HR 4979 — Fairness for Small-Scale Farmers and Ranchers Act
Congress 118
Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sponsors
- Blumenauer, Earl (D, OR-3) — cosponsor
- Garamendi, John (D, CA-8) — cosponsor
- Hayes, Jahana (D, CT-5) — cosponsor
- Jayapal, Pramila (D, WA-7) — cosponsor
- Frost, Maxwell (D, FL-10) — cosponsor
- Bush, Cori (D, MO-1) — cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri (D, MI-13) — cosponsor
- Bishop, Sanford D. (D, GA-2) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- · H11100 — Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2023-07-27 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (8)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Blumenauer, Earl | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Garamendi, John | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Hayes, Jahana | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Jayapal, Pramila | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Frost, Maxwell | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Bush, Cori | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Thanedar, Shri | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Bishop, Sanford D. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
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 | Jayapal, Pramila (D, house WA-7) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 2 | Bishop, Sanford D. (D, house GA-2) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 3 | Hayes, Jahana (D, house CT-5) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 4 | Blumenauer, Earl (D, house OR-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Bush, Cori (D, house MO-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Frost, Maxwell (D, house FL-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Garamendi, John (D, house CA-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Thanedar, Shri (D, house MI-13) | 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 | 477 | $81,709 | $81,709 |
| 2 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 43 | $7,830 | $7,830 |
| 3 | stone soup | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 4 | krp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 5 | the awad law firm p.c. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| 6 | marcus & millichap | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| 7 | okare | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| 8 | abdo | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 9 | grassroots analytics | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 10 | hargrove crop insurance | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 11 | kathy fowler agency | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 12 | mercy health | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 13 | gsi | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 14 | thomas s. pattison md | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 15 | strategic farm marketing | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 16 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 4 | $1,125 | $1,125 |
| 17 | caltrans | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 18 | ids real estate group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 19 | j. lohr vineyards & wines | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 20 | brown-kortkamp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 21 | ansi | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 22 | northern va endocrinologists | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 23 | burgan associates | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 24 | ba mgt | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 25 | donoho insurance group | 0 | $0 | 2 | $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)
- Bishop, Sanford D. (D · house · GA-2) · cosponsor
- Frost, Maxwell (D · house · FL-10) · cosponsor
- Garamendi, John (D · house · CA-8) · cosponsor
- Hayes, Jahana (D · house · CT-5) · cosponsor
- Jayapal, Pramila (D · house · WA-7) · 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 Blumenauer, Earl (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Bush, Cori (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Jayapal, Pramila (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Frost, Maxwell (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Hayes, Jahana (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Bishop, Sanford D. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Garamendi, John (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Thanedar, Shri (cosponsor) · sponsorship