Excelsior!
Ever Upward!
25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act
The bill creates officially minted 25th‑anniversary 9/11 commemorative coins that provide visible recognition and raise dedicated funds for the National September 11 Memorial and Museum while offering collectors legal‑tender, collectible products — but it raises buyer costs, creates administrative burdens, can delay payouts to beneficiaries, and may produce scarcity or pricing disputes that limit net benefits.
Enhancing Stakeholder Support and Outreach for Preparedness Grants Act
The bill increases outreach, transparency, and oversight to help jurisdictions and frontline responders secure and use homeland security grants more effectively, at the cost of added FEMA administrative expenses, greater burden on smaller jurisdictions, and delays before improvements are realized.
To amend title 5, United States Code, to create a right of public access to certain records relating to the courts of the United States, and for other purposes.
No 9/11 Family Left Behind Act of 2026
The bill provides a guaranteed one-time payment to previously unpaid eligible veterans and speeds distribution, at the cost of additional taxpayer-funded appropriations and the risk of administrative burdens or eligibility disputes that could delay or deny some veterans' payments.
Voting Systems Protection Act
The bill substantially strengthens state and local protections, transparency, and remedies around federal seizures of election materials and increases accountability for federal misconduct, but does so at the cost of added costs, legal uncertainty, data-exposure risks, and potential delays to urgent federal investigations and public-safety actions.
DHS Surveillance Technology Moratorium Act of 2026
The bill significantly increases transparency, audits, and congressional oversight of DHS surveillance practices—strengthening privacy and accountability for many communities—while risking operational delays for DHS, disclosure of sensitive capabilities, and added administrative and contractor costs.
Buy Now Pay Later Consumer Protection Act of 2026
The bill extends clear Truth-in-Lending protections and disclosure rights to BNPL users, improving consumer safeguards, but it also raises compliance costs and could shrink or change popular low-cost BNPL products — and the tight 180‑day rulemaking timeline risks rushed or fragile regulations.
Jewish American Security Act
The bill strengthens federal recognition, prevention, and support against antisemitism—improving protections for Jewish Americans, students, religious institutions, and law enforcement coordination—while creating significant compliance costs, privacy and free‑speech risks, and increased federal spending that require trade‑offs in implementation and oversight.
Residential AED and CPR Preparedness Act of 2026
The bill directs multi-year federal funding to place AEDs and provide CPR training in federally assisted multifamily housing—substantially improving cardiac emergency response for low-income residents—while increasing federal spending, imposing some administrative requirements on small providers, and leaving non-subsidized multiunit residents without the same protections.
Gambling Disorder Health Study Act
The bill directs federal research, reporting, and guidance to improve recognition, treatment, and prevention of gambling disorder—benefiting patients, researchers, and public health—while imposing explicit short-term taxpayer costs and raising the prospect of regulatory pressure on gambling businesses and tensions with state revenue interests.