HR 541 — BALE Act of 2023
Congress 118
Latest action: — Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Sponsors
- McCaul, Michael T. (R, TX-10) — cosponsor
- Lawler, Michael (R, NY-17) — cosponsor
- Feenstra, Randy (R, IA-4) — cosponsor
- Kelly, Robin L. (D, IL-2) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
- — Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2023-01-26 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (4)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | McCaul, Michael T. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Lawler, Michael | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Feenstra, Randy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Kelly, Robin L. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | 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 | Feenstra, Randy (R, house IA-4) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 2 | Kelly, Robin L. (D, house IL-2) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 3 | Lawler, Michael (R, house NY-17) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 4 | McCaul, Michael T. (R, house TX-10) | 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 | castle harlan, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 2 | retired | 0 | $0 | 30 | $6,980 | $6,980 |
| 3 | berenson partners, llc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,643 | $3,643 |
| 4 | thirdpoint llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 5 | ohio machinery co. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 6 | northwell health | 0 | $0 | 2 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 7 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 3 | $2,241 | $2,241 |
| 8 | cordary inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 9 | regency centers | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 10 | suburban hospital alliance of nys | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 11 | cammebys | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 12 | hellman management | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 13 | berbromgt | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 14 | nela realty llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 15 | longbow public policy | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 16 | town of clarkstown | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 17 | reliant parking | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 18 | nys doccs - sing sing | 0 | $0 | 1 | $200 | $200 |
| 19 | town of orangetown | 0 | $0 | 2 | $150 | $150 |
| 20 | new york police department | 0 | $0 | 1 | $150 | $150 |
| 21 | 9606 capital | 0 | $0 | 1 | $104 | $104 |
| 22 | thompson bender | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
| 23 | westchester county | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
| 24 | department of the army | 0 | $0 | 1 | $28 | $28 |
| 25 | kidsnett child care program, inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $17 | $17 |
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%) · 3 predicted no (1%) · 536 unknown (98%)
By party: · R: 3 yes / 0 no / 274 unknown · D: 1 yes / 0 no / 262 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
4 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Feenstra, Randy (R · house · IA-4) · cosponsor
- Kelly, Robin L. (D · house · IL-2) · cosponsor
- Lawler, Michael (R · house · NY-17) · cosponsor
- McCaul, Michael T. (R · house · TX-10) · 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 Kelly, Robin L. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Feenstra, Randy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Lawler, Michael (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by McCaul, Michael T. (cosponsor) · sponsorship