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HR 5826 — No Paydays for Hostage-Takers Act

Congress 118

Latest action: — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Sponsors

Action timeline

  1. · H11100 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  2. · H11100 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  3. · Intro-H — Introduced in House
  4. · 1000 — Introduced in House
  5. — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 5.
  6. — Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  7. · H38310 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  8. · H37300 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 391 - 34 (Roll no. 131). (text: CR H2423-2425)
  9. · 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): 391 - 34 (Roll no. 131). (text: CR H2423-2425)
  10. · H30000 — Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2434-2435)
  11. · 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.
  12. · H8D000 — DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5826.
  13. · H30000 — Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2423-2426)
  14. · H30300 — Mr. Wilson (SC) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  15. — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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Inbound (2)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
—McCaul, Michael T.cosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
—Amodei, Mark E.cosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship

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
1Amodei, Mark E. (R, house NV-2)cosponsor0—1
2McCaul, Michael T. (R, house TX-10)cosponsor0—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.

#OrgLDA filingsLDA spendDonor employeesEmployee donationsTotal
1golden gate petroleum of nv0$01$3,000$3,000
2retired0$02$500$500

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.

337 predicted yes (62%) · 113 predicted no (21%) · 93 unknown (17%)

By party: · R: 184 yes / 1 no / 92 unknown · D: 152 yes / 110 no / 1 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. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by McCaul, Michael T. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  2. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Amodei, Mark E. (cosponsor) · sponsorship

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