S. 5412 · 119th Congress · pending
Better Bench Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Latest official action 2026-09-16 · Referred
The bill, briefly
A source summary has not been retrieved yet. Read the official bill to inspect its provisions.
Congressional Research Service · 2026-10-14
Who reported lobbying on this bill?
Amount spent specifically on this bill: not disclosed
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No matching lobbying report is imported yet. This is not evidence that no lobbying occurred.
2,409 latest lobbying reports imported. Some source imports are still in progress.
Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
Sponsor
Ashley Moody
Senate · FL · Republican
$2,226,169PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Christopher A. Coons
Senate · DE · Democratic
$1,411,794PAC receipts · 2025–2026
1 of 1 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC$20,000
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$20,000
WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT$20,000
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENERAL DYNAMICS EMPLOYEE PAC)$19,000
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. TECHNOLOGIES PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL (HONPAC)$18,500
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC$17,500
ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$17,500
LEIDOS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$17,500
UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC)$17,500
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)$17,000
TWDC ENTERPRISES 18 CORP. EMPLOYEES PAC AKA 'THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY EMPLOYEES PAC' OR 'DISNEY PAC'$16,500
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$16,000
THE BOEING COMPANY PAC$15,500
AMERICAN AIRLINES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAPAC)$15,000
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY RAILPAC (BNSF RAILPAC)$15,000
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP. ASSOC. POLITICAL FUND$15,000
COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL$15,000
CSX CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND$15,000
DELTA AIR LINES PAC$15,000
ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC)$15,000
LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MORPAC)$15,000
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL AND REAL ESTATE TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSFORMATION CENTER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NMHC PAC)$15,000
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PAC (RESTAURANT PAC)$15,000
REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$14,988
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC$14,000
AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC$13,500
BAE SYSTEMS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BAE SYSTEMS USA PAC)$13,500
NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC$13,000
ABBVIE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$12,500
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC)$12,500
AMGEN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$12,500
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$12,500
BLACKROCK FUNDS SERVICES GROUP LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BLACKROCK PAC)$12,500
FEDERAL BIPARTISAN VOLUNTARY PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. (PNC$12,500
HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT$12,500
The largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
What happened after enactment?
This bill is not enacted. Post-enactment results do not apply yet.