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 5/22/2026Last 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 channels sizable federal investment and new financing tools to modernize, green, and make school facilities safer—especially for high‑need districts—but does so with matching and maintenance rules, reporting and eligibility constraints, and labor/material requirements that raise costs, administrative burdens, and the risk some schools will be left behind.
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act
The bill strengthens Chesapeake Bay restoration, monitoring, forecasting, and education through new authorities and grants, but does so at the potential cost of higher federal spending and altered governance that could weaken federal coordination and concentrate discretionary power in the Office's Director.
LET’S Protect Workers Act
The bill strengthens enforcement and deterrence for workplace safety, labor rights, and parity—likely improving protections and access to benefits for workers—while imposing substantially greater fines, compliance burdens, and litigation risk on employers, vendors, and plans that could raise costs for businesses, consumers, and taxpayers.
WIC Benefits Protection Act
The bill increases reliability and predictability of WIC benefits for low-income pregnant people, infants, and children by mandating program delivery and providing open-ended funding, but it expands federal spending authority and may reduce administrative flexibility and congressional oversight.
LOAN Act
The bill expands and stabilizes student grant aid and lowers many borrowers' loan costs while simplifying some repayment and forgiveness pathways, but it significantly raises federal costs, creates implementation and privacy risks, and tightens certain academic and borrower‑eligibility rules that could reduce protections or flexibility for some students.
Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act
The bill shifts people with disabilities toward wage parity, rights‑based, community integrated employment with federal funding, technical assistance, and transparency—while imposing higher costs, administrative burdens, and short‑term disruption risks for employers, states, and some workers during the transition.
Child Care for Working Families Act
The bill dramatically expands and subsidizes early childhood education and care—improving access, quality, and worker pay for millions of families and children—while imposing large federal costs, new state matching and administrative burdens, and compliance requirements that could strain providers and create local disruptions if funding, timelines, or supports are insufficient.
Protecting Children Act
The bill significantly strengthens protections, enforcement, research, and training to reduce oppressive and hazardous child labor—benefiting children and at-risk communities—but does so by raising penalties, creating new enforcement funding and reporting mechanisms, and increasing compliance, litigation, privacy, and administrative costs for employers, governments, and taxpayers.
Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act of 2025
The bill strengthens individuals' ability to challenge policies with disparate impacts and improves complaint access and federal coordination on Title VI, but it increases litigation and administrative costs for institutions and taxpayers and may expand federal enforcement burdens.