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.

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 bill publicly honors fallen National Guard members and raises awareness of their service, but it provides no material benefits to survivors and could risk privacy or operational concerns for service members and families.

TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026

The bill increases transparency and clarifies TRIA rules while raising the post-2028 incident threshold to focus federal support on larger losses, but it risks slowing formal certification and payouts, excluding some smaller incidents from protection, and adding implementation costs.

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 publicly honors a fallen local partner and highlights risks to collaborators—providing recognition and momentum for survivor assistance—while also signaling ongoing overseas military activity that could concern military families and prompt calls for additional spending.

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

The resolution shifts decisive authority over U.S. military presence in Syria from the executive to Congress—strengthening legislative oversight and legal clarity but risking security gaps, reduced operational flexibility, and added costs from rapid withdrawal or delayed responses.

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 a temporary pause and added congressional certification on certain UAE arms transfers to lower the risk U.S. equipment reaches Sudan's Rapid Support Forces and increase oversight, at the cost of straining U.S.-UAE security cooperation and causing short-term commercial losses for defense exporters.