Floor Action: The Senate and House are in recess until April 28.
Abortion
S. 1384—Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN)/Finance (04/09/2025)—A bill to require states to report information on Medicaid payments to abortion providers.
H.R. 2779—Rep. Erin Houchin (R-IN)/Energy and Commerce (04/09/2025)—A bill to require states to report information on Medicaid payments to abortion providers.
Child Care
S. 1411—Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (04/10/2025)—A bill to establish competitive federal grants that will empower community colleges and minority-serving institutions to become incubators for infant and toddler child care talent, training, and access on their campuses and in their communities, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2845—Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT)/Education and Workforce; Ways and Means (04/10/2025)—A bill to establish competitive federal grants that will empower community colleges and minority-serving institutions to become incubators for infant and toddler child care talent, training, and access on their campuses and in their communities, and for other purposes.
Child Protection
S. 1333—Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)/Judiciary (04/08/2025)—A bill to modify provisions relating to kidnapping, sexual abuse, and illicit sexual conduct with respect to minors.
H.R. 2726—Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY)/Judiciary (04/08/2025)—A bill to increase the scope of the penalty for crimes against children.
H.R. 2735—Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX)/Judiciary (04/08/2025)—A bill to modify provisions relating to kidnapping, sexual abuse, and illicit sexual conduct with respect to minors.
Family Support
H.R. 2680—Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)/Education and Workforce (04/07/2025)—A bill to eliminate reduced price breakfasts and lunches and to require that the income guidelines for determining eligibility for free breakfasts and free lunches be 224 percent of the poverty level, and for other purposes.
S. 1420—Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)/Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (4/10/2025)—A bill to increase the amount of reimbursements under the child and adult care food program, and for other purposes.
S. 1447—Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)/Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (04/10/2025)—A bill to improve the child and adult care food program, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2811—Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE)/Agriculture (04/10/2025)—A bill to allow for blended workforces to carry out the supplemental nutrition assistance program under certain conditions, and for other purposes.
Health
S. 1348—Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (04/08/2025)—A bill to prohibit an employer from recovering any health care premium paid by the employer for an employee if the employee fails to return to work due to the birth of a child, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2732—Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV)/Education and Workforce; Oversight and Government Reform; House Administration (04/08/2025)—A bill to prohibit an employer from recovering any health care premium paid by the employer for an employee if the employee fails to return to work due to the birth of a child, and for other purposes.
S. 1410—Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (04/10/2025)—A bill to provide for health coverage with no cost-sharing for additional breast screenings for certain individuals at greater risk for breast cancer.
Human Trafficking
H.R. 2796—Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)/Judiciary; Foreign Affairs; Education and Workforce (04/09/2025)—A bill to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
S. 1442—Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)/Commerce, Science, and Transportation (04/10/2025)—A bill to allow for eligibility for projects for the installation of human trafficking awareness signs at rest stops, and for other purposes.
International
H. Con. Res. 26—Rep. Julie Johnson (D-TX)/Foreign Affairs (04/10/2025)—A concurrent resolution calling for the end of impunity of unpunished Serbian sexual war crimes during the 1999 Kosovo war in the case of United States citizen and sexual war crime survivor Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman and other survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.
Military
H.R. 2730—Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC)/Armed Services (04/08/2025)—A bill to include pregnancy and loss of pregnancy as qualifying life events under the TRICARE program and to require a study on maternal health in the military health system, and for other purposes.
Miscellaneous
H.R. 2812—Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE)/Agriculture (04/10/2025)—A bill to make grants to the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, the Boy Scouts of America, the National 4H Council, and the National FFA Organization to establish pilot projects to expand the programs carried out by the organizations in rural areas and small towns, and for other purposes.
Reproductive Health
S. 1394—Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (04/09/2025)—A bill to provide enhanced funding for family planning services.
H.R. 2762—Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS)/Energy and Commerce (04/09/2025)—A bill to provide enhanced funding for family planning services.
S. Res. 172—Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (04/10/2025)—A resolution supporting the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2025, as the eighth annual “Black Maternal Health Week”, founded by Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Inc., to bring national attention to the maternal and reproductive health crisis in the United States and the importance of reducing maternal mortality and morbidity among Black women and birthing people.
H.R. 2810—Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX)/Ways and Means (04/10/2025)—A bill to treat amounts paid for private umbilical cord blood, or umbilical cord tissue, banking services as medical care expenses.
Tax Policy
H.R. 2763—Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)/Ways and Means (04/09/2025)—A bill to establish a refundable child tax credit with monthly advance payment.
S. 1393—Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO)/Finance (04/09/2025)—A bill to establish a refundable child tax credit with monthly advance payment.
S. 1382—Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN)/Finance (04/09/2025)—A bill to enhance the child tax credit, and for other purposes.
S. 1421—Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN)/Finance (04/10/2025)—A bill to enhance the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit and make the credit fully refundable for certain taxpayers.
H.R. 2875—Rep. Tim Moore (R-NC)/Ways and Means (04/10/2025)—A bill to allow refunds of federal motor fuel excise taxes on fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles.
H.R. 2900—Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY)/Ways and Means (04/10/2025)—A bill to increase and make fully refundable the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, to increase the maximum amount excludable from gross income for employer-provided dependent care assistance, and for other purposes.
Veterans
S. 1320—Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)/Veterans’ Affairs (04/08/2025)—A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take certain steps regarding research related to menopause, perimenopause, or mid-life women’s health, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2717—Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)/Armed Services; Veterans’ Affairs (04/08/2025)—A bill to take certain steps regarding research related to menopause, perimenopause, or mid-life women’s health, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2780—Rep. Timonthy Kennedy (D-NY)/Agriculture (04/09/2025)—A bill to temporarily expand the supplemental nutrition assistance program income eligibility of households that include certain veterans.
S. Res. 176—Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC)/(04/10/2025)—A resolution designating April 5, 2025, as “Gold Star Wives Day”.
Violence Against Women
S. Res. 179—Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)/(04/10/2025)—A resolution recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.
H.R. 2851—Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)/Judiciary; Ways and Means; Agriculture; Education and Workforce; Energy and Commerce; Financial Services (04/10/2025)—A bill to extend immigration benefits to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and other gender-based violence, and for other purposes.
Women’s History
S. Res. 163—Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO)/Judiciary (04/09/2025)—A resolution recognizing the contributions of Clela Rorex, a pioneering county clerk who, in 1975, advanced civil rights for all couples seeking to be married.
H. Res. 319—Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO)/Judiciary (04/09/2025)—A resolution recognizing the contributions of Clela Rorex, pioneering county clerk who advanced civil rights for all couples seeking to be married in 1975.
H.R. 2834—Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-TX)/Financial Services (04/10/2025)—A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of Selena Quintanilla.
H. Res. 326—Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX)/Oversight and Government Reform (04/10/2025)—A resolution supporting the designation of April 10 as “Dolores Huerta Day”, in honor of the accomplishments and legacy of the trailblazing labor and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta.
