**Selected Pending Federal Legislation (From Thomas)**[^1]

**[Juvenile Justice]{.underline}**

**H.R.5537**\
**Title:** To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
of 1974 with respect to juveniles who have committed offenses, and for
other purposes.\
**Sponsor:** [Rep Murphy, Christopher
S.](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Rep+Murphy++Christopher+S.))+01837)))
\[CT-5\] (introduced 3/5/2008)      Cosponsors (None)

> **Latest Major Action:** 3/5/2008 Referred to House committee. Status:
> Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

**H.R.4300**\
**Title:** To establish a meaningful opportunity for parole for each
child offender sentenced to life in prison, and for other purposes.\
**Sponsor:** [Rep Scott, Robert C.
\"Bobby\"](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Rep+Scott++Robert+C.+)
\[VA-3\] (introduced 12/6/2007)
     [Cosponsors](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d110:1:./temp/~bd8Yp7:@@@P|/bss/d110query.html|)
(1)

> **Latest Major Action:** 1/14/2008 Referred to House subcommittee.
> Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland
> Security.

**H.R.3846**\
**Title:** To provide for evidence-based and promising practices related
to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and
intervention to help build individual, family, and community strength
and resiliency to ensure that youth lead productive, safe, healthy,
gang-free, and law-abiding lives.\
**Sponsor:** [Rep Scott, Robert C.
\"Bobby\"](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Rep+Scott++Robert+C.+)
\[VA-3\] (introduced 10/16/2007)
[Cosponsors](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR03846:@@@P)
(72)

> **Latest Major Action:** 11/2/2007 Referred to House subcommittee.
> Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland
> Security.

**H.R.3411**\
**Title:** To improve the treatment of juveniles with mental health or
substance abuse disorders by establishing new grant programs for
increased training, technical assistance, and coordination of service
providers, and for other purposes.\
**Sponsor:** [Rep Kennedy, Patrick
J.](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Rep+Kennedy++Patrick+J.))+00627)))
\[RI-1\] (introduced 8/3/2007)
     [Cosponsors](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR03411:@@@P)
(9)

> **Latest Major Action:** 9/19/2007 Referred to House subcommittee.
> Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and
> Communities.

**H.R.2645**\
**Title:** To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
of 1974 to improve mental health and substance abuse treatment by
providing grants for justice system personnel training, treatment
pograms, and diversion programs, and for other purposes.\
**Sponsor:** [Rep Jefferson, William
J.](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Rep+Jefferson++William+J.))+00592)))
\[LA-2\] (introduced 6/11/2007)    Cosponsors (None)

> **Latest Major Action:** 7/24/2007 Referred to House subcommittee.
> Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and
> Communities.

**H.R.1806**\
**Title:** To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
of 1974 to provide quality prevention programs and accountability
programs relating to juvenile delinquency, and for other purposes.\
**Sponsor:** [Rep Johnson, Eddie
Bernice](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Rep+Johnson++Eddie+Bernice))+00599)))
\[TX-30\] (introduced 3/29/2007)
     [Cosponsors](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR01806:@@@P)
(6)

> **Latest Major Action:** 7/9/2007 Referred to House subcommittee.
> Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and
> Communities.

**S.2451**\
**Title:** A bill to enhance public safety by improving the
reintegration of youth offenders into the families and communities to
which they are returning.\
**Sponsor:** [Sen Schumer, Charles
E.](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Sen+Schumer++Charles+E.))+01036)))
\[NY\] (introduced 12/11/2007)      Cosponsors (None)\
**Related Bills:**
[H.R.5178](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR05178:|/bss/d110query.html|)

> **\
> Latest Major Action:** 12/11/2007 Referred to Senate committee.
> Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

**H.R.5178**\
**Title:** To enhance public safety by improving the reintegration of
youth offenders into the families and communities to which they are
returning.\
**Sponsor:** [Rep Grijalva, Raul
M.](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Rep+Grijalva++Raul+M.))+01708)))
\[AZ-7\] (introduced 1/29/2008)
     [Cosponsors](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR05178:@@@P)
(12)\
**Related Bills:**
[S.2451](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SN02451:)

> **Latest Major Action:** 2/4/2008 Referred to House subcommittee.
> Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland
> Security.

