[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 873 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 873

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit Members 
               of Congress from owning individual stocks.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 18, 2022

Ms. Craig submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                          Committee on Ethics

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit Members 
               of Congress from owning individual stocks.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``NO STOCK Resolution'' or the 
``No Option for Stock Trading and Ownership as a Check to Keep congress 
clean Resolution''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM OWNING 
              INDIVIDUAL STOCKS.

    Rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives (known as 
the ``Code of Official Conduct'') is amended by redesignating clause 22 
as clause 23 and inserting after clause 21 the following:
                            ``(22) Prohibiting members of house of 
                        representatives from owning individual 
                        stocks.--A Member, Delegate, or Resident 
                        Commissioner may not own the common stock of 
                        any individual public corporation.''.
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