HR 311 — Cost Estimates Improvement Act
Congress 118
Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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
- Cloud, Michael (R, TX-27) — sponsor · 2023-01-12
- Bishop, Dan (R, NC-8) — cosponsor
- Mast, Brian J. (R, FL-21) — cosponsor
- McClintock, Tom (R, CA-5) — cosponsor
- Donalds, Byron (R, FL-19) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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 Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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 · 2023-01-12 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (5)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Bishop, Dan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Donalds, Byron | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | McClintock, Tom | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Mast, Brian J. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2023-01-12 | Cloud, Michael | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
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 | Cloud, Michael (R, house TX-27) | sponsor | 2 | — | 7 |
| 2 | McClintock, Tom (R, house CA-5) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 3 | Mast, Brian J. (R, house FL-21) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 4 | Bishop, Dan (R, house NC-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Donalds, Byron (R, house FL-19) | 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 | 202 | $32,422 | $32,422 |
| 2 | corpac | 0 | $0 | 1 | $6,500 | $6,500 |
| 3 | columna | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,300 | $3,300 |
| 4 | retired | 0 | $0 | 98 | $3,294 | $3,294 |
| 5 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 10 | $2,702 | $2,702 |
| 6 | mediatek inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 7 | florida imaging consultants | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 8 | planet technologies | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 9 | earhart turner llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 10 | dla piper llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 11 | c6 strategies | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 12 | victoria college | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 13 | lichter law firm | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 14 | nexperia usa | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 15 | supermicro | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 16 | univ of michigan | 0 | $0 | 1 | $300 | $300 |
| 17 | earl construction company | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 18 | infineon technologies | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 19 | santa clara county | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 20 | marlin properties | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 21 | elnet-us | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 22 | competitive range solutions | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 23 | accurate plastics | 0 | $0 | 1 | $200 | $200 |
| 24 | american airlines | 0 | $0 | 1 | $150 | $150 |
| 25 | self | 0 | $0 | 4 | $129 | $129 |
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.
4 predicted yes (1%) · 266 predicted no (49%) · 273 unknown (50%)
By party: · R: 4 yes / 0 no / 273 unknown · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
4 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Cloud, Michael (R · house · TX-27) · sponsor
- Donalds, Byron (R · house · FL-19) · cosponsor
- Mast, Brian J. (R · house · FL-21) · cosponsor
- McClintock, Tom (R · house · CA-5) · 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 Donalds, Byron (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Mast, Brian J. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by McClintock, Tom (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Bishop, Dan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2023-01-12 · sponsored by Cloud, Michael (sponsor) · sponsorship