House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Dismantling Investments in Violation of Ethical Standards through Trusts Act
Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to prohibit transactions involving certain financial instruments by senior Federal employees, their spouses, or dependent children, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Cloud R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 26, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1599.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLOUD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 38, February 26, 2025, Page H879):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1599, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1599
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 January 29, 2026). 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
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Jared Golden (D-ME), Keith Self (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Cloud.
- H.R. 2249 (119th) Preserving Presidential Management Authority Act
- H.R. 925 (119th) Dismantle DEI Act of 2025
- H.R. 563 (119th) No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your Rights Act
- H.R. 2039 (119th) Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2025
- H.R. 10017 (119th) Permanent CBDC Ban Act
- H.J.Res. 118 (119th) Expressing support for designating September 12, 2025, as "The Day of the Bible" in the United States of America.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.