No GRIFT Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9731 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9731

  To provide that a nonprofit organization that receives more than 50
    percent of its revenue from grants awarded by the Department of
   Justice, and compensated an officer or employee in an amount that
    exceeds the annual salary authorized to be paid to the Attorney
 General, is ineligible to receive a Department of Justice grant, and
                          for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2026

   Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself, Ms. Hageman, and Mr. Moore of
   Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

  To provide that a nonprofit organization that receives more than 50
    percent of its revenue from grants awarded by the Department of
   Justice, and compensated an officer or employee in an amount that
    exceeds the annual salary authorized to be paid to the Attorney
 General, is ineligible to receive a Department of Justice grant, and
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Granting Riches Intended for
Taxpayers Act of 2026'' or the ``No GRIFT Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. COMPENSATION LIMITATION FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GRANT
              RECIPIENTS.

    (a) In General.--For a fiscal year, any covered nonprofit is
ineligible to receive a grant awarded by the Department of Justice for
that fiscal year.
    (b) Certification.--A nonprofit seeking a grant awarded by the
Department of Justice shall submit to the Attorney General, along with
the application for such grant, a certification that the nonprofit is
not ineligible to receive a grant under subsection (a).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``covered nonprofit'' means, for a fiscal
        year, a nonprofit--
                    (A) for which more than 50 percent of its revenue
                was comprised of one or more grants awarded by the
                Department of Justice for taxable year that most
                recently concluded prior to the first day of that
                fiscal year; and
                    (B) that, for the taxable year described in
                subparagraph (A), compensated an officer or employee in
                an amount that exceeded the annual salary authorized to
                be paid to the Attorney General.
            (2) The term ``nonprofit'' means an organization that is
        exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
        Revenue Code of 1986.
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