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Bills Introduced

Child Protection

H.R. 2618—Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL)/Education and the Workforce (6/2/15)—A bill to amend the Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 to provide an exemption from the protections of that act with regard to certain prospective employees whose job would include caring for or interacting with children.

Employment

S. 1512—Sen. Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (6/4/15)—A bill to eliminate discrimination and promote women’s health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.

H.R. 2654—Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)/Education and the Workforce, House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, Judiciary (6/4/15)—A bill to eliminate discrimination and promote women’s health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.

Family Support

H.R. 2660—Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)/Education and the Workforce (6/4/15)—A bill to increase the age of eligibility for children to receive benefits under the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, and for other purposes.

International

H.R. 2678—Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ)/Foreign Affairs (6/4/15)—A bill to prohibit United States contributions to the United Nations Population Fund.

Miscellaneous

S. 1508—Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)/Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (6/2/15)—A bill to require the secretary of the Treasury to redesign $20 federal reserve notes so as to include a likeness of Harriet Tubman, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2610—Rep. John Katko (R-NY)/Financial Services (6/2/15)—A bill to require the secretary of the Treasury to redesign federal reserve notes so as to include a likeness of Harriet Tubman, and for other purposes.

Reproductive Health

S. Res. 193—Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (6/4/15)—A resolution celebrating the 50th anniversary of the historic Griswold v. Connecticut decision of the Supreme Court of the United States and expressing the sense of the Senate that the case was an important step forward in helping ensure that all people of the United States are able to use contraceptives to plan pregnancies and have healthier babies.

Small Business

H.R. 2670—Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA)/Small Business (6/4/15)—A bill to provide for expanded participation in the microloan program, and for other purposes.

Violence Against Women

S. 1520—Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)/Judiciary (6/4/15)—A bill to protect victims of stalking from violence.

H.R. 2680—Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA)/Education and the Workforce, Judiciary (6/4/15)—A bill to increase transparency and reporting on campus sexual violence, and for other purposes.

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