Abortion
S. 201—-Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH)/Judiciary (1/21/15)—A bill to prohibit taking minors across state lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.
S. 217—-Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)/Judiciary (1/15/15)—A bill to protect a woman’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy by limiting restrictions on the provision of abortion services.
S. 219—-Sen. Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (1/21/15)—A bill to prohibit the expenditure of federal funds for abortions, and for other purposes.
S. 220—-Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (1/21/15)—A bill to prohibit discrimination and retaliation against individuals and health care entities that refuse to recommend, refer for, provide coverage for, pay for, provide, perform, assist, or participate in abortions.
H.R. 7—-Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ)/Ways and Means, Judiciary, Energy and Commerce (1/22/15)—A bill to prohibit taxpayer funded abortions.
H.R. 426—-Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA)/Judiciary (1/21/15)—A bill to provide that human life shall be deemed to begin with fertilization.
H.R. 448—-Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA)/Energy and Commerce (1/21/15)—A bill to protect a woman’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy by limiting restrictions on the provision of abortion services.
H.R. 463—-Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)/Education and the Workforce (1/22/15)—A bill to prohibit federal education funding for elementary schools and secondary schools that provide on-campus access to abortion providers.
H.R. 489—Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX)/Energy and Commerce (1/22/15)—A bill to require states to report information on Medicaid payments to abortion providers.
H.R. 492—-Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC)/Energy and Commerce (1/22/15)—A bill to ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion.
Health
S. 221—-Sen. Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (1/21/15)—A bill to authorize additional funding for the pregnancy assistance fund.
H.R. 423—-Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA)/Veterans’ Affairs (1/21/15)—A bill to improve the care provided by the secretary of Veterans Affairs to newborn children.
H.R. 453—-Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL)/Energy and Commerce (1/21/15)—A bill to authorize the secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants on a competitive basis to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents.
Human Trafficking
S. 205—-Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (1/21/15)—A bill to provide for the development and dissemination of evidence-based best practices for health care professionals to recognize victims of a severe form of trafficking and respond to such individuals appropriately, and for other purposes.
H.R. 460—-Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC)/Homeland Security, Judiciary (1/21/15)—A bill to direct the secretary of Homeland Security to train Department of Homeland Security personnel how to effectively deter, detect, disrupt, and prevent human trafficking during the course of their primary roles and responsibilities, and for other purposes.
H.R. 468—-Rep. Joseph Heck (R-NV)/Education and the Workforce (1/22/15)—A bill to increase knowledge concerning, and improve services for, runaway and homeless youth who are victims of trafficking.
H.R. 469—-Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA)/Education and the Workforce (1/22/15)—A bill to enable state child protective services systems to improve the identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking, and for other purposes.
H.R. 500—-Rep. Michael Honda (D-CA)/Foreign Affairs, Judiciary (1/22/15)—A bill to establish the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking to review federal government policy on human trafficking.
H.R. 514—-Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ)/Foreign Affairs (1/22/15)—A bill to prioritize the fight against human trafficking within the Department of State according to congressional intent in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-386) without increasing the size of the federal government, and for other purposes.
H.R. 515—-Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ)/Judiciary, Foreign Affairs (1/22/15)—A bill to protect children from exploitation, especially sex trafficking in tourism, by providing advance notice of intended travel by registered child-sex offenders outside the United States to the government of the country of destination, requesting foreign governments to notify the United States when a known child-sex offender is seeking to enter the United States, and for other purposes.
International
S. 224—-Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)/Foreign Affairs (1/21/15)—A bill to ensure the United States promotes women’s meaningful inclusion and participation in mediation and negotiation processes undertaken in order to prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflict and implements the United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security.
Reproductive Health
S. Res. 37—-Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (1/22/15)—A resolution supporting women’s reproductive health care decisions.
H. Res. 47—-Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO)/Energy and Commerce (1/22/15)—A resolution supporting women’s reproductive health care decisions.
