S 856 — FAIR Contributions Act
Congress 118
Latest action: — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sponsors (1)
- Kelly, Mark (D, AZ-S) — cosponsor
Action timeline (2)
- — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
Text versions (1)
- Introduced in Senate · 2023-03-16 — open
Bill text (extracted)
Amendments
Congressional Research Service briefs (4)
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.
- Telecommunications and the 119th Congress: A Primer on Programs, Authorities, and Emerging Issues
IF12955· Resources · 2026-02-10The development and implementation of U.S. telecommunications policy involves a complex array of technologies, federal agencies, and private companies with varying goals and interests. Potential telecommunications issues - The Universal Service Fund and Related FCC Broadband Programs: Overview and Considerations for Congress
R47621· Reports · 2026-01-21Universal service is the principle that all Americans should have access to communications services. It is the cornerstone of the Communications Act of 1934 (P.L. 73-416)—the law that established the Federal Communicatio - 5G Fund for Rural America: Current Status and Issues
IF12465· Resources · 2023-11-13On October 27, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created the 5G Fund for Rural America (5G Fund). The FCC directed that $9 billion over the next 10 years from the Universal Service Fund (USF) be used for - The Persistent Digital Divide: Selected Broadband Deployment Issues and Policy Considerations
R47506· Reports · 2023-04-18Access to high-speed internet—known as broadband—has become a topic of increasing significance over the past few decades, with extra urgency in recent years due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Deploy
Connected on the graph
5 typed relationships in the influence graph — 1 inbound, 4 outbound, grouped by type.
cited in report (4)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | R47506 | — | crs-report-relatedMaterials | |
| — | → | IF12465 | — | crs-report-relatedMaterials | |
| — | → | R47621 | — | crs-report-relatedMaterials | |
| — | → | IF12955 | — | crs-report-relatedMaterials |
cosponsor of bill (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ← | Kelly, Mark | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
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 | Kelly, Mark (D, senate AZ) | 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 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 25,511 | $7,577,772 | $7,577,772 |
| 2 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 1,991 | $716,992 | $716,992 |
| 3 | retired | 0 | $0 | 327 | $182,720 | $182,720 |
| 4 | self | 0 | $0 | 15 | $16,125 | $16,125 |
| 5 | g.g. greene enterprises, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 6 | mass general hospital | 0 | $0 | 2 | $13,750 | $13,750 |
| 7 | the wonderful company | 0 | $0 | 2 | $13,200 | $13,200 |
| 8 | marian, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $11,500 | $11,500 |
| 9 | 0 | $0 | 20 | $11,391 | $11,391 | |
| 10 | university of arizona | 0 | $0 | 38 | $10,834 | $10,834 |
| 11 | field hands productions | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 12 | icg | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 13 | flagship pioneering | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,250 | $10,250 |
| 14 | concord servicing corp. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| 15 | transdigm group | 0 | $0 | 2 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| 16 | reglagene, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| 17 | meredith management | 0 | $0 | 2 | $9,000 | $9,000 |
| 18 | grossman company properties | 0 | $0 | 2 | $8,850 | $8,850 |
| 19 | arizona state university | 0 | $0 | 21 | $7,872 | $7,872 |
| 20 | slogoods properties, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,400 | $7,400 |
| 21 | northwestern university | 0 | $0 | 3 | $7,240 | $7,240 |
| 22 | healthyup, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 23 | phoenix art museum | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 24 | charlesbank capital partners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 25 | cooper moose farm | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
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.
1 predicted yes (0%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 262 unknown (48%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 1 yes / 0 no / 262 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
1 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Kelly, Mark (D · senate · AZ) · 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 R47506 · crs-report-relatedMaterials
- 2026-05-25 · Cited in GAO report IF12465 · crs-report-relatedMaterials
- 2026-05-25 · Cited in GAO report R47621 · crs-report-relatedMaterials
- 2026-05-25 · Cited in GAO report IF12955 · crs-report-relatedMaterials
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Kelly, Mark (cosponsor) · sponsorship