Women's Congressional Policy Institute: Increasing Access to Child Care, Amending the Age Discrimination in Employment Act; Improve SS Benefits for Widows and Widowers in 2-Income Households
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Weekly Legislative Update
June 21, 2021, Right, Sylvia Garcia; D-Tex
Bills Introduced: June 14-18, 2021
Child Care
H.R. 3878 — Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA)/Education and Labor (6/14/21) — A bill to authorize states to expand the uses of the child care stabilization funds to include support for grants to increase access to child care through the establishment and expansion of child care programs by businesses.
Employment
H.R. 3992 — Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX)/Education and Labor (6/17/21) — A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating, or classifying applicants for employment.
Health
S. 2047 — Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)/ Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (6/14/21) — A bill to ban the use of intentionally added perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances in cosmetics.
S. 2051 — Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)/Finance (6/15/21) — A bill to provide coverage for custom fabricated breast prostheses following a mastectomy.
S. 2100 — Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (6/17/21) — A bill to ensure the safety of cosmetics.
H.R. 3990 — Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI)/Energy and Commerce (6/17/21) — A bill to ban the use of intentionally added perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances in cosmetics.
Human Trafficking
S. 2040 — Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)/Banking, Housing, Urban Affairs (6/14/21) — A bill to prohibit consumer reporting agencies from furnishing a consumer report containing any adverse item of information about a consumer if the consumer is a victim of trafficking, and for other purposes.
S. 2049 — Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)/ Banking, Housing, Urban Affairs (6/15/21) — A bill to require a study and report on the housing and service needs of survivors of trafficking and individuals at risk for trafficking.
H.R. 3891 — Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH)/ Financial Services (6/15/21) — A bill to require a study and report on the housing and service needs of survivors of trafficking and individuals at risk for trafficking.
H.R. 3957 — Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI)/Education and Labor (6/16/21) — A bill to direct the secretary of Labor to train certain Department of Labor personnel how to effectively detect and assist law enforcement in preventing human trafficking during the course of their primary roles and responsibilities, and for other purposes.
S. 2136 — Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (6/17/21) — A bill to provide for the implementation of curricula for training students, teachers, parents, and school and youth development personnel to understand, recognize, prevent, and respond to signs of human trafficking and exploitation in children and youth, and for other purposes.
International
H.R. 3938 — Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)/Foreign Affairs (6/16/21) — A bill to authorize contributions to the United Nations Population Fund, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4017 — Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA)/Foreign Affairs (6/17/21)—A bill to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal years 2021 through 2023 to provide assistance to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras through bilateral compacts to increase protection of women and children in their homes and communities and reduce female homicides, domestic violence, and sexual assault.
Judiciary
S. 2115 — Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)/Judiciary (6/17/21) — A bill to prohibit the exclusion of individuals from service on a federal jury on account of sexual orientation or gender identity.
S. 2128 — Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)/Judiciary (6/17/21) — A bill to ensure the humane treatment of pregnant women by reinstating the presumption of release and prohibiting shackling, restraining, and other inhumane treatment of pregnant detainees, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3993 — Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX)/Judiciary (6/17/21) — A bill to ensure the humane treatment of pregnant women by reinstating the presumption of release and prohibiting shackling, restraining, and other inhumane treatment of pregnant detainees, and for other purposes.
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