Child Care
S. 390—-Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (2/27/13)—A bill to authorize a national toll-free referral line and website, to develop and disseminate child care consumer education information for parents and to help parents access child care in their community, and for other purposes.
Family Support
H.R. 814—-Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI)/Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform (2/25/13)—A bill to reauthorize and amend the program of block grants to states for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and related programs.
H.R. 890—-Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI)/Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce (2/28/13)—A bill to prohibit waivers relating to compliance with the work requirements for the program of block grants to states for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and for other purposes.
H.R. 909—-Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN)/Ways and Means (2/28/13)—A bill to require states to implement a drug testing program for applicants for and recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
H. Res. 90—-Rep. James McGovern (D-MA)/Agriculture (2/28/13)—A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Committee on Agriculture should not propose any reduction in the availability or amount of benefits provided under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in effect under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, and that the House of Representatives should reject any proposed legislation that includes any provisions that reduce the availability or amount of benefits provided under SNAP.
Health
H. Res. 94—-Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)/Energy and Commerce, Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means (2/28/13)—A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding women’s health and economic security.
Human Trafficking
S. 413—-Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)/Judiciary (2/28/13)—A bill to include human trafficking as a Part One violent crime for purposes of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.
H.R. 898—-Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ)/Foreign Affairs, Judiciary, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce (2/28/13)—A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2014 through 2017 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
H.R. 906—-Rep. John Carter (R-TX)/Judiciary (2/28/13)—A bill to provide for improvements under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system and to include human trafficking as a Part One violent crime for purposes of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.
Miscellaneous
S. Res. 56—-Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD)/Considered and agreed to (2/26/13)—A resolution recognizing the significance of the 100th anniversary of the death of Harriet Tubman.
S. 397—-Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)/Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (2/27/13)—A bill to posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lena Horne in recognition of her achievements and contributions to American culture and the civil rights movement.
S. 398—-Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)/Energy and Natural Resources (2/27/13)—A bill to establish the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum, and for other purposes.
H.R. 852—-Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY)/Financial Services (2/27/13)—A bill to posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Shirley Chisholm.
H.R. 863—-Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)/Natural Resources, House Administration (2/27/13)—A bill to establish the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum, and for other purposes.
H.R. 874—-Rep. Jon Runyan (R-NJ)/Financial Services (2/27/13)—A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of Alice Paul’s role in the women’s suffrage movement and in advancing equal rights for women.
Reproductive Health
S. 13—-Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (2/26/13)—A bill to authorize the secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants on a competitive basis to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents.
S. Res. 60—-Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (2/27/13)—A resolution supporting women’s reproductive health.
S. 425—-Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)/Finance (2/28/13)—A bill to improve the quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under the Medicaid and CHIP programs by developing maternity care quality measures and supporting maternity care quality collaboratives.
H.R. 896—-Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY)/Energy and Commerce (2/28/13)—A bill to improve the quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under the Medicaid and CHIP programs by developing maternity care quality measures and supporting maternity care quality collaboratives.
Violence Against Women
H.R. 812—-Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)/Education and the Workforce (2/25/13)—A bill to improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
H.R. 840—-Del. Gregorio Sablan (D-MP)/Judiciary (2/26/13)—A bill to improve services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.
H. Res. 93—-Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)/Judiciary (2/28/13)—A resolution expressing support for designation of the month of February 2013 as “National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month.”
