Congressional Bills Introduced; Abortion, Employment and Feminine Hygiene Products

The following are bills introduced into Congress last week referring to the field of women’s issues, as organized by Women’s Policy, Inc:

Abortion 

S. 1241—-Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)/Judiciary (6/21/11) — A bill to prohibit taking minors across state lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.

H.R. 2299—-Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)/Judiciary (6/22/11) — A bill to prohibit taking minors across state lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.

Child Protection

S. 1234—-Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)/Finance (6/20/11) — A bill to reauthorize grants to assist children affected by methamphetamine or other substance abuse under the promoting safe and stable families program.

Education 

S. 1269—-Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (6/23/11)—A bill to require the secretary of Education to collect information from coeducational secondary schools on such schools’ athletic programs, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2331—-Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)/Education and the Workforce (6/23/11) —A bill to assist states in making voluntary high quality universal prekindergarten programs available to three- to five-year-olds for at least one year preceding kindergarten.

Employment

S. 1252—-Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)/ Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (6/22/11) — A bill to promote the economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through their increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations.

H.R. 2315—-Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO)/Education and the Workforce (6/23/11) — A bill to promote the economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through their increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations where they currently represent 25 percent or less of the workforce.

H.R. 2364—-Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)/Education and the Workforce, House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform (6/24/11) — A bill to permit leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent who has a serious health condition, and for other purposes.

Family Support

H.R. 2346—-Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)/ Education and the Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, and Ways and Means (6/23/11) — A bill to improve the lives of working families by providing family and medical need assistance, child care assistance, in-school and afterschool assistance, family care assistance, and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces.