Track bills, resolutions, and amendments moving through Congress
Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act
The bill extends and streamlines SBIR/STTR programs and strengthens commercialization and security safeguards—helping many small firms scale and get to market faster—while increasing federal spending, concentrating benefits among established participants, adding compliance burdens, and delaying some
Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act
The bill strengthens privacy, security, and oversight for children, teens, and families—reducing targeted advertising and increasing transparency—but does so at the cost of added compliance burdens and costs for businesses (especially small ones), possible reduced access to some services for users,—
21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
The bill directs substantial new federal support, coordination, and regulatory changes to speed housing production, preserve and repair affordable units, and strengthen tenant/homeowner protections—especially for disaster-affected and low-income households—but it does so while easing some environmental and procedural safeguards, increasing administrative burdens and funding uncertainty, and creating trade-offs that may dilute resources or disrupt markets.
National STEM Week Act
The bill raises the profile and coordination of STEM outreach through a National STEM Week, clearer definitions, and reporting — expanding exposure and school–industry linkages — but it relies on industry support and existing staff capacity without dedicated federal funding, risking uneven access and added administrative burdens.
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2025
The bill strengthens federal earthquake resilience by expanding scope, clarifying roles, improving early warning, and providing multi‑year support, but many new expectations hinge on future appropriations and will raise costs and administrative burdens for governments and property owners.
Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
This bill increases regulatory clarity, pediatric and transplant-focused initiatives, and transparency that can improve access and oversight, but it does so while raising federal costs, imposing new administrative burdens, and introducing risks that could delay pediatric data, weaken enforcement incentives, and shift incentives for drug developers.
REUSE Act of 2025
Strengthening Support for American Manufacturing Act
The bill sharpens federal focus, oversight, and targeted support for critical supply chains and manufacturing—improving coordination and resilience—while risking broader federal intervention, added compliance burdens, and potential taxpayer and implementation costs.
ANCHOR Act
The bill clarifies which vessels qualify for U.S. Academic Research Fleet support and pushes coordinated communications and cybersecurity upgrades—improving research capability and resilience—but concentrates control, may exclude some non‑NSF or foreign‑flagged options, and could raise costs and administrative burdens for institutions and collaborators.
To extend the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes.
The bill avoids near-term disruption by extending SBIR/STTR funding, pilots, and program flexibilities for one year to support small-business R&D and commercialization, but it adds modest federal costs and prolongs uncertainty and temporary oversight arrangements about the programs' long-term structure.
Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2025
The bill strengthens federal monitoring, funding, and equity‑focused support to detect and respond to harmful algal blooms—improving public health protections for coastal, freshwater, and vulnerable communities—but does so with modest, time‑limited funds and new federal requirements that may strain local capacity, shift existing NOAA grant priorities, and alter how resources are allocated between national and local events.
Fire Ready Nation Act of 2025
The bill substantially improves wildfire forecasting, data sharing, and response capacity—particularly benefiting rural, tribal, and responder communities—while increasing administrative demands, raising data-security/privacy risks, and creating the potential for significant new federal spending that depends on future appropriations.
Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act of 2025
The bill strengthens U.S. supply-chain resilience and prioritizes domestic and emerging-technology production through federal coordination and support, but it raises federal costs, may increase consumer prices, reduces some transparency, and creates funding and timing uncertainties that could limit effectiveness.
ANCHOR Act
The bill boosts research-vessel capabilities, security, and crew health—benefiting scientists and institutions—but risks higher operating costs for universities, potential loss of local control, and delays tied to federal funding.
Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act
The bill invests modest federal resources to improve K–12 mathematics, statistics, and data‑science instruction and to produce evidence-based recommendations, but it risks uneven access, adds modest budgetary and administrative costs, and leaves programs vulnerable to funding uncertainty unless renewed.
Cost-Share Accountability Act of 2025
The bill improves transparency and congressional oversight of DOE cost-sharing decisions—helping taxpayers, lawmakers, and applicants plan and monitor programs—but increases administrative burden and risks exposing sensitive negotiation details or prompting restrictive congressional limits that could raise costs or reduce project funding flexibility.
