Eleanor Holmes Norton

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reinstate the authority of the Secretary of Education to make Federal Direct Stafford Loans to graduate and professional students.

Recognizing the 5-year anniversary of the horrific antisemitic attack at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 27, 2018, and condemning antisemitism.

To strengthen protections against child labor violations, and for other purposes.

To award payments to employees of Air America who provided support to the United States from 1950 to 1976, and for other purposes.

To ensure that the United States diplomatic workforce at all levels reflects the diverse composition of the United States, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Social Security Act to provide that an individual engaged in a labor dispute may receive unemployment benefits.

To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reduce the production and use of certain single-use plastic products and packaging, to improve the responsibility of producers in the design, collection, reuse, recycling, and disposal of consumer products and packaging, to prevent pollution from consumer products and packaging from entering into animal and human food chains and waterways, and for other purposes.

To provide Medicaid assistance to individuals and families affected by a disaster or emergency, and for other purposes.

To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a task force to improve access to health care information technology for non-English speakers.

To address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students.

To amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate consideration of the income of organ recipients in providing reimbursement of expenses to donating individuals, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a business tax credit for the purchase of zero-emission electric lawn, garden, and landscape equipment, and for other purposes.

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to restrict the ability to transfer business inventory firearms, and for other purposes.

To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the inclusion of medical debt on a consumer report, and for other purposes.

To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to improve Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program for low-income mothers.

To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize state of good repair grants to be used for public transportation resilience improvement, and for other purposes.

Recognizing the significance of National Learning Disabilities Awareness Month.

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to restore a national minimum standard of protection for the water resources of the United States while providing certainty to regulated entities.

To establish a Youth Mental Health Research Initiative in the National Institutes of Health for purposes of encouraging collaborative research to improve youth mental health.

Expressing support for the designation of October 2023 as National Down Syndrome Awareness Month.