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HR 1579 117th Congress House

Ban Conflicted Trading Act

Official title: To prohibit Members of Congress from purchasing or selling certain investments, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 14, 2022 Introduced by: Krishnamoorthi, Raja Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
Congress Civil actions and liabilityCommodities marketsCongressional officers and employeesCorporate finance and management
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Apr 29, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Mar 3, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 3, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 29, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ban Conflicted Trading Act

This bill prohibits a Member of Congress or certain congressional officers or employees from (1) purchasing or selling specified investments, (2) entering into a transaction that creates a net short position in a security, or (3) serving as an officer or member of any board of any for-profit entity.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 63
All 63 Democratic 40 Republican 1
Manning, Kathy
· Aug 5, 2022
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Jun 9, 2022
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Apr 26, 2022
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Apr 14, 2022
 D
Craig, Angie
Minnesota · Apr 11, 2022
 D
Stevens, Haley M.
Michigan · Apr 11, 2022
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Feb 25, 2022
 D
Torres, Ritchie
New York · Feb 25, 2022
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Feb 15, 2022
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Feb 15, 2022
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Feb 15, 2022
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Feb 15, 2022
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Feb 15, 2022
Kahele, Kaiali'i
· Feb 9, 2022
Vela, Filemon
· Feb 9, 2022
Brown, Anthony
· Feb 8, 2022
Cárdenas, Tony
· Feb 8, 2022
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Feb 8, 2022
 D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · Feb 8, 2022
Payne, Donald
· Feb 8, 2022
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Feb 4, 2022
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Feb 2, 2022
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Feb 2, 2022
MALONEY, CAROLYN
· Feb 2, 2022
Newman, Marie
· Feb 2, 2022
 D
Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Feb 2, 2022
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 2, 2022
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Feb 1, 2022
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Feb 1, 2022
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Jan 28, 2022
Bowman, Jamaal
· Jan 28, 2022
Kuster, Ann
· Jan 28, 2022
Levin, Andy
· Jan 28, 2022
Porter, Katie
· Jan 25, 2022
 D
Casten, Sean
Illinois · Jan 20, 2022
 D
Pappas, Chris
New Hampshire · Jan 20, 2022
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jan 20, 2022
Rice, Tom
· Jan 19, 2022
Wild, Susan
· Jan 19, 2022
Cicilline, David
· Jan 18, 2022
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jan 18, 2022
 D
Levin, Mike
California · Jan 18, 2022
Lamb, Conor
· Dec 30, 2021
Malinowski, Tom
· May 28, 2021
 D
Golden, Jared F.
Maine · Apr 15, 2021
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Mar 11, 2021
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Mar 11, 2021
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 11, 2021
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Mar 11, 2021
Blumenauer, Earl
· Mar 3, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1579: Ban Conflicted Trading Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1579/
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"H.R. 1579: Ban Conflicted Trading Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1579/.
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H.R. 1579, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1579/.
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