Portrait of James R. Baird

MEMBER OF CONGRESS

Rep. James R. Baird [R-IN-4]

House · serving since 2019

43SPONSORED
1,071COSPONSORED

Lobbying activity on James's bills

15 orgs

Orgs and lobbyists with LDA disclosures naming James's recent bills — derived across 6 bills of the 18 most recent sponsored/cosponsored bills with disclosed activity. This is who is in the room on James's legislation.

Lobbyists in the room

National Restaurant Association
Doordash, Inc.
Fierce Government Relations · Confidential Assistant to the Sec US Dept of Education, Special Assistant to the President, Deput…
Fierce Government Relations · Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
Fierce Government Relations · Press Aide/Office Manager to Rep. Roger Wicker, Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Pickering, Special Pr…
National Automobile Dealers Association · Legislative Assistant- Office of Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur 2025 (D-OH) Senior Legislative Assist…
Fierce Government Relations · Special Asst. to the President for Operations, Executive Office of the President, President Donal…
American Trucking Associations
Prime Policy Group
Corporate Energy Buyers Association (FKA Clean Energy Buyers Association)
Prime Policy Group
American Property Casualty Insurance Association FKA Property Casualty Insurers Assoc. of America
Per-bill breakdown (6)
H.R. 52218 orgs · 42 lobs
H.R. 70243 orgs · 14 lobs
H.R. 79361 org · 2 lobs
H.R. 71941 org · 1 lob
H.R. 28131 org · 5 lobs
H.R. 5751 org · 3 lobs

Committee assignments

James's current House committee + subcommittee assignments. Source: unitedstates/congress-legislators (daily-updated).

House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
House Committee on Agriculture
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology · House Committee on AgricultureVice Chair
Energy · House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Research and Technology · House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Forestry and Horticulture · House Committee on Agriculture
Africa · House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry · House Committee on Agriculture
Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture · House Committee on Agriculture
Oversight and Intelligence · House Committee on Foreign Affairs

Office

2303 Rayburn House Office Building

Policy footprint (recent bills)

Issue areas across James's last 25 sponsored and last 25 cosponsored bills.

Sponsored

International Affairs10
Armed Forces and National Security3
Agriculture and Food3
Science, Technology, Communications3
Energy2
Government Operations and Politics1
Foreign Trade and International Finance1
Transportation and Public Works1

Cosponsored

Armed Forces and National Security6
Crime and Law Enforcement5
Finance and Financial Sector3
Science, Technology, Communications2
Public Lands and Natural Resources1
Education1
Foreign Trade and International Finance1
Environmental Protection1

Recent sponsored bills

43

H.R. 8918

BIO-SCALE Act

2026-05-20: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R. 8648

FORGE Act

2026-05-04: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

H.R. 8212

Tech Diplomacy Training Act

2026-04-09: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

H.R. 8036

Interagency Coordination in Export Controls Act of 2026

2026-04-22: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 19.

H.R. 7936

Bioindustrial Scale-Up for Supply Chains and Energy Resiliency Act of 2026

2026-03-16: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

H.R. 7194

Nicholas Dockery Medal of Honor Act

2026-03-26: Became Private Law No: 119-2.

H.R. 7024

Hemp Planting Predictability Act

2026-05-20: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.

H.R. 7010

To amend the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2026, to delay the implementation of amendments made by such Act to the hemp production provisions of t…

2026-05-20: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.

H.R. 5221

PART Act

2026-02-10: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

H.R. 3707

NSF and USDA Interagency Research Act

2025-06-04: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R. 3208

No Official Palestine Entry Act of 2025

2025-05-06: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

H.R. 2813

Small Modular Reactor Commercialization Act of 2025

2025-04-10: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R. 1516

To require the Secretary of State to report an assessment of the Conflict and Stabilization Operations Bureau, including whether the Bureau should be maintained, explanations of its function, and cost analysis of the …

2025-02-24: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

H.R. 575

Increased TSP Access Act of 2025

2025-02-28: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

H.R. 9466

AI Development Practices Act of 2024

2024-09-11: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

Showing 15 of 43 sponsored bills. Full list on Congress.gov ↗.

Recent cosponsored bills

1,071

H.R. 9250

Great American Outdoors Act 250

2026-06-24: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.

H.R. 4382

America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act

2025-07-14: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

H.R. 9097

To establish a new educational exchange program to strengthen manufacturing workforce education, and for other purposes.

2026-06-02: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

H.R. 8791

IGNITE HBCU Excellence Act

2026-05-13: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

H.R. 9369

GHOSTRUCK Act

2026-06-18: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

H.R. 3921

STOP CSAM Act of 2025

2025-06-11: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 1502

North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act

2025-02-21: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

H.R. 9237

Take Care of America’s Veterans Act

2026-06-23: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1377 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1181, H.R. 9022, H.R. 8595 and H.R. 9237. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1181 and H.R. 9237 under a closed rule and H.R. 9022 and H.R. 8595 under a structured rule. The resolution provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.

H.R. 1628

761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act

2025-02-26: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R. 1548

Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act

2025-02-24: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R. 9083

State Emissions Authority Act of 2026

2026-06-02: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

H.R. 8866

Build to Scale Reauthorization Act of 2026

2026-05-15: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

H.R. 1004

Love Lives On Act of 2025

2026-03-26: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

H.Con.Res. 96

Expressing support for law enforcement officers.

2026-05-14: Received in the Senate.

H.R. 8737

Never Fight Alone Act

2026-05-12: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Showing 15 of 1,071 cosponsored bills.