# 116-hr-6608: Menstrual Equity For The Homeless Act

116-hr-6608, Menstrual Equity For The Homeless Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY); status Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6608
- Congress: 116
- Title: Menstrual Equity For The Homeless Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- Introduced: 2020-04-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## 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)

- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8782: Keeping All Students Safe Act
- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
- 116-hr-8598: Emergency Social Security COLA for 2021 Act
- 116-hr-8433: Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8270: I am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8254: BETTER Kidney Care Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-6608 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6608)

## Related
- [116-hr-8782: Keeping All Students Safe Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8782)
- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
- [116-hr-8598: Emergency Social Security COLA for 2021 Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8598)
- [116-hr-8433: Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8433)
- [116-hr-8270: I am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8270)
- [116-hr-8254: BETTER Kidney Care Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8254)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6608 (as of 2025-11-18).