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Bills Introduced

Abortion

H.R. 940—-Rep. Diane Black (R-TN)/Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (3/4/13)—A bill to protect rights of conscience with regard to requirements for coverage of specific items and services, to prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental activities, and for other purposes.

Child Care

S. 442—-Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (3/4/13)—A bill to establish a program to provide child care through public-private partnerships.

Child Support

H.R. 970—-Rep. Michael Michaud (D-ME)/Ways and Means (3/5/13)—A bill to prohibit states from charging child support recipients for the collection of child support.

S. 508—-Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)/Finance (3/7/13)—A bill to improve the enforcement, collection, and administration of child support payments, and for other purposes.

Employment

H.R. 951—-Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO)/Education and the Workforce (3/5/13)—A bill to promote the economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through their increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations where they currently represent 25 percent or less of the workforce.

Family Support

S.J. Res. 9—-Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)/Finance (3/4/13)—A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to waiver and expenditure authority under section 1115 of the Social Security Act with respect to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.

H.R. 987—-Rep. David Reichert (R-WA)/Ways and Means, Budget (3/6/13)—A bill to extend the program of block grants to states for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and related programs through December 31, 2013.

Health

H.R. 973—-Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI)/Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce (3/5/13)—A bill to exempt employers from any excise tax and certain suits and penalties in the case of a failure of a group health plan to provide coverage to which an employer objects on the basis of religious belief or moral conviction.

S. 490—-Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV)/Finance (3/7/13)—A bill to allow refunds of federal motor fuel excise taxes on fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles.

S. 499—-Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)/Finance (3/7/13)—A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Judiciary

S.J. Res. 10—-Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)/Judiciary (3/5/13)—A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.

Military

H.R. 984—-Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY)/Armed Services, Veterans’ Affairs (3/6/13)—A bill to direct the secretary of Defense to establish a task force on urotrauma.

Miscellaneous

S. 457—-Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)/Banking, House, and Urban Affairs (3/5/13)—A bill to posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Alice Paul, in recognition of her role in the women’s suffrage movement and in advancing equal rights for women.

S. Res. 67—-Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)/Judiciary (3/5/13)—A resolution designating April 5, 2013, as “Gold Star Wives Day.”

Veterans

H.R. 958—-Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA)/Veterans’ Affairs, Budget, Armed Services (3/5/13)—A bill to improve the reproductive assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to severely wounded, ill, or injured veterans and their spouses, and for other purposes.