Above: Rep. Jennifer Wexton and support for the Bipartisan Violence Against Women Act

Floor Action: 
 
The Senate is in session this week. The House has a committee work period this week with no scheduled votes.  
 
Appropriations — Bipartisan Violence Against Women Act This week, the Senate is expected to vote on a continuing resolution (CR) (H.R. 6617) to fund the government through March 11. The current CR expires on February 18. 
 
Mark-Ups: 
 
Small Business — On Tuesday, the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee will mark up several bills, including S. 2042, the Interagency Committee on Women’s Business Enterprise Act of 2021. 

BILLS INTRODUCED: FEBRUARY 7-11, 2022 

Abortion 
 
H.R. 6702 — Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN)/Energy and Commerce (2/9/22) — A bill to require more accurate reporting of abortion drug prescribing and related adverse events, and for other purposes. 
 
Child Protection 
 
S. 3594 — Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA)/Judiciary (2/8/22) — A bill to hold violent criminals and child predators accountable. 
 
Employment 
 
H.R. 6627 — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL)/House Administration (2/7/22) — A bill to require the application of the administrative and judicial dispute-resolution procedures to registered lobbyists for claims alleging sexual harassment or sexual assault, and for other purposes. 
 
H.R. 6670 — Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)/Education and Labor; Administration; Oversight and Reform; Judiciary (2/9/22) — A bill to permit employees to request changes to their work schedules without fear of retaliation and to ensure that employers consider these requests, and to require employers to provide more predictable and stable schedules for employees in certain occupations with evidence of unpredictable and unstable scheduling practices that negatively affect employees, and for other purposes. 
 
H.R. 6699 — Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)/Education and Labor; House Administration; Oversight and Reform; Ways and Means (2/9/22) — A bill to extend protections to part-time workers in the areas of family and medical leave and pension plans, and to ensure equitable treatment in the workplace. 
 
Health 
 
S. 3601 — Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)/Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (2/9/22) — A bill to require the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to include breast pumps and other lactation supplies and equipment in disaster relief and emergency response. 
 
Military 
 
S. Res. 507 — Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI)/Considered and agreed to (2/9/22) — A resolution designating February 1, 2022, as “Blue Star Mother’s Day.” 
 
Violence Against Women 
 
S. 3623 — Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)/Placed on Senate legislative calendar (2/9/22) — A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes. 
 
H. Res. 924 — Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA)/Judiciary (2/9/22) — A resolution expressing support for designation of the month of February 2022 as “National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month.” 
 
Women’s History 
 
H.R. 6661 — Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA)/Oversight and Reform (2/9/22) — A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1663 East Date Place in San Bernardino, California, as the “Dr. Margaret B. Hill Post Office Building.”  

Editor's Note: Our thanks to the Women's Congressional Policy Institute: https://www.wcpinst.org/