Hearings and Bills Introduced: Veterans’ Access to Child Care Act; Hearing on Gang Violence and Human Trafficking; Violence Against Women; Breast Cancer Care
Veterans’ Committee Advances Child Care Bill - On July 19, the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee approved several bills, including H.R. 95, the Veterans’ Access to Child Care Act.
*Rep. (D-Nevada) Jacky Rosen and constituent, Jessica Locklier
This Week:
Veterans – The House is scheduled to consider H.R. 95, the Veterans’ Access to Child Care Act.
From the Congressional Research Service: Summary: H.R.95 — 115th Congress (2017-2018) All Information (Except Text)
There is one summary for H.R.95. Bill summaries are authored by CRS.
Veterans' Access to Child Care Act — Introduced in House (01/03/2017)
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide child care assistance to an eligible veteran for any period that the veteran: (1) receives covered health care services at a VA facility, and (2) is required to travel to and return from such facility for the receipt of such services.
The bill defines: (1) "covered health care services" to mean regular mental health care services, intensive mental health care services, or such other intensive health care services to which the VA determines that provision of child care assistance would improve the veteran's access; and (2) "eligible veteran" as a veteran who is the primary caretaker of a child and who is receiving covered health care services from the VA or who is in need of, and who would receive, such services from the VA but for lack of child care.
Included among child care assistance to be provided under this bill are:
- a stipend for the payment of the full cost of child care offered by a licensed child care center, which shall be modeled after the VA's Child Care Subsidy Program;
- direct provision of child care at an on-site VA facility;
- a payment made directly to a private child care agency; and
- collaboration with a facility or program of another federal department or agency.
Health–The Senate also may consider H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act of 2017, and S. 934, the FDA Reauthorization Act.
Appropriations – On Tuesday, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Related Agencies will mark up the FY2018 Transportation, HUD, and Related Agencies spending bill (as-yet-unnumbered).
On Tuesday, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies will mark up the FY2018 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies spending bill (as-yet-unnumbered).
On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee will mark up several bills, including the FY2018 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, and the FY2018 Transportation, HUD, and Related Agencies spending bills.
Hearings: House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Gang Violence and Human Trafficking: On July 20, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations held a hearing, Gangs in Our Communities: Drugs, Human Trafficking, and Violence.
On July 18, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition held a hearing, "The Next Farm Bill: Pathways to Success for SNAP Households."
On July 18, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition held a hearing, "The Next Farm Bill: Pathways to Success for SNAP Households." The hearing focused on ways recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) can improve education and employment opportunities. This is the latest in a series of hearings to examine the reauthorization of the Farm Bill (P.L. 113-79), which expires in September 2018. The Farm Bill provides the authorization for SNAP.
The following witnesses testified during the hearing:
Harry Holzer, John Lafarge, Jr. SJ Professor of Public Policy, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University;
Eliyahu Lotzar, student success coordinator, Onondaga Community College Economic and Workforce Development and Pathway to Careers; and
Heather Reynolds, president and chief executive officer, Catholic Charities Fort Worth.
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