Floor Action:
The House and Senate are in session this week.
Beginning Tuesday, the Senate is expected to consider S. 2226, its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Mark-Ups:
Appropriations- On Tuesday, the House Appropriations Committee will mark up the FY2024 Transportation, HUD, and Related Agencies spending bill (as-yet-unnumbered). The measure provides funding for housing programs for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and to support affordable housing for women with dependents.
On Wednesday, the House Appropriations Committee will mark up the FY2024 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies spending bill (both as-yet-unnumbered). The bill includes funding for the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee will mark up the FY2024 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act (as-yet-unnumbered). The legislation provides funding for several international assistance programs supporting women and girls.
Also on Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee will mark up the FY2024 Transportation, HUD, and Related Agencies spending bill (as-yet-unnumbered).
Small Business- On Wednesday, the Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship will mark-up several bills, including S. 673, the Small Business Childcare Investment Act, S. 936, to include requirements relating to graduates of career and technical education programs or programs of study for small business development centers and women’s business centers, S. 2094, the Interagency Committee on Women’s Business Enterprise Act of 2023, and S. 2184, the Women’s Business Centers Improvement Act of 2023.
Employment
S. 2219—Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)/Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (7/10/23)—A bill to expand access to breastfeeding accommodations in the workplace through the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995.
Health
S. 2245—Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (7/11/23)—A bill to require a review of women and lung cancer, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4534—Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA)/Energy and Commerce (7/11/23)—A bill to require a review of women and lung cancer, and for other purposes.
Judiciary
H. J. Res. 82—Rep. Cory Bush (D-MO)/Judiciary (7/14/23)—A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the article of amendment commonly known as the “Equal Rights Amendment” has been validly ratified and is enforceable as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the Archivist of the United States must certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment without delay.
Reproductive Health
S. 2231—Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)/Finance (7/11/23)—A bill to support stillbirth prevention and research.
S. 2239—Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (7/11/23)—A bill to prevent maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity among Black pregnant and postpartum individuals and other underserved populations, to provide respectful maternity care, to reduce and prevent bias, racism, and discrimination in maternity care settings, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4572—Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY)/Energy and Commerce (7/12/23)—A bill to provide for research and education with respect to uterine fibroids, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4581—Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA)/Energy and Commerce (7/12/23)—A bill to support stillbirth prevention and research.
H.R. 4585—Rep. Kathy Manning (D-NC)/Energy and Commerce (7/12/23)—A bill to provide a higher federal matching rate for increased expenditures under Medicaid for maternal health care services.
S. 2303—Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (7/13/23)—A bill to provide for research and education with respect to uterine fibroids, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4605—Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA)/Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means (7/13/23)—A bill to improve maternal health coverage under Medicaid and CHIP.
H.R. 4626—Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA)/Energy and Commerce (7/13/23)—A bill to encourage sponsors of oral contraceptive drugs to submit applications for the approval of such drugs as over the counter.
Tax Policy
H.R. 4571—Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA)/Ways and Means (7/12/23)—A bill to expand the employer-provided child care credit and the dependent care assistance exclusion.
Women’s History
Res. 297—Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA)/Considered and agreed to (7/13/23)—A resolution honoring the life, achievements, and legacy of Gloria Molina, the first Latina elected to the California State Legislature, Los Angeles City Council, and Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
