HR 427 — Interstate Commerce Simplification Act of 2025
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-01-15
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
- Fitzgerald, Scott (R, WI-5) — sponsor · 2025-01-15
- Tiffany, Thomas P. (R, WI-7) — 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 | K&L GATES, LLP | LAKE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION | $200,000 | H.R. 427 |
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-01-15 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Tiffany, Thomas P. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-01 | LAKE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 427 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2025-01-15 | Fitzgerald, Scott | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Outbound (1)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-03 | referred_to_committee | House Judiciary 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 | Fitzgerald, Scott (R, house WI-5) | sponsor | 2 | — | 7 |
| 2 | Tiffany, Thomas P. (R, house WI-7) | 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 | LAKE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION | 1 | $200,000 | 0 | $0 | $200,000 |
| 2 | blackstone | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 3 | o'neill enterprises | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 4 | retired | 0 | $0 | 3 | $3,051 | $3,051 |
| 5 | harbinger strategies | 0 | $0 | 2 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 6 | mesirow | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,300 | $1,300 |
| 7 | lsv | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,300 | $1,300 |
| 8 | self | 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.
2 predicted yes (0%) · 266 predicted no (49%) · 275 unknown (51%)
By party: · R: 2 yes / 0 no / 275 unknown · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
2 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Fitzgerald, Scott (R · house · WI-5) · sponsor
- Tiffany, Thomas P. (R · house · WI-7) · 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 Tiffany, Thomas P. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by LAKE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION (h.r. 427) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2025-01-15 · sponsored by Fitzgerald, Scott (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to House Judiciary Committee · congress-committee