Joe Courtney

To direct the Secretary of Education to deem each month for which certain Federal student loans are in deferment during a period of active duty service as months counted toward public service loan forgiveness, and for other purposes.

To appropriate funds for the Federal Communications Commission’s rip and replace program and Affordable Connectivity Program, to improve the Affordable Connectivity Program, to require a spectrum auction, and for other purposes.

To enhance the rights of domestic employees, and for other purposes.

To amend the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 and the Federal Crop Insurance Act with respect to transitioning producers from the noninsurance crop assistance program to whole farm revenue insurance.

Commending and congratulating the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team, the UConn Huskies, for winning the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association Men’s Basketball Championship, and commending and congratulating the University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball team for securing a place in the Final Four.

Recognizing the significance of Community College Month in April as a celebration of more than 1,000 institutions throughout the United States supporting access to higher education, workforce training, and more broadly sustaining and advancing the Nation’s economic prosperity.

To increase the recruitment and retention of school-based mental health services providers by low-income local educational agencies.

To amend and reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

To reauthorize the YouthBuild program, and for other purposes.

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend Federal Pell Grant eligibility to certain short-term workforce programs.

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 combat toxic indoor mold, and for other purposes.

To reauthorize the Missing Children’s Assistance Act, and for other purposes.

To direct restoration and protection efforts of the 5-State Connecticut River Watershed region, and for other purposes.

To provide for the long-term improvement of public school facilities, and for other purposes.

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate interest on student loans, establish the Education Affordability Trust Fund, increase annual and aggregate loan limits, and for other purposes.

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require reporting of certain accidents resulting in serious physical injuries or death at institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.

To protect our Social Security system and improve benefits for current and future generations.

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

To establish Ocean Innovation Clusters to strengthen the coastal communities and ocean economy of the United States through technological research and development, job training, and cross-sector partnerships, and for other purposes.