HR 5191 — To direct the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to issue guidance for private entities on demonstrating how biobased products meet Department of Defense requirements, and for other purposes.
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-09-08
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Sponsors (2)
- Garamendi, John (D, CA-8) — cosponsor
- Davis, Donald G. (D, NC-1) — cosponsor
Action timeline (3)
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions (1)
- Introduced in House · 2025-09-08 — open
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Connected on the graph
3 typed relationships in the influence graph — 2 inbound, 1 outbound, grouped by type.
cosponsor of bill (2)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ← | Garamendi, John | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Davis, Donald G. | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
referred to committee (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-03 | → | House Armed Services Committee | — | congress-committee |
Who matters on this bill
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 | Davis, Donald G. (D, house NC-1) | cosponsor | 7 | — | 6 |
| 2 | Garamendi, John (D, house CA-8) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
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 | 378 | $513,275 | $513,275 |
| 2 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 96 | $157,517 | $157,517 |
| 3 | charles and lynn schusterman family ph | 0 | $0 | 2 | $21,000 | $21,000 |
| 4 | coinbase | 0 | $0 | 2 | $21,000 | $21,000 |
| 5 | self | 0 | $0 | 6 | $12,000 | $12,000 |
| 6 | sagesure | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 7 | the baupost group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 8 | tawani enterprises inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 9 | jane street capital | 0 | $0 | 2 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 10 | bessemer venture partners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 11 | c2 strategies | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 12 | sutherland capital management | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 13 | paloma partners advisors lp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,400 | $10,400 |
| 14 | crowne partners inc | 0 | $0 | 3 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| 15 | sun capital partners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,500 | $7,500 |
| 16 | harris orthopedics laboratory | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 17 | honor nyc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 18 | si, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 19 | jordan real estate investments | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 20 | meritage group lp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 21 | q prime inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 22 | carmel management | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 23 | hunt companies | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 24 | ta associates | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 25 | hall financial group | 0 | $0 | 2 | $6,783 | $6,783 |
Stance (positions taken)
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.
2 predicted yes (0%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 261 unknown (48%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 2 yes / 0 no / 261 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
2 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Davis, Donald G. (D · house · NC-1) · cosponsor
- Garamendi, John (D · house · CA-8) · cosponsor
Timeline
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; the inline strip under the row shows the counterpart's own context (a bill's latest action, a hearing's chamber + date, a filing's form type + filed date, a clip's source + excerpt) so the timeline reads like a Wikipedia citation rail.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Davis, Donald G. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Garamendi, John (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to House Armed Services Committee · congress-committee