Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Writes laws on public health, medical research, schools and student loans. It also covers wages and hours, workplace safety, job discrimination, private pensions and people with disabilities.
Writes laws on public health, medical research, schools and student loans. Also covers wages, workplace safety and pensions.
WHAT IT DECIDES
Public healthMedical researchSchools and student loansWages and job safetyPrivate pensionsPeople with disabilities
Public healthMedical researchSchools and student loansWages and job safetyPrivate pensionsPeople with disabilities
ITS RECORD THIS CONGRESS
794 bills sent here. 51 came out.794 bills in. 51 came out.
REFERRED794
CAME OUT6.4%51
PASSED THE SENATE31%16
BECAME LAW13%2
6.4% came out, against a Senate average of 12%.
REFERRED
794
THIS CONGRESS
CAME OUT
51
6.4% OF PREVIOUS
PASSED THE SENATE
16
31% OF PREVIOUS
BECAME LAW
2
13% OF PREVIOUS
Bills can be sent to more than one committee. “Came out” means this committee voted to report it or was discharged from it, or the full Senate passed it.
BILLS WAITING HERE · 719
What the chair hasn’t taken up yetNot taken up yet
S. 5676 · SENT SEP 301 COSPONSORSS. 5676SENT SEP 30Authorize grants for civics and history educationTL;DR Civics and history programs are educational efforts focused on those subjects. The bill would authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants supporting them, but its title does not spell out grant rules or funding.Christopher A. CoonsD-DEChristopher A. CoonsD-DE1 COSPONSORS. 5671 · SENT SEP 301 COSPONSORSS. 5671SENT SEP 30Reauthorize state stockpile pilot and require public health consultationTL;DR Medical stockpiles and coordination among public health officials are part of public health preparedness. The proposal would reauthorize and improve a pilot supporting State medical stockpiles and require consultation with State, local, Tribal, and territorial public health departments or officials.Maggie HassanD-NHMaggie HassanD-NH1 COSPONSORS. 5665 · SENT SEP 306 COSPONSORSS. 5665SENT SEP 30Establish grants for tuition-free community collegesTL;DR INSUFFICIENT_DATATammy BaldwinD-WITammy BaldwinD-WI6 COSPONSORSS. 5662 · SENT SEP 300 COSPONSORSS. 5662SENT SEP 30Strengthen child labor protections under federal lawTL;DR Federal law sets rules for children who work. This bill would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to strengthen its child labor provisions, though the title does not specify the changes.Ben Ray LujánD-NMBen Ray LujánD-NM0 COSPONSORSS. 5660 · SENT SEP 303 COSPONSORSS. 5660SENT SEP 30Create grants for counseling student survivors of sexual assaultTL;DR Student survivors of sexual assault and other violence are the focus of this proposal. It would create grants for colleges to provide them with patient-centered academic counseling services.Tim KaineD-VATim KaineD-VA3 COSPONSORS
MEMBERS · 23
In seniority order, so you can see who’s next in lineBy seniority, so you see who’s next in line
REPUBLICANS12 SEATS
1Bill CassidyLACHAIR2Rand PaulKY3Susan M. CollinsME4Lisa MurkowskiAK5Roger MarshallKSSUBCMTE CHAIR6Tim ScottSC7Josh HawleyMO8Tommy TubervilleALRUNNING FOR GOV.9Jim BanksINSUBCMTE CHAIR10Jon HustedOH11Ashley MoodyFL12Alan ArmstrongOKNOT RUNNINGDEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS11 SEATS
1Bernie SandersVTRANKING2Patty MurrayWA3Tammy BaldwinWI4Christopher MurphyCT5Tim KaineVA6Maggie HassanNH7John W. HickenlooperCOSUBCMTE RANKING8Ed MarkeyMASUBCMTE RANKING9Andy KimNJ10Lisa Blunt RochesterDESUBCMTE RANKING11Angela D. AlsobrooksMDWHERE THEY’RE FROM23 STATES
AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL
Darker means more members. 23 states have 1 each.
WHAT IT HANDLES
Health first, then education
Health35445%
Education18724%
Jobs and labor12416%
Families202.5%
Social welfare162%
Other9312%
SUBCOMMITTEES · 3
Where the detailed work happens
Education and the American Family13Head Start, child care, family leave and national service● Tommy Tuberville● Lisa Blunt RochesterCHAIR● Tommy TubervilleRANKING● Lisa Blunt Rochester13SEATSEmployment and Workplace Safety13Job training, worker safety, minimum wage and overtime rules● Jim Banks● John W. HickenlooperCHAIR● Jim BanksRANKING● John W. Hickenlooper13SEATSPrimary Health and Retirement Security17Primary care, mental health, addiction and private pensions● Roger Marshall● Ed MarkeyCHAIR● Roger MarshallRANKING● Ed Markey17SEATS
HEARINGS AND MARKUPS
When it meets
54
hearings this Congress
22
markups
Includes the 3 subcommittees. A markup is where members amend a bill and vote to send it to the floor.
Nothing scheduled yet. Committees post meetings about a week ahead.
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