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Access to Counsel Act
The bill expands and operationalizes timely access to counsel at ports of entry—strengthening immigrants’ procedural protections and reducing wrongful removals—at the cost of slower processing at busy ports, higher DHS operating expenses, and potential privacy/security concerns from broader third‑party involvement.
To prohibit the use of funds to use military force in or against Cuba, and for other purposes.
The bill increases congressional oversight and limits unilateral presidential use of force against Cuba through 2026—strengthening checks and reducing unilateral escalation risk—but may slow or complicate rapid military responses and force time-pressured congressional authorization decisions.
Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act of 2026
The bill aims to raise revenue and strengthen tax enforcement and IRS capacity—potentially improving services and reducing avoidance—but does so at the cost of higher compliance burdens, privacy and penalty risks, and implementation and fiscal pressures that could fall on taxpayers, banks, and the IRS.
U.S. Farmworker Protection Act
The bill seeks to limit H-2A guest worker numbers and protect union-covered agricultural jobs by creating an exemption and clearer standards, but it risks reducing job access for non-union migrant workers, raising labor costs and administrative burdens, while offering only non-binding findings that provide no immediate relief.
ICE Out of Our Faces Act
The bill strengthens biometric privacy and accountability for immigrants by banning ICE/CBP biometric surveillance, forcing rapid deletion, and enabling lawsuits and state enforcement — but it may weaken border-security capabilities, leave enforcement gaps, broaden non‑federal access to biometric tools, and raise litigation and operational costs.
Sunset for the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force Act
The bill shifts control over the 2001 AUMF toward Congress and reduces the risk of open‑ended military commitments, but it also creates legal and operational uncertainty for ongoing missions and could limit rapid responses unless Congress enacts a clear replacement authorization.
Empowering App-Based Workers Act
The bill substantially increases transparency, data‑access, anti‑discrimination safeguards, and enforcement powers for app‑based workers—improving their ability to claim pay and contest adverse algorithmic actions—at the cost of greater compliance, reporting, and litigation burdens that could raise consumer prices, reduce platform-provided opportunities or features, and heighten data‑security challenges.
Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act
The bill substantially raises protections, transparency, and due-process for immigrants in DHS custody—improving safety, legal access, and oversight—but does so at meaningful fiscal and operational cost and with trade-offs for enforcement flexibility and short-term facility security.
EXPERTS Act of 2025
The bill increases transparency, outreach, equity consideration, and procedural predictability in rulemaking—potentially strengthening public participation and health protections—but does so while expanding agency leeway, imposing new administrative and compliance costs, raising privacy and litigation risks, and narrowing some avenues for frontline stakeholder input.
Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2025
The bill invests modest federal funding to expand use of domestically grown produce in school meals and to boost market access for small and Tribal producers, improving child nutrition and local farm markets, but it does so at a modest federal cost and with administrative set‑asides and participation risks that could limit nationwide impact.