S4124-119

Introduced

A bill to prohibit funds made available to the Department of Justice from being used to make a personal payment to the President in connection with a claim that is subject to the Federal Tort Claims Act, whether in the form of a settlement or any other payment from the Judgment Fund for the personal benefit of the President.

119th Congress Introduced Mar 17, 2026

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, A bill to prohibit funds made available to the Department of Justice from being used to make a personal payment to the President in connection with a claim that is subject to the Federal Tort Claims Act, whether in the form of a settlement or any other payment from the Judgment Fund for the personal benefit of the President., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Immigration, Criminal Justice.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section id5fb735019ab04a1fb3ac731063e1911f: 1. Prohibition on using funds made available to the Department of Justice for payments to the President with respect to tort claims None of the funds made...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, A bill to prohibit funds made available to the Department of Justice from being used to make a personal payment to the President in connection with a claim that is subject to the Federal Tort Claims Act, whether in the form of a settlement or any other payment from the Judgment Fund for the personal benefit of the President., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Immigration, Criminal Justice

Primary Purpose

This bill, A bill to prohibit funds made available to the Department of Justice from being used to make a personal payment to the President in connection with a claim that is subject to the Federal Tort Claims Act, whether in the form of a settlement or any other payment from the Judgment Fund for the personal benefit of the President., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Immigration Criminal Justice

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: pcs
federal implementing agencies:
environmental regulators and natural-resource users:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 18, 2026

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under …

Mar 18, 2026

Read the second time and placed on the calendar

Mar 17, 2026

Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on …

Mar 17, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Mar 17, 2026

Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was read the …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Immigration Criminal Justice
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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