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Bills Introduced

4/8/08 

Employment 

Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, and Education and Labor. By Mrs. MALONEY – H.R. 5718. A bill to provide that eight of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a federal employee shall be paid leave.

Crime 

Committees on Foreign Affairs and the Judiciary. By Mr. SMITH – H.R. 5722. A bill to mandate reporting requirements for convicted sex traffickers and other sex offenders intending to engage in international travel, to provide advance notice of convicted sex offenders who intend to travel outside the United States to the government of the country of destination, and to prevent entry into the United States by any foreign sex offender.

4/9/08 

Child Protection 

Committee on Education and Labor. By Mr. LAMPSON – H.R. 5745. A bill to amend the Missing Children’s Assistance Act to expand the definition of missing child for purposes of that Act. 

4/10/08 

Child Protection 

Committee on the Judiciary. By Ms. BROWN-WAITE – H.R. 5760. A bill to reauthorize the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.

Committee on Education and Labor. By Mr. COURTNEY – H. Res. 1097. A resolution expressing support for the designation of the month of April 2008, as “National Child Abuse Prevention Month” to provide attention to the tragic circumstances that face some of our nation’s children on a daily basis and to underscore our commitment to preventing child abuse and neglect so that all children can live in safety and security.