Floor Action
Child Protection— On April 10, the House passed, 409-2, H.R. 4203, the Combat Online Predators Act.
Human Trafficking— On April 10, the House passed, 408-2, H.R. 2219, the End Banking for Human Traffickers Act.
International— On April 9, the Senate passed, by unanimous consent, H.R. 3445, the African Growth and Opportunity and Millennium Challenge Act Modernization Act. The House passed the bill in January; the Senate vote clears the measure for the president’s signature.
Mark-Ups
Employment— On April 12, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed, by voice vote, H.R. 4673, the Promoting Women in the Aviation Workforce Act, as amended.
Hearings
Health— On April 11, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a hearing on the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018.
Small Business— On April 12, the House Small Business Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight, and Regulations held a hearing, “Community Support: Entrepreneurial Development and Beyond.”
Bills Introduced
Education
H.R. 5416—Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC)/Education and the Workforce; Ways and Means (3/29/18)—A bill to establish a student loan forgiveness program for women who are small business owners.
Employment
H. Con. Res. 117—Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL)/Oversight and Government Reform (4/10/18)—A concurrent resolution recognizing the significance of Equal Pay Day to illustrate the disparity between wages paid to men and women.
Family Support
H.R. 5489—Rep. Ron Estes (R-KS)/Ways and Means; Agriculture (4/12/18)—A bill to institute reforms to the program of block grants to states for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Right, new Senator from the state of Mississippi, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Republican, replacing Thad Cochran
Health
H.R. 5423—Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY)/Energy and Commerce (4/2/18)—A bill to provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes, and for other purposes.
S. 2367—Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)/Finance (4/10/18)—A bill to improve the quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under the Medicaid and CHIP programs by developing maternity care quality measures and supporting maternity care quality collaboratives.
H.R. 5457—Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY)/Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means (4/10/18)—A bill to improve the quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under the Medicaid and CHIP programs by developing maternity care quality measures and supporting maternity care quality collaboratives.
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