The Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed legislation to require the Justice Department to release all files related to Jeffrey Epstein, sending the bill to President Donald Trump’s desk. The Senate vote follows the bill’s passage in the House by a 427-1 vote. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) urged the chamber to pass the bill as soon as possible, emphasizing that “Republicans must not try to change this bill or bury it in committee, or slow walk it in any way.” He warned that any amendment would force the measure back to the House and risk further delay. “Who knows what would happen over there?” he added. Schumer also noted, “I just asked for unanimous consent to approve the Senate bill to release the Epstein Files. There was no objection,” on X.

The resolution from Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., would require the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release all unclassified records, documents, communications and investigative materials “publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format” related to the late financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell within 30 days of the bill being signed into law. The momentum to pass the bill through the Senate quickly became overwhelming after the House passed it by a margin of 427 to 1. Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) cast the only “no” vote, arguing it would damage innocent people, including witnesses.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said the resounding vote in the House undercut calls to amend the legislation, something that could have delayed it for weeks or months. “When a bill comes out of the House 427 to 1 and the president has said he’s going to sign it, I’m not sure that amending it is in the cards,” Thune told reporters. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who voted for the legislation earlier Tuesday, accused Democrats of using it to score political points and urged Senate Republicans to make changes to it to “make sure we don’t do permanent damage to the political system.” Johnson’s pleas fell flat after Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.), the lead Republican co-sponsor of the bill, warned the Senate, “Do not muck it up.”

Now, as soon as the House transfers the bill to the Senate, it will go straight to President Trump’s desk for his signature. The Senate could wait until December to take up the measure, amid a desire among some Republicans to amend the legislation to protect the identities of innocent third parties as well as classified information. However, the overwhelming momentum from the House passage has pushed the bill forward.