HR 4461 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

To amend section 2112 of title 44, United States Code, to appropriately limit donations to Presidential Libraries and Centers.

Latest action · Jul 16, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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.

  1. IntroducedJul 16, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 16, 2025 to Oct 8, 2025; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalJul 16, 2025
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalJul 16, 2025
D-CADave MinOriginalJul 16, 2025
D-ILDelia C. RamirezOriginalJul 16, 2025
D-NVDina TitusOriginalJul 16, 2025
D-PADwight EvansOriginalJul 16, 2025
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJul 16, 2025
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalJul 16, 2025
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalJul 16, 2025
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalJul 16, 2025
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalJul 16, 2025
D-NMMelanie A. StansburyOriginalJul 16, 2025
D-GANikema WilliamsOriginalJul 16, 2025
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalJul 16, 2025
D-MIShri ThanedarJul 21, 2025
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonJul 22, 2025
D-TXJasmine CrockettJul 23, 2025
D-HIEd CaseAug 15, 2025
D-MNKelly MorrisonAug 15, 2025
D-CAMike LevinAug 15, 2025
D-RISeth MagazinerAug 15, 2025
D-WAPramila JayapalOct 8, 2025

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Jul 16, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 16, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jul 16, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Pursuant to clause 3(d) (1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee find the authority for this legislation in article I, section 8 of the Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 122, July 16, 2025, page H3368.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend section 2112 of title 44, United States Code, to appropriately limit donations to Presidential Libraries and Centers.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 16, 2025Introduced in House

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