HR8861Referred to Committee

Department of Justice Integrity Act of 2026

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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
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2026-05-15
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Mary Gay Scanlon
Mary Gay Scanlon
Democrat · PA · Representative
Votes with party: 98.3% (597 recorded votes)
Top industries funding sponsor:
  • Progressive Groups$78k
  • Climate & Environment$1k

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

2026-05-15

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Plain-English Summary

The proposal would restrict what federal government lawyers can do after they leave their jobs, preventing them from immediately working for private clients on cases involving the same legal matters they handled while employed by the government. This rule aims to prevent conflicts of interest and protect the integrity of government legal work by ensuring former federal attorneys don't use insider knowledge gained from their government positions to benefit private parties in disputes against the United States.

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Crime and Law Enforcement

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8861 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8861 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide post-employment limits for attorneys of the United States, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 15, 2026 Ms. Scanlon (for herself, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Deluzio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide post-employment limits for attorneys of the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Justice Integrity Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. POST-EMPLOYMENT RULES FOR ATTORNEYS OF THE UNITED STATES. Section 207 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(m) Post-Employment Limits for Attorneys of the United States.-- ``(1) Restriction.--Any person who is a former attorney for the United States, who, while serving in that position, personally and substantially participated in any Federal prosecution of a business entity, or in any agreement with a business entity pursuant to section 3161(h)(2), and who, within 1 year after the termination of that person's service in that position, knowingly represents, aids, or assists a business entity in any Federal prosecution of such business entity, or any agreement with such business entity pursuant to section 3161(h)(2), shall be punished as provided in section 216 of this title. ``(2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `business entity' means a corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or other legal commercial entity.''. <all>
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