Who lobbied on the BUILD America 250 Act: filings by firm

According to the official Congressional Research Service summary of H.R. 8870 on congress.gov (Introduced in House, May 19, 2026):

"This bill authorizes federal surface transportation (highway, public transportation, and rail) programs and activities through FY2031. The bill also establishes or modifies Department of Transportation (DOT) programs and policies that are a part of the federal-aid highway, transit, highway safety, motor carrier, research, hazardous materials, and rail programs. For example, the bill authorizes appropriations through FY2031 out of the Highway Trust Fund for the federal-aid highway program, the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) program, highway safety programs, and bridge programs. The bill also authorizes funding through FY2031 for Amtrak. Current authorization for these programs expires on September 30, 2026."

1 bill in the 119th Congress has the official title "BUILD America 250 Act".

• The record shows no passage of H.R. 8870 in either chamber.

Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO-6] introduced H.R. 8870, the BUILD America 250 Act, on 2026-05-19 (H.R. 8870).

COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SAFETY ALLIANCE reported lobbying that mentions BUILD America 250 Act in its 2026 Q3 filing (LDA filing). KABOOM! reported lobbying that mentions BUILD America 250 Act in its 2026 Q3 filing (LDA filing).

The counts below are Senate LDA filings whose specific-issue text contains the phrase "BUILD America 250 Act" in 2025 to 2026: 347 filings from 320 clients. A filing that mentions the phrase does not show which side the client takes.

Bills named in the text of matching filings (316 of 347 filings name at least one bill):

Each row is one relationship stored in the Apogee public graph, which is built from official congress.gov and Senate LDA records. A row states a connection in the record, not a position. Node ids are the bioguide id of a member, the committee code, or the graph id of an organization.

Source: Apogee public graph (built from congress.gov and Senate LDA).

Interpretation written by AI from the figures in the tables on this page. Every figure below is taken from the official record. It makes no prediction and states no position.

The latest recorded action on May 22, 2026 reads Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 62 - 2, which is an order to report the bill with amendments and is a different recorded action from passage by the House. A referral to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee records which committee received H.R. 8870 after its introduction in the House, and referral to committee is a different recorded action from being held at the desk.

A filing can match the phrase without naming any bill, and the record shows 316 of 347 filings naming at least one bill, with 303 of the 316 filings that name a bill naming H.R. 8870. Senate LDA reports are filed by quarter, so 339 filings in 2026 Q2 and 8 filings in 2026 Q3 place each disclosure in its reporting period rather than dating when the lobbying started.

Filings in the phrase search that name H.R. 9170 (named in 59 filings) record a different bill designation, and appearing in the same search does not show that H.R. 9170 (named in 59 filings) shares a sponsor, a committee or text with H.R. 8870. The graph shows a sponsor edge from Sam Graves and cosponsor edges from Rick Larsen, Eleanor Holmes Norton, David Rouzer, while the bill record counts 5 cosponsors split as 3 Republican, 2 Democratic, so the edges shown name part of that count.

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