Bills Introduced - Women's Congressional Policy Institute

Child Protection
S. 2663—-Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) / Placed on Calendar (02/25/08)—A bill to reform the Consumer Product Safety Commission to provide greater protection for children’s products, to improve the screening of noncompliant consumer products, and to improve the effectiveness of consumer product recall programs.

S. 2667—-Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) / Judiciary (02/26/08)—A bill to direct the attorney general to make an annual grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children.

Crime
H.R. 5514—-Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT) / Judiciary (02/28/08)—A bill to limit federal court jurisdiction over state laws restricting pornography, and for other purposes.

Education
H. Res. 1009—-Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL) / Education and Labor, Judiciary (02/28/08)—A resolution recognizing school resource officers and their crucial role in keeping America’s students, teachers, and administrators safe.

Financial Literacy
H. Res. 996—-Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) / Financial Services (02/25/08)—A resolution expressing support for the second annual “America Saves Week 2008” from February 24, 2008, through March 2, 2008.

S. 2671—-Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (02/27/08)—A bill to provide grants to promote financial literacy.

Health
H.R. 5513—-Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) / Energy and Commerce (02/28/08)—A bill to reduce youth usage of tobacco products, to enhance state efforts to eliminate retail sales of tobacco products to minors, and for other purposes.

International
S. 2682—-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) / Foreign Relations (02/09/08)—A bill to direct United States funding to the United Nations Population Fund for certain purposes.

H.R. 5485—-Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC) / Foreign Affairs (02/25/08)—A bill to establish a program to evaluate HIV/AIDS programs in order to improve accountability, increase transparency, and ensure the delivery of evidence-based services.

H.R. 5501—-Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-CA) / Financial Services, Foreign Affairs (02/27/08)—A bill to authorize appropriations for FY2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.

Miscellaneous
H.R. 5489—-Rep. Robert J. Wittman (R-VA) / Oversight and Government Reform (02/26/08)—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. Res. 463—-Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) / Judiciary (02/28/08)—A resolution congratulating Vivian Stringer, coach of the Rutgers women’s basketball team, on winning 800 games in women’s college basketball.