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Strengthening Social Security Act of 2026
The bill shifts Social Security indexing and benefit rules to better target and raise payments for many seniors and protect low-income recipients, while reducing payroll-tax burdens for some high earners — but together these changes increase program costs, administrative complexity, and long-term solvency risk for taxpayers and future beneficiaries.
Rental Housing Investment Act
The bill offers substantial near-term tax relief to rental property owners—especially for affordable housing projects—to spur construction and rehabilitation, but it shifts costs and risks onto owners (through recapture and reduced future deductions), reduces near-term federal revenue, and limits taxpayers' flexibility in future tax choices.
Keeping Drugs Out of Schools Act of 2025
The bill directs modest, targeted federal funding to expand school-based drug‑prevention activities and sustain existing community coalitions while protecting most dollars for local programs, but the modest authorization, per-grant cap, and administrative requirements mean only a limited number of schools will benefit and smaller districts may face extra burdens.
PFAS Cleanup Act
The bill creates dedicated revenues and a targeted tax credit to accelerate PFAS cleanup and protect drinking water, but does so at the cost of higher burdens on consumers and governments, potential budgetary tradeoffs, and risks that polluters may not fully bear remediation costs.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for increasing wages paid to child care providers.
The bill uses a targeted employer tax credit (larger in rural areas) to encourage higher wages and investment in child care, but it excludes many small/home providers, gives limited benefit to low‑profit providers because the credit is nonrefundable, and reduces federal revenue.
Hospice CARE Act of 2026
The bill strengthens oversight, transparency, and temporary payment support for hospice care—improving program integrity, quality, and respite access—while increasing Medicare spending, adding regulatory complexity, and creating short‑term access and operational risks for some providers and patients.
Trade Adjustment Assistance Modernization Act
The bill expands and clarifies who can receive trade adjustment assistance and significantly increases funding and supports for workers, communities, firms, and health coverage, at the cost of higher federal spending, greater administrative complexity, and new compliance burdens that may strain states, small businesses, and some beneficiaries.
Respect NATO Allies Act
The bill improves allied deterrence and makes trade with NATO allies more predictable by shifting key tariff decisions toward Congress and clarifying approval procedures — trading faster unilateral executive action and some procedural scrutiny for greater congressional control, possible fiscal pressure for defense commitments, and localized environmental and procedural risks.
Fair Housing for Disabeled Veterans Act
The bill makes it easier for disabled veterans to qualify for LIHTC- and bond-assisted affordable housing—improving access and project occupancy—while creating modest federal revenue impacts and a small administrative burden for housing agencies.
Put School Counselors Where They’re Needed Act
The bill funds a federal demonstration to expand and test school counseling supports—potentially improving student mental health and college/career guidance—while imposing new federal costs and risking exclusion of some high-need schools.