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No Rewards for January 6 Rioters Act

To prohibit the use of Federal funds to compensate individuals who were prosecuted for their involvement in the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, and for other purposes.

Introduced Feb 25, 2026

Latest action (Feb 25, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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

Summary
  • Prohibits use of Federal funds, including the Judgment Fund and victim compensation funds, to compensate individuals prosecuted for involvement in the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack.
  • Prohibits establishment of any new compensation fund for individuals prosecuted for involvement in the January 6 attack.
  • Prohibits refunding of court-ordered restitution, fines, or special assessments paid by individuals convicted for involvement in the January 6 attack.
  • Directs any amounts that would have been refunded to be transferred to the Architect of the Capitol.
  • Applies these prohibitions even if an individual was subsequently pardoned.

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)
11 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Deborah K. Ross’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • AFFORDABLE COMMUNITIES GROUP LLC $8,600
  • DUKE UNIVERSITY $8,450
  • PVC, INC. $6,600
  • ALSOP LOUIE PARTNERS $6,600
  • ZAYTOUN BALLEW &TAYLOR $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Deborah K. Ross → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Feb 25, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
  2. Feb 25, 2026 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.

  • S 3582 — No Rewards for January 6 Rioters Act · Introduced Jan 6, 2026 · Cong. 119 90%
  • HR 118 — No Federal Funds for Political Prosecutions Act · Introduced Jan 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 68%
  • S 4713 — Preventing Payouts for Insurrectionists Act · Introduced Jun 9, 2026 · Cong. 119 68%
  • S 3581 — No Settlements for January 6 Law Enforcement Assaulters Act · Introduced Jan 6, 2026 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 8914 — No Taxpayer-Funded Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2026 · Introduced May 20, 2026 · Cong. 119 63%
  • S 706 — American Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act · Introduced Feb 25, 2025 · Cong. 119 60%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Feb 25, 2026

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

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 25, 2026

Ms. Ross (for herself, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Morelle, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Johnson of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To prohibit the use of Federal funds to compensate individuals who were prosecuted for their involvement in the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, 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 Rewards for January 6 Rioters Act”.

SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON USES OF FEDERAL FUNDS.

(a) Prohibition on Use of Federal Funds.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds, including funds appropriated under section 1304 of title 31, United States Code (commonly known as the “Judgment Fund”), or any victim compensation fund, may be used to compensate any individual prosecuted for involvement in the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, including any individual so prosecuted and subsequently pardoned.

(b) Prohibition on the Establishment of a Compensation Fund.—No compensation fund shall be established for the purpose of compensating individuals described in subsection (a).

SEC. 3. RESTITUTION AND FINES NOT TO BE REFUNDED.

(a) In General.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds shall be disbursed from the United States Treasury to refund any court-ordered compensation, including restitution, fines, or special assessments, paid by any individual convicted for involvement in the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, including any individual so convicted and subsequently pardoned.

(b) Transfer to AOC.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer any amounts described in subsection (a) to the Architect of the Capitol. <all>

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