House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
HONEST Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for increased penalties for sex offenses committed by officers of the United States and Members of Congress, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Clay Fuller R-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 30, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 30, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9545.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FULLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 109, June 30, 2026, Page H4365):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 30, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9545, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9545
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 13, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 13, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Clay Fuller.
- H.Res. 1182 (119th) Expressing support for rural communities across the United States as stewards of the environment, major suppliers of United States energy…
- H.J.Res. 172 (119th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to protect United States citizenship.
- H.R. 9146 (119th) Millstone Act
- H.R. 9667 (119th) Securing Healthcare and Income Entitlements for Lawfully Domiciled Citizens (SHIELD Citizens) Act
- H.Res. 1346 (119th) Impeaching Eleanor L. Ross, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, for high crimes and…
- H.J.Res. 204 (119th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that certain individuals are natural born citizens.
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.