Ban on Inkless Directives and Executive Notarizations Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4411 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4411

     To amend title 3, United States Code, to clarify that certain 
 Presidential functions may not be delegated or carried out using any 
                          automated equipment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 2025

 Mr. McDowell (for himself, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Van Orden, Ms. 
  Hageman, Mr. Onder, and Mr. Collins) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 3, United States Code, to clarify that certain 
 Presidential functions may not be delegated or carried out using any 
                          automated equipment.

    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 ``Ban on Inkless Directives and 
Executive Notarizations Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. NO DELEGATION OR USE OF AUTOPEN.

    Section 301 of title 3, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following: ``Notwithstanding this section or any other 
provision of law, no person other than the President may lawfully sign 
an engrossed bill, Executive order, or pardon or commutation, nor may 
automatic signing device, including an autopen, be used for such 
purpose.''.

SEC. 3. RULE REGARDING PRIOR ACTIONS.

    No engrossed bill, Executive order, or pardon or commutation that 
was signed in violation of section 301 of title 3, United States Code, 
including any such an engrossed bill, Executive order, or pardon or 
commutation signed prior to the effective date of this Act, may be 
considered to have any force or effect.
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