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119th Congress

H.R. 9222

Drain the Swamp Act

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor
Greg Landsman(D-OH)
Introduced
Jun 9, 2026
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Committees
House Committee on House Administration; House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; House Committee on Rules; House Committee on the Judiciary; House Committee on Ways and Means
Official text
Introduced in House · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (2)

Original cosponsors (1)

Added later (1)

Summary

No Congressional Research Service summary yet. CRS usually publishes one a few weeks after a bill is introduced.

Official title: To ban stock trading and prediction market participation for the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress, suspend pay for Members of Congress during shutdowns, establish term limits for Congress, establish term limits and ethics rules for the Supreme Court, reform the presidential pardon power, revoke the statute of limitations for the President and Vice President, strengthen the foreign and domestic emoluments clauses, overturn Citizens United, ban dark money, corporate PACs, and partisan gerrymandering, end voter suppression, and restrict government pensions for felony convictions and lawsuits by the President, and for other purposes.

Latest action(Jun 9, 2026): Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, Ways and Means, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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