Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono
The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness
Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2025
The bill targets Hawaiʻi with clearer definitions, research support, and coordinated response capacity to protect native forests and local economies, but it relies on limited federal implementation detail and funding, potentially shifting costs to state/local actors, creating administrative friction, and leaving gaps on private lands and beyond Hawaiʻi.
Hands Off Elections Act of 2026
The bill strengthens state authority to block perceived improper federal involvement in federal elections and narrows which federal employees may act in election administration—trading increased state control and safeguards against federal overreach for reduced federal flexibility, potential loss of experienced federal support, and greater litigation risk.
Rural Hospital Revitalization Act of 2026
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86-014 Farrington Highway in Wai'anae, Hawai'i, as the "U.S. Representative Colleen Hanabusa Post Office Building".
Farmland for Farmers Act of 2026
The bill strengthens protections, transparency, and enforcement to keep farmland in local, family, nonprofit, or authorized hands and deter unlawful ownership, but it raises compliance costs, restricts some investment and financing channels, and imposes severe penalties and title risks that could produce sudden property-loss and market disruption.
Tariff Free Farming Act
The bill locks in current tariff levels on key agricultural inputs to give farmers, rural communities, and downstream buyers price certainty, at the cost of limiting the government's ability to use tariffs as a rapid trade-defense tool—potentially weakening U.S. leverage in trade disputes and shifting costs onto taxpayers or domestic support programs.
Rare Earth Magnet Market Revitalization Act
The bill trades stronger national security and domestic/allied supply incentives (and greater transparency) against higher costs, regulatory burdens, and short‑term supply or implementation risks for businesses, consumers, and taxpayers.
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to ensure adequate staffing and resources for the Institute of Tropical Forestry and the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.
The bill meaningfully strengthens regional research capacity and job security at two island-focused institutes—benefiting scientists and local communities—at the cost of increased federal spending and potential funding/management rigidity if appropriations or flexibility are limited.
To amend the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to allow certain States to directly purchase commodities, and for other purposes.
The bill gives States flexibility to receive TEFAP funds as cash so they can buy food locally and tailor distributions faster, but that flexibility risks mismanagement, variable program quality, and higher costs that could reduce access for low-income people.
Atomic Civilians Recognition and Compensation Act
The bill creates recognition and a path to compensation for civilian nuclear workers and their families, but meaningful access depends on documentation and funding rules that could delay, reduce, or deny benefits while modestly increasing taxpayer costs.