Floor Action:
The House and Senate are in session this week.
Child Care- On Monday, the House is scheduled to consider S. 4834, the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2022, a bill to reauthorize the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program.
Health- On Monday, the House is scheduled to consider S. 198, the Data Mapping to Save Moms’ Lives Act.
Military- On Tuesday, the House is scheduled to consider the Senate amendment to H.R. 7776, the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Among many other provisions, the bill addresses military child development centers, military sexual assault, and Department of Defense recruiting efforts for women.
Small Business- On Monday, the House is scheduled to consider H.R. 8844, the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) Improvement Act of 2022. STEP provides grants to states to increase the number of exporting small businesses or proposals that assist women-owned, and other socially or economically disadvantaged, small businesses.
Mark-Ups:
International- On Tuesday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee will mark up several bills, including H.R. 9243, Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-Australia Counter Trafficking (ASEAN-ACT). The ASEAN-ACT responds to human trafficking in the southeastern hemisphere.
On Wednesday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will mark up several bills, including S. Con. Res. 47, a 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. The resolution is in reference to the protests in Iran after the killing of Mahsa Amini.
Hearings:
Employment- On Tuesday, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets will hold a hearing, “E, S, G and W: Examining Private Sector Disclosure of Workforce Management, Investment, and Diversity Data.”
Abortion
S. 5174—Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (12/1/22)—A bill to establish a grant program to fund women’s health patient navigators for patients seeking abortion care.
H. Res. 1502—Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA)/Judiciary (12/1/22)—A resolution of inquiry requesting the president and directing the attorney general to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to violent extremism against pregnancy centers.
Child Care
H.R. 9394—Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT)/Education and Labor (12/1/22)—A bill to reauthorize and update the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, and for other purposes.
Civil Rights
S. 5158—Sen Bob Casey (D-PA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (12/1/22)—A bill to strengthen civil rights protections against harassment based on sex, race, color, national origin, disability, or age.
H.R. 9387—Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT)/Education and Labor; Judiciary (12/1/22)—A bill to strengthen civil rights protections against harassment based on sex, race, color, national origin, disability, or age.
Employment
S. 5136—Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (11/29/22)—A bill to protect employees from discrimination based on family caregiver responsibilities, and for other purposes.
H.R. 9407—Rep. Bob Good (R-VA)/Education and Labor (12/2/22)—A bill to require the secretary of Labor to implement the industry-recognized apprenticeship program process, and for other purposes.
Family Support
H.R. 9375—Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)/Financial Services; Ways and Means (12/1/22)—A bill to establish a grant program to address the crises in accessing affordable housing and childcare through the co-location of housing and childcare, and for other purposes.
Human Trafficking
S. 5159—Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (12/1/22)—A bill to direct the secretary of Transportation to seek to provide for the posting of contact information of the national human trafficking hotline in the restrooms of each aircraft, airport, over-the-road bus, bus station, passenger train, and passenger railroad station operating within the United States, and for other purposes.
Military
H.R. 9389—Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX)/Armed Services (12/1/22)—A bill to restrict the secretary of Defense from paying or reimbursing expenses relating to abortion services.
Veterans
H. Res. 1497—Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-MI)/Veterans’ Affairs; Armed Services (11/29/22)—A resolution recognizing the contributions of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial (“the Military Women’s Memorial”).
Women’s History
H. Res. 1495—Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)/Transportation and Infrastructure (11/29/22)—A resolution designating the caucus room in the Cannon House Office Building as the “Speaker Nancy Pelosi Caucus Room.”
S. 5172—Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)/Environment and Public Works (12/1/22)—A bill to designate the Department of Energy Integrated Engineering Research Center Federal Building located at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, as the “Helen Edwards Engineering Research Center”.
H.R. 9384—Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL)/Transportation and Infrastructure (12/1/22)—A bill to designate the Department of Energy Integrated Engineering Research Center Federal Building located at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, as the “Helen Edwards Engineering Research Center”.
