Eleanor Holmes Norton

Expressing support for the designation of September 2023 as Peace Month and calling on Congress to take action to promote peace.

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide substance use and alcohol use disorder services, and for other purposes.

To waive the passport fees for first responders proceeding abroad to aid a foreign country suffering from a natural disaster.

To require a comprehensive assessment of certain Federal trails, campsites, boat docks, and outdoor recreation facilities to determine the accessibility options for individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.

To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the emission of any greenhouse gas in any quantity from any new electric utility steam generating unit, and for other purposes.

To establish the Commission on Equity and Reconciliation in the Uniformed Services.

To decriminalize and deschedule cannabis, to provide for reinvestment in certain persons adversely impacted by the War on Drugs, to provide for expungement of certain cannabis offenses, and for other purposes.

Supporting the designation of the week of September 18 through September 23, 2023, as Malnutrition Awareness Week.

To improve Federal efforts with respect to the prevention of maternal mortality, and for other purposes.

To extend protections to part-time workers in the areas of family and medical leave and to ensure equitable treatment in the workplace.

To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a Civilian Climate Corps to help communities respond to climate change and transition to a clean economy, and for other purposes.

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity, 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.

Supporting the designation of September 2023 as National Voting Rights Month.

To permit employees to request changes to their work schedules without fear of retaliation and to ensure that employers consider these requests, and to require employers to provide more predictable and stable schedules for employees in certain occupations with evidence of unpredictable and unstable scheduling practices that negatively affect employees, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish an excise tax on plastics.

To establish within the Department of Justice an Office for Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls.

Expressing support for the designation of September 23, 2023, as Mary Church Terrell Day, and calling on Congress to recognize Mary Church Terrell’s lasting contributions to the civil rights and women’s rights movements.

Expressing support for the designation of the week of September 18 through September 24, 2023, as Rail Safety Week in the United States, and supporting the goals and ideals of reducing highway-rail grade crossing-related incidents, fatalities, and injuries.

To provide for interim appropriations for the District of Columbia courts and related agencies with respect to any fiscal year for which appropriations are not otherwise provided for such courts and agencies.