House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Ban on Inkless Directives and Executive Notarizations Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 3, United States Code, to clarify that certain Presidential functions may not be delegated or carried out using any automated equipment.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 15, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 15, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4411.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McDOWELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 121, July 15, 2025, Page H3316):Article I, Section 8, clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4411, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4411
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 17, 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.
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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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mike Collins (R-GA), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Robert Onder (R-MO), David Taylor (R-OH), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
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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.