HR 6513 — MINKS are Superspreaders Act
Congress 119
Latest action: — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Sponsors
- Buchanan, Vern (R, FL-16) — sponsor · 2025-12-09
- DeLauro, Rosa L. (D, CT-3) — cosponsor · 2025-12-09
- Krishnamoorthi, Raja (D, IL-8) — cosponsor · 2025-12-15
- Vindman, Eugene Simon (D, VA-7) — cosponsor · 2026-01-07
- Lofgren, Zoe (D, CA-18) — cosponsor · 2026-01-30
- Dean, Madeleine (D, PA-4) — cosponsor · 2026-02-13
- Gooden, Lance (R, TX-5) — cosponsor · 2026-02-20
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
- — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
- — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-12-09 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (7)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-20 | Gooden, Lance | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-02-13 | Dean, Madeleine | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-30 | Lofgren, Zoe | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-07 | Vindman, Eugene Simon | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-12-15 | Krishnamoorthi, Raja | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-12-09 | Buchanan, Vern | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-12-09 | DeLauro, Rosa L. | 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 | Buchanan, Vern (R, house FL-16) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | DeLauro, Rosa L. (D, house CT-3) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 3 | Dean, Madeleine (D, house PA-4) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 4 | Gooden, Lance (R, house TX-5) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 5 | Krishnamoorthi, Raja (D, house IL-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Lofgren, Zoe (D, house CA-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Vindman, Eugene Simon (D, house VA-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 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 751 | $64,885 | $64,885 |
| 2 | n/a | 0 | $0 | 5 | $7,612 | $7,612 |
| 3 | kind | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 4 | university of virginia darden | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 5 | national diaper bank network | 0 | $0 | 1 | $6,500 | $6,500 |
| 6 | self | 0 | $0 | 46 | $5,553 | $5,553 |
| 7 | mohegan tribe | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 8 | wilmer cutler pickering hale dorr llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 9 | none | 0 | $0 | 22 | $2,515 | $2,515 |
| 10 | invariant | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 11 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 10 | $2,235 | $2,235 |
| 12 | mayer brown | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 13 | yale university | 0 | $0 | 5 | $1,285 | $1,285 |
| 14 | retired | 0 | $0 | 18 | $1,040 | $1,040 |
| 15 | at&t | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 16 | edesia nutrition | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 17 | tennsco. llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 18 | l&l partners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 19 | health and medicine counsel | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 20 | state of md | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 21 | beasley associates | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 22 | stradley ronon stevens & young, llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 23 | getcontrol.net | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 24 | curbstone consultant llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 25 | ham orchards | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
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.
7 predicted yes (1%) · 3 predicted no (1%) · 533 unknown (98%)
By party: · R: 2 yes / 0 no / 275 unknown · D: 5 yes / 0 no / 258 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
7 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Buchanan, Vern (R · house · FL-16) · sponsor
- DeLauro, Rosa L. (D · house · CT-3) · cosponsor
- Dean, Madeleine (D · house · PA-4) · cosponsor
- Gooden, Lance (R · house · TX-5) · cosponsor
- Krishnamoorthi, Raja (D · house · IL-8) · cosponsor
- Lofgren, Zoe (D · house · CA-18) · cosponsor
- Vindman, Eugene Simon (D · house · VA-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.
- 2026-02-20 · cosponsored by Gooden, Lance (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-02-13 · cosponsored by Dean, Madeleine (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-30 · cosponsored by Lofgren, Zoe (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-07 · cosponsored by Vindman, Eugene Simon (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-12-15 · cosponsored by Krishnamoorthi, Raja (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-12-09 · cosponsored by DeLauro, Rosa L. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-12-09 · sponsored by Buchanan, Vern (sponsor) · sponsorship