Floor Action:
The Senate is in session this week. The House is in recess until the week of February 24.
Hearings:
Judiciary– On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing, “Children’s Safety in the Digital Era: Strengthening Protections and Addressing Legal Gaps.”
Abortion
H.R. 1208––Rep. Brian Mast (R–FL)/Ways and Means (02/11/2025)––A bill to deny the trade or business expense deduction for the reimbursement of employee costs of child gender transition procedure or travel to obtain an abortion.
S. 589––Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–MA)/Commerce, Science, and Transportation (02/13/2025)––A bill to prohibit disinformation in the advertising of abortion services, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1349––Rep. Greg Steube (R–FL)/Ways and Means; Energy and Commerce (02/13/2025)––A bill to exclude providers of certain abortion services from participation in the Medicare program.
Adoption
S. 600––Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D–MN)/Finance (02/13/2025)––A bill to enhance pre– and post–adoption support services, and for other purposes.
Child Protection
H.R. 1186––Rep. Vern Buchanan (R–FL)/Judiciary (02/11/2025)––A bill to prohibit the importation or transportation of child sex dolls, and for other purposes.
S. 539––Sen. John Cornyn (R–TX)/Judiciary (02/12/2025)––A bill to reauthorize the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008, and for other purposes. This bill would reauthorize and modernize the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program.
H.R. 1283––Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R–FL)/Judiciary (02/13/2025)––A bill to prohibit child pornography produced using artificial intelligence.
Crime
S. 516––Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D–MN)/Judiciary (02/11/2025)––A bill to provide that it is unlawful to knowingly distribute private intimate visual depictions with reckless disregard for the individual’s lack of consent to the distribution, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1218––Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R–NJ)/Judiciary (02/11/2025)––A bill to provide that it is unlawful to knowingly distribute private intimate visual depictions with reckless disregard for the individual’s lack of consent to the distribution, and for other purposes.
Education
H.R. 1282––Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R–FL)/Education and Workforce (02/13/2025)––A bill to prohibit federal funding for institutions of higher education that carry out diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and for other purposes.
Human Trafficking
H.R. 1168––Rep. Lance Gooden (R–TX)/Judiciary; Oversight and Government Reform; Ways and Means (02/10/2025)––A bill to direct the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to require the disclosure of violations of federal law with respect to human trafficking or alien smuggling, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1185––Rep. Vern Buchanan (R–FL)/Energy and Commerce (02/11/2025)––A bill to provide for the implementation of curricula for training students, teachers, and school personnel to understand, recognize, prevent, and respond to signs of human trafficking and exploitation in children and youth, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1379––Rep. Russell Fry (R–SC)/Judiciary (02/14/2025)––A bill to provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking.
Judiciary
H.R. 1205––Rep. Nancy Mace (R–SC)/Transportation and Infrastructure; Judiciary (02/11/2025)––A bill to prohibit certain sex offenders from entering or using the services of certain emergency shelters, to authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to designate emergency shelters for such sex offenders, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1354––Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D–MI)/Judiciary; Education and Workforce (02/13/2025)––A bill to clarify that disparate impacts on certain populations constitute a sufficient basis for rights of action (under the Civil Rights Act of 1964), and for other purposes.
Reproductive Health
H.R. 1197––Rep. Robin Kelly (D–IL)/Energy and Commerce (02/11/2025)––A bill to reauthorize the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act.
H.R. 1308––Rep. Jared Gloden (D–ME)/Ways and Means (02/13/2025)––A bill to provide monthly payments for eligible pregnant women and parents to improve the ability of families to provide for their children and other family members, and for other purposes.
Sports
H.R. 1183––Rep. Alma Adams (D–NC)/Education and Workforce (02/11/2025)––A bill to prohibit certain discrimination against athletes on the basis of sex by state athletic associations, intercollegiate athletic associations, and covered institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.
S. 543––Sen. Chris Murphy (D–CT)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (02/12/2025)–– A bill to prohibit certain discrimination against athletes on the basis of sex by State athletic associations, intercollegiate athletic associations, and covered institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.
Tax Policy
S. 584––Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D–NY)/Finance (02/13/2025)––A bill to exclude from gross income any judgments, awards, and settlements with respect to sexual assault or sexual harassment claims, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1306––Rep. Lois Frankel (D–FL)/Ways and Means (02/13/2025)––A bill to exclude from gross income any judgments, awards, and settlements with respect to sexual assault or sexual harassment claims, and for other purposes.
Violence Against Women
S. 520––Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R–TN)/Judiciary (02/11/2025)––A bill to increase grants to combat domestic violence for States that implement domestic violence prevention training for cosmetologists and barbers, and for other purposes.
H. Res. 128––Rep. Gwen Moore (D–WI)/Judiciary (02/12/2025)––A resolution expressing support for designation of the month of February 2025 as “National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month”.
Women’s History
H.R. 1329––Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R–NY)/House Administration; Natural Resources (02/13/2025)––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.
H.R. 1377––Rep. Don Davis (D–NC)/Financial Services (02/14/2025)––A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Sarah Keys Evans, and for other purposes.
