Abortion
S. 1488—-Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (8/2/11)—A bill to prohibit the expenditure of federal funds for abortion, and for other purposes.
S. 1489—-Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (8/2/11)—A bill to prohibit the discrimination and retaliation against individuals and health care entities that refuse to recommend, refer for, provide coverage for, pay for, provide, perform, assist, or participate in abortions.
Child Protection
H.R. 2730—-Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA)/Ways and Means (8/1/11)— A bill to better enable state child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of children who are victims of human trafficking, and for other purposes.
S. 1509—-Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)/Finance (8/2/11)—A bill to provide incentives for states to improve the well-being of children in the child welfare system through systemic reforms and innovations, increased collaboration between state agencies, and incorporation of higher standards of accountability.
H.R. 2870—-Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI)/Judiciary (9/8/11)—A bill to reauthorize certain programs established by the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.
Education
S. 1462—-Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (8/1/11)—A bill to encourage and support parent, family, and community involvement in schools, to provide needed integrated services and comprehensive supports to children for the ultimate goal of assisting students to stay in school, become successful learners, improve their academic achievement, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2794—-Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)/Education and the Workforce (8/5/11)—A bill to strengthen connections to early childhood education programs, and for other purposes.
Family Support
H.R. 2790—-Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY)/Ways and Means (8/2/11)—A bill to extend the child and family services program through fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes.
Health
S. 1463—-Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (8/1/11)— A bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect breastfeeding by new mothers and to provide for reasonable break time for nursing mothers.
H.R. 2758—-Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)/Education and the Workforce (8/1/11)—A bill to protect breastfeeding by new mothers and to provide for reasonable break time for nursing mothers.
S. 1490—-Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (8/2/11)—A bill to authorize additional funding for the pregnancy assistance fund.
S. 1500—-Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (8/2/11)—A bill to give Americans access to affordable child-only health insurance coverage.
S. Res. 259—-Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)/Considered and agreed to (9/8/11)—A resolution designating September 9, 2011, as “National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day.”
H.R. 2874—-Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL)/Energy and Commerce (9/8/11)—A bill to authorize the secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants on a competitive basis to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents.
International
H.R. 2801—-Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) (8/5/11)—A bill to establish a task force for the purpose of studying and making recommendations to prevent and combat internet-facilitated human trafficking.
H.R. 2830—-Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)/Foreign Affairs, Judiciary, Armed Services, Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce (8/30/11)—A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
Miscellaneous
S. 1514—-Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)/Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (9/6/11)—A bill to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Elouise Pepion Cobell, in recognition of her outstanding and enduring contributions to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and the Nation through her tireless pursuit of justice.
Violence Against Women
H.R. 2759—-Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)/Financial Services (8/1/11)—A bill to require companies to include in their annual reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission a disclosure describing any measures the company has taken during the year to identify and address conditions of forced labor, slavery, human trafficking, and the worst forms of child labor within the company’s supply chains.
H.R. 2801—-Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA)/Energy and Commerce, Judiciary (9/6/11)—A bill to establish a task force for the purpose of studying and making recommendations to prevent and combat internet-facilitated human trafficking.
