HR 6953 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

GIRLS Act

Introduced Sep 27, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Grace Meng D-NY

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 27, 2018 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedSep 27, 2018
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Giving Increased Resources to Learning Students Act or the GIRLS Act

This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to use Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants to supply menstrual hygiene products to students.

Cosponsors 61

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 27, 2018 to Dec 13, 2018; 54 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-FLAl Lawson, Jr.OriginalSep 27, 2018
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-LACedric L. RichmondOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-NVDina TitusOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalSep 27, 2018
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-TXFilemon VelaOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalSep 27, 2018
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-CAJimmy GomezOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-CAKaren BassOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-FLLois FrankelOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-CANorma J. TorresOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-CARo KhannaOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-AZRuben GallegoOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-NYSean Patrick MaloneyOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-OHTim RyanOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalSep 27, 2018
D-WARick LarsenSep 28, 2018
D-NVJacky RosenOct 2, 2018
D-CAMark TakanoOct 2, 2018
D-ILRobin L. KellyOct 2, 2018
D-CAEric SwalwellNov 14, 2018
D-FLKathy CastorDec 6, 2018
D-MASeth MoultonDec 13, 2018

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Sep 27, 2018

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 27, 2018Introduced in House
  2. Sep 27, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 160, September 27, 2018, page H9152.

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide States with the option of using grant funds to supply menstrual hygiene products to students.
Short Titles as Introduced
GIRLS Act
Giving Increased Resources to Learning Students Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 27, 2018Introduced in House

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