Stop Politicians Profiting from War Act of 2025

Sponsor: Rashida Tlaib (Democratic-MI)

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.

Lawmakers and their families would be banned from owning or trading defense industry stocks.

This bill, called the "Stop Politicians Profiting from War Act of 2025," would stop Members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from owning or trading stocks and other investments tied to defense contractors. They would have a few months to sell off any existing holdings. Violations could lead to civil penalties of up to $50,000 per instance.

What Would Change

Currently, there are no specific laws that stop Members of Congress, their spouses, or dependent children from owning or trading stocks and other investments related to defense contractors. Also, placing such assets in a blind trust is not explicitly disallowed as a way to avoid conflicts of interest. This bill would change that by banning these individuals from having financial interests in or trading assets tied to defense contractors. They would be required to sell off existing holdings within 120 or 180 days. The bill would also change tax rules to allow Members of Congress and Members of Congress-elect to sell these required assets without having to pay taxes on any gains from the sale.

Key Provisions

Prohibits Members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from having a financial interest in or trading stocks, bonds, commodities, futures, or other securities significantly based on a covered defense contractor or defense industrial base entity.
Requires current Members and their families to divest assets within 120 days (or 180 days for complex investments) of enactment. New Members and their families have similar timelines from when they become a Member. Assets received during service must be divested within 120 days.
States that placing assets in a qualified blind trust or any other blind trust does not count as divestment for compliance with this Act.
Allows ownership/trading of widely held, diversified investment funds (if no control is exercised and they don't concentrate in defense), Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act stock, U.S. Treasury bills/notes/bonds, and investment funds in government employee retirement plans.
Allows a spouse or dependent child of a Member of Congress to trade prohibited assets if those assets are not owned by the spouse, child, or Member, and the trading occurs in the course of the spouse's or child's primary occupation.

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HR 1756 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 6/10

Stop Politicians Profiting from War Act of 2025

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