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Bills Introduced

Appropriations
H.R. 5180—-Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-IA) / Appropriations (01/29/08)—A bill making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for the Department of Justice’s Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program.

Education
S. Res. 436—-Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) / Considered and passed (01/29/08)—A resolution designating the week of February 4 through February 8, 2008, as “National School Counseling Week.”

Family Support
S. 2560—-Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) / Finance (01/28/08)—A bill to create the income security conditions and family supports needed to ensure permanency for the nation’s unaccompanied youth, and for other purposes.

Health
H.R. 5192—-Rep. Deborah Pryce (R-OH) / Energy and Commerce (01/29/08)—A bill to improve the palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions.

International
S.2584—-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) / Foreign Relations (01/31/08)—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.

Reproductive Health
H.R. 5181—-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / Energy and Commerce (01/29/08)—A bill to establish a program of research regarding the risks posed by the presence of dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in feminine hygiene products, and to establish a program for the collection and analysis of data on toxic shock syndrome.

S. 2569—-Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (01/29/08)—A bill to authorize the director of the National Cancer Institute to make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and the early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer.

Tax Policy
H.R. 5150—-Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) / Ways and Means (01/28/08)—A bill to increase the child tax credit for taxable years beginning in 2008 and provide for the advance payment thereof.