H.R. 4492 119th Congress House

Don’t Sell My DNA Act

Official title: To amend title 11, United States Code, to account for the protection of genetic information in bankruptcy.

Introduced: July 17, 2025 Introduced by: Ben Cline Republican · Virginia See on congress.gov

Finance and Financial Sector

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Jul 17, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Jul 17, 2025

Introduced in House

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 4

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

FRANKLIN SQUARE GROUP, LLC
for CONSULI · California · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
FRANKLIN SQUARE GROUP, LLC
for CONSULI · California · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
FRANKLIN SQUARE GROUP, LLC
for CONSULI · California · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
FRANKLIN SQUARE GROUP, LLC
for CONSULI · California · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
4 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
4 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
4 filings
Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)
4 filings
SENATE
4 filings
White House Office
4 filings

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Cosponsors 3

Grothman, Glenn

Wisconsin · Sep 8, 2025

Harris, Mark

North Carolina · Aug 1, 2025

Lofgren, Zoe

California · Jul 17, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4492: Don’t Sell My DNA Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4492/

MLA

"H.R. 4492: Don’t Sell My DNA Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4492/.

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H.R. 4492, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4492/.

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