Joe Courtney

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

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital stay requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare, and for other purposes.

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

Recognizing the self-determination of Gibraltar to determine its status as a British Overseas Territory.

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 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow workers an above-the-line deduction for union dues and expenses and to allow a miscellaneous itemized deduction for workers for all unreimbursed expenses incurred in the trade or business of being an employee.

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 provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, 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 repeal the temporary limitation on personal casualty losses.

To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to clarify and strengthen the application of certain employer-sponsored health plan disclosure requirements.

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

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide an equitable Social Security formula for individuals with noncovered employment and to provide relief for individuals currently affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision.

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the application of certain private land use restrictions to amateur station antennas, and for other purposes.

To provide for the transfer of not more than two Virginia class submarines from the inventory of the Navy to the Government of Australia on a sale basis under section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act, and for other purposes.

To include Iceland in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the Government of Iceland, and for other purposes.

To establish the Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program within the Farm Service Agency Office of Outreach and Education.

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.

To provide for the inclusion on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall of the names of the lost crew members of the USS Frank E. Evans killed on June 3, 1969.