Floor Action: The Senate and House are in recess this week.
Child Care
S.4628—Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS)/Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (05/21/2026)—A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an initiative to address the availability, quality, and cost of childcare in rural areas, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
Civil Rights
S.4625—Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (05/21/2026)—A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish the Office of LGBTQI Inclusion and a rural outreach grant program, and for other purposes. Cosponsor: 0 Republicans, 4 Democrats
S.4598—Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)/Judiciary (05/20/2026)—A bill to establish a United States Commission on Hate Crimes to study and make recommendations on the prevention of the commission of hate crimes, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 0 Democrats
H.R. 8952— Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)/Education and Workforce (05/21/2026)—A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish a LGBTQI rural outreach grant program, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 7 Democrats
Judiciary
H.R.8976—Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA)/Judiciary (05/21/2026)—A bill to provide for improvements in the treatment of women in the legal system. Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 6 Democrats
Maternal Health
S.4550—Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (05/18/2026)—A bill to authorize appropriations for data collection, surveillance, and research on maternal health outcomes during public health emergencies, and for other purposes.Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 7 Democrats
S.4552—Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (05/18/2026)—A bill to address maternal mental health conditions and substance use disorders, and for other purposes.Cosponsors:0 Republicans, 2 Democrats
H.R. 9007—Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)/Energy and Commerce (05/21/2026)—A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a pilot program under which the Secretary provides financial assistance to certain individuals to purchase infant formula, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 1 Republican, 0 Democrats
Violence Against Women
H.R. 8898—Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)/Oversight and Government Reform (05/19/2026)—A bill to deny Federal retirement benefits to Members of Congress convicted of sexual offenses, and for other purposes. Cosponsor: 0 Republicans, 1 Democrat
H.R. 8907—Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)/Energy and Commerce (05/19/2026)—A bill to direct the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to implement the Perinatal Care Alternative Payment Model Demonstration Project to test various payment models with respect to maternity care provided to pregnant and postpartum individuals, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 42 Democrats
S.4635—Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (05/21/2026) —A bill to promote the economic security and safety of survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for other purposes.Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 8 Democrats, 1 Independent
H.R. 8965—Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI)/Education and Workforce (05/21/2026)—A bill to promote the economic security and safety of survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 3 Democrats
Women’s History
H.R. 8945— Rep. Jill Tokuda (D-HI)/Oversight and Government Reform (05/20/2026)—A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86-014 Farrington Highway in Wai’anae, Hawai’i, as the “U.S Representative Colleen Hanabusa Post Office Building.” Cosponsor: 5 Republicans, 5 Democrats
S.463—Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)/Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (05/21/2026)—A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12109 New Kent Highway in New Kent, Virginia, as the “Patricia Paige Post Office.” Cosponsor: 0 Republicans, 1 Democrat
