HR 4405
Became law
Requires the Attorney General to publish within 30 days of enactment the Justice Department's unclassified records about Jeffrey Epstein, with limited exceptions for victims' privacy, child sexual abuse material, active investigations, graphic images, and national security secrets.
Official title: Epstein Files Transparency Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
15-JUL-2025
Referred
15-JUL-2025
Passed
18-NOV-2025
Senate
Received
19-NOV-2025
Passed
19-NOV-2025
President
Presented
19-NOV-2025
Signed
19-NOV-2025
Became law
19-NOV-2025
- Covers records on Epstein's investigations, prosecutions, immunity and plea deals, flight logs, and the circumstances of his detention and death
- Bars withholding or redacting records to avoid embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity
- Allows redactions only for specified reasons, each justified in the Federal Register and submitted to Congress
- Requires a report to the Judiciary Committees within 15 days of the release listing what was released, withheld, and redacted, and naming officials and politically exposed persons mentioned in the materials
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Public Law, 19-NOV-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Judiciary Committee (House)
Crime and Law Enforcement
■ 23 D■ 1 R
23 Democrats
- Yassamin Ansari
- Wesley Bell
- Danny K. Davis
- Christopher R. Deluzio
- Maxine Dexter
- Shomari Figures
- Robert Garcia
- Josh Harder
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson
- Stephen F. Lynch
- Seth Magaziner
- James P. McGovern
- Kweisi Mfume
- Seth Moulton
- Eleanor Holmes Norton
- Johnny Olszewski
- Ilhan Omar
- Nancy Pelosi
- Mary Gay Scanlon
- Brad Sherman
- Adam Smith
- Darren Soto
- Shri Thanedar
1 Republican