Family Support

H.R. 4297 — Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA)/Agriculture (9/12/19)—A bill to treat attendance at an institution of higher education the same as work for the purpose of determining eligibility to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Health

H.R. 4243 — Rep. Xochitl Torres Small (D-NM)/Energy and Commerce (9/9/19) — A bill to improve obstetric care in rural areas. 

S. 2477 — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (9/12/19) — A bill to establish a National Commission on Fibrotic Diseases.

H.R. 4296 — Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)/Energy and Commerce; Education and Labor (9/12/19) — A bill to ensure the safe use of cosmetics, and for other purposes.

Human Trafficking

H.R. 4326 — Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO)/Foreign Affairs (9/12/19) — A bill to amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 relating to determinations with respect to efforts of foreign countries to reduce demand for commercial sex acts under the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.

H.R. 4281 — Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL)/Veterans’ Affairs (9/11/19) — A bill to direct the secretary of Veterans Affairs to allow a veteran to receive a full year supply of contraceptive pills, transdermal patches, and vaginal rings, and for other purposes.

Violence Against Women

H.R. 4289 — Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM)/Judiciary; Natural Resources; Energy and Commerce; Oversight and Reform (9/11/19) — A bill to require federal law enforcement agencies to report on cases of missing or murdered Indians, and for other purposes. 

H. Res. 555—Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA)/Judiciary; Energy and Commerce; Financial Services; Ways and Means; Education and Labor; Natural Resources; Veterans’ Affairs (9/12/19) — A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relationships between firearm violence, misogyny, and violence against women and reaffirming the importance of preventing individuals with a history of violence against women from accessing a firearm.

Editor's Note: Text with the permission of the Women's Congressional Policy Institute

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