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Bills Introduced

Education

H.R. 3828—Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)/Education and the Workforce (9/25/17)—A bill to support educational entities in fully implementing Title IX and reducing and preventing sex discrimination in all areas of education.

Health 

H.R. 3842—Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH)/Energy and Commerce (9/26/17)—A bill to reauthorize the Healthy Start for Infants Program.

S. 1899—Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (9/28/17)—A bill to reauthorize and extend funding for community health centers and the National Health Service Corps.

Human Trafficking

S. 1862—Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN)/Foreign Relations (9/26/17)—A bill to modify the criteria for determining whether countries are meeting the minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3863—Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO)/Judiciary; Financial Services (9/28/17)—A bill to include sex trafficking victims in the transitional housing assistance grant program, and for other purposes.

Reproductive Health

S. Res. 270—Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)/Judiciary (9/28/17)—A resolution designating September 2017 as “National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.”

Tax Policy

H.R. 3833—Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA)/Ways and Means (9/26/17)—A bill to increase the child tax credit.

Veterans

H.R. 3874—Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA)/Veterans’ Affairs (9/28/17)—A bill to direct the secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on physical security at Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, to direct the secretary to make certain improvements relating to inspections of Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities and improving care for women, to direct the secretary to evaluate the organizational structure of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes.

Violence Against Women

S. Res. 545—Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)/Judiciary; Education and the Workforce; Financial Services; Energy and Commerce (9/28/17)—A resolution recognizing the violence and other challenges faced by transgender women of color in America.