House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

Ban Conflicted Trading Act

H.R. 1579Introduced Mar 3, 2021Policy area: Congress

Sponsor: Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi D-IL

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 3, 2021
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Apr 29, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1579.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 40, March 3, 2021, Page H1081):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

64 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 61 Democrats

3 of 64 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.

Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Angie Craig (D-MN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jesús García (D-IL), Jared Golden (D-ME), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), Kaiali'i Kahele (D-HI), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Conor Lamb (D-PA), Andy Levin (D-MI), Mike Levin (D-CA), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) and 34 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-8 district

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Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.