James R. Baird
Republican · U.S. Representative for Indiana's 4th district
16 sponsored · 256 cosponsored
Age 81 · In office since 2019
Contact their office: (202) 225-5037 · 2303 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 · Official website
Of the bills they cosponsored: 2 became law, 20 passed one chamber and wait on the other, 2 were resolutions that are finished, 4 cleared committee and wait for a first vote, 206 are in committee, 21 have only been introduced, and 1 was stopped.
The paragraph under each bill and the scores beside it were written by an AI model from the bill's text; the rest is the record.
Became law 2 bills
Passed both chambers and was signed by the President, or became law without a signature.
- Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act
- Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters".
Waiting for a floor vote in the other chamber 3 bills
Passed one chamber and is on the other chamber's calendar.
In the other chamber's committee 10 bills
Passed one chamber and has been handed to a committee in the other.
- Major Richard Star Act
- Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
- Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025
- Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2026
- Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
- Protect Children’s Innocence Act
- Strategic Ports Reporting Act
- DOE and NSF Interagency Research Act
- Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act
- Protecting American Energy Production Act
Passed one chamber, waiting for the other to take it up 7 bills
Passed one chamber, and the other has not yet sent it to a committee or put it on its calendar.
Adopted 2 bills
The chamber formally agreed to it, and for a resolution that is the finish line: what it says is now officially the chamber's position, rule or tribute.
Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote 4 bills
A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.
In committee 206 bills
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
- Honoring the service and sacrifice of America's veterans on Veterans Day, 2026.
- Yaeli Martinez Child Protection Act
- Establishing Gold Standard Science Act
- Expressing support for American animal agriculture and recognizing its integral role in strengthening food security, lowering food costs, and reinforcing economic growth in the United States.
- VA Hiring Integrity Act of 2026
- Beagle Liberation Act of 2026
- To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 501 West Memorial Drive in Muncie, Indiana, as the "Officer Blake A. Reynolds Post Office Building".
- Data Science and Literacy Act of 2026
- Commemorating the 13 United States servicemembers killed at Abbey Gate during and as a result of President Biden's disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal.
- Commemorating the fifth anniversary of the evacuation of Afghanistan, the Gulf war era, and honoring Gulf war era veterans.