House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting TPLF From Abuse Act
Official title: To amend title 28, United States Code, to protect legal proceedings from manipulation and provide for transparency and oversight of third-party beneficiaries in civil actions.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 12, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Jan 12, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7015.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ISSA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 8, January 12, 2026, Page H656):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 51 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7015, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7015
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
185ec1843aab4003ea390b827028afb2cdba1ada73b46a067fca229bc12e6a90
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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Mike Flood (R-NE).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Darrell Issa.
- H.R. 1526 (119th) NORRA of 2025
- H.R. 5682 (119th) To take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pechanga Band of Indians, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 300 (119th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 3770 (119th) FIREARM Act
- H.R. 1109 (119th) Litigation Transparency Act of 2025
- H.R. 1702 (119th) JUDGES Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.