S 4631 — Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2026
Congress 119 · introduced 2026-05-21
Latest action: — Held at the desk.
Sponsors (2)
- Peters, Gary C. (D, MI-S) — sponsor · 2026-05-21
- Grassley, Chuck (R, IA-S) — cosponsor · 2026-05-21
Action timeline (6)
- · H15000 — Held at the desk.
- · H14000 — Received in the House.
- — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- — Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2452-2454; text: CR S2452-2454)
- · 17000 — Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2452-2454; text: CR S2452-2454)
- · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
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1 typed relationship in the influence graph — 1 inbound, 0 outbound, grouped by type.
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| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-23 | ← | cc30c3af | — | clip |
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 | Peters, Gary C. (D, senate MI) | sponsor | 2 | — | 7 |
| 2 | Grassley, Chuck (R, senate IA) | cosponsor | 21 | — | 6 |
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 | 208 | $77,542 | $77,542 |
| 2 | dci group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 3 | spacex | 0 | $0 | 1 | $9,700 | $9,700 |
| 4 | incite.org | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 5 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 212 | $5,403 | $5,403 |
| 6 | self | 0 | $0 | 13 | $3,140 | $3,140 |
| 7 | homemaker | 0 | $0 | 2 | $2,700 | $2,700 |
| 8 | corn refiners association | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 9 | kbc inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 10 | edward c. levy | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,660 | $1,660 |
| 11 | president | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,200 | $1,200 |
| 12 | plus power services llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 13 | zmf law firm | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 14 | cleary gottlieb | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 15 | nyc department of education | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 16 | bgr government affairs, llc | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 17 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 33 | $912 | $912 |
| 18 | badger state western | 0 | $0 | 1 | $850 | $850 |
| 19 | 1st gateway credit union | 0 | $0 | 2 | $750 | $750 |
| 20 | hallrich | 0 | $0 | 1 | $505 | $505 |
| 21 | potomac strategic | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 22 | axon enterprise | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 23 | national association of broadcasters | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 24 | kalsi engineering | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 25 | an island breeze vacation rentals llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $425 | $425 |
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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)
- Peters, Gary C. (D · senate · MI) · sponsor
- Grassley, Chuck (R · senate · IA) · cosponsor
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- 2026-05-23 · mentioned in cc30c3af-84b6-4f4f-aa20-549e0a42dc7b · clip
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2026-05-23 · GDELT
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