HR 6046 — Broadband and Telecommunications RAIL Act
Congress 119
Latest action: — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 51 - 0.
Sponsors
No sponsorships on file.
Lobbied by (7)
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 | THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC | CSX CORPORATION | $70,000 | H.R. 6046 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION | UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION | — | HR 6046 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | CSX CORPORATION | CSX CORPORATION | — | HR 6046 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | — | H.R.6046 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION | NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION | — | H.R. 6046 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION | COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION | — | H.R. 6046 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | CINCINNATI BELL INC (DBA ALTAFIBER) AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES | CINCINNATI BELL INC (DBA ALTAFIBER) AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES | — | HR 6046 |
Action timeline
- — Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
- — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- — Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 51 - 0.
- — Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-11-17 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (7)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 6046 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | CSX CORPORATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 6046 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | HR 6046 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | CINCINNATI BELL INC (DBA ALTAFIBER) AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES | lobbies_on_bill | — | HR 6046 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R.6046 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 6046 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | CSX CORPORATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | HR 6046 | lobbying_bill_mention |
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 | CSX CORPORATION | 2 | $70,000 | 0 | $0 | $70,000 |
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.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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 CINCINNATI BELL INC (DBA ALTAFIBER) AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES (hr 6046) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION (h.r. 6046) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION (hr 6046) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY (h.r.6046) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by CSX CORPORATION (hr 6046) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (h.r. 6046) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by CSX CORPORATION (h.r. 6046) · lobbying_bill_mention