James Lankford

Honoring the life of David Ferdinand Durenberger, former Senator for the State of Minnesota.

To amend title 10, United States Code, to make permanent the direct hire authority of the Secretary of Defense for domestic defense industrial base facilities, the Major Range and Test Facilities Base, and the Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship to include spouses and children of individuals who die from a service-connected disability within 120 days of serving in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

To prohibit the intentional hindering of immigration, border, and customs controls, and for other purposes.

To amend the National Firearms Act to provide an exception for stabilizing braces, and for other purposes.

To amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of spouses of members of the Armed Forces who are on active duty, disabled, or deceased to positions in which the spouses will work remotely.

To amend title 18, United States Code, to punish the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death as felony murder.

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the current influx of migrants is causing a crisis at the southern border.

To modify the restriction in section 3326 of title 5, United States Code, relating to the appointment of retired members of the Armed Forces to positions in the Department of Defense to apply to positions at or above the GS–14 level.

To provide accountability for funding provided to the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Treasury under Public Law 117–169.

To prohibit the President from issuing moratoria on leasing and permitting energy and minerals on certain Federal land.

To establish a socioeconomic labor threshold and use that threshold for purposes of chapter 67 of title 41, United States Code.

To require the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security to investigate the vetting and processing of illegal aliens apprehended along the southwest border and to ensure that all laws are being upheld.

To amend the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit certain financial service providers who deny fair access to financial services from using taxpayer funded discount window lending programs, and for other purposes.

Recognizing January 2023 as National Mentoring Month.

To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities.

Designating the week beginning February 5, 2023, as National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week.

To establish a procedure for terminating a determination by Surgeon General to suspend certain entries and imports from designated places.

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.

To modify the procedures for designating foreign states under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and granting temporary protected status to nationals of such foreign states.