S 979referred119th Congress

Buying Faster than the Enemy Act of 2025

Introduced Mar 12, 2025Senate billPolicy area: Armed Forces and National SecurityLast action Mar 12, 2025Sponsor: Jim Banks(R-IN)

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Armed Services Committee

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Lobbying Filings

$7788.0M

Total Lobbying Spend

Suspicious Trades

Members Involved

Timeline

Apr 22, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

Jul 22, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

Oct 21, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

Jan 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

Jan 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY & AFFILIATES

Jan 24, 2025

Official Congressional Actions

Mar 12, 2025IntroReferral

Introduced in Senate

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Mar 12, 2025IntroReferral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

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Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.	CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.	$2337.0M	Apr 22, 2024	2024Q1	AERAUTAVI
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.	CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.	$2241.0M	Jan 21, 2025	2024Q4	AVIBANAER
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

Suspicious Trading Activity

Congress members who traded stocks in companies connected to lobbying on this bill, within 90 days of its introduction date.

Member	Party	Ticker	Company	Trade	Date	Amount	Timing	Lobbying Client	Conflict
Julia Letlow	R	HPE	Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company	Sell	Mar 13, 2025	$1,001 - $15,000	1d after	HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY & AFFILIATES	27%
Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.	R

Conflict Summary

5 trades by 3 members of Congress in companies connected to lobbying on S 979. The average conflict score is 33%.

Julia Letlow (2 trades)Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (1 trade)Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (2 trades)

Methodology: Bill-Lobbying-Trade Connection

CapitolExposed identifies the "bill-lobbying-trade pipeline" by: (1) finding lobbying filings (LD-2) that specifically mention this bill, (2) matching lobbying clients to publicly traded companies, and (3) finding stock trades by members of Congress in those companies within 90 days of the bill's introduction date. Trades made before the bill was introduced are highlighted in red, as they may indicate advance knowledge. This analysis surfaces correlations worthy of scrutiny; it does not prove wrongdoing.