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Suspending Transfer of Property for Improper Trump Use Act

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Introduced 2025-05-14
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International Affairs

What it does

The bill requires the Secretary of State to give Congress, within 30 days, all documents and communications about a planned transfer of an aircraft from Qatar to the United States, intended for an entity controlled by President Trump. It also requires a report on the negotiations, including promises made to Qatar, private contract talks, and the legal review. The bill bars federal funds for transferring an aircraft owned by a foreign government or a foreign-government-controlled entity to the United States, the President, or the Presidential Library of President Trump.
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1Short title

This section would let the Act be called the Suspending Transfer of Property for Improper Trump Use Act.

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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Suspending Transfer of Property for Improper Trump Use Act .

2Documents requested

This section would require the Secretary of State, within 30 days after the Act becomes law, to give the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations copies of all documents, Signal chats, memoranda, charts, tables, notes from meetings, audio recordings, records (including telephone and email records), correspondence, artificial intelligence large language model conversation transcripts, and any other communications, that exist within the Department of State or the National Security Council or between those bodies and the State of Qatar, about the transfer of an aircraft to the United States Government that is meant to be later transferred to an entity controlled by President Donald J. Trump.

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2. Documents requested Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this act, the Secretary of State shall furnish to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate copies of all documents, Signal chats, memoranda, charts, tables, notes from meetings, audio recordings, records (including telephone and email records), correspondence, artificial intelligence large language model conversation transcripts, and any other communications within the Department of State or the National Security Council, or external communication with the State of Qatar, pertaining to the transfer of an aircraft to the United States Government, to be subsequently transferred to an entity controlled by President Donald J. Trump.

3Report

This section would require the Secretary of State, within 30 days after the Act becomes law, to submit to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations a report detailing the negotiations between the United States and Qatar about transferring an aircraft from Qatar to the United States for later transfer to an entity controlled by President Trump. The report would have to include: a description of all communications about promises or commitments made, or proposed to be made, to Qatar in exchange for the transfer, whether made verbally or in writing; an account of any negotiations with private sector entities to receive contracts as a result of the potential or completed transfer; and information about the legal review the Secretary conducted regarding the potential or completed transfer.

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3. Report (a) In general Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report detailing the negotiations between the United States and Qatar pertaining to the transfer of an aircraft from Qatar to the United States, to be subsequently transferred to an entity controlled by President Trump. (b) Matters To be included The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) A description of any and all communications pertaining to promises or commitments made or proposed to be made to Qatar in exchange for the transfer described in subsection (a), whether transmitted verbally or in writing. (2) A recounting of any negotiation with private sector entities to receive contracts as a result of the potential or completed transfer described in subsection (a). (3) Information pertaining to the legal review conducted by the Secretary regarding the potential or completed transfer described in subsection (a).

4Prohibition on Federal funding with respect to certain aircraft transfers

This section would bar the use of any federal funds, despite any other law, to support, facilitate, or carry out the transfer of an aircraft owned by a foreign government or by an entity controlled by a foreign government to the United States Government, to the President of the United States, or to the Presidential Library of President Trump. No federal money could be appropriated or made available for any such action.

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4. Prohibition on Federal funding with respect to certain aircraft transfers Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds are authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to take any action to support, facilitate, or execute the transfer of an aircraft owned by a foreign government or an entity controlled by a foreign government to the United States Government, the President of the United States, or to the Presidential Library of President Trump.

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Where it is

Introduced · 2025-05-14

In the House.

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Official documents

The on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-12. The same version at GovInfo.

The numbers

2%
of bills introduced became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=16,213)
30
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass

Who is lobbying on this

NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESSvia NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS
2 filings
From 2 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (2025-05-14).