S 2496 — VALID Act of 2023
Congress 118
Latest action: — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sponsors
- Braun, Mike (R, IN-S) — cosponsor
- Van Hollen, Chris (D, MD-S) — cosponsor
- Sullivan, Dan (R, AK-S) — cosponsor
- Wyden, Ron (D, OR-S) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
Text versions
- Introduced in Senate · 2023-07-25 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (4)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Van Hollen, Chris | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Braun, Mike | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Wyden, Ron | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Sullivan, Dan | 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 | Wyden, Ron (D, senate OR) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 2 | Van Hollen, Chris (D, senate MD) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 3 | Braun, Mike (R, senate IN) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Sullivan, Dan (R, senate AK) | 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 | 47 | $17,522 | $17,522 |
| 2 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 108 | $6,055 | $6,055 |
| 3 | brightview senior living | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| 4 | barnes & thornburg | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 5 | ubs financial services, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 6 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 15 | $2,219 | $2,219 |
| 7 | brownstein hyatt farber schreck | 0 | $0 | 3 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 8 | neale creek, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 9 | jp morgan | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 10 | actumllc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 11 | self | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1,520 | $1,520 |
| 12 | actum llc | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 13 | arctic slope regional corporation | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 14 | alyeska pipeline | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 15 | bhfs | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 16 | db3 | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 17 | north pacific seafoods inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 18 | mindset | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 19 | tams construction | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 20 | the daschle group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 21 | kl gates llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 22 | aura astronomy | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 23 | intuitive machines | 0 | $0 | 2 | $750 | $750 |
| 24 | state of alaska | 0 | $0 | 2 | $750 | $750 |
| 25 | lifebridge health | 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.
3 predicted yes (1%) · 3 predicted no (1%) · 537 unknown (98%)
By party: · R: 1 yes / 0 no / 276 unknown · D: 2 yes / 0 no / 261 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
3 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Sullivan, Dan (R · senate · AK) · cosponsor
- Van Hollen, Chris (D · senate · MD) · cosponsor
- Wyden, Ron (D · senate · OR) · 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 Wyden, Ron (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Van Hollen, Chris (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Sullivan, Dan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Braun, Mike (cosponsor) · sponsorship