Nydia M. Velázquez

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to end the tax subsidy for employer efforts to influence their workers’ exercise of their rights around labor organizations and engaging in collective action.

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

To amend the Small Business Act to improve the women’s business center program, and for other purposes.

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

Expressing support for the recognition of August 13th through August 19, 2023, as Warehouse Worker Recognition Week, the national event celebrating the workers in the logistics industry.

To amend section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit immigration enforcement actions at sensitive locations, to clarify the powers of immigration officers at sensitive locations, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an additional 1,000 percent excise tax on the sale of large capacity ammunition feeding devices and semiautomatic assault weapons, and for other purposes.

Recognizing the significance of Chicano Heritage Month in August as an important time to celebrate the significant contributions of Mexican Americans to the history of the United States.

Expressing that the United States is obligated to permanently end the unhoused crisis by 2027 and uphold, protect, and enforce the civil and human rights of unhoused individuals, including the human rights to housing, universal health care, livable wages, education, employment opportunities, access to public facilities, free movement in public spaces, privacy, confidentiality, internet access, vote, freedom from harassment by law enforcement, private businesses, property owners, and housed residents, and equal rights to health care, legal representation, and social services without discrimination based on housing status.

Expressing the approval of Congress for the 70th anniversary celebration of the Small Business Administration and in recognition of America’s entrepreneurs and job creators for their important contributions to the United States economy.

To protect our democracy by preventing abuses of Presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign interference, and for other purposes.

Recognizing July 28, 2023, as World Hepatitis Day.

To amend the Small Business Act to extend the period during which credit for contracting with Puerto Rico businesses and covered territory businesses are double counted, and for other purposes.

To expand access to health care services for immigrants by removing legal and policy barriers to health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.

To end the use of solitary confinement and other forms of restrictive housing in all Federal agencies and entities they contract with.

To establish the National Office of New Americans within the Executive Office of the President, and for other purposes.

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

To provide for the protection of agricultural workers, and for other purposes.

To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve reproductive health care of individuals with disabilities.

To modify the conditions for the termination of an oversight board, and for other purposes.