**H.R. 1593, Second Chance Act of 2007.** Sponsors: Danny Davis (D-IL)
and 92 bipartisan cosponsors. Authorizes assistance to states and
localities to develop and implement strategic plans for providing and
coordinating comprehensive efforts to enable ex-offenders to
successfully reenter their communities.

> **Latest Major Action:** 11/14/2007 Referred to Senate committee.
> Status: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the
> Committee on the Judiciary.

**S. 1060, Second Chance Act of 2007.** Sponsors: Joe Biden (D-DE), Sam
Brownback (R-KS), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Arlen Spector (R-PA) and 28
bipartisan cosponsors. The Senate bill is nearly identical to its House
counterpart.

> **Latest Major Action:** August 2, 2007 Senate committee/subcommittee
> actions. Status: Committee on the Judiciary, ordered to be reported
> with amendments favorably.

**S.368**\
**Title:** A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 to enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program, and for other
purposes. \[includes provisions addressing juvenile crime and
delinquency prevention\]\
**Sponsor:** [Sen Biden, Joseph R.,
Jr.](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Sen+Biden++Joseph+R.++Jr.))+01284)))
\[DE\] (introduced 1/23/2007)
     [Cosponsors](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d110:28:./temp/~bdgQwM:@@@P|/bss/d110query.html|)
(42)\
**Related Bills:**
[H.R.1700](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR01700:|/bss/d110query.html|)

> **Latest Major Action:** 6/20/2007 Senate committee/subcommittee
> actions. Status: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held

**Senate Reports:**
[110-73](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/R?cp110:FLD010:@1(sr073))

**H.R.3992**\
**Title:** To amend title I of **the** Omnibus **Crime** Control **and**
Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide grants for **the** improved mental
health **treatment** **and** services provided to offenders with mental
illnesses, **and** for other purposes.\
**Sponsor:** [Rep Scott, Robert C.
\"Bobby\"](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Rep+Scott++Robert+C.+)
\[VA-3\] (introduced 10/30/2007)
     [Cosponsors](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d110:1:./temp/~bdtJCY:@@@P|/bss/d110query.html|)
(13) \[encompasses services for juvenile offenders\]\
**Related Bills:**
[S.2304](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SN02304:|/bss/d110query.html|)
**Sponsor:** [Sen Domenici, Pete
V.](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Sen+Domenici++Pete+V.))+01319)))
\[NM\] (introduced 11/5/2007)
 [Cosponsors](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d110:2:./temp/~bdOT36:@@@P|/bss/d110query.html|)
(4)

> **Latest Major Action:** 1/24/2008 Referred to Senate committee.
> Status: Received in **the** Senate **and** Read twice **and** referred
> to **the** Committee on **the** Judiciary.

**S.2304**\
**Title:** A bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 to provide grants for the improved mental health
treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses, and
for other purposes. \[encompasses services for juvenile offenders\]\
**Sponsor:** [Sen Domenici, Pete
V.](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Sen+Domenici++Pete+V.))+01319)))
\[NM\] (introduced 11/5/2007)
     [Cosponsors](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SN02304:@@@P)
(4)\
**Related Bills:**
[H.R.3992](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR03992:)

> **Latest Major Action:** 3/6/2008 Senate committee/subcommittee
> actions. Status: Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled
> consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m.

**S.RES.194**\
**Title:** A resolution commemorating the 40th anniversary of the
landmark case In re Gault, et. al., in which the Supreme Court held that
all children accused of delinquent acts and facing a proceeding in which
their freedom may be curtailed have a right to counsel in the
proceedings against them.\
**Sponsor:** [Sen Kennedy, Edward
M.](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Sen+Kennedy++Edward+M.))+01377)))
\[MA\] (introduced 5/11/2007)
     [Cosponsors](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SE00194:@@@P)
(1)

> **Latest Major Action:** 5/11/2007 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status:
> Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment
> and with a preamble by Unanimous Consen

**H. RES. 576, Youth Court Resolution.** Sponsors: Ginny Brown-Waite
(FL) and 5 cosponsors. A bill recognizing youth court programs for the
efforts of such programs in enhancing the quality of the juvenile
justice system in the United States and encouraging the recognition of a
National Youth Court Month.

