Senate bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law

Ending Trading and Holdings In Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act

S. 1171Introduced Apr 17, 2023Policy area: Congress

Sponsor: Sen. Jeff Merkley D-OR

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Where it went

IntroducedApr 17, 2023
Committee actionJul 24, 2024
Passed Senate—
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Dec 19, 2024 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 729.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1171.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1171, Ending Trading and Holdings In Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act” on September 11, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 24, 2024”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 11, 2024 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60708
CBO publication date
September 11, 2024
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1171, 118th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/1171
Record last updated by Congress.gov
January 9, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 14, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 118-309 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on December 19, 2024.
Source: Congress.gov, reported December 19, 2024 ↗
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/309
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1171, 118th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/1171
Record last updated by Congress.gov
January 9, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 14, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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

23 cosponsors — 21 Democrats, 2 independents

0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Bob Casey (D-PA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Timothy Kaine (D-VA), Angus King (I-ME), Ben Luján (D-NM), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Jon Tester (D-MT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Peter Welch (D-VT).

More from the sponsor

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Sponsor’s state and district

Oregon in Congress

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