Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA)
Reserve Organization of America Charter Amendments Act of 2026
A Democratic bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor
Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill is known as the Reserve Organization of America Charter Amendments Act of 2026. It amends the federal charter of the Reserve Organization of the United States found in title 36 of the United States Code. The legislation updates the name of the organization throughout federal laws and documents to the Reserve Organization of America. It also updates the chapter rules regarding the organization's purposes, governing body, powers, and restrictions.
Yes
- Scored +3
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
The bill requires the corporation to maintain correct and complete records available for inspection by members.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Section 190102 outlines that the corporation's purposes are to support and promote the development and execution of a military policy that provides adequate national security, which can benefit the people by fostering strong national defense.
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Section 190107 prohibits the organization from engaging in business for profit, issuing stock, or distributing income or assets to members, which ensures the organization remains entirely focused on its public-interest mission rather than financial enrichment.
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Section 190109 ensures transparency for the people involved by requiring the corporation to keep correct records of account and allowing members to inspect the records for any proper purpose at a reasonable time.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Section 190107 restricts the organization and its members from contributing to support or assist a political party or candidate for public office, which places a limit on the political activities of the group and its members acting on its behalf.
Groups and Interests Ranking
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- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The bill requires the corporation to maintain correct and complete records available for inspection by members.
- 8/27/2026
- Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in House
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Zachary NunnRepublican · Iowa