House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Stopping Grinch Bots Act of 2025
Official title: To prohibit the circumvention of control measures used by internet retailers to ensure equitable consumer access to products, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Paul Tonko D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6822.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TONKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 213, December 17, 2025, Page H6025):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among several States, and with the Indian tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 157 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6822, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6822
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 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 April 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Paul Tonko.
- H.R. 1355 (119th) Weatherization Enhancement and Readiness Act of 2025
- H.R. 8209 (119th) To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the school-based health centers grant program.
- H.R. 1106 (119th) Scientific Integrity Act
- H.R. 2586 (119th) Reentry Act of 2025
- H.R. 5762 (119th) New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 8241 (119th) Power for the People Act of 2026
Related bills
- S. 3516 (119th) Stopping Grinch Bots Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.