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Congressional Stock Trading Ban
Recent Bills/Congressional Stock Trading Ban

Congressional Stock Trading Ban

IntroducedSeptember 3, 2025
In Committee1 year ago
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Why This Matters

The Restore Trust in Congress Act bans members of Congress, their spouses, and their dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks, commodities, futures, and options while in office. Current members would have 180 days to sell these investments. Violators would pay a fine of 10 percent of the investment's value and give up any profits.

If this passes, your representatives and senators would have to sell their individual stocks and could no longer trade while in office, removing the chance to profit from information they learn on the job.
Who this affects
Members of Congress · Spouses and dependent children · Congressional ethics offices
What this bill changes
  1. 1Members of Congress, their spouses, and their dependent children could no longer buy or own individual stocks, commodities, futures, or options.
  2. 2Anyone already in office when the law passes would have 180 days to sell these investments at fair market value. Newly elected members and other newly covered people would get 90 days.
  3. 3Diversified mutual funds and ETFs, U.S. Treasury bonds, state and municipal bonds, small business ownership, and a spouse's or child's pay from their own job would still be allowed.

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IntroducedCurrentSep 3, 2025

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Related Bills
Senate bill with the same name
Senate Bill · S 3649
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Restore Trust in Congress Act
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House Bill · HR 9358
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Improving the Lives of the American People Act
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House Bill · HR 6731
1 of 4 · In Committee
Bans Stock Ownership by Congress and President
Restore Trust in Government Act
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