House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Promptly Ending Political Prosecutions and Executive Retaliation Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify the removability of certain actions against current and former Presidents and other senior Executive officials, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Russell Fry R-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 2025
- Committee actionMar 5, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 21, 2025 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 18.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1789.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1789, Promptly Ending Political Prosecutions and Executive Retaliation Act of 2025” on April 15, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 21, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61338
- CBO publication date
- April 15, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1789, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1789
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-28 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 21, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 21, 2025 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/28
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1789, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1789
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2caad30c96bc7f3d0721686ba9b324f24b42e00f26ac8dc2b9ccc9aeb17174c3
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 40, March 3, 2025, Page H946):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2025 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1789, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1789
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2caad30c96bc7f3d0721686ba9b324f24b42e00f26ac8dc2b9ccc9aeb17174c3
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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
No cosponsors.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.