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Weekly Legislative Update: May 1, 2023

Congressional Schedule: May 1-5, 2023

Floor Action: 

The Senate is in session this week. The House is in recess until May 9, 2023.  


Bills Introduced: April 24-28, 2023 

Child Protection 

H.R. 2801—Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL)/Energy and Commerce (4/24/23)— A bill to amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to update and expand the coverage of such Act, and for other purposes. 

Employment 

H.R. 2990—Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)/Natural Resources; Transportation and Infrastructure (4/28/23)—A bill to address sexual harassment involving National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration personnel, and for other purposes. 

Family Support 

S. 1354—Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (4/27/23)—A bill to increase the quality and supply of child care and lower child care costs for families.  

H.R. 2976—Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA)/Education and the Workforce (4/27/23)—A bill to increase the quality and supply of child care and lower child care costs for families. 

International 

H. Con. Res. 36—Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX)/Foreign Affairs (4/27/23)—A concurrent resolution calling for the end of impunity of unpunished Serbian sexual war crimes during the 1999 Kosovo war in the case of United States citizen and sexual war crime survivor Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman and other survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.  
 
Judiciary 

H.R. 2954—Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA)/Judiciary, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce (4/27/23)—A bill to provide for improvements in the treatment of women in the criminal justice system.  

Reproductive Health 

S. 1262—Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)/Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (4/25/23)—A bill to require federal employee health benefit plans to include assisted reproductive treatment benefits, and for other purposes. 

H.R. 2828—Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA)/Oversight and Accountability (4/25/23)—A bill to require federal employee health benefit plans to include assisted reproductive treatment benefits, and for other purposes. 

Sports 

S. Res. 171—Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)/Commerce, Science, and Transportation (4/25/23)—A resolution congratulating the Louisiana State University Fighting Tigers women’s basketball team for winning the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship. 

Violence Against Women 

H.R. 2996—Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK)/Education and the Workforce; Oversight and Accountability; House Administration (4/28/23)—A bill to permit leave for an employee to meet their needs related to being a victim of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking, and for other purposes. 

Women’s History 

S. 1278—Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)/Environment and Public Works (4/25/23)—A bill to designate the federal building located at 985 Michigan Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, as the “Rosa Parks Federal Building,” and for other purposes.