Bennie G. Thompson

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to Marcus Garvey.

To establish American opportunity accounts, and for other purposes.

Expressing support for States to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act to close the Medicaid coverage gap.

To establish universal child care and early learning programs.

To amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the disability insurance benefits waiting period for individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.

To provide grants to State educational agencies to support State efforts to increase teacher salaries, and for other purposes.

Supporting the goals and ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.

To authorize the Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture to support African American history education programs, and for other purposes.

To posthumously award a Congressional gold medal to Muhammad Ali, in recognition of his contributions to the Nation.

To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to eligible entities to carry out educational programs that include the history of peoples of African descent in the settling and founding of America, the economic and political environments that led to the development, institutionalization, and abolition of slavery and its impact on all Americans, the exploration and expansion of America, impact on and contributions to the development and enhancement of American life, United States history, literature, the economy, politics, body of laws, and culture, and for other purposes.

To establish the Ralph David Abernathy, Sr. National Historic Site, and for other purposes.

To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.

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

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to award grants to eligible entities to establish, expand, or support school-based mentoring programs to assist at-risk middle school students with the transition from middle school to high school.

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, to add a work-study program for off-campus community service at selected after-school activities, and for other purposes.

To prohibit air carriers from imposing fees that are not reasonable and proportional to the costs incurred by the air carriers, and for other purposes.

Honoring the lives of two fallen Mississippi police officers, Sergeant Steven Robin and Officer Branden Estorffe, and expressing condolences to their families.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee, as an entity of the United States Postal Service, should issue a commemorative stamp in honor of Congressman Elijah E. Cummings.

Recognizing the 94th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the 40th anniversary of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday.

To amend section 6103 of title 5, United States Code, to establish Rosa Parks Day as a Federal holiday, and for other purposes.