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Bills Introduced

Crime

H.R. 1523—-Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)/Judiciary (4/13/11)—A bill to provide for Debbie Smith grants for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and to establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry, and for other purposes.

Employment

S. 788—-Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (4/12/11)—A bill to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin, and for other purposes.

S. 797—-Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (4/12/11)—A bill to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1493—-Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)/Education and the Workforce (4/12/11)—A bill to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1519—-Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)/Education and the Workforce (4/13/11)—A bill to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.

S. 859—-Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (4/14/11)—A bill to prohibit sexual harassment by individuals administering programs and activities receiving federal assistance.

Health

S. 795—-Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (4/12/11)—A bill to address HIV/AIDS in the African-American community, and for other purposes.

S. 814—-Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (4/13/11)—A bill to require the public disclosure of audits conducted with respect to entities receiving funds under title X of the Public Health Service Act.

S. Res. 144—-Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (4/13/11)—A resolution supporting early detection for breast cancer.

H. Res. 234—-Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC)/Energy and Commerce (4/15/11)—A resolution recognizing the importance of breast cancer early detection efforts.

International

H. Res. 217—-Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO)/Foreign Affairs, Agriculture (4/11/11)—A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Global Child Nutrition Month.

Military/Violence Against Women

H.R. 1517—-Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA)/Armed Services, Judiciary (4/13/11)—A bill to provide for military sexual assault and domestic violence accountability, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1529—-Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-MA)/Armed Services (4/13/11)—A bill to provide for implementation of additional recommendations of the Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault in the Military Services.

Tax Policy

H.R. 1614—-Rep. Wally Herger (R-CA)/Ways and Means (4/15/11)—A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses.

Violence Against Women

S. 834—-Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (4/14/11)—A bill to improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

S. Res. 149—-Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA)/Judiciary (4/14/11)—A resolution recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

H.R. 1578—-Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)/Energy and Commerce (4/15/11)—A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health care system’s assessment and response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and for other purposes.