New Social Laws

Expands voting access grants to the Northern Mariana Islands and a Native group.

Gives job protections to FEMA reservists when they are called to duty for disasters.

Removes the time limit for child sex abuse victims to file civil lawsuits.

Authorizes the U.S. Mint to create coins honoring Harriet Tubman's bicentennial.

Establishes a commission to study creating a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History.

Requires homeland security to consider children's needs in its planning.

Gives waiver power to help families get baby formula during shortages.

Expands the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park with new sites.

Makes lynching a federal hate crime punishable by up to 30 years in prison.

Lets victims of sexual assault or harassment choose to sue in court.