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H.R. 6622 119th Congress House

Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2025

Official title: To impose certain limitations on consent decrees and settlement agreements by agencies that require the agencies to take regulatory action in accordance with the terms thereof, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 11, 2025 Introduced by: Ben Cline Republican · Virginia See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 8, 2026
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 8.
Jan 8, 2026
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Dec 11, 2025
Introduced in House
Dec 11, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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What's happening now January 8, 2026

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 8.

 Hearings & markups 2
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 2

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

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 Cosponsors 1
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Tiffany, Thomas P.
Wisconsin · Dec 11, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6622: Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6622/
MLA
"H.R. 6622: Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6622/.
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H.R. 6622, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6622/.
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[H.R. 6622: Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6622/)
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