Abortion
S. 2103—-Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)/Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (2/13/12)—A bill to protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Adoption
S. Res. 378—-Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)/Considered and agreed to (2/15/12)—A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that children should have a safe, loving, nurturing, and permanent family and that it is the policy of the United States that family reunification, kinship care, or domestic and intercountry adoption promotes permanency and stability to a greater degree than long-term institutionalization and long-term, continually disrupted foster care.
Education
H.R. 4034—-Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY)/Energy and Commerce, Education and the Workforce (2/15/12)—A bill to provide grants for school-based mentoring programs for at risk teenage girls to prevent and reduce teen pregnancy, and to provide student loan forgiveness for mentors participating in such programs.
Health
S. 2119—-Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (2/16/12)—A bill to establish a pilot program to address overweight/obesity among children from birth to age five in child care settings and to encourage parental engagement.
S. 2123—-Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)/Finance (2/17/12)—A bill to extend funding for family-to-family health information centers to help families of children with disabilities or special health care needs make informed choices about health care for their children.
H.R. 4083—-Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ)/Energy and Commerce (2/17/12)—A bill to extend funding for family-to-family health information centers to help families of children with disabilities or special health care needs make informed choices about health care for their children.
Miscellaneous
H. Res. 555—-Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ)/Education and the Workforce (2/16/12)—A resolution to commemorate the life and accomplishments of Whitney Elizabeth Houston over the past 48 years; and expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives to her family upon her death.
Reproductive Health
H.R. 4046—-Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO)/Education and the Workforce (2/15/12)—A bill to prohibit federal education funding for elementary or secondary schools that provide access to emergency postcoital contraception.
