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Designates a short title and inserts a new placeholder chapter into Title 18 labeled as a prohibition on obtaining Members of Congress' records, but supplies no substantive criminal text or penalties.
The bill creates a new statutory chapter intended to protect Members of Congress and centralize rules in Title 18, but because it contains no substantive prohibitions or definitions it risks creating significant legal uncertainty, procedural confusion, and the potential for future overbroad limits on journalism and public records access.
Members of Congress would gain clearer statutory protection against certain intrusive records requests if the new chapter defines and prohibits targeted collection of their records.
Law enforcement, courts, legal practitioners, and agencies would have a single, dedicated chapter in Title 18 that centralizes rules and makes future criminal prohibitions or procedures easier to find and apply.
Law enforcement, federal employees, and the public would face legal uncertainty because the bill adds a chapter heading without substantive text, leaving it unclear what conduct is prohibited, penalized, or exempted until further provisions are enacted.
Journalists, news organizations, and members of the public could see legitimate investigative reporting and public-record access restricted if a broadly framed prohibition is later enacted under the new chapter.
Courts and federal agencies could face procedural confusion about enforcement priorities and how the chapter applies to subpoenas or law-enforcement requests because the bill lacks implementing details.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Adds an official short title, the "Congressional Records Protection Act," and inserts a new, unnamed chapter into Title 18 of the U.S. Code labeled in the table of contents as a prohibition on obtaining records for Members of Congress. The text does not include any substantive criminal provisions, definitions, penalties, or effective date — it only places a placeholder chapter at the end of Title 18 and updates the table of chapters.
Official title: To protect the separation of powers enshrined in the United States Constitution and end the weaponized surveillance of Members of Congress.
Introduced June 2, 2026 by Mike Kelly · Last progress June 2, 2026