Menstrual Equity For The Homeless Act
Latest action · Apr 23, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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.
- IntroducedApr 23, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Menstrual Equity For The Homeless Act
This bill allows nonprofit organizations and local governments to use funds provided under the Emergency Food and Shelter Grant Program to provide sanitary napkins and tampons.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 23, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Apr 23, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Apr 23, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 23, 2020Introduced in House
- Apr 23, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 77, April 23, 2020, page H1957.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the availability of menstrual hygiene products for homeless individuals under the Federal Emergency Management Agency emergency food and shelter grant program, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Menstrual Equity For The Homeless Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 23, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
