Question 1

What does HR10066 do?

Accepted Answer

The Stop Corrupt Trading Act establishes a comprehensive prohibition on the monetization of nonpublic government information by the nation's highest executive officials. The bill targets a specific and previously underaddressed form of corruption: the sale or exchange of information that the President or Vice President acquires by virtue of their official position. By criminalizing both the supply side (covered persons and their affiliated entities selling such information) and the demand side (any person purchasing or acquiring it), the legislation creates a bilateral enforcement framework designed to eliminate the market for privileged government intelligence. The bill's scope is deliberately narrow in terms of who qualifies as a 'covered person' — limited to the President and Vice President — but broad in its definition of what constitutes actionable nonpublic information, encompassing everything from formally classified materials to communications distributed through selective technological channels. The legislation reflects a congressional determination that the unique informational access afforded to the executive's top two officeholders creates an unacceptable corruption risk absent explicit statutory prohibition and robust enforcement mechanisms.

Question 2

Who sponsored HR10066?

Accepted Answer

Andrea Salinas, Kweisi Mfume, Janelle Bynum, Eleanor Norton, Maxine Dexter, Gabe Amo, Adelita Grijalva

Question 3

What is the status of HR10066?

Accepted Answer

Introduced as of August 6, 2026.

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