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HR 261 — Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025

Congress 119

Latest action: — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Sponsors

Lobbied by (1)

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.

FilingPeriodRegistrant (lobbying firm)ClientIncomeMatched
1st Quarter - Report2026 first_quarterCLOUDFACTORS LLCCLOUDFACTORS LLC—H.R. 261

Action timeline

  1. · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  2. · Intro-H — Introduced in House
  3. · 1000 — Introduced in House
  4. — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
  5. — Subcommittee Hearings Held
  6. — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 18.
  7. — Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  8. — Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged
  9. · H12410 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 146.
  10. · H12200 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-181.
  11. · 5000 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-181.
  12. · H1L210 — Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1042 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2189, H.R. 261 and H.R. 3617. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617 under a closed rule and provides for one hour of debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
  13. · H38800 — The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
  14. · H38310 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  15. · H37100 — On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 218 - 212 (Roll no. 67). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2162)
  16. · 8000 — Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 218 - 212 (Roll no. 67).
  17. · H36210 — On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 214 - 216 (Roll no. 66).
  18. · H30000 — Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2169-2171)
  19. · H8D000 — POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 261, the Chair put the question on motion to recommit and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Mr. Carbajal demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
  20. · H8A000 — The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
  21. · H36200 — Mr. Carbajal moved to recommit to the Committee on Natural Resources. (text: CR H2166)
  22. · H35000 — The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
  23. · H8D000 — DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 261.
  24. · H8D000 — Rule provides for consideration of S. 1383, H.R. 2189, H.R. 261 and H.R. 3617. The resolution provides for consideration of S. 1383, H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617 under a closed rule and provides for one motion to recommit H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617, and one motion to commit S. 1383.
  25. · H30000 — Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1057. (consideration: CR H2161-2166)
  26. · H1L210 — Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1057 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S. 1383, H.R. 2189, H.R. 261 and H.R. 3617. The resolution provides for consideration of S. 1383, H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617 under a closed rule and provides for one motion to recommit H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617, and one motion to commit S. 1383.
  27. — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Inbound (3)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
—Cammack, Katcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
—Bentz, Cliffcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-01CLOUDFACTORS LLClobbies_on_bill—H.R. 261lobbying_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.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Cammack, Kat (R, house FL-3)cosponsor1—2
2Bentz, Cliff (R, house OR-2)cosponsor0—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.

#OrgLDA filingsLDA spendDonor employeesEmployee donationsTotal
1none0$014$1,070$1,070
2savills0$01$1,000$1,000
3phoenix wood products0$01$1,000$1,000
4accelerate strategies0$01$500$500
5best best & krieger llp0$01$500$500
6dclrs0$01$250$250
7composite panel assoc.0$01$250$250
8cis0$01$100$100
9stewart pllc0$01$50$50
10crime prevention security systems0$01$47$47
11self employed0$01$19$19

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.

432 predicted yes (44%) · 479 predicted no (49%) · 64 unknown (7%)

By party: · R: 214 yes / 216 no / 64 unknown · D: 217 yes / 260 no · I: 1 yes / 3 no

50 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor) — showing top 50

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 Bentz, Cliff (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  2. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Cammack, Kat (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  3. 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by CLOUDFACTORS LLC (h.r. 261) · lobbying_bill_mention

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