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SIGN Pardons Act

To require the President to personally sign any pardon or reprieve, and for other purposes.

Introduced Mar 21, 2025

Latest action (Mar 21, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Issues
Criminal Justice

Summary

This bill requires the President to personally sign any pardon or reprieve granted under the Constitution, rather than allowing such documents to be signed by another official on the President's behalf or delegating the signing authority.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Earl L. "Buddy" Carter’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • NULL $80,924
  • INTERNATIONAL AUTO LOGISTICS $7,500
  • SAVANNAH PILOTS ASSOC $6,600
  • HENNESSY AUTOMOBILE COMPANIES $6,600
  • SADOWSKI CO $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Earl L. "Buddy" Carter → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Mar 21, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
  2. Mar 21, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HJRES 135 — Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the pardon power of the President. · Introduced Dec 18, 2025 · Cong. 119 61%
  • HJRES 108 — Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that there is no immunity from criminal prosecution for an act on the grounds that such act was within the constitutional authority or official duties of an individual, and providing that the President may not grant a pardon to himself or herself. · Introduced Jul 22, 2025 · Cong. 119 60%
  • HR 2394 — DETERRENCE Act · Introduced Mar 26, 2025 · Cong. 119 60%
  • HR 6954 — January 6th Truth and Transparency Act · Introduced Jan 6, 2026 · Cong. 119 59%
  • HJRES 13 — Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States limiting the pardon power of the President. · Introduced Jan 9, 2025 · Cong. 119 58%
  • HRES 116 — Condemning the pardons for individuals who were found guilty of assaulting Capitol Police Officers. · Introduced Feb 5, 2025 · Cong. 119 58%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Mar 21, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 21, 2025

Mr. Carter of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To require the President to personally sign any pardon or reprieve, 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 “Signature Integrity for Granting National Pardons Act” or the “SIGN Pardons Act”.

SEC. 2. PRESIDENTIAL SIGNATURE REQUIRED FOR PARDONS.

The President shall personally sign any pardon or reprieve that the President grants pursuant to Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States. <all>

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