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This Week

Appropriations - This week, the House is likely to consider FY2019 spending bills, H.R. 648, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, and H.J. Res. 28, the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act.

Funding for the departments and agencies within the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies; Financial Services and General Government; Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies; State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies spending bills lapsed on Dec. 21, when the continuing resolution (P.L. 115-298) expired.

H.R. 648 also contains a provision to extend through 2020 the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.

Above, Rep. John Emmer, Husband, father, hockey fan, and Congressman for Minnesota's 6th District.

Human Trafficking - On Wednesday, the House is scheduled to consider H.R. 502, the Fight Illicit Networks and Detect (FIND) Trafficking Act.

Bills Introduced

Abortion

S. 119---Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)/Judiciary (1/15/19)---A bill to prohibit taking minors across state lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.

S. 130---Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE)/Judiciary (1/15/19)---A bill to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.

Senator Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire, right

H.R. 573---Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)/Energy and Commerce (1/15/19)---A bill to prohibit the secretary of Health and Human Services from conducting or supporting any research involving human fetal tissue that is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion, and for other purposes.

S. 159---Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)/Judiciary (1/16/19)---A bill to implement equal protection under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States for the right to life of each born and preborn human person.

S. 160---Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC)/Judiciary (1/16/19)---A bill to protect pain-capable unborn children, and for other purposes.

H.R. 611---Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA)/Judiciary (1/16/19)---A bill to prohibit taking minors across state lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.

H.R. 616---Rep. Alex Mooney (R-WV)/A bill to implement equal protection under the 14th article of amendment to the Constitution for the right to life of each born and preborn human person.

S. 183---Sen. James Lankford (R-OK)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (1/17/19)---A bill to prohibit governmental discrimination against providers of health services that are not involved in abortion.

S. 190---Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)/Foreign Relations (1/17/19)---A bill to prohibit assistance to nonprofits, foreign nongovernmental organizations, and quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organizations that promote or perform abortions.

H.R. 20---Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)/Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means; Judiciary (1/17/19)---A bill to prohibit taxpayer funded abortions.

H.R. 634---Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC)/Energy and Commerce (1/17/19)---A bill to ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion.

H.R. 661---Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)/Foreign Affairs (1/17/19)---A bill to prohibit assistance to nonprofits, foreign nongovernmental organizations, and quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organizations that promote or perform abortions.

S. 194---Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH)/Judiciary (1/19/19)---A bill to prohibit taking minors across state lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.

Health

S. 116---Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (1/15/19)---A bill to address maternal mortality and morbidity.

International

H.R. 615---Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY)/Foreign Affairs (1/16/19)---A bill to provide women and girls safe access to sanitation facilities in refugee camps.

Judiciary

S. 182---Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA)/Judiciary (1/17/19)---A bill to prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.

H.R. 671---Rep. Robert Latta (R-OH)/Judiciary (1/17/19)---A bill to prohibit the unlawful disposal of fetal remains, and for other purposes.

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