TRUST in Congress Act

U.S. Congress · HR396 · In Committee

What the bill says

HR396 · U.S. Congress · In Committee

Introduced 2025-01-14. Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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Summary (plain-language)

Transparent Representation Upholding Service and Trust in Congress Act or the TRUST in Congress Act This bill requires a Member of Congress, as well as any spouse or dependent child of a Member, to place specified investments into a qualified blind trust (i.e., an arrangement in which certain financial holdings are placed in someone else's control to avoid a possible conflict of interest) until 180 days after the end of their tenure as a Member of Congress.

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What politicians say

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Action History

DateAction
2025-01-14Introduced in House
2025-01-14Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Lobbying on this bill

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Honesty note: each filer below disclosed lobbying on this bill — that much the filing tells us. But the dollar figure is their total lobbying spend for the whole quarter across all their issues, not the amount spent on this bill, and the filing never says whether they supported or opposed it.

Registrant (lobbying firm)ClientPeriodReported quarterly amountExtraction
COMMON CAUSE COMMON CAUSE Q1 2026 $30,000 Probable

Source: Senate LDA filings.