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Ethics Committee

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Committee on Ethics

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43 bills referred in the 118th Congress

222 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 119th at 66. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 119th

Members

Served in the 118th Congress

Members, 118th Congress 10

Everyone who held a seat in the 118th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
R-MS	Michael Guest	Chair
D-PA	Susan Wild	Ranking Member
R-NY	Andrew R. Garbarino
R-OH	David P. Joyce
D-NC	Deborah K. Ross
D-MD	Glenn Ivey
R-FL	John H. Rutherford
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier
R-MN	Michelle Fischbach
D-TX	Veronica Escobar

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 118th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 118th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
HRES 1609	Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and release records of the Committee's review of the alleged misconduct of Matthew Louis Gaetz II of Florida while serving as a Member of the House of Representatives.	—	Dec 5, 2024
HRES 1608	Directing the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives to release to the public the committee's report on its investigation into allegations against former Representative Matt Gaetz.	Referred To	Dec 5, 2024
HRES 1603	Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and release records of the Committee's review of the alleged misconduct of Matthew Louis Gaetz II of Florida while serving as a Member of the House of Representatives.	Referred To	Dec 3, 2024
HRES 1584	Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and release records of the Committee's review of the alleged misconduct of Matthew Louis Gaetz II of Florida while serving as a Member of the House of Representatives.	Referred To	Nov 20, 2024
HRES 1500	Censuring Representative Glen Clay Higgins of the 3rd Congressional District of Louisiana.	Referred To	Sep 25, 2024
HRES 1463	Censuring Representative Bennie Thompson for inciting violence, including two assassination attempts, against President Donald Trump.	Referred To	Sep 18, 2024
HRES 1454	Censuring Representatives Bennie Thompson, Troy Carter, Barbara Lee, Frederica Wilson, Yvette Clarke, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Jasmine Crockett, Joyce Beatty, and Steve Cohen for inciting violence, including two assassination attempts, against President Donald Trump.	Referred To	Sep 17, 2024
HR 8597	Transparency in Government Act of 2024	Referred To	Jun 3, 2024

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 118th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
H. Rept. 118-973	Summary of Activities One Hundred Eighteenth Congress	Jan 2, 2025
H. Rept. 118-943	In the Matter of Allegations Relating to Representative Matt Gaetz	Dec 24, 2024
H. Rept. 118-942	IN THE MATTER OF ALLEGATIONS RELATING TO REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL McCAUL	Dec 24, 2024
H. Rept. 118-731	In the Matter of Allegations Relating to Representative Victoria Spartz	Nov 12, 2024
H. Rept. 118-541	In the Matter of Allegations Relating to Representative Bill Huizenga	Jun 7, 2024
H. Rept. 118-274	In the Matter of Allegations Relating to Representative George Santos	Nov 17, 2023

Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. In the 118th Congress.

Number	Communication	Referred
EC-4997	A letter from the Acting Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, transmitting the annual compilation of financial disclosure statements filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives by members of the board of the Office of Congressional Ethics; (H. Doc. No. 118–154); to the Committee on Ethics and ordered to be printed.Executive communication · the U.S. House of Representatives	Jul 26, 2024
EC-1411	A letter from the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, transmitting a letter from the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, transmitting the annual compilation of financial disclosure statements filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives by members of the board of the Office of Congressional Ethics; (H. Doc. No. 118–55); to the Committee on Ethics and ordered to be printed.Executive communication · the U.S. House of Representatives	Jul 18, 2023

By Congress

The committee's record in each Congress on file. Choose one to see the page as it stood then: its members, subcommittees and record. A dash means the official source has nothing that early, not that the committee did nothing.

Congress	Members	Bills referred	Reported	Reports	Meetings	Printed hearings	Communications	Prints
119th2025–2026, sitting	11	66	1	5	2	0	2	0
118th2023–2024	10	43	0	6	0	0	2	0
117th2021–2022	10	30	0	12	0	0	4	0
116th2019–2020	10	23	0	6	0	0	2	0
115th2017–2018	13	8	0	12	0	0	3	0
114th2015–2016	10	2	0	6	0	0	2	0
113th2013–2014	10	2	0	12	0	1	—	0
112th2011–2012	12	5	0	15	0	0	—	5
111th2009–2010	12	21	1	13	—	0	—	1
110th2007–2008	11	8	0	1	—	0	—	1
109th2005–2006	11	10	0	2	—	0	—	0
108th2003–2004	11	1	0	2	—	0	—	0
107th2001–2002	13	3	1	3	—	0	—	0

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Everything here is as published by Congress. Seats run from the 107th Congress, dated by the resolutions that made them and the Congressional Record; referrals and nominations from the 107th; meetings from the 112th. A committee older than that shows less than it has done. Records come from Congress.gov, GovInfo and the House and Senate.