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HR 1998 — Sanction Sea Pirates Act of 2025

Congress 119 · introduced 2025-03-10

Latest action: — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Sponsors

Action timeline

  1. · H11100 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  2. · H11100 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  3. · Intro-H — Introduced in House
  4. · 1000 — Introduced in House
  5. — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
  6. — Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  7. · H38310 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  8. · H37300 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 392 - 14 (Roll no. 172). (text: CR H2845-2846)
  9. · 8000 — Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 392 - 14 (Roll no. 172). (text: CR H2845-2846)
  10. · H8D000 — At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  11. · H8D000 — DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1998.
  12. · H30000 — Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2845-2846, H2877-2878)
  13. · H30300 — Mr. Burchett moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  14. — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Text versions

Connected on the graph

4 typed relationships in the influence graph — 1 inbound, 3 outbound, grouped by type.

referred to committee (3)
datedirentityamountrolesource
2025-01-03→House Judiciary Committee—congress-committee
2025-01-03→Senate Foreign Relations Committee—congress-committee
2025-01-03→House Foreign Affairs Committee—congress-committee
cosponsor of bill (1)
datedirentityamountrolesource
—←Lawler, Michael—cosponsorsponsorship

The full graph

Every typed relationship touching this entity — 4 edges across 2 categories. Grouped by what the connection is; the heaviest few are shown, with a link to the full list.

Committees

→ Referred to committee 3 edges

Legislation

← Cosponsored bill 1 edge

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.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Lawler, Michael (R, house NY-17)cosponsor2—3

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.

#OrgLDA filingsLDA spendDonor employeesEmployee donationsTotal
1retired0$0525$579,317$579,317
2self employed0$097$163,279$163,279
3high opportunity neighborhood partners0$08$50,000$50,000
4apollo0$08$36,000$36,000
5unemployed0$014$24,563$24,563
6employer0$03$21,520$21,520
7self0$016$19,104$19,104
8bgr group0$07$15,960$15,960
9apollo management0$03$14,000$14,000
10coinbase0$04$13,500$13,500
11homemaker0$05$13,219$13,219
12apollo global management0$04$13,000$13,000
13paul bluhdorn0$02$12,189$12,189
14general atlantic0$02$11,500$11,500
15austin ventures0$01$10,500$10,500
16montgomery capital inc0$01$10,500$10,500
17nyrsc0$01$10,500$10,500
18rockaway care center0$01$10,500$10,500
19hunter financial advisors inc0$01$10,500$10,500
20ma0$01$10,500$10,500
21arnold ventures0$02$10,500$10,500
22arden companies llc0$01$10,500$10,500
23cumberland development0$01$10,500$10,500
24continental investors0$01$10,500$10,500
25breakthru beverage0$01$10,500$10,500

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.

6 predicted yes (1%) · 264 predicted no (49%) · 273 unknown (50%)

By party: · R: 3 yes / 1 no / 273 unknown · D: 3 yes / 260 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

7 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + 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.

  1. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Lawler, Michael (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  2. 2025-01-03 · was referred to Senate Foreign Relations Committee · congress-committee
  3. 2025-01-03 · was referred to House Judiciary Committee · congress-committee
  4. 2025-01-03 · was referred to House Foreign Affairs Committee · congress-committee

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