Child Protection
S. 1877—-Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (11/16/11)—A bill to require mandatory reporting of incidents of child abuse or neglect, and for other purposes.
S. 1879—-Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)/Finance (11/16/11)—A bill to ensure that states have enacted criminal statutes that require individuals to report child abuse to law enforcement or child protective agencies.
S. 1887—-Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)/Judiciary (11/17/11)—A bill to protect children from abuse and neglect.
S. 1889—-Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)/Judiciary (11/17/11)—A bill to protect children from neglect and abuse on federal property.
H.R. 3486—-Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA)/Education and the Workforce (11/18/11)—A bill to require states receiving funds under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (P.L. 93-247) to have in effect a state law providing for a criminal penalty on an individual who fails to report witnessing another individual engaging in sexual abuse of a child.
Health
H.R. 3418—-Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ)/Energy and Commerce (11/14/11)—A bill to improve the health of children and reduce the occurrence of sudden unexpected infant death and to enhance public health activities related to stillbirth.
S. 1862—-Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (11/15/11)—A bill to improve the health of children and reduce the occurrence of sudden unexpected infant death and to enhance public health activities related to stillbirth.
Military/Violence Against Women
H.R. 3435—-Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA)/Armed Services (11/16/11)—A bill to improve the prevention of and response to sexual assault in the armed forces, and for other purposes.
Miscellaneous
S. 1870—-Sen. John Boozman (R-AR)/Environment and Public Works (11/15/11)—A bill to authorize the administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to provide for the establishment of a National Women’s History Museum and direct the administrator of General Services to transfer administrative jurisdiction, custody, and control of the building located at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, in the District of Columbia, to the National Gallery of Art, and for other purposes.
H. Con. Res. 88—-Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)/Armed Services, Energy and Commerce (11/16/11)—A concurrent resolution honoring Brigadier General Hazel Winifred Johnson-Brown, the first African American woman to hold the rank of general in the United States Armed Forces.
S. Res. 335—-Sen. Kirsten Gillbrand (D-NY)/Considered and agreed to (11/18/11)—A resolution honoring the life and legacy of Evelyn H. Lauder.
Tax Policy
H.R. 3466—-Rep. Peter King (R-NY)/Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce (11/17/11)—A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish and provide a check-off for a Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund, and for other purposes.
Violence Against Women
S. 1892—-Sen. Al Franken (D-MN)/Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (11/17/11)—A bill to protect the housing rights of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and for other purposes.
