119 HR 7072 IH: Federal Anti-Interference in Referrals for Justice Act U.S. House of Representatives 2026-01-14 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 7072IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJanuary 14, 2026Mr. Moulton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo prohibit politically motivated prosecutions and investigations, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Federal Anti-Interference in Referrals for Justice Act or the FAIR Justice Act.

2.

Prohibited prosecutions

(a)

In general

Chapter 11 of Part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 227 the following:

227A.

Politically motivated prosecutions and investigations

(a)

Prohibition

It shall be unlawful for any covered person knowingly to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Department of Justice to conduct a criminal prosecution or other investigation of any particular individual, if the request is selectively made solely for a political purpose.(b)

Reporting

It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of the Department of Justice knowingly to fail to report the receipt of any request prohibited, or reasonably believed to be prohibited, by subsection (a) to the Inspector General of the Department of Justice within 45 days of such request being made.(c)

Penalty

Whoever violates subsection (a) or (b) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.(d)

Covered person defined

In this section, the term covered person means—(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

.(b)

Clerical amendment

The table of sections for chapter 11 of part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 227:227A. Politically motivated prosecutions..