Bills Introduced
Child Protection
S. 2160—-Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND)/Indian Affairs (3/26/14)—A bill to amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act to require background checks before foster care placements are ordered in tribal court proceedings, and for other purposes.
Employment
S. 2172—-Rep. Dean Heller (R-NV)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (3/27/14)—A bill to improve nonretaliation provisions relating to equal pay requirements.
Family Support
H.R. 4294—-Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY)/Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce (3/25/14)—A bill to exclude child care from the determination of the five-year limit on assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, and for other purposes.
Judiciary
S. Res. 402—-Sen. Al Franken (D-MN)/Judiciary (3/27/14)—A resolution expressing the regret of the Senate for the passage of section 3 of the Expatriation Act of 1907 (34 Stat. 1228) that revoked the United States citizenship of women who married foreign nationals.
H.R. 4323—-Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)/Judiciary (3/27/14)—A bill to reauthorize programs authorized under the Debbie Smith Act of 2004, and for other purposes.
H.J. Res. 113—-Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA)/Judiciary (3/27/14)—A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
Military
H.R. 4344—-Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV)/Veterans’ Affairs (3/27/14)—A bill to establish a presumption of service connection for mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma.
Miscellaneous
H. Res. 525—-Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)/Oversight and Government Reform (3/26/14)—A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Women’s History Month.
Tax Policy
S. 2162—-Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)/Finance (3/26/14)—A bill to establish a deduction for married couples who are both employed and have young children and to increase the earned income tax credit for childless workers, and to provide for budget offsets.
Violence Against Women
H.R. 4295—-Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)/Transportation and Infrastructure (3/25/14)—A bill to direct the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to collect and maintain data on the number of sexual assaults that occur on aircraft during flights in passenger air transportation, and for other purposes.
Bills Introduced in the March 14, 2014 session
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Child Protection
S. 2120—-Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)/Commerce, Science, and Transportation (3/12/14)—A bill to expand the prohibition on the manufacture, distribution, and importation of children’s products that contain phthalates, and for other purposes.
Education
S. 2119—-Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (3/12/14)—A bill to amend the Head Start Act to authorize block grants to states for prekindergarten education.
Family Support
H.R. 4249—-Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV)/Education and the Workforce (3/13/14)—A bill to expand and improve federal programs to reduce child hunger.
Health
H.R. 4216—-Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)/Energy and Commerce (3/12/14)—A bill to provide grants to states to establish state maternal mortality review committees on pregnancy-related deaths occurring within such states; to develop definitions of severe maternal morbidity and data collection protocols; and to eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes.
H.R. 4240—-Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM)/Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (3/13/14)—A bill to expand access to health care services, including sexual, reproductive, and maternal health services, for immigrant women, men, and families by removing legal barriers to health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4260—-Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC)/Energy and Commerce (3/14/14)—A bill to ensure that the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act program is as effective as possible in saving lives and preventing the spread of the HIV epidemic by ensuring that funding allocations are evidenced-based and by promoting greater utilization of patient-centered care.
Bills introduced and hearings Courtesy of Women's Policy Inc; photos from Wikimedia Commons
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