[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4324 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4324

 To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit attorneys for the 
Government who are sanctioned by a court from temporarily representing 
                            the Government.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 16 (legislative day, April 14), 2026

   Mr. Lujan introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit attorneys for the 
Government who are sanctioned by a court from temporarily representing 
                            the Government.

    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 ``Federal Prosecutorial Accountability 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF SANCTIONED ATTORNEYS FROM REPRESENTING 
              THE GOVERNMENT.

    Section 530B(b) of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The'' and inserting ``(1) The''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2)(A) The rules described in paragraph (1) shall provide for 
barring an attorney for the Government from representing the Government 
in court and filings for 1 year if a court has imposed sanctions under 
rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on the attorney.
    ``(B) The Office of Professional Responsibility of the Department 
of Justice shall carry out the rules described in subparagraph (A).''.
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