Legislation

Sponsored — Puerto Rico Chapter 9 Uniformity Act of 2015

Cosponsored — Restore Honor to Service Members Act

Cosponsored — World War II Merchant Mariner Service Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the temporary increase in number of judges presiding over the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Federation Internationale de Football Association should immediately eliminate gender pay inequity and treat all athletes with the same respect and dignity.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for a grant program for handgun licensing programs, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to modernize the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988.

Sponsored — A bill to protect individuals by strengthening the Nation’s mental health infrastructure, improving the understanding of violence, strengthening firearm prohibitions and protections for at-risk individuals, and improving and expanding the reporting of mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

Cosponsored — Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2015

Cosponsored — Homeless Veterans Services Protection Act of 2015

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that all provisions shall apply to legally married same-sex couples in the same manner as other married couples, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide an incentive for businesses to bring jobs back to America.

Sponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a joint uniform formulary with respect to systemic pain and psychotropic drugs that are critical for the transition of an individual from receiving health care services furnished by the Secretary of Defense to health care services furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — America’s College Promise Act of 2015

Sponsored — A resolution designating October 8, 2015, as “National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day”.

Cosponsored — A bill to direct the Federal Communications Commission to extend to private land use restrictions its rule relating to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications.

Cosponsored — National Multimodal Freight Policy and Investment Act

Cosponsored — A resolution designating the month of June 2015 as “National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month” and June 27, 2015, as “National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day”.

Cosponsored — Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015