Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education, as a condition of participation in programs under title IV of such Act, to establish a policy to award posthumous degrees to certain deceased students, and for other purposes.

Expressing concern about the spreading problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States.

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report on the relationship between hair straighteners and uterine cancer, particularly among women of color.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9355 113th Street in Seminole, Florida, as the Army SSG Ryan Christian Knauss Memorial Post Office Building.

To direct the Secretary of Defense to ensure that beneficiaries and health care providers receive certain information regarding reproductive health care under the TRICARE program.

To direct the Secretary of Defense to increase the maximum amount of contraceptive supplies provided to a beneficiary through the TRICARE Program.

To condemn racism and bigotry towards Haitian people, to celebrate the vast contributions of people of Haitian descent to the United States, to condemn the spread of misinformation, and to call on Americans to affirm our shared humanity.

Countering disinformation, propaganda, and misinformation in Latin America and the Caribbean, and calling for multi-stakeholder efforts to address the significant detrimental effects that the rise in disinformation, propaganda, and misinformation in regional information environments has on democratic governance, human rights, and United States national interests.

Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the pay disparity between disabled women and both disabled and nondisabled men.

To establish an independent entity within the Department of Housing and Urban Development to acquire and maintain distressed real estate to stabilize communities and increase the supply of affordable housing, and for other purposes.

To authorize funding of enriched resident services in federally assisted affordable housing, and for other purposes.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that every person has the basic right to emergency health care, including abortion care.

Designating the week beginning on September 9, 2024, as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week.

Expressing support for the designation of September 10, 2024, as National Firearm Suicide Prevention Day to educate about the growing firearm suicide crisis in the United States and promote the importance of storing firearms safely and securely as an essential component of suicide prevention.

To make projects in certain counties eligible for funding under the rural surface transportation grant program, and for other purposes.

Recognizing suicide as a serious public health problem and expressing support for the designation of September as National Suicide Prevention Month as well as September 10, 2024, as World Suicide Prevention Day.

Recognizing the importance of trilateral cooperation among the United States, Japan, and South Korea.

To establish the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force, and for other purposes.

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to coordinate, navigate, and manage care and benefits for veterans enrolled in both the Medicare program and the system of annual patient enrollment of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include screening for loneliness and coordination of supportive services and health care to address the negative health effects of loneliness, to require a report on loneliness, and for other purposes.