Ad astra per aspera
To the stars through difficulties
Native American Entrepreneurial Opportunity Act
The bill increases targeted SBA support and tailored coordination to boost tribal entrepreneurship and access to contracts, but it raises federal costs, risks duplicating existing efforts, and is time-limited by a seven-year sunset.
SERV Act
The bill increases reporting and oversight intended to improve veterans’ awareness of entrepreneurship and lending programs (potentially improving access to credit), but with limited or no new funding the effort may impose administrative costs, privacy risks, and could fail to produce timely, actionable benefits.
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to ensure Tribal consultation and representation under the food distribution program on Indian reservations, and for other purposes.
USDA Field Office Stability Act
Respect Tribal IDs Act
Truth in National Parks Act
21st Century Entrepreneurship Act
SSI Savings and Efficiency Act of 2026
Data to Save Moms Act
The bill strengthens maternal mortality review processes, data, and culturally informed services—especially for Tribal and racial/ethnic minority communities—and expands access to perinatal supports, at the cost of increased federal spending, new administrative and reporting burdens, and some risks around privacy, timeliness, and ensuring culturally rooted implementation.
Resilient Food Supply Chain and Affordability Act
The bill broadens grant eligibility to strengthen local meat and poultry processing, supply-chain resilience, and food safety—benefiting rural communities and consumers—but risks diverting funds from other agricultural needs, enabling larger processors to capture benefits, and perpetuating federal spending without added oversight.