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119-s-5196119th Congress

No Trump Immunity Act

Sponsored By: Senator Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would bar Executive agencies from granting the President, Vice President, their family members, trusts, or businesses broad immunity, waivers, releases, or other preclusions of legal claims. It aims to stop agencies from using administrative actions to shield presidential figures or their closely connected entities from accountability.

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  • People tied to the Presidency: The President, Vice President, specified relatives, trusts, parents, and sisters would be ineligible for agency-granted releases, waivers, acquittals, discharges, barring, or other claim preclusions.
  • Presidential businesses: A "presidentially owned entity" is any legal entity where the President or Vice President has an ownership stake. The definition excludes entities with more than 100 owners when the President or Vice President owns 5% or less.
  • Agencies and claims: Executive agencies would be barred from at least five categories of immunity-related relief, including general immunity orders, relief for facilitating money laundering for certain foreign actors, trading on insider information about an imminent war with Iran, abuse of young women, and illegally steering taxpayer dollars.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Ban on federal immunity for presidents

If enacted, the bill would bar any Executive agency from giving releases, waivers, acquittals, discharges, barring, or preclusion of claims to the President or Vice President. The ban would also cover listed family members, trusts, parents, siblings, related companies, affiliates, and presidentially owned entities. The bill lists example claim types covered, including broad immunity from investigation or prosecution, aiding money laundering for certain actors, trading on insider information about an imminent war with Iran, abuse of young women, and illegally steering taxpayer dollars to associates. The prohibition would take effect upon enactment.

Which entities count as president-owned

If enacted, the bill would define "presidentially owned entity" to mean any corporation, partnership, LLC, association, other legal entity, or sole proprietorship in which the President or Vice President has an ownership stake. The definition would exclude entities with more than 100 owners where the President or Vice President owns 5% or less. This definition would take effect upon enactment and determine which businesses the immunity ban applies to.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]

NM • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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