HR 856 — Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-01-31
Latest action: — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Sponsors
- Donalds, Byron (R, FL-19) — sponsor · 2025-01-31
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
- · H38310 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- · H37300 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 417 - 0 (Roll no. 54). (text: CR H932)
- · 8000 — Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 417 - 0 (Roll no. 54). (text: CR H932)
- · H30000 — Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H937-938)
- · 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.
- · H8D000 — DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 856.
- · H30000 — Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H932-933)
- · H30300 — Mr. Comer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-01-31 — open
- Engrossed in House · 2025-03-03 — open
- Referred in Senate · 2025-03-04 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (1)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-31 | Donalds, Byron | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Outbound (2)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-03 | referred_to_committee | Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | — | congress-committee | |
| 2025-01-03 | referred_to_committee | House Oversight and Government Reform 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 | Donalds, Byron (R, house FL-19) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
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 | retired | 0 | $0 | 57 | $1,567 | $1,567 |
| 2 | keystone | 0 | $0 | 1 | $95 | $95 |
| 3 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 2 | $40 | $40 |
| 4 | disabled | 0 | $0 | 1 | $30 | $30 |
| 5 | halliburton | 0 | $0 | 1 | $23 | $23 |
| 6 | worldwide | 0 | $0 | 1 | $20 | $20 |
| 7 | may trucking | 0 | $0 | 1 | $20 | $20 |
| 8 | rec trucking | 0 | $0 | 1 | $20 | $20 |
| 9 | sun | 0 | $0 | 1 | $20 | $20 |
| 10 | city of yorba linda ca | 0 | $0 | 1 | $20 | $20 |
| 11 | deltec inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $19 | $19 |
| 12 | tax-free wealth group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $15 | $15 |
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%) · 266 predicted no (49%) · 274 unknown (50%)
By party: · R: 3 yes / 0 no / 274 unknown · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
3 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Greene, Marjorie Taylor (R · house · GA-14) · voted
- LaMalfa, Doug (R · house · CA-1) · voted
- Donalds, Byron (R · house · FL-19) · sponsor
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.
- 2025-01-31 · sponsored by Donalds, Byron (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · congress-committee
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to House Oversight and Government Reform Committee · congress-committee