulmonary Hypertension Research Act of 2003
S. 2922 Pulmonary Hypertension Research Act of 2004
H.R. 1622 Quality Cancer Care Preservation Act
H.R. 4880 Quality, Efficiency, Standards, and Technology for Health Care Transformation Act of 2004
H.R. 1247 Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2003
S. 2771 Quality of Care for Individuals With Cancer Act
H.R. 5063 Recognition of Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners in the Federal Workers' Compensation Act
H.R. 920 Recruitment and Diversity in Nursing Act of 2003
S. 2307 Reliable Entry for Medicines at Everyday Discounts through Importation with Effective Safeguards Act of 2004
H.R. 4059 Remember 9/11 Health Act
H.R. 4872 Retinoblastoma Awareness and Prevention Act of 2004
H.R. 4595 Ronald Reagan Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2004
H.R. 3453 RU-486 Suspension and Review Act of 2003
H.R. 87 Rural and Urban Health Care Act of 2003
S. 172 Rural Health Care Equity Act of 2003
H.R. 3512 Rural Health Training Incentive Act
S. 1868 Rural Health Training Incentive Act
S. 75 Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act of 2003
H.R. 4211 Safe Health Care Reporting Act of 2004
H.R. 4923 Safe IMPORT Act of 2004
S. 373 Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2003
H.R. 745 Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2003
H.R. 4612 Safe Online Drug Act of 2004
H.R. 2769 Save Our Seniors Act of 2003
H.R. 1851 Screening Mammography Act of 2003
H.R. 953 Senator Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 2003
S. 1832 Senator Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 2003
H.R. 2781 Seniors Citizen's Freedom of Choice
S. 2937 Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act
H.R. 3662 State and Local Access to Fair Prescription Drug Prices Act
S. 2283 State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act of 2004
H.R. 5341 State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act of 2004
H.R. 4812 Stem Cell Discovery Through Diversity Act
H.R. 3960 Stem Cell Replenishment Act of 2004
H.R. 4682 Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2004
H.R. 3658 Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act
S. 1909 Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act of 2003
H.R. 4899 Sustainable Drug Pricing Act
S. 2935 TAA Health Coverage Improvement Act of 2004
S. 2678 Taste of Our Own Medicine Act of 2004
S. 682 The Genomes to Life Research and Development Act
H.R. 1410 To amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses
H.R. 3026 To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, and chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, to provide that any health benefits plan which provides obstetrical benefits shall ...  
S. 1887 To amend the Controlled Substances Act to lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices
S. 2976 To amend the Controlled Substances Act to lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices, and for other purposes *
H.R. 2232 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act relating to the distribution chain of prescription drugs
H.R. 3710 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of prescription drugs
H.R. 248 To amend the Public Health Service Act and the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to strike unrelated provisions concerning changes to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program and ...
S. 371 To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure an adequate supply of vaccines
S. 2713 To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the amount of minimum allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness program
H.R. 2385 To amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to provide for more equitable allotment of funds to States for centers for independent living
H.R. 2851 To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to improve the affordability of health insurance coverage for small employers
H.R. 3924 To authorize an annual appropriation of $10,000,000 for mental health courts through fiscal year 2009
H.R. 2856 To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out demonstration projects to increase the supply of organs donated for human transplantation
S. 2302 To improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas
S. 814 To include Hepatitis A vaccines in the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program under title XXI of the Public Health Service Act
H.R. 56 To make the Federal employees health benefits program available to individuals age 55 to 65 who would not otherwise have health insurance, and for other purposes
S. 1579 To provide for the continuation of the Pediatric Research Initiative
S. 2660 To provide for the monitoring of the long-term medical health of firefighters who responded to emergencies in certain disaster areas
H.R. 2631 To provide that the actuarial value of the prescription drug benefits offered to Medicare eligible enrollees by a plan under the Federal employees health benefits program shall be at ... *
H.R. 2817 To provide that the actuarial value of the prescription drug benefits of Members of Congress under the Federal employees health benefits program may not exceed the actuarial value of ...
H.R. 4999 To repeal the provisions of law making reemployed annuitants ineligible for physicians comparability allowances under title 5, United States Code, and special pay for physicians and ...
S. 97 To treat certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for purposes of determining acquisition indebtedness
H.R. 1002 Training and Research in Urology Act of 2003
S. 239 Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 2003
H.R. 296 Treatment of Children's Deformities Act of 2003
H.R. 3722 Undocumented Alien Emergency Medical Assistance Amendments of 2004