DOE and NASA Interagency Research Coordination Act
The bill strengthens interagency scientific collaboration and NASA's technical capabilities through shared infrastructure and joint funding, while creating trade-offs around nuclear safety, taxpayer costs, data security, and fairness in research priority-setting.
DOE and NSF Interagency Research Act
The bill boosts federal support for cross-cutting R&D, workforce development, and open collaboration to accelerate advanced and clean-energy technologies, but it raises taxpayer costs, potential data/IP security risks, and the risk that smaller institutions lose competitiveness for funding.
DOE and SBA Research Act
The bill encourages DOE–SBA collaboration and clearer small‑business access to DOE R&D while preserving Congressional control over spending and transparency — but by barring new appropriations it risks limiting implementation, slowing projects, and favoring certain firms.
Expressing support for declaring 2026 the "Year of Math" in the United States.
The resolution raises public awareness of mathematics and showcases U.S. research through a national 'Year of Math' and ICM 2026, but it is largely ceremonial and may not deliver funding or sustained policy change while potentially diverting attention from other education needs.
Supporting the goals and ideals of "Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Awareness Day".
The resolution raises national awareness and could improve detection and care for prion diseases, but it provides no new funding or capacity and may concentrate expectations on a single center and raise public concern without delivering actionable resources.
Honoring Dr. Jane Goodall and her legacy as an ethologist, conservationist, and activist.
The resolution raises awareness and honors conservation work and education efforts—potentially inspiring youth and spotlighting women in science—but is purely symbolic and does not provide funding or legal changes to address the needs it highlights.
Designating September 25, 2025, as "National Ataxia Awareness Day", and raising awareness of ataxia, ataxia research, and the search for a cure.
The resolution raises awareness and may spur research and regulatory incentives for ataxia, especially benefiting patients and pediatric care, but it also risks higher drug and out-of-pocket costs and may create unmet expectations among patients and families.
Designating September 2025 as "National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month".
The resolution would concentrate attention and potential funding on spinal cord injury research and veteran care—improving prospects for patients and researchers—but does so with budget tradeoffs and the risk of raising hopes for rapid cures that may not come soon.
Expressing support for the designation of September 2025 as "National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month".
The bill increases federal research funding, precision oncology capacity, and public/clinician education to improve prostate cancer detection and treatment, but it raises taxpayer costs, risks more overdiagnosis/overtreatment, and may not close access disparities for rural and low-income men.
Expressing support for the designation of September as "Dystonia Awareness Month" to promote public awareness and understanding of dystonia.
The resolution would boost awareness, diagnosis, and research—especially benefitting veterans and people with dystonia—at the cost of additional federal spending and a risk that resources may be concentrated within military and veteran health systems rather than civilian care.
Commemorating the 69th anniversary of the continuous operations of the Mauna Loa Observatory.
The resolution formally recognizes Mauna Loa as a baseline atmospheric station and helps preserve critical climate monitoring and local jobs, but it is symbolic and does not secure funding—so continued measurements and potential local costs depend on future appropriations.
Recognizing and celebrating 100 years of quantum mechanics.
The resolution promotes growth in quantum research, workforce opportunities, and national-security capabilities, but risks higher taxpayer costs, shifting funding away from other basic sciences, and increased classification that could reduce open academic collaboration.
Expressing support for the designation of June 19, 2025, as "World Sickle Cell Awareness Day" in order to increase public awareness across the United States and global community about sickle cell disease and the continued need for empirical research, early detection screenings, novel effective treatments leading to a cure, and preventative care programs with respect to complications from sickle cell anemia and conditions relating to sickle cell disease.
The resolution raises awareness and could accelerate earlier screening, research, and targeted interventions for sickle cell disease—potentially improving health outcomes for affected communities—while also creating risks of higher government costs, unequal access to costly new therapies, and privacy/discrimination concerns if safeguards and funding are not addressed.
Designating July 16, 2025, as "Glioblastoma Awareness Day".
The resolution promotes better diagnostics, awareness, and research coordination for glioblastoma—potentially improving care and trial development—but it provides no funding or enforceable policy changes, so benefits may be limited and affordability and access remain unresolved.
