Stop Comstock Act
Latest action · Mar 11, 2025 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 11, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 146
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 11, 2025 to Jun 2, 2026; 112 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-MD | April McClain Delaney | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Dave Min | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-OH | Emilia Strong Sykes | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-NY | George Latimer | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-MD | Glenn Ivey | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-TX | Greg Casar | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Laura Friedman | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-NY | Patrick Ryan | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-AL | Shomari Figures | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Kelly Morrison | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Mar 26, 2025 | |
| D-NH | Maggie Goodlander | Apr 3, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | Apr 9, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | May 7, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Sarah Elfreth | May 19, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Derek Tran | May 29, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Jun 23, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Jun 24, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Aug 12, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Sep 2, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Sep 2, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Sep 2, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Sep 9, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Jan 7, 2026 | |
| D-NY | John W. Mannion | Feb 5, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Feb 12, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Feb 17, 2026 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Mar 24, 2026 | |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Apr 21, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | May 12, 2026 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Jun 2, 2026 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 11, 2025 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 11, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 11, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 11, 2025Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 45, March 11, 2025, page H1151.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 951 | Stop Comstock Act | Identical bill | Mar 11, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To revise sections 552, 1461, and 1462 of title 18, United States Code, and section 305 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1305), and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Stop Comstock Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 11, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
