Alex Padilla

Designating the week of September 25 through September 29, 2023, as National Hazing Awareness Week.

To prevent harassment at institutions of higher education, 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.

Designating 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 National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to clarify that a State may not use an individual’s failure to vote as the basis for initiating the procedures provided under such Act for the removal of the individual from the official list of registered voters in the State on the grounds that the individual has changed residence, and for other purposes.

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to provide for same day voter registration.

To improve voter access to the ballot box through automatic voter registration, and for other purposes.

Designating the week beginning on September 11, 2023, as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week.

Honoring the Thai-American garment workers who opened the country’s eyes to sweatshop conditions in the United States and, against all odds, expanded rights for immigrant workers and survivors of human trafficking while holding corporations responsible for the conditions in which their clothes are made.

To provide Federal-local community partnership construction funding to local educational agencies eligible to receive payments under the Impact Aid program.

To strengthen and expand the Green Ribbon Schools Program at the Department of Education by boosting the capacity of participating States to expand the number of schools, applicants, and nominees engaged around environmental, environmental literacy, and environmental health goals, and for other purposes.

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employers from paying employees in the garment industry by piece rate, to require manufacturers and contractors in the garment industry to register with the Department of Labor, and for other purposes.

To improve the reproductive assistance provided by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to certain members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their spouses or partners, and for other purposes.

To increase child care options for working families and support child care providers.

To direct the President to designate a month as African Diaspora Heritage Month.

To promote remediation of abandoned hardrock mines, and for other purposes.

To prevent a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in its commission, from obtaining a firearm.

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 to prevent wage theft and assist in the recovery of stolen wages, to authorize the Secretary of Labor to administer grants to prevent wage and hour violations, and for other purposes.

To authorize additional district judges for the district courts and convert temporary judgeships.