Child Protection
H.R. 4073—Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)/Judiciary (11/18/15)—A bill to establish a permanent background check system.
Education
S. 2290—Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (11/17/15)—A bill to authorize block grants to states for prekindergarten education, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4042—Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX)/Education and the Workforce (11/17/15)—A bill to provide grants for high-quality prekindergarten programs.
S. 2304—Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)/Indian Affairs (11/18/15)—A bill to provide for tribal demonstration projects for the integration of early childhood development, education, including Native language and culture, and related services, for evaluation of those demonstration projects, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4120—Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ)/Education and the Workforce (11/19/15)—A bill to authorize block grants to states for prekindergarten education, and for other purposes.
Employment
S. 2321—Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (11/19/15)—A bill regarding reasonable break time for nursing mothers.
H.R. 4113—Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY)/Education and the Workforce (11/19/15)—A bill regarding reasonable break time for nursing mothers.
Family Support
S. 2293—Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)/Finance (11/17/15)—A bill to enhance Social Security benefits for children, divorced spouses, and widows and widowers, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4055—Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)/Ways and Means (11/18/15)—A bill to address the increased burden that maintaining the health and hygiene of infants and toddlers places on families in need, the resultant adverse health effects on children and families, and the limited child care options available for infants and toddlers who lack sufficient diapers, which prevents their parents and guardians from entering the workforce.
H.R. 4121—Rep. José Serrano (D-NY)/Agriculture (11/19/15)—A bill to provide greater access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by reducing duplicative and burdensome administrative requirements, authorize the secretary of Agriculture to award grants to certain community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups for the purpose of establishing and implementing a Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program for certain socially and economically disadvantaged populations, and for other purposes.
Health
H.R. 4075—Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)/Energy and Commerce (11/18/15)—A bill to establish new procedures and requirements for the registration of cosmetic manufacturing establishments, the submission of cosmetic and ingredient statements, and the reporting of serious cosmetic adverse events, and for other purposes.
S. 2311—Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (11/19/15)—A bill to authorize the secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to make grants to states for screening and treatment for maternal depression.
Miscellaneous
H.R. 4095—Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA)/Judiciary (11/19/15)—A bill to amend the charter of the Gold Star Wives of America to remove the restriction on the federally chartered corporation, and directors and officers of the corporation, attempting to influence legislation.
Small Business
H.R. 4027—Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA)/Small Business (11/17/15)—A bill to reauthorize the women’s business center program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
Tax Policy
H.R. 4112—Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)/Ways and Means (11/19/15)—A bill to allow refunds of federal motor fuel excise taxes on fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles.
