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Bills Introduced

Abortion

H.R. 1350—-Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA)/Energy and Commerce (3/5/09)—A bill to provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis.

Crime

H.R. 1375—-Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY)/Judiciary (3/6/09)—A bill to ensure that sex offenders and sexually violent predators are not eligible for parole.

Financial Literacy

H.R. 1325—-Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)/Education and Labor (3/5/09)—A bill to require financial literacy counseling for borrowers.

Food Security

S. Res. 67—-Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI)/Considered and agreed to (3/5/09)—A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that providing breakfast in schools through the national school breakfast program has a positive impact on the lives and classroom performance of low-income children.

Health

H.R. 1256—-Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)/Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Government Reform (3/3/09)—A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products.

H.R. 1261—-Rep. Steve Buyer (R-IN)/Energy and Commerce (3/3/09)—A bill to protect the public health by establishing the Tobacco Harm Reduction Center within the Department of Health and Human Services with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1364—-Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY)/Energy and Commerce (3/5/09)—A bill to provide for sex education, substance abuse treatment and prevention.

Judiciary

S. J. Res. 13—-Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)/Judiciary (3/3/09)—A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to parental rights.

H. J. Res. 37—Rep. Daniel Lungren (R-CA)/Judiciary (3/4/09)—A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.

Miscellaneous

H.R. 1273—-Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)/Oversight and Government Reform (3/3/09)—A bill to honor Susan B. Anthony by celebrating her legacy on the third Monday in February.

H.R. 1278—-Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY)/Financial Services (3/3/09)—A bill to posthumously award a Congressional gold medal to Shirley Chisholm.

H. Res. 206—-Rep. Bobby Bright (D-AL)/Oversight and Government Reform (3/4/09)—A resolution honoring the efforts and contributions of the Montgomery, Alabama, Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction.

H. Res. 209—-Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)/Oversight and Government Reform (3/4/09)—A resolution commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Daughters of Penelope, a preeminent international women’s association and affiliate organization of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA).

H. Res. 211—-Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)/Oversight and Government Reform (3/5/09)—A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Women’s History Month.