Esse quam videri
To be, rather than to seem
12th state to join the Union on November 21, 1789
Aviation Supply Chain Safety and Security Digitization Act of 2025
The bill aims to reduce counterfeit aviation parts and speed approvals by moving to standardized digital records—benefiting safety, efficiency, and oversight—but it imposes transition and compliance costs, raises data‑security risks, and requires taxpayer funding and timely DOT action to realize the
National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Extension Act
The bill standardizes a short title to make citation and public discussion easier, at the cost of modest administrative updates and a small need for citation verification by legal researchers.
Home School Graduation Recognition Act
The bill makes students from state-recognized homeschools eligible for federal student aid—providing clearer access for many homeschooling families—while imposing verification burdens on institutions and leaving some homeschoolers still uncertain if their program lacks state recognition.
Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act
The bill secures a bipartisan, long-term historical time capsule for future generations at the cost of concentrating content control with congressional leaders and creating modest near-term workload plus enduring custodial responsibilities for future Congresses.
Child Predators Accountability Act
The bill strengthens prosecutors' authority and tools to combat sexual depictions of minors—potentially improving child safety and prosecution consistency—while raising substantial risks of overbroad prosecution, increased government burdens, and chilling effects on lawful speech and archival work.
Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act
The bill restores and clarifies preferential tariff treatment for Haitian apparel—lowering costs for importers, consumers, and Haitian exporters and providing refunds for a limited window—while imposing volume caps, a stricter eligibility threshold, a 2028 sunset, and modest budgetary and competitive costs that concentrate benefits and risks among small importers, Haitian suppliers, and certain U.S. manufacturers.
Disaster Related Extension of Deadlines Act
The bill gives taxpayers in presidentially declared disaster areas clearer and extended tax-deadline relief and reduces related penalties and disputes, at the cost of modest administrative burdens for the IRS and potential delays or confusion that could slow processing for other taxpayers.
Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act
The bill accelerates and clarifies pipeline permitting—reducing delays and improving coordination and security attention—but does so by limiting other agencies' and local/tribal input and environmental safeguards, increasing the risk of rushed reviews and potential conflicts of interest.
Tren de Aragua Border Security Threat Assessment Act
The bill improves coordinated intelligence, oversight, and targeted efforts against Tren de Aragua to strengthen border security, but it creates risks of increased law‑enforcement encounters and civil‑liberties harm for border and immigrant communities and will require DHS resources that could be diverted from other priorities.
TRACE Act
The bill improves search-and-rescue effectiveness and transparency by adding standardized Federal-land location data to NamUs and requiring annual reporting, but it introduces modest costs, privacy risks, and potential coverage gaps for some Federal lands that must be managed.
