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Luxury JET Act

To prohibit certain transfers of aircraft provided by the Government of Qatar, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jul 15, 2026

Latest action (Jul 15, 2026) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Referred to
Armed Services Committee
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security

Summary
  • Prohibits transfer of Qatar-provided aircraft from the executive airlift fleet for personal use of presidents, family members, or associates
  • Requires Government Accountability Office review of the Qatar aircraft donation including analysis of circumstances and conflicts of interest
  • Requires accounting of the full monetary value and upgrade costs of the aircraft and analysis of funding sources
  • Requires analysis of national security concerns and legal and constitutional issues related to the aircraft donation
  • Requires recommendations for improvements to foreign gift acceptance laws to minimize conflicts of interest and corruption
  • Requires submission of a report to congressional defense committees within 90 days of enactment

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)
9 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Jul 15, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. · senate
  2. Jul 15, 2026 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 3405 — Suspending Transfer of Property for Improper Trump Use Act · Introduced May 14, 2025 · Cong. 119 63%
  • SRES 244 — A resolution affirming that the underlying purpose of the Foreign Emoluments Clause renders the acceptance and transfer of a plane from the government of Qatar, without the explicit consent of Congress, an illegal emolument, withholding the consent of the Senate to the acceptance and transfer of plane from the government of Qatar, and demanding the transfer of any plane received by President Donald J. Trump or entities under his control from the government of Qatar to the permanent control of the United States Government. · Introduced May 21, 2025 · Cong. 119 62%
  • HRES 410 — Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that President Trump must comply with the Foreign Emoluments Clause, by submitting all plans for his jumbo jet gift from Qatar immediately to Congress. · Introduced May 14, 2025 · Cong. 119 55%
  • HR 9707 — GAP Act · Introduced Jul 15, 2026 · Cong. 119 55%
  • HR 9602 — Less Bureaucracy, Better International Foreign Gift Transparency Act · Introduced Jul 15, 2026 · Cong. 119 54%
  • SJRES 53 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Qatar of certain defense articles and services. · Introduced Jun 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 51%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in Senate · Jul 15, 2026

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Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

July 15, 2026

Mr. Murphy (for himself, Ms. Alsobrooks, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Markey, Mr. Schiff, and Mr. Van Hollen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To prohibit certain transfers of aircraft provided by the Government of Qatar, 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 “Luxury Jet Ethics and Transparency Act” or the “Luxury JET Act”.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN TRANSFERS OF AIRCRAFT PROVIDED BY GOVERNMENT OF QATAR.

No aircraft provided by the Government of Qatar to the United States Air Force may be transferred from the United States executive airlift fleet to any individual or entity (including a Presidential library), or otherwise made available, for the personal use of any President, any family member of a President, or any other associate of a President before or after the Presidential term of that President concludes.

SEC. 3. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REVIEW OF CERTAIN AIRCRAFT PROVIDED BY GOVERNMENT OF QATAR.

(a) Review.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a review of the donation of a luxury aircraft, incorporated into the United States executive airlift fleet as the VC-25B Bridge aircraft, from the Government of Qatar to the United States Air Force, including an analysis of the circumstances of the gift, any conflicts of interest, and the total cost to the United States.

(b) Elements.—The review conducted under subsection (a) shall include the following:

(1) An analysis of the circumstances surrounding the agreement between the Government of Qatar and United States for the donation of the aircraft, including an assessment of any conflicts of interest, explicit or implicit conditions, and side agreements, and whether such actions constituted the solicitation of a gift.

(2) An analysis of the terms of the memorandum of understanding signed by United States and Qatari officials to formalize the donation, including an assessment of any conflicts of interest, explicit or implicit conditions, and side agreements.

(3) An accounting of the full monetary value of the aircraft and associated equipment donated from the Government of Qatar to the United States Air Force.

(4) An accounting of the full cost to the United States Government for upgrading and retrofitting the aircraft for delivery to the executive airlift fleet, including the cost of modifications, testing, accelerated delivery schedule, and additional aircraft or other equipment purchased, leased, or used in support of aircraft delivery, testing, and operation.

(5) An analysis of—

(A) the funding sources used to pay for the activities described in paragraph (4); and

(B) any impacts on other national security programs due to diversion of funding, Government or contractor workforce, or other resources.

(6) An analysis of national security concerns related to the VC-25B Bridge aircraft following the truncated period of retrofitting, modifying, and testing the aircraft for delivery.

(7) A consideration of the legality and constitutionality of the acceptance by the United States Government of this foreign gift under the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the Constitution of the United States, section 7342 of title 5, United States Code, and other related United States statutes.

(8) Recommendations for improvements to United States statute related to accepting foreign gifts and luxury aircraft to minimize conflicts of interest, corruption, and frivolous use of American taxpayer dollars for the personal benefit of United States officials.

(c) Submission of Report.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the findings of the review conducted under subsection (a). <all>

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