Jeff Merkley

To enhance the rights of domestic employees, and for other purposes.

To require additional disclosures with respect to nominees to serve as chiefs of mission, and for other purposes.

To protect and expand nationwide access to fertility treatment, including in vitro fertilization.

To eliminate certain subsidies for fossil-fuel production.

To protect an individual’s ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception and to protect a health care provider’s ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception.

Recognizing widening threats to freedom of the press and free expression around the world, reaffirming the vital role that a free and independent press plays in combating the growing threats of authoritarianism, misinformation, and disinformation, and reaffirming freedom of the press as a priority of the United States Government in promoting democracy, human rights, and good governance in commemoration of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2024.

To enhance the security operations of the Transportation Security Administration and stability of the transportation security workforce by applying the personnel system under title 5, United States Code, to employees of the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes.

To provide emergency assistance to States, territories, Tribal nations, and local areas affected by substance use disorder, including the use of opioids and stimulants, and to make financial assistance available to States, territories, Tribal nations, local areas, public or private nonprofit entities, and certain health providers, to provide for the development, organization, coordination, and operation of more effective and cost efficient systems for the delivery of essential services to individuals with substance use disorder and their families.

To secure the Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration under the First Step Act.

To eliminate toxic substances in beverage containers, and for other purposes.

To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide an Inspector General for the judicial branch, and for other purposes.

To provide economic empowerment opportunities in the United States through the modernization of public housing, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on the net value of assets of a taxpayer, and for other purposes.

Protecting the right to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.

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.

To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act, and for other purposes.

To protect individuals who face reprisals for defending human rights and democracy by enhancing the capacity of the United States Government to prevent, mitigate, and respond in such cases, and for other purposes.

To reauthorize the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate tax loopholes that allow billionaires to defer tax indefinitely through planning strategies such as buy, borrow, die, to modify over 30 tax provisions so that billionaires are required to pay taxes annually, and for other purposes.

To amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to address harmful algal blooms, and for other purposes.