Bill H.Con.Res.86 titled “Supporting the goals and ideals of GLSEN's 2022 Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, non-binary, Two-Spirit, intersex, and questioning (LGBTQ+) bullying, harassment, discrimination, and other forms of victimization faced by individuals in schools” was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Mark Takano with Pete Aguilar, Ami Bera, Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Jamaal Bowman, Shontel Brown, Sheila Cherfilus-Mccormick, Judy Chu, David Cicilline, Angie Craig, Sharice Davids, Danny Davis, Madeleine Dean, Suzan Delbene, Debbie Dingell, Veronica Escobar, Dwight Evans, Ruben Gallego, Raúl Grijalva, Jahana Hayes, Brian Higgins, Sara Jacobs, Mondaire Jones, Kaiali'i Kahele, Derek Kilmer, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Zoe Lofgren, Tom Malinowski, Carolyn Maloney, Kathy Manning, Grace Meng, Seth Moulton, Jerrold Nadler, Marie Newman, Eleanor Norton, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Jimmy Panetta, Chris Pappas, Mark Pocan, Linda Sánchez, Mary Scanlon, Janice Schakowsky, Darren Soto, Eric Swalwell, Dina Titus, Paul Tonko, Ritchie Torres, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Peter Welch, Jennifer Wexton, Nikema Williams as cosponsors.
Bill H.J.Res.81 titled “Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to Vaccine and Mask Requirements To Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19 in Head Start Programs” was referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. David Joyce with Brian Mast, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Victoria Spartz as cosponsors.
Bill H.Res.1061 titled “Supporting the goals and ideals of National Deaf History Month”. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Joyce Beatty with Don Bacon, Shontel Brown, Eleanor Norton, Janice Schakowsky as cosponsors.
Bill H.Res.1062 titled “Celebrating the 45th anniversary of San Joaquin Valley College”. The bill is sponsored by Rep. David Valadao with Salud Carbajal, Jim Costa, Mike Garcia, Josh Harder, Darrell Issa, Young Kim, Jay Obernolte, Michelle Steel as cosponsors.
The Education and Labor Committee moves forward in some way on two bills per day.
Most bills have a hearing where those involved explain why they are for or against the bill. Roughly 8,000 bills are addressed by committees each year but only about 800 make it to the floor of Congress, according to ushistory.org.
A 2019 report from the Brookings Institute argued committees aren’t capable of delving fully into the issues they address and are forced to rely on lobbyists.
| Bill Name | Sponsor | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Supporting the goals and ideals of GLSEN's 2022 Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, non-binary, Two-Spirit, intersex, and questioning (LGBTQ+) bullying, harassment, discrimination, and other forms of victimization faced by individuals in schools. | Rep. Takano, Mark | House of Representatives |
| Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Vaccine and Mask Requirements To Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19 in Head Start Programs". | Rep. Joyce, David P. | House of Representatives |
| Supporting the goals and ideals of National Deaf History Month. | Rep. Beatty, Joyce | |
| Celebrating the 45th anniversary of San Joaquin Valley College. | Rep. Valadao, David G. |
