To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit Presidents and Vice Presidents from receiving damages payments from the United States, and for other purposes.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8309 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8309 To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit Presidents and Vice Presidents from receiving damages payments from the United States, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 15, 2026 Mr. Raskin (for himself and Mr. Min) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit Presidents and Vice Presidents from receiving damages payments from the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS. (a) In General.--Chapter 161 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Sec. 2417. Rules for payments to current and former Presidents and Vice Presidents ``(a) Definitions.--In this section, the term `cove…