Donald M. Payne, Jr.

To amend title 49, United States Code, to limit railroad carriers from blocking railway-highway crossings, and for other purposes.

Expressing support for America’s Black workers and affirming the need to pass legislation to reduce inequalities and discrimination in the workforce.

To amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes.

To posthumously award a historic Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Africans and their descendants enslaved within our country from August 20, 1619, to December 6, 1865.

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Sarah Keys Evans, and for other purposes.

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes.

To enhance Social Security benefits and ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program.

To amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to increase the availability of heating and cooling assistance, and for other purposes.

To establish universal child care and early learning programs.

Condemning Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) and ongoing human rights violations.

To improve protections for meatpacking workers, and for other purposes.

To require a background check for every firearm sale.

To establish a National Council on African American History and Culture within the National Endowment for the Humanities, and for other purposes.

To ensure affordable abortion coverage and care for every person, and for other purposes.

Condemning the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and committing to advancing reproductive justice and judicial reform.

To provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union.