Floor Action: The Senate is in session, and the House is in recess.
Markups:
On August 5, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will mark up a number of bills including S.737, to require certain interactive computer services to adopt and operate technology verification measures to ensure that users of the platform are not minors; S.1748, to protect the safety of children on the internet;, S.4199, to require entities that make artificial intelligence chatbots available to minors to implement certain safe design features; S.4407, to require the creation of family accounts for children to be able to use artificial intelligence chatbots, to require verifiable parental consent for teens using artificial intelligence chatbots; and S.5171, to require a study of AI-enabled toys and development of a joint action plan regarding the marketing and sale of AI-enabled toys.
Child Care
H.R. 9993—Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI)/Ways and Means (07/30/2026)—A bill to increase child care supply availability and affordability and invest in home based child care, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 0 Democrats
Child Protection
H.R. 9994—Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI)/Ways and Means (07/30/2026)—A bill to amend part B of title IV of the Social Security to ensure that child protective services systems do not permit the separation of children from parents solely on the basis of poverty, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 0 Democrats
Foster Care
H.R. 9960—Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA)/Education and Workforce (07/27/2026)—A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the financial aid process for homeless and foster care youth. Cosponsors: 1 Republican, 0 Democrats
S. 5146—Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (07/28/2026)—A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the financial aid process for homeless and foster care youth. Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 0 Democrats
Health
H.R. 9948—Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT)/Energy and Commerce; Education and Workforce (07/27/2026)—A bill to direct the President to establish an interagency task force to review, and provide recommendations on, the impact of addictive design features on youth mental health, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish grant programs to support the activities of the task force, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 3 Democrats
H.R. 9949—Rep. Tom Barrett (R-MI)/Energy and Commerce (07/27/2026)—A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study on the impacts of arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead in infant formula on infant health and establish standards for regulating the content of such substances in infant formula. Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 0 Democrats
H.R. 9969—Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH)/Energy and Commerce (07/27/2026)—A bill to direct the Federal Trade Commission to conduct an investigation and submit to Congress a report on unfair or deceptive acts or practices that may be prevalent in the advertising or marketing of preterm infant formula and to issue regulations to prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices related to the advertising or marketing of preterm infant formula, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 1 Democrat
H.R. 9996—Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)/Energy and Commerce; Education and Workforce; Ways and Means (07/30/2026)—A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for certain health coverage of newborns. Cosponsors: 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
Housing
H.R. 10010—Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)/Transportation and Infrastructure; Judiciary (07/30/2026)—A bill to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to establish a grant program to provide grants to eligible entities to create housing units and provide direct homelessness response, supportive housing, and transitional services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 0 Democrats
Immigration
S. 5138—Rep. Catherine Cortez Matso (D-NV)/Judiciary (07/27/2027)—A bill to protect immigrant families, combat fraud, promote citizenship, and build community trust, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 0 Democrats
Labor
S. 5168—Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI)/Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (07/29/2026)—A bill to provide paid family and medical leave to Federal employees, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 6 Democrats, 1 Independent
Military
S. Res. 824—Rep. Roger Wicker (R-MS)/Judiciary (07/30/2026)—A resolution designating August 1, 2026, as “Gold Star Children’s Day”. Cosponsors: 11 Republicans, 12 Democrats
Miscellaneous
S. 5152—Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)/Judiciary (07/28/2026)—A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to modify the Federal charter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution to clarify its membership eligibility requirements, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 4 Republicans, 0 Democrats
Sexual Harassment
H.R. 9961—Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA)/House Administration (07/27/2026)—A bill to prohibit the use of campaign contributions or legal defense funds to pay settlements or penalties related to sexual assault, sexual abuse, and sexual harassment claims, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 1 Republican, 0 Democrats
Violence Against Women
S. 5201— Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)/Judiciary (07/30/2026)—A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 15 Democrats
H.R. 9983—Rep. James Himes (D-CT)/Judiciary (07/30/2026)—A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 11 Democrats
