Esse quam videri
To be, rather than to seem
12th state to join the Union on November 21, 1789
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.
Foreign Robocall Elimination Act
The bill strengthens tools for traceback, data sharing, and enforcement to reduce unlawful international robocalls, improving consumer protection, at the cost of increased data sharing legal protections, potential privacy and reputational harms to providers, higher compliance costs for some businesses, and modest administrative burdens on federal agencies.
Next-Generation Geothermal Research and Development Act
The bill accelerates domestic geothermal R&D and commercialization to expand clean, baseload energy and strengthen energy security, but it requires notable federal spending and raises local environmental, permitting, and private‑sector proprietary and market‑distortion risks.
DLARA
The bill substantially increases transparency, forecasting, and congressional visibility into SBA disaster loan costs—helping taxpayers, lawmakers, and small businesses plan and oversee funding—at the cost of added administrative burdens on the SBA, potential delays or reduced flexibility in program delivery, and a risk of increased near‑term federal spending.
Cashless Bail Reporting Act
The bill centralizes and publicizes pretrial release practices to boost transparency, oversight, and public-safety information but does so by empowering the Attorney General in ways that could politicize labels, stigmatize jurisdictions, and discourage pretrial release—potentially raising detention and costs.
TRUST Act of 2025
The bill reduces regulatory burden and redirects FDIC resources away from mid‑sized banks toward higher‑risk institutions, trading lower compliance costs for those banks against increased risk that problems at mid‑sized banks go undetected, potentially harming customers and exposing taxpayers.
Aviation Supply Chain Safety and Security Digitization Act of 2025
The bill modernizes aviation maintenance records to improve safety and operational efficiency, but it shifts costs and transition burdens onto small aviation businesses and raises cybersecurity and implementation risks that must be managed.
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 creates a preserved, size-limited Semiquincentennial time capsule with clearer implementation duties and reduced physical risk to the Capitol, but it concentrates approval authority, imposes modest administrative costs, and delays public access and oversight for 250 years.
Child Predators Accountability Act
The bill strengthens protections for minors and makes it easier for prosecutors to bring charges involving child sexual images, but it also raises risks of overbroad prosecution, legal uncertainty for creators/platforms, and increased enforcement costs.
