17 Legislation
Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Gerald E. Connolly.
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Updated 7/21/2026Last progress May 22, 2025
Sic semper tyrannis
Thus always to tyrants
Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Gerald E. Connolly.
Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2026
The bill delivers large, targeted federal investments to modernize and make schools healthier, greener, and more resilient—especially for high‑need districts—but does so with meaningful state/local cost-sharing, increased administrative requirements, eligibility limits, and potential increases in project costs and federal outlays.
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act
The bill strengthens Chesapeake Bay restoration, monitoring, education, and public-facing forecasting—improving science-based management and community benefits—while expanding federal program authority and likely spending and altering governance/staffing powers in ways that could complicate coordination, slow hiring, and concentrate discretionary funding choices.
LET’S Protect Workers Act
The bill strengthens enforcement of labor, safety, and parity rules—improving protections for workers, unions, and benefit claimants—but does so by raising penalties and expanding liability in ways that increase costs, litigation risk, and regulatory burden for employers (especially small businesses), with potential pass‑through effects to plan participants and taxpayers.
WIC Benefits Protection Act
The bill secures more reliable WIC services and predictable funding for low-income pregnant people, infants, and children, at the cost of expanded open-ended federal spending authority and reduced administrative and oversight flexibility.
LOAN Act
The bill substantially expands and stabilizes student grant aid, lowers many borrowers' interest costs, and simplifies repayment/forgiveness access — but does so at significant fiscal cost, with privacy and implementation risks, some tighter academic and default rules, and narrowed repayment choices for future loans.
Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act
The bill advances wage parity, civil‑rights protections, and expanded access to integrated employment for people with disabilities through funding, technical assistance, and clear standards, but it imposes real costs and administrative burdens on employers, providers, and governments that could cause short‑term disruptions and fiscal pressures.
Child Care for Working Families Act
The bill would dramatically expand and improve access, quality, and workforce pay in early childhood education and care—especially for low‑income and vulnerable children—but does so through large, recurring federal spending and significant new state/provider mandates and compliance requirements that could strain budgets and disrupt some providers.
Protecting Children Act
The bill strengthens protections, enforcement, and data-driven prevention for child labor—likely reducing injuries and improving remedies—at the cost of higher penalties, greater compliance and litigation burdens for employers, added administrative costs, and reduced congressional control over redirected penalty funds.
Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act of 2025
The bill expands enforcement and individual remedies for race- and ethnicity‑based disparate impacts and strengthens federal oversight and local complaint channels, improving protections and clarity for affected individuals while increasing litigation exposure, administrative costs, and some fiscal and privacy burdens for schools, local governments, and taxpayers.