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HR 4294 — MAWS Act of 2026

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_quarterAMERICAN ZOO AND AQUARIUM ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN ZOO AND AQUARIUM ASSOCIATION—H.R. 4294

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 (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  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. 436.
  10. · H12200 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-510.
  11. · 5000 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-510.
  12. · H37220 — 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.
  13. · H8D000 — DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4294.
  14. · H30000 — Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2516-2519; text: CR H2516-2517)
  15. · H30300 — Mr. Wittman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  16. · H38310 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  17. · H37300 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 320 - 66 (Roll no. 88).
  18. · 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): 320 - 66 (Roll no. 88).
  19. · H30000 — Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2545)
  20. — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Text versions

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Inbound (2)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
2026-01-01AMERICAN ZOO AND AQUARIUM ASSOCIATIONlobbies_on_bill—H.R. 4294lobbying_bill_mention
2025-07-07Elfreth, Sarahsponsor_of_bill—sponsorsponsorship

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
1Elfreth, Sarah (D, house MD-3)sponsor1—6

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
1self employed0$04$1,549$1,549
2maryland state0$01$1,000$1,000
3american health care association0$01$500$500
4not employed0$05$278$278
5centers for advanced orthopaedics0$01$250$250
6the crowne plaza annapolis0$01$25$25
7leadership anne arundel inc.0$01$6$6

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.

320 predicted yes (59%) · 129 predicted no (24%) · 94 unknown (17%)

By party: · R: 127 yes / 126 no / 24 unknown · D: 192 yes / 1 no / 70 unknown · I: 1 yes / 2 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. 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by AMERICAN ZOO AND AQUARIUM ASSOCIATION (h.r. 4294) · lobbying_bill_mention
  2. 2025-07-07 · sponsored by Elfreth, Sarah (sponsor) · sponsorship

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