Don’t Quit to Lobby Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7969.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TENNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 62, April 11, 2024, Page H2318):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill changes the lobbying ban for Congress from beginning when the elected or appointed term ends, rather than when they leave Congress.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 11, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  205 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7969, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7969

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a421fd90c54bf8ca1850dd8eaecf1c07a3192ea78e540870b9f809fc39362bcc

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 20, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7969, last updated June 20, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.