Floor Action: The Senate is in session this week. The House is in recess until the week of January 8.
Adoption
H.R. 6700—Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO)/Ways and Means (12/11/2023)—A bill to require the Children’s Bureau to collect and maintain information regarding all private adoptions, and for other purposes.
Employment
S. 3480—Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA)/Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (12/13/2023)—A bill to address federal employees and contractors who commit sexual misconduct.
Family Support
S. 3485—Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)/Finance (12/13/2023)—A bill to establish requirements for biological fathers to pay child support for medical expenses incurred during pregnancy and delivery.
H.R. 6755—Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA)/Ways and Means (12/13/2023)—A bill to establish requirements for biological fathers to pay child support for medical expenses incurred during pregnancy and delivery.
Health
S. 3509—Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)/Finance (12/13/2023)—A bill to provide for a special enrollment period for pregnant persons, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6716—Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)/ Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means; Education and the Workforce; Oversight and Accountability (12/11/2023)—A bill to provide for a special enrollment period for pregnant women, and for other purposes.
International
S. Res. 505—Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)/Foreign Relations (12/14/2023)—A resolution condemning the use of sexual violence and rape as a weapon of war by the terrorist group Hamas against the people of Israel.
Reproductive Health
H.R. 6743—Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)/ Energy and Commerce (12/13/2023)—A bill to include public awareness about menopause and related chronic conditions, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6749—Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY)/Energy and Commerce (12/13/2023)—A bill to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health to evaluate the results and status of completed and ongoing research related to menopause, perimenopause, or mid-life women’s health, to conduct and support additional such research, and for other purposes.
Veterans
H.R. 3526—Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV)/Veterans’ Affairs (12/14/2023)—A bill to require a lactation space in each medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Violence Against Women
S. 3540—Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)/Judiciary (12/14/2023)—A bill to increase grants to combat domestic violence for states that implement domestic violence prevention training in the cosmetologist and barber licensing process, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6828—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN)/Judiciary (12/14/2023)—A bill to establish within the Department of Justice an Office for Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls.
Women’s History
S. Res. 499—Sen. Krysten Sinema (I-AZ)/ (12/13/2023)—A resolution acknowledging the lifetime of service of Sandra Day O’Connor to the United States as a successful Arizona State Senator, trailblazer, expert collaborator, educational advocate, and one of the great Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.
H.R. 6773—Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)/Natural Resources (12/13/2023)—A bill to designate the Senator Dianne Feinstein Memorial Trail in Headwaters Forest Reserve, California.
