Abortion
S. 14—-Sen. Mike Johanns (R-NE)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (9/30/10)—A bill to ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed regarding the pain experienced by their unborn child.
Child Protection
S. 3899—-Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)/Judiciary (9/30/10)—A bill to provide enhanced federal enforcement and assistance in preventing and prosecuting crimes of violence against children.
H.R. 6242—-Rep. Travis Childers (R-MS)/Judiciary (9/30/10)—A bill to render inadmissible to the United States aliens who have been convicted of a sex offense against a minor, and for other purposes.
Crime
S. 3842—-Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)/Judiciary (9/27/10)—A bill to protect crime victims’ rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of federal, state, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, to improve the performance of counsel in state capital cases, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6266—-Rep. Loretta Sanchez/Judiciary (9/30/10)—A bill to amend the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act to require sex offenders to notify appropriate government officials before traveling internationally, and for other purposes.
Education
S. 3878—-Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)/Finance (9/30/10)—A bill to eliminate the abstinence-only education program.
H.R. 6283—-Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)/Energy and Commerce, Appropriations (9/30/10)—A bill to eliminate the abstinence-only education program.
Family Support
S. 3848—-Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)/Finance (9/28/10)—A bill to improve the enforcement, collection, and administration of child support payments, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6298—-Rep. Laura Richardson (D-CA)/Ways and Means (9/30/10)—A bill to establish national and state putative father registries, to make grants to states to promote permanent families for children and responsible fatherhood, and for other purposes.
Health
S. 3906—-Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (9/30/10)—A bill to reduce preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity.
H.R. 6318—-Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)/Energy and Commerce (9/30/10)—A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure a national, coordinated approach to improving maternal and infant health.
International
H. Res. 1698—-Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)/Foreign Affairs (9/30/10)—A resolution recognizing the myriad contributions of female ambassadors and members of the Foreign Service to help build a more free, prosperous, and secure world.
Miscellaneous
S. 3852—-Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (9/28/10)—A bill to authorize grants to promote media literacy and youth empowerment programs, to authorize research on the role and impact of depictions of girls and women in the media, to provide for the establishment of a National Task Force on Girls and Women in the Media, and for other purposes.
Violence Against Women
S. Res. 663—-Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)/Judiciary (9/30/10)—A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress should continue to raise awareness of domestic violence in the United States and its devastating effects on families and communities, and support programs designed to end domestic violence.
