Floor Action: The House and Senate are in session.
Appropriations– On Wednesday, the House is expected to consider a continuing resolution (CR) (as-yet-unnumbered) to extend FY2025 spending to December 20, 2024. This measure is being considered in order to prevent a partial government shutdown after September 30, the final day of FY2024.
The Senate is expected to consider a continuing resolution (CR) (as-yet-unnumbered) to extend FY2025 spending following House action.
Human Trafficking– On Monday, the House will consider S. 670, the IMPACTT Human Trafficking Act.
Women’s History– On Monday, the House will consider S. 3851, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 90 McCamly Street South in Battle Creek, Michigan, as the “Sojourner Truth Post Office.”
Mark-Ups:
Women’s History– On Wednesday, the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is scheduled to mark up a number of bills, including S. 4634, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 154 First Avenue East in Jerome, Idaho, as the “Representative Maxine Bell Post Office,” and H.R. 3354, 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.”
Also, on Wednesday, the Environment and Public Works Committee is scheduled to mark up a number of bills, including S. 4489, to designate the federal building located at 50 United Nations Plaza in San Francisco, California, as the “Senator Dianne Feinstein Federal Building.”
Hearings:
Health– On Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing, “Chaos and Control: How Trump Criminalized Women’s Health Care.”
Human Trafficking– On Thursday, the House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing, “Trafficked, Exploited, and Missing: Migrant Children Victims of the Biden-Harris Administration.”
Violence Against Women– On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing, “Sexual Assault in U.S. Prisons Two Decades After the Prison Rape Elimination Act.”
Abortion
S. Res. 828–Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/18/24)–A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that every person has the basic right to emergency health care, including abortion care.
Equal Pay
S. Res. 825–Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/18/24)–A resolution recognizing the significance of equal pay and the pay disparity between disabled women and both disabled and nondisabled men.
H. Res. 1468–Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA)/Education and the Workforce (09/18/24)–A resolution recognizing the significance of equal pay and the pay disparity between disabled women and both disabled and nondisabled men.
Human Trafficking
H.R. 9681–Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ)/Oversight and Accountability (09/19/24)–A bill to establish a priority for accommodation in places with policies relating to severe forms of human trafficking, and for other purposes.
International
S. Res. 831–Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)/Foreign Relations (09/19/24)–A resolution supporting the inclusion of the women of Sudan in United States efforts to end the conflict in Sudan.
Miscellaneous
H. Res. 1472–Rep. Lou Correa (D-CA)/Oversight and Accountability (09/19/24)–A resolution recognizing the heritage, culture, and contributions of Latinas in the United States.
Reproductive Health
S. 5062–Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)/Judiciary (09/17/24)–A bill to address sexual harassment and sexual assault of Bureau of Prisons staff in prisons, and for other purposes.
S. 5086–Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/18/24)–A bill to require institutions of higher education to have an independent advocate for campus sexual assault prevention and response.
S. 5132–Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/19/24)–A bill to promote the economic security and safety of survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for other purposes.
H.R. 9693–Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI)/Education and the Workforce; Financial Services; Ways and Means; Judiciary; House Administration; Oversight and Accountability; Energy and Commerce (09/19/24)–A bill to promote the economic security and safety of survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for other purposes.
S. Res. 832–Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)/ Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/19/24)–A resolution supporting the designation of September 19, 2024, as “National Stillbirth Prevention Day,” recognizing tens of thousands of families in the United States that have endured a stillbirth, and seizing the opportunity to keep other families from experiencing the same tragedy.
H. Res. 1474–Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA)/ Energy and Commerce (09/19/24)–A resolution supporting the designation of September 19, 2024, as “National Stillbirth Prevention Day,” recognizing tens of thousands of families in the United States that have endured a stillbirth, and seizing the opportunity to keep other families from experiencing the same tragedy.
H.R. 9740–Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ)/Armed Services (09/20/24)–A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to increase the maximum amount of contraceptive supplies provided to a beneficiary through the TRICARE Program.
H.R. 9741–Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ)/Armed Services (09/20/24)–A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to ensure that beneficiaries and health care providers receive certain information regarding reproductive health care under the TRICARE program.
Women’s History
H. J. Res. 207–Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL)/Education and the Workforce (09/20/24)–A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission relating to “Implementation of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.”
