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No Bailouts for Reparations Act
To prohibit the United States Government from providing bailouts or other financial assistance to any State or local government that enacts any law providing reparations for slavery, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill would prohibit the federal government, including the Federal Reserve and independent agencies, from providing loans, grants, or other financial assistance to any state or local government that enacts a law providing reparations based on slavery or related to race, ethnicity, national origin, or historical practices. The prohibition would apply only to the specific state or local government unit that enacts a reparations program, not to other units within that state. The bill defines "State" to include all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and possessions. Federal financial assistance would remain available to units of government that do not enact reparations programs.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] (R-TX)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Brian Babin’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- JEFFERSON COUNTY $13,700
- NULL $12,100
- TRANS GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, INC. $9,900
- HOUSEWIFE $9,600
- TRANS-GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INC. $9,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Brian Babin → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Mar 14, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
- Mar 14, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 14, 2025
Mr. Babin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
A BILL
To prohibit the United States Government from providing bailouts or other financial assistance to any State or local government that enacts any law providing reparations for slavery, 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 “No Bailouts for Reparations Act”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON BAILOUTS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CARRYING OUT REPARATIONS PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.—The United States Government, including the Federal Reserve System and independent agencies, may not provide any loan, grant, or other form of financial assistance to the government of any State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of such a State or political subdivision, that enacts into law any program providing reparations on the basis of—
(1) slavery; or
(2) race, ethnicity, national origin, or historical practices related thereto.
(b) Application.—Subsection (a) shall only apply to the unit of government so enacting a reparations program.
(c) Definition.—For purposes of this section, the term “State” means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands, or any other territory or possession of the United States. <all>
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