> **Latest Major Action:** 9/19/2007 Referred to House subcommittee.
> Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and
> Communities.

**[Gangs and Youth Violence]{.underline}**

**S.456** **Gang Abatement and Prevention Act of 2007**. Sponsors: Diane
Feinstein (D-CA) and 44 Cosponsors (introduced 1/31/2007). A bill to
increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to
investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish
violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from
violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent
crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other
purposes.\
**Related Bills:**
[H.R.1582](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR01582:), [H.R.3547](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR03547:)

> **\
> Latest Major Action:** 10/17/2007 Referred to House subcommittee.
> Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and
> Communities.

**H.R.3547** **Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression Act**.
Sponsors: Adam Schiff (D-CA) and
20 [Cosponsors](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR03547:@@@P)
(introduced 9/17/2007). To increase and enhance law enforcement
resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs,
to deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens
and communities from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal
penalties for violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention
programs, and for other purposes.\
**Related Bills:**
[H.R.1582](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR01582:), [S.456](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SN00456:)

> **\
> Latest Major Action:** 10/17/2007 Referred to House subcommittee.
> Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families **and**
> Communities.

**H.R. 1582, Gang Abatement and Prevention Act of 2007.** Sponsors: Adam
Schiff (D-CA), Mary Bono (R-CA) and 14 bipartisan cosponsors.
Counterpart to S. 456.

> **\
> Latest Major Action:** April 20, 2007 referred to Subcommittee on
> Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

**H.R. 3150, Anti-Gang Enforcement Act of 2007.** Sponsors: Ric Keller
(R-FL) and Jim Gerlach (R-PA). A bill to increase and enhance law
enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of
violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to reform and
facilitate prosecution of juvenile gang members who commit violent
crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other
purposes

> **\
> Latest Major Action:** August 10, 2007 referred to the Subcommittee on
> Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

**H.R. 3168, Path to Success: Gang Prevention through Community
Partnerships Act.** Sponsors: Alcee Hastings (D-FL) and 13 cosponsors. A
bill to establish an educational mentoring pilot program for at-risk
youth through community partnerships that provides life, social,
academic and vocational skills necessary for youth to become productive
law abiding citizens.

**Latest Major Action:** 9/19/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on
Healthy Families and Communities.

**H.R. 854, City Youth Violence Recovery Act.** Sponsors: John Larson
(D-CT) and 44 cosponsors. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health
and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to prevent or
alleviate the effects of youth violence in eligible urban communities by
providing violence-prevention education, mentoring, counseling, and
mental health services to children and adolescents in such communities.

> **Latest Major Action:** May 18, 2007 referred to the Subcommittee on
> Healthy Families and Communities.

**[Child and Youth Protection]{.underline}**

**S. 398, Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act
Amendments of 2007.** Sponsors: Byron Dorgan (R-ND) and six co-sponsors.
A bill to amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence
Prevention Act to identify and remove barriers to reducing child abuse,
to provide for examinations of certain children, and for other purpose\
**Latest Major Action:** Passed in the Senate on May 25, 2007; on June
25, 2007, referred to House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and
Homeland Security.

**S. 627, Safe Babies Act of 2007.** Sponsors: Tom Harkin (D-IA) and ten
bipartisan cosponsors. A bill to amend the Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to improve the health and well-being
of maltreated infants and toddlers through the creation of a National
Court Teams Resource Center and to assist local Court Teams.

> **\
> Latest Major Action:** 3/26/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar
> under General Orders. Calendar No. 88.

**H.R. 1082, Safe Babies Act of 2007.** Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and
21 bipartisan cosponsors. House counterpart to S. 627.

> **Latest Major Action:** June 5, 2007 referred to Subcommittee on
> Healthy Families and Communities.

**S. 379, Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2007.** Sponsor: Mary Landrieu
(D-LA). A bill to support the establishment or expansion and operation
of programs using a network of public and private community entities to
provide mentoring for children in foster care. The bill would amend
Title IV-B of the Social Security Act to authorize the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services to award grants to states and political
subdivisions to carry out foster care mentor networking programs.\
\
**Latest Major Action:** January 24, 2007 referred to the Committee on
Finance.

