Child Protection
S. 2126—-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) / Commerce, Science, and Transportation (12/16/05)—A bill to limit the exposure of children to violent video games.
S. 2140—-Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) / (12/16/05)—A bill to enhance protection of children from sexual exploitation by requiring producers of sexually explicit material to keep and permit inspection of records regarding the age of performers.
Crime
H. Con. Res. 316—-Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH) / Judiciary (12/14/05)—A concurrent resolution raising awareness and encouraging prevention of stalking by establishing January 2006 as “National Stalking Awareness Month.”
H.R. 4621—-Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) / Judiciary (12/17/05)—A bill to ensure that a sex offender or a sexually violent predator is not eligible for parole.
S. 2155—-Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) / Judiciary (12/20/05)—A bill to provide meaningful civil remedies for victims of the sexual exploitation of children.
Education
H.R. 4649—-Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL) / Education and the Workforce (12/22/05)—A bill to provide assistance to local educational agencies serving homeless children and youths displaced by Hurricane Katrina, Rita, or Wilma.
Health
H.R. 4540—-Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) / Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce (12/14/05)—A bill to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for annual screening mammography for women 40 years of age or older if the coverage or plans include coverage for diagnostic mammography.
S. Res. 331—-Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (12/14/05)—A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding fertility issues facing cancer survivors.
S. 2137—-Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) / Finance (12/16/05)—A bill to make all uninsured children eligible for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, to encourage states to increase the number of children enrolled in Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program by simplifying the enrollment and renewal procedures for those programs.
H.R. 4624—-Rep. Charles W. Boustany, Jr. (R-LA) / Energy and Commerce (12/17/05)—A bill to require states to provide oral health services to children and aged, blind, or disabled individuals under Medicaid.
H.R. 4633—-Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) / Energy and Commerce (12/17/05)—A bill to establish within the Department of Health and Human Services the position of HIV/AIDS Emergency Response Coordinator in order to coordinate the provision of certain services to individuals with HIV disease who have been displaced as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Rita.
International
H. Con. Res. 327—-Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) / International Relations (12/18/05)—A concurrent resolution congratulating President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for becoming the first democratically elected female President of the Republic of Liberia and the first female African head of state.
Labor
H.R. 4556—-Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI) / Education and the Workforce (12/15/05)—A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to make a grant to a public university to establish the Center for the Study of Women and Workplace Policy.
Miscellaneous
H.R. 4510—-Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) / House Administration (12/13/05)—A bill to direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept the donation of a bust depicting Sojourner Truth and to display the bust in a suitable location in the rotunda of the Capitol.
H. Con. Res. 325—-Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) / Government Reform (12/17/05)—A concurrent resolution congratulating Oprah Winfrey for her 20 years of exemplary work and service to the people of the United States and the world.
S. 2154—-Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) / Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (12/20/05)—A bill to provide for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Rosa Parks.
Reproductive Health
H.R. 4644—-Rep. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) / Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce (12/18/05)—A bill to authorize grants to carry out projects to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies.
H.R. 4651—-Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) / Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce (12/22/05)—A bill to require equitable coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, and contraceptive services under health plans.
Tax Policy
S. 2139—-Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV) / Finance (12/16/05)—A bill to simplify the earned income tax credit eligibility requirements regarding filing status, presence of children, investment income, and work and immigrant status.
Violence Against Women
H. Res. 617—-Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA) / Government Reform (12/15/05)—A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week.
