S. 4713

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

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4713

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

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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

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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.
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