House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting Our Democracy Act
Official title: To protect our democracy by preventing abuses of Presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign interference, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jamie Raskin D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 14, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, House Administration, the Budget, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8831.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RASKIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 82, May 14, 2026, Page H3532):Article I, Section 4, clause 1; Article I, Section 8, clause 1 (spending clause); Article I, Section 8, clause 9; Article I, Section 8, clause 18 (necessary and proper clause); and Article I, Section 9, clause 8 (emoluments clause) of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 257 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8831, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8831
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
511af80e0db060e732544bc0bedd585cdc5c491cf988655d28b45916c446702a
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 September 19, 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
110 cosponsors — 110 Democrats
0 of 110 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Jason Crow (D-CO), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and 80 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.J.Res. 115 (119th) Terminating the emergency determined by the President on August 11, 2025, in the Executive Order titled "Declaring a crime emergency in…
- H.Res. 410 (119th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that President Trump must comply with the Foreign Emoluments Clause, by submitting…
Related bills
- S. 2838 (119th) Protecting Our Democracy ActRelated bill
- S. 5102 (119th) Closing Bribery Loopholes ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.