Congress·In Committee·H.R. 6049

No Payola Act

Senate Data Requests: End Senate-Office Notification Rule

Nov 17, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

StalledNext up: A house committeeNo action in 8 months

This bill is currently sitting in the House Committee on House Administration where it has been since November 2025. No action has been taken on the proposal for seven months, and it is considered stalled. The committee members must choose to review the bill before it can move any further in the legislative process.

Legislative Progress

House

No action since November 2025

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Key Points

This bill would delete a rule that required notice to certain Senate offices when a legal request seeks Senate data.
It would undo parts of a prior law tied to how Senate information is handled when courts or investigators demand records.
If any Senator already won money under the temporary lawsuit option created by that earlier law, they would have to repay that money to the U.S. Treasury.
For most people, the day-to-day impact is indirect: it mainly changes internal rules about how Senate data-related legal demands are handled.

TechnologyData PrivacyCivil Rights

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

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Nov 17, 2025House

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Nov 17, 2025

Introduced in House

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

No Payola Act

Bill NumberHR 6049

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Data Sources

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D: 40

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