Track bills, resolutions, and amendments moving through Congress
Improving Travel for Military Members Act
The bill speeds security screening for active-duty service members and families at selected airports through a three-year TSA pilot and greater local flexibility, trading off potential longer waits and confusion for other travelers and leaving many service members without permanent, nationwide access.
ALERT Act
The bill substantially strengthens aviation safety and oversight across civilian and military operations—likely reducing collision risk and increasing accountability—but does so at the cost of significant equipage, implementation, and administrative burdens and potential operational disruptions for military units, carriers, and some general aviation operators.
To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to John W. Ripley for acts of valor during the Vietnam War, and for other purposes.
The bill grants a long-overdue Medal of Honor to John W. Ripley—providing formal recognition and a morale signal to veterans and service members—while creating a statutory exception that may set a precedent for future retroactive awards and consumes limited congressional/administrative attention.
Nicholas Dockery Medal of Honor Act
The bill allows a retroactive Medal of Honor to correct a past oversight and affirms DoD's authority to fix awards, trading a meaningful act of recognition and institutional fairness for a modest cost and the potential precedent of more late-award exceptions.
To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr., for acts of valor as a member of the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.
The bill corrects a historic omission by awarding the Medal of Honor to James Capers Jr., delivering symbolic recognition and morale benefits for service members while imposing modest administrative costs and a precedent that could increase future Pentagon workload.
Make technical corrections to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026.
The bill improves legal qualification and clarity—requiring JAG officers to keep active civilian law licenses and clarifying a statute heading—while imposing added cost/time burdens on officers and risking reduced JAG staffing for the military.
Waive the 60-day notice requirement for the posthumous honorary promotion of Captain Cody Khork, United States Army.
The bill grants a one-off, expedited posthumous promotion to provide timely recognition and closure for a soldier's family, while bypassing standard procedural safeguards and creating a narrow precedent that requires Congressional attention without broader benefits or funding.
ROTOR Act
The bill strengthens aviation safety, transparency, and civil–military coordination for travelers and operators, but it does so at the cost of new equipment mandates, implementation and reporting expenses, increased administrative workload, and potential operational, privacy, and national‑security tradeoffs.
Recognizing the 250th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps.
Servicemember Residence Protection Act
The bill protects deployed servicemembers' property rights and provides timely guidance to manage vacant homes, while imposing modest administrative costs and creating potential delays for adverse-possession claimants and risk of quickly produced (and later revised) guidance.
Designating October 26, 2025, as the "Day of the Deployed".
The bill establishes an annual, no-cost 'Day of the Deployed' to publicly recognize deployed service members and their families, but it is purely symbolic and does not provide funding or new benefits, risking raised expectations without concrete assistance.
Recognizing the 250th birthday of the United States Navy.
The resolution publicly affirms and honors the Navy—providing reassurance and recognition—while remaining symbolic and carrying a risk it could be used to push higher defense spending without addressing veterans' concrete needs.
Recognizing September 20, 2025, as "National LGBTQ+ Servicemembers and Veterans Day".
The resolution acknowledges past injustices and documents ongoing agency actions to help LGBTQ+ veterans, but it also underscores reinstated policies that remove service eligibility and care for transgender people and may raise expectations for remedies that the preamble itself does not deliver.
Recognizing the 250th birthday of the United States Army.
The resolution publicly honors and may boost morale for the Army, but it is symbolic only—offering no policy or funding relief—and uses rhetoric some Americans may find needlessly aggressive.
To direct removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
The bill shifts major offensive military decisions from the President to Congress—reducing direct U.S. combat involvement and protecting service members while preserving defensive and evacuation authorities, but at the cost of potentially slowing rapid responses, increasing political pressure on Congress, and raising economic and escalation risks.
To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
The bill shifts clearer authority to Congress and withdraws U.S. forces to reduce immediate combat risk, but does so at the cost of constraining rapid executive military responses, creating operational uncertainty for commanders, and potentially weakening regional deterrence.
To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
The bill reasserts Congress's war-declaring authority and restores statutory War Powers oversight while preserving limited defensive and intelligence actions, but it increases risks to deployed personnel, can slow rapid executive responses and create legal uncertainty, and has economic and privacy downsides.
Recognizing the critical importance of the United States Special Operations Forces community and expressing support for the designation of SOF Week.
The resolution bolsters readiness, training, and family support for Special Operations Forces while trading off higher defense spending and risks of expanded, less‑public SOF operations with limited oversight.
Space National Guard Establishment Act of 2025
The bill clarifies and federalizes a Space National Guard to improve coordination, career paths, and readiness, but shifts costs and control toward the federal government and may strain facilities, local readiness, and implementation resources.
Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act
The bill expands and clarifies firearm purchase/possession rights and residency protections for service members and their spouses—reducing legal uncertainty and administrative inconsistency—while raising enforcement challenges, potential state-law conflicts, and modest administrative costs.
Pay Our Military Act of 2025
The bill keeps pay and funding flowing for servicemembers, certain civilians, contractors, and other recipients during a funding lapse—reducing immediate disruption—but shifts spending and key eligibility decisions away from routine congressional appropriation processes and still risks abrupt termination of funds (or uncertainty) by Jan 1, 2026.
Fighter Force Preservation and Recapitalization Act of 2025
The bill strengthens near‑term fighter modernization, ANG parity, and transparency to boost readiness and preserve local force structure, but does so at higher taxpayer cost, with procurement and flexibility trade‑offs, potential short‑term capability and safety risks, and added administrative burdens.
Coast Guard Leadership Modernization Act
The bill moves the Coast Guard toward clearer civilian leadership and defined civilian–military roles to improve governance and oversight, while narrowing candidate eligibility and adding Senate-confirmed positions that could delay appointments and impose transition costs.
Service Academy Parity Act
The bill makes Coast Guard Academy admissions more transparent and merit-based while expanding priority access for certain military-connected applicants and enlisted personnel, but it imposes fixed state/territorial quotas, citizenship limits, and procedural features that may reduce competitiveness, risk politicization, and increase administrative burden.
National Coordination on Resilience for Security Act of 2026
The bill centralizes federal resilience planning and technical support—potentially improving preparedness for communities and military installations—but creates new coordination obligations without explicit funding and leaves unresolved transparency, legal, and long-term continuity risks.
Servicemember Residence Protection Act of 2026
The bill protects servicemembers' homeownership and clarifies leasing/tenant rights while providing quick VA guidance, but it can delay final resolution of property claims for others, doesn't eliminate the need for litigation in some disputes, and imposes a near-term administrative burden on agencies.
PROTECT Act
The bill gives military agencies stronger trademark control to protect official awards and insignia but imposes limits on commercial and expressive uses and adds administrative work for agencies.
Air Guard STATUS Act of 2025
The bill makes permanent and funds tuition assistance for Air National Guard members using existing authority—improving affordability and predictability for service members while increasing federal costs and potentially excluding those unable to meet training eligibility requirements.
Military Sexual Trauma Accountability Act
The bill gives military sexual‑assault victims a stronger federal avenue for full monetary recovery and broader accountability, but does so at the cost of increased federal liability, potential retroactive claim surges, and added legal complexity for courts and government agencies.
Alaska National Guard Rural Community Revival Act
The bill aims to boost Guard readiness, disaster response, and rural economic benefits in remote areas, but does so at a likely fiscal cost and with risks around privacy, private control of installation functions, and potentially rushed planning.
