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.”
