HR 945 — Strengthening Local Processing Act of 2023
Congress 118
Latest action: — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Sponsors (2)
- Lawler, Michael (R, NY-17) — cosponsor
- Bishop, Sanford D. (D, GA-2) — cosponsor
Action timeline (4)
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
- — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Text versions (1)
- Introduced in House · 2023-02-09 — open
Bill text (extracted)
Amendments
Congressional Research Service briefs (1)
CRS reports that cite this bill in their relatedMaterials — what Congress was reading on the topic. Click any report for its summary, formats, and bill-citation walk.
- Farm Bill Primer: Horticulture Title and Related Provisions
IF12017· Resources · 2025-01-30Beginning in 2008, enacted farm bill legislation has included a horticulture title covering specialty crops and certified organic products. The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 farm bill; P.L. 115-334) expanded
Connected on the graph
3 typed relationships in the influence graph — 2 inbound, 1 outbound, grouped by type.
cosponsor of bill (2)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ← | Lawler, Michael | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Bishop, Sanford D. | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
cited in report (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | IF12017 | — | crs-report-relatedMaterials |
Who matters on this bill
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 | Bishop, Sanford D. (D, house GA-2) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 2 | Lawler, Michael (R, house NY-17) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
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 | 525 | $579,317 | $579,317 |
| 2 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 97 | $163,279 | $163,279 |
| 3 | high opportunity neighborhood partners | 0 | $0 | 8 | $50,000 | $50,000 |
| 4 | apollo | 0 | $0 | 8 | $36,000 | $36,000 |
| 5 | n/a | 0 | $0 | 38 | $33,731 | $33,731 |
| 6 | unemployed | 0 | $0 | 14 | $24,563 | $24,563 |
| 7 | employer | 0 | $0 | 3 | $21,520 | $21,520 |
| 8 | self | 0 | $0 | 16 | $19,104 | $19,104 |
| 9 | aflac, inc. | 0 | $0 | 12 | $17,300 | $17,300 |
| 10 | bgr group | 0 | $0 | 7 | $15,960 | $15,960 |
| 11 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 14 | $15,803 | $15,803 |
| 12 | apollo management | 0 | $0 | 3 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 13 | coinbase | 0 | $0 | 4 | $13,500 | $13,500 |
| 14 | homemaker | 0 | $0 | 5 | $13,219 | $13,219 |
| 15 | aflac inc. | 0 | $0 | 6 | $13,000 | $13,000 |
| 16 | apollo global management | 0 | $0 | 4 | $13,000 | $13,000 |
| 17 | paul bluhdorn | 0 | $0 | 2 | $12,189 | $12,189 |
| 18 | general atlantic | 0 | $0 | 2 | $11,500 | $11,500 |
| 19 | austin ventures | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 20 | ma | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 21 | nyrsc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 22 | hunter financial advisors inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 23 | montgomery capital inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 24 | arnold ventures | 0 | $0 | 2 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 25 | continental investors | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
Stance (positions taken)
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.
2 predicted yes (0%) · 3 predicted no (1%) · 538 unknown (99%)
By party: · R: 1 yes / 0 no / 276 unknown · D: 1 yes / 0 no / 262 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
2 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Bishop, Sanford D. (D · house · GA-2) · cosponsor
- Lawler, Michael (R · house · NY-17) · cosponsor
Timeline
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; the inline strip under the row shows the counterpart's own context (a bill's latest action, a hearing's chamber + date, a filing's form type + filed date, a clip's source + excerpt) so the timeline reads like a Wikipedia citation rail.
- 2026-05-25 · Cited in GAO report IF12017 · crs-report-relatedMaterials
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Bishop, Sanford D. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Lawler, Michael (cosponsor) · sponsorship