Benjamin L. Cardin

To provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and for other purposes.

Recognizing the historic significance of the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Department of Defense State Partnership Program.

To improve the operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.

To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to provide for the automatic appointment of judges to the District of Columbia courts without the advice and consent of the Senate, and for other purposes.

To expand Americans’ access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes.

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate certain limitations with respect to pre-production plastic pellet pollution, and for other purposes.

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to permit supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to be used to purchase additional types of food items.

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit panic defenses based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.

To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to provide compensation for poultry growers and layers in control areas, and for other purposes.

Commemorating the second anniversary of peaceful protests in Cuba on July 11, 2021, condemning the ongoing acts of repression and human rights violations against the Cuban people by the Cuban regime, and calling for the immediate release of all arbitrarily detained Cuban citizens.

To amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that all provisions shall apply to legally married same-sex couples in the same manner as other married couples, and for other purposes.

To permit legally married same-sex couples to amend their filing status for tax returns outside the statute of limitations.

To address the health of cancer survivors and unmet needs that survivors face through the entire continuum of care from diagnosis through active treatment and posttreatment, in order to improve survivorship, treatment, transition to recovery and beyond, quality of life and palliative care, and long-term health outcomes, including by developing a minimum standard of care for cancer survivorship, irrespective of the type of cancer, a survivor’s background, or forthcoming survivorship needs, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the Internal Revenue Service to notify taxpayers of specific information being sought from third parties for purposes of tax administration, and for other purposes.

To prohibit commercial sexual orientation conversion therapy, and for other purposes.

Recognizing June 2023 as LGBTQ Pride Month.

Expressing opposition to the use of State power against people in the United States seeking essential health care, including criminalization of the full range of sexual and reproductive health care such as abortion, gender-affirming care, and contraceptive care, and disapproving of State punishment of people for their pregnancy outcomes.

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests.

To prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes.