Child Protection
H. Res. 527—-Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) / Ways and Means (06/28/07)—A resolution recognizing the month of November as “National Homeless Youth Awareness Month.”
S. 1738—-Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) / Judiciary (06/28/07)—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 law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute predators.
Crime
S. 1703—-Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) / Judiciary (06/27/07)—A bill to prevent and reduce trafficking in persons.
Education
H.R. 2859—-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / Education and Labor (06/26/07)—A bill to assist states in making voluntary high quality full-day pre-kindergarten programs available and economically affordable for the families of all children for at least one year preceding kindergarten.
Health
H.R. 2851—-Rep. Paul Hodes (D-NH) / Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (06/25/07)—A bill to ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage.
S. Res. 254—-Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (06/25/07)—A resolution supporting efforts for increased healthy living for childhood cancer survivors.
H.R. 2870—-Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY) / Energy and Commerce (06/26/07)—A bill to ensure payment under Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) for covered items and services furnished by school-based health clinics.
H.R. 2889—-Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds (R-NY) / Energy and Commerce (06/27/07)—A bill to improve newborn screening activities.
S. 1701—-Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) / Considered and passed (06/27/07)—A bill to provide for the extension of transitional medical assistance (TMA) and the abstinence education program through the end of FY2007.
S. 1712—-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (06/27/07)—A bill to improve newborn screening activities.
Housing
H.R. 2895—-Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) / Financial Services (06/28/07)—A bill to establish the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United States to provide for the construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families.
Military
H. Con. Res. 181—-Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz (D-TX) / Armed Services (06/28/07)—A concurrent resolution recognizing and commending all volunteers and other persons who provide support to the families and children of members of the Armed Forces, including National Guard and Reserve personnel, who are deployed in service to the United States.
Miscellaneous
S. 1713—-Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) / Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (06/27/07)—A bill to provide for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Rosa Parks.
Reproductive Health
H. Con. Res. 177—-Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) / Energy and Commerce (06/27/07)—A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress concerning contraceptives for women.
Small Business
S. 1714—-Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) / Small Business and Entrepreneurship (06/27/07)—A bill to establish a multi-agency nationwide campaign to educate small business concerns about health insurance options available to children.
Tax Policy
H.R. 2902—-Rep. Thomas H. Allen (D-ME) / Ways and Means (06/28/07)—A bill to double the child tax credit for the first year, to expand the dependent care credit services, and to provide relief from the alternative minimum tax.
H.R. 2951—-Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) / Ways and Means (06/28/07)—A bill to modify the earned income tax credit for single, childless workers.
