H.Res. 577 - Demand for Immediate Release of Federal Epstein Records

H.RES. 577 (119TH CONGRESS) DEMANDING THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF ALL FEDERAL DOCUMENTS RELATING TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN Congress.gov lists H.Res. 577 as a House resolution sponsored by Representative Marc A. Veasey and introduced on July 14, 2025. The legislative overview records immediate referral to the House Committee on the Judiciary on the same date. The bill page title itself is the operative short description: "Demanding the immediate release of all Federal documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein." As a primary-source congressional record, this page provides the core procedural metadata needed for timeline analysis: - sponsor identity and chamber origin, - official introduction date, - committee referral path, - current status and action history. The value of this record is that it captures the start of a discrete legislative push focused on broad federal-record release. Even before any floor disposition, introduced resolutions and referrals are important in archival work because they document what release posture members sought to establish and which committee was assigned jurisdiction. For researchers mapping the 2025 transparency cycle, H.Res. 577 should be read as an early House-position document that sits alongside later rules activity and enacted disclosure legislation. It does not itself publish records; rather, it formalizes a congressional demand in the House legislative system and creates a traceable procedural entry on Congress.gov. Source: Congress.gov Available at: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/577