James R. Baird

To direct the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to promulgate regulations to require all implementing partners receiving foreign assistance funds with activities in Afghanistan to submit a report on any payments or withholdings, including for taxes, fees, duties, and utilities, made to the Taliban, state-owned enterprises, or governing institutions in Afghanistan, and for other purposes.

To designate certain organizations as foreign terrorist organizations.

To counter the malign influence and theft perpetuated by the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party.

To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to clarify the longstanding authority of States to use funds made available under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to fund life-affirming services to empower pregnant women to choose life for their babies instead of abortion, and for other purposes.

Expressing support for the designation of February 17 through February 24, 2024, as National FFA Week, recognizing the important role of the National FFA Organization in developing the next generation of globally conscious leaders who will change the world, and celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Give the Gift of Blue program, which has donated more than 17,000 of the iconic FFA jackets to FFA members in need.

To require timely publication of CBP border encounters, and for other purposes.

To impose criminal and immigration penalties for intentionally fleeing a pursuing Federal officer while operating a motor vehicle.

To establish a uniform and more efficient Federal process for protecting property owners’ rights guaranteed by the fifth amendment.

To award a Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Marshall Walter Major Taylor in recognition of his significance to the nation as an athlete, trailblazer, role model, and equal rights advocate.

To prohibit representatives of the United States from voting at the International Monetary Fund for any Special Drawing Rights allocations, quota increases, or policy modifications that would benefit certain countries, and for other purposes.

To improve recreation opportunities on, and facilitate greater access to, Federal public land, and for other purposes.

To impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran and modify other existing sanctions with respect to Iran, and for other purposes.

To improve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s weather research, support improvements in weather forecasting and prediction, expand commercial opportunities for the provision of weather data, and for other purposes.

To freeze certain Iranian funds involved in the 2023 hostage deal between the United States and Iran, and for other purposes.

To formally establish within statute an independent scientific research and development agency known as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.

To modify and extend certain authorities relating to cooperation between the United States and Israel, expand and strengthen the Abraham Accords, and for other purposes.

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Hmong people, in recognition of their highly distinguished service in the Vietnam war and the fight against communism.

To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants for the purpose of increasing access to data literacy education, and for other purposes.

To amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act to support small and very small meat and poultry processing establishments, and for other purposes.

To prevent the theft of catalytic converters and other precious metal car parts, and for other purposes.