Child Protection
S. 1296—-Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) / Judiciary (05/03/07)—A bill to provide enhanced federal enforcement and assistance in preventing and prosecuting crimes of violence against children.
Crime
H.R. 2106—-Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY) / Judiciary (05/02/07)—A bill to ensure that sex offenders and sexually violent predators are not eligible for parole.
Education
H.R. 2087—-Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) / Education and Labor (05/01/07)—A bill to improve the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
S. 1302—-Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (05/03/07)—A bill to encourage and support parent, family, and community involvement in schools, to provide needed integrated services and comprehensive supports to children, and to ensure that schools are centers of communities, for the ultimate goal of assisting students to stay in school, become successful learners, and improve academic achievement.
Employment
H. Con. Res. 140—-Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) / Education and Labor, Financial Services (05/03/07)—A concurrent resolution recognizing the low presence of minorities in the financial services industry and minorities and women in upper level positions of management, and expressing the sense of the Congress that active measures should be taken to increase the demographic diversity of the financial services industry.
Health
H.R. 2073—-Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (04/30/07)—A bill to increase the number of well-trained mental health service professionals (including those based in schools) providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents.
H. Res. 369—-Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV) / Energy and Commerce (05/03/07)—A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month.
H.R. 2147—-Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (05/03/07)—A bill to extend the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and streamline enrollment under SCHIP and Medicaid and to provide for a healthy savings tax credit for purchase of children’s health coverage.
International
S. Res. 178—-Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) / Foreign Relations (05/01/07)—A resolution expressing the sympathy of the Senate to the families of women and girls murdered in Guatemala, and encouraging the United States to work with Guatemala to bring an end to these crimes.
H.R. 2114—-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / Foreign Affairs (05/02/07)—A bill to provide a United States voluntary contribution to the United Nations Population Fund only for the prevention, treatment, and repair of obstetric fistula.
S. Con. Res. 31—-Sen. Russell Feingold (D-WI) / Foreign Relations (05/03/07)—A concurrent resolution expressing support for advancing vital United States interests through increased engagement in health programs that alleviate disease and reduce premature death in developing nations, especially through programs that combat high levels of infectious disease, improve children’s and women’s health, decrease malnutrition, reduce unintended pregnancies, fight the spread of HIV/AIDS, encourage healthy behaviors, and strengthen health care capacity.
Judiciary
H.R. 2100—-Rep. Thomas G. Tancredo (R-CO) / Education and Labor, Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform (05/01/07)—A bill to provide for equal protection of the law and to prohibit discrimination and preferential treatment on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in federal actions.
Miscellaneous
S. Res. 177—-Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) / Judiciary (04/30/07)—A resolution designating April 30, 2007, as “Dia de los Ninos: Celebrating Young Americans.”
H. Con. Res. 141—-Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) / Oversight and Government Reform (05/03/07)—A concurrent resolution honoring the life of Betty Shabazz.
H.R. 2170—-Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM) / Oversight and Government Reform (05/03/07)—A bill to prevent any individual who has been convicted of a sexual offense involving a minor from serving in the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture.
Reproductive Health
H.R. 2097—-Rep. Steven R. Rothman (D-NJ) / Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce (05/01/07)—A bill to authorize grants to carry out projects to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies.
H.R. 2134—-Rep. Todd W. Akin (R-MO) / Energy and Commerce (05/03/07)—A bill to establish certain requirements relating to the provision of services to minors by family planning projects under title X of the Public Health Service Act.
Tax Policy
H.R. 2126—-Rep. Christopher Carney (D-PA) / Ways and Means (05/03/07)—A bill to modify the income threshold used to calculate the refundable portion of the child tax credit.
