Recognizing that the United States needs a Marshall Plan for Moms in order to revitalize and restore mothers in the workforce.

Bill: 117-hres-121
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Child health
Disability assistance
Economic performance and conditions
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee leave
Family services
Food assistance and relief
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Human rights
Immunology and vaccination
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Labor standards
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Minority employment
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Preschool education
Special education
Tax treatment of families
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
Women's employment
Women's health
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 
This resolution declares that (1) the United States needs a Marshall Plan for Moms to revitalize and restore mothers in the workforce; and (2) mothers, especially mothers of color have been pushed to the brink of economic, social, and emotional collapse during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic because of the existing economic and social inequalities women have long faced.
 
 The resolution also states that any relief and long-term recovery package to address the COVID-19 crisis must recognize and rebuild moms in the workforce by including certain policies such as
 
 
 establishing a robust paid leave plan;
 
rebuilding and stabilizing the child care industry;
 
providing necessary child poverty reduction tools for families' economic security that include recurring child benefits and an expanded and improved child tax credit and earned income tax credit;
 
 establishing an expanded unemployment insurance program that benefits struggling workers, including those experiencing long-term unemployment;
 
 raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour or higher for all minimum wage workers; and
 
providing access to mental health support for mothers.
 
 
Finally, the resolution declares that employers and policymakers must prioritize addressing the economic cliff facing mothers and make permanent the policies set forth in this resolution so that mothers are protected against any future economic calamities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2021-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E123-124)
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House