Tim Kaine

To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to schools of medicine or osteopathic medicine at historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions for the purpose of increasing enrollment of medical students.

Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the eradication of wild poliovirus from the Americas.

Designating October 2024 as National Country Music Month.

Honoring Wadee Alfayoumi, a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy, murdered as a victim of a hate crime for his Palestinian-Muslim identity, in the State of Illinois.

To identify property located in the territory of certain foreign trade partners that is owned or controlled by United States persons, necessary to access a port, harbor, or marine terminal, and has been nationalized or expropriated, and to prohibit certain actions by vessels that have landed at such ports, harbors, or marine terminals, and for other purposes.

Expressing support for the designation of November 17, 2024, as National Warrior Call Day and recognizing the importance of connecting warriors in the United States to support structures necessary to transition from the battlefield, especially peer-to-peer connection.

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide relief for borrowers of Federal Direct PLUS loans made on behalf of students.

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.

To impose sanctions with respect to the maritime militia of the People’s Republic of China.

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

Designating September 2024 as National Voting Rights Month.

Recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrating the heritage and culture of Latinos in the United States and the immense contributions of Latinos to the United States.

Expressing support for the designation of the week of September 21 through September 28, 2024, as National Estuaries Week.

Designating the week beginning September 8, 2024, as National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week.

Recognizing the 73rd anniversary of the signing of the Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Philippines and the strong bilateral security alliance between our two nations in the wake of persistent and escalating aggression by the People’s Republic of China in the South China Sea.

To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating Washington’s Trail—1753 as a national historic trail, and for other purposes.

To strengthen the role of the United States with respect to the Indian Ocean region, and for other purposes.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 29 Franklin Street in Petersburg, Virginia, as the John Mercer Langston Post Office Building.

Congratulating and expressing gratitude to Commander Jeremy Robertson and the crew of the USS Carney for their exemplary and historic performance during their 235-day deployment to the United States Naval Forces Europe-Africa and the United States Naval Forces Central Command.

To amend the Social Security Act to provide retirement security to United States nationals who were unlawfully or wrongfully detained or held hostage abroad.