To provide that Donald J. Trump is ineligible to again hold the Office of President of the United States or to hold any office, civil or military, under the United States.
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Became law
Dec 15, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 15, 2022
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
This bill declares that Donald Trump, under the Fourteenth Amendment (which disqualifies from office specified officials who have engaged in insurrection or rebellion), is ineligible to again hold the Office of President of the United States, or to hold any office, civil or military, under the United States.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
39
D
Auchincloss, Jake
Blumenauer, Earl
Bowman, Jamaal
D
Brownley, Julia
Cárdenas, Tony
D
Carson, André
D
Casten, Sean
D
Chu, Judy
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
D
Davis, Danny K.
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
D
Espaillat, Adriano
D
Evans, Dwight
D
Gomez, Jimmy
D
Green, Al
Jackson Lee, Sheila
D
Jayapal, Pramila
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Jones, Mondaire
Lamb, Conor
D
Lieu, Ted
Lowenthal, Alan
D
McGovern, James P.
McNerney, Jerry
Newman, Marie
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
Payne, Donald
D
Pingree, Chellie
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
D
Takano, Mark
D
Tlaib, Rashida
D
Torres, Ritchie
D
Vargas, Juan
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
D
Williams, Nikema
D
Wilson, Frederica S.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9578: To provide that Donald J. Trump is ineligible to again hold the Office of President of the United States or to hold any office, civil or military, under the United States.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9578/
"H.R. 9578: To provide that Donald J. Trump is ineligible to again hold the Office of President of the United States or to hold any office, civil or military, under the United States.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9578/.
H.R. 9578, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9578/.
[H.R. 9578: To provide that Donald J. Trump is ineligible to again hold the Office of President of the United States or to hold any office, civil or military, under the United States.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9578/)