Legislation· Nov 2025Epstein Files Transparency Act
Requires DOJ to publish unclassified records from the Epstein investigation within 30 days.
Tradeoff
Orders the release of documents, communications, and investigative files related to Jeffrey Epstein and associates, with limited exceptions for victim privacy, active investigations, and national security.
What's in it
The House passed this 427–1 on November 18, 2025. The Senate passed it by on November 19, 2025, and it was signed into law.
House
Introduced
(Jul 15, 2025)
House
Committee on the Judiciary(Jul 15, 2025)
House
On Motion to and Pass
Passed(Roll #289 · Nov 18, 2025)
427 yeanay 1Senate
Passage of the bill
Passed by (Nov 19, 2025)
No individual votes were recorded.
Senate
Received from the House
Received(Nov 19, 2025)
House
Sent to the President
(Nov 19, 2025)
White House · Signature
Signed
Donald Trump (R)
Enacted
Became law(Nov 19, 2025)
- Thomas Massie (R-KY)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA)
- Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ)
- James P. McGovern (D-MA)
- Shri Thanedar (D-MI)
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (D-GA)
- Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
- Brad Sherman (D-CA)
- Wesley Bell (D-MO)
- Johnny Olszewski (D-MD)
- Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
- Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA)
- Seth Moulton (D-MA)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
- Kweisi Mfume (D-MD)
- Adam Smith (D-WA)
- Danny K. Davis (D-IL)
- Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA)
- Shomari Figures (D-AL)
- Seth Magaziner (D-RI)
- Maxine Dexter (D-OR)
- Robert Garcia (D-CA)
- Josh Harder (D-CA)
Final passage· Nov 18, 2025· 119th Congress · 2025–2027