Education
H.R. 4958—-Rep. Joe Baca (D-CA)/Education and Labor (3/25/10)—A bill to require each local educational agency participating in a program authorized by the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to include under the local wellness policy established by the agency a requirement that students receive 50 hours of school nutrition education per school year.
H. Res. 1213—-Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH)/Science and Technology (3/24/10)—A resolution recognizing the need to improve the participation and performance of America’s students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, supporting the ideals of National Lab Day, and for other purposes.
Health
S. 3154—-Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (3/23/10)—A bill to reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention and Services program, and for other purposes.
International
S. 3151—-Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)/Foreign Relations (3/22/10)—A bill to establish the Office for Global Women’s Issues and Women’s Development Advisor to facilitate interagency coordination and the integration of gender considerations into the strategies, programming, and associated outcomes of the Department of State and United States Agency for International Development, and for other purposes.
S. 3184—-Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)/Foreign Relations (3/25/10)—A bill to provide United States assistance for the purpose of eradicating severe forms of trafficking in children in eligible countries through the implementation of Child Protection Compacts, and for other purposes.
Miscellaneous
H.R. 4925—-Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)/Energy and Commerce (3/24/10)—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.
S. Res. 475—-Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)/Judiciary (3/26/10)—-A resolution recognizing March 2010 as National Women’s History Month.
Violence Against Women
H.R. 4978—-Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI)/Ways and Means (3/25/10)—A bill to require states to take certain steps to address domestic and sexual violence among individuals receiving assistance under the program of block grants to states for temporary assistance for needy families (TANF).
