War on Terror

Nicholas Dockery Medal of Honor Act

The bill corrects a past oversight by allowing a veteran to receive the Medal of Honor and improves fairness in award reviews, at the cost of modest administrative expenses and a precedent that could increase DoD workload.

TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026

The bill increases administrative predictability and reduces federal exposure by raising the TRIA triggering threshold and clarifying statutory language, but it narrows coverage and tightens timing rules in ways that could leave mid-sized losses uninsured and provoke procedural denials and litigation.

Honoring the service and sacrifice of United States Army Sergeant William Nathaniel Howard and United States Army Sergeant Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, who were killed in action in Palmyra, Syria, in a targeted assault against United States service members on December 13, 2025.

The resolution honors Iowa Guard members and offers formal condolences to families, but it is purely symbolic and does not provide new benefits or resources, which may raise expectations without delivering material support.

Honoring the service and sacrifice of United States Army Sergeant William Nathaniel Howard and United States Army Sergeant Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, who were killed in action in Palmyra, Syria, in a targeted assault against United States service members on December 13, 2025.

The resolution offers formal, symbolic recognition of fallen service members and affirms Iowa National Guard service—providing moral support to families and service members without creating policy changes or costs.

Directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in Syria that have not been authorized by Congress.

The resolution shifts final authority over U.S. hostilities in Syria from the President to Congress—strengthening democratic oversight and ending unauthorized deployments unless Congress acts quickly, but raising risks from rapid withdrawal and reducing executive flexibility to respond to emerging threats.

Calling on the United Nations Security Council to enforce the existing arms embargo on Darfur and extend it to cover all of Sudan.

The resolution bolsters U.S. moral and policy grounds to restrict weapons flows and expand humanitarian assistance in Sudan, but those measures could raise U.S. costs, strain diplomacy, and risk regional retaliation or escalation.

Require a strategy to oppose financial or material support by foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations to the Taliban, and for other purposes.

The bill increases transparency and targeted tools to disrupt Taliban funding and improve oversight of U.S. aid, but those same disclosures and reporting demands risk endangering aid workers, delaying or disrupting assistance to civilians, straining diplomatic partnerships, and revealing sensitive operational details.

To prohibit the issuance of licenses for the exportation of certain defense articles to the United Arab Emirates, and for other purposes.

The bill trades reduced risk of U.S. weapons being used to fuel conflict and greater leverage to curb UAE support for the RSF against near‑term economic harms to U.S. defense exporters, diplomatic friction with the UAE, and added taxpayer costs.