Miscellaneous
S. 2126 — Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)/Environment and Public Works (6/17/21) — A bill to designate the Federal Office Building located at 308 W. 21st Street in Cheyenne, Wyoming, as the “Louisa Swain Federal Office Building.”
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
S. 2042 —Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)/Small Business and Entrepreneurship (6/14/21) — A bill to reauthorize the Interagency Committee on Women’s Business Enterprise, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3875 — Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY)/ Small Business and Entrepreneurship (6/14/21) — A bill to reauthorize the Interagency Committee on Women’s Business Enterprise, and for other purposes.
Social Security/Retirement
H.R. 3905 —Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK)/Ways and Means (6/15/21) — bill to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to waive the two-year duration of divorce requirement, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3915 — Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY)/Ways and Means (6/15/21) — A bill to improve social security benefits for widows and widowers in two-income households, and for other purposes.
Sports
S. Res. 277 — Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)/Considered and Agreed to (6/17/21) — A resolution congratulating the University of Mississippi Rebels women’s golf team on winning the 2021 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I women’s golf championship.
STEM
H.R. 3859—Rep. Young Kim (R-CA)/Science, Space, Technology (6/14/21) — A bill to encourage and promote further research into informal learning opportunities to engage youth in STEM fields, and for other purposes.
Veterans
S. 2087 — Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)/ Veterans’ Affairs (6/16/21) — A bill to expand the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender diverse, gender non-conforming, intersex, or queer.
H.R. 3930 — Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA)/Veterans’ Affairs (6/16/21) — A bill to expand the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender diverse, gender non-conforming, intersex, or queer.
S. 2102 — Sen. John Boozman (R-AR)/Veterans’ Affairs (6/17/21) — A bill to direct the under secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide mammography screening for veterans who served in locations associated with toxic exposure.
*Our thanks to the Women's Congressional Policy Institute for the text of this article.
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