Friendship
Do No Harm in Medicaid Act
The bill reduces federal Medicaid financial support for most gender-affirming care for minors—saving federal funds and clarifying billing rules for providers—while substantially restricting access to those services for low-income transgender youth and creating possible legal complications for non-binary/intersex patients.
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit institutions of higher education from requiring ideological oaths or similar statements, and for other purposes.
The bill protects students, applicants, and employees from being forced to endorse race-based ideological statements and limits ideological preference in selection, while risking a chilling effect on some DEI efforts and imposing modest compliance and legal costs on institutions.
District of Columbia Firearm Freedom Act
The bill substantially expands individual gun rights and creates a uniform federal standard in D.C. (easing transfers, permitting, and possession) while shifting control away from local authorities—improving legal clarity and privacy for some but raising significant local public-safety, investigative, and governance risks.
No Vigilante Checkpoints and Civil Rights Protection Act of 2026
The bill strengthens protections and civil/criminal remedies against private impersonation, unlawful stops, and invasive vehicle surveillance—improving accountability and safety for many—but also raises litigation exposure and enforcement or compliance costs that could chill community safety activities, burden governments and organizations, and shift costs to taxpayers.
Stop Gender Trafficking of Minors Act
The bill seeks to protect minors from certain gender‑transition procedures by creating federal civil and criminal enforcement and a uniform federal rule, but it does so at the cost of restricting access to medically recommended care, risking criminalization and privacy intrusions, reducing provider availability, and creating legal and financial conflict with state policies.
PROTECT the Grid Act
The bill strengthens federal authority and provides coordinated assessments and standards to reduce supply‑chain and grid risks from foreign‑linked ICTS and high‑wattage IoT devices, improving security and transparency, but it does so at the cost of increased compliance requirements, potential higher prices and limited device availability, and some administrative and flexibility trade‑offs for agencies and industry.
Recycling Technology Innovation Act
The bill clarifies and tightens how polymer conversion units are classified—creating a petition route for exclusions and focusing regulation on marketable outputs to improve emissions oversight—while imposing new compliance costs, potential delays, and interim uncertainty for facility owners and nearby communities.
ATF Accountability Act of 2025
The bill gives firearm licensees quicker, more predictable decisions, continued business ability during appeals, and clearer judicial review, while shifting costs and operational pressure onto agencies and increasing litigation and compliance expenses for both businesses and taxpayers.
Medicaid Third Party Liability Act
The bill aims to strengthen Medicaid third‑party recovery and clarify contractual authority to save public dollars and speed reimbursements, but it raises administrative burdens, risks of coverage disruption if states don’t comply, and potential harms from shifting enforcement to private insurers.
Primacy Certainty Act of 2025
The bill speeds and clarifies how States take over Class VI permitting—reducing federal duplication and increasing predictability for state regulators and industry—at the trade-off of reducing EPA’s substantive control and potentially raising health, environmental, and fiscal risks where State programs may be weaker.