Preventing Payouts for Insurrectionists Act

No federal payouts for insurrectionists

This bill would bar federal money for any claim by a person convicted (including later pardoned) of a felony or misdemeanor tied to: (1) the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol; (2) acts meant to disrupt, delay, or impede the January 6, 2021 certification (including seditious conspiracy); or (3) actions to disrupt or unlawfully influence the 2016 presidential election (including conspiracy to defraud the United States). The ban would apply to any claim pending on, or brought on or after, January 20, 2025, regardless of when the underlying act happened. If a covered person received any money from the United States for such a claim between January 20, 2025 and the date this bill becomes law, they would have to return the full amount to the Treasury. This would include payments from the Judgment Fund (31 U.S.C. 1304). A State attorney general could sue in federal court to force repayment, and courts would also order the person to pay damages equal to 25% of the returned amount to the State.