Floor Action:
The House and the Senate are in session.
Appropriations- This week, the House is scheduled to consider H.R. 4364, the FY2024 Legislative Branch spending bill. The legislation includes provisions related to funding for child care for congressional employees.
Education
H.R. 5769—Rep. Joseph Morelle (D-NY)/Education and the Workforce (09/27/2023)—A bill to provide grants to local educational agencies to establish “Family Friendly School” policies at 500 elementary schools that align the school day with the work day to better support working families and to disseminate the learnings from these model schools so that other local educational agencies may adopt these practices, and to establish a supplemental 21st century community learning centers grant program to support programs and activities during summer recess when school is not in session.
Family Support
H.R. 5757—Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-C T)/Education and the Workforce (09/27/2023)—A bill to expand certain certification periods for the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, and for other purposes.
Human Trafficking
H.R. 5720—Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV)/Homeland Security (09/26/2023)—A bill to assist trafficking survivors who lack government issued identification in accessing air travel, and for other purposes.
H.R. 5856—Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ)/Foreign Affairs; Education and the Workforce; Judiciary (09/29/2023)—A bill to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
Reproductive Health
S. Res. 384—Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/28/2023)—A resolution recognizing the seriousness of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and expressing support for the designation of September 2023 as “PCOS Awareness Month”.
H.R. 5806—Rep. Andrew Ogles (R-TN)/Judiciary (09/28/2023)—A bill to prohibit chemical abortions, and for other purposes.
H.R. 5834—Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)/Energy and Commerce (09/29/2023)—A bill to reauthorize Johanna’s law, and for other purposes.
H.R. 5859—Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY)/Energy and Commerce (09/29/2023)—A bill to increase the awareness and knowledge of health care providers and women with respect to ovarian, endometrial, and cervical cancer, and for other purposes.
H. Res. 746—Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)/Oversight and Accountability (09/29/2023)—A resolution supporting the designation of September 2023 as “National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month”.
Violence Against Women
H. Res. 727—Del. Eleanor Holmes (D-DC-At large)/Oversight and Accountability (09/26/2023)—A resolution expressing support for the designation of September 2023 as National Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
H. Res. 737—Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)/Judiciary (09/28/2023)—A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relationship between firearm violence and intimate partner violence and to honor the memory of Gladys Ricart and other victims of intimate partner homicide killed by firearms, and for other purposes.
Women’s History
H. Res. 742—Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)/Considered and agreed to (09/29/2023)—A resolution expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein.
