Child Care
S. 985—-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) / Finance (05/10/05)—A bill to establish kinship navigator programs and to establish kinship guardianship assistance payments for children.
Child Protection
S. 994—-Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) / Judiciary (05/11/05)—A bill to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to improve the ability of state and local governments to prevent the abduction of children by family members.
Child Safety
H.R. 2210—-Rep. Joe Baca (D-CA) / Transportation and Infrastructure (05/10/05)—A bill to require combination 3-point safety belts on certain school buses.
H.R. 2217—-Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) / Energy and Commerce (05/10/05)—A bill to confirm the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s jurisdiction over child safety devices for handguns.
H.R. 2230—-Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY) / Energy and Commerce (05/10/05)—A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside of motor vehicles.
Crime
S. 980—-Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) / Judiciary (05/09/05)—A bill to provide state and local governments with financial assistance that will increase their ability and effectiveness in monitoring convicted sex offenders by developing and implementing a program using global positioning systems to monitor convicted sexual offenders or sexual predators released from confinement.
Health
H.R. 2231—-Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) / Energy and Commerce (05/10/05)—A bill to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.
Tax Policy
S. 978—-Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) / Finance (05/09/05)—A bill to provide tax incentives for the purchase of qualified health insurance.
H.R. 2249—-Rep. Jon Porter (R-NV) / Ways and Means (05/11/05)—A bill to modify and make refundable the credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment.
Veterans
H.R. 2306—-Rep. Ted Strickland (D-OH) / Veterans Affairs (05/11/05)—A bill to improve programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs for outreach to veterans and their family members.
Violence Against Women
S. 987—-Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) / Indian Affairs (05/10/05)—A bill to expand the Violence Against Women Act to provide additional safeguards to Indian women.
