Michael Waltz

To promote democracy in Venezuela, and for other purposes.

Calling for accountability for grave violations of internationally recognized human rights in Cuba and malign activities against the United States and democratic countries in the Western Hemisphere committed by the Communist regime in Cuba.

To promote and recruit the United States maritime industry workforce, and for other purposes.

To ensure that certain permit approvals by the Environmental Protection Agency have the force and effect of law, and for other purposes.

To require reports on critical mineral and rare earth element resources around the world and a strategy for the development of advanced mining, refining, separation, and processing technologies.

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide a disclosure notice to homebuyers of properties owned by the Department of Housing and Urban Development that are located in special flood hazard areas, and for other purposes.

Expressing support for the designation of the week of January 21 through January 27, 2024, as National School Choice Week.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes.

To direct the Secretary of State to further surge capacity to better support special immigrant visa applicants who are nationals of Afghanistan, and for other purposes.

To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to allow certain activities to be conducted with respect to sturgeon held in captivity or in a controlled environment in the United States, 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 freeze certain Iranian funds involved in the 2023 hostage deal between the United States and Iran, and for other purposes.

To provide tax relief with respect to certain Federal disasters.

To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to approve or deny spend plans within a certain amount of time, and for other purposes.

To increase transparency regarding the activities, and reduce the malign influence of, the People’s Republic of China in the Inter-American Development Bank, and for other purposes.

To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to address or assist in resolving the shortage of appropriate foster homes for children, to develop resources to keep sibling groups together, and to provide for a system of checks and balances to ensure a child’s ongoing safety and well-being, by providing for the placement of a foster child in cottage family homes and making a child so placed eligible for foster care maintenance payments.

To limit the use of military personnel for certain purposes, to direct the Secretary of Defense to appoint a Director of COVID Policy of the Department of Defense, and to limit environmental projects of such Department.

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to modify certain allotments under that Act, and for other purposes.

To amend the Horse Protection Act to designate additional unlawful acts under the Act, strengthen penalties for violations of the Act, improve Department of Agriculture enforcement of the Act, and for other purposes.

To require that certain actions taken by the Secretary of Defense be treated as an eligible transportation project, and for other purposes.