Child Protection
H.R. 6133—Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) / Judiciary (9/22/16)—A bill to reauthorize certain programs established by the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, and for other purposes.
Education
H.R. 6161—Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) / Education and the Workforce; Science, Space and Technology; Budget (9/22/16)—A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to notify certain Federal agencies when principal investigators at such institutions engage in discrimination on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
International
S.3377—Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) / Foreign Relations (9/20/16)—A bill to increase the participation of women in foreign security forces, specifically the military and police, with United States foreign assistance.
Reproductive Health
S. 3360—Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) / Finance (9/20/16)—A bill to authorize the secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to support the access of marginalized youth to sexual health services, and for other purposes.
Tax Policy
H.R. 6146—Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) / Ways and Means (9/22/16)—A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the dependent care credit by repealing the phasedown of the credit percentage.
Violence Against Women
H.R. 6090—Rep. Don Young (R-AK)/Education and the Workforce (9/20/16)—A bill to provide that section 4108(5)(C)(iv) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 may be known as “Bree’s Law.”
H.R. 6149—Rep. Joseph Kennedy (D-MA) / Judiciary (9/22/16)—A bill to promote pro bono legal services as a critical way in which to empower survivors of domestic violence.
S. Res. 889—Rep. Al Green (D-TX) / Education and the Workforce (9/22/16)—A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should continue to raise awareness of domestic violence and its devastating effects on individuals, families, and communities, and support programs designed to end domestic violence in the United States.
