Child Care
S.2646—-Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) / Small Business (04/25/06)—A bill to create a 3-year pilot program that makes small, nonprofit child care businesses eligible for loans.
H.R. 5207—-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / Financial Services (04/26/06)—A bill to insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction, or substantial rehabilitation of child care and development facilities and to establish the Children’s Development Commission (Kiddie Mac) to certify such facilities for such insurance.
H. Con. Res. 395—-Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) / Education and the Workforce (04/27/06)—Concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideas of a National Child Care Worthy Wage Day.
Health
H. Res. 779—-Rep. Sue W. Kelly (R-NY) / Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce (04/26/06)—A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the designation in April of a National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week.
S. 2663—-Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (04/27/06)—A bill to provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated follow up care once newborn screening has been conducted.
International
H.R. 5185—-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / International Relations (04/25/06)—A bill to promote the empowerment of women in Afghanistan.
H. Res. 784—-Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) / International Relations (04/27/06)—A resolution commending and supporting Radio Al Mahaba, Iraq’s first and only radio station for women.
Miscellaneous
H. Res 787 —-Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D-CA) / Education and the Workforce (04/27/06)—A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all workers deserve fair treatment and safe working conditions, and honoring Dolores Huerta for her commitment to the improvement of working conditions for farm worker families and the rights of women and children.
Violence Against Women
H.R. 5212—-Rep. Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D-NY) / Armed Services, Judiciary, Veterans Affairs (04/26/06)—A bill to reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members of the armed forces and their family members and partners through enhanced programs of prevention and deterrence, enhanced programs of victims services, and strengthened provisions for prosecution of assailants.
