14 Legislation
Nuclear Regulatory Modernization Act of 2026
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Nuclear Regulatory Modernization Act of 2026
Checkoff Transparency Act
The bill increases transparency and accountability of commodity boards for farmers and small producers, at the cost of possible exposure of sensitive information, added administrative expense, and reduced board activities under scrutiny.
Farm Freedom to Repair Act
The bill expands farmers' and independent repairers' ability to fix agricultural equipment—lowering costs and downtime—but increases risks to safety, device security, OEM revenue models, and creates potential legal uncertainty about the scope of the exception.
Farm Equipment Safety Act
The bill reduces costs and regulatory burdens for farmers and small agricultural businesses but does so at the expense of likely worse local air quality, increased public health and cleanup costs, and weaker nationwide consistency in emissions management.
SMART Health Care Act
The bill shifts payments to better reflect patient diagnoses, expand site‑neutral billing, protect certain rural referrals, and increase 340B transparency—benefiting many patients and reducing some costs—while raising federal spending, cutting revenue for hospitals (risking reduced services and access in vulnerable communities), and imposing administrative and fairness risks.
Preventing Hospital Overbilling of Medicare Act
The bill improves billing transparency and reduces Medicare patient costs via site‑neutral payments and unique identifiers, but it creates compliance and IT costs for providers and insurers and raises the risk of claim delays, denials, or changed emergency‑care patterns during implementation.
Restoring Rights of Physicians to Own Hospitals Act
The bill eases administrative and legal hurdles to help rural providers maintain services and reduce provider costs, but it raises the risk of unnecessary referrals, higher Medicare spending, and short-term legal uncertainty.
Empowering Patient Choice of Medical Care Act
The bill makes it easier and cheaper for some patients and providers to use outpatient settings, but does so at the cost of increased Medicare spending, reduced HHS oversight, and heightened patient safety risks.
Addressing Anti-Competitive Health Care Contract Clauses Act
This bill seeks to increase price transparency and curb coercive or secretive contracting to boost competition and patient choice, but those gains may come with higher insurer and administrative costs, legal uncertainty for providers and carriers, and some tradeoffs in network management and federal spending.
Holding Nonprofit Hospitals Accountable Act
The bill pushes tax-exempt hospitals to deliver substantially more community benefits and strengthens oversight—benefiting low-income patients and taxpayers—but does so by imposing large costs, administrative burdens, and investment limits that could pressure hospitals (especially small or rural providers) and risk reduced services or higher prices.