HR 1835 — MERIT Act
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-03-04
Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sponsors
- Menendez, Robert (D, NJ-8) — cosponsor
- Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (D, FL-20) — cosponsor
- Hayes, Jahana (D, CT-5) — cosponsor
- Jayapal, Pramila (D, WA-7) — cosponsor
- Neguse, Joe (D, CO-2) — cosponsor
- Turner, Sylvester (D, TX-18) — cosponsor
- Kelly, Robin L. (D, IL-2) — cosponsor
- Randall, Emily (D, WA-6) — cosponsor
- Chu, Judy (D, CA-28) — cosponsor
- Hernández, Pablo Jose (D, PR-0) — cosponsor
- Johnson, Julie (D, TX-32) — cosponsor
- Kennedy, Timothy M. (D, NY-26) — cosponsor
- Fletcher, Lizzie (D, TX-7) — cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri (D, MI-13) — cosponsor
- Bishop, Sanford D. (D, GA-2) — cosponsor
- Elfreth, Sarah (D, MD-3) — cosponsor
- Cleaver, Emanuel (D, MO-5) — cosponsor
Lobbied by (2)
LDA filings that named this bill in their activity descriptions. The lobbying firm (registrant) is paid by the client to lobby on this and related issues.
| Filing | Period | Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Income | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES | ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES | — | H.R.1835 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION | NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION | — | H.R. 1835 |
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- · H11100 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-03-04 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (19)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Menendez, Robert | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Neguse, Joe | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Hayes, Jahana | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Chu, Judy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Kennedy, Timothy M. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Jayapal, Pramila | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Kelly, Robin L. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Randall, Emily | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Turner, Sylvester | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Fletcher, Lizzie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Hernández, Pablo Jose | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Johnson, Julie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Thanedar, Shri | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Cleaver, Emanuel | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Bishop, Sanford D. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Elfreth, Sarah | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-01 | NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 1835 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R.1835 | lobbying_bill_mention |
Outbound (2)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-03 | referred_to_committee | House Ways and Means Committee | — | congress-committee | |
| 2025-01-03 | referred_to_committee | House Oversight and Government Reform Committee | — | congress-committee |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hernández, Pablo Jose (D, house PR) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 2 | Jayapal, Pramila (D, house WA-7) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 3 | Kennedy, Timothy M. (D, house NY-26) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 4 | Bishop, Sanford D. (D, house GA-2) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 5 | Chu, Judy (D, house CA-28) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 6 | Fletcher, Lizzie (D, house TX-7) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 7 | Elfreth, Sarah (D, house MD-3) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 8 | Hayes, Jahana (D, house CT-5) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 9 | Kelly, Robin L. (D, house IL-2) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 10 | Randall, Emily (D, house WA-6) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 11 | Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (D, house FL-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Cleaver, Emanuel (D, house MO-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Johnson, Julie (D, house TX-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Menendez, Robert (D, house NJ-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Neguse, Joe (D, house CO-2) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Thanedar, Shri (D, house MI-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Turner, Sylvester (D, house TX-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 338 | $61,831 | $61,831 |
| 2 | none | 0 | $0 | 13 | $14,500 | $14,500 |
| 3 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 31 | $12,325 | $12,325 |
| 4 | self | 0 | $0 | 9 | $8,265 | $8,265 |
| 5 | buffalo geothermal heating | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 6 | cordish companies | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 7 | apollo global management | 0 | $0 | 2 | $6,000 | $6,000 |
| 8 | cleancapital | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,175 | $5,175 |
| 9 | gramercy group inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,175 | $5,175 |
| 10 | rusiniak's service, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| 11 | symphony property management | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| 12 | reger holdings, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 13 | thegroup | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 14 | na | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 15 | hsk consulting | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 16 | singleton shreiber llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 17 | ciminelli real estate corporation | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 18 | unitleader | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,300 | $3,300 |
| 19 | casa | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 20 | lihui lo | 0 | $0 | 2 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 21 | joy real estate, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 22 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 13 | $2,515 | $2,515 |
| 23 | hargrove crop insurance | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 24 | kathy fowler agency | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 25 | strategic farm marketing | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
16 predicted yes (3%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 247 unknown (45%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 16 yes / 0 no / 247 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
16 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Bishop, Sanford D. (D · house · GA-2) · cosponsor
- Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (D · house · FL-20) · cosponsor
- Chu, Judy (D · house · CA-28) · cosponsor
- Cleaver, Emanuel (D · house · MO-5) · cosponsor
- Elfreth, Sarah (D · house · MD-3) · cosponsor
- Fletcher, Lizzie (D · house · TX-7) · cosponsor
- Hayes, Jahana (D · house · CT-5) · cosponsor
- Hernández, Pablo Jose (D · house · PR) · cosponsor
- Jayapal, Pramila (D · house · WA-7) · cosponsor
- Johnson, Julie (D · house · TX-32) · cosponsor
- Kelly, Robin L. (D · house · IL-2) · cosponsor
- Kennedy, Timothy M. (D · house · NY-26) · cosponsor
- Menendez, Robert (D · house · NJ-8) · cosponsor
- Neguse, Joe (D · house · CO-2) · cosponsor
- Randall, Emily (D · house · WA-6) · cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri (D · house · MI-13) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Chu, Judy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Bishop, Sanford D. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Cleaver, Emanuel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Jayapal, Pramila (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Hayes, Jahana (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Randall, Emily (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Elfreth, Sarah (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Menendez, Robert (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Kelly, Robin L. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Kennedy, Timothy M. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Thanedar, Shri (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Fletcher, Lizzie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Johnson, Julie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Hernández, Pablo Jose (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Neguse, Joe (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Turner, Sylvester (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION (h.r. 1835) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES (h.r.1835) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to House Ways and Means Committee · congress-committee
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to House Oversight and Government Reform Committee · congress-committee