She will extend gift, travel, and reimbursement restrictions that apply to Members of Congress to their spouses and dependents.

Extends existing ethics rules to spouses and dependents. Applies all gift, travel, and reimbursement restrictions that cover Members to their spouses and dependents, preventing backdoor deals and conflicts of interest.

The legislation would apply congressional ethics restrictions to spouses and dependents.

Rep. Stevens Introduces Congressional Stock Trading Ban, Additional Measures to Restore Public Trust as Part of ‘No Getting Rich in Congress Act’ | Congresswoman Haley Stevens
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Before Stevens entered Congress, Rule XXV already treated certain family-member gifts as gifts to the Member when tied to the Member's official position, and it excluded spouse/dependent refreshments at the same event from being treated as gifts to the Member.

Baseline House rules already had limited family-member gift coverage before Stevens' federal service, so that preexisting coverage cannot be credited as her fulfillment of the promise.

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House Rules and Manual, 115th Congress
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The pre-Stevens House financial-disclosure rule already required reporting certain spouse/dependent gifts and reimbursements when not wholly independent of the relationship to the reporting Member.

Disclosure for spouse/dependent gifts and reimbursements existed before Stevens took office; this is not evidence that she later extended restrictions.

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House Rules and Manual, 115th Congress
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The current Rule XXV still uses the same limited family-gift framework: family gifts count against the Member only when accepted with knowledge/acquiescence and because of official position, while spouse/dependent refreshments at the same event are not counted as the Member's gift.

As of the current House Manual available before July 3, 2026, the rules had not been changed into a blanket extension of Member gift restrictions to spouses and dependents.

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House Rules and Manual, 119th Congress
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Current privately sponsored travel restrictions are framed around reimbursements to Members, officers, and employees; the definition of permissible travel expenses may include expenses for a relative, rather than imposing the Member restrictions directly on spouses and dependents as independent covered persons.

The travel/reimbursement rule still does not show the promised extension of Member restrictions to spouses and dependents.

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House Rules and Manual, 119th Congress
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The Rule XXV amendment history lists family/relative travel language from 2005 and lobbyist-related travel changes from 2007; the only noted 117th Congress changes were electronic-signature changes to travel paperwork provisions.

The official rule history does not identify a Stevens-era substantive amendment extending gift, travel, and reimbursement restrictions to spouses and dependents.

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House Rules and Manual, 119th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 89%

Stevens voted Yea on H.R. 1, a broad ethics and democracy bill that passed the House 234-193 but was not enacted in the 116th Congress.

This shows Stevens supported broad ethics legislation in her first term, but it does not prove delivery of the specific spouse/dependent gift, travel, and reimbursement restriction promise.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 118, H.R.1, 116th Congress
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