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H.R. 226 — Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act

13%becomes law moderate confidencepending: Senate passed_one_chamber

Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act — through the House, now needs 60 in the Senate: P(≥60) 39% puts enactment at 13%.

passed the House
13%
downstream: Senate + President
=
13%
becomes law

If it reaches the floor

majority
60 (cloture)

Projected 60 yea of 100 voting; 90% interval 41–90 (quartiles 51–73). Intervals are backtest-verified to cover ~90%.

Filibusterable: the realistic Senate line is 60 votes — P(≥60) = 39% (simple-majority P = 90%).

By floor procedure

No vote is scheduled, so the headline marginalizes over how the Senate would take it up; the branches:

ProcedureLikelihood Projected yeaPasses
conference19% 61 [38–92] 89%
passage81% 60 [42–89] 91%

Receipts

Sponsor: Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R). Latest action (2025-02-05): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Full record: Congress.gov.

Forecast run predict-20260606T193507Z · models member-vote-1.0.0-t117d118-20260606 + passage-1.0.0-t117d118-20260606 · conditional whip forecasts for the Senate run at moderate confidence (why).