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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 5842

No Presidential Payouts Act

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Introduced 2025-10-28Topic: governance ethics · budget · criminal justice

Summary

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This bill would bar the federal government from using the Treasury's Claims and Judgment Fund to pay the President, any relative of the President, or any entity tied to the President or a relative for costs they incurred in a criminal or civil matter to which they are a party. It would also bar the use of any other federal funds to compensate these same people or entities for such costs. The ban on the Judgment Fund applies even though existing law (31 U.S.C. 1304) otherwise allows that fund to pay settlements and judgments.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-10-28HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.refer
2025-10-28Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-10-28Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.