Child Safety
S. 2048—-Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) / Commerce, Science, and Transportation (11/17/05)—A bill to direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to classify certain children’s products containing lead to be banned hazardous substances.
H.R. 4416—-Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA) / Government Reform, House Administration (11/18/05)—A bill to reauthorize permanently the use of penalty and franked mail in efforts relating to the location and recovery of missing children.
Child Support
H.R. 4327—-Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ) / International Relations (11/15/05)—A bill to authorize the Secretary of State to deny a passport to a noncustodial parent who is the subject of an outstanding state warrant of arrest for nonpayment of child support and to deny a passport to a custodial parent who is likely to remove a child from the United States to prevent contact permitted between the child and the noncustodial parent.
Crime
H.R. 4381—-Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) / Government Reform, Transportation and Infrastructure (11/17/05)—A bill to permit access to databases maintained by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for purposes of complying with sex offender registry and notification laws.
Education
S. Rese. 328—-Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (11/18/05)—A resolution recognizing the 30th anniversary of the enactment of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 and reaffirming the commitment of Congress to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act so that all children with disabilities receive a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment.
Health
H.R. 4328—-Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ) / Ways and Means (11/15/05)—A bill to restore children’s insurance benefits in the case of children who are 18 through 22 years of age and attend postsecondary schools.
International
H. Res. 578—-Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) / International Relations (11/18/05)—A resolution concerning the Government of Romania’s ban on intercountry adoptions and the welfare of orphaned or abandoned children in Romania.
Miscellaneous
H.R. 4343—-Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) / Government Reform (11/16/05)—A bill to provide for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Rosa Parks.
S. Res. 327—-Sen. Russell Feingold (D-WI) / Foreign Relations (11/18/05)—A resolution remembering and commemorating the lives and work of Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel, and Cleveland Lay Mission Team Member Jean Donovan, who were executed by members of the Armed Forces of El Salvador on December 2, 1980.
Violence Against Women
H.R. 4367—-Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) / Energy and Commerce (11/17/05)—A bill to improve the health care system’s response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through the training and education of health care providers, developing comprehensive public health responses to violence.
