House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
High Court Gift Ban Act
Official title: To prohibit Federal judges from receiving gifts valued over $50 in an instance or $100 in the aggregate in a year from a source unless excepted, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jamie Raskin D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 14, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 14, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9688.
- 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. 114, July 14, 2026, Page H4468):Article I, Section 8, clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9688, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9688
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 30, 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
44 cosponsors — 44 Democrats
0 of 44 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Greg Casar (D-TX), Steve Cohen (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and 14 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jamie Raskin.
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Related bills
- S. 4966 (119th) High Court Gift Ban ActRelated bill
- H.R. 8830 (118th) High Court Gift Ban ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.