Sponsor
James P. McGovern
Representative · D-MA
Representative · D-MA
The bill strengthens support for small‑business innovation, national-security capabilities, family leave access, and targeted education/outdoor programs while increasing federal spending and exposure, creating privacy and fiscal risks, and imposing new compliance burdens that could shift costs onto taxpayers, employers, and service providers.
Small businesses and innovators (especially in low‑award States) gain increased SBIR/STTR support and outreach because agencies must extend set‑asides and transfer funds to the SBA to expand administration and technical assistance.
Federal nuclear forensics capability and expertise are strengthened by centralizing authority at NNSA and directing university workforce development, improving technical response to nuclear threats.
Employees with serious health needs or family caregiving responsibilities (including military families) get clearer access to intermittent or reduced‑schedule FMLA leave, making it easier to balance work and care.
Taxpayers face higher federal spending or exposure because the bill increases set‑aside/transfer obligations, authorizes new program funding, and makes Treasury funds available for FY2027 appropriations.
Expanding agency authority to insure or guarantee second liens to facilitate mortgage assumptions increases federal exposure to losses and risks encouraging reliance on government guarantees rather than private underwriting.
Requiring participating agencies to transfer at least 10% of specified SBIR/STTR activity funds to the SBA and restricting transferred funds' use reduces agencies' flexibility to run their own programs and limits SBA's ability to use funds across other small‑business programs.
Based on analysis of 13 sections of legislative text.
A multi-topic package that expands SBIR set-asides, creates an NNSA nuclear forensics center, revises FMLA intermittent leave rules, expands federal mortgage lien authorities, creates a hearing-aid tax credit, orders an NIE on Chinese AI, and adds enforcement and procedural provisions.
Makes a mix of program extensions, policy changes, new authorities, and targeted spending authorities across small business programs, conservation education, national nuclear forensics, family leave rules, mortgage insurance rules, a hearing-aid tax credit, intelligence reporting on Chinese AI, criminal penalties for hiding prohibited foreign election activity, and several House rule and budget procedural changes. Many provisions change existing program authorities, add reporting or transfer requirements, or create new agencies/centers or criminal offenses. Key actions include extending and modestly increasing a small business set-aside and requiring certain agencies to transfer a portion of funds to SBA; authorizing $25 million annually for a youth parks/education effort and expanding eligible ages; creating a National Nuclear Forensics Center at NNSA and shifting statutory references from DHS; allowing greater flexibility for intermittent FMLA leave while removing special certification requirements; expanding FHA/USDA/VA authority to insure or guarantee second liens and requiring public property loan lists; creating a $1,000-per-year nonrefundable hearing-aid tax credit (effective 2027 tax years); directing an NIE on Chinese AI; adding a felony for creating entities to conceal prohibited foreign-national election contributions; and instructing House committee hearings and certain procedural budget/appropriations clauses.
Official title: To deliver priority legislation.
Introduced July 2, 2026 by James P. McGovern · Last progress July 2, 2026