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

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 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 available. It relies on compliance mandates. The main policy areas are Environment.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 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 available...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 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 available.

Key Policy Areas

Environment

Primary Purpose

The bill adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 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 available.

Policy Domains

Environment

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 …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

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

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