# 119-hr-384: One Agency Act

119-hr-384, One Agency Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6] (R-VA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-384
- Congress: 119
- Title: One Agency Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6] (R-VA)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**This bill would centralize federal antitrust enforcement at the Department of Justice (DOJ) by transferring the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) antitrust actions, staff, assets, and funding to the DOJ.** It sets a defined transition window of about one year with a possible single 180-day extension and rules to move open cases, consent decrees, records, and funding while limiting FTC antitrust activity during the shift. - Businesses and parties under investigation: Antitrust investigations, premerger notifications tied to FTC-initiated matters, and enforcement of consent decrees would be handled by DOJ instead of the FTC, and the FTC is generally barred from opening new antitrust matters during the transition. This changes which agency reviews mergers and enforces competition rules. - FTC antitrust staff and resources: FTC antitrust employees, assets, and funding would transfer to the DOJ Antitrust Division and those employees could be deputized to continue specific cases. DOJ may use FTC office space and must compensate FTC after funding moves. - Ongoing cases, courts, and consent decrees: DOJ would assume responsibility for pending investigations and court matters and would have sole authority over FTC consent decrees at the end of the transition. DOJ may publish information in the public interest while protecting trade secrets and may share certain information with law enforcement partners.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5] (R-WI), 2025-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large] (R-WY), 2025-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2025-02-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- AG can require business reports: mixed, high. If enacted, the Attorney General would be able to order businesses that affect commerce to file annual or special reports about organization, conduct, practices, and competition-related matters, and those reports could be required under oath. The Attorney General could publish information that is i…
- DOJ takes over FTC antitrust: mixed, high. If enacted, the Attorney General would take control of all FTC antitrust actions, assets, employees, and funding and assign them to the DOJ Antitrust Division. The bill would start a transition period on the Act's effective date that ends on the later of one year after that date or 180 days after t…

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- 119-hr-421: Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act
- 119-hr-2189: To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes.
- 119-hr-925: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025
- 119-hr-318: Border Safety and Security Act of 2025
- 119-hr-142: Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-384 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/384)

## Related
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
- [119-hr-421: Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-421)
- [119-hr-2189: To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology an…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2189)
- [119-hr-925: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-925)
- [119-hr-318: Border Safety and Security Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-318)
- [119-hr-142: Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-142)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-384 (as of 2026-09-21).