# 119-hr-7852: No Getting Rich in Congress Act

119-hr-7852, No Getting Rich in Congress Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] (D-MI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7852
- Congress: 119
- Title: No Getting Rich in Congress Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-03-05
- Sponsor: Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] (D-MI)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Congress
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Limits on trading and ownership of covered investments** for Members of Congress, the President, the Vice President, candidates, and certain family members, enforced through qualified blind trusts and civil penalties. The bill also adds quarterly disclosure rules, expanded spouse lobbying and gift reporting, limits on board service, and lifetime bans on lobbying for certain foreign governments. - Covered officials must hold most digital assets, securities, commodities, futures, and similar interests in a qualified blind trust and file quarterly reports identifying investments and related client issues. Penalties for Members, the President, and the Vice President require repayment of profits plus, where applicable, up to three times the investment's value, with similar civil penalties for candidates and other covered individuals. - Spouses and dependent children face new disclosure and registration rules and expanded gift reporting. A narrow occupational exception allows a spouse or dependent to trade only if the asset is not owned by the covered individual and the trade is in the normal course of the spouse or dependent's primary job. - The bill creates post‑employment limits and public‑interest rules. It imposes a lifetime ban on lobbying for specified "foreign countries of concern" such as China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran, bars Members and their spouses from serving as officers or members of for‑profit boards with a transitional carve‑out for existing service, and aligns enforcement and public disclosures with existing ethics offices.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Tran, Derek [D-CA-45] (D-CA), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New spouse lobbying and gift rules: cost, high. This bill would make many spouses of covered officials register with the House Clerk and Senate Secretary and file quarterly electronic reports about covered advocacy activities. Current spouses would have to register within 45 days after guidance is issued; new spouses must register within 45 days…
- Tighter investment limits for officials: cost, high. This bill would stop covered officials and their spouses or dependent children from buying or selling many assets unless those assets are in a qualified blind trust. Covered investments would include digital assets, securities, commodities, futures, and similar instruments, but would exclude widely…
- Ban on Members' and spouses' board pay: cost, medium. This bill would bar Members of Congress and their spouses from serving as officers or board members of for-profit companies going forward. Spouses who were on boards before enactment or before the Member took office could finish that existing term but could not seek officer roles or new terms while…
- Lifetime ban on certain foreign lobbying: cost, low. This bill would make it a crime for some former Members and certain former Presidential appointees to knowingly represent, aid, or advise specified foreign 'countries of concern' to influence U.S. officials. The bill names China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran as initial countries of concern. The Se…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-7852 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7852)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7852 (as of 2026-04-21).