**H.R. 1104, Foster Children Self-Support Act.** Sponsors: Pete Stark
(D-CA) and 13 cosponsors. A bill to ensure that eligible foster children
are able to use their Social Security and Supplemental Security Income
benefits to address their needs and improve their lives.

**Latest Major Action:** February 15, 2007 referred to the House
Committee on Ways and Means.

**S. 661, Kinship Caregiver Support Act.** Sponsors: Hillary Clinton
(D-NY) and 16 bipartisan cosponsors. A bill to authorize a grant program
for kinship navigator programs to connect caregivers with state, local,
and tribal organizations and resources, authorize states to provide
kinship guardianship assistance payments on behalf of children to
grandparents and other relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of
children, and authorize kinship guardianship demonstration projects.

**Latest Major Action:** February 16, 2007 referred to the Committee on
Finance.

**H.R. 2188, Kinship Caregiver Support Act.** Sponsor: Danny Davis
(D-IL) and 18 bipartisan cosponsors. House counterpart to S. 661.

> **Latest Major Action:** 9/19/2007 Referred to House subcommittee.
> Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and
> Communities.

**H.R. 2392, Balancing Act of 2007.** Sponsors: Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) and
62 cosponsors. 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

**Latest Major Action:** July 17, 2007 referred to the Subcommittee on
Workforce Protections.

**S.1819, Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act/Indian Tribes.**
Sponsors: Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Joe Biden (D-DE), and Lisa Murkowski
(R-AK). A bill to amend the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act
of 2006 to modify a deadline relating to a certain election by Indian
tribes.

**Latest Major Action:** July 19, 2007 introduced referred the Committee
on the Judiciary.

**H.R. 3095, Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act/Indian Tribes.**
Sponsors: Dale Kildee (D-MI) and Rick Renzi (R-AZ). House counterpart to
S. 1918

> **Latest Major Action:** August 3, 2007 referred to the Committee on
> the Judiciary.

**H.R. 3148, Child Pornography Elimination Act of 2007.** Sponsors:
Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), and Frank Wolf (R-VA). A
bill to eliminate child pornography

**Latest Major Action:** August 10, 2007 referred to the subcommittee on
Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

**H.R. 3149, Protecting America\'s Children Act of 2007.** Sponsors:
John Porter (R-NV), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), and Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO). A
bill to protect children from sex offenders.

**Latest Major Action:** August 10, 2007 referred to the Subcommittee on
Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

**S.1829**\
**Title:** A bill to reauthorize programs under the Missing Children\'s
Assistance Act.\
**Sponsor:** [Sen Leahy, Patrick
J.](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Sen+Leahy++Patrick+J.))+01383)))
\[VT\] (introduced 7/19/2007)
     [Cosponsors](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d110:1:./temp/~bdQ9fG:@@@P|/bss/d110query.html|)
(4)\
**Related Bills:**
[H.R.2517](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR02517:|/bss/d110query.html|)

> **Latest Major Action:** 12/13/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative
> Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 544.

**S.431**\
**Title:** A bill to require convicted sex offenders to register online
identifiers, and for other purposes.\
**Sponsor:** [Sen Schumer, Charles
E.](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Sen+Schumer++Charles+E.))+01036)))
\[NY\] (introduced 1/30/2007)
     [Cosponsors](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d110:1:./temp/~bdNXyn:@@@P|/bss/d110query.html|)
(18)\
**Related Bills:**
[H.R.719](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR00719:|/bss/d110query.html|)

> **Latest Major Action:** 12/13/2007 Senate committee/subcommittee
> actions. Status: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported
> with amendments favorably.

**H.R.4136**\
**Title:** To amend title 18 of the United States Code to clarify the
scope of the child pornography laws, and for other purposes.\
**Sponsor:** [Rep Carney, Christopher
P.](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Rep+Carney++Christopher+P.))+01876)))
\[PA-10\] (introduced 11/9/2007)      Cosponsors (None)\
**Related Bills:**
[H.R.3148](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR03148:|/bss/d110query.html|)

> **Latest Major Action:** 12/3/2007 Referred to Senate committee.
> Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the
> Committee on the Judiciary.

