The Family and Workplace Balancing Act (H.R.2392)

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.

Summary:      This bill authorizes funds consisting of five-year grants to be provided to Sponsor(s):       House: Rep. Lynn C. Woolsey (CA-6)

Introduced:    House: 5/17/2007

Status/ Last Major Action:
House: 5/17/07- Referred to House House Administrations.
5/17/07- Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform.
5/17/07- Referred to House Financial Services.
6/20/07- Referred to the subcommittee on Military Personnel in the House Armed Services Committee.
7/17/07- Referred to the following subcommittees in the House Education and Labor Committee: Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education; Healthy Families and Communities; and Workforce Protections.

Cosponsors:

House: 65
Rep. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. (GU), Rep. Brown, Corrine (FL-3)Rep. Capps, Lois (CA-23), Rep. Carson, Julia (IN-7), Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. (NY-11), Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy (MO-1), Rep. Cohen, Steve (TN-9), Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. (MI-14), Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. (MD-7), Rep. Davis, Danny K. (IL-7), Rep. Davis, Susan A. (CA-53), Rep. Delahunt, William D. (MA-10), Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. (CT-3), Rep Ellison, Keith (MN-5), Rep. Farr, Sam (CA-17), Rep. Filner, Bob (CA-51), Rep. Frank, Barney (MA-4), Rep. Grijalva, Raul M. (AZ-7), Rep. Hare, Phil (IL-17), Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. (FL-23), Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. (NY-22), Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben (TX-15), Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. (HI-2), Rep. Honda, Michael M. (CA-15), Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. (IL-2), Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila (TX-18), Rep. Jefferson, William J. (LA-2), Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. (GA-4), Rep. Kildee, Dale E. (MI-5), Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. (MI-13), Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. (OH-10), Rep. Lantos, Tom (CA-12), Rep. Lee, Barbara (CA-9), Rep. Lewis, John (GA-5), Rep. Lofgren, Zoe (CA-16), Rep. Lowey, Nita M. (NY-18), Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. (NY-14), Rep. Matsui, Doris O. (CA-5), Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn (NY-4), Rep. McDermott, Jim (WA-7), Rep. McGovern, James P. (MA-3), Rep. McNulty, Michael R. (NY-21), Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. (NY-6), Rep. Miller, George (CA-7), Rep. Moore, Gwen (WI-4), Rep. Moran, James P. (VA-8), Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. (CA-38), Rep. Norton, Eleanor Holmes (DC), Rep. Olver, John W. (MA-1), Rep. Payne, Donald M. (NJ-10), Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II (WV-3), Rep. Rangel, Charles B. (NY-15), Rep Rothman, Steven R. (NJ-9), Rep. Rush, Bobby L. (IL-1), Rep. Sanchez, Linda T. (CA-39), Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. (IL-9), Rep. Serrano, Jose E. (NY-16), Rep. Solis, Hilda L. (CA-32), Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete (CA-13), Rep. Towns, Edolphus (NY-10), Rep. Waters, Maxine (CA-35), Rep. Watson, Diane E. (CA-33), Rep. Waxman, Henry A. (CA-30), Rep. Wexler, Robert (FL-19), Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell (MD-4)