Floor Action: The Senate and House are in session this week.
Budget – This week, the House may consider Senate Amendment to H. Con. Res. 14, establishing the congressional budget for FY25 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for FY26 through FY34.
Mark-Ups:
Health – On Wednesday, the House Homeland Security is scheduled to mark up a number of bills, including H.R. 820, the Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act, a bill to require hygienic handling of breast milk and baby formula by security screening personnel of the Transportation Security Administration and personnel of private security companies providing security screening, and for other purposes.
Hearings:
Child Protection- On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution and Limited Government will hold a hearing on “Ending Lawfare Against Whistleblowers Who Protect Children”.
Family Support- On Tuesday, the House Agriculture Committee will hold a hearing on “The Power of Work: Expanding Opportunity through SNAP”.
Also on Tuesday, the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare will hold a hearing on “Government Watchdog Findings: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program in Need of Reform, Better State Accountability, and Fraud Protection”.
Abortion
H.R. 2497—Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)/Energy and Commerce (03/31/2025)—A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a public health education, awareness, and outreach campaign to enhance access to abortion and related health services.
H.R. 2644—Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL)/Education and the Workforce; House Administration (04/03/2025)—A bill to prohibit regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act from applying to abortion or the coverage of abortion-related services.
Child Care
S. 1285—Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)/Finance (04/03/2025)—A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide funding to sustain and increase the supply and quality of child care, access to child care, and the child care workforce, and for other purposes.
Child Protection
H. Res. 284—Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY)/Education and Workforce (04/01/2025)—A resolution expressing support for the goals and ideals of National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Crime
H. R. 2564—Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC)/Judiciary (04/01/2025)—A bill to prohibit the production or distribution of digital forgeries of intimate visual depictions of identifiable individuals, and for other purposes.
Employment
H.R. 2638—Rep. Teresa Ledger Fernández (D-NM)/Education and Workforce (04/03/2025)—A bill to amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish the position of Women Farmers and Ranchers Liaison, and for other purposes.
Family Support
H.R. 2512—Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY)/Agriculture (03/31/2025)—A bill to permit supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to be used to purchase additional types of food items.
International
S. Res. 150—Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC)/Foreign Relations (04/01/2025)—A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of “Countering International Parental Child Abduction Month” and expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress should raise awareness of the harm caused by international parental child abduction.
Military
S. 1231—Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)/Armed Services (04/01/2025)—A bill to provide fertility treatment under the TRICARE Program.
Miscellaneous
H.R. 2616—Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI)/Education and Workforce (04/03/2025)—A bill to require public elementary and middle schools that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain parental consent before changing a minor’s gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form or sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms.
H.R. 2617—Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT)/Education and Workforce (04/03/2025)—A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prevent the use of funds under such Act to teach or advance concepts related to gender ideology, and for other purposes.
S. Res. 155—Sen. John Curtis (R-UT)/Considered and Agreed to (04/05/2025)—A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Mia Bourdeau Love, former Representative for the State of Utah.
Veterans
S. 1245—Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)/Veterans’ Affairs (04/01/2025)—A bill to expand health care and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs for military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.
H. R. 2576—Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME)/Veterans’ Affairs (04/01/2025)—A bill to expand health care and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs for military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.
Women’s History
H. Res. 280—Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)/Oversight and Government Reform (03/31/2025)—A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Women’s History Month.
S. Res. 153—Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA)/ Considered and Agreed to (04/01/2025)—A resolution designating March 27, 2025, as “National Women in Agriculture Day”.
S. 1303—Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)/Rules and Administration (04/03/2025)—A bill to permit the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum to be located within the Reserve of the National Mall, and for other purposes.
