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H5293Introduced in the House

Promoting rule of law, oversight, trust, and equal constitutional treatment ("The PROTECT Act")

Introduced

Introduced by Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

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Official description

Promoting rule of law, oversight, trust, and equal constitutional treatment ("The PROTECT Act")

Where it stands

New draft substituted, see H5305

March 25, 2026

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Bill history

  1. Reported from the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

  2. New draft of H5158

  3. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  4. Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill, see H5305

  5. Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending

  6. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending

  7. Rules suspended

  8. Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)

  9. New draft substituted, see H5305

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