Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035.
To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr., for acts of valor as a member of the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.
The bill corrects a historical oversight by awarding James Capers Jr. the Medal of Honor and by waiving time limits to allow corrective recognitions, trading a measure of administrative burden and perceptions of unequal treatment (and modest taxpayer cost) for restored honor and broader opportunities for veterans to receive deserved recognition.
Skills-Based Federal Contracting Act of 2025
The bill increases contracting access and competition by limiting unnecessary degree requirements and requiring documentation, but it creates additional administrative work, transitional uncertainty, and risks to consistent skill assessment and service quality.
Trafficking Survivors Relief Act
The bill expands legal remedies, defenses, and access to representation for people who were trafficked—potentially reducing incarceration and improving reintegration—while imposing meaningful new burdens and costs on courts and government agencies and creating privacy, evidentiary, and funding trade-offs that may limit or delay some benefits.
SHOWER Act
The bill updates and clarifies the federal definition of 'showerhead' to align with a current ASME standard and requires a fast DOE update—improving regulatory clarity and predictability—but may impose compliance costs and cause transitional confusion if the standard changes scope or the 180-day deadline rushes implementation.
Kayla Hamilton Act
The bill standardizes and tightens vetting and placement rules to improve child safety and interagency coordination, but does so in ways that expand detention and administrative burdens, risk family separation and privacy harms, and reduce procedural oversight.
Federal Supervisor Education Act
The bill standardizes supervisor competencies and training to improve supervision, accountability, and employee performance across the federal workforce, while creating added costs, potential operational strain, reduced agency flexibility, and risk of inconsistent or unfair implementation without dedicated funding or enforcement.
Improving Capital Allocation for Newcomers Act of 2025
The bill expands access to venture-capital-style funding and gives fund sponsors clearer eligibility rules, but does so at the cost of reduced investor protections, potential systemic market risk, and a delayed, taxpayer-funded evaluation of the changes.
Made-in-America Defense Act
The bill speeds allied access to defense articles and helps exporters by moving some items toward faster commercial sales and increasing reporting, but it does so by shifting control from government channels to commercial ones, raising oversight, security, transparency, and potential cost risks.
Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2025
The bill lets federal officers buy their retired service weapons cheaply—saving officers money, preserving training continuity, and easing agency disposal—while increasing the number of former government firearms in private hands, weakening oversight, and producing modest lost revenue and administrative costs.
