House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Epstein Files Transparency Act II
Official title: To amend the Epstein Files Transparency Act with respect to enforcement by an attorney general of a State, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Massie R-KYWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 15, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 15, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9694.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MASSIE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 115, July 15, 2026, Page H4545):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 15, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9694, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9694
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 3, 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 September 3, 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
7 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 6 Democrats
6 of 7 cosponsors (86%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Al Green (D-TX), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Massie.
- H.R. 2267 (119th) NICS Data Reporting Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1399 (119th) Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records relating to monetary settlements involving acts of sexual…
- H.Con.Res. 38 (119th) Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized…
- H.R. 645 (119th) National Constitutional Carry Act
- H.Res. 581 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 185) to advance responsible policies.
- H.R. 4700 (119th) PRIME Act
Related bills
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.