14 Legislation
Mullica River Watershed Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2026
Public Lands and Natural Resources- house
- senate
Liberty and Prosperity
Mullica River Watershed Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2026
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive in Willingboro, New Jersey, as the "James A. Cotten Post Office".
Get Justice-Involved Veterans BACK HOME Act
The bill improves access to targeted mental-health care, reentry supports, automatic benefits resumption, and data visibility for incarcerated veterans, but does so with trade-offs: restricted provider networks, added costs and administrative burdens, possible uneven access and equity concerns, and privacy/benefits-verification risks.
S.T.O.P. Illicit Vapes Act
The bill centralizes and strengthens enforcement and oversight to reduce illegal e-cigarettes and protect youth, but it may raise costs for small retailers, increase federal spending, and risk prioritizing criminal enforcement over public-health approaches.
Tobacco TRACE Act
The bill improves tobacco traceability and public-health protection by requiring product-level tracking, but imposes compliance costs on businesses and a tight implementation deadline that could strain regulators and industry.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish an opioid antagonist to a veteran without requiring a prescription or copayment.
The bill increases veterans' timely access to life‑saving opioid antagonists (likely reducing overdoses and some health costs) while creating modest new VA program costs, potential cost‑shifts, and implementation/liability challenges for the VA.
To provide for the continued operation of the Hatch Act Unit of the Office of Special Counsel during a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.
The bill preserves Hatch Act enforcement and accountability during government shutdowns, benefiting oversight and public trust, while imposing modest taxpayer costs and raising fairness/precedent concerns about which federal roles are excepted during lapses.
Funding Small Businesses During Shutdown Act
The bill protects SBA borrowers and lenders from short-term disruptions during brief funding lapses by authorizing limited Treasury-funded continuity, at the cost of up to several billion dollars in contingency spending and a precedent that could lessen incentives to timely pass full appropriations and favor SBA programs over others.
Service Starts At Home Act
The bill provides federal funding to expand student internships, modest scholarships, and volunteer recognition—reducing barriers to work experience and offering predictable aid—while creating new federal costs, administrative burdens, and risks of uneven access that may favor better-resourced students and institutions.
Learn and Serve America Reinvestment Act
The bill provides predictable annual funding, new grant opportunities for schools and community organizations, and added administrative capacity and transparency, but increases ongoing federal spending and shifts more awards to competitive processes that may reduce predictability and disadvantage smaller or under-resourced applicants.