Floor Action:
The House and Senate are in session this week.
Abortion
H.R. 632—Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC)/Energy and Commerce (1/30/23)—A bill to improve the reporting of abortion data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and for other purposes.
S. 186—Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (1/31/23)—A bill to prohibit the federal government from promoting, supporting, or contracting with abortion entities, or otherwise expanding access to abortions on federal lands or in federal facilities.
S. 196—Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (1/31/23)—A bill to prohibit the declaration of a federal emergency relating to abortion.
S. 197—Sen. James Risch (R-ID)/Foreign Relations (1/31/23)—A bill to permanently enact certain appropriations act restrictions on the use of funds for abortions and involuntary sterilizations, and for other purposes.
S. 204—Sen. John Thune (R-SD)/Judiciary (2/1/23)—A bill to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.
S. 237—Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (2/2/23)—A bill to preserve access to abortion medications.
H.R. 767—Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO)/Energy and Commerce (2/2/23)—A bill to preserve access to abortion medications.
H.R. 782—Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX)/Energy and Commerce (2/2/23)—A bill to prohibit the interference, under color of state law, with the provision of interstate abortion services, and for other purposes.
H.R. 792—Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA)/Judiciary (2/2/23)—A bill to prohibit taking minors across state lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.
Child Care
S. 268—Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (2/2/23)—A bill to assist states in carrying out projects to expand the child care workforce and child care facilities in the states, and for other purposes.
Family Support
S. 166—Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR)/Finance (1/31/23)—A bill to provide leave for the spontaneous loss of an unborn child, and for other purposes.
S. 210—Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (2/1/23)—A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act to expand employees eligible for leave and employers subject to leave requirements.
H.R. 694—Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL)/Education and the Workforce, House Administration, and Oversight and Accountability (2/1/23)—A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act to expand employees eligible for leave and employers subject to leave requirements.
S. 242—Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (2/2/23)—A bill to permit leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, or adult child, or another related individual, who has a serious health condition, and to allow employees to take, as additional leave, parental involvement and family wellness leave to participate in or attend their children’s and grandchildren’s educational and extracurricular activities or meet family care needs.
H.R. 789—Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT)/Education and the Workforce; Oversight and Accountability; House Administration (2/2/23)—A bill to permit leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, or adult child, or another related individual, who has a serious health condition, and to allow employees to take, as additional leave, parental involvement and family wellness leave to participate in or attend their children’s and grandchildren’s educational and extracurricular activities or meet family care needs.
Human Trafficking
H.R. 623—Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL)/Energy and Commerce (1/30/23)—A bill to provide for the implementation of curricula for training students, teachers, and school personnel to understand, recognize, prevent, and respond to signs of human trafficking and exploitation in children and youth, and for other purposes.
S. Res. 21—Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)/Considered and agreed to (2/1/23)—A resolution supporting the observation of National Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Month during the period beginning on January 1, 2023, and ending on February 1, 2023, to raise awareness of, and opposition to, human trafficking and modern slavery.
Judiciary
H.J. Res. 25—Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)/Judiciary (1/31/23)—A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
Tax Policy
S.159—Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)/Finance (1/31/23)—A bill to provide an exemption from gross income for mandatory restitution or civil damages as recompense for trafficking in persons.
Women’s History
S. Res. 24—Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)/Commerce, Science, and Transportation (2/1/23)—A resolution supporting the observation of “National Girls & Women in Sports Day” on February 1, 2023, to raise awareness of and celebrate the achievements of girls and women in sports.
S. 241—Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)/Environment and Public Works (2/2/23)—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.”
S. Res. 27—Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI)/Considered and agreed to (2/2/23)—A resolution designating February 1, 2023, as “Blue Star Mother’s Day”.
H.R. 783—Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL)/Transportation and Infrastructure (2/2/23)—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.”
