Bennie G. Thompson

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 designate the Air and Marine Operations Marine Unit of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection located at 101 Km 18.5 in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, as the Michel O. Maceda Marine Unit.

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 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 establish a democracy advancement and innovation program, 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.

Honoring the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and calling on Congress to fulfill the demands of the March participants, including decent housing, the right to vote, and a fair wage.

To provide for the long-term improvement of public school facilities, and for other purposes.

To secure the Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration.

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

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education to provide free meals to low-income students through existing on-campus meal programs, and for other purposes.

To establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley and Roberts Temple National Historic Site in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes.

To prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes.

To protect our Social Security system and improve benefits for current and future generations.

Expressing support for the designation of Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day.

To direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to support the recruitment and retention of paraprofessionals in public elementary schools, secondary schools, and preschool programs, and for other purposes.