Mike Braun

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.

To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Labor to conduct a study and issue a report on grant programs to support the nursing workforce.

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to remove a prohibition on the use of funds relating to the provision of a dangerous weapon or training in the use of a dangerous weapon.

To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 and the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to direct the Agricultural Research Service to expand organic research, and for other purposes.

To clarify that section 8526(7) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 does not apply with respect to the use of funds for sports clubs, teams, training, or related activities provided for students.

To prohibit through December 31, 2024, the imposition of a mask mandate on passengers of air carriers or public transit and in educational settings within the United States, and for other purposes.

To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.