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Weekly Legislative Update: August 12

Congressional Schedule: August 12-16, 2024 

Floor Action: The House and Senate are in recess until September 9. 

Bills Introduced: August 5-9, 2024 

Military 

H.R. 9335–Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA)/Armed Services (08/09/24)–A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program to provide services from midwives to covered beneficiaries under the TRICARE program. 

Reproductive Health

H. Res. 1411–Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)/Energy and Commerce; Judiciary (08/06/24)–A resolution recognizing July 2024 as the 30th anniversary of the reproductive justice movement to raise awareness around the history of reproductive justice and honor the foremothers of the reproductive justice movement, build a world in which Black girls and gender expansive people, as well as all Americans marginalized by their race, class, or gender, are free from systems of reproductive oppression of their bodies, sexuality, labor, and reproduction.

Tax Policy 

H.R. 9333Rep. Thomas Kean (R-NJ)/Ways and Means (08/09/24)–A bill to provide an income tax credit for the costs of certain fertility treatments. 

 

 

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