Floor Action:
The House and Senate are in session.
Appropriations- This week, the Senate is expected to consider a continuing resolution (CR) (H.R. 3935) to extend federal FY2023 spending to December 2023. This measure is being considered in order to prevent a government shutdown after September 30, the final day of FY2023.
Also this week, the House is scheduled to consider H.R. 4365, the FY2024 Defense spending bill; H.R. 4821, the FY2024 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies spending bill; H.R. 4665, the FY2024 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs spending bill; and H.R. 4368, the FY2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies spending bill.
Education
S. 2872—Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/20/2023)—A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the deferment of loans for borrowers who are survivors of sexual harassment, stalking, and assault.
H.R. 5588—Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA)/Education and the Workforce (09/20/2023)—A bill to provide for the deferment of loans for borrowers who are survivors of sexual harassment, stalking, and assault.
Employment
H.R. 5578—Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)/Education and the Workforce; House Administration; Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary (09/19/2023)—A bill to extend protections to part-time workers in the areas of family and medical leave and to ensure equitable treatment in the workplace.
Family Planning
H.R. 5540—Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO)/Ways and Means (09/18/2023)—A bill to provide birth mothers and adoptive families with access to an annually updated list of adoption agencies that are licensed and not-for-profit in states across the United States.
Family Support
H.R. 5581—Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA)/Ways and Means (09/20/2023)—A bill to authorize grants for demonstration projects to support mothers and families during, pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period by increasing access to short-term child care, and for other purposes.
Health
S. 2879—Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)/Finance (09/21/2023)—A bill to address the increased burden that maintaining the health and hygiene of infants and toddlers, medically complex children, and low-income adults or adults with disabilities who rely on adult incontinence materials and supplies place on families in need, the resultant adverse health effects on children and families, and the limited child care options available for infants and toddlers who lack sufficient diapers and diapering supplies, and for other purposes.
H.R. 5644—Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)/Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means (09/21/2023)—A bill to address the increased burden that maintaining the health and hygiene of infants and toddlers, medically complex children, and low-income adults or adults with disabilities who rely on adult incontinence materials and supplies place on families in need, the resultant adverse health effects on children and families, and the limited child care options available for infants and toddlers who lack sufficient diapers and diapering supplies, and for other purposes.
H. Res. 713—Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)/Oversight and Accountability (09/21/2023)—A resolution recognizing the importance of diapers to infant health and family well-being, and expressing support for the designation of the week of September 18-24, 2023, as “National Diaper Need Awareness Week”.
Reproductive Health
S. 2846—Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL)/Finance (09/19/2023)—A bill to improve federal efforts with respect to the prevention of maternal mortality, and for other purposes.
S. Res. 349—Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/19/2023)—A resolution supporting the designation of September 19, 2023, as “National Stillbirth Prevention Day,” recognizing tens of thousands of American families that have endured a stillbirth, and seizing the opportunity to keep other families from experiencing the same tragedy.
H.R. 5568—Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL)/Energy and Commerce; Education and the Workforce; Ways and Means (09/19/2023)—A bill to improve federal efforts with respect to the prevention of maternal mortality, and for other purposes.
Veterans
S. 2873—Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI)/Veterans’ Affairs (09/20/2023)—A bill to recognize the Women-Owned Small Business program in the Department of Veterans Affairs procurement hierarchy of small business preferences, and for other purposes.
Violence Against Women
H.R. 5573—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-IL)/Judiciary (09/19/2023)—A bill to establish an Office for Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls within the Department of Justice.
Women’s History
H. Res. 696—Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)/Oversight and Accountability (09/18/2023)—A resolution expressing support for the designation of September 23, 2023, as “Mary Church Terrell Day,” and calling on Congress to recognize Mary Church Terrell’s lasting contributions to the civil rights and women’s rights movement.
S. 2861—Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)/Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (09/20/2023)—A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King, an American tennis player, in recognition of a remarkable life devoted to championing equal rights for all, in sports and in society.
