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H.R. 2737

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 2737, the ELON MUSK Act, was introduced in the House on Apr 8, 2025 by Rep. Mark Pocan (D) with 18 co-sponsors. It was referred to Oversight And Government Reform, and last saw action on Apr 8, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Record

Text

H.R. 2737 has 18 co-sponsors.

hb2737/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 2737 IH: Eliminating Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-04-08
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 2737  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   April 8, 2025   Mr. Pocan  (for himself,  Ms. Bonamici ,  Mr. Carson ,  Ms. Norton ,  Mr. Huffman ,  Mr. Jackson of Illinois ,  Mr. Khanna ,  Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania ,  Ms. McCollum ,  Mr. McGovern ,  Ms. Pingree ,  Ms. Tlaib ,  Ms. Velázquez , and  Mrs. Watson Coleman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform    A BILL
To prohibit special Government employees from holding contracts or agreements with the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Eliminating Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy Act of 2025   or the   ELON MUSK Act  .
2.
Prohibition on special Government employees holding contracts or agreements with the Federal Government
(a)
In general
A special Government employee may not enter into or benefit from any part of a contract or agreement with the Federal Government.
(b)
Termination of existing contracts
Any contract or agreement with the Federal Government held by a special Government employee on the date of the enactment of this Act shall be terminated.
(c)
Definition
In this section, the term  special Government employee  has the meaning given that term in section 202 of title 18, United States Code.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-04-08
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

To prohibit special Government employees from holding contracts or agreements with the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Mark Pocan (D) sponsors H.R. 2737, and 18 members have co-sponsored it, 13 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 2737 went before 1 committee: Oversight and Government Reform.

Oversight and Government Reform
Oversight and Government Reform
Referred To · Apr 8, 2025 · 696 Bills

Actions

H.R. 2737 has taken 2 actions since Apr 8, 2025.

ChamberAction
Apr 8, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Apr 8, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.Oversight and Government Reform Committee

Votes

H.R. 2737 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 2737 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • ELON MUSK Act — Display Title
  • ELON MUSK Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • Eliminating Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To prohibit special Government employees from holding contracts or agreements with the Federal Government, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 13 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 2737 in 11 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
COMMON CAUSE—District of Columbia16—
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION—District of Columbia15—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
COMMON CAUSE16—
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION15—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
VIRGINIA KASE SOLOMON116
JENNIFER TYREE115
KATHERINE SYBENGA115
MARAM ABDELHAMID115
MATTHEW SOCKNAT115
MATTHEW SOWARDS115
OMAR NOURELDIN115
KURT VORNDRAN114
REGINA HUTTER114
AARON SCHERB112
PRESTON MITCHUM112
COLLEEN COSTELLO111
JOSH NASSAR111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 fourth_quarter$350K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 second_quarter$350K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2026 second_quarter$340K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2026 first_quarter$310K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 third_quarter$300K3rd Quarter - Report
COMMON CAUSECOMMON CAUSE2026 second_quarter$30K2nd Quarter - Report
COMMON CAUSECOMMON CAUSE2026 first_quarter$30K1st Quarter - Report
COMMON CAUSECOMMON CAUSE2025 fourth_quarter$30K4th Quarter - Report
COMMON CAUSECOMMON CAUSE2025 third_quarter$30K3rd Quarter - Report
COMMON CAUSECOMMON CAUSE2025 second_quarter$30K2nd Quarter - Amendme…
COMMON CAUSECOMMON CAUSE2025 second_quarter$30K2nd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 2737 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 2737’s is Government Operations and Politics.

hr2737/policy-areas.txt
Government Operations and PoliticsAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com