H.R. 1834
U.S. House•Senate Floor Calendar
Summary
H.R. 1834, to advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock, was introduced in the House on Mar 4, 2025 by Rep. James McGovern (D). It last saw action on Feb 10, 2026: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 319.
Record
Text
H.R. 1834 has 1 roll call and 1 amendment.
Tracker
The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.
- Introduced2025-03-04
- Passed House2026-01-08
- Passed Senate
- Conference
- To President
- Became Law
To advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.
Sponsors
Rep. James McGovern (D) sponsors H.R. 1834 alone.
Committees
H.R. 1834 went before 25 committees: Economic Opportunity Subcommittee, Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee, Appropriations, Oversight and Government Reform, Budget, Energy and Commerce, Ethics, Rules, Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, Financial Services, Homeland Security, Judiciary, Small Business, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Foreign Affairs, Education and Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Committee on House Administration, Natural Resources and Armed Services.
Actions
H.R. 1834 has taken 20 actions since Mar 4, 2025, the latest on Feb 10, 2026.
| Chamber | Action | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 10, 2026 | Senate | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 319. | ||
Feb 9, 2026 | Senate | Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. | ||
Jan 26, 2026 | Senate | Received in the Senate. | ||
Jan 16, 202615:03 | House | Senate returned papers to the House. | ||
Jan 15, 2026 | Senate | Senate returned papers to House by Unanimous Consent. |
Votes
H.R. 1834 went to 1 roll call in the House, the latest on Jan 8, 2026 at 230–196.
| Chamber | Question | Yea | Nay | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 8, 2026 | House | On Passage | 230 | 196 |
Amendments
1 amendment has been offered to H.R. 1834, the latest acted on Jan 8, 2026.
Related bills
5 bills are related to H.R. 1834.
Titles
H.R. 1834 goes by 4 titles, 1 of them short titles.
- To advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock. — Display Title
- To advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock. — Official Titles from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- Breaking the Gridlock Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
- To advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock. — Official Title as Introduced
Cost estimate
The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for H.R. 1834, the latest on Jan 8, 2026.
- Estimated Budgetary Effects of H.R. 1834 — 2026-01-08As amended by amendment no. 1 and published in the Congressional Record, Vol. 171, No. 191 (November 12, 2025, p. H4668)
Lobbying
24 clients hired 22 firms and 102 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1834 in 45 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.
Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Government Issues, Immigration, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Agriculture, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties.
Clients
Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill. The 20 that filed most often, of 24.
Firms
Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.
Lobbyists
Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 102.
Filings
The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.
Classification
The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1834 under Congress, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 27 legislative subjects.
CRS Subjects
CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1834’s is Congress.
Legislative Subjects
H.R. 1834 carries 27 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Asia to Veterans' pensions and compensation.
Constitutional authority
The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 1834, as entered in the Congressional Record.
[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 4, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. McGOVERN:H.R. 1834.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H976]
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