Child Care
H.R. 4680—-Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA)/Education and the Workforce (5/20/14)—A bill to improve the quality of infant and toddler care.
Health
H. Res. 586—-Del. Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU)/Energy and Commerce (5/19/14)—A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
S. Res. 454—-Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)/Considered and agreed to (5/21/14)—A resolution recognizing that cardiovascular disease continues to be an overwhelming threat to women’s health and the importance of providing basic, preventive heart screenings to women wherever they seek primary care.
International
H. Res. 595—-Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)/Oversight and Government Reform (5/22/14)—A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of May 23 as the “International Day to End Obstetric Fistula” to significantly raise awareness and intensify actions towards ending obstetric fistula.
Human Trafficking
H.R. 4708—-Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)/Ways and Means, Judiciary (5/21/14)—A bill to provide for the establishment of an office within the Internal Revenue Service to focus on violations of the internal revenue laws by persons who are under investigation for conduct relating to the promotion of commercial sex acts and trafficking in persons crimes, and to increase the criminal monetary penalty limitations for the underpayment or overpayment of tax due to fraud.
H.R. 4703—-Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL)/Foreign Affairs (5/21/14)—A bill to amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 relating to determinations with respect to efforts of foreign countries to reduce demand for commercial sex acts under the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.
Military
S. 2358—-Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO)/Armed Services (5/20/14)—A bill to authorize additional leave for members of the armed forces in connection with the birth of a child.
H.R. 4730—-Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL)/Armed Services (5/22/14)—A bill to allow the return of personal property to victims of sexual assault incidents involving a member of the armed forces upon completion of proceedings related to the incident.
Veterans
H.R. 4741—-Rep. John Tierney (D-MA)/Veterans’ Affairs (5/22/14)—A bill to provide for an increase in the amount of monthly dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses by the secretary of Veterans Affairs.
