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Weekly Legislative Update: May 12, 2025

Congressional Schedule: May 12-16, 2025

Floor Action: The Senate and House are in session.


Bills Introduced: May 5-9, 2025

Abortion 

S. 1631—Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (05/06/2025)—A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy for mifepristone that is identical to the strategy previously approved, and for other purposes.

Child Care 

H.R. 3273—Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA)/Education and Workforce (05/08/2025)—A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out an early childhood educator loan assistance program, and for other purposes. 

H.R. 3274—Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA)/Ways and Means (05/08/2025)—A bill to provide assistance with respect to child care infrastructure. 

H.R. 3304—Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA)/Judiciary; Education and Workforce (05/08/2025)—A bill to establish a grant pilot 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. 

Family Support 

H.R. 3233—Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-TX)/Education and Workforce (05/07/2025)—A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to allow infant food combinations and dinners under the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, and for other purposes.

Health 

S. 1677—Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (05/08/2025)—A bill to provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the diagnosis and treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect.

H.R. 3277—Rep. Neal Dunn (R-FL)/Energy and Commerce; Education and Workforce; Ways and Means (05/08/2025)—A bill to provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the diagnosis and treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect. 

Human Trafficking 

S. Res. 200—Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT)/Agreed to in Senate (05/05/2025)—A resolution expressing support for the designation of May 5, 2025, as the “National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.”

H. Res. 381—Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA)/National Resources; Judiciary (05/05/2025)—A resolution expressing support for the designation of May 5, 2025, as the “National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.”

Military 

H.R. 3202—Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D-WA)/Armed Services (05/05/2025)—A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program to provide services from midwives to covered beneficiaries under the TRICARE program. 

H.R. 3296—Rep. April Delaney (D-MD)/Education and Workforce; Oversight and Government Reform; House Administration (05/08/2025)—A bill to improve family and medical leave for military families, and for other purposes.

Miscellaneous 

S. 1596—Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)/Environment and Public Works (05/05/2025)—A bill to rename the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge located in the State of Texas as the “Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge.”

H.R. 3179—Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX)/Natural Resources (05/05/2025)—A bill to rename the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge located in the State of Texas as the “Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge.” 

H. Res. 402—Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX)/Education and Workforce (05/08/2025)—A resolution to honoring mothers, and recognizing the significance of motherhood and the impact mothers have on raising the next generation, on the occasion of Mother’s Day.

Reproductive Health 

S. 1598—Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)/Finance (05/05/2025)—A bill to address maternity care shortages and promote optimal maternity outcomes by expanding access to birth centers and exploring more effective payment models for birth center care, and for other purposes.

S. 1599—Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (05/05/2025)—A bill to address maternity care shortages and promote optimal maternity outcomes by expanding educational opportunities for midwives, and for other purposes.

S. 1630—Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (05/06/2025)—A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide more opportunities for mothers to succeed, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3235—Rep. Michelle Fischbach (R-MN)/Ways and Means; Energy and Commerce (05/07/2025)—A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide more opportunities for mothers to succeed, and for other purposes. 

H.R. 3302—Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)/Energy and Commerce (05/08/2025)—A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Healthy Start Initiative.