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Weekly Legislative Update: December 4, 2023

Congressional Schedule: December 4-8, 2023 

Floor Action: 

The House and Senate are both in session.  

Sports- On Tuesday, the House Oversight and Accountability Health Care and Financial Services Subcommittee will hold a hearing, “The Importance of Protecting Female Athletics and Title IX.” 


Bills Introduced: November 27-December 1, 2023 

Health

S. 3370Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (11/30/2023)A bill to reauthorize the program on prenatal and postnatal health of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Human Trafficking 

H.R. 6522Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA)/Judiciary; Homeland Security (11/30/2023)A bill to require the fingerprinting of noncitizen minors entering the United States who are suspected of being victims of human trafficking, to require the public disclosure of the number of such minors who are fingerprinted and the number of child traffickers who are apprehended, to impose criminal penalties on noncitizen adults who use unrelated minors to gain entry into the United States, and for other purposes. 

Family Support

S. Res. 480Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (11/30/2023)A resolution recognizing November 2023 as “National Family Caregivers Month.” This resolution recognizes the 53 million Americans who provide unpaid, essential family care each year, many of whom are women, and recommends investments in tax credits, access to quality health care, and paid family and medical leave, among other things.

H. Res. 898Rep. Dwight Evans (D-PA)/Education and the Workforce; Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means (11/30/2023)A resolution recognizing November 2023 as “National Family Caregivers Month.” This resolution recognizes the 53 million Americans who provide unpaid, essential family care each year, many of whom are women, and recommends investments in tax credits, access to quality health care, and paid family and medical leave, among other things.

Women’s History

S. 3357Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA)/Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (11/29/2023)A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5120 Derry Street in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania as the “Hettie Simmons Love Post Office Building.”