HR 2737 Re-checks Congress.gov for new actions and updates the bill's status, and fills in any sponsors, committees, or related bills that are missing. It does not re-pull sponsors/cosponsors/committees/related — those rarely change — and it skips all work if nothing has changed upstream, so it's cheap to click.
To prohibit special Government employees from holding contracts or agreements with the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
Summary
The ELON MUSK Act prohibits special Government employees from entering into or benefiting from federal contracts or agreements. The bill requires termination of any existing federal contracts held by special Government employees as of the enactment date. Special Government employees are defined according to section 202 of title 18 of the United States Code.
AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.
Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI)
18 cosponsors
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC)
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC)
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR)
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN)
- Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] (D-CA)
- Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] (D-PA)
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA)
- Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL)
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA)
- Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA)
- Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4] (D-VA)
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN)
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA)
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME)
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI)
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY)
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ)
Actions (2)
- Apr 8, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
- Apr 8, 2025 Introduced in House
Similar bills (6)
Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.
Text versions (1)
Bills are re-published as they move (Introduced → Reported → Engrossed → Enrolled …). Each stage below is a separate text; pick two to see what changed. Data from Congress.gov.
Full text
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. Velazquez, 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.
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 “Eliminating Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy Act of 2025” or the “ELON MUSK Act”.
SEC. 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. <all>
Comments