H.R. 10732 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
No Betting on Your Own Race Act
Cosponsors: none · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-14
Introduced: 2026-10-05
Latest action (2026-10-05): Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
What H.R. 10732 does, in plain terms
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Under Article I, Section 4, Clause 1, supported by Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, the proposal would be CONSTITUTIONAL as a regulation of the Times, Places and Manner of federal elections. This bill, identified as hr-119-10732 and referred to the House Committee on House Administration on 2026-10-05 and thus pending only, would by its title prohibit candidates for Federal office from trading in contracts on the outcome of their own elections. Congress holds express power over federal elections with needful means to guard their purity from self-dealing that tempts deceit, restraining interested conduct while leaving free discussion untouched. Conservatives gain enumerated, limited power confined to federal contests with Tenth Amendment restraint and precise definition; progressives gain protection of equal suffrage from corruption. The SI analysis finds the strongest concern is that vague definitions and the phrase and for other purposes would reach state offices or private expression. The answer is confinement: the measure would apply only to Federal contests, define prohibited trading with precision, and punish only interested trafficking.
The regulation of the times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives is expressly vested in Congress by Article I, Section 4, Clause 1, supplemented by the Necessary and Proper power in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 to render such regulation effectual. As expounded in Federalist No. 59 and Federalist No. 60, this superintending power over federal elections is essential to preservation of the Union and to guard against corruption that would vitiate republican choice. A prohibition upon candidates trafficking in wagers upon their own elevation directly secures t…
As the Constitution vests in Congress authority to make or alter regulations as to the Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives under Article I, Section 4, a narrow measure to prevent fraud and self-dealing by candidates for Federal office in the very election by which they seek power falls within that express grant. Such trading invites corruption of the elective principle upon which liberty depends. The Tenth Amendment reserves all else to the States, so this power extends only to Federal office and cannot sustain a general regulation of private contract…
As Madison I hold this measure within the enumerated authority over the mode of choosing officers of the General Government. Article I, Section 4 expressly grants regulation of the Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 supplies means necessary to guard those elections from corruption. Federalist No. 52 shows the House dependent on the people requires purity of suffrage. Federalist No. 10 teaches that faction and interested motive must be checked by extended structure and by laws that prevent men from being judges and…
As Chief Justice, I hold the Constitution supreme and it is the province of the judiciary to declare what the law is, per Marbury v. Madison (1803). Article I, Section 4 expressly commits to Congress authority to make or alter regulations respecting the Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives. A prohibition upon trafficking in wagers upon one's own election bears directly upon the manner and integrity of that federal process. Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, Congress may employ all necessary and proper means to effectuate its enumerated powers, and …
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