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No Torts for Trump Act

To amend chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the President from seeking relief under that chapter.

Introduced Nov 18, 2025

Latest action (Nov 18, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Law
Issues
Civil Rights

Summary
  • Amends the Federal Tort Claims Act to prohibit the President from bringing claims for relief under that Act.
  • Prohibits individuals who become President while a claim is pending from continuing to pursue a previously filed tort claim.
  • Applies to all claims pending or filed on or after the date of enactment, regardless of when the underlying act or omission occurred.

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

Actions (2)
  1. Nov 18, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
  2. Nov 18, 2025 Introduced in Senate

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.

  • HR 5988 — CORRUPT Act · Introduced Nov 7, 2025 · Cong. 119 81%
  • HR 8968 — No Presidential Self-Serving Lawsuits Act of 2026 · Introduced May 21, 2026 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 9793 — Weaponization Offender Claims Ban Act of 2026 · Introduced Jul 20, 2026 · Cong. 119 66%
  • S 4124 — A bill to prohibit funds made available to the Department of Justice from being used to make a personal payment to the President in connection with a claim that is subject to the Federal Tort Claims Act, whether in the form of a settlement or any other payment from the Judgment Fund for the personal benefit of the President. · Introduced Mar 18, 2026 · Cong. 119 65%
  • S 3803 — Right to Redress Act · Introduced Feb 9, 2026 · Cong. 119 61%
  • HR 9298 — Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act · Introduced Jun 11, 2026 · Cong. 119 61%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in Senate · Nov 18, 2025

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Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

November 18, 2025

Mr. Schiff (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Markey, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Reed, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Kelly, Ms. Duckworth, and Ms. Smith) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the President from seeking relief under that chapter.

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 Torts for Trump Act”.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTIONS TO FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT.

(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—

“(1) the President; or

“(2) an individual who subsequently becomes President while the claim is pending.”.

(b) Applicability.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to any claim pending on, or brought on or after, the date of enactment of this Act. <all>

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