31 Legislation
Grad Student Affordable Housing Act of 2026
- house
- senate
Esse quam videri
To be, rather than to seem
Grad Student Affordable Housing Act of 2026
To require artificial intelligence chatbot providers to provide data privacy and security, and for other purposes.
AI Workforce Impact Study Act of 2026
The bill directs a GAO study to quantify AI-related job losses/gains and produce detailed demographic breakdowns to better target policy and improve labor data, trading clearer, equity-focused information for policymakers against limits in causal precision, added resource burdens, and potential privacy risks.
Gun Violence Prevention and Public Safety Database Act of 2026
The bill creates a modestly funded, transparent, semiannual national repository to strengthen and expand usable U.S. gun‑violence research, trading improved evidence access and new studies for recurring federal spending, potential exclusion of community-sourced evidence, researcher exposure to political pressure, and added administrative burden.
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to require public institutions of higher education that receive grants under the Medical Student Education program to include training for medical students relating to menopause in the curriculums of such institutions, and for other purposes.
The bill aims to improve menopause care by funding menopause training at public medical schools—likely improving patient outcomes—but imposes administrative burdens and funding risks on those institutions and may leave uneven standards between public and private schools.
State and Local Public Sector Innovation Act
The bill provides targeted federal funding to modernize state and local IT and boost cybersecurity and AI transparency—improving public services and oversight—while adding multi-year federal spending and leaving room for uneven allocation, potential capture by larger jurisdictions, and compliance costs.
Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act
The bill increases transparency and security around AI-generated content through provenance, watermarks, and inclusive standards, trading off higher implementation costs for developers and platforms and introducing privacy and moderation risks for users and creators.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to codify the Optional Practical Training program.
The bill extends post‑study work authorizations to give international students and U.S. employers more time to develop talent and boost competitiveness, at the cost of potential displacement of some domestic workers, administrative burdens for DHS, and incentives that may favor temporary over permanent immigration pathways.
Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act
The bill increases transparency about AI‑generated media to help users, platforms, and public institutions spot and limit harmful deepfakes, but it imposes compliance costs, regulatory and free‑speech risks, and potential privacy and technical tradeoffs for creators, platforms, and users.
RECON Act
The bill expands direct access and due-process protections for Social Security claimants by removing a mandatory reconsideration step, at the cost of likely increasing SSA hearing workloads and administrative expenses unless the agency is given additional resources.