Looking Back: Women’s Congressional Policy Institute, Weekly Legislative Update; September 12-16, 2022, Screening Initiatives by Health Care and Social Service Providers

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Weekly Legislative Update

September 19, 2022


Bills Introduced: September 12-16, 2022

Abortion

S. 4840 — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)/Judiciary (9/13/22)—A bill to protect pain-capable unborn children, and for other purposes.  

H.R. 8814 — Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ)/Judiciary (9/13/22)—A bill to protect pain-capable unborn children, and for other purposes. 

H.R. 8820 — Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA)/Energy and Commerce (9/14/22)—A bill to prohibit governmental discrimination against certain health care providers with certain objections to abortion. 

S. 4868 — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)/Finance (9/15/22)—A bill to provide support and assistance to unborn children, pregnant women, parents, and families. 

H.R. 8851 — Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA)/Ways and Means, Agriculture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Judiciary (9/15/22)—A bill to provide support and assistance to unborn children, pregnant women, parents, and families. 

H.R. 8838 — Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)/Energy and Commerce; Judiciary (9/15/22)—A bill to protect health care providers and people seeking reproductive health care services, and for other purposes. 

H.R. 8867 — Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA)/Judiciary (9/15/22)—A bill to establish a cause of action with respect to reproductive health services, and for other purposes.   

H.R. 8835 — Rep. Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA)/Energy and Commerce, Judiciary, and Ways and Means (9/15/22)—A bill to prohibit the use of federal funds to implement Executive Order relating to reproductive health services. 

 

Child Protection

S. 4834 — Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)/Judiciary (9/13/22) — A bill to reauthorize the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program. 

H.R. 8816 — Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)/Judiciary (9/13/22) — A bill to reauthorize the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program.

 Education

S. 4846 — Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (9/14/22) — A bill to require institutions of higher education to have an independent advocate for campus sexual assault prevention and response. 

Employment 

H.R. 8819 — Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO)/Education and Labor (9/14/22) —  A bill to provide employment protection and paid emergency leave to workers impacted by certain climate disasters, and for other purposes.  

Family Support 

H.R. 8862 — Rep. Dean Philips (D-MN)/Energy and Commerce; Financial Services; Transportation and Infrastructure; Education and Labor; Judiciary; Natural Resources; Agriculture; Veterans’ Affairs; Ways and Means (9/15/22) — A bill to invest in real pro-life policies that support the American family, and for other purposes. 

Reproductive Health

H.R. 8829 — Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY)/Energy and Commerce (9/14/22) — A bill to treat certain menstrual products as misbranded if their labeling does not list each component of the product, and for other purposes. 

H.R. 8834 — Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)/Energy and Commerce (9/15/22) — A bill to provide for a demonstration program to facilitate the clinical adoption of pregnancy intention screening initiatives by health care and social service providers.  

Small Business

S. 4863 — Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD)/Small Business and Entrepreneurship (9/15/22) — A bill to improve the Women’s Business Center Program, and for other purposes. 

Veterans 

S. 4841 — Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA)/Veterans’ Affairs (9/13/22) — A bill to improve benefits and services for surviving spouses, and for other purposes.  

Women’s History

S. Res. 762 — Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)/Considered and agreed to (9/13/22) — A resolution honoring the life and accomplishments of Queen Elizabeth II and expressing condolences to her family and the United Kingdom on her passing. 

H. Res. 1341 — Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI)/Considered and agreed to (9/13/22) — A bill expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. 

 Editor’s Note: We’re repeating an earlier Congressional Policy Institute post as our system had technical errors that prevented its correct inclusion.

 

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