COST Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, COST Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers. The main policy domain is Transportation, Technology, Immigration.
Who Benefits and How
transportation operators and travelers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, transportation operators and travelers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section idBF5F663D3EA5417FB6DFEC39C483F5CA: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cost Openness and Spending Transparency Act of 2026 or the COST Act.
- Section id018C5334FFD748DBB9FE56FCD584C888: 2. Disclosure requirements for Federal funds Subchapter III of chapter 13 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:...
- Section idAD0AC2B3BFD14A398573697884A23A5B: 1356. Disclosure requirements for Federal funds In this section, the term agency means— an Executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 5; and an...
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, COST Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.
Key Policy Areas
Transportation, Technology, Immigration
Primary Purpose
This bill, COST Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- transportation operators and travelers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- transportation operators and travelers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeCommittee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security …
Introduced in Senate
Ms. Ernst (for herself and Mr. Scott of Florida) introduced …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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