Adoption
H. Con. Res. 239—-Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) / Education and Labor (10/18/07)—A concurrent resolution recognizing and honoring birthparents who carry out an adoption plan.
Child Care
H.R. 3870—-Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) / Education and Labor (10/17/07)—A bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to provide for child care workforce development initiatives.
S. 2187—-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (10/17/07)—A bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to provide for child care workforce development initiatives.
Child Protection
H.R. 3871—-Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN) / Energy and Commerce (10/17/07)—A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require certain schools having computers with Internet access that receive services at discounted rates to certify that, as part of the required Internet safety policy, the schools are educating minors about appropriate online behavior.
H.R. 3903—-Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT) / Energy and Commerce (10/18/07)—A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to require the development of a multi-stage product testing process to ensure compliance of children’s products with consumer product safety standards.
Crime
H.R. 3833—-Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY) / Judiciary (10/15/07)—A bill to eliminate the backlog in performing DNA analyses of DNA samples collected from convicted child sex offenders.
H.R. 3845—-Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) / Judiciary (10/16/07)—A bill to establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction within the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, to improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, to increase resources for regional computer forensic labs, and to make other improvements to increase the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute child predators.
H.R. 3850—-Rep. Christopher Carney (D-PA) / Education and Labor (10/16/07)—A bill to improve the collection and use of data related to crimes of child exploitation.
Education
S. 2173—-Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (10/17/07)—A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve standards for physical education.
Health
H.R. 3825—-Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) / Energy and Commerce (10/15/07)—A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs to provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated follow-up care once newborn screening has been conducted.
H.R. 3864—-Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) / Energy and Commerce (10/17/07)—A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program through fiscal year 2012.
H.R. 3872—-Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) / Energy and Commerce (10/17/07)—A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to impose requirements on coverage of children in higher income families under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.
H.R. 3888—-Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO) / Energy and Commerce, Rules, Ways and Means (10/18/07)—A bill to provide for a five-year SCHIP reauthorization for coverage of low-income children, an expansion of child health care insurance coverage through tax fairness, and a health care federalism initiative.
S. 2193—-Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) / Finance (10/18/07)—A bill to provide for a five-year SCHIP reauthorization for coverage of low-income children, an expansion of child health care insurance coverage through tax fairness, and a health care federalism initiative.
International
H.R. 3887—-Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA) / Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Judiciary (10/18/07)—A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat forced labor.
Judiciary
H. Res. 757—-Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ) / Judiciary (10/18/07)—A resolution requiring the House of Representatives to take any legislative action necessary to verify the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment as part of the Constitution when the legislatures of an additional three States ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.
Small Business
H.R. 3866—-Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) / Small Business (10/17/07)—A bill to reauthorize certain programs under the Small Business Act for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009.
H.R. 3867—-Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) / Small Business (10/17/07)—A bill to update and expand the procurement programs of the Small Business Administration.
