Child Protection
S. 1965—-Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) / (08/02/07)—A bill to protect children from cybercrimes, including crimes by online predators, to enhance efforts to identify and eliminate child pornography, and to help parents shield their children from material that is inappropriate for minors.
S. 1970—-Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) / (08/02/07)—A bill to establish a National Commission on Children and Disasters, a National Resource Center on Children and Disasters.
Child Welfare
H.R. 3283—-Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) / Ways and Means (08/01/07)—A bill to require states to provide foster children with court-appointed special advocates who meet national standards.
Domestic Violence
H. Res. 590—-Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) / (07/31/07)—A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should raise awareness of domestic violence in the United States and its devastating effects on families and communities.
Education
H.R. 3242—-Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (07/31/07)—A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the ability of the United States to be competitive in a global economy, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3258—-Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) / Education and Labor (07/31/07)—A bill to encourage the implementation or expansion of pre-kindergarten programs for students 4 years of age or younger.
Employment
H.R. 3310—-Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) / Financial Services (08/01/07)—A bill to ensure improved access to employment opportunities for low-income people.
Health
S. Res. 285—-Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) / Considered and passed (07/31/07)—A resolution designating September 9, 2007, as “National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day”.
S. 1911—-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) / (08/01/07)—A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to protect the health of susceptible populations, including pregnant women, infants, and children, by requiring a health advisory, drinking water standard, and reference concentration for trichloroethylene vapor intrusion, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3372—-Rep. Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D-NY) / Energy and Commerce (08/03/07)—A bill to establish a public education and awareness program relating to emergency contraception.
Military
S. 1898—-Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (07/30/07)—A bill to expand family and medical leave for spouses, sons, daughters, and parents of service members with combat-related injuries.
S. 1975—-Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (08/02/07)—A bill to expand family and medical leave in support of service members with combat-related injuries.
H.R. 3391—-Rep. Darrell E. Issa (R-CA) / Education and Labor (08/03/07)—A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to expand family and medical leave for spouses, sons, daughters, and parents of service members with combat-related injuries.
Miscellaneous
H. Res. 588—-Rep. Michael Arcuri (D-NY) / (07/31/07)—A resolution recognizing Martha Coffin Wright on the 200th anniversary of her birth and her induction into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.
H. Res. 605—-Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) / Oversight and Government Reform (08/01/07)—A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Gold Star Mothers Day.
Tax Policy
H.R. 3258—-Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) / Ways and Means (07/31/07)—A bill to allow an individual who is entitled to receive child support a refundable credit equal to the amount of unpaid child support and to increase the tax liability of the individual required to pay such support by the amount of the unpaid child support.
H.R. 3364—-Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) / Ways and Means (08/03/07)—A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow parents of murdered children to continue to claim the deduction for the personal exemption with respect to such child.
