Mike Braun

Designating the week of January 21 through January 27, 2024, as National School Choice Week.

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.

To require annual reporting on the availability of Federal funds to persons and entities of China and activities conducted in collaboration with China, and for other purposes.

To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to require notification with respect to individualized education program teams, and for other purposes.

To require the Secretary of Education to disclose information about career and technical education and funding under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, and require FAFSA applications to include a career and technical education acknowledgment.

To establish an interactive online dashboard to improve public access to information about student loan forgiveness programs, repayment programs, and repayment plans.

To require certification prior to obligation of funds for United Nations Relief and Works Agency, and for other purposes.

To require the priority and consideration of using native plants in Federal projects, and for other purposes.

To establish the Office of the Special Inspector General for Unlawful Discrimination in Higher Education within the Department of Education.

To combat illegal deforestation by prohibiting the importation of products made wholly or in part of certain commodities produced on land undergoing illegal deforestation, and for other purposes.

To reform the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, limit the scope of public health authorities, and for other purposes.

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional information in disclosures of foreign gifts and contracts from foreign sources, restrict contracts with certain foreign entities and foreign countries of concern, require certain staff and faculty to report foreign gifts and contracts, and require disclosure of certain foreign investments within endowments.

To modify the program of grants to support high-quality charter schools.

Expressing support for the designation of October 1 through October 7, 2023, as National 4–H Week.

Designating the week beginning October 15, 2023, as National Character Counts Week.

To require public institutions of higher education to disseminate information on the rights of, and accommodations and resources for, pregnant students, and for other purposes.

Supporting the designation of September 21, 2023, as National Teach Ag Day and celebrating 75 years of the National Association of Agricultural Educators.

To promote and ensure delivery of high-quality special education and related services to children and youth who are blind or visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, deafdisabled, or deafblind through instructional methodologies meeting their unique language and learning needs, to enhance accountability for the provision of such services, and for other purposes.

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude certain activities from hours worked, and for other purposes.

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional disclosures relating to gifts and contracts from foreign sources.