HR 4327 — Converting Our Waste Sustainably (COWS) Act of 2023
Congress 118
Latest action: — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Sponsors (2)
- Valadao, David G. (R, CA-22) — cosponsor
- Lawler, Michael (R, NY-17) — cosponsor
Action timeline (5)
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
- — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
- — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Text versions (1)
- Introduced in House · 2023-06-23 — open
Bill text (extracted)
Amendments
Congressional Research Service briefs (2)
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.
- Regenerative Agriculture and Related Food Product Labeling and Marketing Claims
R48610· Reports · 2025-07-29Regenerative agriculture (RA) generally refers to a sustainable agricultural production system centering on soil health and involving certain agronomic and scientific principles. In some cases, RA often also includes bro - Methane Emissions: U.S. and International Mitigation Efforts
R48424· Reports · 2025-05-06Methane is a greenhouse gas (GHG) emitted in part as a result of human activities. According to climate scientists, approximately 0.5°C of the net 1.1°C increase in global surface temperatures that has occurred since 185
Connected on the graph
4 typed relationships in the influence graph — 2 inbound, 2 outbound, grouped by type.
cited in report (2)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | R48424 | — | crs-report-relatedMaterials | |
| — | → | R48610 | — | crs-report-relatedMaterials |
cosponsor of bill (2)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ← | Valadao, David G. | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Lawler, Michael | — | 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 | Lawler, Michael (R, house NY-17) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 2 | Valadao, David G. (R, house CA-22) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
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 | 607 | $685,175 | $685,175 |
| 2 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 98 | $165,779 | $165,779 |
| 3 | high opportunity neighborhood partners | 0 | $0 | 8 | $50,000 | $50,000 |
| 4 | apollo | 0 | $0 | 8 | $36,000 | $36,000 |
| 5 | self | 0 | $0 | 32 | $31,517 | $31,517 |
| 6 | unemployed | 0 | $0 | 15 | $26,063 | $26,063 |
| 7 | none | 0 | $0 | 18 | $25,950 | $25,950 |
| 8 | employer | 0 | $0 | 3 | $21,520 | $21,520 |
| 9 | cumberland development | 0 | $0 | 1 | $21,000 | $21,000 |
| 10 | nextera energy | 0 | $0 | 19 | $19,500 | $19,500 |
| 11 | evgo | 0 | $0 | 3 | $19,000 | $19,000 |
| 12 | arden companies llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $17,500 | $17,500 |
| 13 | coinbase | 0 | $0 | 4 | $17,000 | $17,000 |
| 14 | bgr group | 0 | $0 | 8 | $16,960 | $16,960 |
| 15 | audax group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $14,100 | $14,100 |
| 16 | apollo management | 0 | $0 | 3 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 17 | phoenix management | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 18 | command marketing innovations | 0 | $0 | 1 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 19 | homemaker | 0 | $0 | 6 | $13,344 | $13,344 |
| 20 | apollo global management | 0 | $0 | 4 | $13,000 | $13,000 |
| 21 | paul bluhdorn | 0 | $0 | 2 | $12,189 | $12,189 |
| 22 | general atlantic | 0 | $0 | 2 | $11,500 | $11,500 |
| 23 | hunter financial advisors inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 24 | brodie generational capital partners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 25 | ma | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
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.
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)
- Lawler, Michael (R · house · NY-17) · cosponsor
- Valadao, David G. (R · house · CA-22) · 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.
- 2026-05-25 · Cited in GAO report R48424 · crs-report-relatedMaterials
- 2026-05-25 · Cited in GAO report R48610 · crs-report-relatedMaterials
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Valadao, David G. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Lawler, Michael (cosponsor) · sponsorship