Bills Introduced:
Education
*H.R. 3316—Rep. Jacky Rosen (D-NV)/Science, Space, and Technology; Education and the Workforce (7/19/17)—A bill to direct the National Science Foundation to award grants to encourage young girls to participate in computer science and other STEM activities, and for other purposes.
Family Support
H.R. 3291—Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH)/Energy and Commerce (7/18/17)—A bill to provide for a state option to provide for maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting programs, and for other purposes.
Health
H.R. 3338—Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)/Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means; Education and the Workforce (7/20/17)—A bill to require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations.
Human Trafficking
H.R. 3304—Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH)/Judiciary (7/19/17)—A bill to require the attorney general to designate human trafficking coordinators for federal judicial districts, and for other purposes.
International
S. 1580—Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)/Foreign Relations (7/19/17)—S. 1580—Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)/Foreign Relations (7/19/17)—A bill to enhance transparency, improve the coordination, and intensify the impact of assistance to support access to primary and secondary education for displaced children and persons, including women and girls, and for other purposes.
Miscellaneous
S. Res. 457—Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-MI)/Judiciary (7/19/17)–A resolution honoring the 169th anniversary of the first women's rights convention held in the United States in Seneca Falls, New York.
Violence Against Women
S. 1601—Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)/Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (7/20/17)—A bill to amend the Fair Housing Act to establish that certain conduct, in or around a dwelling, shall be considered to be severe or pervasive for purposes of determining whether a certain type of sexual harassment occurred under that Act, and for other purposes.
S. 1605—Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA)/Commerce, Science, and Transportation (7/20/17)—A bill to improve the response to sexual assault and sexual harassment on board aircraft operated in passenger air transportation, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3317—Rep. David Trott (R-MI)/Judiciary (7/19/17)—A bill to increase the penalty for female genital mutilation, and for other purposes.
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