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Weekly Legislative Update: July 1, 2024

Congressional Schedule: July 1-5, 2024 

Floor Action: The House and Senate are in recess until the week of July 8.  

Bills Introduced: June 24-28, 2024 

Abortion 

H.R. 8855—Rep. Bob Good (R-VA)/Energy and Commerce, Judiciary, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Oversight and Accountability (06/27/24)—A bill to protect unborn children. 

H.R. 8857—Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN)/Energy and Commerce (06/27/24)—A bill to prohibit discrimination against health care entities that do not participate in abortion, and to strengthen implementation and enforcement of federal conscience laws.  

Child Protection 

H.R. 8905—Rep. Cathy Rodgers McMorris (R-WA)/Energy and Commerce (06/28/24)—A bill to conduct a study on neonatal abstinence syndrome. 

Family Support 

H.R. 8860—Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA)/Ways and Means (06/27/24)—A bill to enhance the paid family and medical leave credit.  

Health 

H.R. 8850—Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY)/Education and the Workforce (06/26/24)—A bill to set maximum monthly allowances for milk under the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children.  

Reproductive Health 

H.R. 8821—Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR)/Education and the Workforce (06/25/24)—A bill to ensure coverage for the treatment of infertility for certain conditions. 

H.R. 8869—Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA)/Energy and Commerce (06/27/24)—A bill to require that states do not prohibit in vitro fertilization (IVF) services.  

H.R. 8882—Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX)/Ways and Means (06/28/24)—A bill to treat amounts paid for private umbilical cord blood, or umbilical cord tissue, banking services as a medical care expense.  

Veterans 

H.R. 8879—Rep. Young Kim (R-CA)/Veterans’ Affairs (06/28/24)—A bill to improve claims, made under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, regarding military sexual trauma.