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Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] · D–NM
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-07 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This bill would make the special government employee managing the Department of Government Efficiency, or its successor, legally responsible for claims against the federal government related to the department’s activities. It targets the person in charge of that department within the President’s executive office. This is a proposed requirement.
the special Government employee (as that term is defined in section 202(a) of title 18, United States Code) managing or otherwise in charge of the Department of Government Efficiency (or any successor thereof) within the Executive Office of the President shall be liable for any claim against the Federal Government relating to activities of the Department
The proposed liability would cover any claim related to the department’s activities. The listed examples include claims arising from violations of federal labor, data privacy, and federal spending laws, threats to national or domestic security, and violations of other statutes.
shall be liable for any claim against the Federal Government relating to activities of the Department, including claims brought as a result of violation of Federal labor laws, data privacy laws, threats to national or domestic security, Federal appropriations laws, or any other statutes.
The bill says its liability rule would apply despite other provisions of law. It uses an existing federal statutory definition of “special Government employee” to identify the type of employee covered.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the special Government employee (as that term is defined in section 202(a) of title 18, United States Code)
Section 1 gives the proposal the short title “Nobody Elected Elon Musk Act.”
This Act may be cited as the Nobody Elected Elon Musk Act.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated June 9, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 7, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-06-09T17:53:43Z. 2025-02-07: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 2025-02-07: Introduced in House
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