# 119-hr-8885: STOP TRUMP ACT

119-hr-8885, STOP TRUMP ACT, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30] (D-TX); status introduced (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8885
- Congress: 119
- Title: STOP TRUMP ACT
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-05-19
- Sponsor: Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30] (D-TX)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**This bill would bar federal funds from being used to compensate Presidents or their immediate families and affiliated entities for claims of political targeting or governmental "weaponization."** It would also restrict Department of Justice representation in cases that could benefit the President and require repayment of any federal funds paid in violation, with civil recovery tools available to the Attorney General. - Presidents, immediate family members, and entities owned or controlled by them would be unable to use federal money to settle or collect claims that allege political targeting or weaponization. - Current or former political appointees of the Executive Office and any individuals the President designates for preferential compensation, including persons who participated in the January 6, 2021 attack, would be barred from federal compensation for such claims. - The Department of Justice would be limited from representing the United States in litigation where the President is a plaintiff or beneficiary and the requested relief could financially or politically benefit the President, family, or affiliates. - Any agreement, settlement, compensation fund, claims commission, or similar mechanism set up to pay such claims would be void and unenforceable. - Recipients who received federal funds in violation would have to repay them to the Treasury. The Attorney General could seek recovery through offsets, garnishment, liens, asset seizure, and other federal remedies.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO), 2026-05-26T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Ban on federal compensation funds: benefit, low. If enacted, federal officers and employees would be barred from creating, funding, or running any compensation fund, claims commission, restitution program, reimbursement mechanism, board, commission, task force, or adjudicatory body meant to pay people or organizations for alleged governmental "we…
- Ban on federal payouts to President: benefit, low. If enacted, federal funds, including amounts from the Judgment Fund, would not be used to settle, compromise, satisfy, or pay claims brought by the President, the President's immediate family, entities they own or control, Executive Office political appointees, or anyone the President designates fo…
- Limit DOJ representation for President: benefit, low. If enacted, the Department of Justice would be barred from representing the United States in any litigation where the President is a plaintiff or beneficiary and the relief sought could financially or politically benefit the President, the President's family, or affiliated entities. This includes r…
- Require repayment of unlawful funds: cost, medium. If enacted, any person or entity that received Federal funds in violation of this bill would have to repay the full amount to the U.S. Treasury, including funds paid before enactment. The Attorney General would be directed to sue to recover those amounts and could use garnishment, attachment, liens…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
- 119-hr-5356: National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-8885 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8885)

## Related
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971)
- [119-hr-5356: National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5356)
- [119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3069)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8885 (as of 2026-09-21).