HR 2849 — West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2025
Congress 119
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Sponsors
- Salinas, Andrea (D, OR-6) — cosponsor
- Jayapal, Pramila (D, WA-7) — cosponsor
- Neguse, Joe (D, CO-2) — cosponsor
- Randall, Emily (D, WA-6) — cosponsor
- Chu, Judy (D, CA-28) — cosponsor
- Castor, Kathy (D, FL-14) — cosponsor
- Friedman, Laura (D, CA-30) — cosponsor
Lobbied by (3)
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 | THORN RUN PARTNERS | ARA PARTNERS | $50,000 | H.R.2849 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE | DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE | — | H.R. 2849 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | OCEAN CONSERVANCY | OCEAN CONSERVANCY | — | H.R.2849 |
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-04-10 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (10)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Neguse, Joe | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Salinas, Andrea | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Chu, Judy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Jayapal, Pramila | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Randall, Emily | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Castor, Kathy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Friedman, Laura | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-01 | OCEAN CONSERVANCY | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R.2849 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 2849 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | ARA PARTNERS | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R.2849 | 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 | Jayapal, Pramila (D, house WA-7) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 2 | Chu, Judy (D, house CA-28) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 3 | Castor, Kathy (D, house FL-14) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 4 | Randall, Emily (D, house WA-6) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 5 | Salinas, Andrea (D, house OR-6) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 6 | Friedman, Laura (D, house CA-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Neguse, Joe (D, house CO-2) | 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 | 311 | $51,992 | $51,992 |
| 2 | ARA PARTNERS | 1 | $50,000 | 0 | $0 | $50,000 |
| 3 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 19 | $8,141 | $8,141 |
| 4 | cordish companies | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 5 | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 | |
| 6 | quinn emanuel | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 7 | na | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 8 | self | 0 | $0 | 6 | $3,090 | $3,090 |
| 9 | lihui lo | 0 | $0 | 2 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 10 | tabula rasa farms | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 11 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 6 | $2,310 | $2,310 |
| 12 | iw group inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,750 | $1,750 |
| 13 | rossi roma | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,750 | $1,750 |
| 14 | yitong investment inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,750 | $1,750 |
| 15 | spacelink usa inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,750 | $1,750 |
| 16 | the pines resort bass lake.com | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 17 | n/a | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 18 | chen's chinese medicine | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,250 | $1,250 |
| 19 | holland & hart llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 20 | floma | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 21 | brownstein hyatt farber schreck llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 22 | hospitality fx | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 23 | mcgillivary steele elkin | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 24 | kabafusion | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 25 | kogovsek & associates | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
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.
7 predicted yes (1%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 256 unknown (47%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 7 yes / 0 no / 256 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
7 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Castor, Kathy (D · house · FL-14) · cosponsor
- Chu, Judy (D · house · CA-28) · cosponsor
- Friedman, Laura (D · house · CA-30) · cosponsor
- Jayapal, Pramila (D · house · WA-7) · cosponsor
- Neguse, Joe (D · house · CO-2) · cosponsor
- Randall, Emily (D · house · WA-6) · cosponsor
- Salinas, Andrea (D · house · OR-6) · 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 Neguse, Joe (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Salinas, Andrea (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Randall, Emily (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Chu, Judy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Friedman, Laura (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Jayapal, Pramila (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Castor, Kathy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by OCEAN CONSERVANCY (h.r.2849) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by ARA PARTNERS (h.r.2849) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE (h.r. 2849) · lobbying_bill_mention