**S.2344**\
**Title:** A bill to create a competitive grant program to provide for
age-appropriate Internet education for children.\
**Sponsor:** [Sen Menendez,
Robert](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Sen+Menendez++Robert))+00791)))
\[NJ\] (introduced 11/13/2007)
     [Cosponsors](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d110:1:./temp/~bdMb2h:@@@P|/bss/d110query.html|)
(3)

> **Latest Major Action:** 12/13/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative
> Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 542.

**[Education (does not include NCLB and Head Start
Reauthorizations)]{.underline}**

**S. 1302, Keeping Parents and Communities Engaged Act.** Sponsors:
Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) and John Kerry (D-MA). A bill to amend title V
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to encourage and
support parent, family, and community involvement in schools; to provide
needed integrated services and comprehensive supports to children; and
to ensure that schools are centers of communities, for the ultimate goal
of assisting students to stay in school, become successful learners, and
improve academic achievement.

**Latest Major Action:** May 3, 2007 referred to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

**S. 1185,** **Graduation Promise Act of 2007.** Sponsors: Jeff Bingaman
(D-NM) and six bipartisan cosponsors. A bill to provide grants to states
to improve high schools and raise graduation rates while ensuring
rigorous standards, to develop and implement effective school models for
struggling students and dropouts, and to improve state policies to raise
graduation rates.

**Latest Major Action:** April 23, 2007 referred to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

**H.R. 2928, Graduation Promise Act of 2007.** Sponsors: Ruben Hinojosa
(D-TX) and 31 bipartisan cosponsors. House counterpart to S. 1185.

**Latest Major Action:** 9/11/2007 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and
Secondary Education.

**H.R. 2611, Mentoring America's Children Act of 2007.** Sponsors: Susan
A. Davis (D-CA). A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 to strengthen mentoring programs, and for other purposes.

**Latest Major Action:** July 24, 2007 referred to Subcommittee on Early
Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

S.  **1812. Mentoring America's Children Act of 2007.** Sponsors:
    Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Evan Bayh (D-IN),
    Barbara Boxer (D-CA), and John Kerry (D-MA). Senate counterpart to
    H.R. 2611

> **Latest Major Action:** July 18, 2007 referred to Committee on
> Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

**[Mental Health]{.underline}**

**S. 1337, Children\'s Mental Health Parity Act.** Sponsors: John F.
Kerry (D-MA) and seventeen bipartisan cosponsors. A bill to amend title
XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for equal coverage of mental
health services under the State Children\'s Health Insurance Program.

**Latest Major Action:** May 8, 2007 referred to the Committee on
Finance.

**H.R. 2073, Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act of 2007.** Sponsors:
Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
(R-FL). A bill to increase the number of well-trained mental health
service professionals (including those based in schools) providing
clinical mental health care to children and adolescents.

**Latest Major Action:** May 15, 2007 referred to the Subcommittee on
Health.

**S. 1572, Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act of 2007.** Sponsors: Jeff
Bingham (D-NM) and 14 bipartisan cosponsors. Senate counterpart to H.R.
2073

> **Latest Major Action:** Bill introduced June 7, 2007 and referred to
> the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

**S. 1332, Mental Health in Schools Act of 2007.** Sponsors: Edward M.
Kennedy (D-MA) and nine bipartisan cosponsors. A bill to amend the
Public Health Service Act to revise and extend projects relating to
children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive
mental health programs.\
**Latest Major Action:** May 8, 2007 referred to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

**H.R. 3430, Mental Health in Schools Act of 2007.** Sponsors: Grace
Napolitano (D-CA) and 68 bipartisan cosponsors. House counterpart to S.
1332.

**Latest Major Action:** Bill introduced August 3, 2007 and referred to
the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

**S. 382, Keeping Families Together Act.** Sponsors: Susan Collins
(R-ME) and 19 bipartisan cosponsors. A bill to amend the Public Health
Service Act to establish a state family support grant program to end the
practice of parents relinquishing legal custody of their seriously
emotionally disturbed children to state agencies for the purpose of
obtaining mental health services for those children.

