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Weekly Legislative Update: January 21, 2025

Congressional Schedule: January 21-24, 2025 

Floor Action: The House and Senate are in session.  

Abortion– On Wednesday, the House is scheduled to vote on H.R. 26, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. 


Bills Introduced: January 13-17, 2025 

Abortion 

H.R. 343–Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)/Energy and Commerce (01/13/2025)–A bill to prohibit family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions, and for other purposes. 

 S. 6–Sen. James Lankford (R-OK)/(01/15/2025)–A bill to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.

Child Protection 

H.R. 393–Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL)/Judiciary (01/14/2025)–A bill to increase penalties for crimes against children. 

H.R. 394–Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL)/Judiciary (01/14/2025)–A bill to increase penalties for child pornography. 

International 

S. Con. Res. 4–Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT)/Foreign Relations (01/13/2025)–A concurrent resolution expressing support for the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women’s Health and Strengthening the Family and urging that the United States rejoin this historic declaration.

H. Con. Res. 3–Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX)/Foreign Affairs (01/13/2025)–A concurrent resolution expressing support for the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women’s Health and Strengthening the Family and urging that the United States rejoin this historic declaration.

Military 

S. Res. 28–Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)/Armed Services (01/16/2025)–A resolution honoring the service of women in combat roles in the Armed Forces.

Reproductive Health 

S. 141–Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)/Finance (01/16/2025)–A bill to identify and address barriers to coverage of remote physiologic devices under State Medicaid programs to improve maternal and child health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women.

Sports 

S. Res. 21–Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)/Commerce, Science, and Transportation (01/13/2025)–A resolution designating October 10, 2025, as “American Girls in Sports Day”.

S. Res. 22–Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)/Commerce, Science, and Transportation (01/13/2025)–A resolution concerning the National Collegiate Athletic Association policy for eligibility in women’s sports.

H. Res. 47–Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL)/Education and the Workforce (01/15/2025)–A resolution concerning the National Collegiate Athletic Association policy for eligibility in women’s sports.

Tax Policy 

H.R. 547–Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ)/Ways and Means (01/16/2025)–A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require an individual to provide a social security number to claim the child tax credit. 

S. 125–Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (01/16/2025)– bill to end the use of taxpayer funds for entities that perform, provide referrals for, or provide funding for, abortions, and for other purposes. 

Veterans 

S. 116–Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)/Veterans’ Affairs (01/16/2025)–A bill to rename the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Dallas, Texas, as the “Eddie Bernice Johnson VA Medical Center”.

H.R. 499–Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)/Veterans’ Affairs (01/16/2025)–A bill to rename the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Dallas, Texas, as the “Eddie Bernice Johnson VA Medical Center”. 

Violence Against Women 

S. 74–Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)/Judiciary (01/13/2025)–A bill to require the Attorney General to submit to Congress a report relating to violence against women in athletics.

H.R. 395–Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL)/Judiciary (01/14/2025)–A bill to require mandatory minimums for sexual abuse. 

Women’s History  

H.R. 429–Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA)/Financial Services (01/15/2025)–A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the women who contributed to the Home Front during World War II, and for other purposes.