H.Res. 531: Directing the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives to immediately notify the full House of Representatives with respect to the names of the individuals who guaranteed Representative Santos' bail bond in relation to the indictment brought against Representative Santos in May 2023 by the Department of Justice, and submit to the House of Representatives an interim report on the investigation into Representative Santos not later than July 17, 2023, and for other purposes.
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H.Res. 531: Directing the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives to immediately notify the full House of Representatives with respect to the names of the individuals who guaranteed Representative Santos' bail bond in relation to the indictment brought against Representative Santos in May 2023 by the Department of Justice, and submit to the House of Representatives an interim report on the investigation into Representative Santos not later than July 17, 2023, and for other purposes.
118th Congress · introduced 2023-06-21 · Congress · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ethics.
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- Who proposed it: Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] · what a sponsor is
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Directing the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives to immediately notify the full House of Representatives with respect to the names of the individuals who guaranteed Representative Santos' bail bond in relation to the indictment brought against Representative Santos in May 2023 by the Department of Justice, and submit to the House of Representatives an interim report on the investigation into Representative Santos not later than July 17, 2023, and for other purposes.
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Directing the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives to immediately notify the full House of Representatives with respect to the names of the individuals who guaranteed Representative Santos' bail bond in relation to the indictment brought against Representative Santos in May 2023 by the Department of Justice, and submit to the House of Representatives an interim report on the investigation into Representative Santos not later than July 17, 2023, and for other purposes.
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Sponsor: Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] · 1 cosponsors
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Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY)
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Words on this page, explained (3)
- Bail
- Money or conditions a court sets so a person charged with a crime can leave jail while waiting for trial, to make sure they come back to court.
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- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hres531.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hres>
Record fed-us-cong118-hres531 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118