No Presidential Self-Serving Lawsuits Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8968 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8968

To prohibit the President from filing a civil action against the United
                                States.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2026

  Mrs. Fletcher (for herself, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Norton, Mr. Carter of
  Louisiana, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. Craig, Mr. Castro of
Texas, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Tonko,
   Mr. Doggett, Mr. Peters, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. McClellan, Mr.
Huffman, Mr. Carson, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Williams
 of Georgia, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Randall, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Pingree, Mr.
Menefee, and Mr. Amo) introduced the following bill; which was referred
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

To prohibit the President from filing a civil action against the United
                                States.

    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 Presidential Self-Serving
Lawsuits Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CIVIL SUIT AGAINST UNITED STATES BY PRESIDENT.

    (a) Prohibition.--A President may not file a civil action against
the United States.
    (b) Settlement Agreement.--The settlement agreement in Trump v.
Internal Revenue Service, No. 1:26-cv-20609 (S.D. Fla.) is void.

SEC. 3. LIMITATIONS ON USES OF FEDERAL FUNDS.

    (a) Prohibition on Establishment of a Compensation Fund.--No
compensation fund may be established to settle a civil action brought
against the United States by a President or former President and no
Federal funds may be used with respect to the settlement agreement in
Trump v. Internal Revenue Service, No. 1:26-cv-20609 (S.D. Fla.).
    (b) Recovery of Funds.--The Secretary of the Treasury may take such
actions as may be necessary to recover any Federal funds used in
violation of subsection (a).
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