Youth & Family

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Deleting Online Predators Act of 200613H.R. 5319 (109th) Fitzpatrick
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require recipients of universal service support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commercial social networking websites and chat rooms.
Adoption Information Act10H.R. 104 (110th) Davis
To require assurances that certain family planning service projects and programs will provide pamphlets containing the contact information of adoption centers.
ICARE Act10H.R. 120 (110th) Davis
To reform Federal procedures relating to intercountry adoption.
Prevention First Act50H.R. 819 (110th) Slaughter
To expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce abortions, and improve access to women's health care.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pregnant and Parenting Student Services Act of 200710H.R. 1088 (110th) Kaptur
To establish a pilot program to provide grants to encourage eligible institutions of higher education to establish and operate pregnant and parenting student services offices for pregnant students, parenting students, prospective parenting students who are anticipating a birth or adoption, and students who are placing or have placed a child for adoption.
Addressing the Disaster Needs of Children Act of 200730S. 1970 (110th) Dodd
A bill to establish a National Commission on Children and Disasters, a National Resource Center on Children and Disasters, and for other purposes.
PROTECT Our Children Act of 200710H.R. 3845 (110th) Wasserman Schultz
To establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction within the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, to improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, to increase resources for regional computer forensic labs, and to make other improvements to increase the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute child predators.
Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs80H.R. 5876 (110th) Miller
To require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs, and for other purposes.
Runaway and Homeless Youth Protection Act20S. 2982 (110th) Leahy
A bill to amend the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to authorize appropriations, and for other purposes.
Small Business Child Care ActS. 228 (110th) Roberts
A bill to establish a small business child care grant program, and for other purposes.
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following tH.R. 1158 (110th) Lowey
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce.
Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2007H.R. 1161 (110th) Lowey
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service.
Savings for Working Families Act of 2007H.R. 1514 (110th) Jones
To establish and provide for the treatment of Individual Development Accounts, and for other purposes.
Working Family Child Assistance ActH.R. 2126 (110th) Carney
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the income threshold used to calculate the refundable portion of the child tax credit.
To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to increase payments to States for expenditures for short term training oH.R. 2314 (110th) Weller
To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to increase payments to States for expenditures for short term training of staff of certain child welfare agencies.
Right Start Child Care and Education Act of 2007H.R. 2021 (110th) Ruppersberger
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the credit for employers establishing workplace child care facilities, to increase the child care credit to encourage greater use of quality child care services, and to provide incentives for students to earn child care-related degrees and to work in child care facilities.
Communities of Color Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2007S. 1790 (110th) Obama
A bill to make grants to carry out activities to prevent the incidence of unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections among teens in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities, and for other purposes.

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