Donald M. Payne, Jr.

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

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

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

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.

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 direct the Department of Homeland Security to bolster security against threats posed by ghost guns, and for other purposes.

Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the designation of Public Radio Music Day and its deep appreciation for the role of public radio music stations in serving listeners, musicians, and hundreds of communities in the United States.

To provide employees with a minimum of two consecutive hours of paid leave in order to vote in Federal elections.

Expressing support for the designation of August as National Black Business Month and to honor the contributions of Black-owned businesses across the United States.

To expand youth access to voting, and for other purposes.

To modify certain notice requirements, to study certain election requirements, to clarify certain election requirements, and for other purposes.

To establish a democracy advancement and innovation program, and for other purposes.

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to ensure that voters in elections for Federal office do not wait in long lines in order to vote, and for other purposes.

To require the inclusion of voter registration information with certain leases and vouchers for federally assisted rental housing and mortgage applications, and for other purposes.

To remove barriers to the ability of unhoused individuals to register to vote and vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.

To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to fully protect the safety of children and the environment, to remove dangerous pesticides from use, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow workers an above-the-line deduction for union dues and expenses and to allow a miscellaneous itemized deduction for workers for all unreimbursed expenses incurred in the trade or business of being an employee.

To create and disseminate best practices regarding safe firearm storage, to create a grant program for the distribution of safe storage devices, and for other purposes.

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to streamline applications from farmers to be vendors under certain nutrition programs, and for other purposes.

To provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and for other purposes.