Civil Rights
H. J. Res. 59—-Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV) / Government Reform (07/14/05)—A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the establishment of an appropriate day for the commemoration of the women suffragists who fought for and won the right of women to vote in the United States.
Crime
S. 1407—-Sen. Ben Nelson (R-NE) / Judiciary (07/14/05)—A bill to provide grants to states and local governments to assess the effectiveness of sexual predator electronic monitoring programs.
Education
H.R. 3296—-Rep. Harold E. Ford (D-TN) / Education and the Workforce (07/14/05)—A bill to authorize the secretary of education to make grants to states and local educational agencies for hiring and training prekindergarten teachers.
Health
H.R. 3248—-Rep. Mike Ferguson (R-NJ) / Energy and Commerce (07/12/05)—A bill to establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care.
H.R. 3254—-Rep. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) / Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means (07/12/05)—A bill to provide funding and incentives for caregiver support and long-term care assistance.
H.R. 3313—-Rep. Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D-NY) / Energy and Commerce, Resources, Science (07/14/05)—A bill to authorize the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to develop multidisciplinary research centers regarding women’s health and disease prevention and to conduct and coordinate a research program on hormone disruption.
Miscellaneous
H. Res. 357—-Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL) / Judiciary (07/12/05)—A resolution honoring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Committee on the Judiciary.
H. Con. Res. 208—-Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) / Judiciary (07/13/05)—A resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of Rosa Louise Parks’ refusal to give up her seat on the bus and the subsequent desegregation of American society.
Violence Against Women
H. Con. Res. 209—-Rep. Al Green (D-TX) / Government Reform (07/14/05)—Concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Domestic Violence Awareness Month and expressing the sense of Congress that Congress should raise awareness of domestic violence in the United States and its devastating effects on families.
Welfare
S. 1385—-Sen. Russell Feingold (D-WI) / Finance (07/12/05)—A bill to ensure fair treatment and due process protections under the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program, to facilitate enhanced data collection and reporting requirements under that program.
