Sheldon Whitehouse

To allow Americans to receive paid leave time to process and address their own health needs and the health needs of their partners during the period following a pregnancy loss, an unsuccessful round of intrauterine insemination or of an assisted reproductive technology procedure, a failed adoption arrangement, a failed surrogacy arrangement, or a diagnosis or event that impacts pregnancy or fertility, to support related research and education, and for other purposes.

To provide that chapter 1 of title 9 of the United States Code, relating to the enforcement of arbitration agreements, shall not apply to enrollment agreements made between students and certain institutions of higher education, and to prohibit limitations on the ability of students to pursue claims against certain institutions of higher education.

To address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students.

To amend the National Dam Safety Program Act to reauthorize and improve that Act, and for other purposes.

Designating the week beginning on October 8, 2023, as National Wildlife Refuge Week.

To expand youth access to voting, and for other purposes.

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include child development and early learning as community services under the Federal work-study program, and for other purposes.

To prevent harassment at institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.

To protect and provide humanitarian assistance to Armenians in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh impacted by actions taken by the Government of Azerbaijan, and for other purposes.

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to cancel existing school meal debt.

To direct the Federal Trade Commission to require impact assessments of automated decision systems and augmented critical decision processes, and for other purposes.

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.

To strengthen and expand the Green Ribbon Schools Program at the Department of Education by boosting the capacity of participating States to expand the number of schools, applicants, and nominees engaged around environmental, environmental literacy, and environmental health goals, and for other purposes.

To support carbon dioxide removal research and development, and for other purposes.

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.

To provide for the long-term improvement of public school facilities, and for other purposes.

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

To expand Americans’ access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes.

To expand Americans’ access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes.

To prohibit the discriminatory use of personal information by online platforms in any algorithmic process, to require transparency in the use of algorithmic processes and content moderation, and for other purposes.