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Bills Introduced

Abortion

S. Res. 133—-Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (5/8/13)—A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices.

H. Res. 206—-Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN)/Judiciary, Energy and Commerce (5/8/13)—A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices.

Child Care

H.R. 1925—-Rep. André Carson (D-IN)/Education and the Workforce (5/9/13)—A bill to require criminal background checks, inspections, and training of child care providers.

Child Support

H.R. 1896—-Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA)/Ways and Means, Budget, Judiciary (5/8/13)—A bill to ensure that the United States can comply fully with the obligations of the Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, and for other purposes.

Crime

H.R. 1833—-Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)/Education and the Workforce (5/6/13)—A bill to amend the Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs to add gender-responsive services to the list of authorized grant purposes.

H.R. 1914—-Rep. Janice Hahn (D-CA)/Judiciary (5/9/13)—A bill to ban guns for persons who have been convicted of stalking or who are subject to a court order restraining the person from stalking.

Education

S. 870—-Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (5/7/13)—A bill to authorize the secretary of Education to make grants to promote the education of pregnant and parenting students.

H.R. 1845—-Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO)/Education and the Workforce (5/7/13)—A bill to authorize the secretary of Education to make grants to promote the education of pregnant and parenting students.

Employment

H.R. 1941—-Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)/Education and the Workforce (5/9/13)—A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 regarding reasonable break time for nursing mothers.

Family Support

S. 873—-Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)/Finance (5/7/13)—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.R. 1929—-Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA)/Agriculture (5/9/13)—A bill to carry out pilot projects to reduce dependency and increase work effort in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Foster Care

H. Res. 203—-Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA)/Ways and Means (5/7/13)—A resolution recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system.

Health

S. 865—-Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (5/6/13)—A bill to provide for the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer.

H.R. 1830—-Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)/Energy and Commerce (5/6/13)—A bill to provide for the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer.

S. 907—-Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (5/8/13)—A bill to provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1902—-Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA)/Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (5/9/13)—A bill to provide for timely access to post-mastectomy items under Medicare.

H.R. 1915—-Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY)/Energy and Commerce (5/9/13)—A bill to provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes, and for other purposes.

Judiciary

S. 886—-Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)/Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (5/7/13)—A bill to protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

S.J. Res. 15—-Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD)/Judiciary (5/9/13)—A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.

H.J. Res. 43—-Rep. Rob Andrews (D-NJ)/Judiciary (5/9/13)—A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.

Military

S. 871—-Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)/Armed Services (5/7/13)—A bill to enhance assistance for victims of sexual assault committed by members of the armed forces, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1864—-Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN)/Armed Services (5/7/13)—A bill to require an Inspector General investigation of allegations of retaliatory personnel actions taken in response to making protected communications regarding sexual assault.

H.R. 1867—-Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH)/Armed Services (5/8/13)—A bill to make certain improvements in the Uniform Code of Military Justice related to sex-related offenses committed by members of the armed forces, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1898—-Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH)/Veterans’ Affairs (5/8/13)—A bill to protect the child custody rights of deployed members of the armed forces, and for other purposes.

Miscellaneous

H.R. 1905—-Rep. David McKinley (R-WV)/Financial Services (5/9/13)—A bill to require the secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the establishment of Mother’s Day.

Tax Policy

S. 881—-Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)/Finance (5/7/13)—A bill to provide an income tax credit for the costs of certain infertility treatments, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1851—-Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)/Ways and Means (5/7/13)—A bill to provide an income tax credit for the costs of certain infertility treatments, and for other purposes.

Violence Against Women

H.R. 1836—-Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD)/Judiciary, Natural Resources (5/6/13)—A bill to enhance training and cooperation between law enforcement officers to respond to and prevent domestic violence and sexual assault in Indian country, to swiftly bring perpetrators to justice, to commission a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study, and for other purposes.