Sponsored Legislation

Bill #	Bill Description	Updated
H.R.3234	Cosponsored  — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit legally married same-sex couples to amend their filing status for returns outside the 3-year limitation.	07/13/17
H.R.3218	Cosponsored  — Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017	07/25/17
H.R.3140	Cosponsored  — To establish a National and Community Service Administration to carry out the national and volunteer service programs, to expand participation in such programs, and for other purposes.	06/29/17
H.R.3158	Sponsored  — To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the authorities of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire, recruit, and train employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.	06/29/17
H.R.3102	Cosponsored  — To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the provision of naturalization assistance to members of the uniformed services, including new recruits, who are not citizens of the United States, and for other purposes.	06/28/17
H.R.3103	Cosponsored  — To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to jointly conduct a study and submit a report on deported veterans.	07/24/17
H.R.3060	Cosponsored  — To require that States and localities receiving grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program require law enforcement officers to undergo training on and thereafter employ de-escalation techniques to assist in reducing the need for the use of force by such officers, and for other purposes.	06/29/17
H.R.3036	Cosponsored  — To require the Secretary of Defense to modify the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to include a specific block explicitly identified as the location in which a member of the Armed Forces may provide one or more email addresses by which the member may be contacted.	06/23/17
H.R.3001	Cosponsored  — National Multimodal and Sustainable Freight Infrastructure Act	06/23/17
H.R.2999	Cosponsored  — Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2017	06/23/17
H.R.2976	Cosponsored  — Deferment for Active Cancer Treatment Act of 2017	06/21/17
H.R.2978	Cosponsored  — Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2017	07/17/17
H.R.2979	Cosponsored  — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 390 West 5th Street in San Bernardino, California, as the "Jack H. Brown Post Office Building".	06/21/17
H.R.2942	Cosponsored  — 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.	06/20/17
H.R.2961	Cosponsored  — Remedial Education Improvement Act	06/20/17
H.R.2958	Cosponsored  — Climate Solutions Act of 2017	06/23/17
H.R.2969	Sponsored  — MORE Makerspaces Act	06/21/17
H.R.2944	Cosponsored  — To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for in-State tuition rates for refugees and asylees.	06/20/17
H.R.2933	Cosponsored  — To promote effective registered apprenticeships, for skills, credentials, and employment, and for other purposes.	06/16/17
H.R.2904	Cosponsored  — To direct the Secretary of Defense to review the discharge characterization of former members of the Armed Forces who were discharged by reason of the sexual orientation of the member, and for other purposes.	06/15/17