Friendship
Federal Program Integrity and Fraud Prevention Act of 2026
The bill strengthens oversight by excluding people convicted of serious contract-related felonies from federal contracting for three years and centralizing enforcement, trading off reduced business opportunities for some, added agency compliance costs, and potential fairness and consistency concerns in how exclusions and waivers are applied.
Tehran Incitement to Violence Act
The bill strengthens U.S. tools to identify, sanction, and block Iran-linked actors and reduce their ability to fund violence, while increasing risks of diplomatic friction, potential retaliation, compliance burdens on businesses, and enforcement costs for taxpayers.
Super Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2026
The bill sharply increases transparency and enforces tougher PAYGO rules to reduce deficits and limit emergency carve-outs, but it does so at the cost of greater procedural hurdles, administrative burden, potential politicization, and reduced flexibility that may delay or curtail spending and emergency responses.
PRIVACY Act
The bill trades stronger privacy protections, transparency, and enforceable remedies for covered surveillance data against increased administrative costs, potential litigation, and possible operational constraints for law enforcement and local partners.
Preserving Our Constitution Act of 2026
The bill strengthens constitutional protections and shields victims of abusive foreign practices in U.S. proceedings, but it increases legal uncertainty and costs for international commerce, risks restricting culturally or religiously based dispute resolution for immigrants, and channels enforcement through courts in ways that may delay remedies.
Eastern Frontier Defense Infrastructure Readiness Act
The bill aims to strengthen deterrence and allied infrastructure/resilience on NATO's eastern flank through targeted assessments, prioritized aid, and clearer oversight—at the cost of higher defense spending, administrative burdens, risk of strategic entanglement, and potential civilian impacts in allied countries.
Hong Kong Equal Treatment Act
The bill increases U.S. leverage to punish and deter human-rights abuses in Hong Kong by mandating blocking sanctions, but does so at the cost of greater compliance burdens and the risk of diplomatic or economic retaliation that could hurt U.S. businesses and consumers.
TDIU Reform Act of 2026
The bill expands pathways and criteria that increase access to total disability ratings and individualized reviews for some veterans, but it also creates age- and threshold-based limits and a narrow poverty standard that may exclude or reduce benefits for other older, low-income, or severely impaired veterans.
Veterans Hearing Aid Improvement Act of 2026
The bill pilots VA coverage of OTC hearing aids to potentially expand faster, cheaper access for many veterans while producing evidence to guide policy — but it also risks delaying action, excluding some veterans (especially those without digital access or with severe loss), and creating uncertain cost outcomes if findings are not favorable or not acted upon.
Ensuring Justice for Victims of Partial-Birth Abortion Act
The bill increases federal investigation, reporting, and oversight of alleged §1531 violations—trading greater transparency and the potential for more consistent enforcement for increased federal resource burdens, legal risks to providers and patients, and possible chilling of reproductive‑health services.