Floor Action: The House and Senate are in session.
Appropriations– This week, the House may consider a continuing resolution (CR) (as-yet-unnumbered) to extend FY2025 spending. This measure is being considered in order to prevent a government shutdown after September 30, the final day of FY2024.
Reproductive Health– On Tuesday, the Senate is scheduled to consider S. 4445, which would create a federal right to in vitro fertilization (IVF), require employer-sponsored insurance plans to cover fertility treatments, and require Federal Employees Health Benefits Program carriers to cover IVF.
Violence Against Women– This week, the House is scheduled to vote on H.R. 7909, the Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act.
Women’s History– On Tuesday, the House is scheduled to vote on S. 2861, the Billie Jean King Congressional Gold Medal Act.
Mark-Ups:
Crime– On Wednesday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is scheduled to mark up a number of bills, including S. 4321, No Taxpayer-Funded Pensions for Sex Criminals Act, a bill to prohibit the payment of annuities and retired pay to individuals convicted of certain sex crimes.
Women’s History– On Wednesday, the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee is scheduled to mark up a number of bills, including S. 4077, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 180 Steuart Street in San Francisco, California, as the “Dianne Feinstein Post Office;” H.R. 1060, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1663 East Date Place in San Bernardino, California, as the “Dr. Margaret B. Hill Post Office Building;” H.R. 3608, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 28081 Marguerite Parkway in Mission Viejo, California, as the “Major Megan McClung Post Office Building;” H.R. 3728, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 Dorchester Avenue, Room 1, in Boston, Massachusetts, as the “Caroline Chang Post Office;” H.R. 5476, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1077 River Road, Suite 1, in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, as the “Susan C. Barnhart Post Office;” and H.R. 5985, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 517 Seagaze Drive in Oceanside, California, as the “Charlesetta Reece Allen Post Office Building.”
Hearings:
Civil Rights- On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing, “Hearings to examine stemming the tide of hate crimes in America.”
