House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Don’t Settle for Bribes Act of 2025
Official title: To restrict the President from initiating civil lawsuits regarding any civil matters.
Sponsor: Rep. Seth Magaziner D-RIWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 5, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 5, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3776.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MAGAZINER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 96, June 5, 2025, Page H2507):Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3776, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3776
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 22, 2025
- 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 July 22, 2025). 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 — 4 Democrats
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Shri Thanedar (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Seth Magaziner.
- H.R. 7436 (119th) Department of Homeland Security Intelligence and Analysis Training Act
- H.R. 2139 (119th) Strengthening State and Local Efforts to Counter Transnational Repression Act
- H.R. 396 (119th) TRUST in Congress Act
- H.R. 6731 (119th) Restore Trust in Government Act
- H.R. 4763 (119th) PTO Act
- H.R. 5048 (119th) Don’t STEAL Act
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.