Floor Action: The House and Senate are in session.
Appropriations– On Wednesday, the House is scheduled to consider H.R. 8580, the FY2025 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies spending bill, which includes funding for military family housing and the Veterans Health Administration.
Reproductive Health– On Wednesday, the Senate is scheduled to consider S. 4381, a bill to protect an individual’s ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception and to protect a health care provider’s ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception.
Women’s History– On Monday, the House is scheduled to consider H.R. 3608, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 28081 Marguerite Parkway in Mission Viejo, California, as the “Major Megan McClung Post Office Building;” H.R. 5476, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1077 River Road, Suite 1, in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, as the “Susan C. Barnhart Post Office;” H.R. 6188, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 420 Highway 17 North in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, as the “Nancy Yount Childs Post Office Building;” and H.R. 5985, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 517 Seagaze Drive in Oceanside, California, as the “Charlesetta Reece Allen Post Office Building.”
Mark-Ups:
Appropriations- On Tuesday, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs will mark up the FY2025 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs spending bill (as-yet-unnumbered). The bill would provide funding for several international assistance programs supporting women and girls.
On Wednesday, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense will mark up the FY2025 Defense spending bill (as-yet-unnumbered), which includes funding for the Defense Health Program and military personnel programs, among others.
Also on Wednesday, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government will mark up the FY2025 Financial Services and General Government spending bill (as-yet-unnumbered). The measure contains funding for women-owned business programs at the Small Business Administration.
Hearings:
Abortion- On Tuesday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee will hold a hearing, “The Assault on Women’s Freedoms: How Abortion Bans Have Created a Health Care Nightmare Across America.”
Employment
H.R. 8577—Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)/Education and the Workforce (5/28/24)—A bill to create a national commission to combat workplace sexual harassment.
