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Sponsored and Co-sponsored Legislation

Bill #
Bill Description
Updated
Cosponsored — Microloan Modernization Act of 2018

Cosponsored — EACH Act

Cosponsored — Fix NICS Act of 2017

Cosponsored — A bill to modernize United States international food assistance programs made available through the Food for Peace Act, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Background Check Completion Act of 2017

Cosponsored — Automatic Gunfire Prevention Act

Cosponsored — Nick Castle Peace Corps Reform Act of 2018

Sponsored — National Emergency Medical Services Commemorative Work Act

Cosponsored — FARM Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act to make improvements to certain defense and security assistance provisions and to authorize the appropriations of funds to Israel, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for the reporting to State and local law enforcement authorities of cases in which the national instant criminal background check system indicates that a firearm has been sought to be acquired by a prohibited person, so that authorities may pursue criminal charges under State law, and to ensure that the Department of Justice reports to Congress on prosecutions secured against prohibited persons who attempt to acquire a firearm.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide access to counsel for unaccompanied alien children.

Cosponsored — A bill to direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.

Cosponsored — Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2018

Cosponsored — Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for the issuance of a rule to advance next-generation technologies to provide alternatives to hydrofluorocarbons, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — American Discovery Trail Act of 2017

Sponsored — A bill to provide a permanent appropriation of funds for the payment of death gratuities and related benefits for survivors of deceased members of the uniformed services in event of any period of lapsed appropriations.

Cosponsored — A bill to reinstate Federal Pell Grant eligibility for individuals incarcerated in Federal and State penal institutions, and for other purposes.