[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9210 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9210

      To amend title 28, United States Code, to establish certain 
 requirements for compromise settlements between the President and the 
                 United States, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 2026

  Mr. Raskin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
      To amend title 28, United States Code, to establish certain 
 requirements for compromise settlements between the President and 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Block Lawless Agreements and Nullify 
Corrupt Handouts and Emoluments Act of 2026'' or the ``BLANCHE Act of 
2026''.

SEC. 2. COMPROMISE SETTLEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 161 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 2414 the following:
``Sec. 2414a. Compromise settlements between the President and the 
              United States
    ``(a) Prohibition.--In the case of any administrative claim, civil 
action, or other claim against the United States filed by the President 
(including a claim or civil action filed by an individual who assumed 
the Office of the President while such claim is pending), a covered 
agreement resolving such claim or action may not be entered into, and 
no action pursuant to such covered agreement may be taken, if, pursuant 
to such covered agreement--
            ``(1) the President (including after the President leaves 
        office), or
            ``(2) any third party, at the direction of the President,
would receive any payment by the United States, in cash or in kind, 
including for damages, reimbursement, or attorneys' fees.
    ``(b) Invalidity.--In the case of any administrative claim, civil 
action, or other claim against the United States filed by the President 
(including a claim or civil action filed by an individual who assumed 
the Office of the President while such claim is pending), any covered 
agreement to resolve such claim or action is void ab initio unless such 
covered agreement is the subject of a court order giving it effect. A 
court of the United States may not issue such an order unless--
            ``(1) the President, if no such civil action has been 
        filed, files a civil action before the court and files the 
        proposed terms of the covered agreement with the court; and
            ``(2) the court conducts a hearing on the proposed terms of 
        the covered agreement, with presentation of evidence by the 
        parties, and thereafter enters the order giving effect to the 
        terms of the covered agreement, that includes explicit findings 
        of the court that--
                    ``(A) the parties to the action are adverse;
                    ``(B) the action was not brought to force a covered 
                agreement with the United States;
                    ``(C) the United States made a good faith effort to 
                explore available defenses to the claims at issue and 
                has a reasonable legal basis for its decision to enter 
                into the covered agreement;
                    ``(D) the covered agreement is not--
                            ``(i) collusive; or
                            ``(ii) the perpetration of a fraud on the 
                        court; and
                    ``(E) the covered agreement is in the interest of 
                justice.
    ``(c) Covered Agreement Defined.--In this section, the term 
`covered agreement' means any settlement agreement, consent decree, 
compromise settlement, or other agreement to resolve an administrative 
claim, civil action, or other claim against the United States.
    ``(d) Applicability.--This section shall apply to any covered 
agreement between the President and the United States concluded before, 
on, or after the date of enactment of this section.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 161 of 
title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
related to section 2414 the following:

``2414a. Compromise settlements between the President and the United 
                            States.''.
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