Floor Action: The House and Senate are in recess until September 29th.
Abortion
H.R. 5485—Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX)/Energy and Commerce (09/18/2025)—A bill to ensure that a woman seeking a chemical abortion is informed that it may be possible to reverse the intended effects of the abortion if the woman changes her mind, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 15 Republicans. 0 Democrats.
Child Care
S. 2828—Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/17/2025)—A bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to reauthorize and update the Act, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 0 Democrats.
Employment
H.R. 5406—Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI)/Ways and Means (09/16/2025)—A bill to provide grants for the conduct of demonstration projects designed to provide education and training for eligible individuals to enter and follow a career pathway in the field of pregnancy, childbirth, or postpartum, under the Health Profession Opportunity Grant Program under section 2008 of the Social Security Act. Cosponsors: 0 Democrats, 0 Republicans.
Family Support
S. 2823—Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)/Finance (09/16/2025)—A bill to provide paid family and medical leave benefits to certain individuals. Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 37 Democrats, 1 Independent.
H.R. 5390—Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)/Ways and Means (09/16/2025)—A bill to provide
paid family and medical leave benefits to certain individuals. Cosponsors: 190 Democrats. 0 Republicans.
H.R. 5397—Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA)/ Education and Workforce; Oversight and
Government Reform; House Administration; Ways and Means (09/16/2025)—A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide leave for the spontaneous loss of an unborn child, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 0 Democrats. 0 Republicans.
H.R. 5440—Rep. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)/Ways and Means (09/17/2025)—A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax credit for small businesses to provide diaper changing stations in restrooms. Cosponsors: 2 Republicans, 9 Democrats.
S. 2862—Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/18/2025)—A bill to amend the Child Care Access Means Parents In School Program under the Higher Education Act of 1965. Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 16 Democrats.
H. Res. 736—Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)/Oversight and Government Reform (09/18/2025)—A resolution recognizing the importance of diapers to infant health and family well-being, and expressing support for the designation of the week of September 15 to September 21, 2025, as “National Diaper Need Awareness Week.” Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 2 Democrats.
Health
S. 2842—Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/17/2025)—A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for congenital Cytomegalovirus screening of newborns. Cosponsors: 1 Republican, 1 Democrat.
H.R. 5435—Rep. Michael Lawler (R-NY)/Energy and Commerce (09/17/2025)—A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for congenital Cytomegalovirus screening of newborns. Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 2 Democrats.
S. 2858—Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/18/2025) —A bill to improve research and data collection on stillbirths, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 9 Republicans, 8 Democrats.
S. Res. 401—Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/18/2025)—A resolution supporting the designation of September 19, 2025, as “National Stillbirth Prevention and Awareness Day”, recognizing tens of thousands of families in the United States that have endured a stillbirth, and seizing the opportunity to keep other families from experiencing the same tragedy. Cosponsors: 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats, 1 Independent.
H.R. 5469—Rep. Kim Young (R-CA)/Energy and Commerce (09/18/2025)—A bill to improve research and data collection on stillbirths, and for other purposes. Cosponsors: 13 Republicans, 13 Democrats.
H. Res. 739—Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA)/Energy and Commerce (09/18/2025)—A resolution supporting the designation of September 19, 2025, as “National Stillbirth Prevention and Awareness Day”, recognizing tens of thousands of families in the United States that have endured a stillbirth, and seizing the opportunity to keep other families from experiencing the same tragedy. Cosponsors: 0 Republicans, 1 Democrat.
