Floor Action: The House and Senate are in session.
Women’s History- On Monday, the House is scheduled to consider H.R. 3354, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 220 North Hatcher Avenue in Purcellville, Virginia, as the “Secretary of State Madeleine Albright Post Office Building.”
Child Protection
H.R. 8183–Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA)/Judiciary (4/30/24)–A bill to direct the Attorney General to convene a national working group to study proactive strategies and needed resources for the identification and rescue of children from sexual exploitation and abuse.
Health
S. 4246–Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (5/2/24)–A bill to improve menopause care and mid-life women’s health.
H.R. 8223–Rep. Lisa Rochester (D-DE)/Energy and Commerce (5/2/24)–A bill to improve menopause care and mid-life women’s health.
Human Trafficking
S. 4214–Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)/Judiciary (4/30/24)–A bill to provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking.
H.R. 8185–Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI)/Foreign Affairs (4/30/24)–A bill to include financial criminal activities associated with the facilitation of severe forms of trafficking in persons within the factors considered as indicia of serious and sustained efforts to eliminate severe forms of trafficking in persons.
Sports
H. Res. 1183–Rep. Russell Fry (R-SC)/Education and the Workforce (4/30/24)–A resolution to commend the University of South Carolina Gamecocks women’s basketball team for winning the 2024 National Collegiate Athletics Association Women’s Basketball National Championship.
S. Res. 669–Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)/Commerce, Science, and Transportation (5/2/24)–A resolution to designate October 10, 2024, as “American Girls in Sports Day.”
Violence Against Women
H. Res. 1177–Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA)/Natural Resources; Judiciary (4/29/24)–A resolution to designate May 5, 2024, as the “National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.”
H.R. 8188–Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA)/Judiciary (4/30/24)–A bill to create a civil action for non-consensual sexual protection barrier removal.
H.R. 8189–Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA)/Judiciary (4/30/24)–A bill to encourage states to voluntarily pass laws to authorize civil damages and equitable relief for nonconsensual sexual protection barrier removal.
S. Res. 672–Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)/Considered and Agreed to (5/2/24)–A resolution to recognize and support the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.
S. Res. 674–Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT)/Considered and Agreed to (5/2/24)–A resolution to designate May 5, 2024, as the “National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls.”
Women’s History
H. Res. 1184–Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-NY)/Judiciary (4/30/24)–A resolution to recognize the 50th anniversary of the Ms. Foundation for Women becoming the first national public foundation to focus on elevating issues that impact women and girls.
S. 4228–Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA)/Energy and Natural Resources (5/1/24)–A bill to redesignate the Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park as the “Senator Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center.”
S. 4243–Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-CA)/Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (5/2/24)–A bill to award posthumously the Congressional Gold Medal to Shirley Chisholm.
