Chris Van Hollen

To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a Civilian Climate Corps to help communities respond to climate change and transition to a clean economy, and for other purposes.

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to clarify that a State may not use an individual’s failure to vote as the basis for initiating the procedures provided under such Act for the removal of the individual from the official list of registered voters in the State on the grounds that the individual has changed residence, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish an excise tax on plastics.

To improve Federal efforts with respect to the prevention of maternal mortality, and for other purposes.

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to provide for same day voter registration.

To permit employees to request changes to their work schedules without fear of retaliation and to ensure that employers consider these requests, and to require employers to provide more predictable and stable schedules for employees in certain occupations with evidence of unpredictable and unstable scheduling practices that negatively affect employees, and for other purposes.

Designating September 2023 as National Voting Rights Month.

Designating the week beginning on September 11, 2023, as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week.

To increase child care options for working families and support child care providers.

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the United States Army Dustoff crews of the Vietnam War, collectively, in recognition of their extraordinary heroism and life-saving actions in Vietnam.

To restore protections for Social Security, Railroad retirement, and Black Lung benefits from administrative offset.

To prevent a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in its commission, from obtaining a firearm.

To direct the President to designate a month as African Diaspora Heritage Month.

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 to prevent wage theft and assist in the recovery of stolen wages, to authorize the Secretary of Labor to administer grants to prevent wage and hour violations, and for other purposes.

Designating the week beginning September 10, 2023, as National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week.

Designating 2024 as the Year of Democracy as a time to reflect on the contributions of the system of Government of the United States to a more free and stable world.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.

To encourage reduction of disposable plastic products in units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

To authorize the establishment of the US-ASEAN Center to support United States economic and cultural engagement with Southeast Asia.

To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to verify whether a health care provider is licensed in good standing before issuing the provider a unique health identifier, and for other purposes.