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Weekly Legislative Update: August 5, 2024

Congressional Schedule: August 5-9, 2024 

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

Bills Introduced: July 29-August 2, 2024

Child Care

 S. 4880–Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (07/31/24)–A bill to implement or strengthen programs that increase the supply of quality child care services by enhancing the wages of child care workers. 
 
S. 4967–Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (08/01/24)–A bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to reauthorize and update the Act. 
 
Child Protection 
 
S. 4990–Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)/Judiciary (08/01/24)–A bill to comprehensively combat child marriage in the United States. 
 
Family Support 
 
H.R. 9185–Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX)/Education and the Workforce (07/30/24)–A bill to establish notification requirements for policies concerning expectant and parenting students.  
 
Human Trafficking 
 
S. 4887–Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD)/Judiciary (07/31/24)–A bill to protect certain victims of human trafficking by expanding the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to grant such aliens continued presence in the United States. 
 
H.R. 9261—Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD)/Judiciary (08/02/24)–A bill to protect certain victims of human trafficking by expanding the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to grant such aliens continued presence in the United States.  
 
Judiciary 
 
H.R. 9196–Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)/Judiciary (07/30/24)–A bill to prohibit consideration of pregnancy status when filing for divorce. 
 
Sports 
 
S. Res. 787–Sen. James Lankford (R-OK)/Agreed to in Senate (07/31/24)–A resolution congratulating the University of Oklahoma softball team for winning the 2024 Women’s College World Series, the eighth national title in program history. 
 
Tax Policy 
 
H.R. 9254–Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL)/Ways and Means (08/02/24)–A bill to exclude from gross income any judgments, awards, and settlements with respect to sexual assault or sexual harassment claims. 
 
H.R. 9269–Rep. Michael Lawler (R-NY)/Ways and Means (08/02/24)–A bill to provide an income tax credit for fertility treatments.  
 
Veterans 
 
H.R. 9276–Rep. Joseph Morelle (D-NY)/Veterans Affairs; Ways and Means (08/02/24)–A bill to expand medical, employment, and other benefits for individuals serving as family caregivers for certain veterans. 
 
Violence Against Women 
 
S. 4962–Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (08/01/24)–A bill to combat campus sexual assault. 
 
H.R. 9264–Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA)/Education and the Workforce; Judiciary (08/02/24)–A bill to combat campus sexual assault. 
 
Women’s History 
 
H.R. 9274–Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)/House Administration; Natural Resources (08/02/24)–A bill to permit the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino and the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum to be located within the Reserve of the National Mall. 
 
H. Res. 1399–Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH)/Oversight and Accountability (08/02/24)–A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee, as an entity of the United States Postal Service, should issue a commemorative stamp in honor of Charity Adams. 

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