Human Trafficking
H.R. 61—-Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)/Agriculture (1/6/15)—A bill to preserve the access of victims of trafficking to information about their eligibility to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
H.R. 159—-Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN)/Judiciary, Education and the Workforce (1/6/15)—A bill to stop exploitation through trafficking.
H.R. 181—-Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)/Judiciary (1/7/15)—A bill to provide justice for the victims of trafficking.
S. 140—-Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)/Judiciary (1/8/15)—A bill to combat human trafficking.
H.R. 246—-Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH)/Education and the Workforce (1/9/15)—A bill to improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking.
International
H.R. 57—-Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)/Foreign Affairs (1/6/15)—A bill to require that activities carried out by the United States in South Sudan relating to governance, reconstruction and development, and refugee relief and assistance will support the basic human rights of women and women’s participation and leadership in these areas.
H.R. 69—-Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)/Financial Services (1/6/15)—A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Malala Yousafzai, a recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace, in recognition of her devoted service to education, justice, and equality in Pakistan.
Judiciary
S. 48—-Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)/Judiciary (1/7/15)—A bill to prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex or gender, and for other purposes.
Tax Policy
S. 53—-Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)/Finance (1/7/15)—A bill to clarify eligibility for the child tax credit.
S. 91—-Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV)/Finance (1/7/15)—A bill to allow refunds of federal motor fuel excise taxes on fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles.
H.R. 192—-Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)/Ways and Means (1/7/15)—A bill to deny the refundable portion of the child tax credit to individuals who are not authorized to be employed in the United States and to terminate the use of certifying acceptance agents to facilitate the application process for individual taxpayer identification numbers.
Violence Against Women
H.R. 64—-Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)/Judiciary (1/6/15)—A bill to encourage states to provide for enhanced sentencing penalties for persons convicted of committing, or attempting to commit, an act of domestic violence in the presence of minor children.
H.R. 67—-Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)/Judiciary (1/6/15)—A bill to establish a grant program to empower relatives, friends, and co-workers of domestic violence victims to create safety plans.
Text with permission of Women's Policy, Inc
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