Nydia M. Velázquez

Recognizing the threat of air pollution and extreme heat to maternal and infant health, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that meaningful interventions must be rapidly and equitably developed and deployed to address the unique vulnerabilities of pregnancy in Latino communities.

Expressing support for the designation of the week of September 23, 2024, as National Latino Gastronomic Cuisine Week, and celebrating the vibrant and diverse culinary traditions of Latino gastronomy.

To provide incentives for the purchase of water-efficient products, and for other purposes.

To establish an independent entity within the Department of Housing and Urban Development to acquire and maintain distressed real estate to stabilize communities and increase the supply of affordable housing, and for other purposes.

Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the pay disparity between disabled women and both disabled and nondisabled men.

Recognizing the importance of engagement with the Latino community to get into outdoor recreation and participate in activities to protect United States natural resources, and expressing support for the designation of the third week of September as Latino Conservation Week.

To restore funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that every person has the basic right to emergency health care, including abortion care.

Designating the week beginning on September 9, 2024, as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week.

To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse public employee retirement systems for accidental disability retirements and accidental deaths resulting from the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.

Expressing support for the designation of September 10, 2024, as National Firearm Suicide Prevention Day to educate about the growing firearm suicide crisis in the United States and promote the importance of storing firearms safely and securely as an essential component of suicide prevention.

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the eligibility of students to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, establish college student food insecurity demonstration programs, and for other purposes.

Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Wilderness Act.

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve program requirements, and for other purposes.

To require the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to promote youth sports programs in elementary and secondary schools.

To create an Active Shooter Alert Communications Network, and for other purposes.

To transfer and limit Executive Branch authority to suspend or restrict the entry of a class of aliens.

To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to limit the interest rate on student loans incurred by a servicemember before military service and consolidated or refinanced during military service, and for other purposes.

Commemorating 175 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Republic of Guatemala.

To prohibit consideration of pregnancy status when filing for divorce.