H.R. 5267 (RH) - American Franchise Act - BILLS-119hr5267rh | Content Details

Category

Bills and Statutes

Collection

Congressional Bills

SuDoc Class Number

Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/6:

Congress Number

119th Congress

Congress Session

2nd Session

Last Action Date Listed

September 8, 2026

Actions

Mr. Hern of Oklahoma (for himself, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Ms. Van Duyne, Ms. Scholten, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Costa, Mr. Alford, Mr. Gray, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Moran, Mr. Bera, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, and Mr. Mackenzie) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, Additional sponsors: Mr. Meuser, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Kiley of California, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Harrigan, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Bentz, Mrs. Bice, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Baumgartner, Mr. Kustoff, Mr. Olszewski, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Fong, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Cole, Mr. Peters, Mr. Barr, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Yakym, Mr. McGuire, Mr. Carey, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Smucker, Mr. Wied, Mr. Amodei of Nevada, Mr. Feenstra, Ms. King-Hinds, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Taylor, Ms. Tenney, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Fallon, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Cline, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Jack, Mr. Owens, Mr. Allen, Mr. Strong, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Fine, Mr. Kean, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr. Rulli, Mr. Case, Mr. Miller of Ohio, Mrs. Fedorchak, Mr. Onder, Mr. Patronis, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Moore of Utah, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. Steube, Mr. Perry, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Harris of North Carolina, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Burlison, Mr. Mann, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Fields, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Bergman, Mrs. Houchin, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Estes, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Messmer, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Ezell, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Flood, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Bost, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Womack, Mr. Comer, Mr. Moore of West Virginia, Mr. Haridopolos, Mr. Moore of North Carolina, Mr. Langworthy, Mr. Crank, Ms. Lee of Florida, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mr. Shreve, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, Mr. LaLota, Mr. Barrett, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Norman, Mr. Harris of Maryland, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Roy, Mr. Moylan, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Begich, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Crane, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Rose, Mr. Self, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Griffith, and Mr. Carter of Texas, Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Bill Number

H.R. 5267

Bill Version

Reported in House (RH)

Short Title

American Franchise Act

Full Title

To preserve the franchise business model.

Sponsors

Kevin Hern(OK)

Cosponsors

Donald G. Davis (NC); Beth Van Duyne (TX); Hillary J. Scholten (MI); Chuck Edwards (NC); Jim Costa (CA); Mark Alford (MO); Adam Gray (CA); August Pfluger (TX); Henry Cuellar (TX); Nathaniel Moran (TX); Ami Bera (CA); Vicente Gonzalez (TX); Ryan Mackenzie (PA); Daniel Meuser (PA); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (GA); Kevin Kiley (CA); Aaron Bean (FL); Pat Harrigan (NC); Roger Williams (TX); Troy A. Carter (LA); Pete Sessions (TX); Scott Fitzgerald (WI); Cliff Bentz (OR); Stephanie I. Bice (OK); Virginia Foxx (NC); Michael Baumgartner (WA); David Kustoff (TN); Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (MD); Derek Schmidt (KS); Vince Fong (CA); Josh Gottheimer (NJ); Tom Cole (OK); Scott H. Peters (CA); Andy Barr (KY); Glenn Grothman (WI); Josh Harder (CA); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (TN); Rudy Yakym III (IN); John J. McGuire III (VA); Mike Carey (OH); Mike Kelly (PA); Glenn Thompson (PA); Lloyd Smucker (PA); Tony Wied (WI); Mark E. Amodei (NV); Randy Feenstra (IA); Kimberlyn King-Hinds (MP); John R. Moolenaar (MI); David J. Taylor (OH); Claudia Tenney (NY); Ashley Hinson (IA); Pat Fallon (TX); Pete Stauber (MN); Ben Cline (VA); Mary E. Miller (IL); John H. Rutherford (FL); Robert B. Aderholt (AL); Daniel Webster (FL); David Rouzer (NC); Brad Finstad (MN); Brian Jack (GA); Burgess Owens (UT); Rick W. Allen (GA); Dale W. Strong (AL); David G. Valadao (CA); Randy Fine (FL); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (NJ); Richard McCormick (GA); Neal P. Dunn (FL); Michael A. Rulli (OH); Ed Case (HI); Max L. Miller (OH); Julie Fedorchak (ND); Robert F. Onder, Jr. (MO); Jimmy Patronis (FL); Danny K. Davis (IL); Blake D. Moore (UT); Gabe Evans (CO); W. Gregory Steube (FL); Scott Perry (PA); Marc A. Veasey (TX); Mark Harris (NC); Robert J. Wittman (VA); Eric Burlison (MO); Tracey Mann (KS); Don Bacon (NE); Cleo Fields (LA); Elise M. Stefanik (NY); Scott DesJarlais (TN); Lance Gooden (TX); Jack Bergman (MI); Erin Houchin (IN); Austin Scott (GA); Dan Newhouse (WA); William R. Timmons IV (SC); Dusty Johnson (SD); Ron Estes (KS); Trent Kelly (MS); Darin LaHood (IL); Joe Wilson (SC); Gary J. Palmer (AL); Zachary Nunn (IA); Harriet M. Hageman (WY); Jay Obernolte (CA); Mark B. Messmer (IN); Julia Letlow (LA); Bill Huizenga (MI); Mike Ezell (MS); Addison P. McDowell (NC); Mike Rogers (AL); Barry Moore (AL); Mike Flood (NE); Mario Diaz-Balart (FL); Carol D. Miller (WV); Mike Bost (IL); Juan Ciscomani (AZ); Brandon Gill (TX); Steve Womack (AR); James Comer (KY); Riley M. Moore (WV); Mike Haridopolos (FL); Tim Moore (NC); Nicholas A. Langworthy (NY); Jeff Crank (CO); Laurel M. Lee (FL); Jennifer A. Kiggans (VA); Jefferson Shreve (IN); Jefferson Van Drew (NJ); Jeff Hurd (CO); Nick LaLota (NY); Tom Barrett (MI); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA); Michelle Fischbach (MN); Carlos A. Gimenez (FL); Scott Franklin (FL); Ralph Norman (SC); Andy Harris (MD); Jodey C. Arrington (TX); Chip Roy (TX); James C. Moylan (GU); Jake Ellzey (TX); David P. Joyce (OH); Michael Cloud (TX); Andy Biggs (AZ); Jimmy Panetta (CA); Paul A. Gosar (AZ); Ken Calvert (CA); Nicholas J. Begich III (AK); Ann Wagner (MO); Elijah Crane (AZ); Nicole Malliotakis (NY); Byron Donalds (FL); John W. Rose (TN); Keith Self (TX); Lauren Boebert (CO); H. Morgan Griffith (VA); John R. Carter (TX)

Committees

Committee on Education and Workforce (Standing)

Report Number

H. Rept.119-802

United States Code Reference

29 U.S.C. 151 and 201