Floor Action:
Congress is in recess until after the mid-term elections.
Child Protection
H.R. 9043—Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA)/Judiciary (9/29/22)—A bill to require the appropriate use of multidisciplinary teams for investigations of child sexual exploitation or abuse, the production of child sexual abuse material, or child trafficking conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Equal Pay
S. Con. Res. 48—Raphael Warnock (D-GA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (9/30/22)—A concurrent resolution recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to men as compared to wages paid to Black women.
Family Support
S. 4967—Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)/Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (9/27/22)—A bill to transition the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and for other purposes.
H.R. 9111—Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK)/Education and Labor (9/30/22)—A bill to require the secretary of Agriculture to allow infant food combinations and dinners as Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)-eligible foods.
H. Res. 1415—Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)/Oversight and Reform (9/30/22)—A resolution recognizing the need for diapers and expressing support for donating generously to diaper banks, diaper drives, and organizations that distribute diapers to families in need.
Health
S. 5015—Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)/Finance (9/29/22)—A bill to improve maternal health coverage under Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and for other purposes.
S. 5027—Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)/Judiciary (9/29/22)—A bill to address the health needs of incarcerated women related to pregnancy and childbirth, and for other purposes.
H.R. 9099—Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT)/Energy and Commerce (9/30/22)—A bill to provide for the establishment of an Office of Minority and Women Inclusion within each covered agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.
H. Res. 1419—Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)/Energy and Commerce (9/30/22)—A resolution recognizing the roles and the contributions of United States certified nurse-midwives and certified midwives in providing high-quality, evidence-based, and cost-effective health care services to women and childbearing families.
International
H. Con. Res. 109—Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY)/Energy and Commerce; Foreign Affairs (9/26/22)—A bill expressing support for the recognition of September 26, 2022, as “World Contraception Day,” and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding global and domestic access to contraception.
S. 4962—Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)/Foreign Relations (9/27/22)—A bill to establish within the Office of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment of the United States Agency for International Development a rural mobility program to promote mobility in rural communities through access to affordable, fit-for-purpose bicycles, to provide support to sustainably increase access to rural areas, and for other purposes.
S. Res. 803—Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE)/Foreign Relations (9/28/22)—A resolution condemning the detention and death of Mahsa Amini and calling on the government of Iran to end its systemic persecution of women.
H. Res. 1397—Rep. Young Kim (R-CA)/Foreign Affairs (9/28/22)—A resolution condemning the government of Iran’s torture and murder of Mahsa Amini and its crackdown on protesters seeking basic human rights and supporting the protesters in their demands for freedom.
S. Con. Res. 47—Sen. Robert Melendez (D-NJ)/Foreign Relations (9/29/22)—A concurrent resolution commending the bravery, courage, and resolve of the women and men of Iran demonstrating in more than 80 cities and risking their safety to speak out against the Iranian regime’s human rights abuses.
H.R. 9075—Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)/Foreign Affairs (9/29/22)—A bill to call on the Islamic Republic of Iran to immediately end violations of the human rights, and facilitate the unconditional, immediate release, of all arbitrarily detained individuals, including peaceful protesters, political prisoners, and prisoners of conscience, and for other purposes.
H. Con. Res. 110—Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY)/Foreign Affairs (9/29/22)—A concurrent resolution commending the bravery, courage, and resolve of the women and men of Iran demonstrating in more than 80 cities and risking their safety to speak out against the Iranian regime’s human rights abuses.
Military
S. 4957—Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA)/Armed Services (9/27/22)—A bill to require the secretary of the Army to establish sex-neutral high fitness standards for combat Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs).
H.R. 9069—Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)/Agriculture (9/29/22)—A bill to exclude from income for purposes of eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) the basic allowance for housing received by members of the uniformed services.
Reproductive Health
H.R. 9040—Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO)/Energy and Commerce (9/29/22)—A bill to improve reproductive health care of individuals with disabilities.
H.R. 9090—Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA)/Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means (9/30/22)—A bill to treat certain multimarker testing relating to ovarian cancer as reasonable and necessary for coverage under the Medicare program.
Small Business
S. 5022—Sen. Joni Enrst (R-IA)/Small Business and Entrepreneurship (9/29/22)—A bill to allow recipients of certain loans made or guaranteed by the Small Business Administration to use the loan proceeds to provide childcare services to employees, and for other purposes.
Sports
S. Res. 806—Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)/Considered and agreed to (9/28/22)—A resolution commending and congratulating the Las Vegas Aces basketball team on winning the 2022 Women’s National Basketball Association championship.
Tax Policy
H.R. 8982—Rep. Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA)/Ways and Means (9/26/22)—A bill to suspend temporarily rates of duty on imports of certain infant formula base powder used in the manufacturing of infant formula in the United States, and for other purposes.
H.R. 9076—Rep. Kim Schrier (D-WA)/Ways and Means (9/29/22)—A bill to allow parents pursuing a higher education degree to take the tax credit for expenses for household and dependent care services.
Veterans
H.R. 9002—Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX)/Veterans’ Affairs (9/28/22)—A bill to direct the secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program for gynecologic cancer care coordination at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
S. 5016—Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)/Veterans’ Affairs (9/29/22)—A bill to designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs located in Anchorage, Alaska, as the “Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson Campus of the Alaska VA Healthcare System,” and for other purposes.
Violence Against Women
S. 4979—Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI)/Judiciary (9/28/22)—A bill to authorize grants for emotional support services for incarcerated victims of sexual abuse, and for other purposes.
S. 4991—Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)/Judiciary (9/28/22)—A bill to prevent the distribution of intimate visual depictions without consent.
S. 5047—Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (9/29/22)—A bill to combat campus sexual assault, and for other purposes.
Women’s History
H. Con. Res. 111—Rep. David Rouzer (R-NC)/Oversight and Reform (9/30/22)—A bill expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued in honor of Ava Gardner on her 100th birthday.
