Abortion
H.R. 4971—-Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO)/Energy and Commerce (4/27/12)—A bill to ensure that the coverage offered under multistate qualified health plans offered in exchanges is consistent with the federal abortion funding ban.
Child Protection
S. Res. 433—-Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)/Considered and agreed to (4/24/12)—A resolution designating April 2012 as “National Child Abuse Prevention Month.”
Family Support
H. Con. Res. 119—-Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)/Financial Services (4/24/12)—A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that involuntary homelessness for families, women, and children in America should be eliminated.
H.R. 5188—-Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA)/Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce (4/27/12)—A bill to provide guaranteed child care assistance for low-income families.
Health
H.R. 4869—-Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-IA)/Armed Services, Veterans’ Affairs (4/26/12)—A bill to direct the secretary of Defense and the secretary of Veterans Affairs to jointly conduct a study on the incidence of breast cancer among members of the armed forces and veterans.
Violence Against Women
S. 2338—-Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)/Read the first time (4/23/12)—A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.
H.R. 4970—-Rep. Sandra Adams (R-FL)/Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services (4/27/12)—A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.
H.R. 4979—-Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)/Judiciary (4/27/12)—A bill to establish a grant program to enhance training and services to prevent abuse in later life.
H.R. 4982—-Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL)/Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Natural Resources (4/27/12)—A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.
