126 Legislation
Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act
35%Ocean & MarineDefense SpendingForeign Aid & DevelopmentNat'l Security- senate
Track bills, resolutions, and amendments moving through Congress
Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act
Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025
The bill directs dedicated funding and federal account management to improve Crow Tribe water infrastructure and preserves tribal ownership, but shifts ongoing operation and maintenance costs to the Tribe and introduces potential delays and reduced timing control from Secretary‑managed accounts.
Retire through Ownership Act
The bill gives ESOP fiduciaries clearer, usable appraisal standards that can reduce disputes and speed transactions, at the cost of increased risk of lower valuation scrutiny (and potential overvaluation) and lingering uncertainty for past transactions until regulators act.
American Music Tourism Act of 2025
The bill aims to boost local economies and make U.S. music attractions easier to find for travelers, but it could increase taxpayer costs, concentrate benefits in established hubs, raise local prices, and strain sensitive local environments.
Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act
The bill centralizes and professionalizes SSA handling of SSN misuse—improving continuity and transparency for victims—but increases administrative costs and relies on effective implementation to deliver promised benefits.
Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2025
The bill improves transparency and standardized reporting on major federal project cost and schedule problems—helping taxpayers and Congress detect and oversee overruns—but it creates new administrative costs, disclosure risks for contractors, and potential political pressure that could disrupt long‑running programs.
Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act
Extends federal support and authorization for vector-borne disease surveillance, research, and coordination through 2030 to preserve public-health capacity, while increasing federal spending and shifting decision-making toward HHS with some loss of transparency and external collaboration.
To reauthorize the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000.
The amendment could enable better water infrastructure and clearer tribal authority for Fort Peck, but it also risks tightening eligibility or shifting costs in ways that delay improvements or burden tribal and state governments.
Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act
The bill boosts transparency and planning for hydropower licensing—helping governments, tribes, and grid operators—but does so at a modest cost to taxpayers and with a risk that public disclosures could trigger litigation or negotiation delays.
Redesignate the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, as the "Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center".
The bill renames a local museum to honor Barbara L. Cubin, offering modest local recognition and administrative clarity while creating small implementation costs and the possibility of local controversy over honoring a political figure.
Modernizing Access to Our Public Oceans Act
The bill improves public and agency access to standardized, interoperable marine geospatial data—boosting safety, planning, and tribal protections—while creating risks from expanded regulatory discretion, data-privacy exposures, and added costs and administrative burdens for governments and private partners.
Designate the General George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
The bill promotes public access and preservation support for the Marshall site through affiliation and limited federal assistance while keeping ownership and primary responsibility with nonfederal partners, trading stronger federal stewardship for lower federal costs and potential variability in management and local financial burden.
Provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois, and for other purposes.
The bill gives the Miami Tribe a narrow federal path to resolve historic Illinois land claims and the chance for judicial relief if it files quickly, but it imposes an unforgiving one-year deadline and may unsettle property interests and impose costs and uncertainty on landowners, state authorities, and taxpayers.
Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026
The bill strengthens U.S. sanctions and enforcement tools to pressure Russia and block evasion while protecting humanitarian and medical flows, but it risks notable economic spillovers (higher import and transaction costs), concentrated executive discretion, and some regulatory uncertainty, with a modest targeted benefit proposed for early‑childhood educators that lacks immediate effect.
LACA
The bill formally recognizes College Station as a federal judicial location, which clarifies venue and may improve local access, at the cost of only small administrative updates for court operations without changing jurisdiction or funding.
Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act
The bill aims to make BOP workplaces safer and more consistent by forcing OIG recommendations and national standards, but it may raise taxpayer costs, disrupt operations during rapid implementation, and could fall short if the Bureau does not fully comply.
To remove restrictions from a parcel of land in Paducah, Kentucky.
The bill clears title and prioritizes a local Boys & Girls Club so the parcel can be used for public/recreational purposes, but it narrows who can buy or develop the site and may reduce potential revenue and marketability for the city and future owners.
Doug LaMalfa Federal Disaster Tax Relief Certainty Act
The bill expands tax relief and tax-free payments for many disaster and wildfire victims — including non-itemizers and retroactive wildfire sufferers — but does so at the cost of reduced federal revenue, date-limited eligibility that can exclude some victims, and tax rules that may limit other deductions or raise future capital gains for property owners.
National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Extension Act
Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025
The bill increases standardized public reporting and oversight of federal awards (including OTAs) and directs GAO clarity on contractor reporting, but it imposes administrative and compliance costs, leaves room for security or commercial nondisclosure, and may produce temporary gaps depending on which agencies are covered and implementation timing.
Hershel ‘Woody' Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act
The bill creates a prominent, accessible national monument to honor Medal of Honor recipients and preserves memorial review standards, while potentially increasing taxpayer costs and constraining space, landscape, and site-selection flexibility on the National Mall.
Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027
The bill eases costs and cash‑flow for apparel importers and preserves short-term customs operations and trade preferences (notably AGOA), trading off reduced tariff revenue, added competition for domestic textile producers, and administrative and policy uncertainty from short extensions and retroactive relief.
Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025
The bill speeds and broadens emergency restoration assistance—especially via larger advance payments and expanded eligibility for federally- or human-caused fires—while increasing program costs, oversight burdens, and the potential for inconsistent administration or misuse.
21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
The bill invests in increasing affordable housing supply, tenant protections, disaster recovery, and community banking support while strengthening HUD oversight — but does so at notable taxpayer cost and with tradeoffs including program dilution for the poorest households, privacy and administrative burdens, potential market disruptions (manufactured housing and banking), and implementation uncertainty.
Lulu’s Law
The bill improves public safety by providing shark-warning alerts to protect beachgoers, but does so at the cost of more frequent alerts that could cause public alert fatigue and create operational burdens for emergency agencies.
ARTIST Act
The bill protects Alaska Native subsistence practices, cultural commerce, and tribal consultation while increasing evidentiary transparency in specific challenges — but it narrows which handicrafts qualify for interstate sale, may constrain subsistence if stocks are restricted, and limits state authority to regulate related materials.
Secure America Act
The bill significantly increases multi‑year funding and operational capacity for federal border and immigration enforcement—improving staffing, investigations, and detection—while concentrating enforcement power and surveillance that raises costs, privacy concerns, and heightened risks of arrest and strained local–community relations for immigrants.
Gerald E. Connolly Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act of 2025
The bill aims to raise awareness and target screening to detect esophageal cancers earlier—potentially saving lives and improving program transparency—while risking higher demand and costs, capacity strain, and possible inequities from demographic-targeted screening.
Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act
The bill directs a large federal investment to expand and modernize VA health capacity in St. Louis—improving care and creating local jobs—but does so at substantial taxpayer cost and with risks of delays, overruns, and potential diversion of VA resources from other locations.
Amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to authorize an increase of the retirement age for members of the Capitol Police.
The bill gives the Board useful flexibility to set retirement ages (57–62) so agencies can manage staffing and protect workers in demanding roles, but that discretion also creates planning uncertainty and can force longer service or higher short-term costs for employees and taxpayers.
