Nydia M. Velázquez

Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that it is the duty of the Federal Government to dramatically expand and strengthen the care economy.

To direct the Secretary of Labor to recognize employers with a commitment to helping employees balance workplace responsibilities and family obligations.

To establish a low-income water assistance program, and for other purposes.

Expressing the sense that the House of Representatives must take responsible and timely action to address the Federal tax loophole that allows Act 22 decree holders to legally evade Federal taxes.

To establish an independent Children’s Commission and position of Commissioner, and for other purposes.

To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes.

To authorize the Attorney General to provide grants to States, units of local government, and organizations to support the recruitment, training, and development of staff and infrastructure needed to support the due process rights of individuals facing deportation.

To protect the right to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.

To enhance the rights of domestic employees, and for other purposes.

To hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct in court, improve transparency through data collection, and reform police training and policies.

To provide emergency assistance to States, territories, Tribal nations, and local areas affected by substance use disorder, including the use of opioids and stimulants, and to make financial assistance available to States, territories, Tribal nations, local areas, public or private nonprofit entities, and certain health providers, to provide for the development, organization, coordination, and operation of more effective and cost efficient systems for the delivery of essential services to individuals with substance use disorder and their families.

To provide economic empowerment opportunities in the United States through the modernization of public housing, and for other purposes.

To establish requirements relating to certification of small business concerns owned and controlled by women for certain purposes, and for other purposes.

Calling for the annulment of the Monroe Doctrine and the development of a New Good Neighbor policy in order to foster improved relations and deeper, more effective cooperation between the United States and our Latin American and Caribbean neighbors.

To require the transfer of regulatory control of certain munitions exports from the Department of Commerce to the Department of State, and for other purposes.

To establish the Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, to authorize the admission of climate-displaced persons into the United States, and for other purposes.

Commemorating the fifth anniversary of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and calling for accountability.

To provide back pay to Federal contractors, and for other purposes.

To amend the Small Business Act to make improvements to the Small Business Development Center Program, and for other purposes.