H.R. 3734

Summary

H.R. 3734, the Stop MUSK Act, was introduced in the House on Jun 4, 2025 by Rep. Pat Ryan (D) with 6 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Jun 4, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

H.R. 3734 has 6 co-sponsors.

119 HR 3734 IH: Stop Millionaires Using Service for Kickbacks Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-06-04
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 3734  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   June 4, 2025   Mr. Ryan  (for himself,  Mr. Neguse ,  Mr. Deluzio ,  Ms. Scholten ,  Ms. Craig , and  Mrs. Sykes ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that officers and employees of the executive branch are required to recuse themselves in matters affecting the financial interests of their previous employers, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Stop Millionaires Using Service for Kickbacks Act   or the   Stop MUSK Act  .
2.
Recusal of executive branch officers and employees in matters affecting financial interests of previous employers
Section 208(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
by striking  an officer or employee of the executive branch of the United States Government, or of any independent agency of the United States, a Federal Reserve bank director, officer, or employee, or an officer or employee of the District of Columbia, including a special Government employee  and inserting  an officer or employee in any position listed under the Executive Schedule (sections 5312 through 5316 of title 5), a special Government employee, or an officer or employee of the Executive Office of the President ; and
(2)
by inserting after  organization in which he is serving as officer, director, trustee, general partner or employee,  the following:  organization for which he, during the 4-year period preceding such participation, served as an officer, director, trustee, general partner, agent, attorney, consultant, contractor, employee, or direct competitor, organization (other than a political organization described in  section 527(e)  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) in which he is an active participant, .

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To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that officers and employees of the executive branch are required to recuse themselves in matters affecting the financial interests of their previous employers, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Pat Ryan (D) sponsors H.R. 3734, and 6 members have co-sponsored it, 5 of them from the day it was introduced.

Pat Ryan

Rep. · D–NY-18 · Sponsor

Introduced Jun 4, 2025

Angela Craig

Rep. · D–MN-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 4, 2025 · Original

Christopher Deluzio

Rep. · D–PA-17 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 4, 2025 · Original

Joseph Neguse

Rep. · D–CO-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 4, 2025 · Original

Hillary Scholten

Rep. · D–MI-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 4, 2025 · Original

Emilia Sykes

Rep. · D–OH-13 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 4, 2025 · Original

Mike Levin

Rep. · D–CA-49 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 21, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 3734 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary

Judiciary

Referred To · Jun 4, 2025 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 3734 has taken 2 actions since Jun 4, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 3734 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 3734 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• Stop MUSK Act — Display Title
• Stop MUSK Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Stop Millionaires Using Service for Kickbacks Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that officers and employees of the executive branch are required to recuse themselves in matters affecting the financial interests of their previous employers, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

14 clients hired 12 firms and 129 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 3734 in 34 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 Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Immigration, Energy/Nuclear, Transportation, Government Issues, Trade (domestic/foreign), Budget/Appropriations.

Clients

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

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 129.

Filings

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

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 3734 under Crime and Law Enforcement, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 3734’s is Crime and Law Enforcement.

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