Floor Action:
The House and Senate are in recess until the week of November 27.
Education
S. 3306—Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (11/15/2023)—A bill to establish a grant program for institutions of higher education to implement patient-centered academic counseling services for student survivors of sexual assault and other violence.
Health
H. Res. 874—Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA)/Energy and Commerce (11/17/2023)—A resolution expressing support for the designation of “Prematurity Awareness Month”.
Sports
S. Res. 469—Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) (11/16/2023)—A resolution commending and congratulating the Las Vegas Aces basketball team on winning the 2023 Women’s National Basketball Association Championship.
Violence Against Women
S. 3303—Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)/Judiciary (11/14/2023)—A bill to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6405—Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT)/Judiciary (11/14/2023)—A bill to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and to establish a grant program relating to the removal of firearms from adjudicated domestic violence offenders, and for other purposes.
S. Res. 465—Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA)/Judiciary (11/15/2023)—A resolution expressing support for the designation of November 20, 2023, through December 20, 2023, as “National Survivors of Homicide Victims Awareness Month.” The resolution finds that more than half of women who are victims of homicides are killed because of intimate partner violence.
H. Res. 879—Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)/Judiciary (11/17/2023)—A resolution expressing support for the designation of November 20, 2023, through December 20, 2023, as “National Survivors of Homicide Victims Awareness Month.” The resolution finds that more than half of women who are victims of homicides are killed because of intimate partner violence.
