Steven Horsford

AI-Related Job Impacts Clarity Act

The government would require companies and agencies to report on how artificial intelligence is affecting jobs, including which positions are being eliminated, created, or changed. These reports would help lawmakers and workers understand the real-world impact of AI technology on employment across different industries. The information gathered would inform future decisions about worker training programs, job protections, and economic policies.

Tax Cut for Striking Workers Act of 2026

Workers who receive financial assistance from their unions during strikes would no longer have to pay federal income taxes on those benefits. Currently, strike pay is treated as taxable income, which can increase a worker's tax bill during periods when they're not earning regular wages. This change would apply to union members across various industries who rely on strike benefits to cover living expenses while engaged in labor disputes.

RELIEF Act

The RELIEF Act addresses international trade and finance issues, likely aimed at providing economic relief related to tariffs, trade agreements, or financial obligations with other countries. Without more specific details about the bill's provisions, the exact impact would depend on whether it reduces trade barriers, modifies existing trade deals, or adjusts how the U.S. handles international financial commitments. The measure would primarily affect American businesses engaged in international trade, consumers who buy imported goods, and potentially workers in industries affected by trade policy changes.

RELIEF Act

The RELIEF Act addresses foreign trade and international finance issues, likely aiming to provide relief or reforms related to tariffs, trade agreements, or international economic policies. Without more specific details about the bill's provisions, it appears designed to affect American businesses engaged in international trade, consumers who buy imported goods, and potentially workers in trade-sensitive industries. The bill is currently under review by the House Committee on Ways and Means, which handles tax and trade legislation.

TIP Improvement Act of 2026

The bill would change how tips are taxed for workers in the service industry, likely by adjusting tax rates, reporting requirements, or how tips are counted toward income. The changes would affect restaurant servers, bartenders, hotel staff, and other tipped employees, as well as the businesses that employ them. The bill is currently being reviewed by two congressional committees to determine which parts fall under their areas of responsibility.

Military CARE Act

The Military CARE Act would establish or expand healthcare and support services for active-duty military members, veterans, and their families. Based on the bill's focus on armed forces welfare, it likely aims to improve access to medical treatment, mental health services, or other benefits for people who serve or have served in the military. The House Committee on Armed Services is currently reviewing the proposal.

Baby Hygiene Tax Relief Act

Baby Hygiene Tax Relief Act This bill prohibits the imposition of duties (i.e., tariffs) on specified baby hygiene items (e.g., diapers, baby wipes, and baby changing tables) pursuant to certain presidential powers. Specifically, the bill prohibits the President from exercising authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose duties on specified baby hygiene items entering the United States. (IEEPA provides the President with broad authority to regulate various economic transactions following a declaration of a national emergency.) Further, the President must terminate the duties on these items that were imposed pursuant to IEEPA and are in effect as of the date of the bill's enactment. The bill also prohibits the President from using any other authorities to impose duties on these items that are substantially similar to the duties imposed pursuant to IEEPA.

Apex Area Technical Corrections Act

Apex Area Technical Corrections Act This act directs the Department of the Interior to grant certain rights-of-way related to the Apex Project (an industrial park) to Clark County in Nevada, the city of North Las Vegas, and the Apex Industrial Park Owners Association. Thus, the act expedites the federal permitting process for expanding the industrial park's infrastructure. Specifically, the act directs Interior to grant utility and transportation rights-of-way to the city of North Las Vegas and the Apex Industrial Park Owners Association for the connection of existing electric power, water, natural gas, telephone, railroad, and highway facilities to lands within the Apex Project site. (Interior is already directed to grant such rights-of-way to Clark County.) Interior must also grant to the county, the city, and association such rights-of-way on public lands as may be necessary to support the development of the industrial park as a heavy use industrial zone. (Currently, Interior may grant the rights-of-way to the county.) The act also requires that the withdrawal of the transferred lands within the Apex Site from all forms of entry and appropriation under the public land laws (e.g., leasing the land for minerals) continue in perpetuity. In the case of the sale of mineral materials resulting from grading or other activities on the surface of a land parcel within the Apex Project site, the sales are exempt from quantity and term limitations placed on noncompetitive sales.

Break the Cycle of Violence Act

The proposal would establish programs and policies aimed at reducing violent crime by addressing root causes like poverty, lack of education, and limited job opportunities, particularly in communities with high crime rates. It would affect law enforcement agencies, schools, workforce development programs, and residents in struggling neighborhoods by directing resources toward prevention and intervention rather than just punishment. The bill has been sent to two congressional committees to review different aspects of the proposal.

Broadcast VOICES Act

Broadcast Varied Ownership Incentives for Community Expanded Service Act or the Broadcast VOICES Act This bill establishes tax incentives for certain transactions that facilitate the ownership and management of broadcast radio stations by socially disadvantaged individuals and imposes related reporting requirements. Under the bill, a socially disadvantaged individual is a woman or an individual who has been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias because of their membership in a group. (A similar tax incentive, known as the Minority Tax Certificate Program, was in effect from 1978 to 1995.) Specifically, the bill permits individuals and entities engaged in the qualifying sale of a radio station to elect nonrecognition of the gain or loss resulting from the sale. A qualifying sale is (1) a sale of an interest in a station that results in or preserves ownership of the station by socially disadvantaged individuals, or (2) a sale of some or all of an interest in a station that is owned by socially disadvantaged individuals by an individual or entity that contributed capital in exchange for the interest (e.g., an investor that contributed startup capital). Such sales must also meet other requirements, including a cap on the value of the sale. The bill also establishes a tax credit for contributions of radio stations for the training of socially disadvantaged individuals in station management and operations. Finally, the bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to report to Congress with recommendations for increasing ownership of radio stations by socially disadvantaged individuals.

Capping Prescription Costs Act of 2025

This bill would limit how much Americans have to pay out of pocket for prescription medications by setting a cap on annual drug costs. The measure would affect patients who buy medications, insurance companies that cover prescriptions, and pharmaceutical manufacturers, with the goal of making medicines more affordable for people struggling with high drug prices.