PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · S

S. 1393 (116th)

Ban Conflicted Trading Act

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

9 May 2019

Last action

9 May 2019 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Sponsors

Jeff Merkley, Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

5 December 2025

Summary

Ban Conflicted Trading Act This bill prohibits a Member of Congress or certain congressional officers or employees from (1) purchasing or selling specified investments, (2) entering into a transaction that creates a net short position in a security, or (3) serving as an officer or member of any board of any for-profit entity.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 9 May 2019

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 9 May 2019

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in Senate (text)

View fileDownload file

Sponsors

Related records

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.