House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
No Presidential Self-Serving Lawsuits Act of 2026
Official title: To prohibit the President from filing a civil action against the United States.
Sponsor: Rep. Lizzie Fletcher D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 21, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8968.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. FLETCHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 87, May 21, 2026, Page H3725):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8968, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8968
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 1, 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.
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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
39 cosponsors — 39 Democrats
0 of 39 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Lois Frankel (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Sam Liccardo (D-CA), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Christian Menefee (D-TX), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Scott Peters (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lizzie Fletcher.
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- H.R. 999 (119th) Right to Contraception Act
- H.R. 4099 (119th) Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act
- H.R. 7392 (119th) To impose a hiring freeze on United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 369 (119th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should withdraw a reduction in public…
- H.R. 2047 (119th) Pink Tariffs Study Act
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.