H.Res. 491

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 491 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 491

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit Members 
of Congress from owning individual stocks.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 9, 2025

Ms. Craig submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ethics

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RESOLUTION

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit Members 
of Congress from owning individual stocks.

Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This resolution may be cited as the ``NO STOCK Resolution'' or the 
``No Option for Stock Trading and Ownership as a Check to Keep congress 
clean Resolution''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM OWNING 
INDIVIDUAL STOCKS.

Rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives (known as 
the ``Code of Official Conduct'') is amended by redesignating clause 22 
as clause 23 and inserting after clause 21 the following:
``(22) Prohibiting members of house of 
representatives from owning individual 
stocks.--A Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner may not own the common stock of 
any individual public corporation.''.
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