House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Pardon Transparency and Accountability Act of 2026
Official title: To require the President to publish a statement of reasons for pardons, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Dave Min D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 22, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 22, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9860.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 120, July 22, 2026, Page H5177):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 32 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9860, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9860
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 5, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
860f5cb0a52f6a7ef76b5daf4cba69b1115f98c2573037e7339d4c40c888f6a4
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 5, 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 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4256 (119th) Digital Coast Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 4086 (119th) Autism Family Caregivers Act of 2025
- H.R. 6469 (119th) FREEDOM Act
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Related bills
- S. 256 (119th) Pardon Transparency and Accountability Act of 2025Related bill
- S. 3563 (118th) Pardon Transparency to Protect Investigations Act of 2024Cross-Congress related 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.