HR8076-119

In Committee

PREDICT Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 25, 2026

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, PREDICT Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Labor, Finance.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HD8CBE71B19474F47969883F1FAF7AB20: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Real-time Exploitation and Deceptive Insider Congressional Trading Act or the PREDICT Act.
  • Section H46E1B1EB35D946A2B6AF0AB6DCEE9DFD: 2. Restrictions on trading on prediction markets Chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end a new subchapter: IVRestrictions...
  • Section HBB6E5EB3136045A9A0B4C9A0967F8DB6: 13151. Definitions In this subchapter: The term covered individual means any of the following: A Member of Congress as defined in section 13101 of this title....
  • Section H2FCA12211A3A4FF999140A01B3421C44: 13152. Trading on prediction markets No covered individual may enter into, or offer to enter into an agreement, contract, or transaction that provides for any...
  • Section H2A4B8DEC180040FBB941F4AAE176208E: 13153. Penalties Any covered individual who violates the restrictions in section 13152 of this title shall, at the direction of the supervising ethics office—...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, PREDICT Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Labor, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, PREDICT Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Labor Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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federal implementing agencies: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 25, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and …

Mar 25, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 25, 2026

Ms. Budzinski (for herself, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, and Mr. …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Labor Finance
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"political appointee" §H46E1B1EB35D946A2B6AF0AB6DCEE9DFD

an individual— occupying a position described under sections 5312 through 5316 of this title (relating to the Executive Schedule)

"political appointee" §HBB6E5EB3136045A9A0B4C9A0967F8DB6

an individual— occupying a position described under sections 5312 through 5316 of this title (relating to the Executive Schedule)

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