HR 2159 — Count the Crimes to Cut Act
Congress 119
Latest action: — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 370.
Sponsors
- Self, Keith (R, TX-3) — 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 | PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES | PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES | — | H.R. 2159 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS (NACDL) | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS (NACDL) | — | H.R. 2159 |
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
- — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
- — Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- · H12410 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 298.
- · H12200 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-346.
- · 5000 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-346.
- · H38310 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- · H37300 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4923)
- · 8000 — Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4923)
- · H8D000 — DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2159.
- · H30000 — Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4923-4926)
- · H30300 — Mr. Roy moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- — Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 370.
- — Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report.
- · 14000 — Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report.
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-03-14 — open
- Reported in House · 2025-10-17 — open
- Engrossed in House · 2025-12-01 — open
- Referred in Senate · 2025-12-02 — open
- Reported to Senate · 2026-04-14 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Self, Keith | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-01 | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS (NACDL) | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 2159 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 2159 | lobbying_bill_mention |
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 | Self, Keith (R, house TX-3) | 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 | none | 0 | $0 | 4 | $5,850 | $5,850 |
| 2 | retired | 0 | $0 | 11 | $3,870 | $3,870 |
| 3 | wilson perumal company, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 4 | southwest airlines | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 5 | perry homes | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,800 | $1,800 |
| 6 | motion foot ankle institute | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 7 | scheef stone | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 8 | prime developer | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 9 | secretarial office solutions | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 10 | greenville automatic gas co | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 11 | growth destiny | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 12 | self | 0 | $0 | 1 | $200 | $200 |
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.
1 predicted yes (0%) · 266 predicted no (49%) · 276 unknown (51%)
By party: · R: 1 yes / 0 no / 276 unknown · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
1 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Self, Keith (R · house · TX-3) · 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 Self, Keith (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES (h.r. 2159) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS (NACDL) (h.r. 2159) · lobbying_bill_mention