Bill H.R.5585 titled “ARPA–H Act Advanced Research Projects Agency–Health Act” was received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Anna Eshoo.
Bill H.R.7666 titled “Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022” was received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Jr. Pallone Frank.
Bill S.4461 titled “A bill to reauthorize the program for mental health awareness training grants, and for other purposes” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Jacky Rosen with Bill Cassidy as cosponsor.
Bill S.4467 titled “A bill to preserve access to abortion medications” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Tina Smith.
Bill S.4468 titled “A bill to improve the quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of diagnosis in health care, and for other purposes” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Chris Van Hollen with Ben Lujan as cosponsor.
Bill S.4472 titled “A bill to expand the availability of mental, emotional, behavioral, and substance use disorder health services, and for other purposes” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Robert Casey with Bill Cassidy as cosponsor.
Bill S.4474 titled “A bill to prohibit the declaration of a Federal emergency relating to abortion” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Marco Rubio with Marsha Blackburn, Mike Braun, Kevin Cramer, Mike Crapo, Steve Daines, Josh Hawley, James Lankford, Roger Marshall, Jerry Moran, James Risch, Rick Scott, Thomas Tillis, Roger Wicker as cosponsors.
Bill S.4480 titled “A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide increased labor law protections for agricultural workers, and for other purposes” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Alex Padilla with Richard Blumenthal, Cory Booker, Sherrod Brown, Catherine Cortez Masto, Dianne Feinstein, Amy Klobuchar, Edward Markey, Bernard Sanders, Chris Van Hollen, Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden as cosponsors.
Bill S.4481 titled “A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect and disseminate information about pharmaceutical affordability assistance programs” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by with Charles Grassley as cosponsor.
Bill S.4483 titled “A bill to prevent class-based loan forgiveness for Federal student loans under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 without the explicit appropriation of funds by Congress for such purpose” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Rick Scott with John Barrasso, Mike Braun, Cynthia Lummis as cosponsors.
Bill S.4484 titled “A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to clarify the fiduciary duty of plan administrators to select and maintain investments based solely on pecuniary factors, and for other purposes” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Steve Daines.
Bill S.4490 titled “A bill to promote digital citizenship and media literacy” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar with Michael Bennet, Dianne Feinstein, Tina Smith, Sheldon Whitehouse as cosponsors.
The Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee moves forward in some way on one bill 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ARPA–H Act Advanced Research Projects Agency–Health Act | Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. | Senate |
| Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. | Senate |
| A bill to reauthorize the program for mental health awareness training grants, and for other purposes. | Sen. Rosen, Jacky | Senate |
| A bill to preserve access to abortion medications. | Sen. Smith, Tina | Senate |
| A bill to improve the quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of diagnosis in health care, and for other purposes. | Sen. Van Hollen, Chris | Senate |
| A bill to expand the availability of mental, emotional, behavioral, and substance use disorder health services, and for other purposes. | Sen. Casey, Robert P. | Senate |
| A bill to prohibit the declaration of a Federal emergency relating to abortion. | Sen. Rubio, Marco | Senate |
| A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide increased labor law protections for agricultural workers, and for other purposes. | Sen. Padilla, Alex | Senate |
| A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect and disseminate information about pharmaceutical affordability assistance programs. | Sen. Ernst, Joni | Senate |
| A bill to prevent class-based loan forgiveness for Federal student loans under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 without the explicit appropriation of funds by Congress for such purpose. | Sen. Scott, Rick | Senate |
| A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to clarify the fiduciary duty of plan administrators to select and maintain investments based solely on pecuniary factors, and for other purposes. | Sen. Daines, Steve | Senate |
| A bill to promote digital citizenship and media literacy. | Sen. Klobuchar, Amy | Senate |
