Virtue, Liberty and Independence
Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act
The bill strengthens protections against foreign funding in state and local ballot measures and gives officials clearer authority to block foreign-linked contributions, but it imposes screening costs on small campaigns and restricts political participation by lawful noncitizen residents.
Protecting VA Employees Act
The bill mixes standardization of VA personnel rules with a rollback to pre‑2017 VHA protections—boosting some employee protections and uniformity but creating procedural conflict, implementation confusion, possible higher administrative costs, and risks to timely discipline and care quality.
Patriot Day Act
The bill formally makes Patriot Day a federal holiday to standardize recognition for federal workers, but at the cost of reduced federal service availability on that date.
Bipartisan Transparency for American Taxpayers Act
The bill preserves taxpayer funds and Congressional control over spending by blocking DOJ payments from the Anti-Weaponization Fund without appropriation, but it risks denying compensation to legitimate claimants, hindering DOJ remedies, and triggering legal disputes that could raise costs and delay relief.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Technical Corrections Act
The bill makes affected CBP hires whole and preserves experienced officers' careers by correcting annuities and waiving mandatory retirement, at the cost of increased expenditures for taxpayers, administrative burdens on agencies, and potential equity concerns for other applicants.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reverse certain energy-related modifications enacted by Public Law 119-21.
The bill provides clearer, longer-lived tax credit rules that help builders, utilities, and investors continue clean energy and hydrogen projects, but it removes a commercial deduction and risks larger, longer-lasting subsidies with fiscal costs and possible delays to emissions reductions.
Reforming ICE and Protecting America Act
The bill increases operational continuity, targeted funding, and oversight transparency for DHS and FEMA and protects pay during funding lapses, but it expands open-ended spending and reporting requirements that raise fiscal risk, administrative burden, and transparency/oversight tradeoffs.
Mental Health Access and Provider Support Act of 2026
The bill improves access to psychologist care and boosts provider reimbursement for Medicare patients, but increases Medicare spending that may strain trust funds or require offsets that could reduce funding for other services.
Fuel the Force Act of 2026
The bill increases take-home pay and may help retain experienced law-enforcement officers by excluding up to $100,000 of their earned income from federal tax, at the cost of reduced federal revenue, unequal treatment of other public servants, and added tax-administration complexity.
Peace Through Strength Against Russia Act of 2025
The bill strengthens and clarifies U.S. sanctions tools to increase pressure on Russia (and preserves Iran sanctions) while protecting humanitarian and diplomatic flows, but does so at the cost of higher compliance and trade costs, concentrated executive authority, administrative burdens, and potential loopholes that could blunt pressure.