Child Protection
S. 2767—Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL)/Judiciary (7/31/14)—A bill to prohibit the fraudulent transfer of custody of unaccompanied alien children.
H.R. 5327—Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI)/Education and the Workforce (7/31/14)—A bill to prohibit work by children in tobacco-related agriculture as particularly hazardous oppressive child labor.
Health
H. Res. 697—Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)/Oversight and Government Reform (7/30/14)—A resolution expressing support for the designation of September 2014 as “National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.”
S. 2722—Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (7/31/14)—A bill to facilitate identification and dissemination of evidence-informed recommendations for addressing maternal addiction and neonatal abstinence syndrome and to provide for studies with respect to neonatal abstinence syndrome.
S. 2746—Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (7/31/14)—A bill to improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life.
S. Res. 536—-Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)/Considered and agreed to (8/1/14)—A resolution designating September 2014 as “National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.”
Human Trafficking/Family Support
H.R. 5238—Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)/Agriculture (7/29/14)—A bill to preserve the access of victims of trafficking to information about their eligibility to receive SNAP benefits.
Military
S. 2687—Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)/Armed Services (7/30/14)—A bill to ensure that women members of the armed forces and their families have access to the contraception they need in order to promote the health and readiness of all members of the armed forces, and for other purposes.
S. 2703—Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)/Armed Services (7/30/14)—A bill to establish eligibility, assignment, training, and certification requirements for sexual assault forensic examiners for the armed forces, and for other purposes.
Small Business
S. 2693—Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)/Small Business and Entrepreneurship (7/30/14)—A bill to reauthorize the women’s business center program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
Tax Policy
H.R. 5257—Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)/Ways and Means (7/30/14)—A bill to provide a deduction relating to the compensation of the lesser earning spouse.
H.R. 5258—Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)/Ways and Means (7/30/14)—A bill to index the dependent care credit and income exclusion for inflation.
H.R. 5326—Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)/Ways and Means (7/31/14)—A bill to provide for dependent care savings accounts.
H.R. 5365—Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ)/Ways and Means (7/31/14)—A bill to provide an above-the-line deduction for child care expenses, and for other purposes.
Violence Against Women/Education
S. 2692—Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (7/30/14)—A bill to combat campus sexual violence, and for other purposes.
S. 2695—Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (7/30/14)—A bill to require institutions of higher education to have an independent advocate for campus sexual assault prevention and response.
H.R. 5269—Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA)/Education and the Workforce, Judiciary (7/30/14)—A bill to increase transparency and reporting on campus sexual violence, and for other purposes.
H.R. 5277—Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA)/Education and the Workforce (7/30/14)—A bill to require institutions of higher education to have an independent advocate for campus sexual assault prevention and response.
H.R. 5354—Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)/Education and the Workforce, Judiciary (7/31/14)—A bill to combat campus sexual violence, and for other purposes.
Violence Against Women
H.R. 5267—Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA)/Judiciary, Agriculture (7/30/14)—A bill to protect the pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence.
H.R. 5362—Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-FL)/Ways and Means (7/31/14)—A bill to provide that the Social Security Administration pay fees associated with obtaining a birth certificate or state identification card for purposes of obtaining a replacement social security card for certain victims of domestic violence, and for other purposes.
