Floor Action:
The House and Senate are in session this week.
Hearings:
Military-On Thursday, the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel will hold a hearing, “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Impacts to the Department of Defense and the Armed Services.”
Child Care
S. 848—Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (3/16/23)—A bill to establish competitive federal grants that will empower community colleges and minority-serving institutions to become incubators for infant and toddler child care talent, training, and access on their campuses and in their communities, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1630—Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT)/Education and the Workforce; Ways and Means (3/17/23)—A bill to establish competitive federal grants that will empower community colleges and minority-serving institutions to become incubators for infant and toddler child care talent, training, and access on their campuses and in their communities, and for other purposes.
Child Protection
S. 823—Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO)/Judiciary (3/15/23)—A bill to hold social media companies liable for hosting or distributing child sexual abuse material.
Civil Rights
S. Res. 107—Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)/Judiciary (3/15/23)—A resolution recognizing the expiration of the Equal Rights Amendment proposed by Congress in March 1972, and observing that Congress has no authority to modify a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment after the amendment has been submitted to the States or after the amendment has expired.
Employment
H.R. 1598—Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)/ Education and the Workforce (3/14/23)—A bill to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1599—Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)/ Education and the Workforce (3/14/23)—A bill to require an employer providing an employment opportunity to disclose the wage range for such employment opportunity to employees and applicants for employment, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1600—Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)/ Education and the Workforce (3/14/23)—A bill to prohibit certain practices by employers relating to restrictions on discussion of employees’ and prospective employees’ salary and benefit history, and for other purposes.
Reproductive Health
H.R. 1575—Rep. Russ Fulcher (R-ID)/Energy and Commerce (3/14/23)—A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to pregnancy-help organizations.
Women’s History
H.R. 1572—Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)/Financial Services; Administration (3/14/23)—A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the female telephone operators of the Army Signal Corps, known as the “Hello Girls.”
S. 815—Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)/Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (3/15/23)—A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the female telephone operators of the Army Signal Corps, known as the “Hello Girls.”
