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HCR1 • 2026

CONGRESS: Memorializes the La. congressional delegation to investigate the individuals implicated in the Epstein files and ensure they are prosecuted and held responsible through every available legal process

CONGRESS: Memorializes the La. congressional delegation to investigate the individuals implicated in the Epstein files and ensure they are prosecuted and held responsible through every available legal process

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Sponsor
Danny McCormick
Last action
2026-03-16
Official status
Withdrawn from the files of the House
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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CONGRESS: Memorializes the La. congressional delegation to investigate the individuals implicated in the Epstein files and ensure they are prosecuted and held responsible through every available legal process

CONGRESS: Memorializes the La.

What This Bill Does

  • CONGRESS: Memorializes the La.
  • congressional delegation to investigate the individuals implicated in the Epstein files and ensure they are prosecuted and held responsible through every available legal process

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-16 H

    Withdrawn from the files of the House.

  2. 2026-03-16 H

    Discharged from the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

  3. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

  4. 2026-02-13 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.

  5. 2026-02-13 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

  6. 2026-02-13 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

CONGRESS: Memorializes the La. congressional delegation to investigate the individuals implicated in the Epstein files and ensure they are prosecuted and held responsible through every available legal process

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-852 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCCORMICK
CONGRESS: Memorializes the La. congressional delegation to investigate the individuals
implicated in the Epstein files and ensure they are prosecuted and held responsible
through every available legal process
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
2 To memorialize the Louisiana congressional delegation to take such actions as are necessary
3 to ensure that all individuals implicated in the Jeffrey Epstein files, including those
4 involved in alleged criminal activities such as child sex trafficking, blackmail, and
5 bribery, are fully investigated, prosecuted, and held responsible through every
6 available legal process.
7 WHEREAS, the Epstein Files Transparency Act (Pub. L. 119-38) was passed by
8 Congress and signed into law on November 19, 2025, requiring the United States
9 Department of Justice to release unclassified documents related to the prosecution of Jeffrey
10 Epstein; and
11 WHEREAS, the Epstein Files Transparency Act mandates the public disclosure of
12 records in a searchable format with redactions limited to protecting victim identities; and
13 WHEREAS, initial releases began on December 19, 2025, followed by additional
14 disclosures in January of 2026 that revealed details of Epstein's network; and
15 WHEREAS, the files have disclosed alleged involvement of high-profile individuals
16 in criminal activities that include child sex trafficking involving minors as young as nine
17 years of age, rape, blackmail, bribery, and a client list implicating politicians and wealthy
18 individuals; and
19 WHEREAS, these allegations represent serious violations of law and public trust;
20 and
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HLS 26RS-852 ORIGINAL
HCR NO. 1
1 WHEREAS, full accountability is essential to uphold justice and protect the public.
2 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
3 memorialize the Louisiana congressional delegation to ensure that all individuals implicated
4 in the Epstein files are fully investigated, prosecuted, and charged through every available
5 legal process.
6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to each
7 member of the Louisiana congressional delegation.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 1 Original 2026 Regular Session McCormick
Memorializes the La. congressional delegation to investigate the individuals implicated in
the Epstein files and ensure they are prosecuted and held responsible through every available
legal process.
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