S 4248 — Enhancing Long-Term, Efficient, and Viable Alternatives to Empower Flood-Prone Communities Act of 2026
Congress 119 · introduced 2026-03-26
Latest action: — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sponsors (1)
- Tillis, Thomas (R, NC-S) — cosponsor
Action timeline (2)
- — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
Text versions (1)
- Introduced in Senate · 2026-03-26 — open
Bill text (extracted)
Amendments
Congressional Research Service briefs (1)
CRS reports that cite this bill in their relatedMaterials — what Congress was reading on the topic. Click any report for its summary, formats, and bill-citation walk.
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: FY2027 Appropriations
IF13212· Resources · 2026-05-05Congress generally funds and provides related policy direction to the civil works activities of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in annual Energy and Water Development appropriations acts and their accompanying d
Connected on the graph
2 typed relationships in the influence graph — 1 inbound, 1 outbound, grouped by type.
cited in report (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | IF13212 | — | crs-report-relatedMaterials |
cosponsor of bill (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ← | Tillis, Thomas | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters on this bill
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 | Tillis, Thomas (R, senate NC) | 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 | retired | 0 | $0 | 310 | $287,837 | $287,837 |
| 2 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 85 | $141,452 | $141,452 |
| 3 | homemaker | 0 | $0 | 17 | $41,550 | $41,550 |
| 4 | corning | 0 | $0 | 18 | $19,500 | $19,500 |
| 5 | clean energy | 0 | $0 | 14 | $19,000 | $19,000 |
| 6 | southern energy management | 0 | $0 | 4 | $17,500 | $17,500 |
| 7 | mobley holdings | 0 | $0 | 1 | $16,667 | $16,667 |
| 8 | webb creek | 0 | $0 | 3 | $16,666 | $16,666 |
| 9 | hendrick automotive group | 0 | $0 | 4 | $15,000 | $15,000 |
| 10 | corning incorporated | 0 | $0 | 6 | $14,500 | $14,500 |
| 11 | kirkland & ellis llp | 0 | $0 | 4 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 12 | winklevoss capital management | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 13 | sunstone credit | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 14 | brownstein hyatt farber schreck | 0 | $0 | 5 | $13,800 | $13,800 |
| 15 | capitol counsel | 0 | $0 | 4 | $13,250 | $13,250 |
| 16 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 4 | $12,500 | $12,500 |
| 17 | monarch private capital | 0 | $0 | 4 | $11,000 | $11,000 |
| 18 | indian tribe | 0 | $0 | 4 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 19 | state street | 0 | $0 | 11 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| 20 | moore & van allen | 0 | $0 | 2 | $9,500 | $9,500 |
| 21 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 7 | $8,800 | $8,800 |
| 22 | the nickles group | 0 | $0 | 5 | $8,500 | $8,500 |
| 23 | nc solar now | 0 | $0 | 2 | $8,000 | $8,000 |
| 24 | veterans guardian | 0 | $0 | 2 | $7,520 | $7,520 |
| 25 | metcon | 0 | $0 | 2 | $7,500 | $7,500 |
Stance (positions taken)
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%) · 266 predicted no (49%) · 276 unknown (51%)
By party: · R: 1 yes / 0 no / 276 unknown · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
1 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Tillis, Thomas (R · senate · NC) · cosponsor
Timeline
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; the inline strip under the row shows the counterpart's own context (a bill's latest action, a hearing's chamber + date, a filing's form type + filed date, a clip's source + excerpt) so the timeline reads like a Wikipedia citation rail.
- 2026-05-23 · Cited in GAO report IF13212 · crs-report-relatedMaterials
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Tillis, Thomas (cosponsor) · sponsorship