Women's Congressional Policy Institute Legislative Update Including a Bill to Provide Loan Deferment for Borrowers And Survivors of Sexual Harassment, Stalking and Assault
Bills Introduced: September 18-22, 2023
Education
S. 2872 –– Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/20/2023) –– A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the deferment of loans for borrowers who are survivors of sexual harassment, stalking, and assault.
H.R. 5588 –– Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA)/Education and the Workforce (09/20/2023) –– A bill to provide for the deferment of loans for borrowers who are survivors of sexual harassment, stalking, and assault.
(Right), Rep. Madeleine Dean, center, in blue, (D-Pa)
Employment
H.R. 5578 –– Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)/Education and the Workforce; House Administration; Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary (09/19/2023) –– A bill to extend protections to part-time workers in the areas of family and medical leave and to ensure equitable treatment in the workplace.
Family Planning
H.R. 5540 –– Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO)/Ways and Means (09/18/2023) –– A bill to provide birth mothers and adoptive families with access to an annually updated list of adoption agencies that are licensed and not-for-profit in states across the United States.
Family Support
H.R. 5581 –– Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA)/Ways and Means (09/20/2023) –– A bill to authorize grants for demonstration projects to support mothers and families during, pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period by increasing access to short-term child care, and for other purposes.
Health
S. 2879 –– Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)/Finance (09/21/2023) –– A bill to address the increased burden that maintaining the health and hygiene of infants and toddlers, medically complex children, and low-income adults or adults with disabilities who rely on adult incontinence materials and supplies place on families in need, the resultant adverse health effects on children and families, and the limited child care options available for infants and toddlers who lack sufficient diapers and diapering supplies, and for other purposes.
H.R. 5644 –– Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)/Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means (09/21/2023) –– A bill to address the increased burden that maintaining the health and hygiene of infants and toddlers, medically complex children, and low-income adults or adults with disabilities who rely on adult incontinence materials and supplies place on families in need, the resultant adverse health effects on children and families, and the limited child care options available for infants and toddlers who lack sufficient diapers and diapering supplies, and for other purposes.
H. Res. 713 –– Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)/Oversight and Accountability (09/21/2023) –– A resolution recognizing the importance of diapers to infant health and family well-being, and expressing support for the designation of the week of September 18-24, 2023, as "National Diaper Need Awareness Week".
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