Floor Action: The House and Senate are in session.
Mark-Ups:
Appropriations- On Monday, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government is scheduled to mark up the FY2026 Financial Services and General Government spending bill (as-yet-unnumbered). The legislation includes funding for women-owned business programs at the Small Business Administration.
On Thursday, the House Appropriations Committee will mark up the FY2026 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies spending bill (as-yet-unnumbered). The measure will likely include funding for programs to combat violence against women.
Also on Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee will mark up the FY2026 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies spending bill (as-yet-unnumbered). This measure likely includes funding for housing programs for domestic violence and sexual assault as well as affordable housing for women with dependents.
Veterans- On Wednesday, the House Veterans Affairs’ Committee will mark up several bills, including H.R. 2148, The Veteran Caregiver Reeducation, Reemployment, and Retirement Act.
Child Care
S. 2295—Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (07/15/2025)—A bill to increase the quality and supply of child care and lower child care costs for families.
H.R. 4418—Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA)/Education and Workforce (07/15/2025)—A bill to increase the quality and supply of child care and lower child care costs for families.
S. 2337—Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (07/17/2025)—A bill to establish a grant program to provide child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and nontraditional work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers.
S. 2323—Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (07/17/2025)—A bill to amend the Head Start Act to permit some teachers in Early Head Start programs to teach while earning a child development associate credential.
Health
H. Res. 579—Rep. David Scott (D-GA)/Energy and Commerce (07/14/2025)—A resolution supporting the designation of July as Uterine Fibroids Awareness Month.
S. 2275—Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (07/15/2025)—A bill to provide for research and education with respect to uterine fibroids, and for other purposes.
S. 2285—Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (07/15/2025)—A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report on the relationship between hair straighteners and uterine cancer, particularly among women of color.
H.R. 4395—Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY)/Energy and Commerce (07/15/2025)—A bill to provide research and education with respect to uterine fibroids, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4396—Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY)/Energy and Commerce (07/15/2025)—A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report on the relationship between hair straighteners and uterine cancer, particularly among women of color.
S. 2339—Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions(07/17/2025)—A bill to reauthorize the Young Women’s Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009.
H.R. 4541—Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)/Energy and Commerce (07/17/2025)—A bill to reauthorize the Young Women’s Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009.
H.R. 4543—Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)/Energy and Commerce (07/17/2025)—A bill to require coverage for certain individuals with breast or cervical cancer under the Medicaid program.
H.R. 4545—Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)/Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means (07/17/2025)—A bill to require the provision of certain information with respect to breast reconstruction surgery under the Medicare program.
Human Trafficking
H.R. 4371—Rep. Russell Fry (R-SC)/Judiciary (07/14/2025)—A bill to enhance efforts to combat the trafficking of children.
Judiciary
H.R. 4373—Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA)/Judiciary (07/14/2025)—A bill to direct the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives to replace gender-specific pronouns and nouns in the United States Code with gender-neutral language, and for other purposes.
Reproductive Health
S. 2289—Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)/Finance (07/15/2025)—A bill to improve maternal health coverage under Medicaid and CHIP, and for other purposes.
Sports
H.R. 4363—Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY)/Education and Workforce (07/14/2025)—A bill to require elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education to ensure biological fairness in women’s sports as a condition of receiving Federal funds, and for other purposes.
H, Res. 587—Rep. Nikema Williams (D-GA)/Education and Workforce (07/16/2025)—A resolution encouraging all public, private, and charter high schools, colleges, and universities in the United States to establish and support flag football programs for girls, and for other purposes.
Violence Against Women
S. 2348—Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (07/17/2025)—A bill to amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to authorize grants to strengthen relationships between health and wellness providers or systems (including for behavioral health) and community-based sexual assault programs to support survivors of sexual assault across the lifespan of the survivor, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4510—Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM)/Education and Workforce (07/17/2025)—A bill to amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to authorize grants to strengthen relationships between health and wellness providers or systems (including for behavioral health) and community-based sexual assault programs to support survivors of sexual assault across the lifespan of the survivor, and for other purposes.
