HR 8984 — To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from constructing, acquiring, renovating, or operating any new processing site or detention center without providing a mechanism for public comments regarding such activity, entering into a signed, written agreement with appropriate State and local officials, and providing Congress with advance notice of such activity.
Congress 119
Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
Sponsors
- Morelle, Joseph D. (D, NY-25) — sponsor · 2026-05-21
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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 | Morelle, Joseph D. (D, house NY-25) | sponsor | 8 | — | 10 |
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 | 100 | $61,101 | $61,101 |
| 2 | university of rochester | 0 | $0 | 21 | $24,750 | $24,750 |
| 3 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 16 | $17,240 | $17,240 |
| 4 | wilmorite construction | 0 | $0 | 2 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 5 | rochester regional health | 0 | $0 | 9 | $9,000 | $9,000 |
| 6 | strategic marketing innovations, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 7 | blackstone | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 8 | horizon defense solutions | 0 | $0 | 2 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 9 | ostroff associates | 0 | $0 | 2 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 10 | sterling risk | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 11 | the ashley companies | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 12 | eoptic | 0 | $0 | 2 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 13 | cerion | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 14 | the carlyle group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 15 | thorn run partners | 0 | $0 | 4 | $4,500 | $4,500 |
| 16 | invariant | 0 | $0 | 4 | $4,250 | $4,250 |
| 17 | jaeger analytics | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,750 | $3,750 |
| 18 | monroe county | 0 | $0 | 5 | $3,600 | $3,600 |
| 19 | gallina development corp | 0 | $0 | 2 | $3,584 | $3,584 |
| 20 | f5technology group ltd | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 21 | lechase construction | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 22 | brodie generational capital partners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 23 | popli design group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 24 | wegmans food markets inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 25 | winn | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
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.
1 predicted yes (0%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 262 unknown (48%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 1 yes / 0 no / 262 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
1 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Morelle, Joseph D. (D · house · NY-25) · sponsor