[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 807 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 807
Directing the Senate Legal Counsel to bring a civil action in the name
of the Senate to enforce the Foreign Emoluments Clause contained in
clause 8 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United
States.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 21, 2026
Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Ms. Alsobrooks, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Coons, Ms.
Duckworth, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kim, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Ossoff,
Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Whitehouse)
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee
on Rules and Administration
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RESOLUTION
Directing the Senate Legal Counsel to bring a civil action in the name
of the Senate to enforce the Foreign Emoluments Clause contained in
clause 8 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United
States.
Whereas the Foreign Emoluments Clause contained in clause 8 of section 9 of
article I of the Constitution of the United States (referred to in this
preamble as the ``Foreign Emoluments Clause'') states that no present,
emolument, office, or title, of any kind, may be accepted by the
President of the United States from a king, prince, or foreign state
without the consent of Congress;
Whereas the Founders included the Foreign Emoluments Clause in the
Constitution--by unanimous agreement of the State delegations--to ensure
the President would remain loyal to the Nation and the public interest;
Whereas the Foreign Emoluments Clause has long been understood to be ```directed
against every kind of influence by foreign governments upon officers of
the United States,' in the absence of consent by Congress'';
Whereas--
(1) President Donald J. Trump has accepted a plane from the government
of Qatar for United States Government use as Air Force One during the Trump
Administration;
(2) the plane required the expenditure of Federal funds to be
refurbished, with a cost estimated to be between $400,000,000 and
$1,000,000,000; and
(3) the plane will be transferred nominally to the Donald J. Trump
Presidential Library shortly before the expiration of his term of office;
Whereas President Donald J. Trump, his family members, and his advisors
participated in corrupt dealings with the foreign government of the
United Arab Emirates, its leaders, including Abu Dhabi royal and United
Arab Emirates National Security Advisor, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al
Nahyan (referred to in this preamble as ``Tahnoon''), and multiple
entities, including--
(1) in January 2025, lieutenants to Tahnoon secretly signed a deal with
Eric Trump, the President's son, to purchase a 49 percent stake in the
Trump family cryptocurrency venture, World Liberty Financial, for
$500,000,000, with $187,000,000 of that initial investment paid to Trump
family entities DT Marks DEFI LLC and DT Marks SC LLC from the Tahnoon-
backed Aryam Investment I;
(2) on May 1, 2025, MGX Fund Management Limited, a Tahnoon-backed
investment firm, also announced an agreement to use a stablecoin from World
Liberty Financial to complete a $2,000,000,000 deal with Binance Holdings
Ltd.; and
(3) in a quid pro quo exchange for this investment and deal, the Trump
Administration granted the United Arab Emirates access to 500,000 of the
most advanced artificial intelligence chips in the United States annually,
with 20 percent allocated for G42, an artificial intelligence company
Tahnoon leads, despite longstanding United States national security
concerns regarding the company;
Whereas Justin Sun, a Chinese billionaire with ties to the Chinese Communist
Party, who is fighting a lawsuit brought by United States regulators for
fraud and unregistered securities, invested $30,000,000 in World Liberty
Financial and joined the platform as an advisor;
Whereas, in March 2025, Vietnamese authorities expedited a Trump Organization
development project for a $1,500,000,000 golf complex, bypassing
numerous legal obligations related to securing land and conducting
environmental reviews, and whose groundbreaking the Vietnamese Prime
Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended, while the United States and Vietnam
were in the midst of trade negotiations;
Whereas, in April 2025, the Trump Organization announced an upcoming development
project for a luxury golf resort in Qatar to be developed by Qatari
Diar, a company established by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund and chaired
by a Qatari government minister, and Dar Global, the international
subsidiary of a private Saudi real estate firm with close ties to the
government of Saudi Arabia;
Whereas, in October 2025--
(1) the President was overheard on recorded audio in conversation with
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto discussing a call between Subianto
and Eric Trump, who is President Trump's son and the Executive Vice
President of the Trump Organization; and
(2) the Trump Organization has 2 real estate projects under development
in Indonesia;
Whereas, in November 2025, the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and his party
in the Serbian parliament passed a law to allow for the development of a
previously protected building site for a future luxury hotel and
apartment complex backed by Affinity Partners, the firm of President
Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner;
Whereas, since the election of President Trump, the Trump Organization has
announced additional developments and licensing projects in India, the
Maldives, Oman, the Philippines, Romania, and the United Arab Emirates,
netting the President and his family millions in license-fee income;
Whereas President Trump accepted a gold-plated desk clock styled like a Rolex
and an engraved gold bar at a gathering of Swiss business executives
prior to slashing Switzerland's tariff rate from 39 percent to 15
percent;
Whereas--
(1) President Trump launched a cryptocurrency memecoin, $TRUMP, shortly
before taking office;
(2) President Trump encouraged the digital coin's purchase by awarding
top buyers a gala dinner, a private VIP reception with the President, a
tour of the White House, and a Trump-branded timepiece;
(3) top buyers who participated in the events outlined in paragraph (2)
included--
G (A) Justin Sun, a Chinese billionaire with ties to the Chinese
Communist Party who is fighting a lawsuit brought by United States
regulators;
G (B) Cheng Lu, a cryptocurrency investor from Shanghai;
G (C) He Tianying, a member of the Chinese People's Political
Consultative Conference;
G (D) Sheldon Xia, the founder of a cryptocurrency trading platform
backed by a China-based investment firm;
G (E) Sangrok Oh, chief executive of a Seoul-and Tokyo-based firm;
G (F) Andrei Grozovski, a board member for an Estonian company; and
G (G) others who have yet to be identified; and
(4) President Trump netted $635,000,000 thus far from the memecoin;
Whereas the President of the United States has a constitutional and statutory
obligation to uphold the public trust; and
Whereas the violation of the Foreign Emoluments Clause and corruption writ large
undermines public trust and the integrity of public office in the United
States: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate Legal Counsel shall bring a civil action
in the name of the Senate to enforce the Foreign Emoluments Clause
contained in clause 8 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of
the United States with respect to the emoluments described in the
fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, twelfth, and thirteenth whereas clauses
of the preamble of this resolution by enjoining President Donald J.
Trump from accepting any present, emolument, office, or title of any
kind whatever from a foreign state without obtaining the consent of
Congress.
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