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Bills Introduced

Abortion

S. 356—-Sen. Mike Johanns (R-NE)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (2/14/13)—A bill to ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed regarding the pain experienced by their unborn child.

S. 369—-Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)/Judiciary (2/14/13)—A bill to prohibit taking minors across state lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.

H.R. 732—-Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)/Judiciary (2/14/13)—A bill to prohibit taking minors across state lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.

Child Care/Education

H.R. 791—-Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO)/Education and the Workforce (2/15/13)—A bill to strengthen connections to early childhood education programs, and for other purposes.

Child Protection

H.R. 619—-Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)/Judiciary (2/12/13)—A bill to place limitations on the possession, sale, and other disposition of a firearm by persons convicted of misdemeanor sex offenses against children.

H.R. 680—-Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL)/Ways and Means, Judiciary (2/13/13)—A bill to require state child welfare agencies to promptly report information on missing or abducted children to law enforcement authorities, and for other purposes.

Health

H.R. 752—-Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA)/Energy and Commerce (2/15/13)—A bill to provide for the establishment of a drug-free workplace information clearinghouse, to support residential methamphetamine treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women, to improve the prevention and treatment of methamphetamine addiction, and for other purposes.

Miscellaneous

H.R. 620—-Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)/Natural Resources (2/12/13)—A bill to designate the Rachel Carson Nature Trail, and for other purposes.

H.R. 664—-Rep. Dan Maffei (D-NY)/Natural Resources (2/13/13)—A bill to establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, New York, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland, and for other purposes.

H.R. 715—-Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL)/Financial Services (2/14/13)—A bill to posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lena Horne in recognition of her achievements and contributions to American culture and the civil rights movement.

Military

H.R. 747—-Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY)/Armed Services (2/15/13)—A bill to require the registration of women with the Selective Service System in light of the Department of Defense elimination of the rule excluding women from direct ground combat assignments in the armed forces.

H.R. 748—-Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY)/Armed Services (2/15/13)—A bill to require all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 25 to perform national service, either as a member of the uniformed services or as civilian service in a federal, state, or local government program or with a community-based agency or community-based entity, to authorize the induction of persons in the uniformed services during wartime to meet end-strength requirements of the uniformed services, to provide for the registration of women under the Military Selective Service Act, and for other purposes.

Reproductive Health

S. 333—-Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (2/14/13)—A bill to establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of Food and Drug Administration-approved contraception, and for other purposes.

S. 372—-Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (2/14/13)—A bill to provide for the reduction of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, and the promotion of healthy relationships, and for other purposes.

H.R. 718—-Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL)/Energy and Commerce (2/14/13)—A bill to authorize the secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants on a competitive basis to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents.

H.R. 725—-Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)/Energy and Commerce, Education and the Workforce (2/14/13)—A bill to provide for the reduction of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, and the promotion of healthy relationships, and for other purposes.

H.R. 728—-Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)/Energy and Commerce (2/14/13)—A bill to establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of Food and Drug Administration-approved contraception, and for other purposes.

Tax Policy

H.R. 769—-Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)/Ways and Means (2/15/13)—A bill to permanently extend the lower threshold for the refundable portion of the child tax credit and to adjust the credit amount for inflation.

Veterans

S. 294—-Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)/Veterans’ Affairs (2/13/13)—A bill to improve the disability compensation evaluation procedure of the secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans with mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.

H.R. 671—-Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME)/Veterans’ Affairs (2/13/13)—A bill to improve the disability compensation evaluation procedure of the secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans with mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.

Violence Against Women

H.R. 629—-Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)/Judiciary, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce (2/13/13)—-A bill to provide protections against violence against immigrant women, and for other purposes.

H.R. 757—-Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN)/Judiciary, Natural Resources (2/15/13)—A bill to decrease the incidence of violent crimes against Indian women, to strengthen the capacity of Indian tribes to exercise the sovereign authority of Indian tribes to respond to violent crimes committed against Indian women, and to ensure that perpetrators of violent crimes committed against Indian women are held accountable for that criminal behavior, and for other purposes.

H.R. 780—-Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)/Judiciary, Natural Resources (2/15/13)—A bill to authorize Indian tribes to exercise jurisdiction over crimes of domestic violence that occur in the Indian country of that tribe.