Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Bills

There are 53 bills referred to this committee:

• S. 192: Community and Public Health Programs Extension Act
  Sponsor: Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]
  Status: Introduced
• S.Res. 33: A resolution supporting the contributions of Catholic schools.
  Sponsor: Sen. Patrick “Pat” Toomey [R-PA]
  Status: Agreed To (Simple Resolution)
• S. 184: Gun Violence Prevention Research Act
  Sponsor: Sen. Edward “Ed” Markey [D-MA]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 485: A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and other laws to clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment discrimination and retaliation claims, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Sen. Robert “Bob” Casey [D-PA]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 516: A bill to require the use of prescription drug monitoring programs.
  Sponsor: Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 532: A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that an individual may remain eligible to participate in the teacher loan forgiveness program under title IV of such Act if the individual’s period of consecutive years of employment as
  Sponsor: Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 467: A bill to amend section 520E of the Public Health Service Act to require States and their designees receiving grants for development and implementation of statewide suicide early intervention and prevention strategies to collaborate with each Fed
  Sponsor: Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 468: A bill to amend title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for teacher, principal, and other school leader quality enhancement.
  Sponsor: Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 85: A bill to reauthorize the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act.
  Sponsor: Sen. Charles “Chuck” Grassley [R-IA]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 9: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2019
  Sponsor: Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 117: Disability Integration Act of 2019
  Sponsor: Sen. Charles “Chuck” Schumer [D-NY]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 385: A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide increased labor law protections for agricultural workers, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 402: A bill to plan, develop, and make recommendations to increase access to sexual assault examinations for survivors by holding hospitals accountable and supporting the providers that serve them.
  Sponsor: Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 511: A bill to promote and protect from discrimination living organ donors.
  Sponsor: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 523: A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a national strategic action plan and program to assist health professionals and systems in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change, and for
  Sponsor: Sen. Edward “Ed” Markey [D-MA]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 427: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance activities of the National Institutes of Health with respect to research on autism spectrum disorder and enhance programs relating to autism, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Sen. Robert “Bob” Menendez [D-NJ]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 418: A bill to establish procedures regarding the approval of opioid drugs by the Food and Drug Administration.
  Sponsor: Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 417: A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to amend the mission statement of the Food and Drug Administration.
  Sponsor: Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 419: A bill to require the Food and Drug Administration to revoke the approval of one opioid pain medication for each new opioid pain medication approved.
  Sponsor: Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 416: A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to amend the process by which students with certain special circumstances apply for Federal financial aid.
  Sponsor: Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 366: A bill to shorten monopoly periods for prescription drugs that are the subjects of sudden price hikes.
  Sponsor: Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 323: A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to establish the Recognition Inspiring School Employees (RISE) Program recognizing excellence exhibited by classified school employees providing services to students in prekindergarten through high scho
  Sponsor: Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 342: A bill to reauthorize title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to improve and encourage innovation in international education, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 344: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prevent the inter partes review process for challenging patents from diminishing competition in the pharmaceutical industry and with respect to dr
  Sponsor: Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 158: A bill to prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
  Sponsor: Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 124: Freedom to Compete Act
  Sponsor: Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 11: Strengthening the National Disaster Medical System Act of 2019
  Sponsor: Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 260: Transformation to Competitive Employment Act
  Sponsor: Sen. Robert “Bob” Casey [D-PA]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 313: CIVICS Act of 2019
  Sponsor: Sen. James “Jim” Inhofe [R-OK]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 304: Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act of 2019
  Sponsor: Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 282: Genetically Engineered Salmon Labeling Act
  Sponsor: Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 145: CHOICE Act
  Sponsor: Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 455: A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for Federal Exchange outreach and educational activities.
  Sponsor: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 235: Teachers Are Leaders Act
  Sponsor: Sen. Chris Coons [D-DE]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 155: Youth Financial Learning Act
  Sponsor: Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 525: A bill to preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.
  Sponsor: Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 270: Paycheck Fairness Act
  Sponsor: Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 102: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act of 2019
  Sponsor: Sen. Bernard “Bernie” Sanders [I-VT]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 150: Raise the Wage Act
  Sponsor: Sen. Bernard “Bernie” Sanders [I-VT]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 354: A bill to avoid duplicative annual reporting under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and for other purposes.
  Sponsor: Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 118: Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2019
  Sponsor: Sen. Chris Coons [D-DE]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 116: MOMS Act
  Sponsor: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 303: GEAR UP for Success Act of 2019
  Sponsor: Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 97: Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act
  Sponsor: Sen. Bernard “Bernie” Sanders [I-VT]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 61: Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019
  Sponsor: Sen. Charles “Chuck” Grassley [R-IA]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 95: Veterans Access to Care Act
  Sponsor: Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 299: Geriatrics Workforce Improvement Act
  Sponsor: Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 105: Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act
  Sponsor: Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 234: Transparency in Student Lending Act
  Sponsor: Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 183: Conscience Protection Act of 2019
  Sponsor: Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]
  Status: Introduced
• S. 141: Protect Funding for Women’s Health Care Act
  Sponsor: Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]
  Status: Introduced
• S.Res. 29: A resolution expressing support for the designation of a “Women’s Health Research Day”.
  Sponsor: Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]
  Status: Introduced
• S.Res. 64: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  Sponsor: Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]
  Status: Introduced

Reports

Subcommittees

• Children and Families
• Employment and Workplace Safety
• Primary Health and Retirement Security