Legislative Update May 4-8, 2020: Office to Enforce & Protect Against Child Sexual Exploitation; Paid Sick Leave and Required Paid Family and Medical Leave, Eating Disorder Prevention, Indigenous Women
Bills Introduced
Abortion
H.R. 6742 — Rep. Michael Conaway (R-TX)/Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means; Education and Labor (5/8/20) — A bill to prohibit the expenditure for an abortion of federal funds authorized or appropriated for preventing, preparing for, or responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.
Senator Ron Wyden, D-Oregon
Child Protection
S. 3629 — Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)/Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (5/6/20) — A bill to establish the Office to Enforce and Protect Against Child Sexual Exploitation.
S. 3660 — Sen. Robert Casey, Jr. (D-PA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (5/7/20) — A bill to provide emergency funding for caseworkers and child protective services.
H.R. 6752 —Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA)/Judiciary; Education and Labor; Ways and Means (5/8/20) — A bill to establish the Office to Enforce and Protect Against Child Sexual Exploitation.
Health
H.R. 6703 — Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC)/Education and Labor (5/5/20)— A bill to include eating disorder prevention within local school wellness policy, and for other purposes.
S. Res. 565 — Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)/Agreed to in Senate (5/7/20) — A resolution recognizing the heritage, culture, and contributions of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women in the United States.
Tax Policy
S. 3652 — Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN)/Finance (5/7/20) — A bill to allow 2020 recovery rebates with respect to qualifying children over the age of 16 and other dependents.
S. 3653 — Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN)/Finance (5/7/20) — A bill to allow tax credits to state and local governments for required paid sick leave and required paid family and medical leave.
H.R. 6762 — Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY)/Ways and Means (5/8/20) — A bill to provide COVID-19 related assistance through a special earned income rule for purposes of the refundable child and earned income credits for taxable year 2020.
Violence Against Women
S. Res. 555 — Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)/Judiciary (5/4/20) — A resolution recognizing and supporting the advocates, counselors, volunteers, and first responders who served survivors on an emergency basis during “National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.”
H. Res. 950 — Rep. Deb Haaland (D-MN)/Natural Resources (5/5/20) — A resolution expressing support for the designation of May 5, 2020, as the “National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.”
S. Res. 560 — Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)/Judiciary (5/6/20) — A resolution recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of “National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.”
Text with permission from the Women's Congressional Policy Institute
