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TRUST in Congress Act
H.R. 396, 119th Congress
- Status
- In committee
- Introduced
- 01/14/2025
- Cosponsors
- 103
- Latest action
- 01/14/2025
About this bill
- Official title
- TRUST in Congress Act
- Sponsor
- Seth Magaziner (D-RI)
- Introduced in
- House
- Policy area
- Congress
- Committees
- Committee on House Administration
- Latest action
- Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Summary
Congressional Research Service, Introduced in House (01/14/2025)
Transparent Representation Upholding Service and Trust in Congress Act or the TRUST in Congress Act
This bill requires a Member of Congress, as well as any spouse or dependent child of a Member, to place specified investments into a qualified blind trust (i.e., an arrangement in which certain financial holdings are placed in someone else's control to avoid a possible conflict of interest) until 180 days after the end of their tenure as a Member of Congress.
Actions
Newest first
- 01/14/2025 · House
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
- 01/14/2025
Introduced in House
Subjects: Commodities markets, Family relationships, Financial services and investments, Government ethics and transparency, public corruption, Government information and archives, Members of Congress, Securities.
Source: U.S. Government Publishing Office, GovInfo Bill Status; Congressional Research Service summaries · Last updated 01/14/2025