HR 993 — Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-02-05
Latest action: — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Sponsors
- Gillen, Laura (D, NY-4) — cosponsor
Lobbied by (1)
LDA filings that named this bill in their activity descriptions. The lobbying firm (registrant) is paid by the client to lobby on this and related issues.
| Filing | Period | Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Income | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC | UCB, INC. | $70,000 | H.R. 993 |
Action timeline
- — Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
- · 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): 406 - 9 (Roll no. 65). (text: CR H1052-1053)
- · 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): 406 - 9 (Roll no. 65). (text: CR H1052-1053)
- · H30000 — Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1059-1060)
- · 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. 993.
- · H30000 — Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1052-1053)
- · H30300 — Mr. Green (TN) 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 · 2025-02-05 — open
- Engrossed in House · 2025-03-10 — open
- Referred in Senate · 2025-03-11 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (2)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Gillen, Laura | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-01 | UCB, INC. | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 993 | lobbying_bill_mention |
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 Homeland Security 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 | Gillen, Laura (D, house NY-4) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
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 | UCB, INC. | 1 | $70,000 | 0 | $0 | $70,000 |
| 2 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 36 | $18,876 | $18,876 |
| 3 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 2 | $3,600 | $3,600 |
| 4 | hsk consulting | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 5 | puma springs vineyards | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 6 | dragonfly | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 7 | duffy & duffy | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 8 | michael j. fox foundation | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 9 | vista food exchange | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 10 | schreck rose dapello & adams llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 11 | fhl | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 12 | clyde duneier | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 13 | mcc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 14 | bloomberg lp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 15 | bay area air quality management distri | 0 | $0 | 1 | $300 | $300 |
| 16 | wolf haldenstein adler freeman & herz | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 17 | cole media | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 18 | cambridge health alliance | 0 | $0 | 1 | $200 | $200 |
| 19 | ucsc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $150 | $150 |
| 20 | washington university | 0 | $0 | 1 | $66 | $66 |
| 21 | state university construction fund | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 22 | hofstra university | 0 | $0 | 1 | $35 | $35 |
| 23 | federal communications commission | 0 | $0 | 1 | $25 | $25 |
| 24 | quinnipiac university | 0 | $0 | 1 | $25 | $25 |
| 25 | iona college | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10 | $10 |
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%) · 278 predicted no (51%) · 262 unknown (48%)
By party: · R: 2 yes / 275 no · D: 1 yes / 0 no / 262 unknown · 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
- Gillen, Laura (D · house · NY-4) · 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 Gillen, Laura (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by UCB, INC. (h.r. 993) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · congress-committee
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to House Homeland Security Committee · congress-committee