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Weekly Legislative Update: July 15, 2024

Congressional Schedule: July 15-19, 2024 

Floor Action: The House and Senate are in recess until the week of July 22.  

Bills Introduced: July 8-12, 2024 

Abortion 
H.R. 8985––Rep. Andrew Ogles (R-TN)/Judiciary (07/10/24)––A bill to prohibit federal courts from enforcing any part of a surrogacy contract that requires a surrogate mother to get an abortion. 

Child Protection 
H.R. 9018––Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH)/Judiciary (07/11/24)––A bill to include in the National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction certain best practices. 

Military  
H.R. 9022––Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY)/Armed Services (07/11/24)––A bill to include pregnancy and loss of pregnancy as qualifying life events under the TRICARE program and to require a study on maternal health in the military health system.  

Sports 
S. Res. 751––Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN)/Commerce, Science, and Transportation (07/08/24)––A resolution congratulating the Triune University Thunder women’s softball team for winning the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Women’s Softball National Championship.

Women’s History 
S. 4634––Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)/Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (07/08/24)––A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 154 First Avenue East in Jerome, Idaho, as the “Representative Maxine Bell Post Office.”