# 119-hr-9075: Tax the Grift Act

119-hr-9075, Tax the Grift Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-03).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9075
- Congress: 119
- Title: Tax the Grift Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-05-29
- Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-03

## Summary

**100% tax on settlement payments from funds set up after a presidential lawsuit against the IRS.** This bill would create a new tax chapter that targets payments from those specific qualified settlement funds and changes how those payments are reported and deducted. - People or entities that receive a payment from a qualified settlement fund would face a tax equal to **100%** of that payment. Those payments would also be excluded from gross income for Chapter 1 purposes. - The bill adds a new Chapter 50B to the tax code and treats the new tax as a Subtitle A tax for administrative rules. It also amends section 275(a)(6) to block deduction treatment for these payments. - The rule would apply to amounts received after the law takes effect.

## Provisions PRIA read

- New 100% tax on settlement payments: mixed, high. This bill would tax 100% of any "qualified settlement fund payment" you get in a tax year. A "qualified settlement fund payment" would be money from a fund set up because the President sued the IRS. For Chapter 1, the bill would exclude those payments from gross income but still impose the separate…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3077: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
- 119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-9075 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9075)

## Related
- [119-hr-3077: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3077)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971)
- [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-9075 (as of 2026-06-03).