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Exhibit 775

S. 1498, HONEST Act, reported in the Senate (Calendar No. 294)

Exhibit 775 · Bill text

S. 1498, HONEST Act, reported in the Senate (Calendar No. 294)

This Act may be cited as the “Halting Ownership and Non-Ethical Stock Transactions (HONEST) Act”.

Committee-reported text of the Hawley-Peters bill. Per press reports, the committee advanced it on 30 July 2025; it bars members, the President and Vice President and spouses and dependents from holding or buying individual stocks.

Source
U.S. Senate, 119th Congress
Date
Reported 10 December 2025
Quoted from
S. 1498 as reported in the Senate (Calendar No. 294), committee amendment, Sec. 1
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s1498rs/xhtml/BILLS-119s1498rs.html
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
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Note
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Finding POL-4.15
Reported Bills to restrict stock trading by members were heard in the House Administration Committee in April 2022, were not brought to a vote by the House Democratic leadership before the 2022 midterms, were advanced by the Senate Homeland Security Committee in July 2024 (8-4) and July 2025, and are supported by Pelosi as of 30 July 2025.