Menstrual Equity For All Act of 2023
- Last Action
- 12/17/2024
Actions
- 2024-12-17Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
- 2023-05-26Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2023-05-25Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- 2023-05-24Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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.
- 2023-05-24Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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.
- 2023-05-24Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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.
- 2023-05-24Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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.
- 2023-05-24Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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.
- 2023-05-24Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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.
- 2023-05-24Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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.
- 2023-05-24Introduced in House
- 2023-05-24Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-05-24 (00)
Menstrual Equity For All Act of 2023
This bill expands access to menstrual products through federal programs, in certain locations, and for particular groups. It also prohibits states and localities from taxing retail sales of a range of menstrual products (e.g., sanitary napkins, tampons, and menstrual cups).
The bill expands access to that range of menstrual products by
- requiring Medicaid to cover those products,
- establishing a grant program in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to provide benefits to ensure access to those products, and
- increasing Social Services Block Grant funding for providing those products to low-income individuals and exempting that increase from sequestration (a process of automatic, usually across-the-board cancellations of budgetary resources to enforce specific budget policy goals).
Additionally, the bill sets out requirements to make free sanitary napkins and tampons available in federal and state correctional facilities (including Department of Homeland Security detention facilities) and restrooms in federal buildings that are open to the public.
Further, the bill (1) establishes a grant program to support the provision of free sanitary napkins and tampons on campuses of institutions of higher education, and (2) permits elementary and secondary schools to use certain grants to provide sanitary napkins and tampons to students.
In addition, the bill requires employers with at least 100 employees to provide free sanitary napkins and tampons for employees.
It also permits the Emergency Food and Shelter Program to provide sanitary napkins and tampons to homeless individuals.
Cosponsors (20)
- Nanette Barragan (D-CA)
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- Jamaal Bowman (D-NY)
- Julia Brownley (D-CA)
- Nikki Budzinski (D-IL)
- Cori Bush (D-MO)
- André Carson (D-IN)
- Sean Casten (D-IL)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
- Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
- Suzan DelBene (D-WA)
- LLOYD DOGGETT (D-TX)
- Veronica Escobar (D-TX)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- Dwight Evans (D-PA)
- Lois Frankel (D-FL)
- Sylvia Garcia (D-TX)
- Jesus Garcia (D-IL)
- Jimmy Gomez (D-CA)
Subjects
- Appropriations
- Community life and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Detention of persons
- Elementary and secondary education
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government information and archives
- Higher education
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Medicaid
- Performance measurement
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Sales and excise taxes
- Sex and reproductive health
- Women's health
- Worker safety and health
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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