# 119-hr-9222: Drain the Swamp Act 119-hr-9222, Drain the Swamp Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-25). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9222 - As of: 2026-07-25 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-9222 - Congress: 119 - Title: Drain the Swamp Act - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2026-06-09 - Sponsor: Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH) - Cosponsors: 2 - Policy area: Government Operations and Politics - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-07-25 ## Summary **This bill would overhaul ethics and transparency across the federal government to _curb conflicts of interest in federal office_.** It also would reshape Supreme Court tenure and ethics, expand voting‑rights enforcement and redistricting rules, and tighten campaign finance and inaugural donation limits. - Covered public officials and related persons would face strict divestiture and disclosure rules and new emoluments reporting. Officials in office at enactment must divest within 180 days and those who later become covered must divest within 90 days. - The bill centralizes enforcement powers. The Office of Government Ethics and the Attorney General gain new civil and criminal enforcement tools, private qui tam‑style suits are allowed for some violations, and OGE can require disgorgement, fines, or divestiture for unlawful payments. - Voters and States face stronger redistricting transparency and voting‑rights standards. Proposed plans must be posted at least 5 days before a vote and written evaluations released at least 48 hours before a vote. The bill also expands Section 2 vote‑dilution claims and creates practice‑based preclearance. - Campaign donors and organizations would see tighter rules. The measure bans corporate political action committees, caps inaugural committee donations at $50,000, and forces faster and broader donor disclosure and FECA reporting for large spenders and judicial nomination communications. ## Cosponsors (2) - Rep. Riley, Josh [D-NY-19] (D-NY), 2026-06-09T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2026-06-29T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Loss of pay and benefits for convicted officials: cost, high. If enacted, a former President finally convicted of certain felonies would lose the Former Presidents Act allowance and must repay amounts received between initial and final conviction. Members of Congress and Cabinet members finally convicted of qualifying felonies committed while in office would… - Stricter ethics, divestiture, and markets rules: cost, high. If enacted, covered officials would be banned from buying, holding, or trading defined investments while in office and would have to divest within set deadlines (180 days if covered at enactment, 90 days if later). Supervising ethics offices could require a fee equal to 10% of an offending asset's… - Tighter campaign money and disclosure: cost, medium. If enacted, the bill would ban corporate PACs except for tax‑exempt nonprofit corporations and force nonqualifying funds to close within one year. Organizations spending more than $10,000 per election cycle would file sworn 24‑hour reports listing beneficial owners and each payment over $1,000. The… - Stronger voting rights and maps: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would block certain election changes in places with large racial or language minority groups. It would set a three‑part test before some vote‑dilution claims and require courts to draw maps if a State misses new deadlines. The bill would bring back practice‑based preclearance i… - More checks on pardons and Presidency: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Attorney General to give Congress prosecution and investigation materials within 30 days after covered pardons. It would say a President's self‑pardon is void. The bill would expand bribery coverage to include the President and pardons, require sworn AG certif… - Supreme Court appointments and ethics office: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would set a schedule for Supreme Court nominations (one nominee in the first and third years after a Presidential election) and limit new justices to a single 18‑year term. The Senate would generally have 90 days to act, with a 120‑day fallback. The Chief Justice could create a… ## Related bills - 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025 - 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act - 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act - 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026 - 119-hr-2045: Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025 - 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act ## Sources - [119-hr-9222 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9222) ## Related - [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-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977) - [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853) - [119-hr-2045: Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2045) - [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9222 (as of 2026-07-25).