Emilia Strong Sykes

Truck Stop Safety Act

Companies and organizations working on construction, reopening, or improvement projects for certain facilities would be required to display public safety notices to inform workers and the public about potential hazards and safety requirements at the work site. These notices would help protect people working on or near the projects by making sure they're aware of important safety information. The bill has been sent to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for review.

RAPID Responders Act of 2026

The legislation would require the Transportation Department to establish specific standards for safety placards—the warning labels and signs that appear on vehicles and containers carrying hazardous materials like chemicals and explosives. These standardized specifications would help ensure that drivers, emergency responders, and the public can quickly and clearly identify dangerous cargo, potentially reducing accidents and improving emergency response times. The requirement would affect trucking companies, shipping businesses, and manufacturers that transport hazardous materials.

COOL IT Act

The government would create a training program using realistic scenarios to help immigration officers better handle their jobs, such as processing applications, conducting interviews, and making decisions about immigration cases. This training would prepare officers to deal with complex situations they encounter in the field and improve how they perform their duties. The program affects immigration officers and the people who interact with the immigration system, including visa applicants and those seeking asylum or citizenship.

Quantum for Health Act

The legislation would update the National Quantum Initiative to address health and workforce development in the quantum technology field. It aims to ensure that as the U.S. invests in quantum computing and related technologies, there are enough trained workers available and that health and safety concerns are properly addressed. The changes would affect quantum researchers, technology companies, educational institutions, and workers entering this emerging industry.

Consumer Protection and Corporate Accountability in Bankruptcy Act of 2026

This bill would allow courts to dismiss bankruptcy cases filed under Chapter 11 (which allows businesses to reorganize while continuing operations) if the case appears to have no realistic chance of success or if the company is filing in bad faith to delay creditors or gain unfair advantages. The change would give judges more power to stop frivolous or abusive bankruptcy filings that waste court resources and harm creditors. Businesses, creditors, and bankruptcy courts would be most affected by this stricter standard for Chapter 11 cases.

Railroad Safety and Accountability Act

This bill would strengthen safety standards and oversight for railroad operations, likely including requirements for better maintenance of tracks and equipment, improved inspection procedures, and clearer accountability measures when accidents or safety violations occur. The changes would affect railroad companies, workers, and the traveling public by establishing stricter rules designed to prevent derailments, collisions, and other rail accidents.

Water Preservation and Affordability Act of 2025

This bill aims to protect water resources and keep water affordable for households and businesses. It likely includes measures to improve water infrastructure, protect water quality, and prevent price increases that would burden low-income families and communities. The specific details are still being reviewed by lawmakers on the water resources subcommittee.

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability".

This joint resolution nullifies the rule titled Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability , which was issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on June 25, 2025. The rule makes several changes to enrollment requirements for health insurance exchanges, including (1) requiring annual open enrollment periods for all exchanges to begin by November 1 and end by December 31, (2) requiring all exchanges to conduct pre-enrollment verification of eligibility for at least 75% of new enrollments through special enrollment periods, and (3) prohibiting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients from enrolling in plans through exchanges or in state Basic Health Programs (state programs for certain low-income residents). The rule also prohibits individual and small group health insurers from covering certain sex-trait modification procedures as an essential health benefit.

NASA Talent Exchange Program Act

This bill would create a program allowing NASA employees and scientists to temporarily work at private companies, universities, and other organizations, and vice versa, so that people can share knowledge and skills between the space agency and the broader scientific community. The exchange would help NASA stay current with the latest technology and innovations while giving outside researchers and engineers direct experience with NASA's work. Workers in science and technology fields, as well as companies and research institutions that partner with NASA, would benefit from this knowledge-sharing arrangement.

No Tax on Overtime for All Workers Act

The proposal would prevent the federal government from taxing overtime pay that workers earn above their regular 40-hour work week. This would allow employees who work extra hours to keep more of that overtime income without paying federal income tax on it. The change would primarily benefit workers who regularly work overtime, though it could reduce tax revenue collected by the government.

Get Your Money Back Act

Get Your Money Back Act This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to continue to implement the Direct File program and, for tax years beginning after 2025, requires each U.S. state and the District of Columbia to participate in the Direct File program. (The Direct File program currently allows qualified taxpayers in 25 participating states to prepare and electronically file free federal tax returns through a portal on the IRS’s website.)

Mental Health Improvement Act

Mental Health Improvement Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 the Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program for Professionals, which is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration.

INFANTS Act of 2025

Improving Newborns’ Food and Nutrition Testing Safety Act of 2025 or the INFANTS Act of 2025 This bill requires infant and toddler food to be tested periodically for contaminants and imposes other safety requirements on food and formula manufacturers. Specifically, the bill requires facilities that manufacture or process infant and toddler food in final form to conduct quarterly tests for contaminants, including lead and arsenic. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may subject other foods to this requirement as appropriate. If a facility that is subject to these requirements fails to comply, food manufactured or processed there is deemed adulterated and may not be introduced into interstate commerce. The bill also specifies that if the FDA determines an infant and toddler food, other than infant formula, contains a contaminant that renders the food adulterated, the FDA must provide the responsible party with an opportunity to initiate a voluntary recall. (Under current law, if a responsible party does not voluntarily recall an adulterated product, the FDA may impose a mandatory recall.) Further, if testing of an infant formula reveals the presence of certain pathogens, including Listeria monocytogenes or Salmonella , the manufacturer must (1) notify the FDA within 24 hours, (2) properly dispose of the product, and (3) provide the FDA with test results and isolates from the formula. Finally, the bill requires manufacturers of powdered infant formula to monitor the effectiveness of sanitation and hygiene controls where the formula has the potential to be exposed to Cronobacter spp . or Salmonella .

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that every person has the basic right to emergency health care, including abortion care.

This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that every individual has the right to emergency health care, including abortion care.

Lower Your Taxes Act

Lower Your Taxes Act This bill increases the earned income tax credit (EITC), replaces the child tax credit with an allowance, establishes a new dependent tax credit, limits the capital gains tax rates, and increases taxes on corporations. The bill increases the EITC amount, lowers the EITC eligibility age to 18 years (from 25 years) and eliminates the maximum age limit, increases the EITC phaseout amount for joint filers to twice that of single filers, and requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to notify individuals of their EITC eligibility. The bill requires the IRS to create a program for paying individuals certain amounts related to the nonrefundable portion of state EITC amounts. The bill replaces the child tax credit with a monthly allowance of up to $350 per child depending on the child’s age (subject to income limitations and adjustments for inflation) and requires the IRS to send the allowance to individuals monthly. The bill establishes a tax credit of $500 for each qualified dependent (subject to income limitations). Further, the bill increases the corporate income tax rate to 28% (from 21%), increases the excise tax on corporate stock buybacks to 4% (from 1%), and creates a new 25% corporate alternative minimum tax bracket applicable to adjusted financial statement income exceeding $5 billion. Finally, the bill precludes individuals with taxable income exceeding $1 million ($500,000 for married individuals filing separately) from applying the capital gains tax rates to net capital gains and requires the limits to be adjusted for inflation.