Crime
S. 409—Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)/Armed Services (2/5/15)—A bill to amend the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act to require the secretary of Defense to inform the attorney general of persons required to register as sex offenders.
Education
S. Res. 92—Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)/Education and the Workforce (2/5/15)—A resolution commemorating the 50th anniversary of Project Head Start.
Family Support
H.R. 733—Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ)/Agriculture (2/4/15)—A bill to require households that receive supplemental nutrition assistance (SNAP) benefits to present photographic verification at the time food is purchased with such benefits.
Health
S. 370—Sen Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (2/4/15)—A bill to require breast density reporting to physicians and patients by facilities that perform mammograms, and for other purposes.
H.R. 716—Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)/Energy and Commerce (2/4/15)—A bill to require breast density reporting to physicians and patients by facilities that perform mammograms, and for other purposes.
H.R. 783—Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY)/Energy and Commerce (2/5/15)— A bill to address the urgent need for a federal strategy to ensure that individuals who encounter minors at risk of female genital mutilation are fully prepared to take action to prevent the practice, and individuals who have been subjected to female genital mutilation can seek necessary services, and for other purposes.
Human Trafficking/Child Protection
S. 381—Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) /Judiciary (2/5/15)—A bill to improve the response to missing children and victims of child sex trafficking.
Military/Reproductive Health
S. 358—Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)/Armed Services (2/4/15)—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.
H.R. 742—Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA)/Armed Services (2/4/15)—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.
Miscellaneous
S. 354—Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)/Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (2/03/15)–A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 820 Elmwood Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island, as the “Sister Ann Keefe Post Office.”
Tax Policy
H.R. 713—Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN)/Ways and Means (2/4/15)—A bill to disallow the refundable portion of the child credit to taxpayers using individual taxpayer identification numbers issued by the Internal Revenue Service.
Veterans
H.R. 642—Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN)/Veterans’ Affairs (2/2/15)—A bill to provide for the eligibility for beneficiary travel for veterans seeking treatment or care for military sexual trauma in specialized outpatient or residential programs at facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Courtesy of Women's Policy, Inc.
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