House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
No Payoffs for Pardons Act
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to reform executive clemency.
Sponsor: Rep. Joseph Morelle D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 3, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 3, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10032.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MORELLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 126, August 3, 2026, Page H5214):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 3, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 135 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10032, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10032
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 3, 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Democrats
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Susie Lee (D-NV), Mike Levin (D-CA), Dave Min (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
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- H.J.Res. 108 (119th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that there is no immunity from criminal prosecution for an act…
- H.R. 2381 (119th) SCREENS for Cancer Act of 2025
- H.R. 4708 (119th) Spotted Lanternfly Research and Development Act
Related bills
- S. 5212 (119th) No Payoffs for Pardons ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 3, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.