US Congress House Resolution 94 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)
Status: Introduced on February 28 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expresses support for efforts to make improving women's health a priority in the 113th Congress. Expresses support for efforts to ensure that women have: (1) access to the best available scientifically based health care, safe childbearing, and affordable insurance coverage for all of their pregnancy-related health care needs, including contraception and abortion, as well as for their general health care needs; (2) the autonomy to decide whether and when to have children and the medically accurate information, education, and access to health services to make such decisions; (3) autonomous decision making, informed consent, privacy, and confidentiality regarding their health care; (4) the ability to participate equally in ethically conducted clinical research; and (5) the resources needed to guarantee their financial and economic security as they age. Expresses support for efforts to ensure that: (1) parents have and can use earned sick days to care for themselves and their families, have paid leave to prepare for and recover from pregnancy and childbirth and to care for their children or loved ones, and may receive a social security credit if they are forced to leave the workforce to care for a child or a loved one; and (2) women receive equal pay for equal work. Expresses support for efforts to: (1) work to end gender discrimination and improve women's health by implementing the Affordable Care Act, end health disparities for women, and end gender-based violence; and (2) eliminate discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform job functions are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding women's health and economic security.

Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-02-28	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-02-28	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2013-02-28	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-02-28	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-resolution/94/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hres94/BILLS-113hres94ih.pdf