**Latest Major Action:** January 24, 2007 referred to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

**H.R. 687, Keeping Families Together Act of 2007.** Sponsors: Jim
Ramstad (R-MN) and 43 bipartisan cosponsors. The House bill has only
minor variations from S. 382 counterpart.

**Latest Major Action:** February 2, 2007 referred to the Subcommittee
on Health.

**[Other Health-Related Bills (Does Not Include All Medicaid and SCHIP
Bills)]{.underline}**

**H.R. 3162, Children\'s Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007.**
Sponsors: John Dingell (D-MI) and 12 cosponsors. A bill to amend titles
XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the
children\'s health insurance program, to improve beneficiary protections
under the Medicare, Medicaid, and the CHIP program, and for other
purposes. Related bills: H. Res. 594, HR 976, and S. 1893

**Latest Major Action:** Passed August 1, 2007; 9/4/2007 received in the
Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General
Orders. Calendar No. 338.

**S. 1893, Children\'s Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007.**
Sponsor: Max Bachus (D-MT). Senate counterpart to H.R. 3162

**Latest Major Action:** 7/27/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar
under General Orders. Calendar No. 288.

**S. 600, School-Based Health Clinic Establishment Act of 2007.**
Sponsors: Gordon Smith (R-OR) and 18 bipartisan cosponsors. A bill to
fund the development and operation of school-based health clinics to
provide comprehensive and accessible primary health care services to
medically underserved children, youth, and families; improve the
physical health, emotional well-being, and academic performance of
medically underserved children, youth, and families; and work in
collaboration with the school to integrate health into the overall
school environment.

**Latest Major Action:** February 14, 2007 referred to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

**H.R. 1244, School-Based Health Clinic Establishment Act of 2007.**
Sponsors: Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) and 5 cosponsors. House
counterpart to S. 600

**Latest Major Action:** March 1, 2007 referred to House Subcommittee on
Health.

**S. 1052, Healthy Children and Families Act of 2007.** Sponsors: Ken
Salazar (D-CO) and Arlen Specter (R-PA). A bill to amend titles XIX and
XXI of the Social Security Act to provide states with the option to
provide nurse home visitation services under Medicaid and the State
Children\'s Health Insurance Program.

**Latest Major Action:** March 29, 2007 referred to the Committee on
Finance.

**H.R. 3024, Healthy Children and Families Act of 2007.** Sponsor: Diana
DeGette (D-CO). House counterpart to S. 1052.

> **Latest Major Action:** Bill introduced July 12, 2007 and referred to
> the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

**S. 667, Education Begins at Home Act.** Sponsors: Christopher Bond
(R-MO) and 22 bipartisan cosponsors. A bill to expand programs of early
childhood home visitation that increase school readiness, child abuse
and neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental and
health delays, including potential mental health concerns.

**Latest Major Action:** February 16, 2007 referred to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

**H.R. 2343, Education Begins at Home Act.** Sponsors: Danny Davis
(D-IL) and 36 bipartisan cosponsors. House counterpart to S. 667.

**Latest Major Action:** July 17, 2007 Bill referred to subcommittee on
Healthy Families and Communities.

**H.R. 3085, Lead Poisoning Reduction Act of 2007.** Sponsor: Louise
Slaughter (D-NY). A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to
assess and reduce the levels of lead found in child-occupied facilities
in the United States, and for other purposes.\
**Latest Major Action:** 7/18/2007 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous
Materials.

**S. 1811, Lead Poisoning Reduction Act of 2007.** Sponsors: Barak Obama
(D-IL), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), and Charles Schumer (D-NY). Senate
counterpart to H.R. 3085

**Latest Major Action:** July 18, 2007 referred to Senate Committee on
Environment and Public Works.**H.R. 2477, State Child Well-Being
Research**

**Act of 2007.** Sponsors: Chaka Fattah (D-PA) and 5 cosponsors. A bill
to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to require the
Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct research on indicators
of child well-being.

**Latest Major Action:** June 5, 2007 referred to the Subcommittee on
Income Security and Family Support.

**S. 1482, State Child Well-Being Research Act of 2007.** Sponsors: John
Rockefeller (D-WV), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
Senate counterpart to H.R. 2477.

**Latest Major Action:** May 24, 2007 referred to the Committee on
Finance.

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