Joni Ernst

To require each Executive department to establish policies and collect information regarding teleworking employees of the Executive department, and for other purposes.

Designating November 21, 2024, as National Rural Health Day.

Relating to the death of Timothy Peter Johnson, former Senator for the State of South Dakota.

To establish a National STEM Week to promote American innovation and enhance STEM education pathways for all students, including those in rural, urban, and underserved communities.

To authorize sentencing enhancements for certain criminal offenses directed by or coordinated with foreign governments.

Making supplemental appropriations for small business disaster relief for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.

To appropriate amounts to the Disaster Loans Program Account, and for other purposes.

To amend the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 to provide for a prohibition on contributions to the United Nations related to discrimination against Israel.

To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to submit to Congress an annual report on biomedical research funded by the United States and performed in China.

Condemning the brutal Hamas-led terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, and supporting an outcome that ensures the forever survival of Israel, the complete denial of the ability of Hamas to reconstitute in the region, and the safe release of United States hostages from the Gaza Strip.

Expressing support for the designation of October 7 through October 12, 2024, as National 4–H Week.

To include sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence in the definition of aggravated felonies under the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to expedite the removal of aliens convicted of such crimes.

Honoring the life of James Ralph Sasser, former Senator for the State of Tennessee.

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Robert M. Gates, in recognition of his service to the United States as an intelligence professional, Secretary of Defense, and educator and leader for young people of the United States.

To extend by 5 years the term of the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery.

Designating the week beginning October 20, 2024, as National Character Counts Week.

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide to Congress quarterly briefings on budgetary shortfalls of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to prohibit the provision of bonuses to Department of Veterans Affairs employees in Senior Executive Service positions in fiscal years with budgetary shortfalls, and for other purposes.

To require the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a strategy to improve cooperation between the Department of Defense and allies and partners of the United States located in the Middle East so as to improve use of partner-sharing network capabilities to facilitate joint defense efforts among the United States and such allies and partners, and for other purposes.

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues that are imported or offered for import are to be regulated, and for other purposes.

To require the Secretary of Defense to design and implement a foreign military officer subject matter expert exchange program, and for other purposes.