H.R.1908 End Congressional Stock Trading Act
Bans sitting members of Congress from buying and selling individual stocks while in office (119th Congress)
View on Congress.govLegal & Constitutional Grounding
STOCK Act (2012) inadequately enforced; documented patterns of congressional trading in committee-related sectors.
- 15 U.S.C. § 78u-1 — insider trading provisions
- New York Times (2022): at least 97 lawmakers or their families traded stocks in areas under their committee oversight
Bill activity
Introduced Mar 6, 2025 by Tim Burchett (R-TN). 5 cosponsors as of Jul 27, 2026.
- IntroducedMar 6, 2025
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Latest action Mar 28, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
Sponsor Tim Burchett (R-TN)
5 cosponsors:
- Wesley Hunt (R-TX) Mar 10, 2025
- Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ) Dec 3, 2025
- John Joyce (R-PA) Dec 9, 2025
- Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ) Jul 13, 2026
- Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) Jul 27, 2026
Still open as of Oct 16, 2026 (119th Congress): not yet reported by the House Financial Services Committee and the House Agriculture Committee and the House Administration Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee.
Activity log
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, House Administration, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration...
- Wesley Hunt cosponsored (R-TX)
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.House
- Jefferson Van Drew cosponsored (R-NJ)
- John Joyce cosponsored (R-PA)
- Abraham J. Hamadeh cosponsored (R-AZ)
- Christopher H. Smith cosponsored (R-NJ)
Votes on this bill
No recorded votes yet on this measure.
End Congressional Stock Trading Act. Members of Congress outperformed the market by documented margins suggesting insider trading.