Child Safety
S. 263—-Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (2/3/11)—A bill to provide for child safety, care, and education continuity in the event of a presidentially declared disaster.
Crime
S. 250—-Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)/Judiciary (2/1/11)—A bill to protect crime victims’ rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of federal, state, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, to improve the performance of counsel in state capital cases, and for other purposes.
S. 254—-Sen. Al Franken (D-MN)/Judiciary (28/1/11)—A bill to reduce the rape kit backlog and for other purposes.
Miscellaneous
S. 247—-Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD)/Energy and Natural Resources (2/1/11)—A bill to establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, New York, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland, and for other purposes.
Violence Against Women
S. 224—-Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)/Judiciary (1/31/11)—A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the offense of stalking.
S. Res. 36—-Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)/Considered and agreed to (2/2/11)—A resolution raising awareness and encouraging prevention of stalking by designating January 2011 as “National Stalking Awareness Month.”
