[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4713 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

<DOC>






119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4713

     To amend title 28, United States Code, to prevent payouts for 
                           insurrectionists.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 9, 2026

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 28, United States Code, to prevent payouts for 
                           insurrectionists.

    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 ``Preventing Payouts for 
Insurrectionists Act''.

SEC. 2. PREVENTING PAYOUTS FOR INSURRECTIONISTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 2680 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(o) Any claim, without regard to when the act or omission giving 
rise to the claim occurred, brought by any individual convicted 
(including any individual convicted and subsequently pardoned) of any 
felony or misdemeanor--
            ``(1) arising out of or relating to the January 6, 2021, 
        attack on the United States Capitol building and grounds;
            ``(2) committed with the intent to disrupt, delay, or 
        impede the joint session of Congress certifying the results of 
        the 2020 presidential election, including seditious conspiracy; 
        or
            ``(3) involving an action taken to disrupt, interfere with, 
        or unlawfully influence the administration of the 2016 
        presidential election, including conspiracy to defraud the 
        United States.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to any claim pending on, or brought on or after, January 20, 
2025.
    (c) Recoupment of Disbursed Funds.--
            (1) In general.--Any individual described in section 
        2680(o) of title 28, United States Code, as added by subsection 
        (a), who received any monetary payment, judgment, award, 
        compromise, settlement, or interest from the United States 
        (including a payment disbursed under section 1304 of title 31, 
        United States Code (commonly known as the ``Judgment Fund'')) 
        pursuant to a claim described in such section 2680(o) during 
        the period beginning on January 20, 2025, and ending on the 
        date of enactment of this Act, shall return the full amount of 
        the payment, judgment, award, compromise, settlement, or 
        interest to the Treasury of the United States.
            (2) Enforcement.--
                    (A) Civil action.--The attorney general of any 
                State may bring a civil action in an appropriate 
                district court of the United States on behalf of the 
                United States against any individual required to return 
                funds under paragraph (1) who--
                            (i) resides in the State; or
                            (ii) committed an offense described in 
                        section 2680(o) of title 28, United States 
                        Code, as added by subsection (a), within the 
                        State.
                    (B) Remedies.--In an action brought by the attorney 
                general of a State under subparagraph (A), the court 
                shall order the applicable individual to--
                            (i) return the full amount of the funds 
                        owed under paragraph (1) to the Treasury of the 
                        United States; and
                            (ii) pay damages equal to 25 percent of the 
                        amount described in clause (i) to the State to 
                        defray the costs of State law enforcement and 
                        the administration of justice.
                                 <all>