Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

To eliminate employment-based visa caps on abused, abandoned, and neglected children eligible for humanitarian status, and for other purposes.

To protect individuals with disabilities who are parents, legal guardians, relatives, other caregivers, foster or adoptive parents, or individuals seeking to become foster or adoptive parents from discrimination in the child welfare system.

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

Reaffirming the importance of the United States promoting the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons in the United States and around the world.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Acquisition Review Board of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the African Union should be a permanent member of the Group of 20.

To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide certain benefits to noncitizens, and for other purposes.

To authorize contributions to the United Nations Population Fund, and for other purposes.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to support the rights of youth in the foster care system.

Commemorating 7 years since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.

To provide for the designation of the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism.

Supporting the designation of the week of June 12 through June 18, 2023, as National Men’s Health Week.

To establish a Federal Advisory Council to Support Victims of Gun Violence.

Recognizing World Oceans Day and the necessity to protect, conserve, maintain, and rebuild our ocean and its resources.

Recognizing the significance of National Caribbean American Heritage Month.

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

Calling for the redoubling of diplomatic efforts by the United States and its international partners to help achieve a negotiated, Haitian-led solution to the current impasse in Haiti that paves the way for broadly representative interim government to oversee the return to constitutional rule through free and fair elections.

To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to address or assist in resolving the shortage of appropriate foster homes for children, to develop resources to keep sibling groups together, and to provide for a system of checks and balances to ensure a child’s ongoing safety and well-being, by providing for the placement of a foster child in cottage family homes and making a child so placed eligible for foster care maintenance payments.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress should enact the Older Americans Bill of Rights to establish that older Americans should have the right to live with dignity and with independence.

Expressing support for Black service members this Memorial Day who gave their lives to protect and defend the United States at home and abroad despite facing racism in the Armed Forces and systemic inequities on United States soil.