Floor action: The House and Senate are in session.
Appropriations- This week, the House is expected to complete its consideration of H.R. 4820, the FY2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies spending bill.
This week, the House also plans to consider H.R. 4664, the FY2024 Financial Services and General Government spending bill. The measure contains funding for women-owned business programs at the Small Business Administration.
Women’s History- Today, the House will consider H.R. 1318, the Women’s Suffrage National Monument Location Act.
Education
H.R. 6135—Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL)/Education and the Workforce (11/01/2023)—A bill to implement Title IX with respect to elementary and secondary schools, encouraging confidential reporting of sexual assault and sex-based discrimination so students are not deterred from seeking help, and for other purposes.
Violence Against Women
H. Res. 827—Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI)/Judiciary (10/30/2023)—A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relationships between firearm violence, misogyny, and violence against women, and reaffirming the importance of preventing individuals with a history of violence against women from accessing a firearm.
H.R. 6157—Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA)/Financial Services (11/01/2023)—A bill to require public companies to provide sexual harassment claim disclosures in certain reports, to implement mandatory sexual harassment training, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6167—Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH)/Financial Services (11/01/2023)—A bill to provide additional housing protections for survivors of domestic violence, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6168—Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH)/Judiciary (11/01/2023)—A bill to ensure health care providers can assist survivors of domestic violence, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6169—Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH)/Ways and Means (11/01/2023)—A bill to modify the ten-year marriage rule relating to spouse’s and surviving spouse’s insurance benefits in cases of domestic violence, and for other purposes.
H. Res. 831—Rep. Al Green (D-TX)/Education and the Workforce (11/01/2023)—A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of October as “National Domestic Violence Awareness Month”.
S. 3213—Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)/Judiciary (11/02/2023)—A bill to establish a pilot program to address technology-related abuse in domestic violence cases.
S. Res. 448—Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-CA)/Considered and agreed to (11/02/2023)—A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Women’s History
H.R. 6188—Rep. Russell Fry (R-SC)/Oversight and Accountability (11/02/2023)—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”.
