Congressional Bills Introduced and An Update to the Secure Our Smartphones Initiative

Operating smartphone on subway, Washington, D.C. Wikimedia Commons, Elvert Barnes

Adoption

H.R. 4909—Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI)/Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce (06/19/14) — A bill to provide states with assistance in finding a permanent home for every child.

Family Support

H.R. 4904—Rep. John Carter (R-TX)/Agriculture (6/19/14) — A bill to provide an incentive for households participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program to purchase certain nutritious fruits and vegetables that are beneficial to good health.

Tax Policy

S. 2488—Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)/Finance (06/18/14) — A bill to provide an exception to the exclusive use requirement for home offices if the other use involves care of a qualifying child of the taxpayer, and for other purposes.

International

S. 2475—Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)/Foreign Relations (06/17/14) — A bill to realign structure and reallocate resources in the federal government, in keeping with the core American belief that families are the best protection for children and the bedrock of any society, to bolster United States diplomacy and assistance targeted at ensuring that every child can grow up in a permanent, safe, nurturing, and loving family, and to strengthen intercountry adoption to the United States and around the world and ensure that it becomes a viable and fully developed option for providing families for children in need, and for other purposes.

S. 2509—Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)/Foreign Relations (06/19/14) — A bill to ensure compliance with the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, to establish procedures for the prompt return of children abducted to other countries, and for other purposes.

Violence Against Women/Crime

S. 2483—Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)/Judiciary (06/17/14) — A bill to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.

H.R. 4906—Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)/Judiciary (06/19/14) — A bill to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.

Health

H.R. 4879—Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN)/Energy and Commerce (06/17/14) — A bill to provide for expedited review of drugs and biological products to provide safer or more effective treatment for males or females, to enhance the consideration of sex differences in basic and clinical research, and for other purposes.

H.R. 4888—Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA)/Energy and Commerce (06/18/14) — A bill to provide for the identification and dissemination of best practices for medical professionals and other health care providers relative to neonatal abstinence syndrome, and for other purposes.

Small Business

S. 2481—Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)/Small Business and Entrepreneurship (06/17/14) — A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide authority for sole source contracts for certain small business concerns owned and controlled by women, and for other purposes

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