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ANTI-CRIME
Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-3rd, has reintroduced a bill to invest in after-school youth programs and anti-gang initiatives that have a proven record of reducing teen violence.
Scott's Youth PROMISE Act (HR 1064) would create councils of police, schools, health, faith-based organizations and others in at-risk communities to develop local plans for implementing evidence-based prevention and intervention strategies.
This year's bill would provide more anti-gang grants than Scott's previous version.
The grants would fund police and community collaborative programs to provide crime prevention, research, and intervention in high intensity gang areas.
Sixty-nine House members co-sponsored the bill upon its introduction Feb. 12. An identical bill was also introduced in the Senate. Despite 87 cosponsors backing the bill in the House last Congress, Scott's bill did not advance out of committee.
CATS AND DOGS
Rep. James P. Moran, D-8th, has gone to the dogs. The 10-term Democrat announced Wednesday the formation of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, which he will co-chair with Rep. Elton Gallegly, a California Republican.
The group replaces the old Friends of Animals Caucus. Members will use the caucus to highlight issues affecting animals, track pending animal welfare legislation and provide research to other representatives.
"Protecting animals from cruel treatment is not a partisan issue," Moran said.
On the animal agenda this Congress are bills that would: ban horse slaughtering, increase regulation of online puppy sales, and require accurate labeling of fur products.
THE MODEL BILL
Rep. J. Randy Forbes, R-4th, announced Tuesday he has reintroduced his bill to increase the use of medical modeling and simulation.
The Enhancing SIMULATION Act (HR 855) would reduce medical errors and cut health care costs, Forbes said of the bill he cosponsored with Rep. Patrick Kennedy, a Rhode Island Democrat.
Forbes, who chairs the Congressional Modeling & Simulation Caucus, said modeling "creates the potential to increase doctor skill and proficiency, save money, and most importantly, save lives."
The bill would create medical modeling and simulation Centers of Excellence across America to provide leadership and research, establish grants for academic and professional modeling organizations, and promote the use of the new technology at the Department of Health & Human Services.
--Neil H. Simon
Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-3rd, has reintroduced a bill to invest in after-school youth programs and anti-gang initiatives that have a proven record of reducing teen violence.
Scott's Youth PROMISE Act (HR 1064) would create councils of police, schools, health, faith-based organizations and others in at-risk communities to develop local plans for implementing evidence-based prevention and intervention strategies.
This year's bill would provide more anti-gang grants than Scott's previous version.
The grants would fund police and community collaborative programs to provide crime prevention, research, and intervention in high intensity gang areas.
Sixty-nine House members co-sponsored the bill upon its introduction Feb. 12. An identical bill was also introduced in the Senate. Despite 87 cosponsors backing the bill in the House last Congress, Scott's bill did not advance out of committee.
CATS AND DOGS
Rep. James P. Moran, D-8th, has gone to the dogs. The 10-term Democrat announced Wednesday the formation of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, which he will co-chair with Rep. Elton Gallegly, a California Republican.
The group replaces the old Friends of Animals Caucus. Members will use the caucus to highlight issues affecting animals, track pending animal welfare legislation and provide research to other representatives.
"Protecting animals from cruel treatment is not a partisan issue," Moran said.
On the animal agenda this Congress are bills that would: ban horse slaughtering, increase regulation of online puppy sales, and require accurate labeling of fur products.
THE MODEL BILL
Rep. J. Randy Forbes, R-4th, announced Tuesday he has reintroduced his bill to increase the use of medical modeling and simulation.
The Enhancing SIMULATION Act (HR 855) would reduce medical errors and cut health care costs, Forbes said of the bill he cosponsored with Rep. Patrick Kennedy, a Rhode Island Democrat.
Forbes, who chairs the Congressional Modeling & Simulation Caucus, said modeling "creates the potential to increase doctor skill and proficiency, save money, and most importantly, save lives."
The bill would create medical modeling and simulation Centers of Excellence across America to provide leadership and research, establish grants for academic and professional modeling organizations, and promote the use of the new technology at the Department of Health & Human Services.
--Neil H. Simon