Bill H.R.7791 titled “To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to establish waiver authority to address certain emergencies, disasters, and supply chain disruptions, and for other purposes” was referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Jahana Hayes with Nanette Barragan, Ami Bera, Lisa Blunt Rochester, Julia Brownley, Cheri Bustos, Salud Carbajal, Andre Carson, Troy Carter, Sean Casten, Joaquin Castro, Katherine Clark, Emanuel Cleaver, James Clyburn, Steve Cohen, Gerald Connolly, J. Correa, Jim Costa, Joe Courtney, Danny Davis, Madeleine Dean, Rosa Delauro, Suzan Delbene, Theodore Deutch, Debbie Dingell, Veronica Escobar, Anna Eshoo, Adriano Espaillat, Lois Frankel, Ruben Gallego, Raúl Grijalva, Josh Harder, Steven Horsford, Steny Hoyer, Sara Jacobs, Pramila Jayapal, Hakeem Jeffries, Mondaire Jones, Robin Kelly, Andy Kim, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ann Kuster, John Larson, Brenda Lawrence, Barbara Lee, Teresa Leger Fernandez, Ted Lieu, Zoe Lofgren, Elaine Luria, Carolyn Maloney, Sean Maloney, Doris Matsui, Betty Mccollum, James Mcgovern, Gregory Meeks, Grace Meng, Kweisi Mfume, Gwen Moore, Joseph Morelle, Seth Moulton, Richard Neal, Joe Neguse, Ilhan Omar, Ed Perlmutter, Dean Phillips, Chellie Pingree, Mark Pocan, Ayanna Pressley, Jamie Raskin, Deborah Ross, Bobby Rush, Mary Scanlon, Adam Schiff, Kim Schrier, Robert Scott, Mikie Sherrill, Abigail Spanberger, Melanie Stansbury, Michelle Steel, Haley Stevens, Eric Swalwell, Mark Takano, Bennie Thompson, Mike Thompson, Dina Titus, Rashida Tlaib, Norma Torres, Ritchie Torres, Lori Trahan, Lauren Underwood, Nydia Velazquez, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Peter Welch, Jennifer Wexton, Susan Wild, Nikema Williams, Frederica Wilson as cosponsors.
Bill H.R.7808 titled “To suspend duties and other restrictions on the importation of infant formula to address the shortage of infant formula in the United States, and for other purposes” was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means and Education and Labor 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. Chris Stewart.
Bill H.Res.1128 titled “Supporting the goals and ideals of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia, and Intersexphobia”. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Barbara Lee with Jake Auchincloss, Lisa Blunt Rochester, Suzanne Bonamici, Julia Brownley, David Cicilline, Emanuel Cleaver, Sharice Davids, Lois Frankel, Sylvia Garcia, Brian Higgins, Steven Horsford, Jared Huffman, Sara Jacobs, Ro Khanna, Alan Lowenthal, Carolyn Maloney, Doris Matsui, Jerrold Nadler, Ilhan Omar, Chellie Pingree, Mark Pocan, Katie Porter, Ayanna Pressley, Linda Sánchez, Janice Schakowsky, Darren Soto, Marilyn Strickland, Dina Titus, Rashida Tlaib, Paul Tonko, Ritchie Torres, Juan Vargas, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Nikema Williams 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 |
|---|---|---|
| To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to establish waiver authority to address certain emergencies, disasters, and supply chain disruptions, and for other purposes. | Rep. Hayes, Jahana | House of Representatives |
| To suspend duties and other restrictions on the importation of infant formula to address the shortage of infant formula in the United States, and for other purposes. | Rep. Stewart, Chris | House of Representatives |
| Supporting the goals and ideals of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia, and Intersexphobia. | Rep. Lee, Barbara |
