House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
BLAST Act
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members and elected officers of Congress from lobbying Congress at any time after leaving office.
Sponsor: Rep. Barry Moore R-ALWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 3, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 3, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9130.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOORE of Alabama, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 94, June 3, 2026, Page H3830):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 3, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9130, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9130
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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 August 18, 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Marie Perez (D-WA), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Barry Moore.
- H.R. 2069 (119th) Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025
- H.R. 875 (119th) Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act of 2025
- H.R. 3921 (119th) STOP CSAM Act of 2025
- H.R. 6155 (119th) Federal Carjacking Enforcement Act
- H.R. 5152 (119th) BOP Release Card ID Act of 2025
- H.R. 5969 (119th) LABEL Act
Related bills
- S. 4524 (119th) BLAST ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.