Floor Action:
The House and Senate are in recess this week.
Employment
S. 3641—Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (2/14/22)—A bill to extend protections to part-time workers in the areas of family and medical leave and pension plans, and to ensure equitable treatment in the workplace.
S. 3642—Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (2/14/22)—A bill to permit employees to request changes to their work schedules without fear of retaliation and to ensure that employers consider these requests, and to require employers to provide more predictable and stable schedules for employees in certain occupations with evidence of unpredictable and unstable scheduling practices that negatively affect employees, and for other purposes.
Family Support
H.R. 6781—Rep. Andy Levin (D-MI)/Education and Labor (2/18/22)—A bill to permit video or telephone certifications under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children [WIC], and for other purposes.
Health
S. 3686—Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)/ Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (2/17/22)—A bill to provide education and training on eating disorders for health care providers and communities, and for other purposes.
Human Trafficking
S. 3643—Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)/Judiciary (2/14/22)—A bill to direct the attorney general to study issues relating to human trafficking and for other purposes.
S. 3653—Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA)/Finance (2/15/22)—A bill to direct the director of the Office of Management and Budget to require the disclosure of violations of federal law with respect to human trafficking or alien smuggling, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6736—Rep. John Katko (R-NY)/Judiciary, Homeland Security, Ways and Means (2/15/22)—A bill establish a Department of Homeland Security Center for Countering Human Trafficking, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6773—Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX)/Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, Ways and Means (2/18/22)—A bill to direct the director of the Office of Management and Budget to require the disclosure of violations of federal law with respect to human trafficking or alien smuggling and other purposes.
International
S. Res. 513—Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA)/Foreign Relations (2/15/22)—A resolution recognizing the growing threats against women and children, religious and ethnic minorities, and LGBTQI persons in Afghanistan and against allies of such individuals, such as civil society leaders and activists, scholars, former government officials, journalists, and media workers, and expressing solidarity with and reaffirming the dire need to protect vulnerable and minority populations and their allies in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.
H. Res. 926—Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN)/Foreign Affairs (2/15/22)—A resolution recognizing the growing threats against women and children, religious and ethnic minorities, and LGBTQI persons in Afghanistan and against allies of such individuals, such as civil society leaders and activists, scholars, former government officials, journalists, and media workers, and expressing solidarity with and reaffirming the dire need to protect vulnerable and minority populations and their allies in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.
Judiciary
H.R. 6758—Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL)/Judiciary (2/18/22)—A bill to prohibit a court from awarding damages based on race, ethnicity, gender, religion, or actual or perceived sexual orientation, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6764—Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR)/Judiciary (2/18/22)—A bill to secure the dignity and safety of incarcerated women.
Miscellaneous
H.R. 6725—Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-CA)/Oversight and Reform (2/15/22)—A bill to change the address of the Marilyn Monroe Post Office, and for other purposes.
Tax Policy
S. 3660—Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA)/Finance (2/16/22)—A bill to make diapers an allowable expense for purposes of health flexible spending arrangements and health savings accounts.
Violence Against Women
S. 3648—Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)/Judiciary (2/14/22)—A bill to increase access to Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6726—Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO)/House Administration, Oversight and Reform (2/15/22)—A bill to provide that a Member of Congress convicted of certain felony offenses relating to sexual abuse shall not be eligible for retirement benefits based on that individual’s Member service, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6735—Rep. David Joyce (R-OH)/Judiciary (2/15/22)—A bill to increase access to Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners, and for other purposes.
Women’s History
H. Con. Res. 72—Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY)/House Administration (2/15/22)—A bill directing the Joint Committee on the Library to revise the statue commemorating women’s suffrage which is located in the rotunda of the United States Capitol, commonly known as the “Portrait Monument,” by placing on the statue an inscription which is based on the original inscription which was on the statue when the statue was delivered to the United States Capitol in 1921, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6766—Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)/Financial Services (2/18/22)—A bill to posthumously award a congressional gold medal to Constance Baker Motley, in recognition of her enduring contributions and service to the United States.
