HR 8853 — To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow Amtrak to use grant funds to satisfy non-Federal share requirements of certain grant programs, and for other purposes.
Congress 119 · introduced 2026-05-15
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Sponsors
- McClellan, Jennifer L. (D, VA-4) — sponsor · 2026-05-15
- Deluzio, Christopher R. (D, PA-17) — cosponsor · 2026-05-15
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (2)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | McClellan, Jennifer L. | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-05-15 | Deluzio, Christopher R. | 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 | McClellan, Jennifer L. (D, house VA-4) | sponsor | 2 | — | 7 |
| 2 | Deluzio, Christopher R. (D, house PA-17) | 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 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 63 | $13,898 | $13,898 |
| 2 | trustees of the university of pennsylv | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 3 | ameriprise financial | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 4 | reed smith | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 5 | nyu | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 6 | robbins geller | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 7 | thomas jefferson university hospital | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 8 | university of pennsylvania | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 9 | goodwin procter llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 10 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 3 | $575 | $575 |
| 11 | lindy communities | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 12 | nimblesystems | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 13 | buchanan ingersoll & rooney | 0 | $0 | 1 | $208 | $208 |
| 14 | sota construction | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
| 15 | williams mullen | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
| 16 | film pittsburgh | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
| 17 | advanced resource consulting llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 18 | susman godfrey | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 19 | upmc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 20 | usg | 0 | $0 | 2 | $50 | $50 |
| 21 | virginia department of health | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 22 | indiana university of pa | 0 | $0 | 1 | $30 | $30 |
| 23 | brunckhorst foundation | 0 | $0 | 1 | $25 | $25 |
| 24 | insight direct inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $25 | $25 |
| 25 | highmark health | 0 | $0 | 1 | $25 | $25 |
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)
- McClellan, Jennifer L. (D · house · VA-4) · sponsor
- Deluzio, Christopher R. (D · house · PA-17) · 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.
- 2026-05-15 · cosponsored by Deluzio, Christopher R. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-15 · sponsored by McClellan, Jennifer L. (sponsor) · sponsorship