HR 5251 — To provide for the public diplomacy authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes.
Congress 119
Latest action: — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 48 - 0.
Sponsors
- Huizenga, Bill (R, MI-4) — sponsor · 2025-09-10
Lobbied by (2)
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 | VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LCC | VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LLC | — | H.R. 5251 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | KAE STRATEGIC, LLC | INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION (IIE) | $40,000 | H.R.5251 |
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
- — Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 48 - 0.
- — Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-09-10 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LLC | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 5251 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION (IIE) | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R.5251 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2025-09-10 | Huizenga, Bill | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Outbound (1)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-03 | referred_to_committee | House Foreign Affairs 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 | Huizenga, Bill (R, house MI-4) | sponsor | 1 | — | 6 |
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 | INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION (IIE) | 1 | $40,000 | 0 | $0 | $40,000 |
| 2 | none | 0 | $0 | 19 | $1,607 | $1,607 |
| 3 | farhat group inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,200 | $1,200 |
| 4 | retired | 0 | $0 | 1 | $520 | $520 |
| 5 | monument advocacy | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 6 | pssi | 0 | $0 | 1 | $20 | $20 |
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%) · 266 predicted no (49%) · 276 unknown (51%)
By party: · R: 1 yes / 0 no / 276 unknown · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
1 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Huizenga, Bill (R · house · MI-4) · sponsor
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.
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LLC (h.r. 5251) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION (IIE) (h.r.5251) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2025-09-10 · sponsored by Huizenga, Bill (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to House Foreign Affairs Committee · congress-committee