15 Legislation
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify the definition of food.
Agriculture and Food- house
- senate
Regnat populus
The people rule
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify the definition of food.
To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 through October 20, 2027, and for other purposes.
The bill clarifies and accelerates the effective-date mechanics for Title VII repeal—reducing legal uncertainty and helping entities plan sooner—but shortens the timeline in ways that may constrain intelligence authorities, disrupt oversight/legal continuity, and impose transitional compliance costs on tech providers.
GusNIP Expansion Act of 2026
The bill injects durable federal funding and program structure to expand produce incentives and improve access for low-income Americans—bolstering evidence and targeting persistent-poverty areas—but attaches restrictive funding rules, eligibility criteria, and recipient limits that could reduce local flexibility, exclude new partners, and shift costs to state and local actors.
Bridge the Gap for Rural Communities Act
The bill boosts near‑term farm liquidity and predictability by lifting payment limits and providing 50% cash advances, but it raises federal costs, risks uneven distribution favoring larger operations, and creates repayment and price‑estimate risks for producers and taxpayers.
Prioritizing Offensive Agricultural Disputes and Enforcement Act
The bill strengthens and coordinates U.S. enforcement against foreign agricultural subsidies—potentially boosting exports, farm incomes, and transparency—at the cost of higher taxpayer and agency expenses, delayed results from WTO processes, risk of foreign retaliation, and potential diplomatic and governance trade-offs.
DRIVE-SAFE Act
The bill expands interstate apprenticeship opportunities for under-21 CDL holders with structured safety requirements—improving training and on-road safety—while imposing compliance costs, potential hiring limitations, and privacy concerns for drivers.
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
The bill strengthens and stabilizes funding, operational standards, and managerial coordination across the intelligence community—improving oversight for committees and capabilities for national security—while increasing classified budgeting, concentrating certain authorities, raising privacy and civil‑liberties risks, and adding near‑term costs to taxpayers.
STOP China Act
The bill shifts federal transit and grant-funded vehicle purchases away from firms tied to adversary nations to strengthen national-security and domestic sourcing, but does so at the cost of higher procurement expenses, administrative burdens, potential delays in fleet modernization, and possible slowing of electric-vehicle adoption.
Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse Public Safety Improvement Act of 2025
The bill strengthens road safety and testing reliability by centralizing drug-positive hair-test results and raising lab standards, but does so at the cost of harsher employment consequences, potential fairness concerns from long-detection hair tests, and increased compliance costs for small carriers and labs.
FUELS Act
The bill eases regulatory burden and clarifies applicability for many small and medium oil-storage operators by raising SPCC thresholds, but it does so at the cost of reduced oversight and a potentially higher residual spill risk plus transition costs for affected businesses.