Sponsor
Clay Higgins
Representative · R-LA
Representative · R-LA
Requires one random drug test per term for each Member of Congress; confirmed positives reported to Ethics Committees and refusals may be publicly disclosed; Members must reimburse testing costs.
The resolution increases transparency and potential accountability for Members of Congress through routine testing and public identification of refusals, but it raises substantial privacy, constitutional, and politicization risks that could lead to litigation and harm public trust.
Members of Congress would be subject to routine random drug testing, increasing transparency about illegal drug use among elected officials.
Members of Congress would have confirmed positive drug test results forwarded to ethics committees, enabling formal review and potential disciplinary action.
Members of Congress who refuse testing would be publicly identified by committees, increasing public accountability for noncompliance.
Members of Congress could have sensitive health information disclosed to Congress and possibly the public, risking privacy violations and reputational harm.
Members of Congress subjected to suspicionless random testing would face significant constitutional and legal challenges (privacy and bodily autonomy), likely provoking litigation and legal uncertainty.
Members' refusals or positive results disclosed publicly could be politicized, undermining public trust and fueling partisan disputes rather than improving governance.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Official title: Requiring Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate to participate in random drug testing.
Introduced June 5, 2025 by Clay Higgins · Last progress June 5, 2025
Requires every Member of the House and every Senator to submit to one random drug test per term for illegal controlled substances. Confirmed positive results are reported to the Member and that chamber’s Ethics Committee, which may publicly disclose refusals to participate and take other actions; each Member must reimburse the chamber for testing costs and chamber rules committees must issue implementing regulations.