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Bills Introduced

Budget
S. Con Res. 70—-Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) / Budget (03/07/08)—A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for FY2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2008 and FY2010-2013.

Child Welfare
H.R. 5524—-Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) / Education and Labor (03/04/08)—A bill to amend the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to authorize appropriations.

Employment
H.R. 5543—-Rep. Thomas H. Allen (D-ME) / Education and Labor, Ways and Means (03/06/08)—A bill to increase the retirement security of women and small business owners.

Health
S. 2685—-Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) / Commerce, Science, and Transportation (03/03/08)—A bill to prohibit cigarette manufacturers from making claims or representations based on data derived from the cigarette testing method established by the Federal Trade Commission.

H. Res. 1013—-Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) / Education and Labor (03/04/08)—A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that providing breakfast in schools through the National School Breakfast Program has a positive impact on classroom performance.

H.R. 5527—-Rep. Maurice D. Hinchey (D-NY) / Energy and Commerce (03/04/08)—A bill to protect the health of susceptible populations, including pregnant women, infants, and children, by requiring a health advisory, drinking water standard, and reference concentration for trichloroethylene vapor intrusion.

S. 2702—-Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) / Finance (03/04/08)—A bill to improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under the Medicare part B program.

S, Res, 474—-Sen. Russell Feingold (D-WI) / Considered and passed (03/05/08)—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.

H.R. 5550—-Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) / Oversight and Government Reform (03/06/08)—A bill to increase the maximum age to qualify for coverage as a “child” under the health benefits program for federal employees.

International
H. Res. 1022—-Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) / Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs (03/05/08)—A resolution reducing maternal mortality both at home and abroad.

S. 2731—-Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) / Foreign Relations (03/07/08)—A bill to authorize appropriations for FY2009-2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.

Miscellaneous
H. Res. 1021—-Rep. Lynn C. Woolsey (D-CA) / Oversight and Government Reform (03/04/08)—A resolution supporting the goals, ideals, and history of “National Women’s History Month.”

H. Con. Res. 310—-Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) / Oversight and Government Reform (03/05/08)—A concurrent resolution expressing support for a national day of remembrance for Harriet Ross Tubman.

S. 2725—-Sen. John Warner (R-VA) / Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (03/06/08)—A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6892 Main Street in Gloucester, Virginia, as the “Congresswoman Jo Ann S. Davis Post Office.”

S. Con. Res. 69—-Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) / Judiciary (03/06/08)—A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of a national day of remembrance for Harriet Tubman.