HR 1359 — Black History Matters Act
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-02-13
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Sponsors
- Menendez, Robert (D, NJ-8) — cosponsor
- Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (D, FL-20) — cosponsor
- Hayes, Jahana (D, CT-5) — cosponsor
- Turner, Sylvester (D, TX-18) — cosponsor
- Kelly, Robin L. (D, IL-2) — cosponsor
- Kennedy, Timothy M. (D, NY-26) — cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri (D, MI-13) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-02-13 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (7)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Menendez, Robert | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Hayes, Jahana | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Kennedy, Timothy M. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Kelly, Robin L. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Turner, Sylvester | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Thanedar, Shri | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Outbound (1)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-03 | referred_to_committee | House Committee on House Administration | — | 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 | Kennedy, Timothy M. (D, house NY-26) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 2 | Hayes, Jahana (D, house CT-5) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 3 | Kelly, Robin L. (D, house IL-2) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 4 | Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (D, house FL-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Menendez, Robert (D, house NJ-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Thanedar, Shri (D, house MI-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Turner, Sylvester (D, house TX-18) | 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 | 49 | $19,299 | $19,299 |
| 2 | none | 0 | $0 | 13 | $14,500 | $14,500 |
| 3 | buffalo geothermal heating | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 4 | apollo global management | 0 | $0 | 2 | $6,000 | $6,000 |
| 5 | gramercy group inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,175 | $5,175 |
| 6 | cleancapital | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,175 | $5,175 |
| 7 | symphony property management | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| 8 | rusiniak's service, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| 9 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 9 | $3,635 | $3,635 |
| 10 | hsk consulting | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 11 | ciminelli real estate corporation | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 12 | singleton shreiber llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 13 | reger holdings, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 14 | unitleader | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,300 | $3,300 |
| 15 | casa | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 16 | joy real estate, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 17 | self | 0 | $0 | 4 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 18 | plati niagara, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,035 | $1,035 |
| 19 | bnmc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 20 | ceo advisors | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 21 | glen park tavern | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 22 | hawcny | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 23 | out the door liquors | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 24 | and wealth partners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 25 | mt washington pediatric hospit | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
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.
6 predicted yes (1%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 257 unknown (47%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 6 yes / 0 no / 257 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
6 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (D · house · FL-20) · cosponsor
- Hayes, Jahana (D · house · CT-5) · cosponsor
- Kelly, Robin L. (D · house · IL-2) · cosponsor
- Kennedy, Timothy M. (D · house · NY-26) · cosponsor
- Menendez, Robert (D · house · NJ-8) · cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri (D · house · MI-13) · 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 Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Kelly, Robin L. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Thanedar, Shri (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Kennedy, Timothy M. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Turner, Sylvester (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Hayes, Jahana (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Menendez, Robert (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to House Committee on House Administration · congress-committee