Epstein Files Transparency Act - Enrolled Bill Text (ENR)

From: U.S. CongressTo: President of the United States, Department of Justice
Public Law 119-38Enrolled TextRecord ReleaseDOJ
ENROLLED BILL TEXT H.R. 4405 (ENR), Public Law 119-38 This record is the enrolled bill text for H.R. 4405, available through Congress.gov/GPO as BILLS-119hr4405enr.pdf. An enrolled bill is the final legislative text that has passed both chambers in identical form and is prepared for presidential action. In archive terms, this file is the controlling legislative text for the Epstein Files Transparency Act as enacted in November 2025. Unlike summaries or press releases, the ENR version is the primary source for precise obligations, definitions, and any redaction-related guardrails written into the statute. The value of this document is legal precision: - It is the exact text Congress agreed to. - It is the basis for citation as Public Law 119-38. - It can be compared against earlier text versions (IH, EH, etc.) to identify changes made during floor consideration. Researchers using the Epstein archive should rely on the ENR file for quoting statutory language and use the Congress.gov bill page for action chronology. Together, those records provide both the procedural and textual record needed for accurate legal analysis of federal disclosure requirements tied to Epstein/Maxwell materials. Source: Congress.gov / Government Publishing Office Available at: https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr4405/BILLS-119hr4405enr.pdf

The Epstein Case in 2025

In February 2025, the Justice Department released "Epstein Files: Phase 1", including a flight-log exhibit, a redacted contact book and an evidence list, much of it previously public. After a July 2025 DOJ-FBI memo said no further disclosure was warranted, Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The House passed it 427-1 on November 18, 2025, it became law on November 19, and it required the Justice Department to publish its Epstein records within 30 days; the first production followed on December 19, 2025.

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