Suzanne Bonamici

To establish a Federal Public Defender Commission, and for other purposes.

Designating November 2024 as National Homeless Children and Youth Awareness Month.

To require the Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology of the National Science and Technology Council to establish the Interagency Working Group on Coastal Blue Carbon, require the Interagency Working Group to produce a national map and inventory of coastal blue carbon ecosystems, require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out pilot programs to protect intact and restore degraded coastal blue carbon ecosystems, require the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to establish the Coastal Carbon Data Clearinghouse, require the Administrator to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct an assessment regarding geologic stores of carbon dioxide, require the Administrator to establish the Coastal Blue Carbon Inventory Program, and require the Administrator to conduct a national assessment to quantify the carbon sequestration potential of coastal blue carbon ecosystems.

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to jointly award grants for the purposes of improving access to, developing, or expanding services that provide an individual with transportation to or from substance use disorder treatment or supportive services.

To amend the Truth in Lending Act to address certain issues relating to the extension of consumer credit, and for other purposes.

Supporting the designation of the week of September 16 through September 20, 2024, as Malnutrition Awareness Week.

Expressing support for the designation of September 2024 as National Workforce Development Month.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 125 South 1st Avenue in Hillsboro, Oregon, as the Elizabeth Furse Post Office Building.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all young children and families should have access to high-quality, affordable child care and early education.

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include notification and automatic enrollment procedures for borrowers who are delinquent on loans, and for other purposes.

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish a LGBTQI rural outreach grant program, and for other purposes.

Supporting the goals and ideals of National Honor Our LGBT Elders Day.

To amend the HOME Investment Partnerships Act to establish a Project Turnkey Program to leverage vacant hotels and motels for housing and enhance shelter capacity nationally, and for other purposes.

To amend section 1977A of the Revised Statutes of 1977 to equalize the remedies available under that section and to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to provide any legal or equitable relief available under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to safeguard access to information for consumers and to stop abusive debt litigation, and for other purposes.

To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to professional nonprofit theaters for the purposes of supporting operations, employment, and economic development.

Expressing support for the designation of the third week of March 2024 as National CACFP Week.

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize the Federal work-study program, and for other purposes.

To prohibit certain uses of automated decision systems by employers, and for other purposes.

To establish cooperative agreements for wildland fire research, and for other purposes.