Floor Action: The House and Senate are in session.
Appropriations– This week, the House may consider a continuing resolution (CR) (as-yet-unnumbered) to extend FY2025 spending. This measure is being considered in order to prevent a government shutdown after September 30, the final day of FY2024.
Reproductive Health– On Tuesday, the Senate is scheduled to consider S. 4445, which would create a federal right to in vitro fertilization (IVF), require employer-sponsored insurance plans to cover fertility treatments, and require Federal Employees Health Benefits Program carriers to cover IVF.
Violence Against Women– This week, the House is scheduled to vote on H.R. 7909, the Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act.
Women’s History– On Tuesday, the House is scheduled to vote on S. 2861, the Billie Jean King Congressional Gold Medal Act.
Mark-Ups:
Crime– On Wednesday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is scheduled to mark up a number of bills, including S. 4321, No Taxpayer-Funded Pensions for Sex Criminals Act, a bill to prohibit the payment of annuities and retired pay to individuals convicted of certain sex crimes.
Women’s History– On Wednesday, the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee is scheduled to mark up a number of bills, including S. 4077, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 180 Steuart Street in San Francisco, California, as the “Dianne Feinstein Post Office;” H.R. 1060, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1663 East Date Place in San Bernardino, California, as the “Dr. Margaret B. Hill Post Office Building;” H.R. 3608, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 28081 Marguerite Parkway in Mission Viejo, California, as the “Major Megan McClung Post Office Building;” H.R. 3728, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 Dorchester Avenue, Room 1, in Boston, Massachusetts, as the “Caroline Chang Post Office;” H.R. 5476, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1077 River Road, Suite 1, in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, as the “Susan C. Barnhart Post Office;” and H.R. 5985, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 517 Seagaze Drive in Oceanside, California, as the “Charlesetta Reece Allen Post Office Building.”
Hearings:
Civil Rights- On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing, “Hearings to examine stemming the tide of hate crimes in America.”
Abortion
H. Res. 1448–Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-OH)/Energy and Commerce (9/12/24)–A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that every person has the basic right to emergency health care, including abortion care.
Child Care
S. 5033–Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (9/12/24)–A bill to amend the Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program under the Higher Education Act of 1965.
H.R. 9559–Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA)/Education and the Workforce (9/12/24)–A bill to amend the Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program under the Higher Education Act of 1965.
H. Res. 1443–Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)/Education and the Workforce (9/12/24)–A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all young children and families should have access to high-quality, affordable child care and early education.
Human Trafficking
H. Res. 1446–Rep. Mark Green (R-TN)/Foreign Affairs; Judiciary (9/12/24)–A resolution denouncing the human trafficking and forced labor of and profiteering from Cuban medical personnel serving in third-world countries.
Miscellaneous
H. Con. Res. 124–Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK)/Considered and agreed to (09/11/24)–A concurrent resolution that authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medals awarded under the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act.
Reproductive Health
H. Res. 1444–Rep. Young Kim (R-CA)/Energy and Commerce (9/12/24)–A resolution acknowledging and thanking America’s birth centers for their high quality and high value model of health care, and expressing support for the recognition of the week of September 14 through 20, 2024, as “National Birth Center Week.”
Small Business
H.R. 9510–Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY)/Small Business (09/09/24)–A bill to make improvements to federal contracting opportunities for small business concerns owned and controlled by women.
Violence Against Women
H.R. 9545–Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL)/ Judiciary (09/11/24)–A bill to provide for the electronic submission of domestic violence information and communications with visa applicants.
Women’s History
H.R. 9549–Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)/Oversight and Accountability (9/12/24)–A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 125th South 1st Avenue in Hillsboro, Oregon, as the “Elizabeth Furse Post Office Building.”
H. R. 9580–Rep. Deborah Ross (D-NC)/Oversight and Accountability (9/12/24)–A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2777 Brentwood Road in Raleigh, North Carolina, as the “Millie Dunn Veasey Post Office.”
