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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 5359

No Bribes for Politicians Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-09-15Topic: governance ethics

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This bill would bar the use of gifts of more than minimal value that are deposited with an agency for official use with Presidential duties, and would require the agency to dispose of them. It would change federal financial disclosure reports for covered officials from yearly to twice a year, starting in 2026. It would require the President, Vice President, and Cabinet members to include financial information about a list of relatives in their reports. It would require the President and Vice President to sell their interests in for-profit businesses within 30 days of taking office, bar them from decision-making roles at such businesses, and bar them and their spouses and dependent children from using or licensing their names or likenesses for profit, with civil penalties for violations. Retirement accounts would be exempt from the business ownership rule.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-09-15HouseReferred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.refer
2025-09-15Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-09-15Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.