477 Legislation
National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Extension Act
10%Commemorative DesignationsBipartisan- house
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
Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026
The bill protects federal support and clearer rules for international collaboration and contracting—preserving programs and exchanges for many students—by banning certain politically motivated boycotts and requiring certifications, but it imposes administrative, financial, reputational, free‑speech, and security risks for colleges and universities.
To make technical amendments to update statutory references to provisions reclassified to title 34, United States Code, and to correct related technical errors.
This bill primarily cleans up and modernizes statutory citations and definitions—reducing legal ambiguity and improving administration across many programs—but the heavy reliance on strike‑and‑insert edits and unspecified replacement text creates substantial short‑term legal uncertainty, administrative costs, and risks of altered eligibility or unfunded expansions that could harm beneficiaries and impose costs on governments and taxpayers.
Foreign Robocall Elimination Act
The bill strengthens tools, data‑sharing, and enforcement to cut unlawful international robocalls and reduce consumer harm, but it increases privacy and legal‑remedy risks, can impose reputational and financial costs on providers (especially smaller entrants), and requires federal resources and administrative oversight to implement.
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.
