House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
The Public Service Accountability Act
Official title: To amend chapter 131 of title 5 to prohibit Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents from owning or trading stocks, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Maggie Goodlander D-NHWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 24, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 24, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Judiciary, 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. 9429.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GOODLANDER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 106, June 24, 2026, Page H4246):Article I, Section 8 specifies that Congress has the power to regulate commerce.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 80 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9429, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9429
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 7, 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 July 7, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maggie Goodlander.
- H.R. 4549 (119th) Office of Rural Affairs Enhancement Act
- H.R. 7099 (119th) PATH to Education Act
- H.R. 4594 (119th) Military Learning for Credit Act of 2025
- H.Res. 1229 (119th) Supporting the designation of April 2026 as "National Native Plant Month".
- H.R. 6793 (119th) Public Shipyard Workforce Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 5680 (119th) Pay Our Public Shipyard Workers 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.