HR 8784 — FREE Act
Congress 118
Latest action: — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 791.
Sponsors
- Owens, Burgess (R, UT-4) — cosponsor
- Valadao, David G. (R, CA-22) — cosponsor
- Collins, Mike (R, GA-10) — cosponsor
- Yakym, Rudy (R, IN-2) — cosponsor
- Fong, Vince (R, CA-20) — cosponsor
- Bucshon, Larry (R, IN-8) — cosponsor
- Lamborn, Doug (R, CO-5) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
- — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 18.
- — Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- · H12410 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 791.
- · H12200 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. H. Rept. 118-940.
- · 5000 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. H. Rept. 118-940.
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Inbound (7)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Owens, Burgess | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Collins, Mike | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Valadao, David G. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Yakym, Rudy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Fong, Vince | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Bucshon, Larry | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Lamborn, Doug | 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 | Valadao, David G. (R, house CA-22) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 2 | Bucshon, Larry (R, house IN-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Collins, Mike (R, house GA-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Fong, Vince (R, house CA-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Lamborn, Doug (R, house CO-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Owens, Burgess (R, house UT-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Yakym, Rudy (R, house IN-2) | 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 | retired | 0 | $0 | 431 | $26,840 | $26,840 |
| 2 | third point llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 3 | heritage construction + materials | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,300 | $3,300 |
| 4 | aurora | 0 | $0 | 2 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 5 | rancho teresita dairy | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 6 | brownstein, hyatt, forder, schreck | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 7 | cal trans | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 8 | forbes tate partners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 9 | john farms | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 10 | brownstein hyatt farber schreck | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 11 | self | 0 | $0 | 19 | $676 | $676 |
| 12 | haverly systems | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 13 | philip j. martin real estate, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 14 | farragut partners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 15 | gold star cattle co, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 16 | cor | 0 | $0 | 1 | $387 | $387 |
| 17 | meridian growers | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 18 | ewell, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 19 | kenneth khachigian | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 20 | red rock ranch inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 21 | hill & co. inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $199 | $199 |
| 22 | hartford pathology associates | 0 | $0 | 1 | $153 | $153 |
| 23 | pgi inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $149 | $149 |
| 24 | chick fil a | 0 | $0 | 1 | $118 | $118 |
| 25 | delta anesthesia | 0 | $0 | 1 | $110 | $110 |
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.
5 predicted yes (1%) · 266 predicted no (49%) · 272 unknown (50%)
By party: · R: 5 yes / 0 no / 272 unknown · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
5 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Collins, Mike (R · house · GA-10) · cosponsor
- Fong, Vince (R · house · CA-20) · cosponsor
- Owens, Burgess (R · house · UT-4) · cosponsor
- Valadao, David G. (R · house · CA-22) · cosponsor
- Yakym, Rudy (R · house · IN-2) · 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 Owens, Burgess (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Bucshon, Larry (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Lamborn, Doug (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Fong, Vince (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Collins, Mike (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Yakym, Rudy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Valadao, David G. (cosponsor) · sponsorship