Nikki Budzinski

To speed up the deployment of electricity transmission and clean energy, with proper input from affected communities, and for other purposes.

To increase the capacity of the Department of Labor and labor enforcement agencies of States to address labor violations, and for other purposes.

Supporting the designation of the week beginning November 13, 2023, as National Apprenticeship Week.

To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to review and make certain revisions to the Standard Occupational Classification System, and for other purposes.

To establish the Financing Energy Efficient Manufacturing Program at the Department of Energy to provide financial assistance to promote energy efficiency and onsite renewable technologies in manufacturing facilities, and for other purposes.

Recognizing September 21, 2023, as National Teach Ag Day and celebrating 75 years of the National Association of Agricultural Educators.

To permit employees to request changes to their work schedules without fear of retaliation and to ensure that employers consider these requests, and to require employers to provide more predictable and stable schedules for employees in certain occupations with evidence of unpredictable and unstable scheduling practices that negatively affect employees, and for other purposes.

To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes.

To designate the Peter J. McGuire Memorial and Peter J. McGuire Gravesite located in Pennsauken, New Jersey, as a National Historic Landmark, and for other purposes.

To provide for the protection of agricultural workers, and for other purposes.

To amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish the Rural Innovation and Partnership Administration and to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to establish the Rural Future Partnership Fund to invest in the rural areas of the United States to achieve their preferred future while maximizing their contribution to the well-being of the United States, and for other purposes.

To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish the ReConnect program under that Act, and for other purposes.

To amend the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act to reauthorize grants to improve trauma support services and mental health care for children and youth in educational settings.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a refundable child tax credit with monthly advance payment.

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to modify provisions relating to the rural energy savings program.

To increase the availability and affordability of menstrual products for individuals with limited access, and for other purposes.

To address mental health issues for youth, particularly youth of color, and for other purposes.

To provide paid family and medical leave benefits to certain individuals, and for other purposes.

To grow and diversify the perinatal workforce, and for other purposes.

To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to authorize capacity building grants for community college agriculture and natural resources programs.