HR 2600 — ASCEND Act
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-04-02
Latest action: — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 344.
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 | AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. | AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC | — | H.R. 2600 |
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
- — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- — Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- · H12410 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 428.
- · H12200 — Reported by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 119-502.
- · 5000 — Reported by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 119-502.
- · H38310 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- · H37300 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2242-2243)
- · 8000 — Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2242-2243)
- · H8D000 — DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2600.
- · H30000 — Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2242-2244)
- · H30300 — Mr. Babin moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 344.
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-04-02 — open
- Reported in House · 2026-02-20 — open
- Engrossed in House · 2026-02-23 — open
- Placed on Calendar Senate · 2026-02-24 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (2)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Gillen, Laura | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-01 | AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 2600 | lobbying_bill_mention |
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 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 36 | $18,876 | $18,876 |
| 2 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 2 | $3,600 | $3,600 |
| 3 | puma springs vineyards | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 4 | hsk consulting | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 5 | dragonfly | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 6 | duffy & duffy | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 7 | michael j. fox foundation | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 8 | vista food exchange | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 9 | schreck rose dapello & adams llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 10 | fhl | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 11 | clyde duneier | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 12 | mcc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 13 | bloomberg lp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 14 | bay area air quality management distri | 0 | $0 | 1 | $300 | $300 |
| 15 | wolf haldenstein adler freeman & herz | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 16 | cole media | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 17 | cambridge health alliance | 0 | $0 | 1 | $200 | $200 |
| 18 | ucsc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $150 | $150 |
| 19 | washington university | 0 | $0 | 1 | $66 | $66 |
| 20 | state university construction fund | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 21 | hofstra university | 0 | $0 | 1 | $35 | $35 |
| 22 | federal communications commission | 0 | $0 | 1 | $25 | $25 |
| 23 | quinnipiac university | 0 | $0 | 1 | $25 | $25 |
| 24 | 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.
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)
- 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 AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC (h.r. 2600) · lobbying_bill_mention