Tony Cárdenas

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.

Expressing support for the designation of the week of September 18 through September 24, 2023, as Rail Safety Week in the United States, and supporting the goals and ideals of reducing highway-rail grade crossing-related incidents, fatalities, and injuries.

To promote and support collaboration between Hispanic-serving institutions and local educational agencies with high enrollments of Hispanic or Latino students, and for other purposes.

Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on September 11, 2023, as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week.

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the definition of employee as it relates to direct sellers and real estate agents, and for other purposes.

To substantially restrict the use of animal testing for cosmetics, and for other purposes.

To require the Secretary of Labor to issue guidance and regulations regarding opioid overdose reversal medication and employee training.

Expressing support for the recognition of August 13th through August 19, 2023, as Warehouse Worker Recognition Week, the national event celebrating the workers in the logistics industry.

Recognizing the significance of Chicano Heritage Month in August as an important time to celebrate the significant contributions of Mexican Americans to the history of the United States.

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 create and disseminate best practices regarding safe firearm storage, to create a grant program for the distribution of safe storage devices, and for other purposes.

To protect our democracy by preventing abuses of Presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign interference, and for other purposes.

To secure the Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration.

To reduce the health risks of heat by establishing the National Integrated Heat Health Information System within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency Committee to improve extreme heat preparedness, planning, and response, requiring a study, and establishing financial assistance programs to address heat effects, and for other purposes.

To expand access to health care services for immigrants by removing legal and policy barriers to health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.

To provide for research and improvement of cardiovascular health among the South Asian population of the United States, and for other purposes.

To provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities, and for other purposes.

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a behavioral and mental health outreach and education strategy to reduce stigma associated with mental health among the Hispanic and Latino population, and for other purposes.

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

To amend the Indian Self-Determination Act and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to provide advance appropriations authority for certain accounts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education of the Department of the Interior and the Indian Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.