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1: Prohibition on using funds made available to the Department of Justice for payments to the President with respect to tort claims
This section would bar the Department of Justice from using any of its funds, whether made available before, on, or after this Act becomes law, to approve or facilitate a claim that meets both of two conditions. First, the claim must be subject to the Federal Tort Claims Act (chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code). Second, the claim must result in a personal payment to the President for the President's personal benefit, whether that payment takes the form of a settlement or any other payment issued under the Judgment Fund (section 1304 of title 31, United States Code). Both conditions must be true for the prohibition to apply.
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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 to the Department of Justice before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act may be used to approve or facilitate a claim that— (1) is subject to chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code (commonly known as the Federal Tort Claims Act ); and (2) results in a personal payment to the President, whether in the form of a settlement or any other payment issued under section 1304 of title 31, United States Code, (commonly known as the Judgment Fund ) for the personal benefit of the President. March 18, 2026 Read the second time and placed on the calendar