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H.R. 336: TRUST in Congress Act

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H.R. 336: TRUST in Congress Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-01-15 · Congress · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-01-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

TRUST in Congress Act

Plain summary

Transparent Representation Upholding Service and Trust in Congress Act or the TRUST in Congress Act This bill requires a Member of Congress, as well as any spouse or dependent child of a Member, to place specified investments into a qualified blind trust (i.e., an arrangement in which certain financial holdings are placed in someone else's control to avoid a possible conflict of interest) until 180 days after the end of their tenure as a Member of Congress.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

TRUST in Congress Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7] · 75 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Chip Roy (R-TX), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Bill Foster (D-IL), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Scott Perry (R-PA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Darren Soto (D-FL), Jason Crow (D-CO), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Mark Takano (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN), Jared F. Golden (D-ME), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Blake D. Moore (R-UT), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Angie Craig (D-MN) and 15 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr336 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117