Floor Action:
The Senate and House are in session this week.
Hearings:
Human Trafficking- On Thursday, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance will hold a hearing, “Protecting Victims of Human Trafficking and Online Exploitation.”
Abortion
H.R. 1465–Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)/Foreign Affairs (02/21/2025)–A bill to restrict the availability of federal funds to organizations associated with the abortion industry.
Family Support
H.R. 1464–Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)/Education and Workforce (02/21/2025)–A bill to permit video or telephone certifications in the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, and for other purposes.
Health
H.R. 1435–Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ)/Energy and Commerce (02/18/2025)–A bill to extend funding for the family-to-family health information centers.
Human Trafficking
H.R. 1503–Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)/Foreign Affairs; Judiciary (02/21/2025)–A bill to combat forced organ harvesting and trafficking in persons for purposes of the removal of organs, and for other purposes.
Tax Policy
H.R. 1424–Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA)/Ways and Means (02/18/2025)–A bill to increase the employer tax credit for paid family and medical leave.
H.R. 1425–Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA)/Ways and Means (02/18/2025)–A bill to increase the amount of the child tax credit, to make such credit fully refundable, to remove income limitations from such credit, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1426–Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA)/Ways and Means (02/18/2025)–A bill to increase the amount allowed as a credit under the expenses for household and dependent care services credit and the employer-provided child care credit.
H.R. 1427–Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA)/Ways and Means (02/18/2025)–A bill to increase the amount of the adoption credit and to establish in vitro fertilization expenses credit.
Women’s History
H.R. 1461–Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA)/Oversight and Government Reform (02/21/2025)–A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 521 Thorn Street in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, as the “Mary Elizabeth ‘Bettie’ Cole Post Office Building”.
