HR 787 — Plain Language in Contracting Act
Congress 119
Latest action: — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Sponsors
- LaLota, Nick (R, NY-1) — sponsor · 2025-01-28
- Thanedar, Shri (D, MI-13) — cosponsor
- Goodlander, Maggie (D, NH-2) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
- — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 0.
- — Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- · H12410 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 23.
- · H12200 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-34.
- · 5000 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-34.
- · H38310 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- · H37300 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2395)
- · 8000 — Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2395)
- · H8D000 — DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 787.
- · H30000 — Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2395-2396)
- · H30300 — Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-01-28 — open
- Reported in House · 2025-03-24 — open
- Engrossed in House · 2025-06-03 — open
- Referred in Senate · 2025-06-04 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Goodlander, Maggie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Thanedar, Shri | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-28 | LaLota, Nick | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Outbound (2)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-03 | referred_to_committee | Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee | — | congress-committee | |
| 2025-01-03 | referred_to_committee | House Small Business Committee | — | congress-committee |
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 | LaLota, Nick (R, house NY-1) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Goodlander, Maggie (D, house NH-2) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 3 | Thanedar, Shri (D, house MI-13) | 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 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 4 | $14,025 | $14,025 |
| 2 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 14 | $10,339 | $10,339 |
| 3 | signum global | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 4 | surry investment advisors llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $4,500 | $4,500 |
| 5 | jp morgan chase | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,706 | $3,706 |
| 6 | columbia university | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 7 | winning connections | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 8 | gibson dunn & crutcher | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 9 | arnold & porter | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 10 | nyu law | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,250 | $1,250 |
| 11 | carlyle | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,250 | $1,250 |
| 12 | freshfields us llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,250 | $1,250 |
| 13 | wilmerhale | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,250 | $1,250 |
| 14 | sullivan & cromwell llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 15 | jake perry + partners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 16 | exiger | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 17 | cravath, swaine and moore llp | 0 | $0 | 2 | $800 | $800 |
| 18 | akin gump strauss hauer & feld llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 19 | bergen anesthesia associates | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 20 | king & spalding llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 21 | cuneo gilbert & laduca | 0 | $0 | 2 | $255 | $255 |
| 22 | lawyers' cmte for civil rights under l | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 23 | department of commerce | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 24 | k&l gates | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 25 | corner office strategies | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
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.
3 predicted yes (1%) · 3 predicted no (1%) · 537 unknown (98%)
By party: · R: 1 yes / 0 no / 276 unknown · D: 2 yes / 0 no / 261 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
3 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- LaLota, Nick (R · house · NY-1) · sponsor
- Goodlander, Maggie (D · house · NH-2) · cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri (D · house · MI-13) · 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 Thanedar, Shri (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Goodlander, Maggie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-28 · sponsored by LaLota, Nick (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to House Small Business Committee · congress-committee
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · congress-committee