House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Shell Company Abuse Act
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the establishment of a corporation to conceal election contributions and donations by foreign nationals.
Sponsor: Rep. Wesley Bell D-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 10, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2816.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 65, April 10, 2025, Page H1601):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2816, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2816
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 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 October 23, 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Jason Crow (D-CO), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Wesley Bell.
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- H.R. 5543 (119th) Baltic Security Assessment Act of 2025
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- H.R. 10486 (119th) Relief Without Delay Act
- H.R. 6172 (119th) Ending Forced Arbitration of Race Discrimination Act of 2025
- H.Res. 1514 (119th) Recognizing suicide as a serious public health problem, expressing support for the designation of September 8, 2026, as "988 Day" and the…
Related bills
- H.R. 7802 (119th) DISCLOSE Act of 2026Related bill
- S. 3991 (119th) DISCLOSE Act of 2026Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.